142: Fatten up, it's time to slaughter!

"I can't leave!"

On the streets of Sakura Imperial Capital.

A Tier 2 human powerhouse, originally swept along by the crowd, looked back and saw the rampaging Yamata no Orochi. His heart cried out in grief, but also erupted with endless fury. He immediately drew the longsword from his waist and faced the Yamata no Orochi directly. "If I run today, even if I survive, I will live my entire life in cowardice!"

"Serpent Demon, I will fight you to the death!"

Some people heard these words, their expressions flickered slightly, but they quickly ran far away.

Some even scoffed at his reaction, sneering inwardly, "Even the Sakura Empress had to submit to that existence back then. Now you want to stand up and resist? Do you think you're not dying fast enough?"

The Tier 2 powerhouse who stepped forward didn't know what others were thinking, nor did he want to know.

At this moment, after the Tier 2 powerhouse had gathered his strength for a moment and poured all of it into his hands, he took a few running steps, then leaped into the air, holding his longsword and charging straight at the Yamata no Orochi. "Serpent Demon, I'm going to kill you!"

Pfft!

In an instant, the Yamata no Orochi didn't even hear the man's movements before one of its snake heads twisted around, swallowing the Tier 2 powerhouse along with several other people.

Only after eating did it feel a bit puzzled.

"There's even better blood food here than ordinary people?"

"But it's too little, it would be great if there was more!"

The Yamata no Orochi's cold eyes briefly scanned the Sakura Imperial Capital citizens frantically fleeing on the ground, and its movements paused slightly. "Eating them one by one like this is too slow."

"I must change my method!"

As its voice fell, one of its heads slightly opened, and large patches of poisonous mist were spewed out, rushing towards the fleeing people at an extremely fast speed.

"Ah..."

"It hurts so much!"

"Oh no, there's poison in this green mist!"

The people of Sakura Country were still curious about where this green mist came from, but as soon as they touched it, they collapsed straight to the ground, their life force completely gone, and they realized it was poisonous mist!

If an ordinary person touched even a trace, they would surely die!

"This is much better!"

The Yamata no Orochi's high head watched as these people fell to the ground like dumplings, then it immediately opened its mouth and inhaled, devouring them all.

"Serpent Demon, isn't it dead?"

"I saw it with my own eyes being eaten piece by piece by the Tiger King..."

The Sakura Empress rushed back to the Imperial Capital, only to be met with the sight of the Yamata no Orochi rampaging through the capital, devouring the citizens of Sakura. Her mind was instantly shaken. "No, this is impossible!"

But everything before her was incredibly real, especially the Yamata no Orochi, roaring and devouring the populace.

Seeing this, Sakura's tears flowed silently. "Those... those are all my subjects, and you're actually going to eat them all!"

She didn't dare to approach and reason with the Serpent Demon now, as her own divine sword had been taken, greatly reducing her strength. Going now would be seeking death.

After a rough estimation in her heart, Sakura was horrified to discover that after this rampage, the Serpent Demon had caused Sakura Country's population to decrease by over ten million. If this continued, Sakura Country might truly be removed from the map!

At this moment, Sakura finally understood why the Tiger King had let her return!

"Are you trying to make me witness firsthand how Sakura Country disappears?"

An indescribable fear spread through the Sakura Empress's heart. "Tiger King, you..."

"I merely wanted to lure the Serpent Demon to your Great Xia, but before truly entering Great Xia's territory, I was severely wounded by you."

"I never expected that you would, in turn, want my Sakura Country to perish!"

"This truly causes me more pain than killing me!"

Even at this point, Sakura did not realize how despicable her act of luring the Yamata no Orochi to Great Xia was; she still felt she had unspeakable grievances.

As if sensing her hateful and terrified gaze, the Yamata no Orochi suddenly twisted one of its snake heads and discovered the Sakura Empress's presence. Immediately, its cold snake eyes filled with killing intent. "It's you?"

"Heh heh, you've returned just in time. Let's settle all our old and new grievances together!"

The Yamata no Orochi hated her to the extreme!

If it weren't for this woman's instigation, why would it travel thousands of miles across the sea to Great Xia?

Although Great Xia indeed had more delicious blood food, Great Xia also had stronger existences!

If it weren't for the Sakura Empress, how could it have provoked such a powerful existence as the Tiger King?

Rage quickly boiled in the Yamata no Orochi's heart, and it even wished to roar out loud. "It's all you! You are the culprit behind all of this!"

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have fallen to Tier 3 because of that Tiger King!"

"Roar!"

The next second, the Yamata no Orochi twisted its body and charged directly at the Sakura Empress, infinite killing intent instantly spreading out, even abandoning the readily available blood food before it!

Seeing this, the Sakura Empress's face changed drastically, and she almost instinctively turned and ran. "Oh no! It's targeting me!"

At this moment, she no longer had the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, which greatly reduced her strength, but the Yamata no Orochi had also fallen to the peak of Tier 3, a peak it had only regained after devouring a lot of blood food.

Moreover, the Yamata no Orochi's mobility had always been a weakness.

Therefore, although the Sakura Empress was no match, she could evade the Yamata no Orochi's attacks!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions sounded one after another behind the Sakura Empress, some even grazing her body and exploding not far from her, with waves of hot air constantly rushing towards her.

Those were attacks spewed from the Yamata no Orochi's various heads!

"Why isn't it chasing me anymore?"

After fleeing in a dishevelled state for a while, the Sakura Empress suddenly noticed that the commotion behind her had significantly lessened.

She wiped the blood from her face, looked back, and discovered that the Yamata no Orochi had actually given up on her and started devouring the remaining citizens of Sakura Country!

"Damn it!"

The Sakura Empress cursed under her breath, but there was nothing she could do.

She could run, but the others couldn't. At this moment, she could only watch helplessly as the Yamata no Orochi continued to rampage through the Imperial Capital, devouring the populace.

"Heaven wants to destroy my Sakura..."

Outside the royal palace, the Sakura Empress's father, the Grand Emperor of Sakura Country, seeing this scene, shed tears of grief.

Immediately, he closed his eyes in despair, drew his sword with both hands, and committed seppuku.

At the same time, the Yamata no Orochi had already reached outside the royal palace. At this moment, it indiscriminately devoured everyone, regardless of whether they were dead or alive.

Within a few short minutes, all members of the Sakura Country's royal family, except for the Sakura Empress, perished.

"Roar—"

When the entire population of Sakura Country plummeted to only ten percent of what it was before the spiritual energy resurgence, the Yamata no Orochi let out a joyful roar, because it had finally returned to Tier 4!

At the same time, in a certain sea area outside Sakura Country, Xia Fan, who had used the eastern emperor bell to conceal his aura, now felt the birth of a powerful being. He immediately opened his eyes and murmured, "Tier 4?"

"Heh heh, since it's already fattened up, it's time to slaughter it!"