The reporter, microphone in hand, exclaimed loudly, "Mount Fuji has melted! Look, viewers! Above Mount Fuji, there's something that looks like a cave; inside that could very well be the mythical Takamagahara!"
The reporter was extremely excited at this moment; the mix of fear and excitement made it difficult for him to control his emotions.
At this moment, not only the reporters, but also the cameramen and helicopter pilots were all looking crazy. People who work in journalism always want to make a big story, and now was their moment to witness history. The giant ignored them, which emboldened them, so they dared to do such crazy things.
Since the Japanese authorities had already given up and didn't intend to block information, they simply let them broadcast the situation live. Even if they were really going to die, at least everyone would know the truth.
After blasting open the gate to Takamagahara, Linde spread his wings of light and entered the gate.
Outside, neither ordinary reporters nor fallen angels and demons lurking in the shadows dared to give chase.
Upon entering Takamagahara, Linde raised his right hand, and a black hole opened in his palm. A terrifying suction force instantly enveloped the entire Takamagahara, sucking in countless buildings and weak divine beings. Even the powerful Neon Pantheon gods only held out for a few more seconds; in a short time, not a single living thing remained in the entire Takamagahara. Each clone possessed the ability to directly connect to the internal space of the Soul-Swept Bell—a special ability Li Wei had modified for the puppets.
At this moment, Li Wei, sensing the entire Neon Pantheon that had suddenly appeared within the Soul-Sweeping Bell, smiled with satisfaction. These Neon deities were enough to keep him occupied for a while. Moreover, the destruction of this pantheon was enough to alert the gods of the native world. During this period, his several fallen angel avatars would need to keep a low profile.
Chapter 4. Making a Big Announcement
Sajax arrived at the scene. There was an information gap between the Demon Realm and the human world. When the messenger from the human world returned to the Demon Realm with the message, he still needed a certain amount of time to gather his forces. So when he arrived at the scene, about four minutes had passed since the messenger delivered the message. By the time he arrived, Linde had already broken through the defenses of Takamagahara. He was too late.
Upon seeing Sajax, the high-ranking demon leading the group respectfully said, "Your Majesty, I am powerless to stop that monster."
Sajax waved his hand and said, "The responsibility isn't yours. Even I would find that kind of monster troublesome. How's the situation in Takamagahara?"
The high-ranking demon said, "That monster has already entered Takamagahara, and we don't know what the situation is like inside now."
The high-ranking demons were telling the truth, because they didn't have the courage to approach the Takamagahara entrance that Linde had opened. No one knew what the monster's attitude was towards the demon race. If the other party showed hostility, then all of them who were scouting nearby would become cannon fodder.
Nobody wanted to die, so they were all waiting for their leader to arrive.
Sajax looked towards the Fallen Angels' side, where several top-ranking officials had also arrived. The opposing side, like them, did not rashly follow. The two sides did not merge, but simply faced each other from a distance.
Just then, Linde's enormous figure emerged from the entrance to Takamagahara. His outstretched energy wings flapped intermittently, and his two strangely shaped spiral spears and matte black armor gave him a unique sense of technology.
Linde did not leave; the two spears in his hands were crossed and gleamed with a red light.
Sajax's inner alarm bells rang, and he quickly used his mental power to issue commands to all the demons.
(Everyone, disperse!)
The demons' reaction speed far surpasses that of ordinary humans. As soon as Sajax's order was given, the demons reacted, and the massive army began to disperse. This skirmish formation is frequently used by demons in their wars against fallen angels and the Heavenly faction, effectively preventing their own manpower from being overwhelmed by the enemy.
Linde threw his two spears, which arrived in an instant and pierced through the ranks of the fallen angels and demons. The demons, having been ordered by Sajax to disperse in advance, suffered less than 50% casualties. The fallen angels, however, fared much worse. Caught off guard, they lost more than half their men in an instant.
Linde's attack was very special. Wherever the spear passed, a large space was instantly cleared. All the cuts in the spear's trajectory disappeared. Sajax scanned back and forth with his powerful senses and found that the attacked demons had completely vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.
What Sajax didn't know was that Levi had equipped each of his puppet clones with spatial linking abilities, allowing all of the puppet clones' attacks to be linked to the internal space of the Soul-Sweeping Bell. This meant that as long as the puppet clones were alive, they could send their opponents into the Soul-Sweeping Bell.
As for magical artifacts like the Soul-Sweeping Bell, even demon kings and top gods of the pantheon would have no chance of escape once imprisoned inside. It's a capture method that simulates an attack; on the surface, it seems to obliterate the target, but in reality, it's just locking them up in a dark room.
Lind opened his arms, and the spiral-shaped red spear reappeared in his hands.
Sajax's face was extremely grim. He immediately ordered his subordinates to retreat. After all, the demons had been fighting against Livi's puppet clones for some time. In direct combat, they had both won and lost, but most of the time, the demons lost more than they won. So they had learned from their experience and their mentality and reaction speed were incomparable to those of the fallen angels.
A traitor within the demon race leaked the information to the fallen angels. The fallen angels were aware of the existence of Lind and these otherworldly visitors, but they lacked experience in personally fighting these visitors. As a result, they reacted too slowly when faced with Lind's attack, which led to the annihilation of most of their forces.
Both the demons and the fallen angels were retreating. Linde did not pursue them. After retrieving his two spiral spears, his body gradually faded and eventually disappeared into the air. After all three forces had retreated, only the human side remained.
Meanwhile, on the Japanese side, the cameraman on the helicopter also vaguely captured the figures of fallen angels and demons. Although he didn't know what had happened, he recorded all the scenes.
If Lind were to pursue them, apart from a few leaders, ordinary individuals from both the fallen angels and demons would not be able to survive his attacks.
However, Li Wei did not intend to drain the pond to catch all the fish. The three major forces of the Bible were the most populous of all the mythological forces in this area. Although the overall quality was a bit poor, their sheer number made them excellent medicinal materials.
On the helicopter, the reporter team's helicopter pilot said, "Could you get a little closer? I want to see what's inside that big hole."
The driver turned around and said, "This is dangerous, we could lose our lives, but... I'm also very curious, so I'll listen to you this time."
The reporters, cameramen, and pilots on site reached a consensus: everyone on the helicopter was curious about the huge hole. So, the helicopter gradually approached the entrance to Takamagahara. The hole that Linde had drilled was enormous to ordinary people, with a diameter of more than a kilometer, allowing the helicopter to enter without any difficulty.
After the helicopter entered Takamagahara, the cameraman pointed the camera downwards. After Linde's destruction, there was no intact building left in the entire Takamagahara. The vast land of Takamagahara was filled with all kinds of ruins, and there was no sign of any living creature.
After entering Takamagahara, the live broadcast became distorted and jittery due to the weakening of the live signal, but even so, the people watching on TV were still shocked.
Inside the underground shelter, the students, under the teacher's guidance, did not leave the shelter at this time, but waited to see what would happen. The students also saw the images on the television.
Irina Shito leaned against Aika Kiryu and whispered, "That must be Takamagahara. After that monster left, it seems like there's no one left there. Could it be that the monster managed to take care of them all?"
Chapter 4. After the Disaster
Compared to the composed Irina Shidou, Aika Kiryu was shocked. Although she had learned from Li Wei that there were many powerful beings in the world that were beyond human comprehension, the current situation was beyond her imagination.
The live stream footage was intermittent, but any normal person with a brain could sense the extraordinary nature of Takamagahara. Although there was no living thing left in Takamagahara, the endless ruins and the unique golden sky made the viewers realize that this place was different from the outside world.
The reporters on the scene were still rambling on about their points of view, but at this point, Kiryu Aika was completely unconcerned about such issues. Although she didn't know the specifics of what had happened, based on the videos the reporters returned from the scene, she deduced that the legendary Japanese gods had most likely met with misfortune.
Once this terrifying idea took shape in her mind, it began to solidify, filling her with dread. Even legendary gods could meet with misfortune, so could she, as an ordinary person, survive the coming tides of history?
Li Wei had once told her that during this period, the whole world would become noisy and chaotic. She never expected that the chaos Li Wei spoke of would be such a terrible thing.
Thinking of her teacher, Kiryu Ranka felt a sense of security. After all, Li Wei had foreseen this situation, and perhaps he already had a way to deal with it. All she had to do was cling tightly to Li Wei's coattails.
Kiryu Ranka knew that Li Wei was someone who cared a lot about the safety of his disciples, and as long as she didn't do anything reckless, there generally wouldn't be any problems.
At that moment, Li Wei's voice echoed in Kiryu Aika's mind again.
(Attention all students in the Mysticism Studies class: After the evacuation is over, do not leave the school. Everyone, please gather in the attic classroom.)
Kiryu Aika looked at Irina Shidou beside her and whispered, "Irina, did you hear what the teacher said?"
Irina Zifang didn't answer directly, but simply nodded. There were many other students around them, and she would be relatively cautious about such a sensitive topic.
After the evacuation alert was lifted, students and faculty returned to the ground. Linde's destruction of the city did not affect Kuoh Academy, because after landing, Linde went straight to Mount Fuji, avoiding the area where Kuoh Academy was located. For the teachers and students of the school, this disaster did not have a great impact on them, unless their relatives were caught up in Linde's path.
As a country prone to disasters, Japan is quite capable in disaster relief. However, this relief is limited to urban areas. Japan's official wilderness rescue capabilities are, to put it mildly, lacking.
Following the disaster, Kuoh Academy did not dismiss students early but allowed them to remain on campus. Faculty and staff contacted students' families to ensure their safety. As a prestigious private school, Kuoh Academy had relatively strict internal management. While most schools had already temporarily closed for the holidays, Kuoh Academy remained temporarily under lockdown. The school's chairperson, Ueda Satomi, was someone who placed great emphasis on student safety, and with Li Wei providing guidance, all emergency measures were well-prepared.
Students are not allowed to leave the school now, but free movement within the school is permitted. At the same time, the school does not control students' communications. If students can contact their families, they only need to tell their homeroom teacher the result. Even if they cannot contact their families, the homeroom teacher will try to find a way. Therefore, compared to the chaos in other places, Kuoh Academy is relatively orderly.
At this moment, Li Wei was in the attic, waiting for the students of the elective course to gather at his place. Beside him were Rias, Akeno Himejima, and Yubeluna, who served as his personal maid.
Li Wei also had a television. While Lin De was on his way, he and Rias and the others did not go to the shelter, but stayed in the attic to observe the situation. Of course, this was only what Rias and Himejima Akeno did. Li Wei, as the mastermind behind the scenes, was busy farming medicinal herbs.
Rias exclaimed, "This is the first time I've seen the internal structure of Takamagahara, but I never expected it to be like this. It seems that Linde has already killed all the gods in Takamagahara, and that guy's strength seems to have increased again."
Although Rias wasn't present during the great battle in the Demon World, the demons with reconnaissance abilities recorded the scene, so she knew what had happened in the Elert Wasteland.
A fierce battle erupted between a demon from another world and a fallen angel. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and although no one on either side perished, the demons from the other world, who won a pyrrhic victory, were all wounded and unable to cause trouble for the time being. The demon realm is currently conducting a thorough search to find and eliminate the demon from the other world.
As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. In direct confrontations, the native demons have always suffered losses. After fighting for so long, they have not only lost many soldiers and generals, but they have also failed to defeat a demon from another world. Now is the best opportunity for the demon realm.
That fierce battle left every demon from the other world severely injured. In the eyes of the higher-ups in the demon realm, this was the time when the demons from the other world were at their weakest. If the problem could be solved now, the demon realm would no longer have to be on guard against attacks from demons from the other world at any time.
Only by resolving internal problems can the demon race have enough manpower to expand their interests in the outside world. Previously, due to the trouble caused by demons from other worlds, many of the demon realm's interests in the human world were seized by the fallen angels. However, the demon realm, unable to spare any resources, could not even carry out the most basic revenge and could only watch helplessly as its own interests were forcibly taken away by the fallen angels.
If the demon from another world can be eliminated, then the demon realm will be able to launch a counterattack against the fallen angels and reclaim its interests in the human world.
Li Wei said, "They will only get stronger. After all, the human world is much larger than the demon world, and it has more ley line power. Moreover, unlike the demon world, it is not closed off. They can also obtain ley line power from other planets to heal their injuries."
Rias sighed, "This is a terrible thing."
Chapter 1. Difficulty in Uniting
Li Wei just smiled. As his own strength continued to grow, the quality of the puppets he created also became higher and higher. And the higher the quality, the stronger the puppets themselves would become. After all, puppets are not the original body, and their growth potential has a limit. They can only be modified by the original body.
However, the ten giant puppets he has created are already top-tier in this world, and their strength will be sufficient for a long time to come.
After all, the hypothetical enemies of these puppets from the beginning were beings of the level of the Infinite Dragon God and the Great Red. Using them to kill the main god or the demon king would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Li Wei said, "In fact, the intelligent life on this planet has enormous potential. This planet is one of the most complex and wonderful planets I have ever seen. This is an advantage, but also a disadvantage. If you can't even form a fist with your fingers, you can be defeated one by one. Especially after they recover their peak strength, the life on this planet will never have a chance to turn the tide."
Rias listened to Levi's words and fell silent. Levi's meaning was very simple; she wasn't stupid, how could she not understand? However, the life forms on this planet were constantly in conflict due to interests and hatred, and now a vicious cycle had formed. Getting the life forms on this planet to cooperate and fight against the fallen angels and demons from another world was not an easy task.
Let alone the alliance between different pantheons, it is already extremely difficult for the three major powers in the Bible to unite. The conflicts between pantheons are even more acute. Many times, if it weren't for the chief gods of each pantheon governing their people, the people would have already started fighting.
Rias smiled wryly, "The pantheon here is too chaotic. It's not easy to unite them. Some people, even with a knife to their throat, will find it hard to change their minds."
Although Rias is a member of the new generation, she comes from a noble family and knows many secrets that ordinary demons do not. That is why she said that it is not an easy task to unite the major forces in this world.
Li Wei laughed and said, "Then let's put a knife to their throats. After all, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Not uniting means destruction. I think they'll be more rational with this outcome."
Li Wei knew that such a situation could be changed. In the original story, the final boss, Li Zevim, sacrificed his life to unseal the sealed beast. If left unchecked, the unsealed beast could potentially destroy the world.
It was precisely because of this that the various pantheon forces, which were originally hostile to each other, reached an agreement. Each force sent its top experts into the special space of the temporarily sealed beast to participate in the war to seal the beast.
Despite the deployment of numerous experts, it would still take tens of thousands of years to reseal the beast. This unique war is also known as the "Eternal War".
If even a single beast can force these experts to unite, how could an outsider, who poses an even greater threat, possibly fail to do something of the same magnitude?
Rias smiled bitterly, "If simply holding a knife to their throats could solve the problem, then demons and angels wouldn't have been at war for tens of thousands of years."
In fact, the civilization that modern humans live in is already the fourth generation. The previous three generations were destroyed by wars between gods. The third generation of humans was mostly destroyed by the civil war between the three major powers in the Bible. The remaining survivors were also affected by the conquest of the Southeast Asian directional pantheon by the Eastern Heavenly Court, which led to their destruction.
The war between the gods has lasted for tens of thousands of years. Now, with the fourth generation of humans, the gods have realized that a stalemate has been reached, and no one can break the deadlock on their own. Therefore, they have chosen relative peace, drawing boundaries between each other's spheres of influence and no longer directly interfering in the affairs of the human world.
The war had dragged on for far too long, causing the hatred between the various factions to accumulate to a powder keg-like state. The current restraint was already a rare and precious situation. Therefore, Rias could hardly imagine what it would be like if the gods joined forces.
Li Wei stood up and said, "The students are coming over, I have to go to the classroom, please excuse me."
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Rias nodded and stood up. She was preparing to return to the Demon Realm. This attack on Takamagahara by the fallen angels from another world had made her wary. When those fallen angels were in the Demon Realm, they always single-mindedly attacked the demons of that other world and devoured the Demon Realm's leyline power, without directly attacking the native demons. Now it seemed that the fallen angels from another world were far more aggressive than she had anticipated.
When Li Wei arrived at the classroom in the hall, all the students for the elective course had already arrived. Li Wei gestured for everyone to return to their seats.
Li Wei said, "I know you all watched the TV. The black giant on TV is, in a sense, a member of the gods. This is a war between the gods. Ordinary humans are very insignificant to the gods. So I hope everyone can study hard. Only in this way can we survive in the chaotic future."
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