I'm tied to Athena.

Athena even had an illusion that it was not because they had tried their best to hold on until now, but because the other party wanted them to hold on until now, so they were not wiped out directly.

"'Returning Beast', if you were still in your prime and still had the power to create the world, you might still have hope. But as the strongest one, you have lost half of your power. How can you win against me?"

"Aaaaa~~~"

"I understand, I understand. Even if I know I'm no match for you, I still have to come."

"Aaaaa~~~"

"That won't work. My husband is mine now. I haven't let him fall for my gentleness yet. If you want to take him back, you have to use your strength to win."

"Why must it be him?" Athena's trembling fingertips proved her exhausted divine power, but even so, she still maintained the pride of a god.

"Hmm... Actually, Tamamo also wants to know why it's 'husband'." Tamamo pondered, "Although at the beginning it was because 'husband' was right in front of me and I didn't need to look for anyone else, but now... I can't tell you why. Maybe the reason is simple, but maybe it's complicated. Or even no reason at all."

"But at least, now, he is my 'husband'."

"I have to protect him from you guys."

"That's my brave. You're just a guy who snatches away someone that others care about." Satiao Aige gritted her teeth. She didn't care about anything else, but Li Yun, only brave, was the one she would never let go.

"No matter what you say, I will not give my husband back to you." Tamamonomae took a deep breath and smiled even more. "Besides, since so many goddesses like my husband, there must be something special about him that I haven't discovered."

"I'm becoming more and more curious about 'husband'."

"boom!!"

The divine light cannon hit Tamamonomae hard. Ishtar, who was lying on the side and should have been unable to fight anymore, held on to the wall and stood up shakily.

"What a joke! I won't hand him over to someone like you who only acts according to your own interests!"

"No matter how much you say, it's just empty talk without power." Tamamonomae's expression turned cold again, "If you retreat now, I can still let you go for the sake of my husband..."

"You said so much, but you are actually trying to cover up the fact that your divine power has almost been exhausted."

Suddenly, Athena spoke like this, as if she had seen through Tamamonomae and exposed Tamamonomae's disguise so far.

Chapter 461: Escape

Athena's words stunned all the people who were originally in despair. They looked at Tamamonomae in astonishment, but Tamamonomae did not waver at all.

Even her expression became a little funny.

"What is this, any guess?"

Taking a light step, Tamamonomae arrived in front of Athena in an instant, raised her slender long legs high, and then... chopped down!

The speed and power were incomparable to those before, and the sheer brute force that shook the space brought with it a sense of oppression that terrified everyone.

Tima was well prepared and pulled Athena away. Then, she kicked the ground with her leg. In an instant, huge waves were stirred up!

"This doesn't look like a person without divine power..." Looking at the still terrifying power, Ishtar's originally rising hope fell back in an instant.

"No..." However, after seeing this blow, Athena smiled even more happily.

"Indeed, your power has been so strong since the beginning, as if you can never use it up. Even now, you still have an expression that leaves room for improvement."

"But, when you launched the attack just now, your expression twisted for a moment, right?"

Her expression changed instantly, and Tamamonomae opened her eyes involuntarily. Her expression only changed slightly, and she immediately restrained herself after noticing it... Athena could actually catch this slight flaw in that situation! ?

"It seems that I guessed right." The goddess finally revealed her true face. Her increasingly bright smile made Tamamonomae stunned involuntarily.

"Guess!?"

"Although I did catch a glimpse of that change, no one knows whether that change is painful or not except you." Athena explained as a matter of course, "I just had the mentality of trying."

"If it's true, then that's good. If it's not true, then there's no loss. The situation won't be any worse than it is now."

"In that case, why not try?"

"...." Tamamonomae was silent for a moment. In the game of mutual deception, she was actually one step behind. She even had Liyun, Yamata no Orochi, and Amaterasu firmly in her hands.

"I don't know why you're in pain, but this is our chance. Isn't that right?"

Athena didn't know why Tamamonomae was like this, nor did she want to know why she was like this.

She only knew that this was a good opportunity to defeat Tamamonomae!

Even if they are exhausted, even if their bodies protest, this is their only chance!

"I see... If that's the case, then we can't lose..." Ishtar, who was ready to fight to the death, ignited new hope, and then...

"I was planning to use it later, but now it seems that I have no choice but to use it."

She pulled out a huge golden cup—the Holy Grail!

Without any backup plan, how could they dare to appear here?

However, once the Earth Mother Goddess uses the Holy Grail, her power will be sucked away by the Holy Grail... But on the contrary, while the Holy Grail is attacking the Earth Mother Goddess' power, she can also call upon the power of the Holy Grail.

Because the cost was too high, they didn't use it at first, but now is the time!

"Ishtar, give the Holy Grail to Tia! She should be able to counteract the power of the Holy Grail!" Athena did not intend to let Ishtar use the Holy Grail, because in Ishtar's current state, she would definitely be swallowed by the Holy Grail in an instant.

So, she planned to make the battle a straightforward one-on-one.

A one-on-one between the second beast, Tiamat, and the fifth beast, Tamamonomae!

"Then I'll leave it to you, mother!" Ishtar was stunned for a moment, then understood Athena's thoughts.

The arm threw the Holy Grail out with force, and the golden Holy Grail drew an arc.

Feeling the divine power overflowing from the Holy Grail, Tamamonomae's face changed, and he immediately kicked his feet, trying to intercept the Holy Grail midway.

But suddenly, the Holy Grail flying in the air stopped moving and just stayed there quietly.

Before everyone could react to what was happening, a dazzling burst of sunlight suddenly burst out from Tamamonomae's body.

The light turned into particles and condensed into the shape of a cold woman above. In addition, Li Yun and Xiao Yuyi also appeared in the air.

"Li Yun!?" When the goddesses saw Li Yun, joy immediately appeared in their eyes, and even Amaterasu and Tamamonomae were ignored.

Looking at the dim environment and miserable appearance around him, Li Yun was stunned subconsciously and murmured in a low voice: "Am I...coming out?"

At this moment, the voices of the goddesses reached his ears.

He looked back and saw Athena, Tima, Aige and the others had all arrived.

"Why are you here?" He fell from the sky holding the little fox. However, his happy expression did not last long before it disappeared. He frowned and said, "Why are you in this state?"

"How dare you say that? If it weren't for you, would we be like this?" Athena's tone was filled with complaints.

After a moment of hesitation, Li Yun scanned the surroundings and took everything in. Only then did he understand what had happened.

"Sorry..." He smiled bitterly, and then said: "Leave it to me from now on."

"It seems that you have weakened her power." Athena looked at Amaterasu in mid-air, and then looked at Tamamonomae who seemed to have lost something important and could barely stand up.

"Ah, finally..." Li Yun handed the little fox to Athena, then turned to look at Amaterasu, "Sorry, Amaterasu, leave Tamamonomae to me."

Amaterasu, who had finally emerged from Tamamonomae's body, frowned. As the lord of the gods, she was schemed against by Tamamonomae to this extent. How could she vent the anger in her heart if she didn't take revenge with her own hands?

However... Li Yun's tone just now was tough, as if I would force you to do it if you don't agree...

After considering the interests in her mind, Amaterasu finally nodded coldly, "Since the hero says so, I will hand her over to you, the hero."

"Thank you."

After saying this, Li Yun no longer cared about Amaterasu.

He waved at the Holy Grail, and the cup with terrifying divine power fell into his hands.

This thing was made by Guinevere for Rama. Theoretically, it belongs to Rama, but its owner is Guinevere after all, and it is Guinevere's freedom to give it to whoever she wants.

Now, Guinevere was staying at Li Yun's house, so she used the Holy Grail as rent and kept it with Li Yun.

In other words, Li Yun is now the master of the Holy Grail and can call upon the power of the Holy Grail at will.

Chapter 462: Regarding the Disposal of Tamamonomae

Under everyone's gaze, Li Mo walked in front of Tamamonomae.

He set up a barrier to isolate everyone from their divine power, and then sat in front of Tamamonomae.

"'Husband'..." Looking at the familiar face in front of her, Tamamonomae opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed it.

"Only the strong will prey on the weak, and only the fittest will survive. I am not able to protect my husband, so my husband is free."

"Well, I'm free. The situation is clear, and there is no need for anyone to say anything." Li Yun nodded to indicate that this was correct.

"Then 'husband'...Mr. Li Yun, are you here to laugh at me?" Tamamonomae's address changed. Because she had been defeated, Li Yun was no longer her 'property', so she was no longer qualified to call Li Yun 'husband'.

"No, I just don't understand something and I want to ask you for clarification." Li Yun looked at the fox in front of him who looked extremely embarrassed, thought for a while, and finally pointed to the ground, "Sit down, you can have a good rest while I answer my questions."

"....." Perhaps her body really couldn't bear it anymore, Tamamonomae sat in front of Li Yun with a wry smile.

"Mr. Li Yun, you can ask anything you want. I've already lost, and as a loser, I have nothing to be proud of."

"Why would you let me go there?"

Li Yun looked at Tamamonomae and said, "If you don't let me go there, you can rely on your own strength to be invincible. Even if I go down to fight, the final result will be that I will be captured by you again."

"....." Tamamonomae remained silent in the face of the question.

She pursed her lips, and after a while she shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

"There were obviously better options, but Mr. Li Yun chose to go there... I don't know what I was thinking at that time."

"Maybe... this is what they call a tit-for-tat. I have imprisoned Mr. Li Yun for so long, so it is only natural for him to ask for some interest from me."

"Can't explain it..." Li Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the last words Tamamo Gucci said to him, and vaguely had some answers in his heart.

"Then the next question is, what kind of beast are you?"

"Huh?" This strange question made Tamamonomae a little confused, and she subconsciously said "huh".

"The Anti-Genesis Return Beast Tia, the Anti-Messiah Hell Beast Six Six Six, they all have their own characteristics and traits, so what about you, what kind of beast are you?"

"From your behavior, you are not an anti-human beast."

Li Yun looked at Tamamonomae seriously and said, "Answer me."

".....Mr. Li Yun, there is no need to answer this question." Tamamonomae smiled, as if she and Li Yun were still husband and wife, and she smiled happily and joyfully.

Li Yun got the answer he wanted from Tamamonomae's smile.

He exhaled lightly, "Is that so... I think I understand."

"Then the last question, have you ever regretted the disaster you caused to this world?"

".....Although it may make you, Mr. Li Yun, sad, I don't regret it." Tamamonomae hesitated for a while, perhaps considering Li Yun's thoughts, but in the end she told the truth.

"I am a beast, a beast that humans must cross. Therefore, I am the enemy of this world. As long as I am alive, this world is destined to be destroyed by me."

"That's good." However, Li Yun smiled after getting this answer. He breathed a sigh of relief. "If you say you regret it now, or if you say you've turned over a new leaf, I'll find it very difficult to deal with it."

"After all, if the person who made the mistake can be forgiven just because she says sorry, then all those who have done bad things can just choose to turn back when they are forced into a desperate situation."

"In this way, order and rules will be destroyed."

To be honest, Li Yun didn't quite understand that idea.

Why is it that when a person who does bad things painfully admits his mistakes and says he will not do it again, so many people come out to protect him, while a person who does good things every day but accidentally makes a mistake is pointed at and scolded.

He really didn't understand the fools who had such ideas.

If you do bad things, you have to pay the price. This is an iron rule.

"Mr. Li Yun really understands..." Tamamonomae knelt down in front of Li Yun, "If it can be in Mr. Li Yun's hands, then I will accept it."

"Kill you? Why should I kill you?" However, what rang in Tamamonomae's ears were indeed the hero's words that were taken for granted, "The disaster you have caused to this world needs to be made up for by yourself. If I kill you so easily, it would be too easy for you."

"Eh?"

Tamamonomae raised her head. Was she... not going to kill her?

"You must make up for the damage you have done to this world." Li Yun smiled gently, "The dead will be resurrected, but bad people will not have this privilege. At the same time, you will also need to deal with the forests, mountains, and rivers that you have damaged."

"That is to say, you need to restore this damaged land to its original state."

"Mr. Liyun..." Tamamonomae opened her mouth unconsciously.

"Although for you who possess divine power, this kind of thing is indeed possible. But you are very smart, you understand what I mean." Li Yun clapped his hands, then stood up again, "That's all I have to say."