From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"Wake up! There's still time!"

"Boring..." Xia Chuan said in a low voice.

Maybe what he said was right. Maybe human beings will eventually doubt themselves, be wary of themselves, and even betray themselves.

But there’s a chance they won’t.

As for Astaroth in front of him, Xia Chuan knew very well that if he allowed him to return to this world, there would only be one result.

Even if he will face hostility from humanity in the future, or even become an enemy of the whole world, that is a matter for the future.

What excited him was that Astaroth actually said such a thing, which might mean that his efforts had paid off!

Chapter 297: The Plan to Destroy the Family

Black light continuously emitted from the black vortex in Area 51 under the huge phantom of Astaroth, colliding with the white light summoned by Xia Chuan again and again, and being annihilated silently.

A huge amount of spiritual power was consumed silently. The almost perfectly smooth semicircular grooves of various sizes left behind by the collision of two completely different lights proved that a fierce confrontation had occurred in these places, but at a distance, it was impossible to even know what had happened here.

As more and more countries began to learn from Daxia and Lucia's practices and tried their best to eliminate the fear and despair created by Astaroth, and as more and more Mia countries led their people to pray to Xiachuan, the balance of victory and defeat quietly began to tilt towards humans.

Astaroth began to summon more of the Old Gods into the world.

Not every country has the standing forces and mobilization capabilities like Bactria and Russia, not every country has the same huge arsenal as them, and not every country has the same execution and organizational capabilities as them.

Some countries do not lack cutting-edge weapons, but their governments and people lack the responsibility and decisiveness necessary in such extreme situations, and their soldiers also lack the courage and spirit of sacrifice necessary to face such a dead end. There are a few elites and heroes among them, but the power of individuals cannot play its due role in such a situation. The desperate battles of a few people cannot destroy the ancient gods, but instead highlight their terror. The sacrifices of these people even exacerbate the chaos and make the collapse come faster.

In those countries that had already collapsed, the arrival of the ancient gods only added fuel to the fire, making the order even more chaotic and causing the organizations that had been established with great difficulty to completely collapse. They slaughtered and harvested lives wantonly, desperately trying to possess and absorb the power generated by this.

But things soon developed completely different from Astaroth's expectations.

Summoning these weaker ancient gods who could easily pass through the barrier to this world actually consumed a lot of spiritual energy, but people's fear, despair and resentment did not increase. On the contrary, the killing and destruction caused by the ancient gods changed people's fear and intercepted and dispersed the power that should have been gathered here. On the other hand, the killing of these ancient gods caused the deaths of millions of people who were unconsciously providing power to Astaroth, which greatly reduced his income.

Instead of increasing the power gained by Astaroth due to these efforts, it was greatly reduced.

He tried to persuade them to act according to his intentions, just like he had persuaded the Yamata no Orochi, but the places where these ancient gods landed were scattered in different corners of the world. When Daxia and Lucia chose to temporarily ignore the disasters that these places were experiencing and continued to concentrate all their firepower on attacking Astaroth and the ancient gods that fell in their countries, these ancient gods that Astaroth summoned at a huge cost could not even give him substantial help.

He had to suspend this meaningless action and once again concentrate his strength on the guy in front of him who should have been just a minor case.

The ray of light was already at least ten times thicker than it was at the beginning, and compared to Astaroth's body it was still just a tiny dot like a needle tip. But it was this tiny dot that was pushing his body out of this world bit by bit.

"Xiachuan, are you so greedy that you have to monopolize this world? Do you think you can do whatever you want after expelling us? You don't think humans are really so stupid as to step into the same mud pit again and again, do you?"

He spoke again.

Since it is impossible to shake Xiachuan's will with words, then let's shake those ignorant humans who regard him as their savior.

Astaroth felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have sacrificed all his men. Otherwise, he could at least send them out to kill those who dared to provide power to Xia Chuan. But before that, he had only barely opened the channel connecting the two worlds and constructed the spell to control the television network. Under such circumstances, he had no choice but to stop.

"What you did is no different from what we did. Why do you think that humans will live in peace with you instead of trying every possible way to get rid of you? The moment I am expelled, a nuclear bomb will fall on your head!"

Spells that affect the human mind on a large scale consume enormous amounts of spiritual power, and this becomes more so the farther the distance. Astaroth no longer has much spiritual power to use on this kind of thing, and can only pin his hopes on shaking the already extremely fragile trust between the two parties.

The mystery of the Skeleton Society itself is a threat. The reason why the lies he made before made the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka hesitate is that they believed the logic behind them: How did such a powerful and alien organization like the Skeleton Society appear? Where were they hiding before? Could their purpose really be so pure and simple?

It is not necessary for anything to really happen between them. As long as Daxia and Lucia are afraid to act rashly and stop strengthening Xiachuan's power, when that moment comes, he can instantly reverse the current decline!

"Save your energy." Xia Chuan didn't want to answer him. He didn't even have the mood to complain about such a clumsy attempt to sow discord.

For him, the biggest question now is how many nuclear weapons the three major countries have produced and stored, and how long can they maintain such an offensive?

If it weren't for the continuous explosions weakening and consuming Astaroth's power, could he have driven this guy back on his own?

That guy Long Qingting, please give him more power!

At this time, Astaros suddenly laughed: "Xiachuan, what do you think this place is?"

A huge image emerged in the sky. It was the interior of an underground fortification. The ceiling had been severely deformed and sunken, full of cracks, and seemed to be constantly shaking. People looked up nervously at the place that was about to break, and on the other side were the God-chosen warriors and shikigami who were fighting desperately with the giant snake monster.

There were broken corpses and blood all over the ground. The Shikigami were covered in wounds and looked miserable. More and more snake monsters were trying to rush in.

The fox demon spread her hands forward, as if maintaining some kind of spell. Behind her were the people that Xiachuan always cared about even in battle.

"Master, this is an illusion he uses to deceive you, don't believe it..." Paul said immediately.

Xia Chuan started calling immediately.

"Yui, can you still hold on? Why don't you borrow my power?"

He didn't ask what was going on over there or whether everything was okay, nor did he ask the fox demon. Instead, he went straight to the person he cared about most.

"Natsukawa-kun?" Aoki Yui was stunned. Did Natsukawa already know what was happening here? Who told him? Didn't Erika take away everyone's soul jade to prevent anyone from interfering with his battle? Why could she still hear his voice?

She didn't know how to answer Xia Chuan's question, but her hesitant expression appeared directly in the huge image in the sky, and her hesitation of just a few seconds also allowed Xia Chuan to confirm what was happening.

The rage instantly burned away his reason.

"Scum! Go to hell!"

Chapter 298 The fish is dead and the net is broken

Astaroth had been watching Xia Chuan's movements closely. This roar made him excited, and he was ready to deliver a fatal blow.

As a god, he knew very well what price Natsukawa would have to pay if he was distracted from understanding and resolving the crisis in Tokyo.

Some ancient gods with two or three heads and multiple wills can indeed do several things at the same time, but for gods like him and Xia Chuan who only have one will in their bodies, they must pay a huge price to use their magical powers across such a long distance.

He also set up a huge magic array in advance to be able to cause trouble all over the world at the same time and broadcast it live. With Xia Chuan's ability, it would be impossible for him to solve the problem so easily.

Whether he was distracted, his strength was dispersed or weakened, or even just a fluctuation in his will, it would be an opportunity for Astaroth to take advantage and counterattack.

A powerful ray of destruction had already shot towards Xia Chuan, and Astaroth had also prepared several powerful gifts, ready to follow at any time.

But Xia Chuan in front of him suddenly became dazzling. Astaroth realized after a moment that he was madly consuming the spiritual power in his body. It seemed that he was going to die with him? !

This guy... This is another possibility that Astaroth had never imagined. Even if Xiachuan turned a blind eye to what was happening in Tokyo, he would not be surprised. But in that case, Xiachuan's power would definitely be affected, which would also be a favorable result for him.

But Xia Chuan's current reaction was not in his plan. It was just that the gods' followers were in danger... Was this what gods should do?

But Xia Chuan had been completely enveloped by the strong light and simply ignored the destructive light he shot out. Two huge wings of light that were so huge that they cut through the sky appeared behind him and pounced directly towards him!

Astaroth couldn't understand why Xiachuan, although a god, still acted more in the way of human thinking.

The most reasonable approach at the moment is of course to put the overall situation first, transform the concern about the fate of Yui Aoki and others into a stronger and more resolute will, and prioritize solving Astaroth, but Natsukawa is unable to think about the problem with such inhuman calmness.

The moment he knew that Yui Aoki and others were facing great danger, he had already made the decision.

He couldn't just leave them alone, and his heart wasn't strong enough to ignore the reality and continue to fight Astaroth wholeheartedly. If he continued with the status quo, there would be only one final result, which was that he would be defeated here because of his distraction, and Yui and the others would die in Tokyo.

Meaningless!

It was equally meaningless to transfer his consciousness to Tokyo to help them. The dozen seconds of daze were enough for his body to be wantonly destroyed by Astaroth many times. After his body was torn apart, the overflowing spiritual power would most likely become nourishment for Astaroth, helping him successfully break through the barrier and enter this world.

Well, actually he had no other options. The only thing he could do was to exhaust all the energy contained in this body in the shortest possible time, then resolutely abandon it and return to Tokyo to solve the problem.

In that case, although Astaroth might succeed in coming to this world, he could at least save Yui and the others, and then find a way to deal with Astaroth.

Xia Chuan immediately activated all the soul jades stored in Paul's body, and then, with this belief, he pounced directly towards the huge shadow in the sky.

His body is a body of pure energy composed of soul jades that are highly compressed in some mysterious way. The level and energy density of the soul jades that make up his body far exceed the soul jade crystals he has condensed himself. In the past, he has been restrained in order to protect this body, but when he finally released the power contained in it with the intention of destroying everything, he discovered that it was far more powerful than he had imagined.

With his full strength, his body quickly lost its shape and turned into a huge mass of energy with a diameter of hundreds of meters. Against the backdrop of the Gate of Hell summoned by Astaroth, and with the huge wings of light summoned unconsciously behind him, he looked like an angel of light rushing towards the devil.

With such a huge body and against the dark and chaotic background, people could see it even from a long distance. Countless people were instantly inspired and moved and began to pray to him with all their heart. However, these wishes were no longer of any meaning to him at this moment.

He just burned himself wholeheartedly and kept rushing towards Astaroth!

Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up again!

A huge black ball of light quickly gathered in front of Astaroth's claws that reached into the world. The storm of resentment that had been hovering around Area 51 seemed to be completely attracted to the ball of light, spinning at high speed and merging into it, causing it to expand rapidly. Countless resentful souls wailed and screamed in it, even including the consciousness of many evil gods, making the ball of light look even more weird and terrifying.

Everything around it seemed to be sucked in by it, as if a black hole was forming.

In fact, this process only took a few seconds, but to everyone who witnessed it, it seemed like a very long time.

They watched with excitement and uneasiness as the ball of light suddenly appeared and rushed directly towards the black hole that seemed to be able to destroy everything. The next moment, the whole world seemed to be illuminated, brighter than any nuclear bomb that had exploded before, as if a real planet suddenly exploded in that place. Everything froze briefly, and then a huge shock wave tore everything apart. Not only did the storm of resentment that had shrouded Area 51 for several hours disappear completely, but even the huge illusion of the gate of hell in the sky had a huge crack that almost spanned the entire sky.

what happened?

Could it be that the devil in the sky is about to escape successfully?

The ball of light had completely disappeared by this time, and the sky immediately returned to extreme darkness. People looked at Astaroth's shadow with despair, but were surprised to find that cracks had also appeared on his claws that had reached into this world, and it seemed that they would break at any time!

Did you make it?

There was a glimmer of hope in the people's hearts again, but Astaroth's figure did not disappear, but continued to slowly and continuously reach out to this world.

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"Can't you, the fox clan, explode your tail? Why don't you try it?" In the fog, the disproportionately large snake monster was looking at Erika with a cruel smile.

Kiryu Ichiryu roared, summoning the last of his strength to rush towards it, but it grabbed him, held him in its claws, and lifted him into the air.

"What an annoying bug! I can't kill it no matter how hard I squeeze it!" said the Yamata no Orochi with disgust.

Its body was severely damaged in the nuclear explosion and it lost more than half of its strength. If he had not sent many clones into the underground fortress at that time, the losses might have been even greater.

But it's all over now.

The wolf spirit shikigami that posed the greatest threat to it had been destroyed, and the cat spirit shikigami that had been trying to sneak attack it in the shadows had also been torn into pieces by him. As for those miscellaneous bird spirit shikigami, they had long since become fragments that fell to the ground, or had been directly corroded by the venom and turned into ashes.

The only ones standing in its way now were this already weak fox demon and the blood-covered demon descendant beside her.

Astaroth's commission is about to be completed. Although Yaqi does not completely believe in his promise, his power is far inferior to that of Astaroth, one of the Eight Pillars. In order for itself to have a place in this world for a long time, it can only hope that the other party can keep his promise.

The world is big, even he would need someone to share his worries, right?

So……

Yamata no Orochi threw the body in his hand up, ready to swallow him in one bite, but at this moment, a powerful force suddenly appeared not far in front of him. The next second, huge ground spikes suddenly appeared, knocking Yamata no Orochi's clone flying backwards and hitting the wall heavily!

"You ugly thing!" A human shadow floated in front of it, staring at it with malice.

Kiryu Ichiryu's body was lifted by the wind and gently sent to the side of the fox demon and Moriyama Chiyu.

"Get away from me!"

Chapter 299 Breaking through restrictions

Pulling away at the last moment of the self-explosion was a first-time experience even for Natsukawa. When he confirmed that his consciousness had successfully returned to Tokyo and reached the underground shelter where Yui Aoki and others were, he felt quite refreshed as if he had succeeded in committing suicide and surviving a disaster.

Although he didn't know what happened to Astaroth in the end, he believed that even if this attack couldn't kill that guy, it should have consumed a considerable amount of his energy, enough to delay his entry into this world for a while.

So……

He was a little annoyed at the fox's unauthorized decision, but fortunately, Aoki Yui and the others were still safe and sound. As soon as he switched to the Tokyo side, a large amount of willpower surged in and quickly filled the vacuum of his power.

Unlike other parts of the world, with the joint efforts of Akasaka, Kono and other institutions, tens of millions of Japanese people have begun to pray with Natsukawa's many identities as the target.

These powers were greatly reduced after traveling thousands of miles to the United States. Although they provided him with a lot of spiritual power, they were far from enough to fight against Astaroth. However, when the distance factor suddenly disappeared, the willpower surged like the sea.

If Xia Chuan had not just experienced the state of an energy body, so much willpower would probably have burst him directly, but now he just quickly expanded into a huge human-shaped ball of light in the astonished eyes of everyone, and then all the resentment and dissatisfaction in his heart turned into a powerful beam of light that could destroy everything, and directly destroyed the Yaki clone who had just climbed up and tried to say something, turning it into ashes.

This scene left everyone in the shelter stunned.

That powerful monster that became even more violent after the nuclear bomb attack and almost destroyed the entire shelter from the top, causing them to suffer a tough battle and almost be wiped out, just in the blink of an eye... is gone?

The impact of this scene was so powerful that the entire shelter fell into silence. It was not until Natsukawa's body continued to expand and began to penetrate the thick concrete to hunt down the other incarnations of the Yamata no Orochi that the priests headed by Sato Kentaro were the first to wake up, chanting the name of Natsukawa Daimyojin frantically and praising his power incoherently.

"These guys, Sato and the others, are so... noisy." The tense string in the fox's heart suddenly loosened, and the whole person was shaking.

Chiyu Moriyama and others around her were not in a much better situation. Rena Kawaguchi even sat down on the ground without any image. A moment later, Manabu Asakawa rushed out from the crowd who had been protecting him behind, wanting to hug her, but ended up just standing behind her.

The fear that weighed on everyone's heart had disappeared. Even Kiryu Ichiryū, who was usually the coldest man, sat on the ground and laughed. Aoki Yui began to heal the injured people through Kagura dance. After a while, all the shrine maidens followed her.

The God-chosen warriors suffered heavy casualties, and almost all of the shrine maidens' shikigami were killed in the battle. Fortunately, they fought desperately to keep the snake monster, the incarnation of the Yamata-no-Orochi, out, and Natsukawa's return was also very timely, so not many people died.

Many of the God-chosen warriors looked miserable, their bodies torn apart by the basilisk, corroded and invaded by venom, and they were in imminent danger. But with the efforts of the priestesses, as long as they still had a breath, they were all rescued.

"Fortunately..." People followed the priests in praising Natsukawa Daimyojin, while rejoicing in their hearts.

Most people don’t know what is happening in the world outside Neon. To them, the appearance of God means the end of all suffering and danger.

But why hasn't the God come back yet?

The busyness of treating the wounded made people not consider this for a while, but after the fox demon recovered a little strength, she began to call Xia Chuan carefully, asking about his location, and the answer he gave surprised her again.

"I'm thinking about how to get rid of this damn illusion."

"Have you returned to Tokyo again?" The fox demon subconsciously used honorifics.

"There's no need to 'go back', isn't it right above your head?" Xia Chuan said. "Do you have any ideas?"