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just now.

Mount Fuji volcano erupted completely, the sky was dark and the earth was gloomy. After being in a trance, Asamanomiya Kamiko suddenly became dazed again.

Her whole body began to tremble.

As the 'chief priest' of Sengen-no-Miya Shrine... As the god of Mount Fuji and the 'Princess of Cherry Blossoms', Konohana no Sakuyabi serves the shrine maiden of 'Konohana no Yahime'.

It also serves as the guardian of Mount Fuji from generation to generation.

Seeing the things she had been protecting being shattered and destroyed, she would naturally tremble and become solemn.

Will panic.

Even - fear.

Fear of failure.

Fear of death.

But what really frightened her was that the figure she had always regarded as a savior suddenly became the source of all disasters - it seemed that if she wanted to prevent such disasters, she could only kill her benefactor, and if she wanted to fulfill her own "righteousness", she could only abandon her own kindness.

After all, purifying the horrific curse incarnated by ghosts and gods is no easier than destroying a copy world.

But there is no purification.

Killing is just as difficult.

She couldn't do it.

Not only is her strength far from enough, but now, if she were asked to take action against Li Re...even if she were to use all her strength to stop a chariot, she still couldn't do it.

Li Rega helped her so much.

The favors Li Re had bestowed on her were too many and too great.

It seemed that in these few short days, 'Spirit King' Li Re had become an extremely important existence in her life, like the master who had taught her when she was growing up.

"I am...still too cowardly."

Asamamiya Kamiko took a deep breath and thought so.

She is such a coward.

There are too many things to fear.

She was afraid of death, of losing her job, of losing her gratitude, and of giving up her persistence...

Too much to fear.

The more you lose, the more you lose.

There are always trade-offs to be made.

My master had taught me the same thing before.

In the end, you have to give up something to preserve something else.

Asamamiya Kamiko now finally understood the meaning of this sentence.

Understand in this end of the world.

Understand in this upheaval of heaven and earth.

So...

"It's time to give it up."

I am very reluctant and unwilling.

But, this is the only thing we can do.

Boom!

The lava flowing down from the top of the mountain meandered and surged for dozens of seconds before finally covering the previously solidified volcanic rocks and flooding halfway up the mountain again, falling in front of the witch.

Boom!

The trend of the earth rumbling and shaking has remained unchanged.

Countless people fled in the lava, and countless people were swallowed by the lava.

The witch in the meantime just stood there, watched, then raised her hand and took off the ghost chain on her wrist.

The cold black ghost lock was held tightly in her palm.

What bloomed immediately afterwards was boundless and scattered darkness, a feather-like darkness that spread from the shrine maiden to the surroundings and to the entire land of Japan!

"what is that?"

The people fleeing on Mount Fuji suddenly felt that the world had become quiet. Looking back, they saw a dark shadow rising from the mountainside, separating the lava from the world.

"what is that...?"

At the foot of Mount Fuji, in the vast land that had been cracked apart by the earthquake, some people subconsciously looked up and saw the black feathers falling from the sky.

There were still houses, streets, fields, villages, cities... and countless people who fled the disaster could see them.

They saw the black feathers falling from the sky.

I also saw the lava and fire engulfed by the feather.

I could even feel the vibration disappearing.

Natural disasters and natural calamities - are being 'swallowed'!

The so-called "the moon is eaten by the heavenly dog".

The so-called 'swallowing the sky and eating the earth'.

"Release all the power of the blood in my body and let 'Tengu' completely reappear on earth. This is my only choice now!"

The shrine maiden on Mount Fuji raised her eyes and said so.

The fluttering feather robe seemed to be stained with layers of black, the white dress with red hem seemed to be given a bit of weirdness by the fierce power of ghosts and gods, and the long dark red hair looked like it was stained with blood, which made the beautiful face look extremely weird.

The wings of the Tengu suddenly spread out behind her and rose high up as if expanding and swelling endlessly.

The shadow of the demon god 'Tengu' suddenly appeared in it!

But this time is different from before.

This time, it was not her who was using the ghostly power that came from her blood.

Rather...the power of ghosts and gods is using her body as a medium to reappear in the human world.

Although she had been able to use this power freely before.

But it's not enough.

Not enough to deal with the current situation.

Only by completely releasing the essence of this power can we swallow up all the overflowing disasters.

Even though she will die from now on.

Being eaten by 'ghosts and gods'.

Even though she will no longer exist after this.

But between 'favor' and 'righteousness', the only thing she can give up is herself.

The only thing she could do was to face the death that she feared, but compared to other things, she was not so afraid of it.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li Re..."

"I'm afraid I can't fulfill my promise and join your army."

"I am a witch after all."

"The witch who protects the mountains and rivers."

"If there is reincarnation, in the next life, I will change my profession and become a witch serving you!"

The witch closed her eyes.

The sight sank into darkness.

So is consciousness.

The body is even more so.

Asama-no-miya Kamiko will be swallowed up by demons and gods.

The essence of 'Tengu' is the bottomless abyss and darkness.

Here.

The whole world seemed to be silent - silent at this moment, this second, this instant, this... moment!

One moment follows another.

In an instant.

A voice came.

"I grant you my favor."

"But, your 'death' is not allowed."

As the words fell, the darkness suddenly dissipated - Asamamiya Kamiko suddenly opened her eyes, and saw a hand penetrating the darkness and grabbing the fallen hand.

The palm was wrapped in dark green fire.

That fire was cold.

But it is very bright.

So bright that it soaked the abyss and tore apart the darkness.

It's also very warm.

Let Gong Shenzi feel...the warmth permeating his whole body.

"You don't really think I'm still awake?"

Li Re reached out from high above and grabbed the witch's hand and said with a chuckle, naturally and confidently:

"Huang Quan dare not take my people away!"

Asamamiya Kamiko stopped where she was.

It was unbelievable and he was unable to come back to his senses for a long time. Only his eyes were slightly lit, as if the sudden fire illuminated the deepest and darkest part of his heart.

Chapter 468: The Witch's Heart is Moved, and She Notifies the World

Li Re was actually very sober the whole time.

Not only now, but also not only before - although he did not move during these two days and two nights, he was very clear about what was happening around him. He did not move only in order to draw the power of the ghost curse deeper into himself, as if he had fallen silent.

So he naturally knew that the lava volcano had erupted again - it was even more terrifying, more thorough, and uncontrollable compared to two days ago.

He was naturally aware of the choice made by Asamamiya Kamiko in the face of such a disaster.

Although Li Re felt a little regretful that even though he had absorbed all of the curse into his body, he still could not kill himself, and could not free his soul from the constraints of his body and release truly powerful power, the curse at this moment only turned him into the 'source of the curse' and made him the target of public criticism in the real world.

He also felt a little regretful that when he just turned into the 'source of the curse', Gong Shen Zi did not take action against him for the sake of justice... In fact, if the girl had taken action just now, Li Re might really have been in danger.

Asamamiya Kamiko has not even reached the silver level of authority, and she herself is not very powerful, but the ghost and god power in her body may become the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and together with the curse transformed by the many ghost and god powers, she may "kill" Li Re!

It's just a pity.

But he also understood that the witch would never do that.

She is kind and rational. She knows exactly what she should and should not do, and she will never let others bear the blame.

This is the priestess named 'Ghost of the Palace'.

This is what she is——

The uproar blew and swayed in the sky. In this instant, the world was silent and then shook, and after the shake, it seemed to fall into silence again.

The dark black feathers formed by the power of the demon god 'Tengu' that spread out from the body of the dark red-haired shrine maiden have spread throughout Japan, swallowing up all light and heat, but the dark green flames that emerged in this endless darkness illuminate the deepest part of the feathers.

Ordinary people and players near Mount Fuji all stopped and looked up, and saw the figure of the Spirit King reaching out his hand from the sky.

He saw the figure of the other witch whose hand he was holding, about to fall into the abyss - or, in other words, about to become the abyss.