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Obey, or perish.
She glanced at her daughter, Jiuchong, who was trembling with fear in her arms.
For my daughter...
Also, to prove that I still have some use.
"Ahhhhhhh-!"
Yasaka let out a sharp cry, and the immense demonic power belonging to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox erupted.
Golden demonic energy surged into the sky, almost lifting the entire roof off.
She concentrated all her life's power in her palm, transforming it into a massive, golden demonic energy bullet, condensed to its extreme.
The temperature in the entire space was rising rapidly.
Rias and Akeno both instinctively took a half step back and activated defensive magic.
"go with!"
Yasaka used all his strength to blast the demonic energy bullet, powerful enough to level a mountain, fiercely towards the black armor.
then.
The most bizarre thing happened.
The golden demonic energy bullet, brimming with terrifying destructive power, flew to within a meter of the [Original Sin] armor...
It disappeared without a sound.
It is not offset.
It is not absorbed.
It was not transferred.
It simply vanished into thin air, completely erased from this world.
The concept of "attack" it carried, along with all traces of its existence, were erased.
puff!
Yasaka suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
That was the terrifying backlash caused by the denial of power at its very source.
She collapsed to the ground, her body convulsing. Her face was no longer filled with humiliation and resentment, but only with the purest, most primal fear.
She finally understood.
When she was in Kyoto, the White Dragon Emperor Vali Lucifer, whom she had met once, said, "How many seconds can you survive under Zhou Ye's attack?" That was not arrogance, but a statement of a fact that she could not understand.
It turns out that the power he was so proud of was not even worthy of existence in the face of a real monster.
The living room was deathly quiet.
Suzaku Himejima's body trembled slightly; she was glad that it wasn't her who had spoken earlier.
Rias and Akeno Himejima were also shocked, but they felt more of a sense of pride and honor.
“Honey, you’re scaring the new girls again.”
Rias walked over to Zhou Ye and naturally straightened his collar. Her actions were intimate, but her words carried an absolute condescension towards others.
Zhou Ye put away the armor called "Original Sin," which once again merged into the void and disappeared without a trace.
He glanced at Yasaka, whose face was ashen, and Suzaku Himejima, who looked horrified, and casually explained.
"Don't be so nervous."
"This thing can hardly be considered a divine artifact."
"It's just some relics from the old era, what you call the God-Slaying Gear, plus some interesting little gadgets that I happened to get, and I just put together a toy."
Relics from the old era...
Interesting little gadgets...
A toy pieced together haphazardly...
These words were like heavy hammer blows, completely shattering the worldview of Suzaku Himejima and Yasaka.
The God-Slaying Gear that caused gods to fight to the death and countless powerful individuals to pursue their entire lives was, in this man's eyes, nothing more than a "relic" and "material" that could be discarded at will.
What kind of being were they following?
at this time.
hum-
A bright red magic circle lit up in the living room, bearing the Gremory family crest.
The faces of Lucifer and Sazex appeared in the magic circle, their expressions more solemn than ever before.
"Zhou Ye!"
His voice was hurried.
"Something's happened! The Calamity Clan has launched a full-scale attack!"
"An advance force composed of a massive number of magical beasts has broken through the western defenses of the Underworld and is advancing towards the core area!"
"Those magical beasts are all products of [Monster Creation], and there are too many of them. Our defenses are about to collapse!"
After listening to Sazex's urgent briefing.
A hint of interest finally appeared on Zhou Ye's face.
He smiled.
It was the kind of long-awaited, playful smile that a hunter gives when he sees his prey finally enter the arena.
"Oh?"
"Has it finally started?"
"Perfect timing, my new toy needs to see some blood too."
Chapter 292 The Actors Take Their Places
The light from Sazex's communication magic circle had not yet completely dissipated.
The air in the living room had shifted from a frozen, deathly stillness to a sense of impending doom and impending storm.
Zhou Ye made no response to the Demon King's anxious plea for help.
He simply turned around, sat back down on the sofa, and poured himself a cup of black tea.
His movements were leisurely and unhurried.
"Honey?"
Rias walked over, a hint of seriousness in her eyes.
"The Calamity Clan is launching a full-scale attack; this is no small matter. The Underworld's defenses..."
"Defense line?"
Zhou Ye blew on the steam rising from the teacup, interrupting her.
"That kind of thing is meant to be broken through."
"Rias, you'll get used to it."
He put down his teacup and looked up at his woman.
"War is not a dinner party; isn't it normal for a few people to die and a few lines of defense to be breached?"
“Sazex and his ilk have been peace lords for too long and have forgotten what real fighting is like.”
His words were calm, yet they sent a chill down the spines of everyone present.
Especially Himejima Suzaku and Yasaka.
In their minds, the Demon King's plea for help and the Underworld's dire situation were already a matter of utmost importance.
But with this man, all she got in return was a dismissive "normal".
“Then we…” Rias asked.
"Not urgent."
Zhou Ye waved his hand.
"The stage has just been set up and the actors have just come on stage, so we have to let them finish reading their lines first."
"We are the audience, and also the final curtain falls."
"Just keep an eye on it."
He leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and said nothing more.
It was as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him.
……
Meanwhile, Hades.
The old Demon King's temporary stronghold, a gloomy underground fortress.
Sherpabies was laughing loudly, his laughter echoing wildly and jarringly in the empty hall.
"Hahaha! Did you hear that, Krippelo!"
He waved his arms, his face contorted with excitement.
"Report from the front! Our Warcraft army is advancing with unstoppable momentum! A large breach has been torn in the Gremory family's defenses!"
"That false king, Sazex, must be in a panic right now!"
Kripero Asmodeus, standing to the side, also wore a smug smile.
"Everything is going according to plan, Lord Sherpa."