"Roar—!!!"
The colossal body of the ten-headed behemoth, its head adorned with ten magnificent rubies, stretched for hundreds of meters before everyone's eyes.
Soul Masters who couldn't escape in time were crushed into mincemeat by the descending body, and the malevolent energy released by the Rakshasa God upon the immediate plain was scattered into irregular, thin wisps of gas.
Soul Masters who were fortunate enough to avoid the descent path of the Ten-Headed Fierce Sun Snake began to accelerate their escape from the battlefield of the enraged great demon.
Ten pairs of scarlet snake eyes, glinting with ferocity and killing intent, were fixed upon the Rakshasa God, which was no larger than a single snake scale beneath its own colossal, hundred-meter-long body. It opened its gaping maw, revealing rows of sharp, conical teeth on its upper and lower jaws, and lunged towards the divine being daring to provoke its wrath.
The Rakshasa God, in utter shock, immediately drew upon its immense divine power to resist, engaging in a fierce struggle with the Ten-Headed Fierce Sun Snake.
"How can you still be alive?! You should have died long ago!"
The Rakshasa God never expected another variable to still be alive, let alone powerful enough to contend with Him.
The response to the Rakshasa God was an even more violent assault from the Ten-Headed Fierce Sun Snake.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The massive serpent's body and heads slammed against the barrier formed by divine power.
With every clash of power, the sky erupted with thunderous roars, and the earth trembled violently as if an earth dragon had awakened.
Bottomless ravines tore open across the land, and where its hard, black scales passed, winding, deep earth roads were left behind.
Though not the true body of the Rakshasa God, it now possessed seventy percent of its divine power, making it far more formidable than the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
At the chaotic, disordered edge of the battlefield, nearly five hundred Black Armored Knights, clad in black armor, entered the scorched earth that had become a veritable hell. Their resplendent spirit rings ascended, connecting to the light of faith emanating from the divine eyes at their waists, forming a massive defensive formation that bought the fleeing Heaven Dou soldiers precious moments to breathe.
Several figures, without hesitation, leaped in the opposite direction of the defensive formation, charging into the scorched earth stirred up by the Ten-Headed Fierce Sun Snake's formidable demonic energy.
"Suisui, where are you?!"
"Suisui!"
"Suisui!"
Anxious calls echoed, and finally, with Xiao Wu's choked cry, everyone followed the sound of her voice, heading in her direction.
Even in the face of the life-threatening Death Grand Canyon, Xiao Wu had never seen Tang Sui like this.
Lying on a shriveled, decaying corpse, with her arms severed at different locations, Tang Sui lay gasping for breath. Scarlet blood matted her roughly cut raven-black hair into clumps, mixed with small pieces of dirt. Her moon-white haori had been reduced to rags, its original pure white unrecognizable.
More scarlet blood trickled down her cheeks and neck, staining the corpse beneath her a wet red. Her chest barely rose and fell.
Shang Yang had intercepted the Rakshasa God but hadn't been able to block the already swung blade.
"Suisui!"
Xiao Wu instantly teleported to Tang Sui's side. Seeing Tang Sui covered in wounds, with severed arms and her left leg diagonally cut off from the ankle, tears streamed down her face.
"Suisui..."
Her gathered companions, including Tang Hao, also had red eyes.
Tang Sui's vision blurred, only seeing several black human-shaped silhouettes. She parted her lips, and more blood spilled from the corners of her mouth, staining her snow-white teeth a horrifying red. The words she wanted to speak were shattered by the gushing, sweetish blood.
Tang San, who quickly pressed pressure points on Tang Sui's body, felt his breath catch. A burning wetness welled in his eyes. His knees slammed into the ground, kicking up thin dust. His hands trembled as he reached out to embrace his sister, but he didn't know where to begin, afraid of hurting the severely wounded Tang Sui. From his pale lips, broken syllables escaped as he repeatedly called out her name:
"Suisui... don't sleep, don't fall asleep... Suisui, don't close your eyes, brother will heal you now, don't sleep, don't close your eyes..."
He bit down on several sausages of different varieties offered by Oscar, hastily chewing and swallowing them in a few bites. Gritting his teeth, he supported Tang Sui's blood-soaked back and channeled soul power into her, but dared not channel divine power.
This was because his divine power attribute repelled Tang Sui's strength.
"Super Recovery Sausage, Super Recovery Sausage..." Oscar trembled as he recited the food spirit incantation. His hands clenched the sausages, crushing them into small pieces and bringing them to Tang Sui's lips, which continued to cough out blood. His eyes red, he pleaded, "Suisui... open your mouth and eat them, just eat a little... don't close your eyes... don't..."
The sausage fragments pressed against Tang Sui's lips ultimately failed to be swallowed, stopping within her mouth, now saturated with thick blood.
"...Suisui, don't sleep! Don't fall asleep—!"
Deep within the twin domains, a hard potato, relegated to a dusty corner, twitched. Like a pearl being dusted off, it shed its dull sheen and began to emit a faint, soft glow.
"No......"
The mournful voices of her companions gradually faded from her ears.
The scarred earth, the fallen light, the despairing cries...
Her soul seemed to detach from her flesh and blood, ascending into the sky, enveloped by a dark, silent tide. All extraneous noises and thoughts retreated from her.
"Drip,"
"Drip,"
Though her haori was moon-white, crimson blood dripped from the cuff of her sleeve, blooming in the profound darkness, slowly twisting into a long red line that encircled her ankles, pulling her as she walked towards the shadowed chasm away from the light.
"Ding—"
A clear bell chime, so familiar it brought an urge to cry, yanked her as she walked towards the depths of darkness, sending her plummeting back into the bright daylight.
"Sui?"
The ever-blooming thousand-year-old cherry tree rustled its branches gently in the softly blowing breeze. Pink and white cherry blossoms swirled down from the sky, a few landing in the raven-black hair, and a few on the tip of the nose of the girl sleeping by the stone table beneath the tree.
Suddenly feeling a tickle on her nose, the girl frowned and sneezed, waking from her sleep. A young man with long silver-white hair stood backlit, entering the girl's slightly unsteady vision.
"You don't seem to have slept well."
The handsome young man's lips curved into a faint smile, his eyes gentle, like clouds drifting in the wind. His ethereal and easygoing aura seemed to blend seamlessly with the quiet courtyard. His azure eyes were imbued with a unique tenderness as he gazed at the girl waking from her nightmare, leaning down to carefully wipe the cold dampness from her cheek.
"Did you have a bad dream, Sui?"
His gentle voice was like a spring breeze, magically soothing the girl's unease and lingering fear.
Like a fledgling returning to the warmth of its mother's wings, the girl, her rationality restored, reached out and clung dependently to the young man's waist. With childish affection, she rubbed her cheek against him and mumbled, "Mm, I had a terrible dream... In the dream, Lord Seimei, and everyone in the courtyard were gone..."
"I... also died..."
—Author's Notes—
Watched the Susanoo CG last night and got hurt, so Mo Li came to hurt you all (devil's whisper).
There might be another update dropping randomly tonight.