# 920
Chapter 921: The Killing Sword
Two moons hung in the sky, blood-colored light spreading across the heavens.
Endless whispers exploded in Merlin and Susanoo's ears like thousands of silver needles piercing their souls, leaving their consciousness and spirit riddled with holes.
Merlin's pupils contracted slightly, his originally clear eyes growing turbid. His brow furrowed tightly, hands covering his ears as if in agony.
The Red Moon's corruption eroded the mind, requiring time. Even though Merlin had actively removed his mental magic, exposing himself to the pollution, with his willpower and wisdom, he could still maintain control over his sanity while listening to the whispers.
But the simultaneous appearance of two Red Moons, combined with the mental exhaustion from repeatedly invoking powerful forbidden spells today, caused his consciousness to grow hazy.
He had to struggle against the pollution with all his reason, desperately fighting to prevent the two Red Moons from completely consuming his body.
ROAR——!!!
Trapped beneath the Demon-Suppressing Ring, Susanoo's eyes blazed crimson red. He let out a thunderous roar, divine power surging through his entire being!
The nearby sea of blood seemed to boil. Several columns of blood, each hundreds of meters thick, erupted skyward, coalescing into blood-red serpent heads that danced wildly beneath the twin moons before crashing down upon the surface of the Demon-Suppressing Ring!
The deafening explosion echoed across heaven and earth.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!!
Under the relentless strikes of the blood-sea serpent heads, cracks began to appear on the Demon-Suppressing Ring's surface. His eyes burning with狂暴 fury, Susanoo thrust his Ame-no-Murakumo upward!
The blade sliced through the Demon-Suppressing Ring effortlessly. Golden radiance shattered inch by inch, and the magic circle's backlash caused nearby Merlin to turn pale. The crimson hue in his eyes deepened...
Merlin's usually calm mind churned with agitation. Damn it! This sword is far too troublesome!
The Ame-no-Murakumo could sever all things—even Merlin's sealing forbidden spells had minimal effect. The Demon-Suppressing Ring ranked among his most powerful binding forbidden spells, yet it had been forcefully shattered by finding an opening...
If they didn't deal with this sword, Susanoo's combat power would become utterly terrifying!
Susanoo's figure rose from the shattered golden light. His furious eyes turned toward the direction where the carriage had fled. Once again, he raised the Ame-no-Murakumo in his hand, and a surge of killing intent swept outward.
This is bad!
Merlin seemed to realize what was coming. His form flickered rapidly, and in an instant, countless instantly-cast magic circles spread out before Susanoo!
Susanoo ignored these magic circles entirely. All his strength flowed into his right arm as he hurled the Ame-no-Murakumo toward the direction of the fleeing carriage!
The Ame-no-Murakumo transformed into a stunning beam of white light, instantly piercing through the void. The blade tore through the air with a deafening roar, and invisible shockwaves shattered everything on the ground and all buildings in its path.
Where the blade passed, all was destruction and devastation.
The instantly-cast magic circles blocking the Ame-no-Murakumo's path were torn apart like paper, yet every moment, dozens of new instantly-cast magic circles would appear before the sword's trajectory!
Merlin's crimson eyes struggled to maintain focus. His right hand's magic staff flickered wildly with radiance. Every second, he was creating instantly-cast magic circles at an astonishing speed.
In less than three seconds, Merlin had cast three thousand three hundred and thirty-three magic circles, forming a corridor of intersecting light and shadow, blocking the path of that blade of light!
But the time was far too short. Each instantly-cast magic circle could only weaken the sword's power by the tiniest margin. The Ame-no-Murakumo continued its unstoppable charge, piercing through one magic circle after another, and in the blink of an eye, disappeared beyond the horizon.
...
The silver carriage raced across the shattered earth at breakneck speed.
"Uncle Merlin..."
The booming explosions came from the distance. Lin Qiye frowned as he looked in that direction, quickly rising from his seat and reaching for the carriage door...
His hand froze in mid-air.
Lin Qiye stood there, his eyes filled with inner turmoil.
After a moment, he sighed and returned to his seat, sitting down. His hands resting on his knees clenched tightly into fists, his knuckles turning deathly pale.
Before this, he had never realized that when Merlin said he had a small matter to attend to, it meant helping him fend off Susanoo's pursuit... But now that everything had been set in motion, if he were to make any rash and irrational moves now, he would only bring unnecessary trouble to Merlin.
A warm, gentle hand softly grasped Lin Qiye's clenched fist. Jialan's voice reached his ear.
"Don't worry. Uncle Merlin will be fine... He's the great God of Magic and Prophecy!"
Lin Qiye turned to look into Jialan's pure eyes. After a moment of silence, he nodded.
"En."
Lin Qiye took a deep breath. Just as he was about to say something, a strange sense of restlessness suddenly surged in his heart. The three mental magic formations Merlin had left within him suddenly fluctuated violently.
The magic couldn't suppress the Red Moon's pollution anymore?
Lin Qiye froze, then猛地 raised his head to look at the sky. When had that happened? A second Red Moon now hung in the sky. The twin moons散发着令人心悸的红芒，诡异而神秘。
"Two Red Moons?" Lin Qiye murmured in confusion.
There was only one moon outside Earth—this was undeniable. But why had a second crimson moon appeared above Takamagahara?
If the original Red Moon was formed from the pollution of the Cthulhu Gods on the Moon shining down, then what was this second Red Moon...?
Just as Lin Qiye was lost in thought, outside the carriage, on the barren earth, several beast corpses with crimson eyes noticed the speeding carriage. Driven only by instinct, they roared and threw themselves at it without hesitation.
The silver carriage streaked across the earth like lightning, heading straight for the Gate of Guidance. Its speed was incredible—none of the attracted corpse beasts could even reach the carriage body. At best, they could only trail far behind, howling like a black tidal wave surging forward.
Through the carriage window, Lin Qiye witnessed this scene behind them. His brow furrowed slightly.
He turned to look ahead, toward the enormous Gate of Guidance. It was now within reach—no more than two kilometers away.
For the silver carriage, that distance was merely a matter of moments. The wave of corpse beasts behind them couldn't possibly catch up.
Lin Qiye exhaled slightly in relief.
Just then, as if sensing something, he snapped his head to look behind the beast wave. There, a white blade of light blazed like lightning, shattering layer after layer of magic circles, shooting toward them at breakneck speed!
The blade that could sever all things ruthlessly shredded the bodies of a dozen corpse beasts into scattered fragments. These beasts, powerful enough to rival those of the Klein realm, didn't even have time to let out a single whimper before being erased from existence.
Carving a bloody path through the corpse beast wave, its speed showed no sign of slowing. A terrifying sonic boom crossed the sky as the menacing blade carried surging killing intent, pointing directly at the silver carriage!
This was the killing blow from Japan's last god!
This was Takamagahara's number one divine artifact of slaughter!
The Ame-no-Murakumo.