# 968
Chapter 969: Mountain of Corpses in Eternal Darkness
The giant seawater blade stabbed into the void and did not touch Wu Xiangnan's body.
At the same time, at the foot of the corpse mountain, a wisp of night condensed once more. Wu Xiangnan's figure staggered out from it, breathing heavily.
He raised his head, glanced at the deep crimson figure suspended in the night sky, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Thanks, Qiye."
Lin Qiye, sitting cross-legged on the Prayer Mat, did not answer.
At this moment, he had devoted his entire being to the Prayer Mat—unable to speak, unable to move. The only thing he could do was manipulate this night that blanketed all of Takamagahara.
His will moved. The night surged, and he, along with the Prayer Mat beneath him, vanished from the spot.
When he reappeared, he had already flashed to the sky above the corpse mountain surrounded by sea.
Our reckoning... must finally be settled.
Killing intent churned in Lin Qiye's heart.
Bang, bang, bang—!
As the darkness eroded the corpse mountain, one divine corpse after another had its surface dyed with night, rising to their feet from the mountain.
Some were missing arms, some were missing legs, but a large portion of their bodies remained remarkably intact, even clutching weapons stained with divine blood in their hands.
The ability of 【Erosion of Eternal Darkness】 was fundamentally about eroding everything around it in its most primal form. Anything covered by this darkness fell under its control. Now, Lin Qiye could not control Susanoo, who possessed the power of divine law, but he could manipulate these dead divine corpses.
From beneath that deep crimson cloak, blackened corpses clawed their way up the mountain, rushing frantically toward Susanoo!
Though these corpses could not channel even a trace of divine power, they had been deities in life. Purely with their physical strength, they could unleash terrifying combat prowess, and combined with their horrifying numbers, this was more than enough to occupy most of Susanoo's attention.
Without Ame-no-Murakumo, Susanoo could only control waves of blood, constantly shattering their bodies.
Wu Xiangnan looked up at that crimson figure commanding the countless divine corpses and could not help but speak:
"Qiye really looks like a villain right now..."
"Compared to those 【Spirit Mediums】, he's already quite normal." Wang Mian replied distantly.
Wu Xiangnan recalled those corpses flying around on silver pillars and sighed deeply. "That's true."
"I still hope these young people can pull through." Wang Mian fell silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, "【Night Curtain】 cannot become the next 【Spirit Mediums】, 【Blue Rain】, or 【Mask Squad】..."
He shook his head and charged out once more.
Within the churning blood sea, Susanoo frantically tore at the corpses surging toward him. Even so, some attacks still landed on him, leaving chaotic wounds.
One gray and one blue figure closed in rapidly from different directions, blades gleaming with cold light, targeting Susanoo's neck.
Just then, Lin Qiye, seated beneath the night sky, seemed to sense something. His brow furrowed.
Beneath the night sky, a scarlet full moon mysteriously rose from the void.
Unlike the red moon hidden outside the night curtain, this red moon had actually appeared inside Takamagahara itself—like a red eye without a pupil, suspended beneath the night. Eerie red light fell upon the earth, dyeing everything crimson.
A second red moon?
At this moment, Lin Qiye's mind swiftly recalled the image of two moons sharing the sky he had seen earlier in the carriage leaving Takamagahara.
If the red moon outside the night curtain was a moon radiating corruption, then what exactly was this red moon appearing inside Takamagahara?
Before Lin Qiye could ponder further, directly below him, Susanoo covered in blood suddenly widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the two red moons in the sky. An extreme fervor appeared on his face. His originally weakened body straightened once more.
In those eyes reflecting the red moon's image, two lines of blood tears streamed down.
An unprecedented savage aura burst forth from within him. The terrifying pressure was like a mountain crashing into the hearts of the three, making their faces simultaneously pale.
"Is he starting to burn his divine power?" Wang Mian sensed this powerful aura, his expression changing.
With a roar, the waves around Susanoo exploded outward. A hemispherical wave of divine law swept forth, crashing directly into Wu Xiangnan and Wang Mian, who were closest to him.
Wang Mian's pupils constricted. The entire person was struck by the divine law and thrown backward hundreds of meters, crashing heavily onto a broken temple roof standing in the blood sea. His aged body rolled among the rubble for a long while. A mouthful of blood sprayed out, and several bones instantly shattered.
Though he possessed the strength of a Human Apex, this body's age was simply too great. Such an impact was already nearly unbearable for him.
On the other side, Wu Xiangnan's situation was even worse. At only the "Sea" realm, he was directly shattered by the divine law—half his body destroyed. Ame-no-Murakumo slipped from his grasp, falling powerlessly into the blood sea. His life force rapidly withered.
Seated above Susanoo, Lin Qiye was also caught in the wave of divine law.
His body was violently shaken off the Prayer Mat. But just as the ocean law was about to strike him, a shadow of a black windbreaker appeared on his skin's surface. Familiar night law surged forth like waves, colliding head-on with the ocean law!
This was one of the gifts Nyx left for Lin Qiye before departing.
—A windbreaker woven from night law, meant to resist attacks from divine law.
In all the time that had passed, Lin Qiye had never been attacked head-on by divine law, so this windbreaker had remained hidden within his body, never triggered—until now.
Night law collided with ocean law, tearing apart the ocean law's attack. Lin Qiye's body was thrown backward by the recoil, landing on the broken earth outside the blood sea vortex.
He stumbled up from the ground, feeling dizzy. He looked toward Susanoo rushing toward Wang Mian in the distance, his brow tightly furrowed.
"This is bad..." Wang Mian murmured.
His peripheral vision caught sight of Wu Xiangnan's corpse slowly regenerating in the nearby blood sea.
Before coming here, Wu Xiangnan had used his life to block the birth of the sun law. After this resurrection, the source within him would give birth to the law, and he would begin dissolving into the dao.
The sun law was about to manifest, yet Susanoo still had not entered a near-death state.
If they missed this opportunity, if Wu Xiangnan dissolved into the dao, they would never have another chance to turn the tables.
Lin Qiye placed his hand on the hilt of 【Divine Calamity】 at his waist. Determination appeared in his eyes. Just as he was about to take a step forward, his entire body froze in place.
He looked down at his feet.
Beside that palace of blood-colored murals, red magical patterns intertwined across the earth, appearing and disappearing in the wind and sand. It was a corner of a massive magic formation.
Forbidden Technique, 【Hellfire Engulfing Heaven】.