# 969
# Chapter 970: Divine Catastrophe
Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
Forbidden spell?
How could there be a forbidden spell here?!
Lin Qiye's gaze swept across the surroundings. He clearly remembered this was where Merlin had stopped the carriage to let him and Jialan view the murals... Had Merlin secretly left a forbidden spell here?
"Yanyean Futei Jutsu..." Lin Qiye seemed to remember something, and his eyes gradually lit up.
In his mind, the words Merlin had said to him surfaced once again:
"...Let me test you with a few questions to see if your consciousness is clear... What activation method is used for the final magical node in Yanyean Futei Jutsu?"
"...As the strongest single-target lightning forbidden spell, what is the maximum killing distance of Elfred's Aria?"
"...Among sealed forbidden spells, which is an instant-cast forbidden spell that requires advance calculation and arrangement of star-trace trajectories to invoke the power of the stars for sealing?"
At the time, these three questions struck Lin Qiye as odd, but upon witnessing the forbidden spell formation beneath his feet, he realized the situation was far more intricate than he had initially assumed.
Merlin's three questions weren't really questions... they were warnings.
Had he foreseen Lin Qiye's return to Takamagahara?
At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Lin Qiye's mind. He quickly raised his head and scanned his surroundings.
Since the Yanyean Futei Jutsu had already appeared among Merlin's three forbidden spells, the other two were certainly hidden somewhere in Takamagahara. Where were they?
Lin Qiye rapidly recalled the path Merlin had taken through Takamagahara, his gaze swiftly fixing on a certain direction. He extended his spiritual sense outward. On the distant mountainside,
in front of the temple used to collect faith, a purple formation slowly etched itself into view.
The second one!
Lin Qiye's eyes grew increasingly bright.
Both forbidden spells had been found. Where was the final sealing spell?
Lin Qiye's spiritual sense swept across every inch of Takamagahara, but he found no third forbidden spell formation. Just as he was racking his brain, on the ground beside him, a winding carriage track etched into the earth caught his eye.
That was...
A brilliant gleam erupted in Lin Qiye's eyes.
He raised his head to look at Susanoo, who was about to charge at Wang Mian. A plan rapidly formed in his mind. Gripping the Magatsu Blade in his hand, his身形急速闪出！
...
Roooar—!!
A beast-like roar erupted from Susanoo's throat. He draped in that blood-stained divine robe, stepping on the waves, swooping toward the broken palace roof standing in the sea.
In both of Susanoo's eyes, two streams of blood tears continued to flow unceasingly.
In Susanoo's perception, the aura fluctuation from Wang Mian was the strongest and most threatening among the three. Eliminating him first would make it easy to slaughter the other two ants.
He raised his fist. The waves behind him gathered into a sky-shielding shadow of a fist, and smashed down toward Wang Mian below!
Wang Mian used the Mandarin Arrow to support his body. Silver-white aged hair fluttered in the wind. His brow was tightly furrowed. Just as he was about to forcibly halt time, a flash of night descended before him.
It was a figure wrapped in a deep crimson cloak.
Heavenly seawater sprayed down, soaking his cloak. Lin Qiye stood before Wang Mian, one hand gripping the black-gold blade's hilt at his waist. His eyes burst with dazzling golden light.
Clang—!!
The Magatsu Blade unsheathed!
A slash of black-gold light erupted from the crimson figure, cutting upward against the descending Sea God's fist!
The blade struck Susanoo's fist, colliding with the Law of the Sea. The pale golden halo shattered like a halo grinding through the ocean's law. The blade edge effortlessly sliced through his flesh, severing his entire forearm along with the towering waves behind him in a single strike!
In an instant, the waves where the blade light had passed through were cut in two. Like a torrential downpour, they crashed down onto the mountain of corpses below!
The law governing these waves had been shattered.
Roooar—!!
Struck by this blade, the madness on Susanoo's face suddenly twisted into agony.紧接着，他身上的法则之力迅速衰弱。
等到那抹淡金色微光彻底从他伤口处消散，法则的衰减才逐渐停止。短短数秒间，他的法则之力已损失了近十分之一。
Lin Qiye猛地咳出一口鲜血，面色苍白如纸。他勉强稳住身形，看着眼前这一幕，眼中满是惊愕。
他像是想起了什么，低头看向手中的黑金长刀，心中涌起震撼。
这把刀……竟然能驱散法则？
虽然一刀只能驱散十分之一的法则，但若他能连斩十刀，岂不是能将一位神明生生砍落神坛？
失去法则之力的神明，就只能是伪神！
"看来这个名字，果然名不虚传。" Lin Qiye握着神祸，喃喃自语。
如今看来，它能驱散迷雾、抵挡污染、斩开接引之门，本质上应该都是因为刀身对法则的驱散作用……这柄刀蕴含的力量，足以令所有神明与神国为之颤栗。
Lin Qiye看了眼已彻底疯狂的须佐之男，眼眸微眯。他回头飞快地对王面说道：
"我来牵制住他。一会儿记得让吴副队抓住机会。"
话音落下，不等王面发问，Lin Qiye便化作夜色，急
速向某个方向疾驰而去。
须佐之男被这一刀斩伤，所有的怒意都被林七夜吸引，暂时放弃了身前的王面，身披神袍在破碎大地上奔袭，开始对林七夜疯狂追杀！
他的双脚踏在地面，每一步落下，都将大地震得嗡鸣。就
刻，一道庞大的红色法阵突然从他的脚下亮起！
重力触发式杀伤禁咒——阎炎覆天术！
轰——！
一道恐怖的火红色巨柱自魔法阵中升起，瞬间将须佐之男的身形吞没其中。
十二道红色光环从虚空中凝聚而出，套在光柱上方，散发着灼热的气息。半秒后，这十二道光环接连下沉，最终重叠在一起，惊天动地的爆炸声再度爆响。
那道喷涌着火焰的巨柱逐渐浸染上黑意，连周围的虚空都被融化开来。火柱持续了六七秒才缓缓消散，露出一个浑身焦黑、狼狈不堪的身影。
须佐之男周身的海水已被蒸腾殆尽，只有那双血红色的眼眸仍喷涌着怒火。林七夜凌空站在他前方，披着深红色斗篷，对着他遥遥一指，低沉而晦涩的吟唱声从唇间传出。