# 970
Chapter 970: Blue Robe in the Rain
As Lin Qiye's incantation rang out, across the blood-red earth, a faint glow traced along the winding cart tracks, weaving into an intricate star-trajectory pattern that would make anyone's scalp tingle at a glance.
These were the paths Merlin had traversed with the carriage through every inch of Takamagahara.
These routes had long corresponded with the star-trajectory pattern in the grand design. Every turn, every twist, even the depth of the cart ruts left by the carriage had been precisely calculated.
Merlin had not been aimlessly wandering. He had been using the cart tracks to inscribe this massive sealing curse!
This was one of the three contingency measures he had left for Lin Qiye.
Instantaneous sealing curse, [Star-Orbit Coffin]!
As the final syllable fell, across the blood-red earth, countless dazzling star-trails surged from the cart track marks like swimming dragons, instantly piercing through space and weaving around the charred Susanoo.
These star-trails coiled around him, rapidly solidifying into a deep-blue coffin that trapped him死死.
Susanoo's fragmented body was sealed within. Two streams of bloody tears slid down his cheeks as surging divine power crashed against this coffin, fine cracks spreading across its surface.
...
At the distant palace rooftop.
Wang Mian saw this, stumbling to his feet. The flow of time around him accelerated骤然.
He walked with slow, heavy steps, leaving continuous afterimages in the accelerated time, crossing the surging sea of blood and instantly arriving before Wu Xiangnan, who was about to be resurrected.
Wu Xiangnan's body had already been mostly reconstructed, with only half an arm still recovering. Wang Mian quickly hoisted the unconscious Wu Xiangnan onto his back and rushed toward the sealed Susanoo, his steps growing even heavier.
As the final trace of flesh and blood completed its restoration, Wu Xiangnan on Wang Mian's back suddenly emitted scorching laws fluctuation, his entire aura becoming mysterious and profound.
Wu Xiangnan's eyes snapped open.
In his pupils, two black suns blazed intensely!
This was the solar origin within him, the solar laws he had nurtured. Though it was as faint as a spark compared to true divine laws, with this thread of laws, he possessed the qualification to slay gods.
Bang—!
With a soft sound, Wu Xiangnan's back exploded into a cloud of blood mist, transforming into white threads that dissipated into the air.
"Are you alright?" Wang Mian frowned.
"I'm beginning to transform into the way."
Wu Xiangnan landed back on the ground, raising his head. Those burning eyes gazed toward Susanoo, who was sealed within the coffin in the distance. "My time... is running out."
Susanoo's furious counterattack had nearly wiped out all three of them. Though Wu Xiangnan had resurrected using his final rebirth chance, the solar laws within him had also emerged prematurely. The moment this thread of laws appeared, his life officially began its countdown.
Wang Mian turned to look at Wu Xiangnan, his eyes flickering with a faint glow. He raised his head, channeling spiritual power, and gently pointed at Wu Xiangnan.
Time around Wu Xiangnan froze, then rapidly reversed. But before the dissipating blood mist could flow back for even half a second, Wang Mian felt his mind jolt violently. He sprayed a mouthful of blood and interrupted the time reversal.
"It's useless. Your God's Ruins cannot withstand the backlash of the laws." Wu Xiangnan苦涩地laughed. "There's no turning back for me."
Wang Mian wiped the blood from his lips, his expression complex as he glanced at Wu Xiangnan. He nodded anyway.
"Lin Qiye has held off Susanoo. We still have a chance."
Wu Xiangnan's shoulders exploded into blood mist, turning into white threads that slowly dissipated. He took a deep breath, stepping on the flying sword forbidden artifact, gripping Ame-no-Murakumo, and swiftly charged toward the coffin.
Wang Mian's surrounding time accelerated. His figure flashed and vanished from its location.
Lin Qiye watched the gray and blue silhouettes rapidly approaching. His eyes narrowed slightly. His gaze fell back on Susanoo, who was about to break free from the seal. His body flickered, quickly moving to the shrine at the mountainside.
He raised his hand, pressing forcefully on the great earth before the shrine. Purple thunder patterns carved themselves into existence.
This was the final curse array Merlin had left.
The strongest single-target thunder destruction curse.
"[Alfred's Aria]."
Sizzle—!!
Dense thunder light erupted around Lin Qiye, instantly gathering into a blue-gray orb of lightning suspended above him. A few stray arcs that slipped out struck the surrounding mountain peaks, instantly shattering them into fragments that scattered in all directions.
Below this blue-gray orb, Lin Qiye raised his hand, pointing toward Susanoo in the distance.
That orb of thunder light emitted a narrow gray bolt of lightning, instantly piercing through forty kilometers of space, rushing straight toward Susanoo's body!
The lightning clashed with space, emitting an eerie sighing sound that made hearts quail.
BOOM—!!!
Susanoo, who had just shattered the [Star-Orbit Coffin], had his chest instantly pierced by this gray lightning. A thunderous explosion bloomed centered on him, dense lightning swallowing several kilometers of surrounding earth.
Deafening rumbles echoed through the sky. Lin Qiye stood on the dissipating purple array, facing the howling gale, his gaze falling on Wu Xiangnan in the distance.
His eyes were extremely grave.
Prayer Mat, [Divine Calamity], three curse arrays—every resource he could动用 had been used. Now, everything depended on Wu Xiangnan...
He, bearing the weight of vengeance and laws, was the true killing blow of the three!
Whoosh—!
The surging lightning gradually faded. That blue robe showed no hesitation whatsoever, riding the forbidden flying sword skyward, charging toward the center of the lightning and dust!
As dust and smoke swirled, a fragmented giant silhouette stood on the shattered earth. His right arm had been destroyed by magic, his left forearm severed by [Divine Calamity]. On his chest, a terrifying blood hole gaped grotesquely, faint electric arcs flickering within the wound, numbing his body.
Even with his body shattered to this extent, he still did not die. Without the erasure of laws, he would never truly die.
As if sensing familiar laws approaching, Susanoo's blood-red eyes emanated murderous intent. A phantom of a vast ocean rapidly manifested around him. Surging seawater condensed from the laws, forming a sky-blocking palm that crashed toward the blue-robed figure.
In that flash of lightning, a gray figure wielded a blade, sweeping past the blue robe.
Silver-white hair drifted in the wind. Wang Mian's ancient eyes blazed with fierce killing intent. He suddenly drew the [Mandarin Arrow] from his waist. A massive blade light pierced through the void, slicing that great palm into countless fragments that scattered like rain.
In the swirling rain, a blue robe flashed.
The Ame-no-Murakumo that had once been stained with all his teammates' blood was, by his own hand, thrust into Susanoo's throat!