Fear the Sword More Than the Man, the Silent Gods

The battle had not lasted long before the Fire God Kashiwihiko-no-Mikoto, due to a momentary lapse, gave Liuyun the chance to pierce his heart with a single strike.

Just as Liuyun thought the outcome had been decided, the dying Fire God suddenly grabbed Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. At the same time, a great number of orange-red flame imprints spread across his body.

The instant he saw those flame imprints, Liuyun immediately realized that his opponent intended to launch one final, desperate attack!

He had seen these flame imprints on another Son of the Fire God before—Otsutsuki Kagutsuchi!

Back then, he had even lost his life to those flame imprints. Fortunately, he had used the Rinnegan Dojutsu to withstand that killing move.

The moment Liuyun sensed the danger, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi in his hand suddenly surged upward. From his heart to his head, Kashiwihiko-no-Mikoto was instantly sliced open by the incomparably sharp divine sword. Scalding Divine Blood sprayed forth, and Kashiwihiko-no-Mikoto was slain on the spot by Liuyun.

The moment this peak True God Realm Fire God died, the flame imprints on his body immediately stopped spreading. Then, they abruptly erupted with divine fire of such extreme heat that it could burn space itself into collapse!

Liuyun instantly retreated at full speed. Yet, no matter how fast he was, trapped within the barrier, he was ultimately still affected by that extreme heat...

Although the Truth-Seeking Orb appeared in time and covered his entire body, Liuyun still had an entire layer of flesh melted away by that terrifyingly high temperature!

Fortunately, such injuries were not fatal to him. A second later, like a great serpent shedding its skin, he cast off his nearly cooked body, and his entire being once again brimmed with vitality.

*The power of that final strike had already reached the level of a