Chapter 229

Everyone began frantically trying to get away from Scorpius. People cried, screamed, and cursed, wanting to hide in areas far away from Scorpius. They were like monkeys locked in a cage. Tokyo was a giant cage, and Scorpius, who had entered the cage, was the terrifying hunter. They could not escape the cage, and even if they did, they would die outside the cage amidst the countless Gastrea.

Therefore, what Tokyo are thinking now is to run faster than those around them and hide deeper than others, hoping that Scorpius will not find them or kill them, and that Scorpius will leave after crossing Tokyo and not stay here.

However, Scorpius' performance disappointed them.

Scorpius didn't chase anyone; it headed straight for the center of Tokyo, crushing everything in its path with its legs. Bridges collapsed, roads were destroyed, and buildings crumbled. People who didn't have time to escape all perished in the building collapses.

Scorpius doesn't specifically target anyone; it simply walks in a straight line. But even this straight-line movement can cause enormous casualties.

Those who weren't on Scorpius's path were actually pleased to see Scorpius just moving straight ahead.

"It went that way, we're safe now!"

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a howl suddenly came from afar.

A large number of Gastrea followed the path that Scorpius had taken and rushed directly into the Tokyo area.

The path taken by Scorpius left behind its aura, causing these Gastrea Scorpius ignore the black stone tablets and follow it into the Tokyo district.

Although they avoided Scorpius, they couldn't avoid these Gastrea.

The Gastrea followed Scorpius directly into Tokyo and instantly began a massacre!

In an instant, countless people in the Tokyo area died or were injured.

Just when everyone in Tokyo was in despair, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, hitting Scorpius directly. The lightning knocked Scorpius's massive body to the ground, and the scattered lightning bolts then accurately struck the Gastrea that had entered Tokyo, instantly wiping Gastrea out.

The people who were being chased by Gastrea were all shocked, their mouths agape.

"Look at the sky!"

Someone shouted something, and everyone started looking up at the sky.

Above Tokyo, Raiden Ei, his body wreathed in purple lightning, stood suspended in mid-air!

413. Death of Scorpius

The lesson humanity has learned from history is that it never learns from its mistakes. Only a few years have passed, and humanity has become complacent, completely ignoring the Gastrea crisis outside the monument, and even beginning to persecute the Cursed Children.

So today, Li Yue helped the people of Tokyo remember the fear of being ruled by Gastrea!

After the people of Tokyo experienced the terror of Gastrea, it was time for the savior to appear.

Of all the gods Li Yue brought this time, who is most suitable to rule Japan? Naturally, it's Raiden Ei. After all, the prototype of Inazuma is Japan, and Raiden Ei's image perfectly matches the gods in Japanese mythology. That's why Li Yue decided to let her take charge.

As for the others, they can just observe from the sidelines for now.

Scorpius has already destroyed almost a tenth of the Tokyo area, and the Gastrea that followed have killed thousands of people in a short period of time. Among these thousands of people, many were infected with the Gastrea Virus and directly turned into new Gastrea.

However, these Gastrea were instantly incinerated by the lightning that fell from the sky. The high temperature of the lightning made it impossible for these Gastrea to survive unless these monsters themselves possessed extremely high temperature resistance.

Unfortunately, lower-level Gastrea did not possess this ability, so these Gastrea that entered Tokyo were destroyed on the spot.

While the Gastrea were wiped out, Scorpius was struck by lightning and fell to the ground.

Scorpius's heavy body crashed to the ground, knocking down a large number of buildings again. But now no one cared about the buildings that Scorpius had crushed. Everyone was looking up at the woman in the sky who was releasing lightning.

"This body is the Makoto!"

Raiden Ei shouted his name loudly. Following Li Yue's instructions, she directly made Raiden Shogun display his divine armor and enter battle mode. His huge right arm held a huge lightning blade, while his three left arms each held a different magical weapon. A ring of lightning appeared behind him, Electro Mitsudomoe pattern rotated quietly.

And with Venti's help, her words reached the ears of everyone in Tokyo.

"What is that...?"

The Holy Emperor and Kikunojyo Tendo were still in the Tokyo command post, watching the Raiden Ei captured by the cameras, their mouths agape.

"The Makoto?"

"Could this name refer to a deity?"

As a Japanese person, the name Raiden Ei mentioned is exactly the same as the naming style of gods in Japanese mythology. In particular, this name is very similar to Takemikazuchi, except that one is Narukami and the other is Raijin.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Faced with the Holy Emperor's question, Kikunojyo Tendo waved his hand and immediately denied her guess.

"There are no gods in this world. If there really were, why didn't she appear ten years ago!"

"But what if she isn't a god?"

Kikunojyo Tendo's wife died at the hands of Gastrea, so he hates Gastrea. If he were told that there are actually gods, even gods who could easily defeat the Zodiac, he would transfer all his hatred to them.

Because the other party could have appeared ten years ago, but didn't. What's the use of appearing now? His wife has already died at the hands of the Gastrea.

Therefore, he absolutely does not acknowledge the existence of gods!

"But if the Heavenly Child Assistant is not a god, then who is she? She can even fly in the sky."

"Flying in the sky is not difficult. Humans have created aircraft that can easily make people fly in the sky. Those strange things around her must be hidden aircraft!"

Kikunojyo Tendo continued to deny it.

"But those lightning bolts just now..."

"Moreover, if humans can create something like Sky Ladder, it's not impossible for them to create weapons that can control lightning!"

The Sky Ladder can make cannonballs fly at sub-light speed, and its power is even more terrifying than lightning. So if the Sky Ladder can do this, then controlling lightning is not impossible.

"It must be that people from other countries have developed a new super weapon, so they've come to cause trouble for Tokyo!"

Kikunojyo Tendo considered a possibility.

"Our Sky Ladder shells are the result of in-depth research. They are made of Prometheus Metal and cannot possibly burn up completely in the air. However, our shells disappeared just before hitting Scorpius. If we rule out the Sky Ladder itself, then it must be due to external factors. And now, a woman with extremely powerful weapons has appeared. Clearly, she is the one who made the Sky Ladder shells disappear!"

In Kikunojyo Tendo's eyes, this guy from some unknown region possessed more powerful and newer technology, so he came to Tokyo to cause him trouble, even deliberately stealing the Sky Ladder's cannonballs and then letting Scorpius rush into Tokyo!

"So that's how it is!?"

The Holy Emperor believed Kikunojyo Tendo's explanation because, compared to the incomprehensible gods, Kikunojyo Tendo's explanation was more credible!

"That's right, I reckon she'll be targeting Scorpius next!"

"Why? Wasn't Scorpius deliberately placed in Tokyo by her?"

"Because what she wants is for Scorpius to enter Tokyo and cause massive Tokyo, so that she can defeat Scorpius as a god and become the savior of Tokyo!"

It must be said that although Kikunojyo Tendo was blinded by his thoughts about the Cursed Children, he had a keen political sense in other areas and immediately guessed Li Yue's plan.

Unfortunately, even if he guessed Li Yue's plan, it was useless because he had no ability to fight against Li Yue!

As Kikunojyo Tendo said, the Raiden Ei in the sky began to act after revealing its identity.

She raised her right hand, and the giant arm on her right side lifted the huge lightning blade high in her hand, lightning gathering on the blade as she aimed at the fallen Scorpius below.

Scorpius's massive body surged as if trying to rise from the ground, but its enormous size meant that the effort and time required to stand up were equally immense.

And that time to get up is more than enough for Raiden Ei to provide.

She brought her right hand down directly towards Scorpius below, and a huge lightning blade followed, drawing a crescent-shaped beam of light that sliced directly into Scorpius's massive body.

Ugh!!!

Scorpius screamed in agony before being engulfed by the flash of blades!

After the purple light disappeared, the hundreds-of-meters-long Scorpius was cleaved in two from the center of its body!

The Zodiac Scorpius, capable of easily destroying a city, was swiftly and decisively killed by a single blow in Raiden Ei!

414. The Raiden Shogun who ruled Japan

Scorpius died. Its massive body was cut in two. Even with its LV5 regeneration ability, it was impossible to reconnect the two halves, especially since the cut from the Raiden Ei was from the top of Scorpius's head to the root of its thigh.

With that one strike, Scorpius's head was split in two, making it impossible for him to survive.

The enormous corpse of Scorpius lay in the center of Tokyo, inspiring awe in those around it. Although it was dead, the sheer size of its massive body still had a tremendous impact.

Above the enormous corpse, Raiden Ei remained floating in her divine armor form, waiting for the human leader from Tokyo to arrive, as instructed by Li Yue.

After Raiden Ei for a while, a convoy approached from a distance.

That was the Holy Emperor's personal motorcade. The motorcade drove up to the giant corpse of Scorpius, and then a group of guards dressed in white got out of the car and greeted the Holy Emperor. Also getting out of the car was Kikunojyo Tendo.

The two highest authorities in Tokyo stood beside the giant head of Scorpius, looking up at Raiden Ei floating above it, while Raiden Ei looked down at them.

"So it has finally appeared, the incompetent mortal ruler."

"I am the Holy Emperor, the leader of Tokyo. May I ask who you are?"

The Holy Emperor bowed very politely to Raiden Ei, then looked up and asked.

"This body is the Makoto, the most noble body in the world!"

"Hmph! How arrogant!"

Kikunojyo Tendo immediately launched into a tirade.

"If you want to impersonate a god, you can impersonate Amaterasu. If you want to impersonate a thunder god, you can say you are Takemikazuchi. And where did this so-called Narukami come from, this quack god who even dares to claim that he is the most noble being in the world!"

The Japanese naturally possess their own mythological system and deities, and among the most revered in the Japanese mythological system are the three noble children: Amaterasu- Mikoto, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and Susanoo.

Among them, Amaterasu- no-Mikoto is the most noble of the three noble children.

Although Takemikazuchi holds a high position in Japanese mythology, he is still far inferior to these three, let alone being the most revered.

Raiden Ei's words made Kikunojyo Tendo even more convinced that this was a guy impersonating a god. It was probably that the person behind him had very powerful technology and wanted to make this guy impersonate a god. But unfortunately, when the guy impersonated a god, he had no understanding of the Japanese mythological system at all. This biggest flaw could not be covered up at all.

"Human, are you doubting me?"

Raiden Ei looked at Kikunojyo Tendo.

"Hmph, don't think you can impersonate a god just because you're using some new weapons..."

A bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking Kikunojyo Tendo directly and instantly turning him to ashes.

"Tian Tong Assistant!"

The Holy Emperor stared in horror at the Kikunojyo Tendo, who had turned to ashes and been scattered by the hot wind beside him.

Seriously, aren't you going to let people speak? You just start killing right away?

The guards around the Holy Emperor immediately drew their pistols and pointed them tremblingly at Raiden Ei.

Raiden Ei looked coldly at the guards below.

"Do you also want to rebel against me, who wields the power of thunder?"

"Put the gun down."

The Holy Emperor immediately gave orders to the guards around him.

"But His Majesty the Holy Emperor, she..."

"Put it down quickly!"

The Holy Emperor didn't know whether the other party was a true god or, as Kikunojyo Tendo said, used new technological equipment, but regardless, the other party certainly wouldn't be killed by a few pistols. That lightning sword, which looked extremely exaggerated, was not to be trifled with, and the other party seemed to be wearing some kind of special armor, which pistol bullets probably couldn't penetrate at all.

Although the military has heavy weapons and might be able to break through, unfortunately, the Tokyo Self-Defense Forces are basically finished. The Maritime Self-Defense Force is finished in the water, and the land Self-Defense Force is finished after entering Tokyo. Now the Tokyo military probably has less than a thousand people left. What can they use to fight the enemy?

Kikunojyo Tendo originally intended to expose the other party so that he could negotiate terms, but who knew that the other party would directly kill him? And since he could kill Kikunojyo Tendo, he could kill anyone else.

Therefore, the Holy Emperor absolutely could not allow any accidents to happen again. Under her orders, the guards put down all their pistols, but each one still held them tightly in their hands, as if this would give them a sense of security.

"I'm very sorry, please allow me to apologize to you on their behalf."

After the guards put down their pistols, the Holy Emperor immediately bowed his head and apologized to Raiden Ei.

"As the leader of Tokyo, I am very grateful to you for saving Tokyo from Scorpius. If it weren't for you, Tokyo would have been destroyed by Gastrea by now."

Although Kikunojyo Tendo said that the failure of the Sky Ladder was most likely caused by the woman in front of him, and that she was probably the culprit who allowed Scorpius to enter Tokyo, the Holy Emperor had no evidence. So even if the Holy Emperor, even if Raiden Ei really was the culprit who caused Tokyo to become like this, she could not say it, and even had to thank Raiden Ei.

Because, in the present moment, in the present moment of Tokyo, she is powerless against the Raiden Ei.

"Are you the so-called incompetent leader of humanity?"

"What did you say!?"

Captain of the guard, Takuto Howaki, could no longer contain himself and Wrath shouted at the Raiden Ei.

Whoosh~

Purple lightning struck, turning Hoshino Takuto to ashes and vanishing, while Raiden Ei's face remained expressionless.

"I'll ask you one more time, are you the so-called incompetent leader of humanity?"