"Clack..."
A small stone fell from midair and struck the ground, its sound echoing with exceptional clarity.
Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Karna stood a hundred meters apart, staring at each other.
Mana surged around both of them.
The air currents swirled around them.
Flames and lightning covered their bodies like garments.
Watching domineering, intense lightning continually flash around Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Karna finally spoke.
"It seems you have broken free from the presence of the 'demon.'"
During their previous battle, Ushiwakamaru within Minamoto no Yorimitsu had nearly awakened.
That had only been natural.
"That was originally another side of you, a presence that emerged when the Divine Aura of you as Gozu Tenno accumulated too greatly."
The great Indian hero, who could see through anyone's essence, calmly and as bluntly as before revealed the secret in Minamoto no Yorimitsu's heart.
"Your Master must have used a catalyst far too closely connected to a deity to summon you. That caused your Divine Aura to surge all at once, triggering the battle before and nearly awakening the 'demon' within you, correct?"
That was indeed the truth.
Because Fang Li had used genuine god's blood as the catalyst to summon Minamoto no Yorimitsu, her Divine Aura had accumulated to an astonishing degree.
And Ushiwakamaru, just as Karna had said, was a side of Minamoto no Yorimitsu that appeared after her Divine Aura had accumulated excessively.
As a result, when Minamoto no Yorimitsu, whose Divine Aura had reached its limit, had her innermost secret exposed by Karna, her composure had immediately collapsed. Her Divine Aura leaked out, allowing Ushiwakamaru to gradually awaken.
If Avicebron had not created the paradise he had always dreamed of with his Treasure Tool at the final moment and calmed Minamoto no Yorimitsu's Divine Aura, Ushiwakamaru might truly have manifested.