The Silver Carriage raced beneath the Red Moon like a streak of lightning, incomparably fast.
Lin Qiye could only watch as the scenery outside the window flew backward at a maddening pace. At that moment, it felt as though he was not riding in a carriage, but in a supersonic fighter jet skimming the ground... Compared to when Merlin had been here before, the difference in speed was like night and day.
Lin Qiye's heart immediately sank.
The carriage had already been pushed to its limit, which meant Merlin was doing everything in his power to get them out of this place... And that, in turn, meant an absolute crisis was approaching.
But where exactly was this crisis coming from?
Why was Merlin so desperate to send them away?
ROAR—!!
A furious roar rapidly closed in from afar. Terrifying killing intent surged like a raging sea, speeding down the road the carriage was taking as it bore down on them!
Lin Qiye froze slightly.
Of course, Lin Qiye recognized that voice. Ever since they had entered the shrine, Susanoo's roars had grown increasingly powerful. But what he had not expected was for Susanoo to leave the depths of Takama-ga-hara of his own accord and charge this way.
His target was... this carriage?
"Me?!" As if he had thought of something, Lin Qiye's pupils suddenly contracted. "Susanoo's target is me? Because I absorbed all the Power of Faith in Takama-ga-hara?!"
They had been in Takama-ga-hara for nearly a day, yet Susanoo, who remained in its deepest reaches, had not moved a single step. So why had Susanoo gone mad and rushed toward this place the moment Lin Qiye left the shrine?
There was only one answer.
He had come to kill Lin Qiye.
Under the Red Moon's corruption, Susanoo had already