"An even stronger evil..."
Yurina Takishiro murmured these words, seemingly unable to understand them.
Lin Qiye slowly rose to his feet. His right hand gripped the meditation cushion, while his left hand gave a light wave. A wash of night spread outward, controlling the nearby steel and sending it all soaring into the sky, where it rapidly twisted and folded.
"Takishiro, watch carefully," Lin Qiye said calmly.
"Pure goodness cannot save this world. Only fear can halt war."
Beneath the dim sky, black steel fragments folded into a magnificent steel throne dozens of meters tall, wrapping the meditation cushion within it. Thorns and sword edges intertwined around the throne, radiating a chilling glint, while above it hung the Black Sun, casting terrifying beams of light.
Lin Qiye took a step forward, his figure flickering onto the steel throne suspended high in the air. His gaze swept over the devastated city below before he slowly sat down.
Black Sun, throne, Crimson Cloak.
Lin Qiye sat there, golden furnaces seeming to burn within his eyes. Surging Power of Faith poured from the caged bird in his chest and into the steel throne concealing the meditation cushion beneath him. A faint Aurora River wrapped around him like a ribbon.
The Forbidden Ruins amplification began.
Seated upon the steel throne, Lin Qiye looked down upon the human world at his feet like a king seated high above all others. He parted his lips and spoke lightly:
"Tyrant's Wrath."
Boom—!!!
Amplified by the meditation cushion, a Forbidden Ruins domain spread outward from the throne at an astonishing speed, instantly enveloping all of Osaka before continuing to spread in every direction.
Kobe, Nara, Kyoto, Nagoya, Tokyo... one city after another was swallowed by Tyrant's Wrath. By the time the final city was encompassed, the domain of