Satou Yunona manipulates Honkai Energy continuously create her own creations.
This is the first time she has had the opportunity to wield her powers on such a large scale since becoming Pseudo-Herrscher.
A massive earthquake shook the area near the shrine, causing cracks to appear, and something enormous seemed to meander through the soil.
Faced with Living Doll that is immune to poison, Satou Yunona's powers only allow her to resort to such a drastic attack.
She and Su Qing'an speculated that if something truly caused the birth of the Living Doll, then that thing was likely sealed inside the shrine.
The reason is that the shrine has been held here for five hundred years, and there is no record of it being renovated. It has survived unscathed for five hundred years, which is enough to show that the shrine itself has something special.
They searched through all the documents of the Kambara Family over the past two days but found no clues whatsoever.
Therefore, the simplest and quickest way to find that thing is to destroy the shrine directly and expose it to the outside world.
Given her innate sensitivity to Honkai Energy, Pseudo-Herrscher, she has a very high probability of finding it.
After all, she was already very familiar with the Honkai Energy aura emanating from that fox shadow.
That "Miko" who easily manipulated her, making her truly understand what it meant to be powerless.
Satou Yunona will never forget it in her lifetime.
Therefore, we must go all out.
If even the Living Doll formed from the remnants of that fox shadow's power cannot be defeated.
It was as if all her efforts during that time had been meaningless.
It was as if she was still trapped in that deep sea cage, unable to cross anything.
This won't do.
This is the only thing I cannot tolerate.
Besides, she also had to keep her promise.
The overflowing Honkai Energy washed over the earth like waves, making Satou Yunona's mind increasingly unsettled.
This was the first time she had used her power at such a high output level. She could vaguely sense that as long as the power output reached a certain limit that her will could not suppress, the Honkai Consciousness would reconnect with her.
At that time, Satou Yunona will completely transform back into Pseudo-Herrscher, making it even more difficult for human will to sever the link with the Honkai Consciousness.
"Yuno, calm down." Realizing the abnormal overflow of Honkai Energy, Su Qing'an pressed down on her shoulder and said.
"... Don't worry, there's no problem," Satou Yunona replied with a reassuring smile, "I'm testing whether the Honkai Energy output power is still within its original limits."
As the girl finished speaking, the overflow of Honkai Energy abruptly disappeared like the receding tide.
Beneath the surface, the Honkai Energy surged rhythmically, maintaining a steady posture while slowly accumulating immense power.
Su Qing'an frowned, seemingly uneasy about her somewhat dangerous actions, but in the end he nodded without saying a word.
Satou Yunona should have her own judgment now; no one understands her physical condition better than herself.
Therefore, Su Qing'an had no reason to stop her decision.
Ten minutes are about to pass.
The Honkai Energy in the lower layers of the Earth's surface has largely ceased.
The eerie concentration of Honkai Energy inside the shrine, so faint that the two hadn't noticed it, began to change. It was like the breath of some creature awakening; the Honkai Energy surged like a whirlwind the moment it Awakened.
The shrine was built entirely of wood, its surface a deep, dark brown hue washed by time, but now the black and red Honkai Energy mist had stained it with the same eerie color.
Several cherry blossom trees planted by villagers nearby withered and died in an instant amidst the spreading Honkai Energy mist.
"It seems it sensed the offering wasn't at the shrine, so it automatically went into an aggressive state?"
The Kambara Family records mention that if the offerings do not arrive on time, Kambara Village will face divine wrath, and the current scene is likely a harbinger of divine wrath.
Su Qing'an looked at the shrine entrance, which was still indistinct; the fog and darkness completely obscured her vision.
"Tap, tap, tap." The crisp, mechanical footsteps broke the silence, and a delicate, lifelike doll-like girl slowly emerged from the scene intertwined with darkness and mist.
She wore a faint smile, her empty eye sockets staring directly at the two of them. Black and red mist swirled around her, and her ankle-length black hair floated erratically in the mist, twisting and dancing like snakes.
The doll-like girl was dressed in a gorgeous black kimono, her snow-white bare feet casually treading the ground. If it weren't for the fact that her eyes were empty and the magical black and red mist obscured the view, the scene would resemble a naive young lady mischievously strolling through her own corridor.
"So this is Living Doll? It truly lives up to its name."
Unlike the pure and direct oppressive force he felt when facing Ganesha, the Living Doll gave Su Qing'an a completely different feeling of eeriness and terror.
Although Su Qing'an remained outwardly calm, he was actually somewhat moved by these supernatural-like events.
"How can mortals blaspheme against the gods?"
The Living Doll's expression remained unchanged, which was to be expected; she was merely a doll and naturally couldn't display any other expressions.
Theoretically, she doesn't have vocal cords, so she shouldn't be able to make a sound.
But her will was undoubtedly transmitted to the world; the chaotic sounds were like countless different people speaking with different emotions and tones.
The Honkai Energy mist surged and boiled at those words, spreading rapidly in all directions like a rising tide.
"They're finally out! I've been waiting for so long," Satou Yunona sighed sincerely.
She maintained the condensation of Honkai Energy creations and was always ready to explode, which theoretically wasn't much different from the frustrating feeling of constantly holding down the ultimate skill bar in a game.
Creatures that roamed the soil burst forth from beneath the shrine—grotesque vines as large as tree trunks.
The vines quickly shattered the foundation beneath the shrine.
A terrifying, seemingly endless regenerative power allowed the vines to ignore the erosion of the mist.
As they continued their winding, spiraling upwards, destroying the shrine, they were reshaped into large trees by Satou Yunona using her power, and they continued to grow rapidly.
In the end, the trees almost united together, their branches intertwined and spiraling densely, and the area where the shrine was located was completely occupied by trees, as if it were trapped in a huge cage made up of numerous trees.
Immediately, the cage made of trees began to spin and entangle, completely crushing the shrine.
A tremendous burst of light and heat erupted the instant the shrine was destroyed. It was a thermite incendiary bomb that the two had placed inside the shrine beforehand. They needed to melt through the useless surface and expose the object to the world as much as possible.
Therefore, Su Qing'an, with trembling hands, added a few extra items.
A deafening roar echoed through the sky, and the light and heat made the world seem to teeter on the brink of collapse for a moment.
"Did you find it?" Su Qing'an asked calmly.
"Not yet," she replied.
"By the way, that move of yours looks a bit like a move from a character in an anime."
"Senju Hashirama?" Satou Yunona replied with a smile.
"Yes," he nodded.
"How dare a mortal blaspheme against the gods!" The Living Doll's roar drowned out the violent booming.
The two then joked around in this atmosphere.
She moved with an eerie speed toward the two of them. Su Qing'an's eyes were fixed on the approaching Living Doll as she drew her sword.