The Barrier Breaks! (Part 2)

"Bastard!"

"This old thing is unbelievably troublesome!"

"Careful—don't get hit by that demonic blade! It carries the corrosive power of laws, and the wounds are extremely difficult to heal!"

"Can we find a way around this guy? We can't let that human demigod keep attacking!"

"It'll be hard to get around him. There's something strange about the old thing's wooden staff; even if we get past him, he can forcibly drag us back into this 'ghost domain'!"

"Damn it!"

"And those Maha beasts behind us—they really can't die fast enough. They're still charging in to throw their lives away!"

"Stop complaining. Defeating this old thing first is what matters."

"We absolutely cannot let the Council's plan succeed!"

"Besides, that human brat may very well have mastered [Time Divine Art]! If we drag this out, he might really find a way to break the barrier!"

As they communicated in secret, Prince Otsutsuki Misaka and the others intensified their assault.

They even unleashed some of their trump-card divine arts and secret techniques.

They hurled them all at High Priest Yama.

They sought to defeat the old thing as quickly as possible, then kill the human lackey under the Council.

Time passed second by second.

Over these brief three minutes, the battle had been exceedingly fierce.

Natsume continued tirelessly bombarding the [Divine Artifact Barrier].

Compared with its initial impenetrability, each of Natsume's attacks could now create a faint ripple across the barrier.

This layer of [Divine Artifact Barrier] had clearly weakened somewhat.

But only somewhat.

It was still far from being breached!

High Priest Yama was still locked in a bitter battle against the four royal demigods.

His decayed body had been shattered many times, yet it reassembled and revived time and again.

Had it not been for the boost provided by