Susanoo

"..."

Dark Seele watched the Black Flood Dragon King get blasted away and shook her head speechlessly...

Although the gods of this world were not particularly powerful, and quite a few great yokai had once stormed Takamagahara—even Kano, the nine-tailed cat demon, could infiltrate the Heavenly Realm alone and assassinate one of its foremost gods...

Still... this was no ordinary god. He was Okuninushi, the chief god of Izumo, practically the very symbol of Izumo itself. And they were currently in Izumo. Though Izumo had long ceased to be a country, greatly weakening his power, as Izumo's chief god, he could draw upon the city's power without limit while here.

What was more... over the past several centuries, the Black Flood Dragon King's yokai power had declined rather than grown. He had not been a match before, and he was even less of one now.

But Dark Seele did not care whether he lived or died...

As Okuninushi approached her once more, Dark Seele raised a small hand. Countless tentacles appeared from the void and coiled toward the god before her.

At that moment, Seele was filled with darkness, cruelty, and strangeness. Like the lord of monsters, she controlled a dense mass of crimson tentacles, turning this once-majestic divine realm into the territory of some evil thing.

"Damn it!"

Seeing those disgusting tentacles, Okuninushi, who was somewhat of a germaphobe, could no longer stand it. Gripping the divine sword that symbolized Izumo, he directly wielded Izumo's power and slashed at the tentacles before him.

However... Dark Seele's body vanished in an instant. The next moment, she gripped the Totsuka Blade and struck the Izumo divine sword in Okuninushi's hand!

"This Totsuka Blade has slain countless ancient demons and gods. Okuninushi... did you ever think... that one day, you too would