—Great Lord God: Finale: Almighty Push!
Boom! Under the golden shockwave, Awaki Plain was torn apart. At the point directly beneath the impact, it became a terrifying abyss. Everywhere the aftershock swept through, hundreds of palaces standing upon Awaki Plain were reduced to dust, while rolling clouds of debris were driven by the golden force field into mountain walls hundreds of thousands of miles away...
The impact continued for a full half hour before finally stopping. Riu had even accounted for Izanagi, that life-saving ocular technique. Logically speaking, the only ones who could have survived that attack were the Ten-Tails!
And the Ten-Tails had all been buried deep beneath the earth, unconscious!
Whoosh!
Riu lowered his broad sleeve and stared into the abyss. To his slight surprise, there were still three survivors at its bottom!
They were two men and one woman.
Divine blood stained their white haori. Their long-held belief that gods could never be defeated by mortals collapsed at that very moment!
Looking down at them from above, Riu said, "You survived because each of you possesses some kind of 'Shikigami,' I presume!"
"..." Their respective Six-Tomoe Rinnegan gleamed with humiliation and shock!
Riu said solemnly, "But being chosen by corresponding Shikigami proves that you possess sufficient 'caliber.' State your names!"
After struggling for a moment, the three raised their eyes and gritted their teeth as they introduced themselves!
"Meilulang!"
"Ayase!"
"Bodouluo!"
After remembering their names, Riu nodded. "Good. Meilulang, Ayase, Bodouluo—you survived that attack through your own strength without consuming Chakra Fruit. I shall call you the 'Lower Three Gods' of Awaki Plain!"
"This is outrageous! Who are you to—"
"Enough, Ayase!"
"He... has the right!"
"The Lower Three Gods? Perfect. They can serve as whetstones for my Shadow Sannin!"
Whoosh!
As the Kamui Vortex opened, Yamashiro