Yamasachi's Ōyamatsu was a Shikigami capable of petrifying enemies!
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...!
The Shikigami's power acted upon Yu's body... but it had no effect on him at all!!
"Hm? What's going on? Did it misfire? Again!!" Confused, Yamasachi summoned Ōyamatsu once more!
Few knew that Ōyamatsu... was an exceptionally principled Shikigami! Its principle was never to come up empty-handed. If it could not petrify its target, it petrified its caster; if it could not petrify even its caster, then it petrified itself!
Clearly, this was the second case!
"H-how could this be!?"
Yamasachi's own body began to turn to stone... The sight stunned all the gods!
Umisachi: "Big brother!!!!!"
Tenshōmei: "It's Uka-no-Mitama! It returns the state of being attacked to the attacker! That's my Uka-no-Mitama!! How does this guy have my Shikigami!!!"
Tenkōmei: "N-no, it may not be Uka-no-Mitama. Amanosakahoko has a similar effect too!!!"
Duochimo stroked the Heavenly Rings on his hand, his gaze deep. "Oh? No wonder you were so rash. Looks like you have some decent Shikigami. Umisachi, I'll reclaim Yamasachi's Shikigami. You kill him!"
Having said that, Duochimo thrust the hand wearing the Heavenly Rings into Yamasachi's petrifying body!
Crack...!!
Yamasachi shattered, but the Shikigami Ōyamatsu and Kaeshine-no-Mikoto were absorbed by Duochimo!
Umisachi flew into a rage. "Give me back my brother's life!"
Urashiki cried out, "He's one of us! Lord Umisachi, hold back!!!!"
"All of you, die!!!"
Umisachi focused his Rinnegan on the distant starry sky!
--Mōzō-no-Mikoto!
--Agunuma-no-Mikoto!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!
Boundless black waters of Mōzō, controlled by Agunuma-no-Mikoto, devoured the starry sky!
Urashiki was utterly despairing. It's over. This is completely over...
Yet when he closed his eyes to await death, no searing pain struck him. Looking over in shock, he saw Yu enveloped in golden light. No matter how the black