Although the gods of this world were not particularly powerful, and many great yokai had even stormed Takama-ga-hara in the past, even Kanou, the nine-tailed cat demon, had been able to infiltrate the Heavenly Realm alone and assassinate a top-tier god.
But... this was no ordinary deity. He was Ōkuninushi, the chief god of Izumo—one could say he represented Izumo itself. And they were currently in Izumo. Although Izumo had long ceased to be a country and his power had weakened considerably, as Izumo's chief god, he could draw upon the city's power without limit while within its borders.
What's more... over the past several centuries, the Black Flood Dragon King's demonic power had diminished rather than grown. He had not been a match before, and now he was even less so.
But Black Seele did not care whether he lived or died...
As Ōkuninushi approached her once again, Black Seele raised her little hand, and countless tentacles emerged from the void, winding toward the god before her.
At that moment, Seele was filled with darkness, cruelty, and strangeness. Like the lord of some demonic creatures, she controlled a dense mass of blood-red tentacles, turning this once-majestic divine domain into the territory of evil things.
"Damn it!"
Looking at those disgusting tentacles, Ōkuninushi, who was somewhat of a neat freak, could no longer endure it. Gripping the Divine Sword that symbolized Izumo, he directly wielded Izumo's power and slashed at the tentacles before him.
However... Black Seele's body vanished in an instant. The next moment, she gripped the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and struck the Divine Sword of Izumo in Ōkuninushi's hand!
"This Totsuka-no-Tsurugi has slain countless ancient demons and gods. Ōkuninushi... did you ever imagine... that one day you would die before it as well?"
Black Seele held the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, an evil