From the end of the world

Chapter 735 Zhu Shi's Declaration
Although Mikoto had made preparations to target Asahi, he was certainly unprepared in this regard.

Because it's impossible for him to have predicted from the beginning that Asa would be brought to this terrifying battlefield filled with Great Impermanence and Great Demons, let alone that Asa might imitate the Divine Weapon of Humanity and wield Great Impermanence-level power. He probably only started considering ways to limit Asa's potential performance on the battlefield the moment he saw her appear.

Relying solely on the mind-altering voice of the Great Demon God Tu to suppress Ma Zao's performance is far too crude. If he had sufficient preparation time, he could have taken advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to kill Ma Zao, a master-level cultivator, as soon as possible. The fact that he can only do this much now shows that he has already revealed his weakness.

Moreover, the very fact that they would go to such lengths to devise an ambush against us is evidence of their disadvantage. True strength doesn't require so much scheming.

If it were a normal Meiko, the moment he saw me appear on the battlefield with the unknown element of Asahi, even with all the other preparations for an ambush, he might have turned and run without a second thought. But he still gritted his teeth and fought us—this battle was not one he could simply refuse to fight. The decision was not made by himself, but by the person he had pledged allegiance to, the Lord of the Evangelion, Enma.

Therefore, if asked where our greatest chance of victory lies in this battle, I would answer without hesitation that it lies in Yuma.

To achieve this, we must first find a way to defeat the Great Demon God Tu.

As I reached this conclusion in my mind, the Great Demon God Tu summoned a new Great Demon once again.

The sixth, the seventh, the eighth... three more new great demons appeared on Zhu Shi's battlefield, and the ninth great demon could even be vaguely seen brewing and taking shape in the darkness further away.

Although they were all degraded great demons, they all possessed the full power of the Great Impermanence level. With the even more powerful great demon Shen Tu joining the fray, even though Zhu Shi concentrated all his strength on escaping and defense, and had the "Buzhou Mountain" supernatural ability to protect him, it seemed that he had finally found no way out.

Just as she was about to die under the siege of the demons, I finally created an opportunity to provide support.

Strictly speaking, I myself can hardly spare much power to provide support there. However, I previously deployed the sea of ​​fire at Zhu Shi's location and caused it to expand rapidly. Now, the expansion of the sea of ​​fire has finally reached a sufficient scale. What I need to use now is the readily available power from Zhu Shi's location.

The specific method was the same as when rescuing the naval Xuanwu during the previous battle with Meng Zhang: inputting a large number of pre-set commands into the fire sea through the communication link. Since this wasn't the first time they'd done it, and they'd done some research after that battle, they were now quite adept at it. It was like a programmer copying and pasting old code into a new program; most of the pre-set commands were copied from the previous operation, with a smaller portion being post-battle optimizations and adaptations to the local conditions.

All the great demons unleashed a massive amount of dark magic at Zhu Shi. Almost simultaneously, an orange-red "Great Demon of Calamity" completed its formation and roared as it leaped out of the sea of ​​fire, intercepting a portion of the attack for Zhu Shi.

The "Great Demon of Calamity" was not much stronger than the corrupted Great Demons, and it was not good at defense. It was hit by so many attacks and was instantly shattered. However, this change created an opportunity for Zhu Shi to struggle for survival. She was good at finding "weaknesses" and found the escape route created by the mutation. In a flash, she broke away from the encirclement of all the Great Demons once again.

The "Great Demon of Calamity," which had been destroyed, was instantly resurrected. As it was originally just a collection of power, no matter how many times it was violently dismantled, it could keep coming back as long as the sea of ​​fire existed.

Even immediately after its resurrection, the "Great Demon of Calamity" roared again, and a massive sea of ​​fire rapidly unfolded around it. Both its initial size and the speed of its expansion were far stronger than the sea of ​​fire summoned by someone like me who was not on that level.

Some of the great demons attacked the "Great Demon of Calamity," while others attacked Zhu Shi again. However, no matter how many were killed, the former would not be eliminated, and the expansion of the sea of ​​fire did not stop; the latter continued to move at high speed, and because the firepower was shared, they were not immediately plunged into a desperate situation again.

Just a breath later, another "Great Demon of Calamity" hatched from the sea of ​​fire, joining the ranks of those pushing the fire to expand, while also assisting Zhu Shi in defense and counterattack. "—What?"

Mingzhuo, who was still entangled in a battle with Jian Feixian in the distance, turned his head and saw this scene, and his facial muscles immediately froze.

Summoning multiple incarnations of the Great Impermanence level in a short period of time—as far as I know, only myself, "Shangri-La," and the Gospel of Naraku are capable of doing this.

My move was clearly far beyond Mingzhuo's understanding and calculation, and his expression then became somewhat distorted, as if he had some kind of bad premonition.

Then, another new "Great Demon of Calamity" hatched and joined the ranks of those pushing the sea of ​​fire to expand. Zhu Shi and the three "Great Demons of Calamity" worked together to try to resist an enemy that outnumbered them by more than twice.

In just a short while, the number of "Great Demons of Calamity" rose to five. On the other side, the number of Great Demons summoned by the Great Demon God Tu also rose to nine.

Even Naraku Gospel doesn't summon all its demons without restraint; at most, it never exceeds ten. Currently, including Daimajintu himself, there are exactly ten. This number may not truly be Naraku Gospel's limit, but based on my observation, Daimajintu's limit seems to be here.

However, the proliferation of the "Great Demon of Calamity" can only go so far. My act of summoning an avatar through a sea of ​​fire is similar to Naraku's summoning of the Great Demon to some extent. Since the latter cannot be summoned infinitely, I am naturally no exception.

Although the fire sea can be maintained and expanded by relying on external fuel resources and can theoretically increase indefinitely, it is impossible for the fire sea to compress and synthesize into an individual of the Great Impermanence level on its own simply by spontaneously gathering based on my preset instructions without my personal manipulation.

All of this is because these "Great Demons of Calamity" are my incarnations. "Similarity" possesses power, and these individuals, whose forms of existence are highly similar to mine and who are my incarnations, naturally receive related mystical enhancements, simulating a strength that is relatively closer to mine. Of course, since they are merely imitating me, they cannot possibly possess power surpassing mine. At this stage, they are only a degraded version of me, a level worse than me after I shed my slag weapons.

This mystical enhancement is not entirely unlimited. It's similar to the power that believers gain through the deity's Sambhogakaya (reward body). The Sambhogakaya possesses inexhaustible power; as long as the existence of the Great Impermanence remains, it will never be extinguished. However, the unlimited total amount does not equate to unlimited power output. The power produced by the Sambhogakaya cannot surpass the level of the Great Impermanence itself in terms of power output.

The five "Great Demons of Calamity" are the maximum number that I can currently maintain with my current size.

Together with Zhu Shi, they have six combatants. Compared to the ten combatants on the Great Demon God Tu's side, they are undoubtedly at a disadvantage. Although the "Great Demon of Calamity" is not afraid of injury or death, I highly doubt that the Great Demon God Tu also has the means to immediately replenish his combat strength after a loss. Right now, we can only say that we have temporarily helped Zhu Shi escape from a life-or-death situation, but it is still not enough to reverse the situation.

Zhu Shi's eyes, however, blazed with fighting spirit. Her expression hardened, and she raised her longsword towards all the enemies opposite her.

“Thank you, Zhuang Cheng—” she said. “Now, let me pave the way for you and Ma Zao to turn the tide.”

(End of this chapter)