Infinite Gods Reign Supreme

Chapter 54 - It's nothing but a death throes

Valentina has two swords, two swords to deal with different situations. Just like every member of the Celestials team was a capable squad leader before joining the team, someone like her is almost impossible to have any obvious tactical flaws.

Therefore, she has a second sword. A sword to deal with spirits, evil spirits, and other things that Willow Leaf White Garden is not good at dealing with.

Demon Sword - Silver Blade.

With her exceptional reflexes, she was a seasoned enthusiast of various bullet hell games before joining the God Realm. Upon entering the God Realm, she was pleasantly surprised to discover a new Touhou Project game she had never played before on the exchange list. This demonic sword, Silver Blade, was the treasure she purchased from it.

Its effect is...

A curse to suppress evil spirits and slow them down!

'puff--'

The sword blade pierced through the raging fire.

The blade struck flesh and blood.

Even after being struck by Yu Zhiwei's fatal blow, the swarm of highly poisonous insects that continued to surge outwards gradually revealed its precise outline as its speed rapidly decreased.

There were even more insects, emerging from the earth and from the flames, shrouded in black mist. Millions, tens of millions. And they intertwined until they revealed Li Ruonan's face—she was the last guardian of the Great Black Buddha Mother, or to put it simply, she was the Great Black Buddha Mother who resided here.

The slowing curse was rapidly depleting. But that was enough for Valentina to throw a grenade of the highest purity holy water and retreat swiftly from the heart of the swarm—she was better at fighting single targets than groups, while Jacob, who was better at fighting groups, took a step forward during this gained time of slowing down!
"Om! Mani! Padme! Hum!"

The Avalokitesvara Mantra – The Heart Mantra of Avalokitesvara.

Those who have read "Journey to the West" will surely find this familiar. It is indeed the six-syllable mantra unique to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The moment the last word was uttered from Jacob's mouth, a blazing, holy light completely illuminated the entire sky covered by flames!
It is a variant of the Holy Word.

Its effect is to inflict blindness, deafness, shock, and instant death on evil spirits and the things they possess.

The weaker the target, the more significant the effect. And for swarm units primarily composed of insects, the effectiveness of this divine spell will be amplified to an unparalleled degree!

The power of the dawn of creation swept across the sky.

The Reincarnators were completely unaware of this, and Siming's undead summons remained motionless. However, the massive swarm of malevolent insects that had just managed to break free as a whole from the slowing curse could only let out a sinister shriek.

Only a very small number of them could emit a shriek, while the vast majority of the rest could not obtain this benefit—they simply disintegrated and melted in the sacred sound waves, turning into dust without accomplishing anything. And Li Ruonan's shriek, filled with pain and terror, was contained within it.

It's not dead yet.

It's not that easy for it to die.

The ashes of the disintegrating venomous insects danced in the fierce wind. A sense of crisis permeated the senses of the reincarnators. Li Ruonan remained hidden, lurking somewhere underground. The disintegration of its physical form was not enough to kill it completely; a more thorough attack was necessary to be effective.

So……

where is it?
The talismans, drawn with Ms. Chen's blood and carried close to the bodies of the reincarnators, quietly emitted a faint warmth.

The heat served as a warning. And the most striking warning was, naturally, the location where Li Ruonan was hiding.

—I've found you.

Yu Zhiwei gripped the scepter tightly. Her hand remained still, her feet didn't move, and her gaze didn't waver. But a 'dead spot' hidden underground and rapidly moving towards the area directly below the reincarnators was precisely detected by her invisible telekinetic power.

She saw it, she caught it.

As her telekinetic energy, guided by the scepter in her hand, which was essentially a perception amplifier, transformed into an invisible blade and pierced fiercely into that rapidly moving 'dead point,' the earth beneath her feet once again emitted a painful roar.

The ground suddenly exploded, and a mangled humanoid figure burst forth, its skin and swarms of insects continuously dying and peeling off. Large amounts of blood gushed out from the body, more than the combined bodily fluids of ten people.

It's not dead yet.

It was still screaming hysterically.

Song Tian took a sudden step forward and charged forward with a swift slash. Five-colored light converged and merged onto Xue Yin, severing it at the waist with the first strike. The subsequent second strike split the two severed parts into four pieces of varying sizes. His sword strikes continued relentlessly, tearing open large patches of blood.

His target was almost chopped into mincemeat.

Even so, the lump of meat sauce remained alive, and could even make sounds from its fragmented structure.

"You can't kill me! Ha! With the protection of the Buddha Mother, it turns out you can't kill me!"

A sense of crisis suddenly washed over Song Tian, ​​and he frowned sharply. Instantly, a foot-thick wall of energy materialized in front of him. He was dragged backward by telekinesis, while reinforcements from his allies descended rapidly towards the target in front of him.

To the left, the willow-leafed white garden. Frosty dust crystals transformed into externally fired freeze cannons.

To the right, a blazing pillar of fire from the celestial realm of concepts crashed straight down on the shattered mass of flesh from the side.

The fusion of the two resulted in a clash of ice and fire. The jet-black, insect-like tentacles pierced through the foot-long wall of energy in front of Song Tian. However, half of them were instantly annihilated by Yu Zhiwei's fatal point, while the remaining half disintegrated and shattered in Song Tian's horizontal slash.

With overwhelming pressure, the timing was perfect.

That amorphous mass of flesh and blood was still emitting frantic cries.

So--

'Peng——'

A fierce wind howled.

The steel giant, summoned only now, swung its massive hand forward with a fierce grab—iron and fire clashed.

The steel behemoth, fully enhanced by the battle aura of the night, successfully captured the blurry mass of flesh representing Li Ruonan during this stalemate of power. In the next instant, it pressed this struggling, broken mass of flesh against its own chest.

'Crack—' The steel tore apart as the fleshy tentacles danced. But another colossal steel statue lunged forward. The two statues embraced tightly, interlocking like two overly thick dumpling wrappers, tightly encasing the only filling of meat in the center of the steel!
"Bishop, fire!"

Jacob's sacred shroud glowed once more. And the next moment, he unleashed the highest level of divine magic he could cast. The blazing pillar of fire instantly enveloped the steel giant; even without elemental advantage, the extreme heat represented by the blazing pillar of fire still took effect quickly.

Seventh Ring Divine Art: Flame Storm!

The already intense heat of the fire amplified the effects of the divine magic. Within seconds, the two steel colossi exhibited extensive melting. All the gaps were sealed, and no matter how much Li Ruonan struggled and resisted within, she could not escape this prison.

Because several sub-giant skeletons were supporting the metal sphere from all directions, making it as stable as if it were placed on a furnace under the spell's effect.

Because Yu Zhiwei was staring at it intently with her eyes wide open.

The telekinetic energy constantly scanned the area, focusing on any protruding metal lumps that had been struck, and any part about to be pierced by the tentacles, a single, deadly blow would instantly kill that section of flesh. As a result, veins quickly bulged at the corners of her eyes, and tiny beads of blood continuously trickled from her seven orifices.

Valentina took a slight step back, moving to a position where she could be reached immediately.

Until the steel is heated to a deep red.

Until the crimson color transforms into cold carbon black.

Li Ruonan, sealed within the steel sphere, continued to curse, but gradually ceased her struggles. Ultimately, the steel mass, firmly fixed in place by the sub-giant skeleton, became its permanent prison.

With a thud, the skeletal structure of the sub-giant finally collapsed after the flame storm subsided. The massive, amorphous mass of steel then tilted and fell to the ground, bearing the brunt of the impact.

Loud noise.

The darkness and ominous atmosphere that filled the air seemed to dissipate at that moment.

In this world, the immortality of evil is a truth known to all in the mystical realm. And in the countless battles fought to seal away evil spirits, reaching this point signifies victory.

It has always been this way, always has been this way.

Unless a higher authority issues a clear and explicit warning at this moment.

—No announcement from the main deity.

The reincarnators exchanged glances, each maintaining a seemingly vigilant yet relaxed demeanor.

Valentina took another step closer to Yu Zhiwei, as if she wanted to go over and offer her some words of comfort.

Song Tian pressed Xueyin down and approached the huge metal mass as if to observe it.

Even Jacob breathed a sigh of relief and looked in other directions, but the shroud on his body still emitted a pure white holy light.

The team members separated.

From any perspective, the Reincarnation Squad is currently in its most relaxed state.

So... who is the most suitable and necessary target to take action against?

Of course, it couldn't be Song Tian, ​​who wielded a long sword and remained unscathed throughout.

It's also unlikely to be Valentina, who is quick-witted and in excellent condition.

Yu Zhiwei was indeed a threat, but she was under Valentina's protection. Thus, in the end, only two targets remained.

Is it Jacob, who appears to be alone but possesses anti-evil power and a secret treasure, capable of delaying time no matter what? Or is it Si Ming, clad in heavy armor, guarding the side, but clearly having commanded the team in battles multiple times, and having previously given Li Ruonan's temporarily possessed evil incarnation a painful lesson?

The answer is obvious.

Everyone knows which has the highest kill priority: the heavy gunner or the commander.

'Clang—' In the distance, a piece of gravel suddenly burst open in the raging fire.

And at that very moment—

explosion.

The ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open from a deeper depth. In an instant, the battlefield was torn apart and unfolded by the tentacles of insects bursting forth from the fissure. And a bronze statue with eight arms suddenly appeared beside Siming!
The Mind Flayer's psychic protective layer was violently torn apart, and the bronze statue's giant hand lunged towards Si Ming's shoulder. The other reincarnators reacted immediately, but they were all a fraction too slow!
"Got you...!"

Beneath the red cloth covering the bronze statue, a hoarse yet joyful sound erupted. The true form of the evil spirit, not far removed from the original film, touched Si Ming's body.

It caught him.

It was watching him.

It saw him, staring intently at him expressionlessly. And the curse it unleashed had absolutely no effect on him whatsoever!

And his body swelled up rapidly!

"Yes, I've got you."

The next moment, Si Ming's hand grabbed the arm of the Great Black Buddha Mother.

The Greatsword of Sin, which had been unused until now, burst forth with intense flames!

(End of this chapter)