Chapter 378: Outer God
[Power of God (Hidden, Unique)]
[Mission Description: The Outer God residing in you has revealed His existence. He covets this world that has lost its gods. Help Him descend successfully into this world, and you will receive divine grace.]
[Reward: Special Hidden Faction · Outer God's Aberrant Residence unlocks and gain massive reputation. Unknown reward.]
[Failure Penalty: Cursed Seal · Strike of Inari destroyed.]
Kaito Shirogane reached out his hand. Even though he could now touch various spirit bodies due to the [Spirit Toucher] milestone and his increasingly powerful soul power, he still couldn't touch the 'Fox Divine Messenger' before him.
This existence incarnated as a 'Fox Divine Messenger', whose true body was most likely [Inari Okami], showed no dissatisfaction with Kaito's disrespectful act. Instead, He floated upward a bit, reaching the same height as Kaito, looking at him with ruby-like eyes.
"Seeker of power, as long as you can accomplish what I arrange, even touching me will be permitted."
Kaito stared at the other party unblinkingly. The white trace at the ends of his hair expanded rapidly, and blood began to flow from his nostrils.
But Kaito remained unaware, still staring greedily at the other party.
The Fox Divine Messenger's figure dimmed rapidly, but the voice still appeared intact in Kaito's ears.
"This is not the power you should explore now, mortal. Find that altar and offer sacrifices sufficient for my descent. I will tell you everything..."
He didn't reveal much information, but Kaito in the [Transcendent Helix] state far exceeded his normal self in both information gathering and intelligence analysis capabilities.
The circumstances of the appearance of [Cursed Seal · Strike of Inari] flashed continuously in his mind. This item wasn't within the [Shinto Faction] reputation exchange manual given by that old priest, and this Fox Divine Messenger obviously held almost equal status to Inari Okami Himself.
That was why the old priest was scared out of his wits and knelt before the [Goshintai].
Therefore, that exchange was clearly intended by that deity for Kaito to obtain.
And as for this world, if there was anything special, it lay in its vastness, the high probability that [God] had been killed by Saitama, and the existence of special altars for those [Gods].
Everything converged to one point: Inari Okami from the Demon Slayer world probably wanted to invade this world.
Just as the Space's description was always precise, the term used at this moment was—[Outer God].
"Hurry up, greedy Reincarnator. A guy even greedier than you has found that altar in advance. He is coveting that power..."
Inari Okami's voice slowly dissipated, but that Cursed Seal seemed to have been directly recharged. Previously, this ability clearly required him to spend a D-Grade Singularity at the Goddess to recharge.
The corners of Kaito's mouth curled up. No matter how calm the tone of this 'Outer God' was, that urgency could no longer be concealed.
"Hey, [Sage], can you still use [Dragonization] now?"
Sage, heavily injured by [Bang], had very weak life signs again. Moreover, he couldn't perceive the appearance of the Outer God at all, so he didn't understand what kind of malice Kaito's question carried at this moment.
Kaito simply took out [Ace's Striker · Modified]. Stepping on it with both feet, electricity surged wildly, flying directly from the air towards the target location at high speed.
"Hey, is he dead?!"
Lee Chae-rin gripped the pitch-black warblade, her whole person completely wrapped in Armament Haki. But even so, she didn't feel much security.
[Dimple], displaying his peak form, didn't last long in [Tang Sanzang]'s hands. Of course, she also understood that was probably Dimple's intention.
That seemingly unreliable evil spirit deliberately wanted to use his death to try and awaken the 'sleeping' Mob.
The battle between the two stirred up huge waves in the Spirit World. Finally, Dimple perished completely, spirit fragments scattering everywhere.
[???] also unsurprisingly sensed how powerful the enemy appearing in the Spirit World was.
Power that made both Lee Chae-rin and [Midnight Watch] tremble appeared. [???] raised a hand directly, tearing the boundary between the Spirit World and reality once again.
Grabbing Dimple's spirit fragments, followed by a painful howl.
At that moment, Lee Chae-rin rarely saw Midnight Watch fall from that almost undetectable state. The entire Spirit World was howling; countless spirits were annihilated in that fury.
Of course, bearing the brunt was [Tang Sanzang], who almost covered the Spirit World with that red kasaya. This Title Level Reincarnator famous for his power faced the terror of [???] directly.
That kasaya, rumored to be of Gold Plot Equipment quality, was torn to shreds directly. Tang Sanzang's Dawei Tianlong Avatar was destroyed in an instant. Lee Chae-rin saw Tang Sanzang's face turn pale as gold paper, clearly deeply injured.
She drew her sword in an instant. Sword light submerged into that shattered kasaya from afar, but it was empty, hitting nothing.
Instead, it attracted [???]'s gaze. Lee Chae-rin immediately activated Godspeed, fleeing several kilometers instantly with Midnight Watch.
Added with Tornado getting angry and starting more violent attacks, [???] was pinned back to the real world again, allowing Lee Chae-rin and Midnight Watch to survive.
At this moment, Lee Chae-rin lost track of Midnight Watch again and could only ask loudly.
"There's something wrong with that guy's gourd!"
"Tsk, truly worthy of being the follower favored by [The Final Day]. He just has so many good things..."
Amidst unhappy clicking of her tongue, Midnight Watch described that she sensed a purple gourd appeared in Tang Sanzang's hand before [???]'s subsequent attack and Lee Chae-rin's slash arrived, and then he disappeared.
And her special ability couldn't capture or affect him either. That only meant Tang Sanzang hid, and the hiding method was very clever, almost opening a new [Phase] or world within the Spirit World.
Lee Chae-rin could hear the weird intonation when Midnight Watch said 'favored.' She was probably mocking Tang Sanzang. However, after truly fighting a Title Level of that rank, Lee Chae-rin had to admit that currently, they could only satisfy themselves with words.
The power of the Third Ladder was displayed vividly. The intensity and precision of energy were overwhelmingly powerful. Simultaneously, they mastered more special powers, some kind of... rule.
She guessed even if that guy Mercenary Tao joined forces with the two of them and displayed that powerful posture in the One Piece world again, they might not necessarily win.
Reincarnators who genuinely entered the [Fierce] tier had far richer means than plot characters, and the difficulty of dealing with them was higher than ordinary Fierce tier plot characters.
Thinking of this, she tentatively asked Midnight Watch:
"You mean, that guy Mercenary Tao is challenging [Sage] alone on that battlefield?!"
Her heart beat uncontrollably, thumping loudly. But she couldn't distinguish if that feeling was joy or anxiety, or both.
Things having reached this point, Lee Chae-rin had to admit she might really have Stockholm Syndrome, but...
[Sage], to some extent, was a Reincarnator of similar rank to Tang Sanzang, with even more mysterious abilities. There were many rumors outside. Even if he wasn't a high-ranking follower of His Majesty [Fate Eternal], a rookie like Kaito... shouldn't be able to match such a guy.
Moo!
Painful roaring appeared again. Lee Chae-rin's eardrums ruptured and bled instantly. She froze in place. Midnight Watch also revealed her figure. The two turned their heads blankly, only seeing a corner of the Spirit World torn open again.
Tornado, emitting a violent aura all over, pushed [???] back into the Spirit World and looked at [???] with a terrifying expression.
"If you want to go crazy, hide here and go crazy by yourself!"
"Don't make a mess of my world anymore..."
Her voice was low, with suppressible anger on her face.
"Now, be quiet. I'm going to... find that guy!"
Lee Chae-rin watched this scene, not understanding what happened.
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