Chapter 764: The Power of Miracles
An illusory figure over three meters tall appeared behind Kaito Shirogane. The figure wore a long robe and a crown on its head. Amidst the churning of the Underworld, the Aura of Death of Shinra surged alongside the murky yellow spring water, enveloping Reinhardt together with boundless killing intent.
Reinhardt's body turned instantly freezing cold. He couldn't even see it himself, but his once divinely radiant body was rapidly turning a ghastly pale, like a corpse that had been soaking in water for a long time.
Kaito Shirogane's figure vanished in a flash. The Surge of Murderous Intent, along with the force of his punches, filled the entire space.
[One Instant, One Thousand Strikes: Shun Goku Satsu]!
Thud thud thud thud...
Amidst the countless overlapping shadows of punches, Brynhild, who had just used Full Counter to block Artoria's slash, felt a chill in her heart. She instinctively wanted to activate Cover again, but the pitch-black space filled with killing intent seemed to isolate everything. For a moment, she actually couldn't sense Reinhardt's existence.
Boom!
The purplish-red, resplendent sword aura slashed out from the sea once more. For a spiritual body resurrected using [All the World's Evil], she possessed near-endless magical energy. She could continuously unleash these slashes without limit, with almost every strike packing the destructive power to cleave a city in half.
Holding her shield with both hands, Brynhild countered the slash once again. She looked back at Roman, then at Reinhardt, who was enveloped in the black barrier. Further away, Mori-Summer's terrifying slash seemed to tear through the firmament and the world, but there was also a guy with insanely terrifying spiritual pressure on the enemy's side...
What do I do? Brynhild, think quickly! What should you do right now to save everyone?!
In this instant, the faces of the Azure Sky members who had left or died along their journey flashed through Brynhild's mind. The Concussive Pulse of the Spiritual Light on her back began to shine.
"Big Sis Bryn, don't worry about me. I'm not that weak!"
The gentle voice was filled with resolve. Roman gently pushed Brynhild. She knew very well that Brynhild—who had joined Azure Sky because of the phrase, "You will become the sturdiest shield for everyone in Azure Sky," and had found the meaning of her existence through it—was the one who feared seeing her comrades die again more than anyone else.
Her Concussive Pulse of the Spiritual Light contained the resolve to sacrifice herself to save everyone.
Roman didn't want to be a burden to others, even though everyone seemed to act very apologetic towards her because of Roland's death.
But she also knew that Roland didn't belong to her. Everyone was deeply saddened by Roland's death, and she was even less qualified to use that as an excuse to demand more from the others.
Moreover... she wasn't a weakling. She was... very strong!
Concentric rings of Roman's Concussive Pulse of the Spiritual Light spread outwards. The next moment, intense spiritual power surged from her back. She leapt up from her Soul Insect, her presence erupting intensely.
Roman pointed a finger towards the blackened Saber, who was continuously launching slashes at her from afar.
Screech!
Blue and white spiritual power condensed instantly in front of her fingertip. It was a [Spirit Gun], but its intensity and scale were extremely exaggerated. In terms of pure energy output, Roman ranked near the top within Azure Sky.
The Spirit Gun rapidly changed shape at her fingertip. The next moment, it elongated. Rather than a Spirit Gun, it now looked more like a long spear, a massive arrow.
With a thought from Roman, the arrow pierced through the air.
Thwack!
Artoria gripped her pitch-black holy sword with both hands. When she swung it fiercely, the holy sword, infused with an excessive amount of magical energy, felt as heavy as a mountain. But this time, she had only swung it halfway when a blue and white spear materialized seemingly out of thin air right in front of her.
Only then did the blue and white halos of light burst outward in the air, reflecting in the blackened Saber's platinum-blonde eyes like rings of a holy halo.
The speed of this strike was so fast that it arrived before Artoria could even unleash her slash. The moment her slash began, the blue and white spear was already in front of her.
Artoria was shocked, but her inherently strong intuition made her subconsciously tilt her head.
With a thwack, Artoria's shoulder and her entire left arm vanished. The blue and white spear practically pinned her to the rock behind her.
Without a single sound, Artoria stepped forward. Gripping the holy sword single-handedly, she swung out a horizontal slash once more...
...
Thud thud thud thud...
Countless attacks rained down. Reinhardt was enveloped in a dense aura of death. The concept of [Death] had instinctively appeared in his mind; his instincts were telling him that after this strike, he would die!
The force of the punches attacked continuously. At first, Reinhardt even tried to mimic [Crystal Wall] for defense, but there were no blind spots in this space. Countless attacks struck his body almost simultaneously.
The divine power covering his skin depleted rapidly, and a freezing, eerie power flooded into his body.
[You have suffered the effect of the Trait: Aura of Death of Shinra. Now conducting an instant-death check.]
This notification appeared dozens of times in an instant. Even though he successfully passed the check every time, Reinhardt felt his body growing colder and colder, a sensation of his life force gradually draining away.
Furthermore... once his divine power dissipated, the terrifying force of the punches alone would likely blast him to pieces.
Mercenary Tao's attributes were very high, with all four core stats at terrifying levels. Besides that terrifying Kaio-Ken, Mercenary Tao also possessed other abilities that multiplied his attributes.
Reinhardt instinctively analyzed Mercenary Tao's strength. He hoped that before he died, he could use telepathy to transmit Mercenary Tao's intelligence to the others.
Transmit it to... Sousuke...
Splash!
That illusory door creaked open.
[You have suffered the effect of the Trait: Yama. Now conducting an instant-death check.]
[Check failed. You are about to die.]
The illusory Gate of Life and Death swung wide open. Reinhardt's entire body went stiff. He felt himself flying backwards into that door, and he saw the terrifying figure over three meters tall behind Mercenary Tao.
The feeling condensing on that figure was similar to when he mimicked the abilities of the Gold Saints. It was probably also some kind of high-tier entity, and Mercenary Tao's ability was borrowing its power...
Reinhardt still maintained his analytical instincts. He was willing to sacrifice everything for his teammates. Whatever his teammates needed, he would go and learn it. For those guys, he was willing to change his personality, habits, and even hobbies...
Therefore, in his final moments of life, he still wanted to inform the others of all of Mercenary Tao's abilities.
Sousuke...
This name appeared in his mind once more. He felt a large portion of his body had already died. His heart was beginning to stop, oxygen was no longer being supplied, and his divine power couldn't dispel the power of death that was taking over him.
But at this moment, he suddenly recalled the first time he met Sousuke in the Attack on Titan world. Back then, the other party hadn't possessed much power either.
Yes, contrary to what everyone currently guessed, Reinhardt was absolutely certain that the [King of Miracles], Sousuke, was absolutely not some remnant of a previous Infinite Space, a relic of a past infinite era.
Sousuke had entered the Infinite Dimensional Space in the exact same batch as him.
But that guy had surpassed everyone at the most inconceivable speed.
This was tied to his insane mindset in the task worlds.
He recalled how Sousuke in the Attack on Titan world had constantly tried to counsel and give hints to Eren. He had also tried to spark a technological revolution in that world to lower ordinary people's fear of the Titans, ultimately drastically altering that world but encountering even greater danger...
In the One Piece world, in order to board the Straw Hat crew's ship, he had forced them all to disguise themselves as mimic treasure chests...
In the Fate world, he chased the [Root] and for the first time successfully created a so-called "perfect timeline," saving all the kind-hearted characters who were supposed to die. He had entered the Root, his survival unknown, and upon returning, he had already acquired the Magic known as [Miracles].
...
"Hahahaha, only thinking of me now? Chen Lailai, you're still as much of an idiot as ever!"
A boisterous laughter rang out in Reinhardt's mind. The voice contained the power of miracles. In an instant, his dead brain nerves seemingly reconnected to electricity, the current flowing from his brain to every corner of his body.
Before that power, the Aura of Death of Shinra couldn't block it at all and completely dissipated in an instant.
Kaito Shirogane stood with his back to Reinhardt. The crimson Surge of Murderous Intent condensed on his back into the character for "Heaven" (天), clearly visible. But the next moment, Kaito Shirogane's figure paused.
He twisted his body, and Satoru Gojo similarly noticed something.
Thump!
The heart that should have stopped beat once more. The illusory Gate of Life and Death, unable to guide its target because the dead had once again become the living, slowly faded away.
Reinhardt's motion of falling backward also froze in mid-air.
Golden light erupted from within his body.
In an instant, his divine power burned once more. The dazzling divine power enveloped Reinhardt's body like a layer of magnificent armor.
He opened his eyes, a terrifying presence emerging.
"Resurrection from death is a miracle~"
The words, full of mirth, sounded by Kaito Shirogane's ear.
The curve of Kaito Shirogane's grin grew even more terrifying.
He naturally knew that Sousuke's ability wasn't the kind of miracle from Lord of the Mysteries, but the man had indeed reversed life and death.
This was the first time since Kaito Shirogane acquired the [Aura of Death of Shinra] trait that he had successfully triggered instant death on an enemy, yet failed to kill the target.
This was the so-called power of a [Miracle]...
Kaito Shirogane reached towards his back, where the incorporeal flag lay.
He naturally knew Ouroboros harbored ill intentions. There was no need for logical deduction; that woman didn't hide her malice towards him in the slightest.
But at the same time, Kaito Shirogane could also tell that the woman truly, desperately wanted to kill Azure Sky's so-called King of Miracles.
That woman was a lunatic, a fool, and Kaito Shirogane was similarly a lunatic. Rather than letting this [Supreme Three King] die in some destined death, he might as well claim the man's head himself!
Reversing Good and Evil...
The terrifying thirteen-tiered stairway appeared behind Kaito Shirogane. On the first step, Good and Evil acted as a scale, currently appearing as black and white, echoing the colors of Kaito Shirogane's hair.
The flag symbolizing [Absolute Good] on Kaito Shirogane's back began to flutter.
BOOM!
Kaito Shirogane suddenly felt a massive tremor shake the heavens and earth!
The next moment, Kaito Shirogane suddenly felt his levitation ability completely vanish. The same happened to Reinhardt, several kilometers away, who, despite shining with the dual radiance of miracles and divinity, also plummeted straight down.
From the corner of his eye, Kaito Shirogane saw Satoru Gojo still standing in mid-air.
But in the sky, a massive black sea unfolded out of thin air. This iteration of the Sea of Life was boundlessly vast, expanding from a radius of hundreds of kilometers to instantly swallow and cover the entire sky.
Moonlight, starlight—everything was obscured.
[The time of birth has come. Therefore, all creation is corrected]!
The demonic dragon roared at the sky. The terrifying tremors, accompanied by a horrifying magical energy that almost drowned people, completely dominated the heavens and earth.
Kaito Shirogane's Ki couldn't even manipulate the air anymore, because everything was now under the control of that magical energy.
Furthermore...
[Based on your identity as a viviparous species, you cannot be immune to the effects of Beast: Tiamat's abilities.]
Viviparous species... Because Tiamat possessed the spiritual status of the Mother Goddess of Creation and the legend of having created all life, all life born from a womb would be suppressed by Tiamat.
This included humans and Divine Spirits.
Satoru Gojo, conversely, because he was currently the King of Curses and possessed the trait of being resurrected by the Black Mud, was fundamentally no longer a viviparous species, thus escaping the suppression of this special ability.
Kaito Shirogane plummeted from a height of tens of thousands of meters, his speed increasing continuously. The friction between the surrounding magical energy and his Three Parts Return to Origin Ki generated brilliant sparks.
Below were the scars of terrifying slashes stretching tens of thousands of meters. Kaito Shirogane crashed straight into the black sea of magical beasts.
Brynhild, however, used Cover twice in succession, bringing Reinhardt to a panting Roman's side.
Above the massive black sea of magical beasts, the impossibly colossal demonic dragon, Tiamat, once again issued her question to the three people below.
"Was my love... wrong?!"
The Evils of Humanity were inherently twisted entities, and Tiamat was no exception.
As the Mother Goddess of Creation, she was abandoned by her descendants, humanity.
The life she created would destroy the balanced environment she had created.
Therefore, her creation itself became something unneeded.
Tiamat continuously repeated this question.
Below, as the king from the Age of Fantasy, Gilgamesh could not provide an answer.
But he could not sit idly by while his world, his citizens, and everything else were destroyed by the demonic dragon.
Meanwhile, the problem child, Izayoi Sakamaki, looked at this overwhelmingly powerful demonic dragon, his eyes flashing with an intense desire for exploration and combat.
Only Sousuke, having just found a moment to check on his Azure Sky comrades and saving Reinhardt from being the first to be devoured by a beast...
A cigarette appeared in his hand. He quietly lit it, looking at the overly massive and powerful demonic dragon above, surprisingly feeling a pang of sympathy for it in his heart.
From the perspective of the Human Order, Tiamat had to be banished; her existence had become a hazard to humanity.
But from her perspective, the anger of being betrayed by the children of man was indeed justified.
Sousuke didn't care whether this world was real or if it was a twisted creation of Ye Zi's.
He only knew that the Mother Goddess before him was so sorrowful and so angry that... she now wished to destroy all life in the world.
She had created everything, and now she wept by attempting to destroy everything.
"Mother Goddess, could you allow me to grant you a miracle in return?"
BOOM!
Before Sousuke could finish his sentence, an intensely explosive Ki erupted. A golden Ki blast pierced through layer upon layer of the Sea of Life, striking Tiamat directly.
Sousuke facepalmed. A beast is a beast; it simply can't be reasoned with. The next moment, he turned directly and threw a punch downwards. The heavens and earth collapsed instantly. The massive fist imprint instantly pierced through the Sea of Life, directly sinking the rainforest and the beach.
The monster whose golden Ki had soared into the sky was blasted violently into the ground.