#522Chapter 522: Spraying out a little legendary powerAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 522: Spitting Out a Bit of Legend
The moment Cheng Tian's voice fell, not only Cheng Tian himself, but also many superhumans who were focused on Orochi noticed a very obvious pause in Orochi's body.
Meanwhile, Cheng Tian continued to unilaterally express his thoughts.
"You claim to be the Planet's Will, coexisting with Mother Earth Gaia, yet you were sealed for eighteen hundred years by the combined power of three divine artifacts... What kind of Planet's Will is that embarrassing?"
"And if I recall correctly, you claim to be the planet's deity but almost exclusively operate within the confines of the island nation, never having left the four islands. Coupled with the fact that your lackeys, the Orochi Hakkesshu, primarily manifest their powers as natural phenomena, birth, aging, sickness, and death, branding yourself as the 'Planet's Will' feels a bit too hollow, like a 100-pound midget wearing an 8XL Ogre-sized stomach t-shirt.
However, if you are merely a local earth god, similar to a regional official who can only control the island nation, then it makes much more sense.
Because you are a local official for a small area, you have to manage everything. Moreover, the land under your feet adheres to the concept of eight million gods. When facing some irresistible forces, people habitually find something to worship, regardless of whether the other party is a true deity or an earth spirit.
The wish power generated from prayers for rain, good harvests, childbirth, marriages, funerals, and so on, if not deliberately managed and diverted to different departments, will most likely converge on a single, widely accepted concept."
"Perhaps it's not wrong to call you the Planet's Will and a deity, but I think it's best to add a 'one of' suffix here. At most, you can only be considered the Island Nation Branch of the Earth's Will, the local supervisor in charge of the Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu departmental regions. The Hakkesshu are your differentiated grunt workers, and Mother Gaia… I think she should be considered your boss's boss.
Your claim of coexisting with Gaia is simply a distortion of the truth. At most, you came from the same place as the Mother Goddess. Just because a great person came from your hometown, does that mean you are also a great person? What a joke!"
"It's just that you probably didn't expect that even in such a small area, humans still refused to die according to your wishes as a local earth god. They even resisted and sealed you for eighteen hundred years, which is 1300 years longer than the Monkey King next door... So, your current desire to eliminate humanity, in my opinion, is more of a personal vendetta against the Three Sacred Treasures families, incidentally spreading to the human population."
"Of course, I'm just saying this, and you're just listening. If you ask me for proof that you're not the Planet's Will, I can't really provide it.
If you're unhappy about it..."
"Then hit me! Local! Earth! God!"
Throughout, Cheng, who was unilaterally and wildly spewing his subjective emotions and conjectures, neither sought nor needed anyone else's approval. Along with the stand-in world that emerged beside him, he raised a big middle finger at Orochi in the air... This guy was completely immersed in his own art!
And the entire arena, and even all of Tokyo watching this scene via live broadcast, was as silent as death.
As for Orochi, who for some unknown reason had listened to Cheng Tian's entire insane rant, the almost imperceptible trembling of his body had gradually become clearly noticeable.
However, what was interesting was that Cheng Tian's deconstructive act, which lacked evidence and didn't require approval—one could say it was completely irresponsible—greatly reduced everyone's fear of Orochi.
From a lofty deity who commanded the entire planet, he was forcibly deconstructed into a local earth god who could only manage a small area. Although still a god, the feeling they evoked was completely different.
And this change in everyone's mindset was precisely the most fatal to a conceptual deity like Orochi.
Cheng Tian's deconstruction of Orochi was not 100% accurate; it was mixed with too many personal thoughts, but it was not wrong in its general framework.
In Japanese thought, which advocates that all things have spiritual consciousness, "deities" are genuinely so numerous that they can be described as "one on every roadside, walking everywhere." Orochi is a character created under the influence of this way of thinking.
Despite being set as the Planet's Will, he can be sealed by three families from the island nation carrying three small trinkets.
Despite being a deity, he evolved into the form of Yamata no Orochi and insisted on eating eight pure women as sacrifices... And it was so embarrassing that he needed people to offer themselves voluntarily, rather than seeking them out himself.
Also, even after losing a perfect vessel like Chris, even if you forcefully descend, you'll be forced to revert from your peak state to a mortal one, further reducing your chances of victory. Yet, you still insist on forcing the descent, facing a more unpredictable human populace in what is theoretically your weakest state… Does it absolutely have to be 1997? Can't it be next year or the year after?
He had already waited eighteen hundred years, couldn't he wait another twenty or thirty years?
In Cheng Tian's view, if he just waited until the island nation's birth rate naturally plummeted below 1.15, and then waited for the Kusanagi, Yagami, and Kagura families to all be influenced by the social atmosphere to have no descendants before making a move, wouldn't that cleansing be a piece of cake?
Alright, Cheng Tian's thinking here was a typical case of hindsight, but it also carried a hint of disappointment that something couldn't improve.
He really liked Orochi's character design, voice acting, and performance, but the more he liked him, the more he felt he didn't quite match the setting; there was too much pettiness.
One can only say that the limitations of the era and nation inevitably affect works. When looking back, the flaws that weren't apparent at the time become very obvious.
However, how does that saying go… When you throw a rock into a pigsty, the one that squeals the loudest is inevitably the one that got hit.
And Orochi was precisely the one hit hard on the head by Cheng Tian's large rock.
A new Heaven's Chosen Space prompt appeared before Cheng Tian.
"Your personal reputation with 'Orochi' has plummeted to a dimension-breaking level."
"Your hostile reputation of 'Undying and Unending' with the Orochi faction will extend to all 'Yamata no Orochi Alternate-Dimensional Counterparts' involved in Heaven's Chosen Space instances.
All Yamata no Orochi Alternate-Dimensional Counterparts have had their personal reputation changes synchronized.
When you enter any instance containing units or factions with the 'Yamata no Orochi' keyword, you will immediately enter an 'Enemy of Orochi' state with them, which cannot be repaired by any means."
"You have completed the limited achievement — Even Ten-Fist Sword Can't Incite as Much Hatred as You (Gold/Legendary)."
"Achievement Conditions: Enter an undying and unending hostile state with all Yamata no Orochi Alternate-Dimensional Counterparts."
"Achievement Reward: Title 'Enemy of Orochi,' Legend +1."
"As you are currently in a team, player 'Eileen' will also receive the same achievement reward and similarly enter a state of being hated by Orochi."
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