#526Chapter 526: Do gods bleed?AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 526: Do Gods Bleed?
The attributes of the Holy Demonic Tai Chi Orb can be said to be extremely 'Tai Chi,' excelling at using an opponent's strength against them.
The blood-red energy projectile created by Orochi's Chaos Dark Corrosion was completely absorbed by the Tai Chi shield and transformed into a mixed 'Holy Light and Shadow' damage.
As the caster, Cheng Tian naturally believes in returning what he borrows, insisting on returning all the absorbed energy to Orochi.
Cheng Tian couldn't be sure if this Fiery Combo would effectively strike Orochi, but given the 'semi-invincible' effect of the Fiery Combo, meaning it wouldn't backfire on him, Cheng Tian was willing to give it a try.
Seeing this, Kyo Kusanagi used the rebound from his 'Nanasé' leg strike, a derivative of Aragami, hitting Orochi's psychic barrier, to propel himself backward.
Upon landing, his body flashed with light, and he rolled out of the Tai Chi Orb's crushing path like a tumbling gourd.
This was actually a common 'roll after powering up' technique used by King of Fighters '97 fighters. It's very practical but also energy-intensive. For fighters who generally favor offense over defense, its cost-effectiveness is far less than throwing a special move.
However, facing this giant hamster-ball-like attack, Kyo Kusanagi didn't want to be transported to another world. He would rather roll away awkwardly and ungracefully, but he had to run.
But in stark contrast to Kyo Kusanagi, Orochi, despite being thwarted from the start, still maintained her divine composure and chose to remain in place.
With ripples flowing across her body, a psychic reflection barrier named 'Jiu' (first tone) once again enveloped Orochi's entire body.
In fact, Orochi's barrier can not only reflect ranged attacks, but if the distance and force are controlled well, even energy attacks within the close-combat range can be parried.
Moves like Raijin Ken and Death Hurricane are all within the scope of reflection.
It can be said that as long as the barrier is maintained, Orochi is virtually invincible.
However, at the same time, the sound of rushing wind and rolling arrived as expected.
Orochi had experienced humanity's stubbornness for eighteen hundred years. These humans, despite suffering so many setbacks from reflected attacks, still constantly tried to attack her from a distance, as if they believed even a god would show a weakness.
Therefore, Orochi, still able to activate her barrier, decisively ignored the arrows that arrived later but faster, letting them hit her barrier. Then, something that astonished her happened.
The arrows, as ranged attacks, did hit the barrier, but the expected reflection effect mysteriously vanished.
Not only that, a faint crack, only detectable by Orochi herself, appeared on her barrier as the arrow struck!
...How is this possible!?
Intense disbelief surfaced in Orochi's mind, while on the other side, the black-skinned archer had already thrown all 15 arrows from her quiver into the air with a precise hip and waist movement, letting them fall naturally.
Mina's longbow, held in her left hand, was as steady as a cloud platform, while her right hand became a blur. In almost an instant, fifteen arrows were unleashed with extremely rapid drawing and firing—
Secret Art: Curse of Nirvāṇa!
If Eileen excelled at single-shot, piercing arrows, then Mina excelled at rapid fire, achieving qualitative change through quantitative change.
Strictly speaking, Jin Kima Mina's profession is 'Demon Slayer,' and based on her archer mode, the voice actress Satsuki Yukino, and so on, it's clear that this character is, to some extent, a homage to the strongest miko, 'Kikyo,' from Inuyasha.
This also means that this black-skinned archer, specialized in slaying demons, only displays her true strength when facing specific targets.
Orochi calls herself a god, which Cheng Tian deconstructed into a local earth deity, but at the same time, her true form is the Yamata no Orochi, a classic demonic entity from Japanese mythology. She has many overlapping labels, which means Orochi will be vulnerable to more special attacks.
The strange sense of familiarity Mina had noticed earlier was actually the so-called demonic aura.
Humans, however, tend to emphasize what they lack, and Orochi is no different.
The more 'divinity' she lacked in her body, the more she emphasized her 'divine' identity.
But if she is regarded as a 'demon,' then many things can be explained.
For example, the things Orochi needed for her resurrection were clearly not what a legitimate god would crave—
The negative emotions of fighters and spectators, the reincarnation of Kushinada Hime with purifying power, and her own beasts sacrificing themselves as vessels.
To describe her as 'divine' would be an insult to gods; to describe her as 'demonic' is just right.
And breaking through the evil and unorthodox barriers constructed around temples occupied by minor spirits is what Mina excels at.
As the saying goes, every evil has its counter. Orochi's reflection barrier could theoretically block most projectiles, but unfortunately, the black-skinned archer's demon-slaying arrows were the exception among exceptions.
The demon-slaying arrows shot from the longbow 'Chinseihachijin,' which had once received offerings, not only weren't affected by the barrier's reflection, but instead, they carved not one, but a full 15 openings into the indestructible barrier!
Following that, the super-sized Tai Chi hamster ball came hurtling towards her!
The Jiu barrier, which should have been able to block the Tai Chi Orb even if it couldn't reflect it, shattered instantly.
Orochi's entire body was mercilessly crushed and rolled over, and she vanished from the arena!
And just as the Tai Chi Orb roared past, crushing the 'god,' Cheng Tian and Eileen simultaneously released each other's embrace, allowing the Tai Chi Orb to explode in mid-air.
At this moment, Cheng Tian was directly above Orochi.
The orange-gold Stand appeared, and The World's wide-open arms had already foreshadowed what Cheng Tian intended to do.
"Za Warudo!"
"Time! Stop!!!"
Time Stop, this is theoretically the most effective ability against Orochi, perhaps even the only one.
However, Cheng Tian's Time Stop had one undeniable flaw: apart from himself and other Time Stop users in the same area, no one else could take any action.
It was naturally impossible to get the help of the Three Sacred Treasures during this period.
And strictly speaking, even if Cheng Tian used all his mana and command seals to extend the duration of Time Stop as much as possible and unleash a 瘋狂 output on Orochi, her current super-long health bar of 1.9W was still a despair-inducing number.
Only Izayoi, who was not involved, could see Cheng Tian's every move in the entire arena. She was also very curious why Cheng Tian would use Time Stop at this critical juncture, and what kind of attack he would launch next.
Then, the head maid's mouth, like her constantly widening eyes, couldn't close—
Because she saw Cheng Tian actually lean down and rush into the pit, drag Orochi out, then open his mouth wide, revealing sharp canine teeth, and fiercely bite into the slender neck of the female Orochi, who was no longer protected by her barrier!