The clear blue cloudless sky looked beautiful like a painting. Occasionally birds flew by, adding different charming vitality.
At the Shiomiya Residence.
Everything was as usual. The servants seemed not to be affected by the Divine Artifact List at all, and continued their daily work. It's just that when they saw Hikaru, the Shiomiya family's son-in-law, the respect radiating in their eyes was greater than before.
Meanwhile, Amami Daizen, Kisho Arima, and Rias, who were teachers for Kaguya, Asuna, Kuroyukihime... and the others, all collectively absent for the past few days.
Training for Kaguya, Asuna, Kotoha and the others was reluctantly taken over by Yuriko and Kurumi.
Compared to Rias and the others who focused on a combination of real combat and hard training, Yuriko and Kurumi were truly different. Besides real combat, there was only real combat.
Under the effect of Ai's Devil Fishing Bell, they spent almost every day in life-and-death battles. Severe injuries were small common things. Even if they died, Valerie would use Sephiroth Graal to resurrect them.
They trained mercilessly to death.
This made Kaguya, Asuna and the others sometimes look at Hikaru with slight resentment. However, thanks to this too, their potential was fully developed in a short time. They all already had true Low-Class Devil strength.
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Inside the room.
"Huh! Finally, I've completed the initial purification of these three World Foundation Stones."
Hikaru looked at the three World Foundation Stones floating before him, which had been carved with his own traces, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
During this period of time, Hikaru had exerted all his strength to purify these World Foundation Stones, which would be used for further assessment of The Other Side Realm in the future. It had to be said that these World Foundation Stones indeed deserved to be the first and second place ranking rewards of the Dimensional List. They were truly treasures that could only be mastered by The Other Side Realm. If not for Hikaru's robust power, ordinary Transcendents wouldn't even be able to leave the slightest trace on them, let alone purify them.
Nevertheless, Hikaru knew in his heart that he had reached his limit at this level. Even if he spent another month or two, he wouldn't be able to purify them even slightly more.
"However, this is already enough."
After saying that, Hikaru stored the World Foundation Stones. At the same time, he pointed to empty space, and a magic projection opened before him. Soon, the phantom of a silver-haired young man appeared before him.
"What a rare guest. This time the one contacting me isn't Cao Cao, but you, Vali!"
The one appearing before Hikaru was the holder of Divine Dividing, descendant of the original Devil King Lucifer, Vali Lucifer, and also the archenemy that made Asuna worry all day long, the Strongest White Dragon Emperor in History.
"You seized Cao Cao's prey, and you still expect him to report to you voluntarily!"
"That man is really stingy as usual!"
Hikaru naturally knew Vali's meaning. This time, he forcibly killed Hades, and seized Samael, which was Cao Cao's prey, from his hands. That was indeed somewhat dishonest.
However, sometimes looking at something couldn't be that simple.
Considering the situation at that time, Hades had merged Samael into his weapon, trying to steal it secretly was completely unrealistic. If the Hero Faction and Cao Cao truly moved, regardless of success or failure, it would be bad if something was exposed.
Vali didn't think too much about it. After all, it wasn't his prey that was seized, and he was always at odds with Cao Cao.
"Emperor Shin, I heard this generation's Red Dragon Emperor is with you?!" Vali asked.
"Indeed true. You don't want to start the destined battle."
Hikaru glanced at Vali and said, "Don't make me look down on you. Don't tell me you don't know the situation of this generation's Red Dragon Emperor at all."
"Fighting with the strong is my goal. The weak, especially women, are not included in my challenge range." Vali said straightforwardly.
After he learned that this generation's Red Dragon Emperor was an ordinary girl who luckily was possessed by Boosted Gear, he truly lost the desire to oppose her.
If Asuna knew this, she might jump for joy now. However, Hikaru didn't intend to tell her for the time being.
"Talk about the summoning orders and magic formations."
"The summoning orders are almost complete. They're all secretly gathering at the sealing place. And, the camouflage magic formation has also been completed about eighty percent. After the remaining magic formation is completed, our plan can start at any time." Vali said concisely.
Hikaru nodded slightly. With his identity revealed in the Gods' eyes, this camouflage magic formation actually became somewhat unimportant.
Although the possibility was small, now too many eyes from various Pantheons were focused on him. Once he made the slightest movement, it would definitely raise the Gods' vigilance. Therefore, Hikaru thought beforehand that if it truly wasn't possible, he would forcibly break the seal of 'that' before the Gods could react at all. At that time, the Gods coming to stop him would be completely useless.
In other words, for the current Hikaru, any time was the right time to officially start the plan.