Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 965 - 796: Father-In-Law Who Brings Funding to the Group

Chapter 965: Chapter 796: Father-In-Law Who Brings Funding to the Group

Two hundred li east of Heiankyo, countless bizarre Ghost Gods flitted across the sky.

Among them were the naturally powerful "Karasu Tengu," the robust "Ox Demon," the massive "Mountain Ghost," and the monk-like "Ao Bouzu," but most were the deceased souls and Fusou Samurai who had died in battles of past generations.

These Ghost Gods were densely packed, covering the sun and progressing magnificently on their way to Naniwakyo.

"Susano no O," sitting in a divine chariot, looked coldly at this divine army of 1.5 million: "We should have done this long ago! At the Battle of Kii, we should have brought out all our God’s Army and waged a decisive battle against that arrogant mortal—the County Prince Fenyang."

He had intended to say "arrogant mortal," but at this moment, he had to admit that the Prince Fenyang from the Jin Dynasty indeed had the makings of an Emperor.

As a loser, belittling the enemy was also to belittle oneself.

"I don’t think this is a mistake," said Tsukuyomi life, who sat in another divine chariot nearby. His tone was equally indifferent: "That Prince Fenyang once shattered the ’Clean-Heart Pure World’ of the Xinyuelian Bodhisattva in the Outer Void Taixu. Xinyuelian Bodhisattva is also worshipped in our Fusou, and at the moment of the incident, it shook the entire Buddhist world of Fusou.

That’s why ’Tensho’ took a conservative approach. We did not know the strength of the God’s Army under his command, so we could only be cautious about the decisive battle. In Takamagahara and Heiankyo, our power is strongest and could easily crush them."

Susano no O, however, revealed a mocking smile: "And now? Have we not been forced out by those Jin People, having no choice but to fight them to the death? But now, my aquatic clan’s large army is already shattered, while those mortals have been terrorized by the Jin Army, and the great lords are already considering defecting to the Jin Dynasty.

In another ten days or half a month, they will be scrambling to submit at the feet of the Jin People. All Amatsugami and Nitsugami powers will be greatly weakened. Originally we had over 2 million God’s Army, but now we can only deploy two-thirds of it."

In Fusou, the so-called ’Amatsugami’ refers to all the descendants of ’Amaterasu Omikami,’ all deities existing in Takamagahara.

The so-called ’Nitsugami,’ however, come from a more complex origin, partly descendants of Susano no O and partly powerful oddities and demons born in Fusou itself.

Whether ’Nitsugami’ or ’Amatsugami,’ both heavily depend on belief. Most of them have no flesh, or their flesh and Yuanling are flawed, needing to rely on the belief of mortals.

Even those with flesh bodies would see a significant drop in strength after losing the source of faith.

The Jin Army’s divided attack, sweeping across various shrines and extensively burning down wheat fields, was a severe blow to their vulnerabilities.

The destruction of shrines meant the shaking of belief; the leveling of wheat fields signaled disasters and sharp decline in the population; great lords’ submission meant the end of the Mikado’s rule and the collapse of the ’Amatsugami’ and ’Nitsugami’ systems.

So now, they had no choice but to come out from Takamagahara to end it all—

Tsukuyomi life heard the resentment in Susano no O’s words and fell silent by a turn.

The aquatic clan under Susano no O’s control had suffered heavy losses after the Battle of Kii.

The great army of the dragon clan had not only attacked their members under the sea but had also infiltrated through various rivers, slaughtering those Spirit of River.

Just then, there was a sudden disturbance ahead.

"Look! Those are the Yunzhong warships of the Jin People, the heavenly soldiers of the Jin Dynasty."

"They’ve come to meet us in battle, led by that County Prince Fenyang of the Jin Dynasty—"

Amidst the whirl of discussions from the numerous Amatsugami and Nitsugami around, Tsukuyomi life and Susano no O looked far ahead into the sky.

They saw those seven Jin People’s Yunzhong warships suspended in the clouds. The bodies of these warships were positioned horizontally, with their broadsides facing them, revealing hundreds of windows that showed terrifying black cannons inside.

In front of the warships were exactly 40,000 tall armored soldiers enveloped in dark golden light.

They adopted a formation similar to that of the Jingying Forbidden Army of the Jin Dynasty, with groups of 500 lined up into a total of 80 columned square formations arrayed in front of them.

What alarmed the two divinities was that all these dark golden armored soldiers were armed with flintlock rifled guns that were twelve feet long.

The style of these rifled guns was similar to the "Rune flintlock rifled guns" used by the Jin Army, but the barrels were significantly thicker and longer, and their rear parts were slightly different as well.

Tsukuyomi life recalled the Battle of Naniwakyo from twenty-odd days ago and his heart skipped a beat.

Luckily, the Xuanhuang Heavenly Soldiers opposite them numbered only 40,000; while their own army of Ghost Gods not only numbered several dozen times theirs, their speed was also far beyond what those mortal soldiers could match.

"Divine Light!"

With this crisp voice spreading far and wide, it seemed as though Amaterasu Omikami manifested like Dari in the skies of the battlefield.

In an instant, nearly all Fusou’s Ghost Gods radiated white light, reflecting and glorifying with the Dari that Amaterasu Omikami had embodied.

Tsukuyomi life knew this was not Tensho’s Rule of Extreme Heaven, but rather she had invested years of accumulated Divine Power into the bodies of these Ghost Gods.

This would greatly increase their speed and strength, immensely enhance their combat abilities, and even temporarily elevate their realms by two or three levels.