Chapter 182: One Strike! Slay the God!
Xu Yi gazed at the Demon Blade Red Lotus, the sword that had traveled the farthest from Bru Town, which had finally arrived at this moment.
Having undergone the baptism of the divine corpse, the tempering of heavenly fire, and the Life Cleansing Blade Pool with the blood of a giant python, the Red Lotus Longsword had long transcended the level of an Exorcism Holy Relic.
He had absolute confidence that with this sword he could break through the defenses of the Evil God Michael, but unfortunately, he no longer had hands to grip the blade.
A gust of wind passed by, and little Alice, who was hanging onto the steel rebar, suddenly let go. The Ghost Samurai doll in her hand fell before Xu Yi.
Embroidered behind the doll were two words, "Strength" and "Hope".
Little Alice clung to the Ghost Samurai doll not only to find solace but also to constantly remind herself to never lose hope in life and to learn to be strong.
Xu Yi turned his head to look at little Alice and suddenly felt that he should pat the cute little girl's head and offer her some encouragement.
But unfortunately, he no longer had hands.
An astonishing scene unfolded. With the emergence of a strong will, the golden flesh that had been dormant suddenly started to wriggle, entwining over the armor and spreading in all directions.
The flesh filled in the missing armor's arms, constructing new flesh and armor, including the bones beneath the armor.
"Blood Orchids!"
Xu Yi suddenly realized, the Bone of Nightmares had devoured the special divinity of the Blood Orchid and achieved Transcendence. The characteristic of "indestructibility" contained within the golden flesh was activated at this moment.
"Flesh Ghost Samurai" was formed, the golden sheen on the flesh gradually faded, transforming into the original color of the armor.
Xu Yi did not immediately draw the Demon Blade Red Lotus. Instead, he turned around to face little Alice, broke off the steel rebar piercing her chest, and carefully laid her down on the ground, then patted her little head.
He actually felt a sense of warmth, as if the little girl had come back to life, nuzzling his hand with her head, but he knew that it was all just an illusion.
The onlooking Fick felt like he was on the verge of madness. The Ghost Samurai had come back to life again, and its momentum had become even more terrifying than before!
Xu Yi turned around and strode toward the Evil God Michael while drawing out the Demon Blade Red Lotus.
The usually advancing Michael actually backed away, quietly retreating; his body's instincts told him to stay away from the Ghost Samurai before him.
Black-gold flames rose from the Ghost Samurai, the Demon-suppressing Domain descended, and the Evil God Michael felt as if his body weighed a thousand pounds, making it difficult to move.
Last time, using the body of the Ghost Samurai, Xu Yi could barely call upon the Demon-Suppressing Flame. But at this moment, it felt effortless.
The Demon Blade Red Lotus also erupted in flames. The Red Lotus Karma Flame melded with the Demon-Suppressing Flame, forming a massive Firestorm Scroll that shot up into the sky.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could he become so powerful!"
Fick screamed in hysteria, clenching his fists but unable to hide the fear within.
The fire gave him a feeling even more terrifying than the previous Wailing Storm of the Evil God.
At the observation station in the distance, the person in charge was on the phone with someone from the church. He felt the approaching Firestorm behind him and turned his head abruptly.
He was stunned, staring blankly into the distance as the phone slipped from his hand.
His eyes glazed over as he murmured involuntarily, "My God! What on earth is that!"
The sky-piercing Firestorm Scroll began to transform. In the blink of an eye, it had become a towering giant clad in Samurai Armor, identical in shape to the Ghost Samurai, wielding a Flame Longsword several hundred meters long.
Xu Yi had only intended to unleash the power of the flames, whether it was the Demon-Suppressing Flame or the Red Lotus Karma Flame.
He hadn't expected that their combination would result in a miraculous chemical reaction, fusing and catalyzing each other into the Flame Giant before him.
Clasping the Demon Blade Red Lotus, he felt as though all of creation was bowing before him, a delusion wrought by harnessing too overwhelming a power.
Xu Yi felt as if his body was about to ignite; the power of the Flame Giant was too explosive, and he couldn't wait to release it.
He raised the Demon Blade Red Lotus, and the Flame Giant similarly raised a hundred-meter long Flame Longsword.
The Evil God Michael's body surged with a blood-colored flow of energy, forcibly breaking free from the Demon-suppressing Domain, but his first response was not to fight back, but to turn around and flee.
"So, you know fear too," Xu Yi whispered softly.
Michael burst forth with unprecedented speed, like a red bolt of lightning.
But suddenly, his body froze mid-air, emitting a wild beast-like howl.
"Eating things indiscriminately can upset your stomach!" Xu Yi watched the Evil God Michael indifferently.
Black branches suddenly grew inside Michael's body, piercing through his flesh and firmly nailing him to the ground.
More and more branches appeared, and Michael seemed to become the main root of the vines, protected by the branches and hanging mid-air.
To descend, the Evil God had devoured too many souls filled with murderous demonic thoughts.
At this moment, the Soul Stealing Seed lurking inside the foe erupted. The seed took root and sprouted, growing dense, thieving divine vines.
First, Michael suffered an assassination from the Great Exorcist, then the scorching of the Holy Light Array, followed by the Bone of Nightmares absorbing his Divinity, and using the Wailing Storm also extracted a steep price.
Michael, who was outwardly strong but inwardly exhausted, was now taken advantage of by the Soul Stealing Seed. As the Seed usurped Michael's power, it also trapped him securely, turning him into a target.
With a single slash, Xu Yi caused a reaction like a tsunami.
The Flame Giant's longsword followed suit, and all the flames surged, converging towards the longsword and spreading thousands of meters. The fiery sword qi pierced through the small town, piercing through the Evil God Michael.
Everything in the path of the fiery sword qi was annihilated, whether it was the town's concrete roads, the robust divine vines... or even the being referred to as a "god"!
The surging flames illuminated the pupils of the Evil God Michael, whose cold eyes, filled only with the desire to kill, now only showed fear.
"No!" Fick roared in anger, unable to accept the reality of the Evil God's defeat.
"Prepare the large missiles! Lock on the target, and fire immediately if the target loses control!" The people at New York City Hall were scared witless by the Ghost Samurai, even contemplating the use of large missiles.
The Evil God Michael was annihilated in the flames, and a wave of immense weariness suddenly overwhelmed Xu Yi, his body trembling, nearly causing him to fall.
Meanwhile, the Flame Giant behind him also dissipated greatly in that staggering moment.
So tired! He had never felt so exhausted, only wanting to fall into a deep sleep right away.
But there was still one thing he hadn't done.
Mustering his energy, he turned his head toward Fick's direction, and with the last bit of strength in his body, he struck fiercely with his sword. The Flame Giant did the same, and after this final slash, it completely faded away.
The fiery sword qi appeared once more, albeit a hundred times less powerful than before, yet for humans, it remained an unstoppable force.
"No! I can't die yet!"
Fick, who could calmly deceive an Evil God, was now like a panicked stray dog, frantically running in an attempt to avoid the fiery sword qi.
Xu Yi had no energy left to pay heed to the fate of the God Cheater Fick. He instinctively activated the Evil God's Phasing Ability, escaping towards the outskirts.
At this moment, his only thought was that he must not faint here and let the Ghost Samurai fall into the hands of the government.
[Entry Devouring initiated, devouring in progress...]
"Killing a target with Evil God's Walk can devour an entry too!" This was his last thought before losing consciousness.