Chapter 153 Yamata no Orochi
Genjitsu felt the chill behind him getting closer and closer, and the fierce murderous aura in the deep well was sweeping towards him like a huge wave. His heart was beating violently, and the muscles all over his body were tense. Realizing that this crisis was unusual, he did not dare to hold back at all and instantly activated his Word Spirit, Yaki.
Along with the crisp sounds of bones breaking and reorganizing, pure white scales began to grow on his body, smooth and hard, reflecting the faint light in the well. His fingertips quickly turned into sharp claws, and a huge pair of wings covered with flesh extended from his back. His skeleton extended, his body became taller, his muscles swelled, and his momentum also rose sharply, like an ancient beast awakening.
He and Minamoto Chisei are brothers, so he is naturally an emperor. To a certain extent, his bloodline is even better than his brother Minamoto Chisei, and his words are more powerful.
After using the Word Spirit, the Source Girl's strength and speed instantly increased to the limit, almost reaching the level of a real dragon. Without any hesitation, he stepped on the steel frame of the well wall with his toes. A huge force burst out instantly, causing the steel frame to creak and deform. He rushed towards the wellhead like a sharp arrow, and the flesh-membrane wings behind him spread out, providing him with additional acceleration.
The moment he stepped out, a low roar came from the bottom of the well, and a huge and pale head suddenly popped out from the darkness and bit down fiercely at the place where he had just stayed!
The head was enormous, as big as a truck, and its skin was as pale as bone, as if it was some ancient monster that had come back to life. Its head was shaped like a hybrid of a dragon and a snake, covered with hideous white scales, and had deformed curved horns on top of its head with a strange luster. Its golden pupils stared at the source girl, revealing endless bloodthirstiness and greed, as if it had seen a great delicacy.
"Roar!!!" The monster let out a piercing roar, revealing fangs as sharp as blades. It bit down hard, and actually broke the steel frame on the well wall along with part of the wall. Gravel and metal flew everywhere, making a sharp crashing sound.
Yuan Zhinv didn't have time to think, and quickly changed direction to avoid the monster's attack. She kicked off and rushed towards the well again, but another head rushed out from the bottom of the well and bit him.
The monster was much faster than he had imagined, and its huge head followed closely. Every time he left a place, a huge head would rush out from the bottom of the well and tear the place where he had just stayed into pieces.
When Yuan Zhinv dodged the bite of the eighth head, no new heads rushed out from the bottom of the well. He had time to catch his breath. Yuan Zhinv finally stopped on the wall of the well, leaning against the broken steel frame, gasping for breath, sweat dripping down his forehead, and a trace of fear in his eyes.
This is the Yamata-no-Orochi, the legendary monster. That terrifying creature has eight huge heads, like eight pale giant snakes. The ferocious snake heads constantly tumble in the well, making creepy growls.
His heavy breathing echoed in his chest, and the muscles all over his body were tense in the state of Dragon Bone Mode and Word Spirit·Yaki.
Eight huge heads were suspended in the air, swaying slightly from one another. Each head was covered with pale scales, and the fangs were like sharp blades. The golden snake pupils glowed dimly, revealing extreme cruelty and greed. The gazes stared at Yuan Zhinv as if they were looking at prey that was about to be eaten, with an undisguised bloodthirsty desire.
Genji's heart was beating rapidly and he felt his blood was almost boiling. He forced himself to calm down and thought quickly about countermeasures in his mind. He knew that he could not stay here for too long. This Yamata-no-Orochi had obviously regarded him as its prey, and the Word Spirit Yamata could not compete with the real Yamata-no-Orochi.
The Yamata-no-Orochi seemed to sense Minamoto no Chitose's intention. Among the eight heads, the two heads near the wellhead slowly opened their huge mouths, revealing their sharp fangs and letting out low roars. The air was filled with a pungent fishy smell, like the rotten smell that had accumulated for thousands of years. The broken pieces of steel frames on the well wall were quickly corroded into black after being contaminated by the saliva in their mouths, making a disgusting hissing sound.
"Hiss!" One of the heads suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a green corrosive poison mist towards Yuan Zhinv. The poison mist was like rolling smoke, rushing towards him all over the place. There was a pungent sour smell in the air. Yuan Zhinv's eyes changed slightly, and she reacted quickly. She kicked her feet hard and her figure quickly flashed to the other side of the well wall, avoiding the poison mist.
But just as he landed, another head came up and bit down with a violent roar. Its sharp fangs flashed with cold light, and it went straight to Yuan Zhinu's head! Yuan Zhinu didn't have time to think about it, and quickly raised her hand to block it. The snake's fangs bit the scales on his arm, making a harsh metal collision sound. The huge impact made his arms numb, and the scales on them also showed signs of cracking. Threads of blood flowed out of the cracks, and the scales began to show signs of black corrosion.
He gritted his teeth, used the reaction force to leap up, flapped his wings, and quickly distanced himself. At the moment he leaped away, another head suddenly popped out from below, opening its bloody mouth and swooping towards him. Yuan Zhinv's eyes flashed, realizing that this monster would never give him a chance to breathe.
A trace of crazy fighting spirit ignited in his eyes, and the scales on his body lit up slightly, with a pale cold light. He turned around and clawed at the eyes of the head with his backhand. The sharp claws of the source girl were like a cold and shining blade, cutting through the darkness in the well and stabbing fiercely at the golden snake pupils of the Yamata no Orochi.
The Yamata-no-Orochi seemed to have sensed the dying struggle of its prey. A hint of mocking coldness flashed in its snake pupils, and its huge head tilted slightly, trying to dodge Minamoto no Chitose's attack.
But Yuan Zhinv's body suddenly twisted in the air, forcibly changing direction, and the tip of her claws pierced into its eye socket like lightning!
"Puchi!" The moment the sharp claws pierced the snake's pupil, blood spurted out like a fountain. The blood, with a burning sensation, splashed on the scales of Yuan Zhinv, making a hissing sound.
The Yamata-no-Orochi roared in pain, and the air in the well seemed to vibrate. The echo continued to amplify in the narrow space, and the sharp roar pierced people's eardrums and made people dizzy.
The Yamata-no-Orochi struggled violently, its injured head shaking wildly in hideous pain. Its other seven heads also roared angrily, and the growls between them came one after another, as if countless giant beasts were reviving at this moment.
The well wall began to shake violently, and gravel and dust continued to fall from above. It seemed that the entire well could not withstand the anger of this behemoth and was about to collapse.
Genjitsu seized this brief opportunity, quickly retracted her claws, used the reaction force to leap backwards, and rapidly distanced herself from the Yamata-no-Orochi.
His chest was heaving violently, his scales had been corroded by the enemy's venom and were mottled, blood was dripping down his arms, but he didn't care about that. His muscles were tense, his eyes were as cold as a knife, and he stared at the giant monster.
The Yamata no Orochi came to his senses, and his injured head swayed slowly in the air. His injured eyes were already stained with blood, and his golden pupils were filled with resentment and anger.
Its seven uninjured heads all turned towards Yuan Zhinv, its eyes revealing extreme murderous intent. It was obviously completely enraged and no longer intended to give this tenacious prey any chance to escape.
"Damn monster..." Yuan Zhinv cursed in a low voice, clenching her fists. The cracks and burnt wounds on her scales reminded her that she had to escape immediately.
The heads of the Yamata no Orochi approached him again, and the seven snake heads opened their bloody mouths at the same time, their fangs shining coldly, saliva dripping from their mouths, emitting a pungent corrosive smell.
Yuan Zhinu took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and thought quickly in her mind how to escape from here quickly.
Just as he was concentrating on observing the enemy, the seven heads of the Yamata no Orochi suddenly moved together, rushing towards him like eight lightning bolts, with the power of destroying the world, tearing countless cracks in the well wall, splattering debris, and the entire well was tottering under their impact! Yuan Zhinv's eyes were stern, and she spread her wings without hesitation and flew up. Her body was like a stream of light, flexibly shuttling in the attack of the Yamata no Orochi, narrowly avoiding the bite of each head.
But the speed of the Yamata no Orochi was getting faster and faster, and the seven heads cooperated perfectly, almost blocking all his escape routes. Every time he avoided one head, another head was waiting in front, opening its huge mouth to welcome him.
"Boom!" Just when he narrowly avoided the attack of a head again, another head suddenly swooped down from above and hit him hard on the back.
Yuan Zhinu only felt a tightness in her chest, a sweetness in her throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. Her body was knocked backwards by the huge force and hit the wall of the well heavily, making a muffled sound.
He forced himself to leap out again, heading straight for the golden pupils of the Yamata no Orochi, but the head was just as fast, and it slightly tilted to avoid the fatal blow. Then the other head rose up and slammed heavily towards Minamoto no Chitose.
Yuan Zhinu only felt a huge force sweeping over and hitting her chest like a huge hammer. She was knocked back by the force and hit the wall of the well heavily. Her body stuck to the metal bracket and a mouthful of fresh water spurted out of her mouth.
He struggled to stand up, staring at the Yamata no Orochi at the bottom of the well. Its eight heads were faintly visible between the walls of the well. There was a playful light in the eyes of each head, enjoying the struggle of its prey.
"Damn it... Am I really going to die here today?" Yuan Zhinv thought while panting.
At this moment, a loud chanting sound came from the wellhead, and a man jumped down with two long swords in his hands and a bundle of long swords on his back.
A black corona rose behind him, erupting with terrifying high temperature and suction.
Yuan Zhinv barely raised her head and vaguely caught a glimpse of a figure jumping down from the well. That person was tall, like a god descending, holding a long sword that flashed with cold light in both hands. The black corona behind him spread out like a sky curtain, and the blazing light illuminated the entire deep well. Shadows and light intertwined, reflecting the wall of the well into a world of flickering light and darkness.
With the appearance of the black sun, an invisible sense of oppression instantly enveloped the entire deep well. The temperature around it rose rapidly. The steel frames on the well wall began to make crisp "cracking" sounds, twisted and deformed, and were attracted by the black sun.
When the Yamata no Orochi felt this huge threat, it raised all eight heads, with vigilance and anger flashing in its pupils, and it was obvious that it was afraid of the new enemy.
Genji recognized the man, it was Uesugi Yue. Although Herzog tried his best to conceal his specific identity, he still found out some things over the years. After all, only one emperor appeared among the Eight Snake Families in recent decades.
Only this man could be their father, but Uesugi Yue obviously didn't know the existence of the two brothers. For a while, Genjiro was very curious about what kind of person his father was, and he began to look for his traces in Japan.
Finally, he saw him on a small street in Tokyo University. The former underworld emperor had completely fallen into the status of a ramen chef. He was a little disappointed, yet a little envious, because this man had really become an ordinary person.
Later, he became a regular customer of his ramen stall. When he was not in the mood, he would come here to eat a bowl of ramen and chat with the ramen master. Uesugi Yue didn't know who he was, but he was happy to listen to his chat, which made him feel like he was telling his troubles to a little boy and his father.
But he didn't expect to see him here again, and that figure was standing there like a god, completely different from the ramen stall master in his memory. He exuded an unconcealable aura of oppression, like a battle-hardened god of war.
Uesugi Yue's eyes were cold and sharp as a knife, and he no longer had the carefree smile he usually had. The black corona surrounding him emitted an astonishingly high temperature, even causing the water stains on the well wall to instantly evaporate into mist, and the air was filled with a burning smell.
Gen Chikyou had never seen Uesugi Yue like this. She didn't expect that the man who usually cooked ramen quietly would possess such terrifying power.
Uesugi Yue looked coldly at Genjiro who was lying on the wall of the well. There was no emotion in his eyes. He just frowned slightly, as if he was looking at an unexpected trouble.
But he quickly retracted his gaze and turned to the Yamata-no-Orochi that was coiled at the bottom of the well. He slowly raised his two swords, and the black blades shone with a cold light under the reflection of the corona.
"Die, you beast!" He growled in a low voice, his voice like thunder, carrying a suffocating murderous intent.
The Yamata no Orochi seemed to have also felt the great threat. Its eight heads let out a deafening roar in unison, with vigilance and anger revealed in their snake pupils. They all turned to Uesugi Yue, focusing all their attacks on this new enemy, opening their bloody mouths, revealing their fangs, and pounced forward violently.
Uesugi Yue's face was stern, and his two swords drew sharp arcs in the air. The sword lights burst like cold stars, interweaving into an impenetrable defense.
Every time the sword was chopped down, there were violent fluctuations in the air. The blade swept across the head of the Yamata no Orochi, leaving a trail of blood. The power of the scorching black sun was like a burning flame, burning the scales of the Yamata no Orochi, making it twist in pain and let out a shrill wail.
“With just this little ability, you still dream of becoming a god?” Uesugi Yue sneered and swung his two swords suddenly. The black sword energy swept out like a raging wave and slashed fiercely at the neck of the Yamata no Orochi.
The moment the blade passed, one of the heads of the Yamata no Orochi was completely cut off, and blood gushed out like a fountain, dyeing the entire wall of the well red.
The huge head rolled on the ground, with unwilling roars and desperate struggles. The remaining seven heads all roared angrily, but their offensive had obviously weakened. Facing the pressure from Uesugi Yue, they seemed a little afraid.
Uesugi Yue raised his two swords again, and the light of the black corona suddenly gathered and condensed into two sharp blade beams, like the scythe of death in the dark.
(End of this chapter)
