IW: Chapter 253 - Do you know what a dimension-reduction strike is?! Divine Dragon Appears!
Nine Syllable Seal!
If it were the previous Onmyoji Seimei, perhaps its power wouldn't be as great as it is now.
But now he has already fallen into depravity.
This thing causes double damage to demons.
Bai Ye's Qi Sea was activated, and the Qi of Wind and Cloud also generated and began to circulate.
After Bai Ye's Nine Syllable Seal fell, a formation directly covered Seimei's original formation.
The suppression of divine power and Sacred Qi also caused Seimei an indescribable pain.
Monsters weaker than Seimei, like Shuten-doji, felt immense pressure all over their bodies, a huge pressure that made them want to collapse to the ground immediately and give up resisting.
"So strong!? How could such a guy be his enemy!?
Even though Naraku was some distance away, he still felt an invisible pressure. If the opponent wasn't deliberately targeting him, it was already like this.
What if it was him standing in the middle today instead of Seimei? What kind of scene would that be?
But, if he possessed such power, would everything he wanted also be obtainable?!
"This isn't demonic power, why do you have this?!"
Seimei said, a hint of panic in his eyes.
The current Bai Ye seemed completely different from what he had imagined.
Even if he tried his best to stabilize his mind and not let Bai Ye see that his heart was already in disarray.
Such power should not have appeared on Bai Ye.
This supreme, pure power, even he, as an Onmyoji, could not possess it back then.
And this kind of thing is not something a monster can use at all!
"So I said it a long time ago, you are progressing, and I am also progressing.
He had said it then, if Seimei really only had this much ability.
Then this matter could pretty much end.
Seimei's spatial movement came from his own formation.
And now he had blocked that path for him.
"Seimei, you still have one chance. Since you've already cooperated with those guys from Takama-ga-hara, they wouldn't just watch you die, would they?!"
The formation that had been laid out in Heian-kyō for years had already failed, and the only thing Seimei could rely on was this method before him.
But Seimei hesitated at this moment.
He had indeed traded with the guys from Takama-ga-hara.
However, this transaction was actually a bit disadvantageous for him.
Seimei didn't really want to use this ability directly.
Once it was used, he would completely become a puppet of Takama-ga-hara.
So Seimei was currently contemplating whether to do it.
"Save me, Seimei!"
Just as Seimei was thinking, Shuten-doji, who could no longer hold on, and other monsters who had luckily survived earlier, couldn't help but beg Seimei for help.
If this continued, they really couldn't hold on!
This was not just a matter of pressure, but those trapped within also felt their power being continuously eroded by Bai Ye.
"Die."
Bai Ye also didn't want to give Seimei a chance. The reason he said that before was to see what kind of power those guys from Takama-ga-hara possessed, so he could have an estimate.
Bai Ye had thought about it before, since the Tree of Ages restricted those powerful people from coming down.
Did that also mean that their power was also restricted, even if they handed some things over to Seimei?
Just like Kaguya.
Kaguya's strength wasn't very strong, basically not ranking high in Takama-ga-hara.
And she also used a loophole in the Tree of Ages to come down.
Then, by reverse inference, perhaps the gods on Takama-ga-hara already knew about the loophole in the Tree of Ages, but because they couldn't come over yet, they temporarily took no action.
Since that was the case, it didn't seem like there was much problem for him to learn more.
However, since Seimei hesitated, Bai Ye naturally wouldn't give him another chance.
As Bai Ye's voice fell, a pillar of light instantly shot through the sky from him and his eight clones.
"What great power..."
Seimei looked up at the pillar of light in the sky. In just a moment, his formation was broken through.
"I'll die!"
Seimei quickly judged that if he really did nothing.
He could only unlock that restriction!
Closing his eyes, Seimei knew very well that he had to use the power that those from Takama-ga-hara had given him.
"The aura has changed."
Bai Ye looked at the aura on Seimei's body. It was different from before. Was this the power of Takama-ga-hara?
"You are very good."
Seimei opened his eyes again, and the aura on his body had also changed.
"Are you those guys from Takama-ga-hara?"
Bai Ye asked curiously.
The other party seemed to have entered Seimei's body through some means.
Similar to inviting a god?
Bai Ye muttered to himself, he didn't expect to see something like this.
"Yes, you are very good."
"Are you here just to say these useless words?"
Seimei's soul temporarily took control of his body's authority, directly interrupting his nonsense.
He didn't invite the other party here to say things to Bai Ye that he had already said to Bai Ye.
"Don't forget your promise."
After being interrupted by Seimei, the newcomer lost the mood to continue speaking.
Indeed, at this time, saying these things was no different from nonsense.
However, on the other hand, Bai Ye was very curious as to why, since gods existed in this world and still wanted to reappear later, they never reappeared until modern times, as Inu-yasha's story had already reached that point.
A strong fluctuation erupted from Seimei's body.
This power... is it like Kaguya's?!
"Have you heard of a dimension-reduction strike?"
Immortal Arts.
Their abilities that distinguish them from mortals.
"Dimension-reduction strike?"
Bai Ye gently waved his hand, and the other eight clones also looked at him, then nodded. A golden light shone from all nine of them.
"Dragon."
Tsukuyomi murmured, looking at the golden dragon formed by the golden light in the sky.
Claws bared, teeth bared, filled with Haki.
The giant dragon's pupils looked at Seimei, and its roar pierced the sky, shaking the clouds. Even the distant monsters felt a pang in their hearts at this moment, involuntarily looking in the direction of the roar.
"Go."
Bai Ye murmured softly, and the divine dragon immediately turned towards Seimei, looking as if it was going to devour him.
"Hurry up and act!"
Seimei could no longer remain calm. His instant movement had been broken by Bai Ye. He had originally thought that letting the person from Takama-ga-hara temporarily descend using his body might solve Bai Ye.
As a price, an imprint would be left on his body, and he would never be able to oppose those guys from Takama-ga-hara again, at least not until he could resolve this imprint.
So he believed that he had exchanged his freedom and soul for defeating Bai Ye.
But now he also seemed to be awestruck by Bai Ye's divine dragon.
"Can't stop it, this guy's ability isn't like this..."
Before he could finish speaking, Seimei was swallowed whole by the divine dragon.
He had originally thought that no matter how strong the opponent was, he wouldn't exceed this limit, but how could this divine dragon!
Why could an Inu-yasha use this?!
"I'll give that line back to you, have you heard of a dimension-reduction strike?"
In his ear, Bai Ye's soft murmur clearly entered his ears, and at this moment, he felt incredibly ironic.
Originally, he wanted to teach this Inu-yasha a lesson, to make this Inu-yasha understand that being invincible in the lower realm was nothing, and for them, defeating Bai Ye was as simple as crushing an ant.
But he never expected that the opponent's strength would be so great.
Dimension-reduction strike!?
Damn it!
If he could fully descend with his power here, how could he be mocked by an Inu-yasha!
On the eve of his soul's return to Takama-ga-hara, he deeply looked at Bai Ye, imprinting Bai Ye in his mind.
He will come here!
When the day of his descent comes, he will let Bai Ye know what a true dimension-reduction strike is!
And he also had a reason to descend.
Bai Ye's power...
He admitted, he was tempted, even though he had previously called him a despicable Inu-yasha.
But now he also coveted Bai Ye's ability to summon a dragon at will.
If, after he came here, he plundered everything from Bai Ye...
The divine dragon tore at Seimei's body.
That sacred power was preventing Seimei's super-fast recovery.
Since his rebirth, he had improved greatly in controlling demons and in recovery.
But facing the divine dragon, his recovery ability was suppressed.
It was just like how his own abilities were countered by Bai Ye back then.
"Seimei."
In Seimei's mind, he involuntarily recalled the first time he met the teacher who taught him Onmyo-jutsu.
Back then, he said that he was the most talented Onmyoji, and would become the greatest and never-to-be-surpassed Onmyoji.
However, as he grew up, when his teacher died in front of him, Seimei realized, what good was it to be the most powerful Onmyoji?
Didn't he still die in the end?
Thus, a different idea began to form in his heart.
That was to achieve immortality.
With this goal, Seimei began to research incessantly, eventually developing the shikon jewel and the idea of dying once and then being reborn.
During this search, Seimei also learned a lot about Takama-ga-hara, which significantly increased Seimei's ambition.
In a blur.
Seimei saw his master, still looking the same as before.
"I lost."
Seimei's body was beyond repair, and the divine dragon was still tearing at him.
He already saw his end.
Dimensionality reduction strike?
Today, he felt as if he had indeed been hit by a dimensionality reduction strike.
He had always firmly believed that he would not lose.
He had prepared so much, yet in the end, he still lost to Bai Ye.
"Losing is normal. While you were getting stronger, I was also getting stronger, and I've always been more powerful than you. From the moment you decided to use the power of those guys from Takama-ga-hara, you had already lost."
"Yes, my body is out of my control. Those guys run when they encounter trouble."
Seimei struggled to raise his head and look at Bai Ye, his body already on the verge of collapse.
He could have dodged just now.
But the one controlling his body was a god invited by Takama-ga-hara, and at that moment, he was in control of his body.
The other party seemed to be afraid that the divine dragon would devour the soul along with the body.
This would also cause damage to his soul, so when he sensed danger, he immediately separated from Seimei's body.
And it was during this momentary loss of control that Seimei was bitten by the divine dragon after regaining control of his body.
"You don't think I've completely lost, do you?"
Seimei smiled.
"Do you have any other contingencies prepared?"
Bai Ye also smiled.
Seimei's seemingly remorseful expression just now almost made Bai Ye wonder if the person in front of him had been swapped.
Seimei had his pride; even if he failed, he would never give up so easily.
Even if he died back then, he seemed to have a very strong will to survive.
"Yes, I created a stronger shikon jewel. It contains my sacrifice of the entire Heian-kyō, part of my soul, and the souls of a hundred demons, which I left to an ambitious fellow."
Seimei stated bluntly.
This time, after his death, he would have no chance of resurrection.
And the Miasma within the shikon jewel would no longer be himself; that shikon jewel was a super evil orb formed by the fusion of all souls.
"You gave it to that guy?"
Bai Ye pointed to the baboon skin.
Naraku here before was just a puppet, and after that last move, everything here was annihilated by Bai Ye's attack.
Naraku's puppet was naturally among them. He originally thought Naraku was just Seimei's puppet, but he didn't expect Naraku to have taken this shikon jewel with him?
"So you knew... That guy's ambition is huge. One day, he might even threaten you!"
Seimei had done this after careful consideration.
After all, he also wanted to use Naraku, this demon.
He originally created this demon to take the shikon jewel.
But after spending some time together, Seimei also discovered that Naraku was someone who could be used.
The worst thing for a person is to have no value whatsoever.
So he also took out a part of his soul, plus the hundred demons, and the souls of the innocent people sacrificed in Heian-kyō, along with the countless demons killed recently, all fused to create another shikon jewel.
This orb was pure evil.
"So you're not afraid that he'll eventually take everything from you?"
Bai Ye asked curiously.
Seimei's elaborate plan actually stemmed from his unwillingness to accept death.
Another shikon jewel?
Seimei, you really are mass-producing shikon jewels!
Now he has created another shikon jewel.
After all this, Naraku somehow got another shikon jewel.
"Everything he has depends on me, depends on the shikon jewel..."
Seimei's voice grew weaker and weaker.
"You really can't be completely killed."
"No, this time I'm really dead."
Seimei shook his head with a bitter smile. The self within the shikon jewel was no longer him.
This time was completely different from the previous Miasma.
It was like the difference between Onigumo and Naraku; although both used the same entity as the core, Naraku remained the primary entity.
In any case, Seimei would no longer exist in this world.
"Takama-ga-hara... I really did trust them too easily."
Seimei muttered, but a hint of schadenfreude appeared in his heart: "From now on, it will probably be either you or those guys from Takama-ga-hara. No matter what, one of my enemies will die."
He suddenly felt that his death didn't seem so humiliating after all.
Because Bai Ye and Takama-ga-hara already had irreconcilable differences.
So, in the future, the two sides were bound to go to war.
Then, he wouldn't be the one who needed to worry.
"Kill me. Dying by your hand is at least better than dying by the hands of those guys."
This was a kind of mutual respect between opponents.
Seimei had lost to Bai Ye in both of their confrontations, and he acknowledged Bai Ye as a worthy opponent.
Dying by the hand of an opponent seemed quite good.
"Don't worry, after this, I won't give you another chance."
With that, Bai Ye directly used black water to swallow the entire Heian-kyō.
Amaterasu might have left Seimei's soul intact, but the black water would directly devour Seimei's soul along with his body.
Shuten-doji, Tengu...
The hundred demons originally thought they had come out to devour everything in the human world and rule it, but they never expected things to turn out like this as soon as they arrived.
Within the black water, the souls seemed to be drawn in, and after the black water disappeared, the wails of the ghosts gradually faded away.
"Are those guys not dead yet?"
Tsukuyomi asked curiously.
"They're dead, I suppose, forever sinking in this great sea."
Their souls were still trapped inside, so they should be considered dead.
He had finally dealt with Seimei, but even though Seimei was dead, he still left him a problem.
Naraku?!
It seemed this was fate.
Seimei might have thought it through from the beginning, using Miasma to control Naraku.
He truly was Seimei; whenever he sensed something amiss, he would come up with some scheme.
But Seimei's main soul had also been destroyed.
The one who would appear again would no longer be Seimei, but Miasma.
The classic combination of Miasma and Naraku.
"Speaking of which... are you going to be an enemy of the gods on Takama-ga-hara?!"
Kaguya had been silent until now, and during the fight between Bai Ye and that person, Kaguya had discovered something from their conversation. Now, she also had an ominous premonition in her heart.
No!?
She originally thought Bai Ye would take her back to Takama-ga-hara, but it turned out he was going to fight his way back!
"Is there a problem? Didn't I ask you before if you had any friends on Takama-ga-hara?!"
Is there a problem?!
Upon hearing Bai Ye's rhetorical question, Kaguya couldn't help but inwardly complain.
So that was why you asked that question before!
Does that mean if I don't have any friends on Takama-ga-hara, then I'll just fight alongside you!?
How much do you think of me?!
Kaguya opened her mouth, many words stuck in her throat, unable to be spoken.
After all, Bai Ye was her savior, and if she didn't even agree to some of her savior's requests, wouldn't that be a bit ungrateful?