I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 675 Battle to Outer Space

"Takemiya Raijin?"

The people of the island nation are very familiar with this newly joined deity.

It is none other than the island nation's famous god of thunder, god of swords, god of archery, god of war, and god of military affairs.

When facing the great Onmyoji Abe no Seimei, that 'principal' summoned—or rather, simulated—this deity and slashed Tokyo Bay with a single sword.

Back then, Takemikazuchi was only a few hundred meters tall. Now, with a body several thousand meters tall, lightning crackles in the sky and the sea roars wherever he goes. Yet, he seems to be a step weaker than Inari.
"Where are you weak? You're already very strong, okay!"

While others might only dare to complain internally, Xinmei speaks her mind directly.

In response, Yu had to explain to her: or rather, she started 'adding settings' on the spot.

"Although Takemikazuchi is naturally sacred, he doesn't have many believers; unlike Inari, who has external support."

In island nations, there are actually many deities with the divine titles of "God of War" or "God of War": for example, Takemikazuchi no Kami, the brother of Takemikazuchi, is also a god of swords and samurai. There are even deities like Hachiman Daisuke and Bishamonten, who sound like Buddhist figures, but also serve as "Gods of War."

In addition, before the Extraordinary Ones,
The world has been at peace for some time now, so it's normal for the faith in the 'God of War' to have declined.

Although Takemikazuchi made great contributions in the "Kuni-no-Kami War" between Amatsukami and Kunitsukami, his worship was not widespread.

"The number of believers also affects the god's fighting power."

"As the daughter of Susanoo, Inari has awakened her 'Eye of God' to a high level, and her strength is already considerable."

Rather, she is a standard "Kunizukami" who has been able to gain a foothold in "Takamagahara," so how could her strength and skills be weak?
"And, did you notice?"

"This Inari deity has many Buddhist characteristics."

Hearing You's words, Xinmei nodded.

"I had my doubts before. It's one thing for Xiao Ying to be confused, but why is the wooden figure she created also in the shape of 'Buddha'?"

Inari is the native deity of the island nation, yet beneath that golden samurai armor lies a 'Buddha'—upon closer inspection, it all seems rather absurd.

"That's because the Inari deity studied and absorbed some of the rules and beliefs of 'Buddhism';"

Yu was talking nonsense with a straight face.

"Even gods are not incapable of becoming stronger,"

"This Inari god has absorbed the power of faith and integrated the rules of Buddhism, making him one of the strongest in Takamagahara."

Of course, another reason is that the gods of island nations are all homebodies! Unless someone comes knocking on their door, or they fight over some reason, such as because of a goddess, a goddess, or some other goddess, they are usually in a state of staying at home.

In this situation, most island nation gods are born with the same strength as they remain at that level, essentially living a life of complacency.

"However, they dare not go all out on this planet, otherwise their end will be repeated."

Yu explained it this way: whether it's Yamata no Orochi, Inari, or Takemikazuchi;
If they really went all out, it's hard to say whether the planet would still exist, but humanity would definitely be gone.

and so--

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"Hmph, too restrictive."

The giant, island-like 'Yamata no Orochi' shook its head in annoyance.

He is a 'demon god' born from the planet. He is neither the Kunitsu God who rules the earth, nor the Amatsu God who resides high in 'Takamagahara'. He does not have much 'malice' towards mankind. If it weren't for the fact that humans have multiplied and spread across the earth, destroying and crowding out the living space of most creatures, he wouldn't even care about mankind.

"This place is too cramped as a battlefield. If you have the guts, come and join us."

The next second, the giant island-like body shot into the sky and headed straight for outer space!

"Huh? Wait a minute—"

"Since it is Lord Yamata Orochi who has challenged us to a duel, how can we refuse?"

On the golden Buddha warrior's shoulder, the Inari god smiled and answered; the next moment, giant wings tens of thousands of meters long stretched out from the Buddha warrior's back. With a gentle flap, there was no howling wind, only the grass and trees on the earth swaying and flowers blooming.

Meanwhile, the golden Buddha warrior, towering ten thousand meters tall, soared into the sky, relentlessly pursuing the eight-headed serpent flying into the heavens.

As for Takemikazuchi?

There was a flash of lightning!
As the 'God of Thunder', his movement speed is astonishing.

If it weren't for waiting for Inari to go first, He would have already stormed into outer space.

"not good?!"

"They're coming for us—"

In low Earth orbit, aboard a series of spaceships, the faces of the American elites who had been 'watching the show' changed drastically.

"Hurry up!!"

"Set sail, set sail, get out of here!"

Before these panicked spaceships could even start moving, a colossal object flew out from the blue-white planet.

The so-called 'spaceships' built by America are only a few hundred meters long, like roadside pebbles compared to the ten-thousand-meter-long Yamata no Orochi. Through the windows, the eight heads and eight tails of the nearest spaceships are visible to the naked eye as they fly into outer space.

Is it extraordinary to traverse the universe in one's physical body?
"What are you looking at!"

While battling two heads, 'Miss Jiukong' took a moment to 'glare' at a ship that was turning.

Boom~~~~
This colossal vessel, hundreds of meters long, instantly exploded into a black and red mass.
Those in power clearly wouldn't survive.

???

Run!

Given this scenario, what other spaceship would dare to linger?

They spewed out sky-blue tail flames and fled in all directions at full speed: they originally thought that hiding in outer space would make them safer, but now it seems that in front of these gods and demons, they are still nothing more than ants that can be destroyed at will.

I wish I hadn't been watching.

As one spaceship after another fled into outer space, the Yamata no Orochi's massive head merely glanced at them before paying them no further attention.

The reason why someone wiped out half the population right away wasn't simply to show off their 'demon god' style, but rather to prepare to develop a new battlefield on Mars: their bodies were simple, as the divine tree could create all sorts of things; but their souls, they needed to 'borrow' some from here.

Once these American ships arrive, they will likely collide with the mythical civilization from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Well, let's wish them a good time.

Whether it's 'Yamata no Orochi' or 'Kyuuka Yo'ai',
They didn't continue to pay attention to the fleeing American 'fleet of spaceships,' but instead turned their attention to:

crackling and popping—

A blazing white 'point' suddenly exploded, expanding into a raging thunderbolt covering tens of thousands of meters.

Above the thunder was Takemikazuchi from the island nation: with a tremor of his arms, his palms transformed into long swords wrapped in endless lightning!

Legend has it that when Takemikazuchi, assisting Amaterasu's grandson, descended to the mortal realm to fight against Kunitsu-no-kami, Ōkuninushi's son, the "Wind God" Takeminakata, challenged him to a duel. The two gods locked hands and tested their arm strength. Takemikazuchi transformed his hands into swords and severed Takeminakata's arm, causing him to flee in disarray.

Now, his arms have transformed into thousand-meter-long lightning blades. Takemikazuchi wields his twin blades and charges at Orochi!
"You think you can be a third-generation god?"

As the Yamata no Orochi and its head snorted coldly, about to unleash a gust of wind, the surrounding dark space suddenly trembled.

A drop of 'ink' appeared out of thin air, expanding and contracting in mid-air, outlining a giant conch shell: as the conch shell appeared, two goddesses dressed in ancient white robes immediately emerged from both ends of the conch shell.

The two goddesses have normal upper bodies, but one holds a huge scythe and the other has a single horn on her head.

The lower body, like that of a marine creature, was connected and burrowed into a seashell. "A Pure and Immaculate Garden—"

As the two goddesses opened their cherry-like mouths, two mighty streams of deep, shimmering water surged forth.

They then intertwined, forming huge whirlpools of undercurrents, which in the blink of an eye formed a giant rotating 'water sphere' in outer space.

This water sphere, with a diameter of tens of kilometers, is already at the level of an 'asteroid': floating in outer space, the water sphere, when illuminated by the 'distant' sunlight, instantly becomes ten thousand meters bright, ten thousand meters clear, and ten thousand meters of dazzling golden waves!
In outer space, an endless swirling sea of radiant light forms, dazzling beyond description.

It even caused people on half the planet to look up and see this dreamlike light.

? !
Under this dazzling light, a look of confusion appeared in the eyes of the Yamata no Orochi, and its originally fierce attack faltered.

"Illusion,"

"Humph!"

"Sculpture Skills"

"You dare to present this as a laughing stock?"

The Yamata no Orochi, whose eyes were dazzled by the illusionary light, suddenly shuddered as its heads snorted.

A force that repelled everything outward suddenly erupted from the core of the Yamata no Orochi! Even in the empty space, light could be seen suddenly 'bending' into an arc: on the water sphere near the Yamata no Orochi, a depression of ten thousand meters suddenly appeared out of thin air, turning into a 'bowl' shape!
At the same time, the raging and exploding lightning was also forcibly repelled, preventing the 'Takemikazuchi' who had dodged and struck from advancing an inch.

Shinra Tianzheng
"Hey, you guys, are you even doing anything right? Didn't you eat?!"

Seeing that Takemikazuchi and the two newly appeared water-attribute 'goddesses' had both failed to achieve their goal, Kyuuhou shook Ai's head, spitting out Void Dog Cannons at 'himself' while shouting in between:

"You don't even have the strength to hit someone, yet you dare to call yourself a god?!"

It must be said that Jiu Kong Yao Ai's 'encouragement' was very effective. The three gods present all turned pale and went all out in their attacks.

"The Lock That Reverses the Flow of Time—"

Two goddesses, their tails joined together in a conch shell, raised their hands and summoned a torrent of water that surged towards the Yamata no Orochi.

The Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean, is known as the Challenger Deep. It reaches a terrifying depth of 10,000 meters: a thousand times the pressure of water is enough to crush everything.

The 'water sphere' created by these two goddesses is now a terrifying tens of thousands of meters high, appearing magnificent even in the face of the Yamata no Orochi: if such a water sphere were to fall onto a planet, it would immediately unleash a cataclysmic flood.

Moreover, these surging waters carried the power of high-speed rotation; when they spread to the body of the Yamata no Orochi, they immediately slowed down the demon god.

Twin water gods: An Yujin Yu and An Yu Kamei.

Strictly speaking, these two goddesses and Takemikazuchi are considered 'siblings'.

According to legend, after Izanagi killed Kagutsuchi, Kagutsuchi's blood dripped from the sword onto the rocks.

Blood falling from the sword's edge gave rise to the gods of Ishiori, Neori, and Ishizuku no Otoko; blood falling from the sword's body gave rise to the gods of Umura-sagami, Katsunobu, and Takemikazuchi no Otoko; and blood falling from the sword's hilt gave rise to the gods of Akumo-kami and Akumo-mitsu-ha.

At the same time, Kagutsuchi's corpse transformed into numerous mountain gods.
They are all gods born from the corpse of 'Kagoto-no-Mikoto'!

In a sense, it was born with a sin in its name: that is why it actively fights for Takamagahara.

But it is precisely because of their activity that they have considerable faith even in the 'end times'; their fighting power is not bad, and they have earned their keep.

"Flowers, bloom!"

It's a long story, but actually, it's only been a few seconds since the 'Gemini Water Gods' appeared.

The enormous golden 'Buddha Warrior' had already flown over, and as it landed on the sea, Inari sighed softly. Giant lotus flowers bloomed beneath its feet, carrying it as it charged towards the Yamata no Orochi!
A golden sea covered a distance of millions of meters, with lotus flowers blooming everywhere. Goddesses were merciful, Buddhas were wrathful, and thunder gods raged. The Yamata no Orochi, which was being besieged, was fearless. Even though two of its heads suppressed the Nine Void Serpents' heads that were constantly 'self-harming', the other five heads opened their mouths, and wind, thunder, earth, and fire raged as they fought against the gods, making the world dark and chaotic.

"This"

"Did it hit outer space directly?"

The sky was filled with flashes of light, and even those with extraordinary vision could only see blurry dots.

In the devastated interior of the island nation, numerous extraordinary experts looked at each other, bewildered.

Their strength is considerable, but they are still a long way from stepping into space: it seems that the planets can no longer accommodate the battles of the strong, and space is the true stage.

"Master Gui Gui, I want to go live."

"Are you crazy?"

Next to the Kamen Rider, half green and half black;

Among the flying live streaming equipment, even the internet celebrity in a sailor uniform couldn't help but pop up.

"Those high-ranking gods and demons have already left. We should quickly hide in a demiplane. How can we go and join them?"

The battle just now shattered GuiGui's worldview. To go livestream at a time like this? You're practically asking for trouble. No, wait, KYG is really going to take to the skies!
"No, no, no!"

Shaking her head vigorously like a rattle-drum, the short-haired girl in a sailor uniform, Gui Gui, refused without hesitation.

"Too dangerous."

"But I'm the one in danger, aren't I?"

KYG shut down GuiGui's remaining words with just one sentence.

"As a journalist, if I don't go, how will everyone know about the battle situation?"

【KYG, oh you…】

"My lord, we all misunderstood you. You're not just someone who licks boots—"

A man's journey should be to the stars and the sea!

【KYG, we support you!!】

Upon hearing KYG's words, the live stream chat instantly flooded with comments: the price of a single comment in KYG's live stream is enough to bankrupt an average family on the spot.

At the same time, streams of 'power' surged in and poured into KYG's 'Kamen Rider suit'.

"Are you alright?"

As KYG said, he is a god of the internet;
Gui Gui's true form can appear anywhere via the internet.

While their combat capabilities are shockingly weak, their survival skills are quite good; in this situation, unless specifically targeted, broadcasting live from space—

it should be no problem?

"Don't regret it!"

The next second, two golden beams of light erupted from beneath the Kamen Rider's feet.

call out------

Like a rocket, KYG, clad in 'high-tech' armor, soared into the sky and hurtled towards the outer reaches of the planet.

At the same time, golden light flowed behind him, forming a high-tech backpack.

A backpack for storing oxygen.

"Seriously, why should I go crazy with you?"

"Hahahaha~~"

An excited laugh rang out from beneath the enormous compound-eyed mask of a certain "News King" who stood upright in the sky.

"My Lord, this is romance!"

(End of this chapter)