A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 379
"This is truly spectacular." Ince looked down into the Red Well and saw the fierce battle still raging. The Yamata no Orochi was being slashed by Genjiro, causing waves of blood to gush from its body. The mercury at the bottom of the well was completely stained red, yet it still had plenty of energy left to continue its battle with Genjiro.

The endurance of dragons is truly astounding.

Before Ince could finish his thought, a dazzling blade of light descended from the sky, heading straight for Ince's head!
It was Uesugi Koshi, who had been hiding all along and had never shown his face even when he met his son, Genjiro, finally erupted when Ince appeared!
Like a lion on the African savanna, skilled in ambush, it will unhesitatingly bare its deadly fangs the moment its target appears.

A Tang-style broadsword, collected for many years, is now on display at the edge of Hongjing, revealing the sharpness befitting an ancient sword.

Ince had already spotted Uesugi Kotetsu and was not at all surprised by Uesugi Kotetsu's sneak attack. He tapped his teeth lightly with his other free hand.

All the elements in the air were driven by Innes, and phenomena that physics could not explain appeared: the air strangely solidified, exhibiting beautiful solidified patterns and crystallization.

At the same time, with the convergence of many elements, there is also a barrier emitting a faint golden light, enveloping the solidified and crystallized air.

"What is this?" Uesugi Kotsushi was horrified. Was this the method of the Old Church?

Advancement of Word Power: Dustless Land, Word Power: Crystal Brahma City, Advancement of Word Power: Dark Illumination, Word Power: Vajra Realm!

Ince can actually control two advanced incantations simultaneously?!

Uesugi Kotsushi's ancient sword slashed fiercely at the double barrier, the blade striking the Vajra Realm and producing a sound like tearing cloth.

The surrounding elements continuously replenished the energy of the Vajra Realm, rippling outwards like the surface of a lake after a rain.

Not to mention breaking through double defenses, Uesugi Kotsu's strike couldn't even break through the Vajra Boundary, but Uesugi Kotsu didn't expect to finish off his opponent with a single strike.

Complex and difficult dragon language was uttered from his mouth, and a black circle appeared behind Uesugi Kotsugu, with undulating flames like a solar corona emanating from the black circle.

"What, what is that?" Chu Zihang, who had just woken up, stared blankly at Uesugi Yue. He vaguely sensed a threat from the black circle.

Susie gestured to the ground ahead: "Look, grass, stones."

Even the weeds and pebbles in the mountains were attracted and flew towards Uesugi, as if that thin circle was a miniature black hole, wanting to devour everything!
Fingel recognized it: "Black Sun, I've seen it in Norma's top-secret database, number 110 in the Word of Power sequence. It behaves like a miniature black hole, but it doesn't actually devour objects; instead, it pulverizes them!"

As he explained, Fingel's eyes flashed with data as he tried his best to imitate and analyze the Black Sun: "It seems that objects are absorbed by the Black Sun, but in fact, they are pulverized by the Black Sun into tiny particles that are invisible to the naked eye."

"On the surface, it appears that objects are sucked into the black hole's alternate dimension, but in reality, those tiny particles that are pulverized are simply sucked into the black sun and then ejected from the back of the black sun."

The Vajra Realm, which was originally just a protective shield rippling with waves, shattered violently when it faced the crushing power of the Black Sun at close range, turning into thousands of light particles that scattered and instantly exploded with the sharp sound of ice breaking.

Even the crystal walls of the Glazed Brahma City could not withstand the continuous shattering of the Word of Power: Black Sun. The crystal edge closest to Uesugi Yue's blade began to crack, and spiderweb-like cracks crawled and spread wildly.

Ince, who was in the middle, showed no fear and just stared at Uesugi Kotsugi with a mocking look, which made Uesugi Kotsugi furious!
Completely harnessing the power of the Black Sun, it shattered the Crystal Brahma City, causing trillions of crystal fragments to explode and fly everywhere. Every tiny fragment reflected Uesugi Yue's furious face.

"die!"

With a speed surpassing the dynamic vision of ordinary A-grade hybrids, the ancient sword slashed past Ince at high speed! Ince maintained that mocking smile until his death.

"I've got her!" Uesugi Kotsushi was overjoyed and was about to take Erii back when suddenly someone knocked on the door of his heart.

It was a very strange feeling, like the manifestation of one's own mind, a novel sensation that Uesugi Koshi had never experienced before.

No, this isn't the time to worry about that. Is it because Ince isn't dead yet? Is it some kind of old church tactic?
Just as Uesugi Koshi was quickly on guard, an unseen visitor from the mind could no longer tolerate his dawdling and barged in uninvited: "Uesugi-senpai, please wake up!"

"Crack!" With the intervention of external forces, the world suddenly shattered, and everything in front of him, which was false, quickly collapsed. Uesugi Etsu opened his eyes and saw that his son, Genjiro, was still fighting against Orochi.

Where are Ince and Erii now?
Further away, surrounded by the people of Kassel and Aso Makoto, Ince was bewildered by Uesugi Etsushi, who was completely different from what he had seen before. He turned around, and the black sun behind him completely disappeared without a trace. Had he just... fallen asleep?!

When? Before the Dark Sun began? Or after? Is this a dream within a dream? Or reality? Uesugi was starting to lose track.

A moment later, Uesugi Koshi gradually came to his senses, recalling that the door to his heart had been knocked on; someone must have awakened him. So, he must be in reality now, right? And his physical strength had inexplicably decreased significantly, likely due to releasing the Word of Power: Black Sun. In other words, he fell asleep after releasing the Black Sun?
Once bitten, twice shy; Uesugi Echizen dared not draw any conclusions, while inwardly cursing the old church for its disgusting, indirect tactics.

At this moment, Uesugi Kotsuki, the elderly father, and his second son, Genji, shared a deep emotional resonance and were completely in agreement, both disgusted by the extraordinary abilities of the Old Church. Uesugi Kotsuki re-examined the battlefield. Ince was still fighting against the people of Kassel, and within the Requiem Domain, Genji and some members of the Demon Clan walked out unharmed. Clearly, under Ince's manipulation, the Demon Clan was not affected by the dream-entering effect of the Requiem Domain.

"Lord Ince! I knew Lord Ince would come to our rescue!"

"Go! How can we let Lord Ince fight alone? If we take down these few more, the White King will be Lord Ince's, and we will receive even more of the Lord's favor!"

"For the great Lord, kill them all!"

The members of the Ghost Gang were also feeling uneasy as they walked in the darkness. The reason they hadn't fallen asleep was because Ince had intentionally let them out.

Having left the darkness and seen the light again, the crazed members of the Fierce Ghosts had no other thoughts than to help Ince and obtain the power of the White King.

The demons, who were shouting and yelling to help Ince, suddenly drew their knives and stabbed Genji in the back!

"Son!" Uesugi Yue snapped out of his daze and saw this scene, rushing over instinctively in a panic.

"!" Yuan Zhi Nu reacted extremely quickly, listening to the wind to pinpoint her location. Without turning around, she used her right leg to swing like a scorpion's tail, her hips exploding as she kicked her suspended leg backward, sending the members of the Fierce Demon Clan flying!
The member's heart had collapsed, and he was definitely not going to survive, which startled all the members of the Fierce Ghosts: "What? What happened?"

"You all step back!" Genji looked directly at Uesugi Kotsugu: "Whether there are Herzog's loyalists among you, or you've been temporarily manipulated by the Old Church, don't get in my way!"

"You can't help anymore!"

Genjiro thought very quickly and could only think of these two possibilities at the moment. Surely the demons couldn't be so crazy as to kill indiscriminately, friend or foe?

As she shouted the demons away, Genji drew her sword and faced Uesugi Kotsugu. Her eyes held the rage of someone calling her son. How dare this old man, who had just randomly appeared in the Tokyo parish, call himself her father?!
Genjiro had met Uesugi Koshi in the Tokyo diocese before, and their strength was comparable. Even if this old man was strong, he shouldn't be insulted like this! Genjiro simply didn't believe what Aso Makoto said about having a father.

"Eh? No!" Uesugi Etsu wanted to come and save Genjiro, but he didn't expect Genjiro to greet her father with a knife. This 'filial' act was completely beyond Uesugi Etsu's expectations.

Left with no other choice, Uesugi Kotsushi wielded his ancient sword and once again engaged in battle with Genji.

The members of the Fierce Ghosts were completely bewildered by the situation, standing there dumbfounded, unsure whether they should retreat. But Nuwa helped them make up their minds to escape.

Because, for some reason, Nuwa and the Zhou and Bai families also broke free from the slumber of the souls and charged out of the darkness to cut off the retreat of the fierce ghosts!

On the other side, Chen Motong waved to Asou Makoto, indicating that Asou Makoto didn't need to feel guilty.

As Aso Shin gathered crimson moonlight, transforming it into countless sharp swords that pierced towards Ince, he noticed Chen Motong's gestures and felt much better.

For some reason, I didn't see Chen Motong inside the Soul-Soothing Domain. I only brought out Chu Zihang and Fingel, and forgot about Chen Motong.

Chen Motong couldn't blame Aso Makoto either. She had been using Psychology to remain invisible from beginning to end, and it was understandable that Aso Makoto didn't notice her when she was affected by Ince's AOE.

As before, the only option is to break free from the dream by having three virtual personalities fall into a deep sleep.

Upon waking, Chen Motong quickly assessed the situation and chose to send out six virtual personalities. One of them helped Uesugi Yue break free from his sleep, while the other five virtual personalities returned to the Soul-Soothing Domain to awaken Nuwa and the members of the Zhou and Bai families' old church.

On the surface, Chen Motong appears to be doing nothing, simply observing Ince and slacking off on the battlefield. In reality, the last four virtual personalities of Chen Motong have begun to invade Ince's mental island.

Hearing the commotion from the Ghost Clan, a virtual personality was temporarily transferred there to manipulate the Ghost Clan's mental island and perform various acts of betrayal to prevent them from causing trouble.

It could be said that the one who seemed to be the most idle and carefree on the battlefield was actually extremely busy, and needed Chen Motong's care in every aspect.

Ince, using the ability of [Crawling Hunger] to switch between different pathways, once again rendered the virtual personality's attack futile, and with a wave of his hand, summoned two bolts of lightning.

Like a bolt from the blue, another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky—Fingal's secret technique—intercepting one of them.

Another bolt of lightning struck Chu Zihang, whose body had turned to steel. Chu Zihang withstood the lightning as if nothing had happened, and with Murasame in hand, he finally approached Ince.

(End of this chapter)