Don't force me to use my right fist.

Standing at the front of the warship, Komachi smiled and said to Saya.

Chapter 658 Why didn't you take me?

Standing before the wooden warship summoned by Komachi, Saya had no idea that she was hiding such a trick up her sleeve. He had always thought she was just someone who coasted along on that small boat, but it seemed that one shouldn't underestimate any god after all.

This is the Sanzu River, and not everything can move easily up here. Sawa touched the wooden railing above and felt a strange divine power moving around above.

"How about that? Impressive, right? Back when there were so many people, I used this boat to transport the dead. Otherwise, with so many dead every day, how could that small boat possibly be enough?"

Komachi stood next to Saya with a smug look on her face, crossed her arms, and showed off to him.

Sōyū didn't hold back his praise, but he subtly reminded the girl of the impression her actions would give.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Komachi's expression changed instantly. No wonder Shiki disliked her more and more after she switched from a big ship to a small ship, and would come to cause trouble for her all the time. It turned out that part of the problem came from this.

It's obvious that Shiki will next deal with the conflict between the old and new Hells. And it's clear that a peaceful resolution is unlikely; there can't be two suns in the sky.

Love will be caught in the middle, and I imagine she won't be having an easy time either.

Sawa thought this, but before he could speak, Ai spoke first.

"Did you tell those girls today that you're not going to give up on any of them?"

Ai took a step forward, walked up to Saya, raised her little head, and looked at him with her scarlet eyes.

"Yes, and they all agreed." Without offering any further explanation, Zuoyou scratched his head and answered her question truthfully. This matter was bound to be known sooner or later, so it was better to admit it openly.

Ai's eyes were filled with questioning. Sawa had never seen this girl with such an expression before, not even after she had suffered such betrayal.

"ah? ....

Sōyū was momentarily stunned, unable to articulate his thoughts. He had vaguely sensed that Ai's feelings for him were not simply the dependence between elders, but Ai was so young then that he hadn't taken it to heart.

Who would have thought that she still harbors these feelings?

Sōyū's face contorted in a grimace. Already burdened with three emotions, he subconsciously avoided thinking about that possibility.

"What? I've waited for you for hundreds of years. You yourself said that when I grew up and matured, and we met again, you would give me an answer. So, is this your answer?"

Even Saya could see the grievance in her eyes, and the gradually moist eyes made Saya feel completely at a loss.

"No, no, I just didn't know you. I'm already in this state, and if I were to harm you further, I'm worried you'd get dragged into it, which would be a bad thing."

Saya stammered as he explained that he really liked this girl, especially since she had waited for him for so many years just because of one sentence. It was impossible for Saya not to be moved.

Just as he himself said, he was already acting like a womanizer enough, and if he continued like this, wouldn't he just be hurting her?

Sayu is quite self-aware that he is a walking fire pit.

"Do you think it's enough if you just think it's okay? Have you asked about my own feelings and decisions?"

Ai looked at Sawa with an expression that said, "What right do you have to do this?"

“I’m telling you, I’ve never cared about such things. I’ve endured a thousand years of loneliness, let alone now. I just want to be by your side. Can’t I even be allowed to do that?”

Poor Ai clung to Saya's chest, nestled in his arms, raised her head, and looked at Saya, asking a question.

She's a girl who usually has a blank, emotionless expression, so for her to make such an expression must have been a huge shock to Sasuke.

The little expression of grievance that made Saya's heart melt caused him to freeze on the spot. After holding it in for a long time, he finally sighed and accepted this absurd reality.

To put it bluntly, he brought these feelings upon himself, and naturally he needs to bear the consequences. Since he himself had those feelings for love, he cannot help but...

Once something is set in stone, it can easily spiral out of control. Since Zuo You has already said he's going to make a follow-up statement, just three statements are clearly not enough.

"I'll try to talk to them to accept it. If they can't accept it, I'll still try to persuade them. That should be alright, right?"

Sawa himself felt that what he was saying was shameless, but the smile that appeared on Ai's face gave him the courage to continue.

Be a womanizer then, it should only happen once. It just so happens that the four of us can make a mahjong table. Once we're at the mahjong table, things will be much easier.

Sayu is so reckless and gives up.

Lost in thought, he failed to notice that Komachi and Shiki, who were listening nearby, exchanged glances and then looked at him with utter contempt.

"Lord Shiki, logically speaking, he should be thrown directly into the Sanzu River. It's just too unreasonable for someone to be so despicable."

"Yes, I've kept track of all his sins, and I'll settle accounts with him after he dies. But now, I should do something else."

Retrieving the Yama Blade from the void before him, Shiki narrowed his eyes and looked at the barrier separating the old and new hells that had arrived before him.

Chapter 659 There is no longer a distinction between the old and new hells.

Komachi's wooden warship had arrived before the purple barrier that separated the old and new hells, a barrier that seemed to divide the world in two, solemn and magnificent.

At this moment, Four Seasons stood on the bow of the ship. Compared to the purple light in front of her, her small figure was as insignificant as an ant under a city wall.

But the black and white aura emanating from Shiki drew everyone's attention to her.

She didn't say any lines to cheer herself up, nor did she say any pretentious things like Saya. Shiki just stood there, yet it seemed as if the entire hell was focused on her at that moment.

The waters of the Sanzu River beneath their feet seemed to freeze at that moment, and the surroundings were as silent as a dead land. They, too, seemed to have encountered some terrifying nemesis, scrambling to escape the direction closest to the seasons.

The three-eyed spider's signature cherry blossom-like three eyes appeared in the sky above the opposite world, looking at the little girl standing at the bow of the wooden boat with a cautious gaze.

At this moment, whether it was the new hell or the old hell, everyone turned their attention to the position of the four seasons.

She simply stood there, without making any movement whatsoever.

From this point alone, Sōyu understood that with his current strength, he might be able to challenge Tamamo-no-Mae or a god like Bubble's clone, but if he encountered someone of this level, whether he could escape from her was uncertain.

She slowly drew the Yama Blade from its sheath. Her small frame seemed disproportionately large for the long sword, yet no one present dared to utter a sound. After wiping away the dust, she finally turned her gaze to the barrier before her.

Slowly raising the Yamato Blade above his head, Shiki's movements were nothing like someone who could handle such a weapon; it was clearly the work of a complete novice. The blade vibrated.

This was the power of the ruler of hell. For the first time, Zuoyou had a general understanding of the power of this terrifying primordial deity.

The three-eyed spider opposite seemed to realize what Shiki was up to, and its three cherry blossom-colored eyes narrowed, but it made no move.

Since Four Seasons was operating in the Old Hell, according to the rules, she naturally had no right to interfere. Although she knew what would happen if she did this, the Three-Eyed Spider could only watch.

Perhaps only she, as a fellow ruler of Hell, truly knows the extent of the difference between herself and the Four Seasons.

And now, she is about to face this terrifying primordial god.

Shiki continued with her leisurely movements, giving the barrier in front of her one last, silent glance. As if finally confirming the distance between it and herself, Shiki slowly lowered the Yama Blade in her hand.

The swift, seemingly effortless strike appeared to fall automatically, as if aided by gravity, utterly weak and powerless. No fluctuation of force emanated from the Yama Blade; it was as if it were a small...

The imagined scene of the world collapsing did not happen, and not even special effects were added, making Saya, who was standing next to him, doubt whether Shiki had actually swung that sword.

"Keep moving forward."

As her words fell, the purple barrier behind her seemed to finally resolve a network lag issue, and began to respond to the attack.

The towering purple barrier, seemingly isolating the entire universe, appeared from the spot where Siji had just swung his sword. Two thin lines, one black and one white, also extended into the sky.

After the barrier was split in the middle, the two thin lines stretched rapidly in opposite directions as if they had been pulled to the sides.

And the places they had been to, the original purple barrier, had vanished without a trace.

This barrier that had separated the two hells for nearly a thousand years crumbled into nothingness in an instant with a single, effortless strike from the four seasons.

No one understood better than Sawa how terrifying it was to do this.

He had damaged this thing before, and even rescued Amakawa Tsubasa from inside it.

But it was precisely because of this that he realized how difficult this barrier was to deal with.

Even he had to expend a great deal of effort to cut an opening in the middle, but who could have imagined that Shiki would just cleave it in two with a single stroke?

Perhaps the green-haired Yama in front of her is even more terrifying than she imagined, and even the one in the original work is far inferior to her current power.

Is this the ruler who controls the power of an entire world? Only now does Sawa realize how terrifying a person is who can so easily say that she is the creator of the rules of the entire hell.

Faced with Saya's gaze, which seemed to look at him like he was a monster, Shiki simply tilted his head, as if he didn't understand why Saya was looking at him like that.

"You seem to be wary of me? Don't worry, I have no right to judge living beings. Even if you are guilty, that's a matter for after death."

What we should be doing now is solving the immediate problem, shouldn't we?

The four seasons turned their gaze back to the new hell, which had completely merged with the old hell due to the disappearance of the entire barrier.

Chapter 660 The Reason for Doing This

The three-eyed spider in the sky witnessed the terrifying strike of the Four Seasons.

It had always known that the true ruler of this former hell was not someone to be trifled with, but for the past few hundred years, it had never come to seek out its hemp leaves.

It was as if it were completely indifferent to the new hell usurping the responsibilities of the old hell—it even watched the old hell decay before its very eyes.

Therefore, although the Three-Eyed Spider was wary of Four Seasons most of the time, he didn't really care about her existence.

The only reason they had a minor conflict was because of Sayu, but in the eyes of the Three-Eyed Spider, it was just a small skirmish.

Even the conflict between the old and new hells is something he can ignore. No matter how you look at it, it's unlikely that this green-haired Yama King would clash with him over something like this.

But things didn't go as planned.

Even now, the Three-Eyed Spider still can't figure out why this ruler of the old hell, who has been silent for hundreds of years, would suddenly do such a thing.

Even though it had anticipated this situation and knew that she might come to the New Hell to discuss some things, it never expected that she would so ruthlessly sever the barrier between the two hells with a single stroke.

The events unfolded right before its eyes, while on the other side of the new hell, the vengeful spirits wandering the Sanzu River seemed to have finally returned home, pressing...

The four seasons had no rules for these actions, and had no liking for the chaotic and frenzied vengeful spirits. Sōyu couldn't even see what she did, and the Sanzu River, which had been churning because of the vengeful spirits' charge, quieted down.

Although the barrier was broken, an invisible wall still blocked the Sanzu River, preventing the vengeful spirits from crossing that boundary and coming to this side.

"I don't like people who don't follow the rules. Even vengeful spirits need to be managed in a unified way. Without rules, there can be no order."

Four Seasons looked up and muttered to herself, her words revealing her attitude: she had no interest in the things of that new hell; she was simply following the rules and had not come to seize territory.

As if hearing these words, the three-eyed spider in the sky transformed its three cherry blossom-shaped eyes into a beam of light, passing through the now-vanished barrier and landing on the bow of the ship.

This was the first time Sawa had seen the Three-Eyed Spider in human form. He had always seen it as a strange spider with only three eyes, just as its name suggested. But after seeing the girl it was supposed to be, he couldn't help but nod.

She wore a loose black robe, but even that couldn't hide her tall figure. Her long, smooth black hair was neatly combed down her back, reaching her waist.

Apart from her eyes that glowed like cherry blossoms, the Three-Eyed Spider looked no different from any other ordinary beautiful girl.

Of course, the divine power derived from its uses is enough to prove its divine status.