"Why have my flowers withered?! Wait, they… they smell so awful!"
"It stinks too much! All the fish in the school lake are dead!"
"My hamster died too…"
"Today is so strange! First I heard screams at school, and just when I wanted to see what was happening, the school was locked down. They only let us go home now."
"I feel… something big has happened."
At this moment, in Tokyo Port Ward, a disgusting stench rose into the sky. All plants and small animals in Tokyo Port Ward had instantly died, while only humans were barely surviving.
The world was covered in thick, heavy dark clouds. The sea had turned yellow, emitting a faint glow, and fish bones floated on the surface, then melted into sludge and fused with the sea.
Above the port, Yu pinched his nose, frowning as he looked at the constantly churning pool of sludge below in the harbor.
The sludge was dark red, constantly releasing strands of toxic smoke that made your eyes hurt just from looking at it.
"Truly worthy of the God of Filth. This smell."
Holding his nose, Yu felt his stomach churn and twist. Even though he was a God Slayer, this incredibly unpleasant stench was hard to endure.
He extended his hand and summoned a strong wind, blowing away all the disgusting odors approaching him, finally bringing him relief.
"It hasn't fully formed yet?"
Yu frowned, looking at the viscous mass writhing like a worm.
Suddenly, Yu felt the wind behind him flow backward. Noticing something was wrong, Yu raised his hand and summoned lightning, violently striking toward what seemed like a scattered cloud of foul mist not far behind him.
"Ah!!!"
When the lightning struck the foul mist, a painful scream echoed out, and then all the mist suddenly condensed, forming a human figure in front of Yu.
The figure was about 1.3 meters tall, not very large, but its appearance was extremely old. It did not have a white beard or anything like that; its entire face was just wrinkled, so old it looked more like a newborn baby.
Aside from being ugly, the figure wore only a torn feathered robe, its chest exposed, holding a catastrophe naginata that was taller than two such bodies. This appearance looked especially comical to Yu.
"It hurts! It hurts so much!"
The figure held its head with one hand, constantly running in place in the air, as if on a treadmill.
"You are the Great Disaster God?"
Looking at this comical child, Yu summoned Joyeuse and asked with a smile.
"You are a Campione, right? Why should I tell you?"
The small figure finally recovered, firmly gripping the naginata and stabbing it into the air, then sizing Yu up before responding.
"Hm~ If you tell me, I'll cut you a little more gently."
Yu, who had intended to tease the small figure, paused when it responded. After a brief thought, he replied.
Yu of course knew this small figure was the Great Disaster God. He just found its appearance too amusing and wanted to play a bit. After all, he now had the power of Asclepius' separation, so all negative effects could be directly removed.
"Hmph! A mere Campione dares to challenge this lord!"
Seeing Yu's arrogance, the Great Disaster God snorted coldly. After speaking, it suddenly charged at Yu with its catastrophe blade.
"Whoosh whoosh~"
The catastrophe blade spun like a windmill in the Great Disaster God's hands, slicing through the air with a series of sounds. Strands of foul, poisonous mist also spread from the blade, turning into poisonous dragons that rushed toward Yu.
Facing the Great Disaster God's attack, Yu did not move or retreat. He waved his hand, summoning a strong wind. The wind collided with the poisonous dragons and instantly scattered them.
Seeing this, Yu frowned.
Although the Great Disaster God was not a particularly powerful Heretic God, it was still a Heretic God. How could its attack be so easily dispersed? Something was wrong, very wrong.
The strong wind, without losing momentum, roared as it tore through the air, rushing toward the Great Disaster God.
Yu's mind suddenly snapped, and he realized something. His figure flickered and disappeared, reappearing at a distance away from himself, the strong wind, and the Great Disaster God.
"Hm? You noticed."
Seeing Yu suddenly withdraw, the Great Disaster God raised an eyebrow. Its already wrinkled forehead looked like a chrysanthemum, and it no longer had the cautious expression it had when facing the strong wind.
With a light wave of the catastrophe blade in its hand, it dispersed the strong wind.
However, Yu was pretending to be surprised.
He had just sensed something was wrong. First, as a Heretic God, Yu did not think the Great Disaster God was weak, since it was a deity representing filth and disaster in Japanese mythology.
Second, the Great Disaster God had overlooked one thing: the color of the wind.
After dispersing the poisonous snake-like mist released by the Great Disaster God, Yu noticed that the strong wind contained strands of poisonous mist.
Although very faint, they were definitely there!
For safety, Yu distanced himself from the Great Disaster God, and he did not expect this guy was actually manipulating the wind.
"Campione, you are quite clever. You actually discovered this lord's plan."
The Great Disaster God placed the naginata behind its back, crossed its arms, and said.
"Yes, but unfortunately, you are a bit stupid."
Yu nodded, and as his words fell, silver light flashed in his eyes.
"Huh? You dare mock me… What is this?!"
Being called stupid by Yu, the Great Disaster God was clearly somewhat annoyed, muttering as it wanted to rush forward and beat Yu. But just as it lifted its foot, it found it could not move. Looking down, it saw its legs had already turned into stone salt.
"Buzz!!"
A sword sound rang out, and the Great Disaster God suddenly turned its head, only to see twelve radiant swords appearing behind it at some unknown time, their blades pointed directly at it.
"What?!"
In that instant, all twelve radiant swords shot forward at the same time, piercing the body of the Great Disaster God.
"Oh? Immune to physical damage?"
The radiant swords passed through the Great Disaster God, and Yu raised an eyebrow. The power of the radiant swords was not enough to harm a Heretic God.
The attack of the radiant swords had simply passed through the Great Disaster God. Although its movements were very fast, Yu saw that in that moment, the Great Disaster God turned its body into poisonous mist, then solidified it again in an instant.
Even with the radiant swords still inside its body, the Great Disaster God showed no sign of injury or pain.
Thus Yu judged that this was not merely evasion, but complete immunity to physical attacks.
"Ah! It hurts! Campione, you hurt me! Ah! I feel my divine power weakening, I… am dying!"
Holding the blade of the radiant sword that pierced its body, the Great Disaster God rolled over, then stumbled and fell directly into the yellowed sea.
Yu watched the Great Disaster God fall into the sea, raising an eyebrow. He waved his hand, dark clouds gathered in the sky, lightning twisted, and a purple strike fell, instantly creating a sea of lightning around Yu.
At the moment the sea of lightning appeared, another scream was heard behind Yu:
"Ah!!! Damn it! It hurts! It hurts so much!!!"
Hearing the scream, Yu finally turned around, only to find no one behind him, yet the scream was clearly coming from in front of him.
Seeing this, Yu confirmed his suspicion.
From the very beginning, the Great Disaster God had been deceiving him. As a God born from the filth of the dead, it could not possibly be a simple, foolish god. That was why Yu had been cautious from the first encounter.
When the Great Disaster God used sludge to draw attention and attempted a sneak attack but was discovered, Yu felt something was wrong.
He possessed the authority of Wind; even the slightest change in wind could not escape his perception. Yet Yu had felt nothing when the Great Disaster God approached from behind, meaning it could move without disturbing the wind at all.
So why was the wind disturbed when it attacked?
Yu believed it was intentional, that the Great Disaster God deliberately allowed itself to be discovered, making him think every attack left a trace, and that trace was the eerie green poisonous mist that followed like a shadow.
The purpose was to lower the opponent's guard so it could appear behind them without warning and deliver a devastating full-power strike.
Yu could only describe this tactic as despicable, but not enough; anyone thinking slightly would realize something was wrong, because the Great Disaster God's acting was too fake, so fake that it made Yu uneasy.
Amid painful cries, the figure of the Great Disaster God gradually appeared within the lightning pool.
At this moment, its body was covered in lightning. Each pulse of lightning drove deeper into its body, causing immense pain.
"It hurts! It hurts so much!!!"
Agonized screams echoed out, while Yu looked at the Great Disaster God with a strange expression, feeling something was off.
The lightning from Gusting Wind and Raging Waves was ordinary lightning, not one transformed by will or divine language.
Yet could such lightning really cause this much pain to a Heretic God?
While Yu was thinking, the screams gradually weakened and disappeared, and the struggle diminished. Soon, the Great Disaster God lay motionless in the lightning pool.
Its body tried to fall into the sea, but was held by the catastrophe blade, keeping it suspended in the lightning.
Looking at the lifeless Great Disaster God, Yu frowned. Something was wrong; there was no dizziness, and the system showed no reaction. This guy… was not dead!
Indeed, at that moment, the lightning suddenly flowed into the Great Disaster God's body, and its previously wrinkled skin began to crack, then peel off piece by piece.
Soon, all the skin on its body completely fell away.
And the wrinkled old man disappeared, replaced by a two-meter-tall monster with blood-red skin, two horns on its head, and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
The monster raised its hand, and the catastrophe blade at its feet responded to its call, flying into its hand.
Exhaling a long stream of poisonous mist, the monster with completely black eyes looked at the young man and murmured:
"Now… it truly begins…"
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