Gusting Wind and Raging Waves surged, and a giant as black as night stood on the calm, lake-like flat surface of the sea.
The giant was a thousand meters tall, like a mountain that had suddenly appeared.
Moreover, it should be noted that the giant was standing in the deep sea, and the water did not even reach his waist, so if he were fully revealed, who knows how enormous he would be.
This was the Heretic God that Yu had summoned this time Magatsukami!
"Oh? Is this an avatar?"
Looking at Magatsukami towering like a mountain, Yu showed curiosity. He could feel the wild and conflicting forces within the giant's body. Such an existence should have exploded, but due to the seawater, a wondrous balance had been achieved.
Lowering his gaze to the black seawater, Yu's eyes flickered. The sea had changed in this way the moment the Great Disaster God appeared. Does that mean the two of them had planned this from the very beginning?
"Campione, you didn't expect this, did you? This is us no, more precisely, this is me!"
The voice of the Eighty Calamity Gods came from the giant's mouth. As the voice fell, Magatsukami swung his fist and struck toward Yu.
Despite his incredibly massive and seemingly heavy body, the speed of the attack was extremely fast, reaching Yu in the blink of an eye.
Facing the rock-like fist, Yu met it with his own punch. The power of Bull, which he had transformed into, had not yet faded, so it was perfect to use it to test this guy's current strength.
Even if he were injured, Yu had Cut Break and the Aries avatar. The power to revive and heal everything made him fearless.
"Boom!"
"Boom!!!"
The fists collided, Yu's punch was like a mayfly shaking a tree, yet Yu managed to block the giant's brutal strike.
A series of explosive air sounds echoed. Yu's body, standing on the strong Wind, kept sinking, indicating that Magatsukami's strength surpassed Yu's, even with Bull's enhancement.
Gritting his teeth, Yu's eyes darkened, and he suddenly released his raw strength, knocking Magatsukami back with a punch.
Magatsukami took several steps back, and his enormous body raised layers of gigantic waves in the sea.
After repelling Magatsukami, Yu took a deep breath.
He had originally thought that Magatsukami's enormous body, condensed from seawater, would be harder to control. After all, no matter how condensed it was, external matter was still external matter and could not be used as freely as one's own body.
But he did not expect this guy's body to feel so natural. Not only did it possess raw strength comparable to Bull, but also exceptional speed and control.
Could it be that this was the true Heretic God, the real Great Disaster God?
No, if this guy was the real Great Disaster God, then what were the Great Disaster God and Eighty Calamity Gods he had fought earlier?
Those two had different divine natures, clearly separate entities, impossible... Wait, entities?
As he thought, Yu suddenly remembered something. He raised his head to look at Magatsukami, as if trying to see through his essence.
After a moment, Yu understood; he understood everything!
A smile appeared on the young man's face as he looked at Magatsukami, already sentencing him in his heart.
From the very beginning, he had only summoned one Heretic God!
That was the Great Disaster God, also known as the Eighty Calamity Gods. From the very beginning, these two gods were the same god!
Their origin needs no further explanation; both were born from the defilement of the dead, with Izanagi as their father. However, as an evil god, because of Izanagi, he also possessed the divine rank of a benevolent god. That was the lightning wielded by the one who fought him, the one who called himself the "Great Disaster God"!
That black lightning was the lightning of Judgment. As an evil god of defilement, it was absolutely impossible for the Great Disaster God to wield such power, but this was actually Yu's misunderstanding.
In Japanese mythology, it has never been definitively determined whether the Great Disaster God is an "evil god" or a "good god"; his position has always been a matter of debate, an unresolved mystery.
Many people, based on the name Great Disaster God, consider him an evil god, believing him to be a malevolent deity that brings disasters and misfortune to humanity, the source of all calamities in the world.
Even Motoori Norinaga, one of the leading representatives of Japanese classical studies, believed he was an evil god. Because of this, he debated his entire life with Hirata Atsutane, who argued that Magatsukami was a good god. Because of this, the divine nature of the Great Disaster God has always remained undefined.
But is it possible that the Great Disaster God is a god who has both a [Evil] and a [Good] side, meaning he very likely has two forms!
Thinking this way, it explains why two Heretic Gods appeared this time in Yu's summoning.
He never summoned two Heretic Gods; these two were one god from the beginning, merely avatars of his different divine aspects!
The [Evil] aspect was the Eighty Calamity Gods, and the [Good] aspect was the Great Disaster God.
Of course, based solely on this analysis, concluding that the Great Disaster God has a dual nature with [Good] and [Evil] sides is still somewhat shaky.
After all, in mythology, Magatsukami are mostly regarded as leaders of "calamity"; whenever Magatsukami appears, war is inevitable.
But Yu believed that this was not necessarily caused by Magatsukami. Hirata Atsutane of the Edo period believed that the Great Disaster God was very likely a god born through the act of purification.
The true god born from the deathly breath of Yomi is only one: the Eighty Calamity Gods. The Great Disaster God, however, was born from Izanagi's act of "cleansing," and represents a [Good] god with the meaning of [Purification]!
[Purification] is not just its literal meaning; it also carries the meaning of [Judgment] over evil. This also explains why the Great Disaster God can absorb lightning and possesses black lightning, fierce lightning with the aura of [Judgment]!
However, since Izanagi's "cleansing" has a clear connection to the deathly breath of Yomi, the Eighty Calamity Gods and the Great Disaster God, these two completely opposite deities, were miraculously merged into one, and the medium of their fusion was Water!
In Japanese, "Yaso" (eighty) and "Ō" (great) are honorifics. When they are removed, both the Eighty Calamity Gods and the Great Disaster God share only one name: Magatsukami!
Thus, the essence of the Great Disaster God is now clear!
This is a god whose essence is [Judgment] and [Defilement]!
He is impure, which is why he can use the authority of [Judgment]. [Judgment] itself is not black and white, but a gray area that considers multiple factors. It is precisely because of [Judgment] that Magatsukami often appears during wars.
"Judgment" will end the calamities caused by humans, and when the calamity ends, the Great Disaster God will also leave.
"I told you not to get distracted!"
Seeing Yu standing still after taking his attack, the Great Disaster God roared, raising his hand to stir the ocean waves.
The waves formed into a naginata in the hand of the Great Disaster God, which he brought down toward Yu.
Seeing this, Yu drew Joyeuse and chose not to block the attack directly, but to evade it.
"Buzz!!!"
The naginata of ocean waves missed Yu, heavily striking the void, yet still released a blade wave that split Tokyo Port Ward, already turned into a dead city, into two halves.
If Yu's Wind had not barely blocked that wave, it might have been enough to split Japan in half!
"Hmph, didn't you like direct clashes?!"
Seeing Yu avoid his attack, the Great Disaster God recalled how Yu had brutally beaten him earlier, and his anger boiled over.
He was a God! A great, sacred God! To be knocked to the ground and beaten by Yu, how could he not be angry? How could he endure it?!
But now the situation had reversed; now Yu was the one fleeing and dodging, which allowed the Great Disaster God to vent his anger!
Thinking this, the Great Disaster God had no intention of letting Yu escape, and his enormous body chased after Yu like a surfer.
Seeing the Great Disaster God rushing toward him, Yu's eyes flickered, leading him further away.
Soon, the man and the God were far from Tokyo Port Ward.
Looking at the endless ocean, the Great Disaster God finally realized that Yu had deliberately led him here, and sneered:
"Campione, you deliberately brought me here. Is it to avoid anyone seeing your death? How foolish."
"When you committed the sin of killing gods, you should have already considered that the day of Judgment would come."
Shouting, the Great Disaster God was completely confident in his victory over Yu.
However, Yu ignored his words, holding Joyeuse in his hand, while his arm shone silver under the moonlight.
"Oh, sword that can pierce all enemies with a single strike, strip away all life, abide with brilliance!"
Holding the holy sword Joyeuse, Yu's divine words echoed between the black sea and the silver moon. As his voice fell, the golden blade of Joyeuse began to take on a silver molten metal, which spread, instantly enveloping the entire sword.
Soon, the holy sword Joyeuse disappeared, replaced by a giant sword, entirely silver, eight meters long.
This was [Torn Silver Hand], and in Yu's hand was the sword "Steel," a sword capable of cutting everything, even "Judgment"!
Frankly, Yu could use Cut Break to directly cut the authority of the Great Disaster God, but Yu would never do that.
Asclepius's face had turned extremely pale when using Cut Break to cut [Torn Silver Hand], clearly suffering great damage. Yu would not be so reckless as to use Cut Break to cut authority. Who knows what other trump cards the opponent has, but he would certainly suffer an enormous burden!
"Cut everything, Joyeuse!"
Holding the demonized Joyeuse, Yu's expression was cold. He raised the sword, whose silver blade radiated a chilling glow under the moonlight.
Looking at Yu, the Great Disaster God did not believe that Yu could cause any more trouble, but just in case, he still controlled the black ocean to form a protective barrier around himself, tightly holding the naginata of black water, with killing intent boiling.
In the next moment, the giant sword "Steel" descended, and a terrifying killing intent and sharpness appeared between heaven and earth.
"This is... 'Steel'?!!"
Feeling the terror of that sword, the face of the Great Disaster God changed drastically, and he inwardly rejoiced that he had used the black ocean for protection in advance.
But that was obviously not enough. Raising his naginata of black water, the Great Disaster God tried to block the terrifying "Steel," but the moment it touched the light of the blade, the black water and the enormous body of the Great Disaster God shattered.
This scene was like fine gold cutting tofu.
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