"!!!"
Sensing the terrifying power contained within the Gold Grand General's fist, Fujisaki Miya's expression changed, and he immediately unleashed his full strength.
A terrifying yokai power coiled around his body like flames.
He transformed into a flash of blood-red light to evade.
Crack! With a deafening boom,
the force of the Gold Grand General's heavy fist was swift and fierce, causing the air before it to explode as a terrifying shockwave swept outward.
It kicked up layer upon layer of nearly visible shockwaves.
Like a tidal wave from the sea, it could shatter anything in its path.
Catching sight of this from the corner of his eye, Fujisaki Miya's gaze hardened.
He charged directly at Lin.
He intended to take out the leader to win the fight.
However, the Gold Grand General gave him no such opportunity.
It appeared between him and Lin as if by teleportation, raised its right hand, unleashed its power, and threw another punch at him.
Fujisaki Miya's expression darkened slightly.
No longer evading, he compressed his powerful yokai power into his right arm, especially his fist, and then threw a punch of his own.
Crack, crack, crack~~~
The crimson yokai power and the golden Aura clashed even before their fists made contact, erupting in a blinding light.
The next moment, the two fists—one large, one small—collided.
With a deafening roar,
it was like a volcanic eruption.
A terrifying shockwave burst from between the two fists, sweeping out to the sides and kicking up powerful gusts of wind.
A flash of blood-red light shot through the air.
Fujisaki Miya was instantly sent flying back a hundred meters.
The Gold Grand General's body merely trembled.
The outcome of that exchange was decided in an instant.
Lin and the others all looked at Fujisaki Miya.
They saw that the retreating Fujisaki Miya was now missing an arm.
His right arm had vanished from the shoulder down.
Not even a trace of flesh or blood remained.
Seeing this, however, Lin couldn't help but frown slightly.
He felt something was off.
Fujisaki Miya stopped in mid-air, looking at his bleeding right shoulder. His expression was a bit grim.
He took a deep look at Lin.
He made a decision in an instant.
A portion of the blood in his body gathered into a sphere, which he then enveloped with all his yokai power and shot it out.
It wasn't an attack.
Instead, he wanted to break through Lin's domain.
However, he had underestimated the power of the 'Realm of Kingship' domain.
With a bang,
the blood sphere slammed into the invisible spatial barrier and shattered into pieces, like a raindrop hitting the ground.
"This..."
Seeing this, the somewhat pale Fujisaki Miya's expression changed slightly.
He hadn't expected this domain to be so powerful.
Although his plan had failed,
Fujisaki Miya wasn't flustered.
He didn't seem worried that he would die here today.
Lin watched him with a profound gaze and said slowly in a deep voice,
"Is this also a clone?"
"A clone of your clone?"
He had already figured out what was wrong.
This 'Fujisaki Miya' was just a bit too weak.
After all, the power in the Gold Grand General's last punch was actually less than a fifth of its full strength.
Yet, Fujisaki Miya was soundly defeated.
It didn't fit his reputation at all, nor the premise of turning the Human Realm into a sea of fire in seven days and nearly destroying humanity.
The strength he was displaying now was C-class at best, pitifully weak.
There was only one possibility.
The Fujisaki Miya before him wasn't the real Fujisaki Miya.
"Correct. You're very clever."
The slightly pale Fujisaki Miya sealed the wound on his right arm with yokai power and once again flashed to a position ten meters in front of Lin.
The Gold Grand General stood like a door god to Lin's left front.
Fujisaki Miya and Lin's eyes met.
The corner of his mouth curled up into an elegant and composed smile.
"I originally thought this false body would be sufficient, but I never expected to encounter an existence like you in the Human Realm."
"It was my miscalculation."
A look of understanding dawned in Lin's eyes.
No wonder he felt so weak.
His power was roughly equivalent to three Akua Shuzens combined.
So it was just a false body.
At that moment, Fujisaki Miya spoke again, "How about we make a deal?"
"A deal? Let's hear it."
Lin raised an eyebrow slightly at his words.
Fujisaki Miya continued, "As long as you hand that pink-haired girl over to me, I..."
"Die."
However, before he could finish, Lin narrowed his eyes, his gaze instantly becoming as sharp as a blade of ice.
Spatial Lockdown.
Spatial Cut.
Spatial Compression.
Spatial Collapse.
Fujisaki Miya was instantly immobilized, unable to move. Then, invisible blades of space began to slice into his body.
Like death by a thousand cuts.
In less than ten seconds, he was cut three hundred times.
His entire false body was sliced into a pile of flesh and gore.
The flesh was still locked in place.
Then, the space began to compress,
squeezing all the chunks of flesh into a liquid pulp.
Finally, the space shattered and collapsed,
disintegrating the bloody pulp into molecules, and then atoms.
The false body couldn't be any deader.
Watching the collapsed space return to normal, Lin looked somewhat disdainful.
"What kind of trash dares to ask me to hand over my own wife..."
"Are you worthy?"
"Pah."
Pursing his lips in disgust, Lin looked at Yotsuya Miko and the other three.
Yotsuya Miko's face was a little pale.
Akashiya Moka wore a bright, happy smile, her large eyes rippling with emotion as she gazed at him adoringly.
Tohru also had a smile on her face.
As for Akua Shuzen, her expression was extremely complicated.
Glancing at her, Lin got up and walked over to Yotsuya Miko's side.
"Miko, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Just a little nauseous."
Yotsuya Miko forced a smile and shook her head.
After all, personally witnessing someone get sliced into a pile of flesh right before her eyes was a bit hard to stomach.
This was different from exorcising evil spirits.
When evil spirits were exorcised, they simply turned into a few wisps of black smoke.
In fact, it wasn't just Yotsuya Miko; even Tohru had felt a bit uncomfortable at the scene at first.
Tohru was the first to adapt.
The feeling of discomfort flashed through her mind and was gone in less than a second.
Next was Akua Shuzen.
Then Akashiya Moka.
After she heard what Lin had just said, any discomfort in her heart vanished instantly, replaced by a deep love for him.
Seeing this, Lin dispelled his domain.
The five of them, including Akua Shuzen, instantly returned to the first-floor living room.
Lin cast Sky Magic on Yotsuya Miko.
The wondrous healing ability refreshed her spirits, and the faint feeling of nausea began to recede quickly.
"Thank you, Lin."
Yotsuya Miko breathed a sigh of relief.
Thwack. A crisp sound.
"Ow! What was that for?"
Yotsuya Miko suddenly raised a hand to her slightly warm forehead, her big eyes blinking in confusion as she looked at Lin.
Lin smiled faintly. "What are we, strangers? Thanking me for something like this makes it seem like we're not close."
"Besides, if you really want to thank me, hmm, right here."
As he spoke, he tapped his lips with his right index finger.
"Th-that's not appropriate, is it?"
Yotsuya Miko's pretty face flushed red.
She glanced at Tohru, Akashiya Moka, and Akua Shuzen.
There are so many people here, how embarrassing.
"So you do know."
Lin glanced at her, then looked at Akua Shuzen, whose expression was complicated and who seemed to want to say something but was hesitating. He sat down on the sofa.
"Alright, it's our turn to talk."
"Before you ask me those questions, let's first settle the matter we agreed upon."
"So, what is your decision?"
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