High above the sky.

The black throne floated quietly, Zhou Huai's gaze piercing through the clouds, overlooking the city below that had fallen into dead silence.

On the streets, densely packed corpses lay on the ground, maintaining their struggling postures before death.

Their skin was shriveled, having lost all moisture and luster, clinging tightly to their bones like the peel of an orange that had been squeezed dry.

Only a few people were still twitching in pain in the corners, the fire of their lives about to extinguish.

Zhou Huai sighed inwardly.

After all, he still arrived a step too late.

Although those who died were all Sakura Country people, they were human beings after all, each and every one a vibrant life.

Yet now, they died miserably amidst the games of major powers.

Even in the eyes of those high-and-mighty big shots, the deaths of these people were completely insignificant.

Zhou Huai's vision quickly crossed this human purgatory, casting towards the center of the city.

There, the giant Pendulum of Life still dazzled with golden light, emitting a vast coercion.

And right in front of the Pendulum of Life, a huge golden cocoon completely intertwined with golden light was floating quietly.

"Dong!"

"Dong! Dong!"

Surging vitality gushed out from the golden cocoon, and the strong and powerful heartbeat resounded through heaven and earth like a battle drum.

It seemed that the resurrection ritual had reached its end.

Kujo Eisei's resurrection was already a foregone conclusion.

But Zhou Huai did not want the other party to resurrect so smoothly.

He sat on the throne, just moving his mind.

"Hum—"

In the the void, dense wing-beating sounds rang out.

A full one hundred thousand ferocious Soldier Beetle gushed out from thin air, converging into a black tide that covered the sky and blocked the sun.

"Go."

As Zhou Huai's cold command was issued.

The black Insect Tide instantly rioted, overwhelming the sky, whistling toward the position of the golden cocoon and the Pendulum of Life.

However, at the exact moment when the Insect Tide was about to arrive.

A sudden change occurred!

"Whoosh—"

A terrifying hurricane blew from a distance without any warning.

The wind was so fierce that it blew space to distort.

The black tide composed of one hundred thousand Soldier Beetle was as fragile as sand in front of this hurricane.

They couldn't even emit a wail before being forcibly blown into powder, dissipating in the air.

Zhou Huai's gaze instantly turned sharp.

He slowly turned his head, looking toward the direction where the wind blew.

Only to see in the distant horizon, a massive black shadow was approaching at an extremely fast speed.

That was a huge humanoid monster whose size exceeded one hundred meters.

It had a pair of black wings on its back that covered the sky, and every flap whipped up a fierce wind that tore space apart.

On its crimson face grew an exaggeratedly long nose, and in its golden eyes was non-human indifference and arrogance.

The monster wore ancient Yamabushi attire, holding a tin staff in one hand and a huge feather fan in the other.

The terrifying hurricane just now was obviously the masterpiece of this feather fan.

"Shikigami."

"Ōtengu."

Zhou Huai recognized the origin of this monster at a glance.

Being able to summon an Ōtengu of such strength, the person who made the move was at least at the SS-Rank Professional level.

I'm afraid it was that long-famous Sakura Country grand Onmyoji.

Chong Wenguma.

Sure enough.

The next second, Zhou Huai saw that on the shoulder of that huge Ōtengu, an old man was standing steadily.

The old man wore an immaculate white Shinto priest robe, with a thin face and white hair and beard.

Looking like an immortal being, his eyes were as cold as ten-thousand-year glacial ice, carrying not a trace of emotion.

He and Zhou Huai stood across a thousand meters of high altitude, confronting each other from afar.

An invisible, bone-chilling killing intent locked onto Zhou Huai.

"No matter who you are, take another step closer."

Chong Wenguma paused, spitting out a cold word from his mouth.

"Die!"

Zhou Huai looked at Chong Wenguma on top of the shikigami, his expression solemn.

He had read Chong Wenguma's profile.

Just like Soma Kosuke, he was an old-school SS-Rank Professional of Sakura Country.

However, he was low-key and led a secluded life, so Great Xia Nation had relatively little understanding of this powerful Onmyoji.

His Level was at least level seventy or above.

It was even possible that it exceeded level eighty.

Whether he had mastered a Domain was unknown.

Even without a Domain, this was an extremely formidable opponent.

It was just that Caesar's Level was still too low.

Although he was an SSS-Class Professional, he was currently not even level twenty-seven.

If it were a level-forty Caesar, Zhou Huai was confident he could easily crush the opponent.

But at this moment, the grade gap between the SSS-Class and SS-Level could be completely compensated for by this nearly sixty-level Level gap.

However, Zhou Huai was not without certainty.

After all, he still had teammates.

Just at this moment, a figure quickly flew over from behind, stopping beside Caesar.

Kalen swung the chains in his hands with roaring wind, looking at the distant huge Ōtengu with a proud face.

"It's this Chong Wenguma again!"

He said quickly: "You go grab the Pendulum of Life, and I'll find a way to stall him!"

Zhou Huai glanced at him.

Back then, he had also told himself with such confidence that he could stall Thor for ten seconds.

In the end, he couldn't stall him for even a single second.

Zhou Huai asked in a plain voice: "How confident are you?"

Kalen sneered, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

"He was the one who injured Polina last time."

"This time, I'm going to avenge Polina!"

Before his voice fell, the Wings of Quicksand behind his back suddenly vibrated.

The whole person rushed towards the Ōtengu—whose size was countless times larger than his—like a reckless brute, carrying an indomitable aura.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai had no ripples in his heart.

He didn't stop him, nor did he remind him.

Because he knew that saying anything to such a person was futile.

Zhou Huai moved his mind, manipulating Caesar to instantly release more Soldier Beetle.

Tens of thousands of Soldier Beetle converged into several black torrents, bypassing the Ōtengu in front and whistling toward the direction where the Pendulum of Life was located.

Since someone took the initiative to act as cannon fodder and attract the other party's attention.

Then he would naturally seize this opportunity.

However, before his Soldier Beetle could approach the Pendulum of Life.

"Ah—!"

A shrill scream pierced the sky.

Zhou Huai subconsciously looked toward the sound.

Only to see Kalen, who had rushed up aggressively just a moment ago, looking like a fly casually slapped away.

Casually fanned by the huge feather fan of the Ōtengu.

The whole person turned into a black dot, flying backwards at a speed several times faster than when he rushed up.

"Boom!"

A loud noise.

Kalen's body slammed heavily onto the street below, directly smashing a huge deep pit with a diameter of more than ten meters into the hard ground.

Smoke and dust filled the air, life or death unknown.

Zhou Huai was somewhat speechless.

I knew it.

This guy is still so unreliable.

Fortunately, Kalen was as thick-skinned as ever.

Climbing out of the pit, he was still full of vigor.

"Again, come again!"

"I was careless just now and didn't dodge!"