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"fire."

The expanding, invisible fire instantly turned half of the nearby Onmyoji into ashes. The rest either flew or dodged, escaping to a distance and staring in horror at the central area, which had become a land of lava.

After a while, the terrifying high temperature slowly dissipated as the spiritual energy was consumed.

"If you had this awareness, you should have said so earlier."

With one hand outstretched towards the sky, the "Thunder Overlord" power engraved in his palm flickered continuously under the stimulation of a small amount of spiritual energy.

Responding to this will that transcends nature, the once cloudless sky turned gloomy in just a few dozen seconds, and flashes of lightning illuminated the pale faces below.

"As a villain, I've always been quite dedicated to my job."

"thunder."

A violent thunderbolt crashed down from the heavens. Faced with this thunder that could destroy even the world's highest peak, they realized how insignificant their own sense of "justice" was.

She didn't even have time to regret it. Just as the endless lightning was about to engulf her, a figure with boundless power blocked her way.

"Ahhhhh! Stop right there!"

Kusanagi Godou, who rushed to the scene, didn't have much time to think. He instinctively rushed in front of Seishuin Ena to block the attack, and then used all his strength to resist the devastating blow.

At this moment, the newly born god-slayer transcended himself, almost ignoring his own limits, and simultaneously unleashed all the powers he had seized from the gods. Although each one shattered in less than half a second, he still managed to protect the girl behind him from falling in the destructive lightning.

Those few seconds felt like an eternity to the two of them, so much so that when the thunder finally subsided, they felt as if a century had passed.

"Godou!"

Hastily embracing the fallen Kusanagi Godou, Kiyoshuin Ena looked tense, but for a moment she didn't even notice that the "Demon King" had disappeared.

Lin Yi did indeed leave. After all, although it was only a portion of the power from the "Thunder Lord" and not the complete spiritual energy, there was no way that group of "righteous people" who weren't even god-slayers could sustain such a large amount... Of course, it wouldn't be surprising if they had managed to sustain it, since justice can always create miracles, and when they can no longer create miracles, they are no longer justice.

"As a villain, I must have invested a lot of points in the skill of 'spiritual awareness'."

After continuing the summoning ritual in a different location, Lin Yi, sensing the two individuals on the other side of the world being lured closer by the "bait," jokingly remarked with interest, "Don't you think so, God?"

[Meaningless]

The God's consistently indifferent attitude did not discourage Lin Yi. Instead, he continued to wait with great interest for the appearance of the "otherworldly gods." A few minutes later, as the final part of the "bait" "summoning" ritual was completed, two otherworldly gods, one tall and one short, appeared before Lin Yi in a gentle breeze stirred up by divine power.

In an instant, Lin Yi glimpsed the powers of the two otherworldly deities exposed before him.

Power: Snake

The degree of control over snakes

Power: Frog

The degree of control over the frog

"..."

"..."

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Ragnarok: Chapter 427 The Story of the Frog and the Snake (Part 1)

Let's rewind a few minutes.

Another world: The Great Barrier of Gensokyo.

Youkai Mountain, Moriya Shrine.

The two deities, who had to compromise with the sage of the demons and move into this great barrier due to the loss of faith in the outside world, are facing a major choice in their lives.

“Humans from the outside world are calling to us.”

"Yes, and it's such pure power of faith..."

Comparing the power of faith she had received from the monsters on Monster Mountain in recent years, Suwako Moriya was almost eager to reach out and take the portion of faith that was being transmitted from the "outside world," but she was stopped by another deity present.

"What do you want to do, Kanako!"

Cautiously keeping her distance, Suwako Moriya stared intently at the deity with whom she had lived for a long time, her gaze not without hostility.

Frogs and snakes have never lived in peace. The reason they huddle together for warmth is entirely due to the pressure of their environment. At least in that era when faith was prevalent, these two deities never gave each other a kind look.

Now, although it is unknown where this strong faith comes from, its purity and quantity are self-evident. As long as a shrine or something similar can be rebuilt along this faith, it will be possible to fully restore the strength of the strongest period. At that time, there will naturally be no need to share a room with each other.

Faced with such a great temptation, it's no wonder that Suwako was wary.

Ultimately, faith is to gods what food is to humans. When people are starving, they will even eat their own hands and feet, let alone two gods who have been "starving" for hundreds of years. The fact that they haven't started a fight yet is already a testament to their "deep friendship." But if Yasaka Kanako wants to take things further, Suwako Moriya will definitely intervene.

Noticing the hostility, Kanako Yasaka sighed inwardly, but still deliberately kept her distance to show that she had no intention of taking it: it would be unwise to start a fight over a belief when nothing is clear.

Seeing Yasaka Kanako's actions, Suwako Moriya relaxed slightly: "What do you mean by this?"

"...Suwako, do you think it's possible for such a pure faith to emerge in the outside world in this era?"

Frowning, the Frog God, having recovered from the immense temptation, also realized the anomaly: "It should be impossible... However, perhaps a saint-level believer has indeed appeared!"

Seeing that Suwako was still unwilling to give up, Kanako Yasaka knew that this reason would not be enough to convince her father. She immediately changed her tone: "Even a saint-level believer could not generate such a huge power of faith, unless there are multiple objects, or there is a ulterior motive that wants to lure us over."

"Someone with ulterior motives?"

"Perhaps it's a monster, or perhaps it's another god that hasn't perished... Although we are much weaker than in our prime, as long as we can digest them, we can still greatly enhance their power."

Calmly uttering these almost cruel words, even Suwako Moriya, upon hearing them, felt a surge of impulse falter. However, looking at the almost tangible faith within the shrine, she gritted her teeth and said, "Even if they are targets with ulterior motives, what do we two gods have to worry about? Besides, even without absorbing the portion from the outside world, the shrine alone is enough to restore eighty percent of our strength!"

"Oh, you mean you're coming with me?"

Looking at Yasaka Kanako's strange expression, Suwako Moriya said with dissatisfaction but without denying it: "Hurry up and absorb it, or don't blame me if you're completely drained."

While enjoying the long-lost sense of satisfaction of her body being filled, Suwako Moriya, who was determined to take action, suddenly remembered another question: "Speaking of which, what will happen to Sanae if we leave Gensokyo?"

"Don't worry, as long as the beliefs in the outside world are true, we can definitely rebuild the shrine there. Sanae also prefers life in the outside world, doesn't she? She should be happy to take her back. Relatively speaking, I'm more concerned about Yukari Yakumo's reaction... We gained the right to enter Gensokyo by permanently settling on Youkai Mountain. Now that we've left that Youkai Sage, he'll definitely make some moves."

"Hmph, that peeping tom, that's all in the past. Now that I've absorbed this faith, I don't need to be afraid of him anymore!"

Feeling the power contained within this faith, Kanako Yasaka nodded in approval.

This faith is so strong that even absorbing only a small portion that arrived at the shrine restored nearly 90% of the power of the two weakened deities to their peak. If they could find a provider of this faith and establish a new connection, restoring the power of the old era would be a piece of cake. It's even possible that they could use this power to break through their current divine limits and ascend to a higher level...

Faced with such temptation, no deity can resist, let alone deities in the degenerate age who are suffering from the decline of faith.

After absorbing this portion of the faith from the Moriya Shrine, the two deities who made the decision followed the line of faith to bypass the great barrier of Gensokyo. Structurally speaking, this great barrier was not very sturdy; it was more for concealment than defense. For weak youkai, it was naturally an insurmountable obstacle, but for deities of Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya's caliber, even a powerful attack could shake its stability. Not to mention now that they had recovered 90% of their strength, mere concealment was a piece of cake.

However, the two deities sensed something amiss when they left Gensokyo and entered the outside world.

　"Is the Great Barrier really that far from the outside world?"

"No, the source of the power of faith is not the outside world!"

"Not from the outside world?"

"That is--"

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"Welcome to another world... or perhaps that's how I should put it?"

After a dozen or so seconds of silent staring at each other, Lin Yi had no choice but to break the atmosphere that seemed to be going on for who knows how long: "I know you have a lot of questions, but before that, as the price you paid for 'eating' so much of me, answer me one question first."

Having stopped Suwako's outburst, Kanako Yasaka asked calmly, "What's the problem?"

"...Are there snakes or frogs in Heaven or Purgatory?"

The sudden question caused the scene to fall silent again, but unlike last time, the reactions of the two otherworldly gods were much clearer this time.

"Looking down on snakes is fine, but are you looking down on frogs?!" — The short man's reply.

"Sorry, we haven't been to either of those places, but since they can be called heaven and hell, these kinds of creatures shouldn't exist there." — The tall guy's reply.

Three shifts

Ragnarok: Chapter 428 The Story of the Frog and the Snake (Part 2)

After confirming his inner thoughts, another problem arose in front of Lin Yi: how to deal with the two otherworldly gods in front of him.

If things were as they were before, it would have been best to just "deal with" them directly. The problem was that the powers these two possessed... weren't too strong, but too weak. They were so weak that even usurping them would only be a burden. However, killing gods to usurp their powers was already one of the rules of this world, and Lin Yi was unwilling to pay too high a price to violate it unless absolutely necessary. On the other hand, even if these two otherworldly gods were weak, their foundation as "gods" still existed. It would be too foolish to continue consuming the little information he had left for two powers that he didn't want at all.

Or should we just leave them aside and ignore them?

If this weren't the world of Godslayers, Lin Yi would definitely have chosen to do this immediately. After all, such a choice would probably be a typical example of a win-win situation. The problem is that this is still the world of "Godslayers." Even if Lin Yi doesn't take action, those magicians hidden in the shadows will sense the aura of the two otherworldly gods and thus have the urge to usurp their power and become Godslayers themselves.

In this situation, the two gods from another world were not creator gods of the Tiamat level, nor were they even as powerful as the Thunder Lord or the Sand Lord. Lin Yi couldn't imagine how these two otherworldly gods, who had no background, could escape from the siege of magicians in this world.

Even if you manage to escape once or twice, can you really escape five or ten times?

In the end, the two otherworldly gods may very well contribute two new god-slayers to this world... even if they only possess the powers of "frog" and "snake," and are the weakest god-slayers in history. Judging from the attitude of the humans in this world towards them, it is not difficult to deduce that the two newly born god-slayers are highly likely to stand on the opposite side and cause a lot of trouble.

"...I have a suggestion."

After pondering for a while, Lin Yi spoke to the two otherworldly gods with different expressions: "Could you please return to where you came from?"

Before the tall snake god could respond, the short frog god was already furious: "Who do you think you are, coming and going as you please? I am Suwako Moriya, a genuine deity manifested in the world!"

It must be said that after entering this "outside world," everything Suwako encountered was vastly different from what she had initially imagined. There were no proper offerings, no devout believers, and even the strong faith came from a "human" who had absolutely no reverence for the gods.

And now, this guy is shamelessly telling her to come and go as she pleases. It's truly intolerable, so she naturally responded.

"I can't just leave like this!"

Faced with the Frog God's unwavering stance, Lin Yi nodded in surprise: "That's what I think too."

"Eh?"

"Therefore, I chose to use a different method of 'persuasion'."

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly towards the sky: "Thunder."

Dozens of miles away, the blinding lightning flashed again, leveling the low mountain beneath their feet and affecting an area several kilometers around it. However, the two people who were the target managed to avoid the lightning at the last moment.

"What exactly is that thing...?"

Looking at the vast expanse of land ahead, now scorched and glazed after the lightning disappeared, Suwako Moriya, who had just uttered those harsh words, couldn't help but swallow hard: "Could it be a god of this world?"

Kanako Yasaka, watching this scene, also had a solemn expression: "I don't know, but he is definitely not as simple as an ordinary human. The aura on his body is very strange. He has a part that is similar to humans, but more of it is the aura of beings like us. If it were just that, we could consider him as a living god like Sanae, but the part that belongs to 'god' on him is too much."

Too much?

"...During the time I made contact with them, I was able to distinguish the auras of twelve different 'gods,' including thunder, storms, and yellow sand...and there were also some auras that were indistinguishable but extremely powerful."

Looking at Yasaka Kanako with surprise, Suwako Moriya asked in a questioning tone, "Were you doing this just now?"

"...Otherwise, why do you think I stopped you?"

At this point, Kanako Yasaka couldn't help but sigh: "The best thing to do with an opponent of unknown origin is to maintain a good attitude, or at the very least, to coexist peacefully. But now it has turned into hostility."

When he was speaking, he almost said "teammates who are as bad as pigs".

After sensing the sarcasm in Yasaka Kanako's tone, Suwako's face turned bright red, but it was an undeniable fact that it was Yasaka Kanako who caused all of this.

Finding no solace on her allies' side, Suwako Moriya turned her anger towards the enemy, launching an attack as soon as she saw the figure gradually descending from the sky.

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"Is it that I can't lift the knife anymore, or have they gotten too cocky?"

Seeing the otherworldly god launching an attack on him with a furious expression, Lin Yi's first feeling was not wariness but surprise, so much so that he subconsciously asked the being in his mind: "Generally speaking, when facing an opponent that cannot be resisted, shouldn't you turn around and run away, the farther the better?"

[Correct judgments, but only those based on correct cognitive benchmarks]

A burst of spiritual energy from his fingertip dispersed the attack launched by the main deity, and Lin Yi suddenly realized: "So, in their eyes, I'm still just an 'enemy who launched an attack for no reason'... or something like that?"

[The judgment is correct.]

After receiving the answer he wanted from the main god, Lin Yi gathered up the spiritual structure in his hand.

"It seems the area you lived in before was peaceful enough."

Just as Suwako was about to activate her next spell card, she was taken aback by what she heard: "What?"

"Putting aside this kind of joke-like attack, just the fact that he's standing in front of me is enough."

Taking a step back, with the shifting of space, she appeared directly behind Suwako Moriya, several miles away, just one step away: "—You have to be prepared."

The hand that reached out from behind easily gripped Suwako's neck, spun her around, and flung her to the ground. Amidst the earth-shaking collapse below, an attack from another otherworldly deity in the sky also descended.

"That's more like it."

Looking up at the massive pillar, nearly a hundred meters high and as thick as several people could encircle, he slightly pulled his right fist back a short distance: "But, it's not enough."