Chapter 2623: Abe no Seimei: You Can

Abe no Seimei began to doubt his own existence.

Before he was sealed into hell, he was... the pinnacle of the mortal world! And now, having returned to the mortal realm, he could be called a true god descending from heaven... yet damn it, someone in this mortal world could still fight him to a standstill: "It's elementalization!"

Ram's voice sounded from behind him, "Also! My race is indeed that of a ghost."

"Diamond Chains!"

A series of brilliant diamond chains shot forth from midair, instantly locking around Abe no Seimei's body.

Abe no Seimei's pupils shrank sharply; his physique trembled slightly, and the void cracked in fragments—yet the chains remained unbroken.

"... How is this possible?"

Abe no Seimei murmured.

Then he suddenly realized something, his eyes filled with disbelief: "Wait—if your true body is behind me, then who is this in front of me...?"

Abe no Seimei's words were cut off halfway.

Because in the next instant, the image of Ram before him exploded into a cloud of smoke.

"It's a shadow clone!"

Ram explained calmly, her hands forming several seals once more: "Myōjin Gate!"

From the heavens, a series of gates suddenly descended, locking onto Abe no Seimei's body.

Slamming him violently into the earth.

Dust surged skyward.

At the same time, the diamond chains completely suppressed the flow of energy within him.

"... Unbelievable!"

Abe no Seimei struggled slightly, and upon realizing he could not move, exhaled slowly.

His expression gradually grew calm: "Though you're stronger than I ever imagined... you cannot kill me."

This was not arrogance or refusal to accept reality—Abe no Seimei was merely stating a fact.

He was now the ruler of hell, having usurped the authority of Taishan Fu Jun.

His invasion of the mortal realm had failed—indeed, a blow... but no matter how dire the situation, he would merely be exiled back to hell once more.

For he had been stripped of the very concept of death! "Indeed!"

Ram descended from the heavens and landed before Abe no Seimei, nodding slightly: "Alone, I... would find it difficult to eliminate you!"

After a brief pause, Ram looked at Abe no Seimei, who had now fully relaxed, and said with deep implication: "... But there is no such thing as absolute immortality in this world. You understand what I mean, don't you?"

"... What?"

Abe no Seimei's eyelids twitched several times.

Ram turned her head to the side: "Master! I leave the rest to you."

Su Han rubbed his nose, stepped forward slowly, and said with resignation: "To develop the Mera Mera no Mi to this extent... nothing is unburnable... everything can be burned to ash—even laws and concepts."

"Even if this guy has no concept of death—won't burning away that concept of death solve it?"

Ram shrugged, calmly: "But it would take me five days to do it... and then I'd miss dinner."

"Alright."

Su Han made no objection; his gaze settled on Abe no Seimei.

Abe no Seimei's spirit trembled—the information revealed in their conversation shattered his courage.

Sensing Su Han's gaze upon him, Abe no Seimei felt his scalp go numb... yet before he could speak or beg, Su Han casually flicked his finger.

Abe no Seimei let out a piercing scream as his body twisted violently.

Then he completely collapsed, leaving only thin black threads drifting through the void.

"... What are these?"

Ram frowned.

"The authority of Taishan Fu Jun!"

Su Han collected the thin black threads, then added after a moment's thought: "You can also think of these as the divine authority from the world of the Godslayer... I extracted them from him using the Yami Yami no Mi's ability."

"After all, these things have some value."

As he finished speaking, a clear chime suddenly rang out in the ears of every member of the Gonghui Society.

"Ding! Mission completed! Gonghui Society President Su Xiao Xiao gains 60,000 points! Ram gains 80,000 points! Nurarihyon gains 20,000 points! Masaoka Yōō gains 20,000 points! Kikyo gains 20,000 points."

Su Han casually closed the society livestream and glanced at the battle between the Gonghui Society members and the group led by Yukiho.

Many of Abe no Seimei's demonic underlings had their souls drained by Masaoka Yōō's Fire Spirits.

Completely dead.

Another portion of the demons had been pinned to the ground by Kikyo's Demon-Sealing Arrows.

At the forefront of these imprisoned demons stood Yukiho, her face filled with bitter resentment.

Su Han took a step forward and appeared instantly beside them.

"President!"

Kikyo gave a slight nod, unsurprised.

Su Han surveyed the demons before him and asked curiously: "Why didn't you kill all of them?"

"These creatures ultimately belong to Nurarihyon's world."

Kikyo lowered her bow: "I have no authority to dispose of them—I've only disabled their mobility."

"I'll leave them to Nurarihyon to handle."

"Pointless mercy!"

Masaoka Yōō sneered contemptuously: "These... insignificant creatures... are nothing but fuel for my Fire Spirits—stepping stones for my advancement... nothing more."

"Kikyo isn't... a merciful person."

Su Han shook his head with a helpless laugh.

As the strongest miko of the Warring States era in the age of Inuyasha, the environment Kikyou was in did not allow her to be merciful.

In Su Han's view, the reason Kikyou did this was largely because Nu Liang Hua Piao was also a youkai.

Of course, she also didn't have some saintly heart overflowing to the point of letting these youkai go.

What she did was cripple their power of yore.

Then, hand them over to Nu Liang Hua Piao.

"Alright! Since the mission on this side is complete, we should head back too."

Su Han said softly.

"Guild Master,"

Nu Liang Hua Piao nodded with a solemn expression, "Have a safe journey!"

Su Han did not reply; he clicked to return.

A streak of resplendent light coiled around their bodies, and in the span of a breath, the figures of Su Han's group vanished without a trace.

Staring at the departing figures of the group, Nu Liang Hua Piao suddenly thought of something, his brows furrowing for an instant, looking somewhat troubled.

"... But from now on, the Nu Liang Group will have to go all out... this incident has blown up far too big! Getting it to settle down won't be easy."

"This isn't something that can be described as just blowing up on its own!"

Ma Cang Ye Wang crossed his arms over his chest, "I can feel that quite a few onmyouji are gathering over here right now... have you thought about how to explain things to them?"

"What?"

Nu Liang Hua Piao's expression turned extremely ugly.