Yama Rising

The Nipponese Underworld had never attracted so much attention from the rest of the world.

Having already stood for over 2,000 years, it was finally time for the Nipponese Underworld's illustrious history to come to an end.

Unbeknownst to Izanami, the rest of the world all had their attention focused on her nation, watching the Nipponese Underworld's death march in a somber silence.

She was also unaware of the fact that the Golden Fleet and the Naga Fleet had already been berthed in the Formosa Strait for several days, but had chosen not to move forward from there.

It was also completely unknown to her that not a single underworld stood up for the Nipponese Underworld during the official vote held at the Coalition of Underworlds.

She was still hoping against hope that she could protect her own divine nation.

With the complete activation of Minakanushi, the entirety of the Nipponese Underworld and the Nippon Sea were encompassed beneath a pure white light barrier. Minakanushi, which had taken on the form of the giant katana in the sky, was continuing to give off brilliant radiance.

Inside the conference hall, all eyes were on Qin Ye as the other ruler death gods waited to see what he was going to do next.

Everyone knew that Qin Ye had to possess an extremely powerful trump card, given that he was comfortable with sharing the current state of the Cathayan Underworld under these circumstances, and Minakanushi was going to be the litmus test for this trump card.

Soon, everyone was going to witness just how powerful this trump card was. If the Cathayan Underworld couldn't intimidate the entire world, then it would be doomed to follow in the footsteps of the Nippponese Underworld.

In the face of all of the pairs of menacing and even sinister eyes focused on him, Qin Ye's expression remained completely unchanged as he pointed at the screen with an assured smile.

Anubis was seated beside Qin Ye, and his expression suddenly changed slightly as he stared intently at the screen.

Yamaraja and Thanatos had also spotted what he had seen, and the two of them were also staring at the screen with an unblinking gaze. Soon, all of the other death gods had also seen it, and they involuntarily leaned forward slightly as they tightened their grip around their armrests.

High up in the sky above Minakanushi, a black dot had appeared.

It was extremely tiny.

In the face of the pure white world created by Minakanushi, it appeared to be nothing more than a tiny needle, but Minakanushi wasn't displaying any reaction to it at all!

"How could this be?" Anko clasped a hand over her own mouth as a stunned look appeared on her face. She then turned her gaze toward Qin Ye with a hint of fear and wariness in her eyes.

Mythic Spirit Black Mamba was also staring at the black dot with a completely flabbergasted expression, and he finally understood what had given Qin Ye the confidence to reveal everything to the world.

None of the death gods present were able to remain calm at this moment. They had all failed to fully comprehend the significance of a prior statement that Qin Ye had made, which was that the Cathayan Underworld had made large strides in the field of space exploration, developing flying shuttles that could already approach Limbo. That announcement had seemed completely insignificant compared with everything else he had declared, but only now was its significance dawning on everyone.

The Cathayan Underworld's flying shuttles were capable of approaching Limbo and avoiding the detection of Minakanushi. This meant that the Cathayan Underworld's flight equipment could transcend beyond all arrays and national protective arrays!

"All national protective arrays have a flight restriction element to them," Yamaraja mused as he turned to Qin Ye with narrowed eyes. "Upon entering a foreign nation's territory or territorial sea, everything will immediately be impacted by their national protective array. However, your flying shuttles can set off from your nation before flying over to other nations, and the flight restriction won't be triggered due to its altitude, is that correct?"

So this is the true significance behind the Cathayan Underworld's flying shuttles approaching the planar walls?

Essentially, the airspace of the entire underworld was under the Cathayan Underworld's surveillance, and no beings aside from Yama-Kings would be able to reach sufficiently high altitudes to intercept their flight equipment.

"Yanluo Qin, I think we should immediately reinforce the specific international laws related to airspace," the nameless god of death said in a cold voice. "Even if you've agreed to share this technology with everyone, before other nations have had a chance to develop it, I think such technology should be banned from usage."

"Rest assured, our flying shuttles will only remain within the Cathayan Underworld," Qin Ye replied in an indifferent voice.

A string of faint sighs of relief instantly rang out across the hall, and Qin Ye cast a meaningful glance toward all of the ruler death gods present before lowering his gaze.

How naive they were!

Forbidden arts were banned from usage, so perhaps they were of the opinion that the flying shuttles would be stopped by national protective arrays, even if they were carrying siege weaponry. On top of that, all of the major underworlds had at least a death god or two, so they were confident that they would be able to deal with these flying shuttles if required.

However, what they had failed to realize was that the weapon hanging from the flying shuttle was something they had never seen before.

Right at this moment, the black dot swayed slightly, and a figure emerged out of thin air. As soon as the figure appeared, they plummeted straight down from the sky without any hesitation, plunging down like a meteorite from altitudes of thousands of meters.

It was Arthis.

She was wearing an inky-black robe, giving her the appearance of a death god descending from the heavens. Due to the extreme speed of her descent, scorching golden flames had appeared all around her, and these flames were swept up by the fierce wind resistance to form long threads of fire, much like the tailfeathers of a fiery phoenix of death.

Boundless Yin energy was surging around her entire body, and the juxtaposition of black and gold presented a stark contrast. Her purple hair was flapping in the wind behind her, and she was carrying a massive claymore on her back.

In the instant that she began to descend, Minakanushi finally sprang into action.

The eight pieces of magatama suddenly lit up on the katana, and a blood-red eye sprang open on each magatama. The eight eyes were fixed firmly on Arthis, and on the other side of the katana, countless scenes depicting the long history of the Nipponese Underworld were rapidly flashing past one after another.

What is she doing?

Anubis gently stroked his own chin as he watched Arthis with a grim and perplexed expression. All of the ruler death gods present were aware that she was the Cathayan Underworld's latest Yama-King, but there was no way that a single Yama-King would be able to break through Minakanushi.

All creation-grade divine artifacts were extremely powerful entities, and Yama-Kings could contend directly against them, but it was exceedingly difficult for Yama-Kings to be able to break through them.

Is this supposed to be the Cathayan Underworld's trump card?

He turned to Qin Ye with a puzzled expression, wondering how this could've possibly been considered as a trump card.

He wasn't the only one with these thoughts. On the screen, slight tremors ran through Minakanushi, immediately following which a burst of dazzling light swept over the entire screen.

In this instant, all Yin spirits in Asia were able to see the burst of scintillating light erupting over the sky in the Nipponese Underworld.

It sliced through the heavens, extending for thousands of kilometers. In the next instant, it split apart down the center, and powerful shockwaves were sent sweeping in either direction. At the same time, a flurry of light swept through the pure white world formed by Minakanushi like countless pristine butterflies, presenting a breathtakingly beautiful sight to behold.

It was as if the very heavens had truly been sliced open!

However, at the same time, Arthis also began to move.

She drew the claymore that had been resting on her back, and in this instant, a thought suddenly occurred to the ruler death gods of the three pillars.

Their mouths sprang open in unison, and they abruptly rose to their feet as they stared intently at the screen.

Yamaraja could see countless Yin runes lighting up layer upon layer on the surface of the claymore, and it was as if it were resonating with heaven and earth. With the claymore in her hand, all of the white radiance around her that had been released by Minakanushi suddenly began to twist and warp violently.

It was a clash between two bursts of power, one of which had sliced the heavens apart, while the other was sewing it back together. The entire conference hall had fallen deathly silent. The incandescent white light rising up from down below was met by the violently warping space around Arthis, and it seemed that their clash was going to devour the entire world.

Even for those watching from the Coalition of Underworlds far, far away, chills were sent running down their spines. A sense of powerlessness and certain destruction welled up in their hearts, and countless armrests were crushed into dust in this instant.

However, they weren't the ones directly facing all of this. Witnessing this devastating spectacle in person was completely different from seeing it through screens.

The Golden Fleet was situated in the South Cathay Sea, and at this moment, it was being ravaged by a ferocious windstorm.

Erinys's hair and clothes were flapping wildly behind her, as were all of the flags on the Hades. She had involuntarily lowered her center of gravity slightly as she looked on at the clash that was about to take place above the Nipponese Underworld, and she opened her mouth several times, but found herself unable to utter even a single word.

Even for her, this was the first time she had ever seen a creation-grade divine artifact completely unleashed. However, for some reason, there was a sense of fear in her heart that refused to die down, and her mind was telling her that this fear didn't stem from Minakanushi.

Who could it be? Who could be giving off such immense pressure?

At this moment, she wanted nothing more than to flee this place right this instant!

At the same time, she was a little perplexed. She could sense that the Yama-King in the sky wasn't particularly powerful.

Right at this moment, Arthis took a deep breath. The claymore in her grasp had already completely transformed into a sword of light, and she raised it high above her own head before plunging it down with ferocious might.

In this instant, the fear in Erinys's heart swelled to a peak.

Amid the prelude of devastation, she was able to catch a clear glimpse of the sword.

It had split up into sections, but all of the sections were positioned in a neat and orderly fashion. All of the fragments were carrying extremely complex Yin runes that were glowing like celestial bodies. If the light of Minakanushi were the sun, then these fragments would be a galaxy of stars that was outshining even the sun itself!

BOOM!!

Devastating shockwaves erupted in all directions, sweeping up gargantuan tsunamis, and the surface of the sea instantly exploded.

Erinys's skin was crawling as she frantically yelled, "Get down! This is a forbidden..."

The entire Golden Fleet was inundated by boundless radiance before she had a chance to finish her sentence.

She felt as if she were situated at the very center of the Big Bang, and it was as if her body were being torn apart before being reassembled over and over again. She gritted her teeth tightly as she was completely overcome by fear, and the only question in her mind was why this forbidden art was so much more powerful than its counterparts!

Internally, she was screaming with all her might, and even though she was a mighty Yama-King, she couldn't even keep her eyes open. This was most likely what it felt like for an ant to be swept up in a tornado. All she could do was instinctively grab onto the railing before her as tightly as she could, and that was the only thing keeping her from being flung away like a leaf in a storm.

The second-generation forbidden art had been unleashed!