Chapter 986

Chapter 986 Divine Punishment from Heaven

 

Looking up, one could see a golden figure above the thin layer of clouds.

The pressure was emanating from this figure.

This figure… must be the person attacking the great serpent!

Fujiwara Minami’s gaze sharpened as he said, “This person wants to harm the great serpent. We must strike and coordinate with the serpent… to capture this person!”

“A person?” The subordinate beside him changed expression slightly.

They hadn’t really considered that the being capable of repeatedly blasting the great serpent’s heads could be a human…

“Don’t just stand there, move quickly.” As Fujiwara Minami spoke, he rushed upward.

But at that moment, a wave of scorching heat came rushing toward them.

Fujiwara Minami was terrified and immediately stopped.

He looked up.

At this moment, he could no longer see that figure.

Because above him, the sky was now covered with a vast expanse of crimson-gold flames!

“Whoosh…”

The entire sky seemed to be ignited.

This mass of flames, under Fujiwara Minami’s gaze, burned from west to east, engulfing the great serpent’s enormous body.

“Sizzle…”

A sea of fire, a true sea of fire, burning in the sky!

Covering several square kilometers, the previously azure sky was completely obscured… this scene was like a dream.

But the scorching heat rushing toward them told everyone that this was really happening.

At this moment, it was as if divine punishment had descended!

Fujiwara Minami’s clothes began to emit a burnt smell.

“Lord Fujiwara, run quickly!” His subordinates behind him shouted anxiously.

Fujiwara Minami snapped out of his daze, his clothes already starting to smoke.

His expression changed drastically as he immediately flew away, trying to escape the sea of fire!

But just then, a tiny spark fell from the sky.

And this spark landed directly on the back of Fujiwara Minami’s clothes.

“Whoosh…”

The flame instantly grew into a blaze, engulfing Fujiwara Minami’s entire body.

“Ah…”

By the time Fujiwara Minami realized what was happening, he only managed to let out a shrill scream.

His body struggled in the flames for a moment, then stopped moving, his screams abruptly cut off.

“Lord Fujiwara!”

The subordinates turned their heads to see the flames on Fujiwara Minami gradually dissipating.

Black ashes drifted in all directions.

“L-Lord Fujiwara…”

Seeing this, the group of subordinates stood with blank expressions, eyes wide open in disbelief.

Lord Fujiwara… had just turned to ashes…

This couldn’t be real, could it?

The surrounding temperature grew increasingly scorching.

The subordinates were drenched in sweat.

The aura of death continued to spread.

The entire world was bathed in golden light from the flames above.

If they stayed any longer, they might suffer the same fate as Lord Fujiwara.

So the subordinates used all their strength to quickly distance themselves.

At this moment, the sea of flames in the sky had stunned everyone on the ground.

This scene was truly like something from a movie, even more grand and shocking than any film.

“My God…”

Zheng Ze couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement as he retreated.

This was a scene he had never witnessed in his life.

It was truly terrifying.

…

In the sky, Fang Yu watched the flames before him as the golden light around his body gradually weakened.

He had been contemplating what method to use to completely destroy the great serpent.

There were many options available.

Among them, the simplest and most direct was to use the Separation Fire.

The Separation Fire, formed by merging the Sun Flame Heart and the Earth Core Fire, was extremely powerful.

Even Fang Yu, who was wielding the Separation Fire, could feel the scorching heat coming toward him.

“Sizzle…”

From within the flames ahead came the sound of burning.

The great serpent had been letting out miserable roars earlier, accompanied by violent struggles.

But just seconds later, its voice disappeared, and its body stopped moving.

The Separation Fire burned the great serpent’s body to pieces, and many fragments fell toward the ground along with the flames.

Most of the fragments turned to black ash before reaching the ground, dispersing with the wind.

A very small number of fragments fell to the ground.

The members of the Udagawa and Matsuo families, who were directly beneath the great serpent’s body, saw these small fireballs falling but did not flee.

At this moment, every one of them was pale and their eyes filled with despair.

The great serpent was their faith.

But now, the great serpent had been burned by the sea of flames, leaving no remains.

This scene shattered their courage and collapsed their faith.

A small fireball fell, touching one of them.

The flames instantly ignited, then set another person nearby on fire.

One after another… the fire grew rapidly, burning within the great serpent’s temple.

…

The Separation Fire in the sky continued to burn for nearly two minutes before slowly dissipating.

As the flames disappeared, the great serpent’s enormous body vanished with them.

“Truly worthy of being a pseudo-dragon with divine dragon bloodline, to withstand the Separation Fire for two minutes,” Fang Yu thought.

Fang Yu returned the Sky Dome Holy Halberd into his body and looked around, feeling the clear weather.

He then looked down and was stunned.

He saw that the location where the great serpent’s temple had been was now a large area of charred black.

How did the Separation Fire spread to that place?

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then remembered Zheng Ze.

He immediately released his divine sense and found that Zheng Ze had already retreated to a position five or six hundred meters away from the great serpent’s temple and hadn’t been affected.

…

Zheng Ze stood by the road.

At this time, the previously empty road was now filled with vehicles that had rushed over from nearby.

These people were enthusiastically discussing the anomaly that had just occurred.

“I just arrived, how has the great serpent disappeared already? Come out quickly, don’t let me come for nothing…”

“The great serpent was already burned to death by heavenly fire! Didn’t you see it? The entire sky was covered with flames!”

“Burned to death by heavenly fire… this is divine punishment… probably because the great serpent’s appearance violated the laws of heaven…”

Amidst the chaotic discussions, Zheng Ze looked up at the sky above the great serpent’s temple.

He wanted to find Fang Yu’s figure.

Whether or not those flames were released by Fang Yu, they were extremely dangerous.

“The great serpent and its temple have been reduced to ashes, what are you still looking at? Let’s go.”

Just then, a familiar voice sounded beside Zheng Ze.

Zheng Ze turned his head to see Fang Yu standing beside him, with a calm expression.

There were no visible wounds on his body, only some scorch marks at the edges of his clothes.

“…Mr. Fang.” Zheng Ze swallowed, both excited and shocked, not knowing what to say for a moment.

“More people will be coming here. Let’s leave first,” Fang Yu said.

…

Fang Yu and Zheng Ze left the noisy crowd and returned to their lodging.

The events that had occurred at the great serpent’s temple during this time had already spread throughout East Japan Island, causing a sensation.

Zheng Ze turned on the television in the living room, and the TV station was broadcasting live reports about the great serpent’s temple.

At this moment, a reporter was interviewing a villager who lived close to the great serpent’s temple.

“This is punishment from the gods! Who else but the gods could release such a widespread fire! Look, even the great serpent’s temple has been burned away! This is divine punishment! A few days ago, the two families of the great serpent system were destroyed, and today this happens. It must be that the great serpent’s family committed too many evil deeds, provoking divine anger…”

The villager was speaking excitedly, but the scene cut to another location.

Zheng Ze turned off the television and looked at Fang Yu, hesitating to speak.

“What do you want to ask?” Fang Yu looked at Zheng Ze and asked.

“Mr. Fang… were those flames released by you?” Zheng Ze asked hesitantly.

“Of course, do you really believe in some divine punishment?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and said.

“No, I, I just…” After receiving the definite answer, Zheng Ze was beyond shocked.

Although Fang Yu had used large-scale flame coverage during the Hundred Sects Competition before.

The range wasn’t this large, nor was it this spectacular.

This level of technique… had already exceeded the limits of cognition.

Before knowing Fang Yu, Zheng Ze had always believed that his teacher, Huai Xu, represented the ceiling of abilities for current cultivators.

But now… his worldview had been refreshed.

What was more terrifying was… judging from Fang Yu’s expression, this was far from his limit.

After being shocked for a long time, Zheng Ze finally came to his senses.

“Mr. Fang, when will we return to Beidu?” Zheng Ze asked.

Fang Yu thought for a moment and said, “There’s nothing else to do, so let’s go back tonight.”

“Return tonight? Then what about the matter of the Yagi and Kamimura families being wiped out…” Zheng Ze’s expression froze as he spoke.