Volume 5 Chapter 72

Volume 5 + Chapter 72: The Yata Mirror

The colossal azure nine-tailed fox appeared above Peach Blossom Utopia.

It was none other than the Azure Fox God worshipped by the White Night Cult.

“All of you will become offerings for the Fox God!” Bai Lian looked up at the dragons in the sky, an eager smile spreading across her face.

“Fox-radish, you said earlier that this isn’t an illusion, that it really exists,” Xia Yi asked Yue Liu. “Is that truly the real Azure Fox God?”

“…I’m not sure.”

The little fox shook her head.

“I have never seen the Fox God truly descend upon Fox Hill before. Nothing like this has ever appeared in the historical records either.”

“Not even in history?”

“Yes…”

“Then can you summon the Red Fox God instead? Like what Bai Lian just did?”

“I… can’t do that right now. Even communicating with the Fox God is difficult for me at the moment,” the little fox lowered her head painfully. “I’m sorry.”

Xia Yi noticed that the little fox was indeed severely injured. Even moving was extremely difficult for her, let alone performing shrine maiden rituals like Bai Lian.

“Looks like that thing won’t be easy to deal with… Does it have any weaknesses or anything?”

Xia Yi turned her gaze back toward the Azure Fox God and began to notice something strange.

Around the edges of the gigantic blue nine-tailed fox’s body, its form seemed to distort slightly.

It looked almost like gas, as though even its existence was unstable.

Would a normal living creature look like that?

“Your Highness, that giant fox is walking toward us!” Elly, hovering beside the train, warned.

The Azure Fox God was advancing, step by step toward the dragons, radiating pure malice and fury.

Each time its paw struck the ground, immense magical power leaked out.

The magic was extremely unstable, spreading in violent shockwaves throughout Peach Blossom Utopia. The earth cracked open with massive fissures, and many White Night Cult followers fell into the chasms, losing their lives.

“Right now, the Fox God is furious!”

“Fox God, please punish these cursed dragons quickly and calm your anger!!”

“We need the Fox God to drive away the filthy outsiders and save the foxfolk!”

Even though Peach Blossom Utopia had already fallen into catastrophic danger, these White Night Cult followers did not flee.

Instead, under Bai Lian’s leadership, they knelt on the ground and prayed continuously with fanatical devotion.

Xia Yi was left speechless by the sight.

These people had completely lost their basic judgment, did they not even care about their own lives anymore?

The disaster created by the Azure Fox God was far more terrifying than the dragonfire bombardment from earlier.

The Fox God worshipped by the White Night Cult seemed even more eager than the dragons to destroy Peach Blossom Utopia.

After advancing a certain distance, the Azure Fox God suddenly stopped.

It lowered itself to the ground. Its nine tails rose high into the air, then pressed downward together, all aiming toward the same direction, as if gathering some enormous energy.

Xia Yi, whose sensitivity to magical power was exceptionally sharp, felt an intense sense of danger surge through her heart.

“Everyone, retreat immediately and focus on full defense!” Xia Yi shouted.

She raised the Rose Staff without hesitation. Instead of limiting her incantation, she chanted rapidly in the Dragon Language, maximizing the power of her magic.

“Ultimate, Frozen Aegis!”

A gigantic wall of ice, towering like a fortress rampart, appeared in front of the dragons, forming a massive protective shield.

The Azure Fox God’s tails fired beams of light.

They converged into a single point, forming a massive glowing ring that amplified the energy even further.

The beams fused into a devastating pillar of destruction that annihilated everything it touched as it surged toward the dragons.

The dragons’ faces filled with terror as they hurriedly retreated.

BOOM!!

The colossal ice shield created by Xia Yi, at the cost of enormous magical power, was shattered.

However, she still managed to disperse the main attack, breaking the pillar into numerous scattered laser beams.

“Ah!”

Under the barrage of scattered beams, many dragons were pierced through their bodies and fell from the sky, suffering grievous injuries.

Moments ago, the dragons had held the overwhelming advantage.

Now, most of them had lost their ability to fight.

The tide of battle had completely reversed.

And all of this had happened within only a few minutes.

Had Xia Yi not reacted in time and cast such a powerful defensive spell, if that pillar of light had struck the dragons directly, it would have annihilated them all in an instant.

“That looks like…” the little fox stared in shock. “The Yata Mirror from ancient myth… it actually manifested here…!”

“Do you see now, filthy outsiders? This is the Fox God’s wrath!” Bai Lian said proudly. “Before the Fox God’s power, you have absolutely no chance of victory!”

“Tch…”

Xia Yi felt the situation becoming extremely troublesome.

The Azure Fox God’s strength was simply overwhelming. If the battle continued like this, all the dragons might end up, 

Wait.

Something wasn’t right.

As the little princess examined the Azure Fox God again, she realized a deeply counterintuitive problem.

If the Azure Fox God was truly this powerful, then why had the White Night Cult spent so many years secretly developing their forces, using complex schemes to achieve their so-called revenge?

Why not simply use the Fox God’s power from the beginning and crush the foxfolk royal family outright?

That made no sense at all.

“Fox-radish, let me ask you something,” Xia Yi said, turning to the little fox. “Is it possible that the Azure Fox God… isn’t actually alive?”

“Not alive?” The little fox froze for a moment at the strange question.

“Yes. It might be asking a lot, but could you use your shrine maiden abilities to check?” Xia Yi gently lifted the little fox into her arms.

“Alright…!”

The little fox nodded.

Forcing herself despite her injuries, she activated her shrine maiden perception ability and focused on the distant Azure Fox God.

Because she pushed herself too far, her body trembled and her consciousness blurred.

But in the end, she still managed to leave Xia Yi with a single answer.

“It’s… not alive…”

“I see. Thank you, Fox-radish.”

Xia Yi gently patted the little fox’s tail and placed her in a safe area on the train.

By now, Xia Yi already had a rough idea of what the Azure Fox God really was.

“You’ve already reached a dead end. There’s no chance for any of you to survive,” Bai Lian said.

After the Azure Fox God appeared, Bai Lian’s shrine maiden abilities had been strengthened, she was now floating in midair.

Looking at Xia Yi, she smiled smugly.

“Do you regret it?”

“Regret it? Not a chance. No matter how many times you ask, I’ll still choose Yue Liu,” Xia Yi replied.

“Then prepare to bear the consequences of your foolish choice!”

Bai Lian raised the ritual wand and began communicating with the Azure Fox God.

“Fox God, these filthy outsiders must be purified from this world. To display your divine power, please use…”

“The Kusanagi Sword!”

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