NABC Chapter 693: Great Immortal Peach God
Chapter 693: Great Immortal Peach God
Chapter 693: Great Immortal Peach God
The sun rises and sets over the Apoki Plain.
The people of Chikushi Castle were busy preparing for the "Millennium Celebration" for the entire day.
Today was the third day that Kamiyakawa had entered this dream. With his already "inhuman" physique and mental strength, everything was naturally in good condition. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was in excellent condition because of the excitement before the decisive battle.
Before dusk, Kamiya met the Yatagarasu.
According to the information given by the latter last night, the dream master who needs to be defeated, the Great Peach God, is located in a deeper level of this dream.
Only when the time in the dream reaches dusk and the celebration ceremony of Chikushi Castle is about to officially begin, will the passage to the deeper levels be opened.
Entering the deep dream state at this time is the most time-saving and labor-saving, and no additional means are needed.
As for why this is happening...
Perhaps Taoxian wanted to see the grand occasion of the millennium celebration of Chikushi Castle in the shallow dream.
I want to see this never-ending dream of celebration that He sustains over and over again, without getting tired of it.
Yatagarasu: "Are you ready?"
Kamiyagawa replied calmly, "Of course. No matter what time it is, I am always in a state of 'ready'."
"Okay then." Yatagarasu didn't ask any more questions. The dim light of the lantern in her hand became stronger. Then she turned around and began to lead the way. "Follow me. Don't fall behind."
The two were originally located in a field some distance away from Chikushi Castle.
As a vast river plain with lush grass and water, Apoqi Plain is now in the afterglow of the setting sun. The dim and magnificent sunset dyes the green plain into gold, and the boundless distance of Apoqi Plain is connected with the red sunset glow in the sky.
Being in it is a relaxing and pleasant experience.
However, after following the Yatagarasu for a while, the surrounding scenery began to change.
The setting sun in the distance seemed to melt into the horizon like wax. The knee-high green grass around me kept changing colors between emerald green and golden yellow. It was originally swaying in the wind on the river, but now it was strangely completely silent, and only when the heavy black robe and the gorgeous feather webbing brushed against it would it rustle and make a harsh sound.
"We are going to enter the depths of dreams."
Yatagarasu, who was walking in front, only half a body length away from Kamiya River, reminded him.
She is indeed a very good guide. The lantern in her hand is always burning, and can steadily point the way forward even in a strange environment.
During the journey, Yatagarasu began to tell Kamiya about the situation of the Great Peach God.
She has challenged Taoxian too many times and has extremely rich experience.
Yatagarasu: "The Great Peach God is deep in the dream, but if you want to defeat Him, it is not enough to defeat Him in the dream."
"If we can defeat the Peach Fairy in the dream, then a part of the depths of the dream will begin to merge with the waking reality. The depths of the dream are more stable, and even if reality invades, no additional changes will occur. Then, we will see the real Peach Fairy, who has been...corroded by the underworld. I think only by defeating the Great Peach God in reality can we end this endless dream."
"In addition, after the deep dream is invaded by reality, it will quickly repair itself and repel the real space. Once the dream is completely repaired, all previous efforts will be in vain, and we will have to face the Dream Peach Fairy in full force again."
Kamiyagawa: "So, according to the battle plan we discussed before, against the Great Peach God..."
What Yatagarasu told was the valuable combat experience she had summed up from countless battles with Taoxian. In fact, she had already shared similar information with Kamiyagawa last night, and the two sides also discussed the battle plan. Now it was just a reiteration of some key points before the battle began.
Yatagarasu has been fighting alone in the endless cycle of dreams for too long.
It took so long that he transformed from a human grass with strong divinity into a god.
Even so, Yatagarasu had only defeated the "Dream Peach Fairy" in previous battles, and in reality, she had never defeated the real Great Peach God.
Kamiyagawa summarized the information about the Great Peach God according to his own understanding.
Simply put, Taoxian's combat state is divided into "stage one" and "stage two".
After working hard to get it into the "second stage", the real battle begins. If the challenger who is already injured or exhausted in the "first stage" cannot defeat the "second stage" Taoxian before the deep dream is completely repaired, then He will revert to the "first stage" form.
This cycle repeats itself over and over again, just like the "Millennium Celebration", it is an endless cycle.
All I can say is that Tao Xian’s dream-conjuring ability is indeed strange and powerful.
In addition, since they are in a dream and it is his home ground, it is no wonder that Yatagarasu cannot defeat him no matter what.
Yatagarasu: "Because of the Great Peach God's ability, Huangquan's conquest of Apoki Plain was only possible with the cooperation of several Yin Gods. After the destruction of Tsukushi Castle, those Yin Gods may have left, but I feel... there may still be Huangquan Yin Gods left on Apoki Plain. I didn't last long in real battles, so I've never really seen them, but I think there is a high possibility that there are."
The Yatagarasu's concerns are not without reason.
After all, Apogihara is too close to the underworld, and it is also sealed by the power of Izanagi, making it a prison from which no escape is possible. There may really be other underworld gods trapped here.
If the fight with the Great Peach God is too intense, it might attract other Yin gods here as well.
However, Wu mentioned in the strategy he gave earlier -
Kamiyagawa comes to look for human materials this time, and he may indeed encounter several gods who may be enemies or friends.
But these gods are not the most powerful ones.
"The core area of the underworld was sealed again during the war between gods led by Abe no Haruaki. As long as there aren't too many of them wandering around in Apogihara, and they aren't too strong, with the help of fellow gods Yatagarasu, there's always a chance of winning."
Kamiyakawa thought so.
Moreover, after Wu used "Future Vision", he also clearly stated that Kamiya had a chance of winning this time.
So no matter how many enemies there are, they are definitely not invincible.
Under the guidance of the Yatagarasu, they continued walking for a while.
The setting sun has become like flowing lava, and the vast grassland has completely turned into a dreamy golden color.
And farther ahead, Kamiya Kawa could see the outline of the buildings floating out from the horizon, and there he could clearly feel the aura of the gods.
……
Deep in the dream of reincarnation.
This is the cornerstone of this endless dream. The endless dreams of celebration in the shallow dream are built and woven on this foundation.
And here, on the golden fields, there stands an isolated palace, which is the same style as the one in Chikushi Castle, but seems more magnificent and dreamy.
In the square of the palace, there stood a huge and eye-catching statue. The statue was illuminated by the brilliant golden color as magnificent as the dusk in the depths of dreams, and its smooth lines and outlines looked like they were cast in gold.
Its image is a young man wearing feathered clothes and with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes.
This is the statue of Izanagi.
"Lord Izanagi."
Tao Xian, dressed in a pink and white dress, walked towards the statue.
His figure is elegant and upright, with long hair flowing on his shoulders like a waterfall. His clothes are light and flowing as he moves, surrounded by clouds. Every time he takes a step, a peach blossom blooms under his feet.
As a peach fairy, he gave people the feeling of a peach tree in a peach forest, with pink and white flowers trembling and filling the branches, graceful and pretty.
The Great Peach God stopped in front of the statue of Izanagi and said with joy: "Look, the celebration is about to begin."
However, His words received no response.
The tall and majestic statue of Izanagi just stood there silently, in an unrealistic and magnificent golden illusion.
Statues of gods cannot speak.
However, the Great Immortal Peach God did not stop talking. His eyes moved as he continued:
"I did a good job, didn't I? I have been protecting everyone in Apokihara just like I promised you."
"Everyone is very happy at this celebration. There is no separation, no suffering, only excitement and celebration. I have done a good job, I have protected everyone very well. The sound of joy can be heard clearly even here, they will always be happy, and will always be happy..."
When Taoxian thought that everyone in Chikushi Castle would be happy forever, she couldn't hold back her emotions and giggled with her hands covering her mouth.
At this moment--
blah blah.
Subtle but firm footsteps came from behind.
The Great Peach God turned around and saw a man in a black robe with four Yatagarasu with wings drooping on his back walking into the palace square.
"My lovely little Yata, you're here again. It seems you brought other people with you. Where are they? Won't you come out to see me?"
Tao Xian was still smiling.
However, the way He looks now is really unlike the kind and benevolent leader that the people of Chikushi Castle once remembered.
She is also not like the protective and playful big sister in Yatagarasu's impression.
Yatagarasu did not respond to Taoxian's words. Her black hood shook slightly weakly and said, "Don't go on. Please stop this dream."
"Xiao Yata, what are you talking about? Isn't this what everyone wants? You can see that everyone is happy."
"I see that everyone is in pain! The disaster caused by Huang Quan is not your fault... Stop it, their dying souls have been trapped in this inescapable cage for thousands of years. Please, let everyone be free!"
Facing the Great Peach God, the Yatagarasu, which had long been numb to everything, finally became excited again.
But she knew very well that it was all useless.
Taoxian is no longer the Taoxian she used to be.
"Prison? Yata, how can you say that?" The Great Peach God was not angry. His face was only blushing with pleasure and sickness. "I let everyone live in happiness forever, without being harmed by the underworld. I protected everyone and fulfilled my promise to Lord Izanagi, didn't I?"
"...but everyone is dead!" The black robe of Yatagarasu trembled, and the long-handled scythe with a cold glow finally appeared in her hand again, "I promised you that I would give everyone peace."
Four black wings suddenly spread out.
The curved blade of the long-handled sickle drew a striking silver arc in the dim air.
The sudden attack of the Yatagarasu was so swift and powerful that it caused a violent howling of wind pressure. The sound of the wind changed its pitch, like the howling of the dead, or like a frantic but solemn requiem that echoed through heaven and earth.
The hurricane and the blade, carrying a strong breath of death, attacked the location of the Great Peach God.
"Yata, you still don't give up?"
Facing the attack of Yatagarasu, Taoxian remained calm.
Around her, clusters of pink and white peach blossoms full of vitality bloomed.
Just when the two sides leading death and vitality were about to collide with each other like a strong wind, the Yatagarasu flapped its wings violently, and the blade turned, bypassing the peach fairy in front.
boom!
With a loud bang, the silver snake-like sickle arc and the hurricane filled with deathly aura all crashed into the tall and majestic statue of Izanagi.
Like a statue made of gold, it suddenly collapsed.
It turned into a dream bubble and quickly dissipated.
This move was completely beyond Taoxian's expectations.
"What are you doing? How can you be disrespectful to Lord Izanagi?"
Yatagarasu floated in the air and raised the long-handled sickle in his hand: "It was He who trapped us here."
"Lord Izanagi, he had no choice, and he will come back, he will come back!"
"He won't come back! Izanagi never came back. He abandoned Apokihara, leaving us to die on the edge of Hades. He also abandoned you!"
“No, no, no! We made a promise. He promised me. When He comes back, He will definitely... Yatagarasu, you are being disrespectful! Disrespectful!”
The blasphemous behavior of Yatagarasu finally made the Great Peach God so angry that he could no longer maintain his original joyful and playful tone.
His rage stirred the sacred and magnificent golden space deep in the dream. Between heaven and earth, those unrealistic golden arcs began to surge up and down.
At this moment, Kamiyagawa's voice rang out.
"Do it now!"
Wisps of blood mist began to spread throughout the palace.
The mists were boiling and spreading, and every trace of bloody red was filled with angry and restless emotions. The bloody mists blended with the golden arcs, stirring up the original space even more chaotically.
At the same time, there were also the sorrowful sounds of conch shells mixed with the ethereal calls of whales.
Some breath like the tide flowed out in the air, and every drop of blue carried a strong emotion of sadness, washing back and forth like the tide.
Mary assimilated the red and blue powers controlled by the whale, absorbed full emotions, and began to chase the golden arcs that eroded the depths of her dreams, soon occupying half of the sky and the earth.
"Little tapir!"
"Puff!"
The high-pitched cry of the Dream-Eating Tapir sounded, and several blurred dream rainbow lights shot towards the sky. Following the guidance of the red and blue colors, they directly peeled open half of the world.
As a result, the magnificent palace turned into dilapidated ruins, the earth became filthy, and the sky became dim.
The desolate, dilapidated and devastated reality was directly revealed in the depths of the Great Peach God's dream.
As for the "Dream Peach Fairy" just now, it disappeared without a trace the moment reality was exposed.
This is the battle plan for the "first phase" of Taoxian that Kamiyagawa and Yatagarasu discussed. Of course, this part of the plan was mainly proposed by the tapir who can also control dreams.
The Dream-Eating Tapir’s ability to control dreams is indeed not as good as that of the Great Peach God, but it is also the “Lord of Terrifying Dreams” after all.
Ever since realizing that the "Millennium Celebration" was just a dream, the little tapir has been observing and studying this place.
It felt that it could still try to compete with the Peach Fairy who controlled dreams.
Of course, to achieve this, you need the help of your companions.
Xiao Mo thinks that since the real body of the Great Peach God, who firmly controls the core of the depths of the dream, is outside the dream, it can be simply understood that Kamiya Kawa and his party are trapped in the dream of the Great Peach God.
Getting out of the dream is the process of awakening the Peach Fairy.
As for how to wake her up, defeating the "Dream Peach Fairy" is certainly one way.
But the frontal assault is the method of Yatagarasu. Kamiya's side has a large number of people and comprehensive capabilities, so there are other ways. For example -
Mobilize and control emotions.
Kamiya has a group of Shikigami who are part-time emotional masters under his command.
Allowing obvious and violent emotional fluctuations to occur deep in an originally stable dream is a feasible way to "awaken the dream".
In simple terms, it means trying to control the emotion of "joy" and make Tao Xian "wake up with laughter", or trying to control the emotion of "anger" and make Tao Xian "wake up with anger"...
And so on.
And it turns out that this method does work.
Just now, Yatagarasu, who knew the Great Peach God inside and out, provoked the other party's anger.
This feeling of anger was captured by Mary, who is also a god, and expanded infinitely.
Moreover, Huajing also cooperated to spread Taoxian's original extremely strong emotions of "sorrow" and "sorrow".
Deep in the dream, there are only three emotions that can be controlled.
As for "joy"...
Mary didn't feel anything at all.
But it must be said that the Great Peach God's ability to control dreams is indeed very strong. Even if the three emotions controlled by him violently impacted the depths of the dream, he did not wake up from this dream.
It just weakened the power here.
But this is enough, because Kamiya's side also has the dream-eating tapir!
Relying on unexpected actions and extremely tacit cooperation, they seized control of half of the depths of the dream in an instant with lightning speed.
"The plan worked!" Kamiyagawa rushed into the battlefield excitedly, "Well done, little tapir!"
Now that there are dream-eating tapirs, who would still want to fight the “first stage” dream peach fairy honestly!
I skipped classes and entered the "second stage" directly!
(End of this chapter)