"Young Master, calm down! Aren't we going to get revenge now!" The man looked at the Young Master, whose temperament had drastically changed, and quickly said that the enemy the Young Master wanted to take revenge on was precisely his father, the current Shogun.
A few years ago, the Young Master led Hinohomoto's 400,000-strong army to fight the Kabane on the already fallen front lines. He suffered a defeat, and the Shogun had already severed their father-son relationship.
After an investigation, it was discovered that the mastermind behind the defeat was Lord Shogun.
A few years ago, Hinohomoto was divided into the Pro-War Faction and the 'Prudent Faction'.
The Pro-War Faction advocated actively fighting the Kabane, believing that offense was the best defense.
The 'Prudent Faction' believed it was best to simply hold their ground and defend human territory.
To deal with the Pro-War Faction, the Shogun had the then 12-year-old Young Master lead 400,000 troops in a life-or-death battle against the Kabane, deliberately cutting off their supply lines.
All 400,000 troops were annihilated, and the Pro-War Faction was purged.
"They all must die! Everyone who is still holding their ground must die! They must all turn into Kabane."
"If they don't die, the 400,000 vengeful souls will watch me every moment."
Amatori Biba completely lost his sanity, roaring and biting into the neck of the human in front of him.
"Ahhh, Young Master!" The man turned into a Kabane amidst his screams.
Waves of World Will descended upon Amatori Biba.
"Revenge! Kill the Shogun, kill the humans, kill the outsiders! Roar, roar, roar—"
Amatori Biba's eyes began to glow, turning crimson, and the blue glowing heart in his chest gradually turned crimson, its light growing brighter and brighter.
Roar, roar, roar, roar—All the Kabane confined in the carriages roared wildly, gnawing at their cages, which made creaking sounds.
"What happened?"
"Why did these Kabane start going crazy?"
"Young Master? Where is the Young Master?"
Those who followed Amatori Biba were survivors from the 400,000-strong army of that year. They had only one thought: revenge.
"Kabane! The Kabane are out of their cages!"
"Wait! There are so many Kabane outside the Kōtetsujō too!"
"The entire Kōtetsujō is surrounded by Kabane!"
"Where is this? Why are there so many Kabane!"
"Oh no! These Kabane are going to break the door!"
The screeching sound of metal twisting echoed throughout the Kōtetsujō, and everyone panicked.
They were not afraid of death, but the scene before them, even having witnessed the annihilation of 400,000 troops, made them unable to control their fear.
The entire Kōtetsujō plunged into an 'ocean' of Kabane, and its forward momentum was completely halted.
There was no telling how many Kabane there were.
"Ahhhhhh—"
The Kōtetsujō's iron plating was gnawed through, and the people inside were infected by the Kabane at an extremely fast rate.
"Roar, roar, roar—" Amatori Biba completely lost his mind, roaring, his body emitting dazzling energy light. This energy condensed into crystals that spread in all directions.
All Kabane touched by these crystals were devoured and assimilated.
An endless stream of Kabane surged forward as if commanded.
In the blink of an eye, they gathered into a pitch-black mountain made of Kabane.
The pitch-black mountain constantly wriggled, finally forming a hundred-meter-tall pitch-black giant, with blue energy pulsating from its heart throughout its entire body.
"Revenge! Kill! Turn into Kabane! Kill the outsiders!"
The hundred-meter giant roared continuously as it walked towards the nearest Hayajiro, which was the "Iwato Station," the gateway to "Kongokaku."
Blue energy light appeared in the pitch-black giant's mouth, and an energy ball formed within it.
"Roar—"
An attack resembling a Tailed Beast Bomb was spat out of its mouth, striking the ground.
Boom! The ground was instantly illuminated by a flash, and a mushroom cloud with a diameter of three hundred meters rose, with soil and rocks being excavated and flying into the air.
A massive crater, two hundred meters wide and dozens of meters deep, appeared on the ground.
Not only that, but more and more Kabane surged towards the pitch-black giant, seemingly wanting to merge together.
At the same time, such pitch-black giants were being produced in large quantities all over the world.
However, most of the giants were only twenty to thirty meters tall, essentially just enhanced versions of Black Smoke.
Xia Wei projected the situations from all over the world into his mind through the 'Lines of Faith'.
"Even with interference, it can cause such a huge commotion."
"Is this the maximum state that the continuously merging 'Kabane' can achieve to form a virus?"
Is it trying to ultimately merge into a monster that can defeat me?
Xia Wei was full of disdain; after all, it was a world of the lowest energy level, not very intelligent, and completely lacking knowledge of higher worlds.
Does it think I am a false god? Or does it think I am a god from the two worlds suppressing it? Am I their subordinate?
"However—the final form really can merge into a monster that can unleash a nuclear blast." Xia Wei also became a little serious.
Sanemi and Purgatory Anjuro are going to have a hard time.
But with my destiny, even if they are directly hit by a nuclear blast, they won't die.
"Perhaps, completing this trial will make them the first two among my dependents to reach Lv. 2."
"Finally, I will cast my protection over the entire Hinohomoto."
His newly recovered divine power gathered in his hand, carrying his divine sense, and he cast it towards the sky.
The people of Xianjin Station looked up and saw a small golden sun appear in the sky, then it streaked across the distance with a golden tail.
The sky had now grown dim, and thunder rumbled incessantly.
The celestial phenomena of the entire world had grown dim.
This was a global celestial phenomenon caused by the collision of three World Wills.
Under the dim sky, the pitch-black giant grew larger and larger as more and more Kabane surged towards it.
Around it, Kabane moved like a tide, following it.
A golden comet streaked over the pitch-black giant's head. It lifted its head and roared continuously, Amatori Biba screaming from within its glowing heart.
"What is that!"
"A giant! A monster!"
"It's a Kabane tide!"
"That shouldn't be Black Smoke!"
"Oh my god!"
The patrolling samurai on the walls of Iwato Station saw a giant head appear behind a distant mountain range.
Along with the giant head, a black mist poured down from the mountains.
The black mist seemed like ink spilled on a traditional Chinese landscape painting, gradually dyeing the mountains black.
"Kabane! Ahhhhh!"
"So many Kabane! Ahhhhh!"
The samurai were all terrified by the horrifying scene before them, screaming in fear until their hearts tore.
Everyone in the Hayajiro screamed in terror. Although they hadn't seen it, the sound of the fleeing bell rang, and they knew the Hayajiro was about to fall.
At this moment, a golden meteor streaked overhead, and countless light particles fell.
"I am the Destiny Fantasy Great God."
"The kind-hearted shall receive my protection."
"Those who fight for good shall receive my blessing."
By now, the pitch-black giant was two hundred meters tall, clearly visible even across the mountains.
Kyojuro Rengoku and his companions, still a long distance from Iwato Station, had already witnessed this shocking scene.
"What is that? A giant?" Sanemi Shinazugawa stood on top of the Kōtetsujō, rubbing his eyes hard.
The pitch-black giant seemed to sense something, twisting its head 180 degrees behind it, opening its mouth, and continuously gathering blue energy.
"Oh no! That monster is attacking us!" Purgatory Anjuro shouted, his face changing drastically.