Already destroyed! Already fallen!!
Plus with the shattered God projection that just appeared, and the unprecedented information change on the Divine Artifact List, suddenly triggered massive waves in the human world. A sense of horror poured into everyone's hearts like raging river water.
A God had fallen!!!
And it was Hades, the famous Underworld God from Greek mythology, Zeus's older brother.
What made everyone most unable to imagine was...
Who, who was he!?
Capable of killing Hades, the famous Underworld God. Although ordinary people didn't know Hades' power, he was a God, an existence far unreachable for them.
Meanwhile, compared to ordinary people's horror and shock, supernatural forces among humans like the Onmyō Agency, Onmyō Academy, Exorcists Group... had some guesses in their hearts.
Blue sword light!
After all, it was too iconic. It was the trademark possessed by humanity's first and only Transcendent.
Shin Emperor.
Humanity's strongest.
Sword Emperor feared by the Gods.
If Longinus-class Sacred Gears represented humanity's strongest trump cards, then Shin Emperor was humanity's strongest person, the strongest foundation since ancient times. Even if Shin Emperor did nothing, as long as he protected humanity, the god and devil races wouldn't dare look down on humans, let alone dare treat humans as chess pieces that could be used at will like in ancient times.
Everyone who knew of Shin Emperor's existence among humans, without exception, had deep respect and honor.
At the same time, slight worries emerged in their hearts. How could Shin Emperor be so bold to kill Hades? Would he face enmity from the Gods...
These people knew a little about the Transcendent domain and even The Other Side Realm.
It was natural they had such worries.
They absolutely didn't know how big the shock and panic Hikaru's actions brought to the Gods.
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At the Shinomiya residence training ground.
"Amazing young generation. With just consciousness, he killed Hades. He's already walking ahead of everyone on the Transcendent path."
Ddraig, who had just been silent, couldn't help but exclaim.
At that time, that young man who coveted his power, had now grown to heights he had to look up at.
The Other Side Realm.
Certainly. Shin Emperor might not have truly set foot in The Other Side Realm, but at least he had already mastered a bit of The Other Side Realm's concept. Don't underestimate just this bit. It meant he had touched The Other Side Realm's true gate. This was something almost all Transcendents, including him, hadn't been able to do.
Kaguya, Kotonoha, Kuroyukihime... and the others fell silent.
Today's Divine Artifact List announcement had already brought great surprises to them, and now there was a mythological God's fall before them, making them difficult to digest everything for the time being.
After all, the fallen God—Underworld God Hades—was completely different from ordinary Gods killed by Yuriko. That was a Transcendent who was above everything. After this training period, they also understood better the weight Transcendents held in the world from Rias and Kurumi.
Even Rias, her head was now in chaos. She truly didn't expect the Shin Emperor among humans was so strong and domineering. For the Dragon Slayer Curse in Hades' hands, he directly stormed Hell and killed Hades.
(That person is truly strong beyond human limits.)
Asuna was the only one among Kaguya and the others who knew Hikaru's true identity. She was already mentally prepared for his great power, but even so, she again refreshed her knowledge of Hikaru's strength.
"That old skull who only does dirty tricks behind the scenes, should have long died. If sensei... Shin Emperor hadn't acted, when I set foot in the Transcendent domain, I definitely would go to Hell and kill him."
Yuriko suddenly interrupted. She never had good impressions of Hades.
"Now you don't have that chance anymore. Besides, who knows when you'll break through and ascend to Transcendent!"
Kurumi's clone that remained here mocked, and said: "Shin Emperor's actions are the most optimal result for us!"
Ai was silent, clearly agreeing with Kurumi's words.
This time, Yuriko didn't refute Kurumi as usual, but instead began seriously thinking about a problem.
Namely, how to break through and ascend to the Transcendent domain as quickly as possible!
After seeing her Teacher's battle, she felt an inexplicable sense of panic in her heart. If her power continued stagnating, sooner or later she wouldn't even have the possibility to stand beside her Teacher.
Although she had just risen to Demon King-level powerhouse not long ago, thinking about breaking through and ascending to the Transcendent domain now was truly just wishful thinking. There was only one Shin Emperor in all humanity.
The Transcendent domain wasn't easy to break through.
However, Yuriko also had her own advantages, namely Ranking Gift: Level 6 Calculation (Transcendent). In the calculation field there was already the most perfect method to break through and ascend to the Transcendent domain. As long as she followed its steps, there was almost a 50% possibility she could successfully break through and ascend.
What she wanted to do now was how to more optimally shorten that long step-by-step training time, and quickly break through and ascend to the Transcendent domain without affecting her foundation.
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(Shin?)
Meanwhile, Kaguya's eyes blinked slightly. She had just noticed that Kurumi seemed to call 'Shin?!
Wasn't that the nickname she always used for Hikaru!
Strange.
Clearly what was being discussed was Shin Emperor, the strongest person among humans, why did she mention Hikaru? She shouldn't have misheard!