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"Don't you value bloodlines the most? Don't you value the power of being an exorcist the most?"
He extended a finger and gently touched the few elderly men who were already filled with fear.
"Then, let's start from now."
"The Himejima bloodline that you are so proud of has nothing to do with you anymore."
"The magic power you rely on for survival will also completely disappear from your bodies."
This is the definition.
This is the verdict.
This is a rewriting of the rules.
An indescribable sense of emptiness instantly seized the minds of Jijima Zhuhuang and the elders.
They felt something being violently pulled out from the deepest part of their bodies.
That is the power of blood that has flowed for thousands of years.
That was the Yin-Yang magic exorcism technique cultivated throughout a lifetime.
That is the foundation of all their pride and status!
“No…No—!”
Himejima Zhuhuang stared wide-eyed in horror, feeling his power rapidly draining away.
He tried to form a hand seal, to mobilize even a trace of magic power, but found that his body had become an empty, tattered bag.
His smooth skin began to sag at a visible rate, developing deep wrinkles and age spots.
His straight back instantly hunched over.
In just a few seconds, the jet-black hair turned yellowish-brown and then completely white.
In an instant, they were stripped of everything and turned back into the most ordinary, aged mortals.
"My power...where is my power?"
An elder collapsed to the ground, frantically groping his body with his hands, but could feel nothing, only desperate wails remained.
Himejima Shuu swayed, finally unable to hold on any longer, her knees buckled, and she collapsed to her knees.
He completely transformed into a frail and powerless old man.
At this moment, Suzaku Himejima finally moved.
She walked forward with steady steps and first bowed deeply to Zhou Ye.
"Thank you, brother-in-law, for cleaning up the Himejima family's mess."
Then, she straightened up, turned to look at the former elders who were slumped on the ground, her face devoid of any extra expression.
"Someone is coming."
He coldly commanded.
"Take them back to the forbidden area in the back mountain. Without my order, they shall never set foot outside again."
This is a punishment more cruel than death.
For these elderly people who once held great power and were high above others, being stripped of everything and forced to spend their remaining years in a small courtyard was the ultimate humiliation.
"Tsk, tsk."
Azazel, who had been watching the show, walked over and clapped his hands.
"Cutting off the fuel supply from under the cauldron is ruthless and decisive."
He looked at Zhou Ye and said, "Mr. Zhou Ye, are you always this unreasonable when you make a move?"
"Nonsense, I've already held back. Otherwise, I would have skinned you alive, pulled out your tendons, and sent your soul to hell."
He walked up to Himejima Akeno.
The girl watched as the figures she once hated were dragged away, and her face, which always carried a hint of melancholy, now wore an extremely complex expression.
There was relief, confusion, and a sense of liberation.
Zhou Ye didn't say anything to comfort him.
He simply raised his hand and gently patted her on the head.
"Halfway done."
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Zhou Ye gently patted Himejima Akeno's head.
"Half done."
A simple sentence sent a shiver down Himejima Akeno's spine.
She looked up at the man, and at that moment, the hatred, resentment, and confusion in her heart seemed to have found a safe harbor.
The family feud, the mountain that had weighed on her heart for over a decade, was razed to the ground by this man in the most unreasonable way.
She can finally let go of those heavy memories of the past.
Rias and the others breathed a sigh of relief; the sudden turmoil in Kyoto was finally coming to an end.
however.
Zhou Ye's words hadn't even completely dissipated in the air.
boom! boom!
Almost simultaneously, two completely different, yet equally chilling, energy fluctuations erupted from two other directions in Kyoto!
One wave is an extreme distortion.
It's as if someone is holding an eraser, roughly smearing the rules of the real world. Wherever it goes, space, matter, and even concepts are groaning in despair.
The other force is pure, extreme killing and darkness.
The aura was so intense that everyone present experienced hallucinations, as if they saw mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and heard the roars of millions of dead souls.
"what the hell!"
Asasil's face, which had just relaxed, instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
He suddenly pulled out a palm-sized device, whose pointer spun wildly and emitted a piercing alarm.
"Damn it! That's a God-Slaying Gear! [Ultimate Karma] and [Black Blade Dog God] have both gone berserk!"
He suddenly looked up at Zhou Ye, his expression incredibly vivid, as if he had seen a ghost.
"No, I mean, Mr. Zhou Ye... are you some kind of jinx, a harbinger of misfortune, with an aura that attracts disaster?"
The words have not yet fallen.
“Report—!”
A warrior covered in blood, his armor tattered, scrambled and crawled from a distance.
He collapsed in front of everyone, and with his last bit of strength, he stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at Himejima Suzaku, who had just finished cleaning up the mess and was now in charge of the overall situation.
From his throat, a distorted roar of fear was squeezed out.
"It's her! It's Lady Suzaku...!"
"She...she attacked Miss Kyouba of the Hyakki family, and Lord Tobi of the Kise family!"
One stone caused a thousand waves!
Everyone's movements froze.
Countless gazes filled with shock, doubt, and confusion instantly focused on the new Suzaku, Himejima Suzaku.
Suzaku Himejima was completely dumbfounded.
She froze on the spot, her mind blank.
"I……?"
She was just directing her clansmen to handle the aftermath of the old faction of Ji Dao Zhu Huang, how could she possibly spare the time to attack important figures from the other two major families?
This is simply a fantasy!
"impossible!"
Asaher was the first to speak out in denial, his reaction was surprisingly quick.
"I've been here the whole time; she hasn't left even for a moment!"
The instrument in his hand projected a complex energy analysis chart, and Azazel's face grew increasingly grim.
"This is a disguise! Someone used extremely sophisticated disguise techniques to mimic her aura! And..."
He pointed to a tiny outlier data point on the analysis chart.
"The energy reaction contains remnants of Samael's dragon venom! Wait, how did Samael, the Dragon Eater, end up here with his dragon venom?"
Another group of troublemakers!
"It's over... It's all over..."
A male voice filled with despair and regret came through.
A middle-aged man dressed in a magnificent kimono, with a refined appearance but now looking ashen-faced, staggered over.
He is the current head of the Hyakki family, one of the five major families in Kyoto, and is known as Hyakki Ryuji.
Looking at the mess before him, and then at the two soaring evil energies in the distance, he felt as if all his energy had been drained away.
He muttered to himself, his voice trembling with tears.
"It's my fault...it's all my fault..."
"I shouldn't... I shouldn't have listened to that bastard Satanyel's nonsense!"
"I just wanted to save my sister... I just wanted to cure Huangye's illness... How could I... How could I have hurt her..."
His words made everything clear to everyone present.