“What nonsense are you talking about?”

The heavenly demon glared as he changed his stance. The power of aura, magic, and sacred creatures had united, forming an unprecedented danger. When the Absorption Star Method was activated, the heavenly demon would be difficult to overcome with a transcendent’s power alone.

Therefore, Theo had to prepare a trump card.

“Let’s see?” When he felt the power rising behind him, Theo playfully said to the astonished heavenly demon, “I brought you your brother. Isn’t it your duty to thank me?”

Theo had brought a miko with no battle experience onto a dangerous battlefield for a reason. Although he felt sorry for her, it couldn’t be helped. He wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity to borrow the power of a transcendent, Abe no Seimei.

“The old gods of Takama-ga-hara, Suzuka who keeps the legitimacy of the heavenly deities is here―”

The heavenly demon realized it was already too late to interrupt. A ceremony of such power couldn’t be completed in seconds. It would’ve taken at least a few minutes. The chanting would’ve started the moment the heavenly demon was tied down by the joint attacks of the Dao Yuan Nine Palace Troops. Moreover,...