Wind and Thunder

After being washed away by floods, frozen by ice, and covered by forests, Nightless Island now faced an island-wide conflagration.

Fujiwara no Mokou, summoned by Secret Lore Manifestation, transformed into a firebird and crashed into the earth. Her body self-immolated, completely converting into explosive energy. The violent blast, carrying rolling flames, swiftly spread across the entire island, igniting the dense forests. In an instant, Nightless Island was engulfed in a sea of fire.

Within this inferno, a colossal, glowing carbon sphere burned brightly. This was formed from countless giant trees that had entwined the Tokoyo-no-Kami, influenced by its power. Even in death, these colossal trees had layered their remnants, wrapping and trapping the Tokoyo-no-Kami. Now, the entirely ignited carbon sphere had become a high-temperature furnace, scorching the Tokoyo-no-Kami at its center, while Miketsu floated in mid-air, silently observing the scene.

Suddenly, from within the brilliantly burning carbon sphere, an eerie, high-pitched shriek erupted. The shriek was hoarse and distorted, seemingly filled with immense pain. Accompanying this pained cry was a sudden surge in the energy signature within the carbon sphere. Miketsu's brows furrowed, sensing this powerful force.

"Boom!"

With a roar, an incredibly thick green light pierced through the scorching sphere of flames, shooting outwards. Miketsu, already prepared, swiftly dodged the beam. The destructive energy grazed past her, penetrating the light thread cage before soaring straight into the sky.

"This feeling is..."

Feeling this power, Miketsu couldn't help but recall her confrontation with Orochi's avatar thirteen years ago. Orochi's powerful breath attack then was almost identical to this beam of light.

The immense energy shattered the intensely hot carbon sphere. The giant sphere completely collapsed, scattering burning charcoal-like giant timbers across the ground. What emerged from the center of the carbon sphere was the swaying, disoriented Tokoyo-no-Kami. At this moment, the dazzling radiance on this bloated, gigantic larva had dimmed, and its entire body was translucent and reddish, as if it had been boiled.

Clearly, Miketsu's previous attacks had inflicted significant damage on the Tokoyo-no-Kami, greatly weakening its body, but it was still a step short of killing it.

"Even with such a combination of moves, it only managed to weaken, not kill? It seems the power output is still a bit lacking..." Miketsu murmured, observing the scene below. At this point, the Tokoyo-no-Kami made a new move.

Raising its head, the bloated giant insect looked up at Miketsu in mid-air. Its mouthparts opened, but this time no threads were expelled. On its body, the previously dim patterns began to flash with bright light again. Miketsu detected the same powerful energy signature within the Tokoyo-no-Kami as before—a premonition of another breath attack!

Having realized its abilities were useless against Miketsu, its powerful summoned servants were annihilated, and the light thread capture was fruitless, the almost helpless Tokoyo-no-Kami seemed to decide to use its most primitive and destructive method against Miketsu: an unrestrained energy discharge. It would gather all its energy without reservation and unleash it as a breath attack, annihilating all enemies within the strike zone!

"It seems you're out of options, too? In that case, I'll indulge you one last time..."

Facing the Tokoyo-no-Kami, which was accumulating energy, Miketsu chose not to evade. She intended to use this moment to likewise unleash a charging technique, destroying the Tokoyo-no-Kami in one fell swoop!

Throwing open her black robe, Miketsu reached her free hand to her waist. There, two scabbards were fastened. One was empty, while the other held a katana—none other than the other Blade of the Three Realms from Toga!

"Tessaiga..."

Miketsu drew the sharp blade Toga had given her. In a flash of light, the blade transformed into another Demonic Fang Blade. Thus, Miketsu now held a Demonic Fang Blade in each hand.

The two swords crossed, and from their broad blades, a powerful demonic power erupted simultaneously. One blade was wreathed in intense air currents, while the other crackled with lightning. The power of wind came from the Great Tengu, and the power of thunder came from the deceased Panther Deva King Oyakata!

Miketsu's Demonic Fang Blade had a fatal flaw: an upper limit to its energy output. No matter how vast Miketsu's own power, only a limited amount could be channeled through the Demonic Fang Blade. However, with Tessaiga, the situation was different. Miketsu's demonic power output transformed from a single channel to a dual channel. Moreover, due to the resonance between the two jointly forged swords, their individual output capacities were elevated by a tier. Miketsu could now unleash almost five times her original demonic power, enough for her to rival a god as a yokai!

Finally, the Tokoyo-no-Kami finished accumulating the necessary energy. It opened its mouthparts, and a dazzling red light once again spewed forth. This destructive energy, seemingly a mixture of divine power, demonic power, and spiritual power, surged directly towards Miketsu, who had also launched her attack.

"Two-Sword Style... Wind and Thunder Divine Might!"

Storm and thunder converged at this moment. At the cross-point of the two swords, a colossal storm dragon, wreathed in electrical arcs, manifested. It roared as it plunged downwards, colliding with the energy breath of the Tokoyo-no-Kami, erupting in a dazzling flash that lit up Nightless Island as if it were midday!

Ultimately, the Wind and Thunder Divine Dragon dispersed the crimson beam, soaring with a mighty cry towards the bloated, massive Tokoyo-no-Kami on the ground, finally engulfing it completely. The Tokoyo-no-Kami's already weakened body could not withstand such violent power, disintegrating amidst the storm and lightning. The howling hurricane and wild lightning ravaged the entire Nightless Island.

Gradually, the wind ceased, and the thunder fell silent. As the light thread cage covering the sky dissipated, the sun slowly rose on the horizon. Sunlight shone upon the scarred and battered Nightless Island. Just one night ago, it had been a vibrant paradise, but now only desolation remained.

Slowly descending onto Nightless Island, Miketsu looked at the massive crater where the Tokoyo-no-Kami had been and let out a slight sigh of relief. Just then, a voice echoed out of nowhere.

"Truly unbelievable... For a mortal to achieve such a feat..." The voice seemed to come directly from space, very clear and tender, like a child's, yet it was impossible to discern its gender. Miketsu's heart clenched upon hearing it.

"Who are you?"

"Who am I? Hehe, you just destroyed my body, and you ask who I am?" The voice responded to Miketsu, who frowned upon hearing this.

"You are the Tokoyo-no-Kami? You're not dead?"

"Death is the end of a life cycle, and in this cycle, I am but a hatchling fresh from the egg. How could I die so easily? I have not yet pupated, nor have I transformed into a butterfly. The turning of the cycle cannot be defied; it is not yet my time to die..."