Chapter 711: Chapter 45: The Unacknowledged Dragon God
"Huh? No, listen to me—"
Gu Mo was slightly taken aback. What was going on?
Instinctively, he stretched out his hand, stepping forward to try and grab the seemingly very angry Monster Maiden, only to find that his movements were exceptionally slow. What should have been a lightning-fast reach turned into something like the bullet time effect in movies, advancing frame by frame at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And the most frustrating part was that as his movements proceeded, the distance between them not only failed to decrease, but even widened.
Wait! Is she really that angry?!
Gu Mo’s heart thudded, and in that instant, he realized it was a matter of "fast" versus "slow," with the directions of "forward" and "backward" completely reversed.
In just that brief moment, the rift in space had already vanished.
"..."
"..."
The air fell silent, and he tugged at his lips, quickly sorting through the whole situation, and then realized that from Yakumo Zi’s perspective, there indeed seemed to be a reason to be angry... Who could have expected Princess Kaguya to suddenly show up, right when he was undergoing a crucial upgrade.
Completely merging with the Divine Essence of the Sea of Life, entirely transforming his own existence...
The elevation of his life rank was quite remarkably astounding.
Just using the Tiamat God as a reference made it clear how colossal this power was, even though only the original world Divine Body could possess the complete Divine Power. Yet, his clone, as a legitimately qualified entity, was elevated to an exceedingly astonishing level.
Now, the relationship between his clone and the original body could be roughly understood as the relationship between the manifestation of Tiamat God’s mindset and the actual Tiamat God body—
Even though his clones were numerous, whereas Tiamat God’s manifestation had just one at a time, there was still a fundamental distinction, so the performance should also differ in some respects.
—They’re just relatively close; ability-wise, the numbers can’t completely match up.
—Yet, even being close was terrifyingly dreadful.
After all, one must know, what kind of concept is Tiamat God’s mindset manifestation? While it’s certainly far from the complete Divine Body of the original, it also possesses a monstrosity like panel.
Back when Chaldea and others ventured to the Persian Gulf and first encountered a human-like female on the sea, it was Tiamat God’s mindset manifestation.
On the surface, she stood only 1.6 meters tall, a normal female height and build, but internally, she held a Magic Furnace Core that far exceeded that of seven Holy Grails combined, and when the magic power reaction inside her increased, Chaldea’s side detected with horror that it was a force comparable to a hydrogen bomb!
In fact, Dr. Roman back then spoke rather tactfully and vaguely.
According to his explanation, once that magic power reaction was released, even if it erupted right there in the Gulf, it could level Uruk, nearly 800 kilometers away.
When measuring by the effective lethal radius, even stopping at Uruk’s range meant releasing an energy equivalent to at least a 1.5 trillion-ton hydrogen bomb explosion... and it was just that Tiamat God hadn’t consciously initiated an attack, or else she could have easily evaporated ancient human history like saltwater.
And after defeating that humanoid female, who neither retaliated nor defended, Chaldea and others subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief, only to soon realize the matter wasn’t over, because Tiamat God’s Spirit Base was reconstructing, and the true body then appeared.
What they had painstakingly defeated was merely an existence akin to the touch of a god.
Realizing this, true despair then ensued...
Fundamentally, it was like this; Gu Mo’s current clone was very close to that panel because after the original completed the crucial Spirit Base stage and became comparable to Tiamat God’s original world Divine Body, he too rose sharply, obtaining a similarly unimaginable monstrosity panel.
Given such an astonishing and enormous upgrade, by the common understanding and logical reasoning of this world, indeed no one would think it was the clone upgrading.
Yakumo Zi naturally thought it was his original self emerging, which seemed to be a very normal thought process. After all, the Monster Maiden was among the few who knew that his original self had been in secluded training. Due to the Time Flow Speed reasons, he had always acted through clones, which was admittedly quirky...
Though it wasn’t due to a lack of trust or anything, since he never presented himself as his true self, but judging by appearances, it seemed just like that, so naturally, he should explain.
Secluded training was a good reason, for being an Immortal, retreating for hundreds or thousands of years was understandable... and after using such an excuse, neither of them questioned further; usually in such matters, five hundred years isn’t overly long, and a thousand years isn’t short.
But precisely because of this, the current situation led Yakumo Zi to such a subconscious presumption.
Being drawn over by such a massive commotion, she immediately discovered Princess Kaguya on the ship. Even though earlier he had said he didn’t recognize her, claimed he wasn’t related, yet they couldn’t wait to be alone as soon as he was out of sight? Ha, she didn’t want to misunderstand.
Moreover, she had always believed Gu Mo hailed from the Moon...
And just a little while ago, a coincidental and extremely unlikely event occurred: someone had long prepared five treasures intended for a proposal to the Princess...
Gu Mo tried to simulate the Monster Maiden’s thought process, his expression becoming increasingly subtle, for he realized, thinking it through this way, he really couldn’t clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River; it seemed every piece of evidence was against him...
Emmmmm... though he really wanted to say there had been no flirtation!
But why don’t I even believe it myself!
"What’s wrong... It looks like you had an unpleasant encounter?" At this moment, a black long straight-haired girl from the opposite side also walked over, she raised her eyebrows, and with some suspicion asked this, feeling that the gaze the Great Demon gave her before leaving was very complicated.
At the same time, Her Highness the Princess also lightly frowned, carefully scrutinizing the person across from her. The recent events had left her a bit shaken, and she was somewhat doubtful that the person in front of her was now in the state of the true body descending, no longer the clone that Eirin previously mentioned.
Indeed, the power was terrifying. At that time, the long giant dragon wrapped in a fierce storm and dazzling thunderbolt seemed to embody infinite strength and beauty. Within its massive body, it was gathering the majesty and momentum of the entire world, transforming it into a substantial giant force that flowed over each scale.
"Cough cough, it’s nothing, Your Highness the Princess. It’s just a small misunderstanding, clear it up and it’s fine..."
Gu Mo lightly waved his hand, speaking with a slightly listless tone. He attempted to use the Power of Lies to reopen the gap that had just closed, only to find that the Monster Maiden hadn’t left any paths this time.
——At least let me argue a little!
——Where do you see a trial where the verdict is announced without even giving a chance for defense!
He sighed, and in the eyes of Her Highness the Princess opposite him, filled entirely with suspicion: "A small misunderstanding? Are you sure? How come I don’t feel it’s like that?"
Although those last few words just now, she hadn’t been able to hear, but due to some special feminine intuition, Her Highness the Princess instinctively felt that it seemed like this matter involved her... Could it be because of a previous misunderstanding? It seemed like the Great Demon just suspected she had something to do with this guy.
So despite finally clearing things up, she accidentally, out of curiosity, came here after leaving, leading to yet another misunderstanding?
Her Highness the Princess swiftly contemplated, and in an instant mostly figured it out.
"It must be an illusion..."
Gu Mo dryly answered, then clumsily shifted the topic.
"By the way, Your Highness the Princess, weren’t you here to patronize my business? Would you like to get a membership now, even though it’s not a holiday promotion, I can personally offer you a discount..."
Princess Kaguya wrinkled her brow, just about to nod, when she heard the faint sound of the wind whistling, seemingly approaching from the nearby large mountain.
Dense black specks appeared, quickly approaching.
It was the Tengus from Demon Mountain finally coming over to check out the situation. Even if their curiosity and gossip nature weren’t mentioned, with such a big commotion right at their doorstep, it was only fitting for them to come out and investigate, though their efficiency seems a bit slow right now.
It was mainly the scene of the Divine Dragon appearing just now; the imposing might was exceedingly startling and impressive.
In the flicker of thoughts, being under such glaring divine power, even the Great Demon would feel insignificantly small from the bottom of their heart. The drunken Great Tengus and Ghost Kings were startled awake but weren’t rash enough to rush upward; they could only approach and inspect the issues after everything calmed down...
Gu Mo also noticed the commotion coming from that side of Demon Mountain and couldn’t help but feel a bit of a headache.
He rubbed his temple and let out a long sigh, post-event handling is indeed a bothersome matter, this needs to be properly explained...
After all, Hoshiguma Yugi and Lingkyuu Irin initially agreed so boldly, directly allocating this nearby land to him without even asking for rent, having been neighbors for this long, yet such a major commotion just happened, with the storm and thunderbolt that stirred being indeed quite frightening.
Although it was not his intent, he did not anticipate the breakthrough commotion being this large, but apologies need to be made properly regardless.
But thinking about it again, this is right near Demon Mountain—
With the Tengus’ gossipy nature, it’s likely that after dawn, news will spread everywhere, probably filling the land with legends about a "Dragon God"... No, they should be restrained, and simply separate the incident from himself.
If they consider the Divine Dragon that appeared just now to be some unknown powerful existence, the Tengus would also know their limits and not dare to spread excessive rumors.
"Your Highness the Princess, regarding what just happened... please keep it a secret for me."
Having thought it through, Gu Mo got an idea, looking sincerely at the black long straight-haired girl opposite, and spoke very seriously.
"Ha?"
Her Highness the Princess showed a slightly puzzled expression.
......
...
"Dragon."
The highest god of Fantasy Land.
Worshipped by humans, demons, and all creatures in the world, its form has almost never been confirmed.
——"Gensokyo Chronicle", page 96-97, written by Hieda Akyu.
