"Rumble rumble——!!!"
The mountain beneath their feet began shaking violently without warning.
As if an earth dragon was turning over, debris fell from the shrine's broken roof.
Hana stumbled and nearly fell, fortunately caught by the quick-acting Miko.
"Mi-Miko-chan! What, what's happening? Is it an earthquake?"
Hana was still shaken, gripping her friend's arm tightly, her voice tearful.
Miko couldn't spare time to comfort her friend at the moment, looking up at Phaethon who remained calm as always, asking:
"My Lord, what's happening? Could it be... could it be that fox demon isn't dead yet?"
However, Phaethon just calmly shook his head, his gaze profound as he looked toward a certain direction below the shrine.
"That fox just now was merely an insignificant minor character.
With your current power, you could indeed easily exorcise it, but..."
Phaethon paused, then looked down at their feet.
"It was placed here not just to lord over this area, but more importantly, it was probably suppressing something even more terrifying."
"Suppressing... something terrifying?"
Miko's heart tightened.
"That's right."
Phaethon nodded: "You eliminated that fox that served as a seal, so now the thing that was suppressed should be breaking through the seal to see daylight again."
"Then... what should I do?"
Miko was stunned. Just after solving one problem, she had to face an even more terrifying monster?
Phaethon looked at Miko gently, encouraging her:
"It's simple, Miko. Just like how you eliminated that fox just now, destroy this thing that's about to break free from its seal as well."
He paused, a knowing gleam in his eyes.
"And if I'm not mistaken, what's suppressed here should be the source of all evil spirit resentment in your world.
Once you completely destroy it, those evil spirits in your world will gradually dissipate and eventually disappear completely."
"The source of... evil spirit resentment?"
Hearing this, Miko's eyes instantly widened, her breathing becoming rapid.
If what the deity said was true... then by destroying this monster about to appear.
All those terrifying evil spirits in her world that had troubled her for so long, keeping her restless day and night, would all disappear?
Wouldn't that mean... she could also save her world like Kanae had done?
This thought flashed through Miko's mind like lightning.
Instantly igniting all the courage and determination in her heart!
At this moment, she was completely enveloped by a huge sense of mission!
"I understand! My Lord!"
Miko straightened her back, her gaze becoming extremely determined, filled with unprecedented fighting spirit.
"Leave it to me! I will definitely destroy it completely!"
Miko took a deep breath, circulating the necromantic power within her to its limits.
With utmost seriousness and vigilance, she focused entirely on waiting for this so-called source of evil spirits to break its seal.
The mountain's trembling became increasingly violent, cracks began appearing in the ground around the shrine, as if some enormous creature was about to emerge from underground.
Finally, after several minutes of suffocating waiting, the violent shaking suddenly stopped.
Instead, directly below the shrine.
The ground that had originally been part of the mountain suddenly collapsed, forming a bottomless huge pit!
Then, accompanied by a deafening roar.
Filled with violence and malice, an enormous figure slowly crawled out of that pitch-black hole!
It was a monster over ten meters tall with an extremely ugly and ferocious appearance!
Its entire body was a dirty blue-black color, muscles bulging yet oozing with pus-like viscous fluid.
Its head was massive, with no facial features on its face.
Only a mouth that stretched to its ears, filled with layers of sharp fangs!
Even more nauseating was that its entire body emanated a dense, undissipated aura of resentment and death, as if it were an aggregation of all negative emotions in the world!
This blue-faced, fanged demon didn't seem to possess much intelligence.
After noticing the tiny figures of Miko and the others on the platform, its huge single eye immediately filled with violence and greed.
Without hesitation, it took heavy steps, roaring as it charged directly toward them!
Phaethon observed this so-called final boss with interest, briefly comparing its strength.
"Hmm... though it looks quite intimidating and the resentment is indeed dense, its energy intensity doesn't seem too high."
Phaethon silently assessed in his mind.
"It feels like it's not even as strong as that trash boss Muzan's final form from the Demon Slayer world. For the current Miko, it shouldn't be a problem."
So he gently spoke to Miko, who had already taken her stance, giving his command in a calm tone:
"Miko, deal with it."
"Yes, my Lord!"
Miko responded with sharp eyes and a stern voice.
The next second, she unhesitatingly activated one of her core skills as a necromancer!
[Advent: Tyrant Barrack]!
Hum——!!!
Accompanied by a deep rumble, a terrifying figure even more massive.
And more oppressive than the blue-faced demon suddenly appeared behind Miko!
It was a terrifying king clad in pitch-black heavy armor, wielding a giant slashing blade that gleamed with dark light!
Surrounded by dense death aura and violent killing intent, just standing there made the surrounding air seem to freeze!
This was the necromancer's most powerful killing weapon—Tyrant Barrack!
The moment Barrack appeared, he connected with Miko's soul, and terrifying power was instantly bestowed upon Miko!
The blue-faced demon that had been charging aggressively clearly hesitated when it saw the god-like Tyrant Barrack behind Miko!
Compared to Barrack's massive body, it wasn't even half the size!
But Miko didn't give it a chance to hesitate!
[Barrack's Ambition]!
She activated another skill, and countless giant hands formed from pure evil aura suddenly appeared on the ground!
These hands were like demonic claws reaching from hell, instantly grabbing the blue-faced demon's limbs and body.
Firmly controlling it in place, unable to move!
Then, Miko's eyes flashed coldly as she launched her final deadly strike!
[Barrack's Rage]!
She raised her right hand high, as if merging with Tyrant Barrack behind her!
The slashing blade gleaming with dark light in Barrack's hand also rose high!
The next second, with terrifying power to cut through everything and destroy everything, it struck down viciously at the bound blue-faced demon!
Boom————!!!
An indescribable torrent of terrifying energy, like a bursting tide of dark fury, surged forth from Barrack's slashing blade!
This energy was so pure, so violent!
It instantly engulfed the blue-faced demon's entire body!
Wherever the energy torrent passed, whether the shrine's remains or the surrounding rocks and trees.
Everything was completely annihilated and pulverized the moment it made contact!
The entire area around the mountain was completely leveled by Miko's earth-shattering strike!
When the energy torrent finally dissipated, only a bottomless giant slash mark remained, along with the surrounding broken mountain that looked like it had been bitten in half.
And that blue-faced demon that was the source of evil spirits had long since left no trace of existence under that terrifying energy impact.
Completely reduced to dust, utterly destroyed!
After this strike, Miko clearly felt it.
The cold resentment that had permeated every corner of this world was rapidly dissipating at a visible rate.
Just as the deity had said, with the complete exorcism of the evil spirit source.
The problems of this world had finally been completely resolved!