-604- The light that devours all

"—Om—!"

The atmosphere quivered.

From deep within the pentagram suspended in mid-air, an endless radiance continuously descended, impacting the sea of flames.

It overturned the octagonal cylindrical barrier inside, causing the flames to explode like shockwaves, continuously battering against the barrier's magical walls, making it tremble precariously.

Rozen maintained the hand seals for the Great Vidyaraja and activated the incantation for the 'Great Vidyaraja' while tightly focusing on the front.

There, the flames kept surging like a burning barrier, constantly contending with the descending pillar of light.

The light pillar attempted to break through the flames, heading towards the true enemy.

Yet, the flames burned the light pillar, trying to weaken its power.

Both sides continued to collide like this, raising a storm of jutsuryoku and causing explosions of spiritual energy, flipping the surrounding sea of flames incessantly, resembling molten lava in a volcano, churning without end.

As for Miyachi Iwao, he continued to chant the incantation for the 'Fire Realm Incantation,' wielding his rosary, releasing an extremely horrifying spiritual power, converting it all into jutsuryoku, injecting it into the flames, resisting the direct impact of the 'Great Vidyaraja.'

The seemingly endless release of spiritual power kept the potency of the flames protecting Miyachi Iwao from diminishing, but instead, it displayed a trend of growing stronger.

On the other hand, the power of the 'Great Vidyaraja' began to weaken as it poured downward with the passage of time.

"Could it be that even the 'Great Vidyaraja' can't threaten him?"

Rozen sighed helplessly.

In Rozen's mind, there was jujutsu more powerful than the 'Great Vidyaraja,' but they either required meticulous preparation or demanded a terrible price. They were by no means something that could be used in a jujutsu battle.

It would be more accurate to say that originally, the current 'Great Vidyaraja' before them wasn't a jutsu that could be used in a jutsu battle either. It required a grand ritual that took several days of preparation. Rozen reproducing it alone already pushed the boundaries.

Hence, among the jujutsu Rozen could currently use single-handedly, the 'Great Vidyaraja' before them was undoubtedly the most powerful.

But even this jujutsu couldn't subdue Miyachi Iwao. Rozen couldn't help but smile wryly.

"I guess there's no other choice."

Rozen sighed.

Soon after, Rozen's pair of eyes suddenly turned red.

"Boom!"

In this moment, a large amount of blood spewed out from Rozen's back, forming a pair of red wings that spread out to the sides.

At the same time, the magical energy released from Rozen's body surged abruptly.

"Om—!"

In mid-air, the endless radiance pouring down from the pentagram suddenly received an infusion of a massive amount of magical energy, causing it to expand once again.

This expansion made the pentagram grow tenfold in an instant, filling the entire sky above the octagonal barrier.

"Boom!"

Below the massive pentagram, light ten times more powerful than before spewed out like a waterfall, turning into incredibly spectacular light pillars and falling onto the fiery barrier raised by Miyachi Iwao.

"What!?"

Miyachi Iwao's face changed drastically.

"Boom!"

The flame barrier, which had been resisting the endless radiance pouring down with the pentagram, instantly burst open, directly shattered by the massive light pillars.

Then, the enormous light pillars descended straight towards Miyachi Iwao.

Helplessly watching the gigantic, overwhelmingly bright light pillar descending, a sense of endless crisis finally rose in Miyachi Iwao's heart.

It was a deadly crisis.

Originally, the technique called the 'Great Vidyaraja,' known for its immense power, could instantly purify not only ordinary individuals but even spiritual disasters in phase 3 and 4 if struck. Only ancient Ogre kings like Kakugyouki, who had survived for thousands of years and accumulated power for millennia, could resist. Normal beings likely wouldn't even have the ability to withstand the attack and would vanish under this endless radiance.

Now, for some inexplicable reason, the power of this technique had suddenly increased by tenfold or more. Not to mention phase 3 and 4 ghosts, even the gods of phase 5 might get affected.

"Tch!"

Miyachi Iwao showed an urgency he hadn't shown before, stepping back immediately.

Of course, facing the radiance that filled the entire 'Eight Array Barrier,' Miyachi Iwao couldn't retreat no matter how much he tried.

But

(If it's 'Far Step'!)

If it's 'Far Step,' by merging with the spiritual veins, one could instantly leave the battlefield.

Naturally, just like the Onmyou Agency, the Onmyou Academy was also built on special spiritual veins, and its interior was filled with various spells and curse tools. The spiritual veins crisscrossed here. Using 'Far Step' here could be quite dangerous casually. Otherwise, Rozen would have already used 'Far Step' to go to where Natsume and Suzuka were. But it's definitely dangerous now, right?

(I must escape quickly!)

Miyachi Iwao stepped with the 'Far Step' footwork, causing a halo of spiritual energy to emanate from under his feet.

However, Rozen could think of what Miyachi Iwao could, couldn't he?

Currently, Hokuto was depicting the pentagram's magic pattern, while the ten Valkyries were flying in the air riding magma wyverns. However, one Shikigami had already been under Rozen's control, transforming into a faint and ethereal smoke, silently sneaking behind Miyachi Iwao.

"Now's the time! Enenra!"

Rozen shouted loudly.

The Enenra, which had sneaked behind Miyachi Iwao, immediately exploded, covering Miyachi Iwao's entire body with a thick smoke.

In this situation, Miyachi Iwao's entire body seemed to be trapped in a swamp, suppressed by the thick smoke, making his footwork instantly chaotic.

"Damn it!"

Miyachi Iwao widened his eyes.

The gigantic light pillar descending from the sky completely swallowed him along with the thick smoke.

"Boom!"

Amidst the thunderous explosion, the light pillar completely engulfed Miyachi Iwao, as well as the interior of the Eight Array barrier, extinguishing all flames, stirring up a storm, creating turbulent currents, allowing the radiance to penetrate the barrier and illuminate the entire space.

"Director!"

"Director!"

Outside, the Exorcism Division officials shouted one after another but their vision was taken away by the glaring radiance seeping out from the barrier, and they instinctively raised their hands to shield their faces.

"Master!"

"Master!"

Inside the barrier, the Valkyries also called out in succession, flying on magma wyverns. They either raised their weapons or shields in front of Rozen, then were engulfed by the endless radiance.

The entire corridor was completely illuminated as if it were thoroughly lit up. The dazzling light surged in all directions like a tide, finally engulfing everything, covering all, enveloping the Mystical Investigation officials who had rushed over here, causing a panicked and chaotic clamor.

On this day, inside the Onmyou Agency located in Tokyo, an extremely dazzling light emanated, causing a wave of exclamation.

As for what exactly happened, only those who were attentive would know.