Heras had just received the message from Jiang Wang when he soon saw a strange child.

The child, whose features were so exquisite that it was hard to tell whether he was male or female, was dragging a gourd that was taller than himself with one hand.

As he slowly approached, the air seemed to become more humid, and a strong aroma of alcohol filled the air.

"Lord Jiang Wang, I think I have encountered the enemy you spoke of."

Heras relayed the intelligence and immediately went on high alert, already preparing for battle.

“People of the Temple, but I always feel that you are somewhat different from those hotheads.”

"Shuten-dōji said, his voice incredibly childish, and even his eyes were crystal clear."

This child looks quite adorable; he's the kind of child every parent would want.

"You must be Shuten-dōji. What a monster."

Heras said that was his first impression of the enemy, and to be honest, he felt things were not going well.

He couldn't see through the person in front of him; the difference in their strength was simply too great.

"I'm not some kind of monster. That's incredibly rude of you."

Shuten-dōji said, shaking his head slightly. He stopped and slowly uncorked the gourd.

The strong aroma of alcohol seemed to permeate the surrounding air; the scent was almost too intense.

Looking at the enemy before him, Horace felt a sense of calm.

The enemy was very powerful, and he couldn't discern even the slightest difference in strength.

Compared to a mountain, the gap between a person and a person is naturally endless. Such a gap would have caused others to despair long ago.

However, Horace did not experience any particular change in mood.

Despair? Sorrow? Fear? These were emotions that Horace had never experienced before.

If you really want to know how he feels right now, beneath the calm surface lies a hint of excitement.

"Having sensed the difference in strength, why didn't you think of running away? Was it because you were too terrified to move?"

Shuten-dōji gripped the sake gourd with both hands and began to pour sake into his mouth.

"If I try to run, I'm afraid you'll kill me instantly. I just have that feeling."

"Heras said, narrowing his eyes, already sensing the strangeness of the place," he added.

"That's right, I'll kill you in an instant. Your feeling is correct. You're quite perceptive."

Shuten-dōji drank the sake, and his eyes became cloudy. He smiled, with sake dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Then, let's not delay any longer and start fighting."

"Heras said, stretching out his arms, and enormous wings of light appeared behind him."

"Come on, when you're drinking, you should have some snacks to go with it."

Shuten-dōji said, raising his delicate forearm and beckoning his jade-like index finger to Horace a few times.

Heras understood that there was no need to back down in the face of such an enemy.

As the challenger, there's only one thing he can do: go all out.

The wings of light unfolded instantly, and endless beams of light swept forward, forming an impenetrable super barrage.

Shuten-dōji gave a cold laugh, as if such methods were nothing more than child's play in front of him.

A deep blue light began to appear on his fingertips, and a surge of power began to spread out.

The nail exploded violently, instantly clearing the barrage of beams.

It's like watching a video and using the one-click screen clearing function; all those comments and bullet comments disappear instantly.

The whole world became incredibly quiet, and Shuten-dōji picked at his ear with his little finger.

"The corpse is moving; you are already dead."

Shuten-dōji said, glancing at his little finger, and then blew on it.

"With this level of strength, you can't do anything."

The childlike innocence on the child's face disappeared, replaced by a contradictory sense of maturity.

He was clearly a cute little brat, but at this moment, his face broke down, revealing cruelty and ferocity.

This contradictory feeling permeated every part of Shuten-dōji.

"The power you just wielded, was it the power of the world's origin?"

Because Heras had experienced that power up close, he found it very familiar.

"But isn't your power system related to the abyss?"

Horace recalled the humanoid Scourge, whose injuries were inflicted by the Abyss.

Could it be that the one who caused harm to the humanoid natural disaster was not Shuten-dōji?

"Hmm? It seems you know quite a bit, even that I can manipulate the power of the abyss."

"Did the humanoid natural disaster tell you? That guy is tight-lipped and didn't reveal the most crucial information."

Shuten-dōji grinned at Horace, his expression turning grim.

Hera felt a chill run down his spine. At this moment, a terrifying aura emanated from Shuten-dōji.

This power was also very familiar to Heras; it was the power of the abyss.

"That makes sense. You are a world devourer, so there's nothing wrong with you using the power of origin."

"I'm afraid this abyss is your core power."

"Heras said, frowning."

"Wrong, wrong, all wrong. The power of the origin is my true essence, while the abyss is merely the power of my 'half' body."

Shuten-dōji gently raised his hand, and a shadow began to spread rapidly.

The aura of the abyss grew stronger, and the power wielded by Shuten-dōji became even more astonishing.

The power of origin and the power of the abyss, these two forces manifest back and forth, their auras of azure and deep black intertwined.

"Come out, my half, come out, Yamata no Orochi."

"Shuten-dōji said, clapping his hands lightly, and his shadow twisted and trembled.

A huge shadow suddenly appeared in front of Horace.

The shadow was like a window to another world, from which a giant snake's head emerged.

It is worth noting that the snake's head is enormous, and there are a total of eight snake heads.

In that very brief instant, the legendary Yamata no Orochi appeared before Horace.

Heras sensed that the situation was starting to get out of control.

"Shuten-dōji himself is the one who operates the power of the world's origin."

"As for the Yamata no Orochi, it wields the power of the abyss."

"These two entities seem to be special beings fused together, and..."

Heras began relaying intelligence to Jiang Wang, indicating that the situation here was extremely dangerous.

"Both of them possess strength far exceeding the fifth level of the Void Breaking Realm."

Heras passed on this crucial intelligence.