Inside the carriage…
The little cute Princess was staring through the windows, wide-eyed at the situation. Instantly, she knew that the black cloaked shadowy figures were the bad guys and the knights were the good guys.
However, even with her intuition, she couldn't even tell whether the mysterious-looking youth with his back turned to her, wearing a black cloak with red clouds as an ornament was good or bad. She only felt that he was very cool in how he formed from crows!
'Wow! That Big Brother is so cool! How did he do that? Who is he?' curiosity and admiration ran through the little girl's head.
She immediately sat down to draw the image of the mysterious youth forming from crows and standing against many shadow figures in her drawing book.
She was fortunate to have done that, otherwise, she may or may not have been shocked by what she would have seen when a person is burned alive, into nothing.
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"Amaterasu…"
As if these words were the chimes of death, a ringing noise started to sound and the cultivator that was going to attack the calm youth burst into flames. However, these flames were not the regular orange flames, they were pitch black and radiated an intense heat.
"Aaaaaah!" he screamed in pain, stunning those around him.
"What kind of flames are these?" the shadowy figures and the guards were muddled and fearful. One must know that every cultivator here was at least at the Core Establishment Stage and that would mean their physical bodies would be at the very peak and mere flames can't even scratch them, but these black flames were making him scream in pain!
"Put it out for Brother Lei!" the shadowy figures around immediately tried to help put out the fire by using different techniques of different elements, but their efforts were in vain.
The calm youth watching the pitiful scene laughed coldly and spoke in an emotionless voice, "Hahaha… these are the flames of Amaterasu. They shall only stop burning until its victim is burnt into ashes."
"H-Help me!" the shadowy figure currently being burnt by the black flames begged.
"Y-You little brat! Stop! If you stop now, we'll let you off!" A shadowy figure with a bow exclaimed in fear.
Although his words meant that he would do something to the youth if he didn't stop, his expression told so otherwise. If he could burn a middle-stage Core Establishment like that and stay calm about it, then who is to say that he couldn't burn everyone else? No one wants to play with their lives.
(AN: Yeah, it ain't like those novels huh? "YOU BRAT DIE" "HOW DARE YOU ATTACK US!" Yadayiadiad. They got IQ Now! Yay!)
The calm and mysterious youth calmly closed his eyes as if not giving a care about the world at all. The shadowy figures were dumbfounded by his actions as if killing a Core Establishment cultivator was but a simple task.
Meanwhile, the Amaterasu slowly ate away at the shadowy figure until all that was left behind were mere stain marks from the ashes. Even the ashes weren't spared.
Although the shadowy figure's faces couldn't be seen, their faces were surely pale, looking at the little to no remains of their late comrade.
"J-Just w-who are you…?" a shadowy figure whispered in fear.
The youth slowly opened his eyes and said, "Uchiha. Uchiha Touma."
(AN: Hah! It's not Itachi but a pseudo-Itachi!)
'Uchiha Touma…' a mysterious name that seemed to have no origins.
(AN: Well duh, it's Japanese, but let's just say its mysterious lol)
The guards repeated the mysterious name multiple times in their heads to make sure to remember such an expert and in the future and to never offend him as well as to thank him in the future.
The shadowy figures, on the other hand, felt like they couldn't see through this youth even though his name was given. This caused them to fear him even more.
Usually, one can have information about whoever they wanted as long as they had the surname, but this name seemed so enigmatic.
In front of this mysterious and powerful youth, no one dared to stand up, but the weaponless cultivator did.
"Hahaha, oh ignorant child. With but a thought, I could end your life! I was already roaming the heavens long before you could walk! Now, kneel down and beg for forgiveness and I might just let you pass by as a slave for the Dark Valley Kingdom."
No one other than the weaponless cultivator could stand up to the monstrous youth who could end a Core Establishment's life instantly. After all, anyone at the Soul Reformation Stage could also end lives with a thought.
Staring at the weaponless cultivator with boredom, the calm youth spoke out in an emotionless and profound voice, as if declaring an Imperial Decree.
"You're confident because you can end lives with a thought, no? Well, let me show you, that you're not the only "God" under Heaven."
Suddenly, the youth's left eye with its spiraling triangle shape, started to spin counter-clockwise, mesmerizing the shadowy figures and causing them to have the feeling of their consciousness being sucked into a different world.
"And in this world…, I am the one true God."
"...Tsukuyomi."