21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 905 - 899: Extradition Route 3

Chapter 905 -899: Extradition Route 3

Plundering the world’s rules is certainly not as simple as randomly picking a spot and then grabbing the rules as they manifest.

Even if one has already triggered a tremor in the world’s rules, causing them to appear, extracting these rules from the world remains an exceedingly intricate process.

First and foremost, a suitable location must be chosen to minimize unnecessary consequences from the world’s consciousness resisting.

Chen Yu was certain that if he were to select Japan’s mainland as the setting for the ritual, natural disasters like earthquakes destroying the ritual site were almost inevitable. He might even face catastrophic events such as volcanic eruptions or meteors falling from the sky.

Thus, after consulting the Inari God and obtaining assistance, he constructed the ritual altar required to seize the world’s rules on the banks of the Sanzu River.

The so-called Sanzu River, of course, is a branch of the Nether River that flows through Japan.

To be precise, the Sanzu River is considered the downstream segment or tributary of the River of Oblivion. The portion that flows through Shen Zhou is called the River of Oblivion, while the segment reaching Japan is named the Sanzu River.

In Japanese mythology, upon death, one must cross the Sanzu River to reach Yomi and partake in reincarnation.

If it were China’s River of Oblivion, the method of crossing the river would involve traversing the Naihe Bridge. In Japan, however, the only way to cross the river is by ferry on the Sanzu River.

The Sanzu River is so named because its waters split into three currents—each differing in speed and ferocity, determined by a person’s deeds and morality during their lifetime. To board the ferry on the Sanzu River, one must prepare six coins as fare.

This is also the origin of the six coins on the crest of the Sanada Family, hailed as the number one warriors of Japan’s Warring States Period, symbolizing their readiness for death on the battlefield and crossing the Sanzu River.

But this had nothing to do with Chen Yu. Knowing full well that the Sanzu River was the Nether River, he would not go to such desperate lengths to cross it, nor would he entertain thoughts of venturing to the far side of Yomi.

Chen Yu had chosen the Sanzu River Bank as the ritual site for two primary reasons: first, it was a secluded location, reducing interference from unwanted visitors; second, its proximity to Yomi made it one of Japan’s closest points to death, second only to Yomotsu Hirasaka.

By selecting this location, the negative energy emanating from Yomi, and the power flowing from the Endless Styx, could both be harnessed by Chen Yu.

Additionally, the Sanzu River exists between life and death—it belongs neither to the realm of the living nor the realm of the dead. Even if the world’s consciousness attempted resistance during Chen Yu’s plundering of the rules, it would struggle to exert influence here.

As for other deities, with the world’s rules intact making it difficult for external deities to descend into the mortal realm, and the limited powers of internal deities rendering them unable to traverse to the Sanzu River, there were few divine threats to fear. With the Inari God’s assistance, even fewer remained.

In conclusion, no ritual site could be more ideal than this.

On the Sanzu River Bank, amidst blooms of blood-red Manzhu Shahua, an obsidian altar had been fully constructed. All ritual offerings and necessary items were prepared, leaving Chen Yu nothing more to do but ascend the altar and begin the ritual.

“Miss Warspite, I’m counting on you to secure the perimeter around the altar and ensure nothing interferes with the ritual.” Clad in a silver-etched black robe, Chen Yu revealed his Underworld Feather Angel form while gripping his newly forged divine magic wand. As he ascended the altar, he issued orders for Warspite and the ship-girls under her command to establish full defenses around the altar.

Already armed with their ship equipment and showing a solemn demeanor, Warspite nodded seriously, replying confidently, “Rest assured, Commander. The Royal Navy will safeguard your safety and ensure the ritual proceeds unhindered.”

“I’m counting on it.” Chen Yu nodded slightly and climbed to the altar’s summit, resting his wand—which had finally been adorned with a mounted Amethyst Skull—in his hands.

This wand was Chen Yu’s latest divine artifact, its blueprint derived from the “Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium,” which documented the seven most frequently used wand designs favored by necromancers. Among them, this one was the most commonly employed and heavily refined model.

If Chen Yu hadn’t obtained the necessary mineral resources from the Earth Elemental Plane to forge a divine artifact, he wouldn’t have possessed the capital or means to craft such an object.

For this ritual, besides the wand, Chen Yu had also brought along his crown, the “Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium,” and a divine-level ceremonial ritual knife—essentially carrying his entire wealth with him.

At the altar’s summit, the sacrificial offerings provided by the Inari God were high-grade oxen, sheep, and pigs sourced from its divine domain.

Although such heavily Shen Zhou-influenced offerings seemed somewhat incongruent with the necromancer aesthetic, in terms of compatibility with the world, offerings imbued with the Inari God’s divine power and divinity were undeniably the most suitable.

Chen Yu spread open the “Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium” onto the altar’s offering table, raised his golden wand before him, and began his prayers to the Endless Styx.

As his prayers continued, the runes engraved on the ritual altar began to light up, attracting the Stygian River’s power from the Sanzu River and the negative energy originating from Yomi, channeling them toward the altar, eventually flowing into Chen Yu’s wand and the “Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium” on the altar.

With the ritual progressing, various unsolicited gazes began to turn toward the scene.

After all, holding a ritual on the Sanzu River Bank, even with the Inari God blocking access for deities from Gao Tianyuan and the Human World, and the deities from Yomi unable to cross the Sanzu River to interfere, there was still one source of potential threat that required vigilance.

That source was the Sanzu River itself.

Because on the Sanzu River, there remained a solitary ferry.

Watching the ferry drifting across the dim yellow water surface of the Sanzu River toward them, the twenty-plus ship-girls stationed below the altar all became alert.

“All units on high alert! Prepare for bombardment!” With Warspite’s command, all ship-girls—aside from the aircraft carrier class—raised their ship equipment’s cannon muzzles, locking their sights on the ferry.

As one of the strongest ship-girls, Missouri replaced all nine shells in her three gun turrets with the most potent nuclear shells. She disregarded the potential damage of a nuclear cannon strike, prioritizing annihilating the enemy with maximum firepower.

“Air squadrons, release reconnaissance planes for trajectory calibration. All units, fire a test shot!” Warspite issued orders, eyes trained on the ferry drifting downstream along the river.

Having been forewarned by Chen Yu, none of the ship-girls intended to deploy their ship equipment onto the Sanzu River itself, opting instead to bombard the target while maintaining their human-like forms.

Even though Warspite only commanded a single test shot, over twenty ship-girls fired simultaneously, triggering a cascade of splashes across the Sanzu River surface.

“Crossfire!” Listening to the reconnaissance plane data relayed through the communication channel, Warspite shouted loudly, “All ships, calibrate trajectories, open fire with full force! Shoot!”