Looking at the Jizo Mitama floating quietly in the air before her, Bai Mo placed her hand on it without hesitation. Holding the hilt of the sword, she submerged her consciousness into it.
In the outside world, Elysia was now fully controlling Bai Mo's body. Together with Sakura, they guarded the area.
.....In the blade of Jizo Mitama.
In the endless darkness, Bai Mo had been exploring for dozens of minutes since she entered. The surroundings were extremely lonely, and time could not be sensed. Even ordinary people would find it tormenting to stay there for a second.
But these were not problems for Bai Mo. With the power of her consciousness, she could easily see all the surrounding environment through the darkness.
After a while, Bai Mo saw a huge figure at the edge of the darkness. It was a giant fox, or more precisely, Hellmaru.
"Human? No, is it the same species?"
From the darkness in the distance, Hellmaru observed Bai Mo, who had suddenly appeared, with vigilance.
"Hello, the twelfth Herrscher."
Facing Hellmaru's wariness, Bai Mo smiled and waved her hand in greeting.
"No matter who you are, why are you here?"
Hellmaru, facing the uninvited guest, slowly raised her claws. There was a hint of hostility in her tone, and was ready to attack at any moment.
However, since the visitor was also a Herrscher like herself, Hellmaru did not attack immediately. Clearly, she wanted to hear Bai Mo's explanation first.
"Don't be so nervous; I'm here to help you."
With that, Bai Mo took two steps forward.
"Help me?"
Hellmaru's large fox head showed a puzzled expression.
"That's right. I'm here to help you get out, not to stay in this dark place forever."
"How do you intend to help me?"
"How can I help you... this? I still need your cooperation."
"Cooperation... how do you want me to cooperate?"
From Bai Mo's words and expression, Hellmaru could clearly sense that she was not deceiving her. Moreover, staying here for a long time had already tortured her, so now that she had finally learned that someone could take her out, Hellmaru was also hopeful.
Slowly putting down her giant claw, Hellmaru began to set aside her suspicion.
At this moment, Bai Mo continued.
"Cooperation is actually very simple, because I only need to... wake you up!"
"Boom!"
She was still explaining with a smile one second, but Bai Mo suddenly changed the subject and launched more than ten sub-space lances at Hellmaru.
Without time to react, Hellmaru used her body to absorb these attacks. Explosions erupted, and the high temperature singed some of Hellmaru's fur.
It was clear that to awaken Rin's consciousness, her Herrscher persona had to be eliminated.
Talking alone was futile; action was the most direct and effective approach.
However, Bai Mo did not waste words with Hellmaru. While she was talking and drawing Hellmaru's attention, Bai Mo had easily guided her consciousness into Hellmaru's.
So next...
"Are you trying to die! And did you deceiving me!"
Hellmaru screamed in pain, realizing she had been deceived, and immediately fought back. Its huge body leaped high, raising its claws to strike heavily in the direction of Bai Mo. The speed was so fast that an afterimage was left, and a sharp sound of breaking air followed.
"Too weak, too weak. After staying dormant for tens of thousands of years, has your strength dropped to this point?"
Facing Hellmaru's fierce attack, Bai Mo merely leaned back slightly and allowed herself to fall backward. A purple imaginary door appeared behind her, and she easily sank into it.
"Boom!!!"
At the same time, Hellmaru's giant claws smashed down, creating a huge pit nearly three meters deep on the ground. Unfortunately, the attack missed its target. Bai Mo's figure then appeared behind Hellmaru unnoticed.
"Here!"
She chuckled and kicked out.
The black mist, infused with a bit of the Herrscher of Death's power, was so potent that this attack sent Hellmaru flying dozens of meters away.
"Go to hell!"
After stabilizing her body in midair, Hellmaru used the power of Corruption, causing all the objects in the surrounding space to attack Bai Mo uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Bai Mo slowly opened several imaginary gates to absorb all the attacks. In the counterattack, after absorbing the assault, Bai Mo opened the imaginary gate next to Hellmaru and returned the attack to him.
Due to the difference in strength and Hellmaru's blinded anger with no reason at all, Bai Mo had been overwhelmingly dominant in this battle.
While the two attacked each other, Bai Mo also used the power of consciousness to harass Hellmaru's mind from time to time.
This situation lasted for about ten minutes.
Hellmaru was almost overwhelmed with rage.
A flood of memories from the previous era poured into his mind. Feeling a slight tremor in the deepest part of her consciousness, Hellmaru finally became anxious.
"What did you do to me!"
Frequently moving to avoid the sub-space spears fired by Bai Mo, Hellmaru shouted angrily at the sky.
"What did you say? I can't hear you! Please speak louder!"
Pretending not to hear, Bai Mo smiled maliciously.
In the sky, countless floating cannons and sub-space spears continuously fired at the imaginary gate in front of them. This was a countermeasure to prevent Hellmaru from using her Corruption power on her own attacks.
Using the imaginary space as cover, Bai Mo could easily redirect the attacks directly back at Hellmaru.
"Damn it! You damn traitor!"
As a Herrscher who had destroyed nearly all of humanity in the previous era, Hellmaru had never experienced such anger. She could only flee in panic, a disgraceful situation for her.
However, there was nothing he could do. As a Herrscher, her intuition told her that she was no match for the Herrscher in the sky. The psychological and physical fear, along with the oppressive feeling of doom, left her unable to fight back.