The next moment, the giant Spirit Tortoise's four limbs were severed at the roots, falling off.
Due to inertia, the tortoise's shell slid towards them, grinding against the ground. Although not fast, the giant body looked extremely oppressive.
Soon, to everyone's horrified gaze, it reached Takeru. Takeru had no extra movements.
He simply calmly extended his arm. Then, to everyone's stunned gaze, the giant Spirit Tortoise collided with Takeru.
Boom!
The fierce collision sound rang out. Everyone felt an extremely terrifying air wave. For a moment, everyone was pushed back, leaning backward.
Beatrice casually released a barrier, completely blocking the terrifying air wave, instantly protecting everyone.
"Roar!"
The immense pain of having its limbs severed caused the Spirit Tortoise to wail loudly. But with its regeneration ability, besides causing pain and temporarily limiting its movement, these attacks had little other use.
Complete recovery might take less than an hour.
Another point, although it had lost its limbs, that didn't mean the Spirit Tortoise had lost its combat ability now. After all, it wasn't simply a warrior, but also a mage.
Then, just as everyone thought they had easily won, a large number of energy spines appeared on the Spirit Tortoise's back.
They then attacked Takeru and the soldiers behind him.
"Futile resistance. Universal Barrier!" After a light taunt, Takeru enveloped everyone in a multi-layered composite barrier.
Bang, bang!
The Spirit Tortoise's terrifying spine-shaped energy attacks landed on the Universal Barrier Takeru had set up. Besides causing loud noises and flashing purple light, nothing else happened. The barrier didn't even ripple.
Takeru also absorbed a few attacks. Each energy wave only provided him with a few thousand mana reserve. It was better than nothing.
Finding these attacks of little help to him, Takeru stopped wasting time.
"Sun Breathing: Second Form, Clear Blue Sky!" From bottom to top, a circular slash entwined with flames easily cut off the Spirit Tortoise's head.
The powerful attack also created a giant slash on the ground, leaving a deep chasm.
The Spirit Tortoise's head subsequently fell. The wound site was scorched and bloody from the terrifying temperature, looking extremely horrific.
With its head severed, the Spirit Tortoise completely lost the ability to move, staying in place as if dead.
"Did we win?"
"The Spirit Tortoise is dead!"
"Oh... long live His Majesty Takeru..." Seeing this, the knights behind Takeru shouted loudly.
The leaders and soldiers of the other countries just watched this scene in silence.
Especially the Tortoise Kingdom's general, who had fought the Spirit Tortoise many times, was extremely excited.
The Spirit Tortoise's death also meant the Tortoise Kingdom no longer needed to be threatened by it.
As everyone cheered, Mirellia looked at Ost, who is feeling saddened by her imminent death. But seeing the dazed Ost beside her, Mirellia was stunned.
"Ost-san, you are here, meaning..." Looking at the completely intact Ost, Naofumi was stunned.
"Eh, that's true. Come to think of it, it seems the Spirit Tortoise isn't dead yet." Hearing Naofumi's words, Ost said calmly.
"Of course!" After completely stopping the Spirit Tortoise's movement, Takeru returned to everyone's side and said calmly.
"Takeru, what's going on?" Seeing Takeru come down, Naofumi asked him directly. Compared to the unreliable Ost, Naofumi was more willing to believe Takeru.
"Very simple. To kill the Spirit Tortoise, you must destroy both its head and heart simultaneously. It's getting late today. Everyone rest first. Tomorrow, we'll enter the Spirit Tortoise's body." Hearing Naofumi's words, Takeru said calmly.
"Ah, I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help." Hearing Takeru's words, Ost said self-reproachfully.
"Ost-san, after the Spirit Tortoise is completely killed, what will happen to you? You know, don't you? Do you regret it?" Hearing Ost's words, Takeru looked at her calmly and asked.
"No. This time, the Spirit Tortoise's unsealing was all due to being controlled, not its own will. So, both the Spirit Tortoise and I don't want to continue being controlled by that person, even if it means death." Hearing Takeru's words, Ost spoke very firmly.
"I see. I won't go easy on you tomorrow." Hearing her words, Takeru said with a light laugh.
Then, under Keel, Via, and the others' organization, the knight order quickly set up camp here.
Because of the Spirit Tortoise's terrifying pressure, there would be no other monster harassment here, making it very safe.
As for the generals of the other countries, they also learned the Spirit Tortoise wasn't dead. But seeing Takeru's terrifying combat power, no one doubted that the Spirit Tortoise's death was only a matter of time.
During the rest, those generals came to meet Takeru again. But this time, they all came to thank Takeru.
There was no longer any doubt on their faces. Their gazes towards Takeru were filled with respect.
This world has long been under constant threat. The simplest way to gain acceptance is to show your power.
When your power is enough to overwhelm everything, no one will jump out to question you again. Even if a clown truly jumps out, just squash them.
Takeru directly collected the severed head and limbs of the Spirit Tortoise.
Although only parts of its body, the severed head and limbs were several tens of meters long. If all made into dishes, they could feed thousands of people.
Soon, as time passed, daylight quickly came. Then, Takeru led everyone towards the Spirit Tortoise's back.
With Takeru's earth magic, a staircase directly reaching the tortoise's back quickly appeared before everyone.
Watching Takeru instantly use magic to build a several hundred meter long staircase, Naofumi couldn't help but sigh at Takeru's monstrous ability.
Along the way, Takeru walked straight ahead, as if in his own home, looking very familiar.
Although it was his first time here, with his terrifying Observation Haki, Takeru had long explored the interior of the Spirit Tortoise.
This included the location of Kyo, who was manipulating the tortoise from behind, and the newly arrived Yui, Mio, and others in this world.
Walking quickly, Takeru and the others soon encountered a damaged village on the Spirit Tortoise's back.
It was obviously a village of some residents who had lived on the sealed tortoise's back. They died when the Spirit Tortoise moved and attacked, causing massive destruction.
There were also many corpses here. The time of death seemed to basically exceed three days. Seeing this, Raphtalia and Rifana looked a bit unwilling.
Takeru looked at all this with a calm expression. He had seen too many tragic death scenes and was long used to it.
Emilia and the others, though slightly uncomfortable seeing this, didn't say anything.
Although these people had little to do with him, Takeru still used telekinesis to gather them and cremate them. Then, Takeru walked directly towards the temple at the far end of the village. Seeing this, everyone quickly followed.
As they advanced, Ost's memories became clearer. She remembered many things. But because of the continuous surge of memories, she looked somewhat pained.
Entering the temple, everyone saw many ancient characters carved on the walls, including the Japanese Language left by the previous Four Saint Heroes.
However, because it had been so long, it was unclear what was written.
"Keep going." Shaking his head, Takeru walked towards the temple's interior. Soon, he passed through a special passage and formally entered the Spirit Tortoise's body.
"This is inside the turtle's stomach, right?" After entering, Filo asked curiously.
"Yes, it's probably equivalent to the Spirit Tortoise's... large intestine." Looking at where they were, Naofumi said hesitantly.
"Naofumi-sama... that's too vulgar." Hearing Naofumi's words, Emilie reminded him helplessly.
Walking along inside, soon, everyone heard some sounds. Emilia and the others, who had already sensed the specific situation, showed surprised expressions.
"What's wrong?" Seeing their surprised expressions, Ost asked with surprise. Mirellia was also curious.
"Just met some acquaintances." Looking at everyone's curious expressions, Takeru said with a faint smile.
"Acquaintances?" Hearing Takeru's words, everyone was even more surprised.