The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 379 Shadow of Truth (26)

"Hu~" The King of Civet Cats sprayed a burst of golden powder from his mouth, covering Xingchangrang's upper body.

The gold powder quickly dissipated. After being hit, Xingchang Rang didn't know what happened to him. He just stood there in a daze, staring straight ahead with wide eyes, motionless.

The King of Civet Cats took the opportunity to tear off the black mud tentacles on his body, and slapped Xingchang Rang with a grim smile: "Go to hell."

"Mr. Xingba, be careful!" King Kong rushed to Xingba and took the blow for him. Both of them were knocked out at the same time.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qian Xiaoyi swung the ink line in his hand and pulled them back to his side.

"Thank you, Mr. Qian." Princess King Kong hugged Xingchang Rang and put him down.

"King Kong, is that you?" Xing Changrang opened his eyes and looked ahead blankly, saying, "I'm in a very strange state now. My vision and hearing are gone, my inspiration has become very dull, and I can't sense the surrounding atmosphere. And... that thing is still eroding my spiritual power. I'm trying to control Huojinshen to prevent it from running away and move me to a safe place! Go to Mr. Qian's place!"

King Kong said: "Mr. Xingba, we are safe for now...Oh, I forgot you can't hear now."

Qian Xiaoyi observed Xingchangrang's face carefully. There was a faint golden film in his pupils, and golden sand was faintly flowing in his ears. The black mud on his body was stirring, constantly forming eyes and mouth, looking at the people around him with malice, as if it would rush out and tear them to pieces in the next second.

"Is it because of the golden powder?" Suzuna asked.

"Hehe, that's right!" The King of Civet Cats moved his ears and laughed in the distance: "This guy has been blinded by money. He has eyes but can't see. His ears are blocked by interests. He has ears but can't hear. Even his heart is corroded by desire and he can't keep a normal mind... This is my power, this is the power of money and interests!"

"It's just a spell." Qian Xiaoyi snorted coldly and said, "Linna, heal him."

Suzuna said "Huh?" and asked, "How do I do it?"

Qian Xiaoyi glared at her and said, "You are a witch, you are using purification rituals, stupid! Otherwise, why do you think I asked you to follow me?"

"Oh... I've never participated in a battle of this magnitude before..." Suzuna felt a little aggrieved. She regretted participating in this commission. It was too dangerous.

Suzuna took out the symbolic coin bundle of the miko and helped Hoshiba Ryou to sit down. Hoshiba Ryou said to himself, "Is it safe now? Is it Suzuna? You are going to perform the purification ceremony, right? I understand. I will leave it to you."

Ling Na said in distress: "How come everyone knows what I'm going to do, but I don't know it myself?"

No one paid any attention to her. Suzuna could only calm herself down, raised her coin bundle, and began to pace around the star field in rhythmic steps, chanting spells in a strange tune as she performed a purification ceremony.

The so-called Purification is a ritual handed down from ancient times by the Han Chinese. On the day of Shangsi Festival (March 3), people would go to the waterside to bathe and offer sacrifices in order to wash away the filth on their bodies and drive away bad luck and evil. Later, this ritual was absorbed by some religions and became a special ritual for exorcising evil spirits. Shintoism in Japan also absorbed this culture and had its own Purification ritual.

Seeing the enemy trying to remove the status of the star field, the King of Civet Cats sneered and said, "How dare you do such a thing in front of me? You are so brave~ I won't let you succeed!"

He took a deep breath and then exhaled more golden powder, forming a golden storm that blew towards everyone.

Qian Xiaoyi stood in front of everyone, threw down a few talismans, stuck them on the ground around him, then stepped on the Gang Step and shouted, "Hide behind me, don't get caught."

He quickly took out the ink fountain from his bag and drew two connected black lines on the ground, forming a "Λ"-shaped pattern.

The golden storm passed by the two black lines without touching them at all, but the moment the golden storm disappeared, the figure of the King of Civet Cats appeared beside Qian Xiaoyi and swung his claws at him. "I knew you would do this." Qian Xiaoyi took a step to the side and shouted, "Lu Cun!"

A transparent barrier appeared with several talismans on the ground as the base. The claws of the Civet Cat King drew ripples on the barrier, but did not break it.

“Ha~ How long can you hold on?” The King of Civet Cats waved his claws frantically, shouting, “Take it! Take it, take it, take it!”

The barrier was shaking, and the talismans on the ground began to burn, and it seemed that they would burn out soon.

Qian Xiaoyi turned around and asked, "Linna, how long will it take?"

"Don't bother me!" Ling Na shouted, "This can't be done in a moment!"

Anna suddenly said, "It seems that this guy has become a burden. How funny... I have a way to keep them safe until the purification ceremony is completed, but if so, the [sun] above our heads will disappear. My tarot cards can only be effective for one person at a time, even for me. So, if I do this, the raccoon cat can use illusions again. Is that okay?"

"No problem." Qian Xiaoyi said, "We have a way, just go ahead and do it. Hallucinations are just a small problem."

King Kong was surprised and asked, "Eh? A small problem?"

"I understand." Anna nodded. She flipped her palm and a tarot card appeared like magic. There was a crescent on the card, and on the moon was a human face, looking outside with a funny smile.

"Night is falling," Anna shouted, "The sun is about to set, and the moon is about to rise. Everything is quiet and resting!"

The sun seemed to sense something and sank with a smile. Then the sun and the moon alternated, and a crescent moon with a cunning smile appeared. The hazy moonlight sprinkled on Anna, Suzuna and Hoshiba Ran, making their figures become dreamy and transparent.

"Okay," Anna reminded.

Qian Xiaoyi immediately understood the effect of the spell and directly removed the barrier. The King of Civet Cats rushed in and slapped Xingchang Rang who was sitting cross-legged: "Die!"

However, his palm went straight through Hoshibajo and Suzuna, as if it was passing through a layer of phantom.

"Illusion?" The Civet Cat King was stunned, then came to his senses and said, "No, it's not an illusion. I'm an expert in creating illusions...Is this because I have entered another space? Only the projection remains here?"

"Breaking the military!"

While he was still in a daze, his neck suddenly tightened and the ink line strangled his neck. Then, Qian Xiaoyi jumped over his head and stabbed the copper coin sword into his eye socket.

“Ahhhhh!” The raccoon cat screamed, shook off Qian Xiaoyi, cut the ink line, and was about to cast an illusion to hide itself.

At this time, Qian Xiaoyi shouted: "Heitaro, lock him!"

"Yes!" Inuyama Heita put his hands together and used the Bagua Seal that he had already mastered very well, aiming it at the King of Tanuki. Through the empty window, he firmly locked onto the figure of the King of Tanuki who was running wildly.

(End of this chapter)