I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 387 Buhao!

"Come on!"

Chun Yuan said coldly, her voice becoming more serious than ever before, completely devoid of its usual languidness.

Shuten-dōji was putting a lot of pressure on her, so much so that she didn't have time to pay attention to Higashino Yu. She just waved at him and then used her magic to control the rice stalks in her hand.

However, she only managed to hold on for a few breaths before the area belonging to the sea of ​​rice ears rapidly shrank under the pressure of the surging, emerald-green liquid, until it could barely encircle her body within a radius of three to five meters.

The oppressive weight of the Jade Mountain overhead made it hard to breathe.

Jade Mountain is not large, just the size of an ordinary small hill, but it pressed down with a slow and firm momentum, casting a shadow that made people feel despair.

The divine artifact could not withstand Shuten-dōji's magic weapon; after a moment of shimmering light, it began to flicker uneasily.

As the magic backlash struck, Chun Yuan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his blood and qi surged within his body.

She wiped the blood from her mouth and glanced at the extremely dim rice stalk in her hand. This was Inaho-hime's former divine weapon, and by now, the remaining divine power within it should be almost exhausted.

In fact, she knew all along that with her own power as a mere palace innkeeper, she would be no match for Shuten-dōji, who had been famous for a long time and whose current divine status was still unknown.

But this delay should have been enough time for Higashino Yu to escape.

In this way, I can say that I have repaid the kindness of Princess Inaho.

Chunyuan thought to herself, and instead of looking up at Shuten-dōji's face full of contempt and disdain, she looked down at the swaying rice stalks beside her legs, lost in thought.

My vision gradually blurred, and my memory seemed to return to thousands of years ago. I vaguely remembered a carefree white fox and a girl playing and running in the fields, with rice ears swaying in the evening breeze and wheat awns flowing with golden light.

She sighed deeply, her divine power exhausted. The scarlet trousers and white robe she wore turned into a shower of light, revealing a bright red Wu-style robe embroidered with vibrant patterns.

The majesty and holiness of the divine messenger vanished instantly, replaced by an eerie allure.

Haruhara removed the colorful white fox mask symbolizing the Imperial Inari, revealing her true face. Surprisingly, she was not as alluring and seductive as imagined; instead, she was as pure and lovely as a girl next door.

Even though her eyes were naturally alluring, they still felt like looking at a blank sheet of paper.

She put away the dull, lifeless rice stalks, their divine power exhausted, and tucked them into her hair as an ornament. A smile played on her lips, as if she had unloaded the heavy burden she had carried for thousands of years. She was no longer the Inari of the Imperial Palace burdened with responsibilities, but had returned to being a free fox spirit.

"What kind of imperial Inari is he? He's just wearing the clothes of a divine messenger. Once he takes them off, isn't he still just a fox demon?"

Shuten-dōji said softly, seemingly unconcerned, and with a wave of his hand, he was about to completely suppress Tamayama before turning away from her.

Princess Inaho, I shall take my leave now.

Chunyuan did not refute Shuten-dōji's sarcasm, but simply murmured in a low voice as if in prayer, closed his eyes, and waited for the final moment to arrive.

Immediately afterwards, Chun Yuan suddenly felt the temperature around him become intensely hot, with crimson flames everywhere, and at the same time someone grabbed his hand and pulled him sharply.

She had already resigned herself to death, and being severely injured, she did not use her magic to resist. She was immediately pulled and stumbled, falling into a solid chest.

For hundreds of years, no one had dared to offend Haruhara, the Imperial Inari, but before she could even get angry, her legs were lifted up and she was carried quite a distance down Mount Oe.

boom!
This is the roar of Jade Mountain crashing down; the shockwave, mixed with flying sand and stones, makes one smell the eerie aroma of alcohol permeating the air.

Chun Yuan thought of a possibility and suddenly opened his eyes. Sure enough, he saw Dong Ye Yu in front of him, and he could almost see the rising and burning foxfire in his peach blossom eyes.

"Why haven't you left yet?!"

Her tone was unusually stern and reprimanding.

"Why should I leave?" Dongye Yu put down Chunyuan, holding the Chunyang sword box in his hand, and for a moment felt invincible in the world.

"Fool, Shuten-dōji has become a god now. Even I am no match for him. What good are you?"

Chun Yuan glared at Dong Yeyu, but without her mask and now severely injured, even in her fury, her pure and lovely face still made it hard to feel afraid. She knew Dong Yeyu wasn't the kind of irrational, arrogant fool, but she couldn't figure out why he stayed.

Being sentimental doesn't have to be this strong.

Chun Yuan was completely baffled, until finally a bizarre thought popped into his head: Could it be... that he likes me?

The little wild fox felt powerless and struggled to get up, wanting to fight to the death.

"Your injuries are quite serious, take a rest, leave the rest to me." Dongye Yu pressed down on Chunyuan's shoulder.

Chunyuan was stunned, but then he saw him holding the wooden box and gazing at Shuten-dōji.

With a flick of his finger, Shuten-dōji stopped the waves, which were about to engulf Chunyuan and Higashino Yu, that had been transformed from divine wine.

"Want to beg for mercy?"

He stood in the air, looking down at the young man before him with great interest. A slight smile played on his lips. He was curious. With Inaho-hime's divine weapon, Higashino Yu had indeed had a chance to escape just now.

However, he used that precious time to escape to save the fox, which is inexplicably foolish.

"Not going to escape?" Dongye Yu smiled and murmured softly, his hand forming the Qing Seal, and he bowed slightly.

"What?" Shuten-dōji frowned, thinking he hadn't heard clearly, when he heard Higashino Yu speak in a calm and serious voice.

"Please, a true immortal, slay the demon."

Wow!
The wooden box, which had just looked as ordinary as a cheap handicraft, suddenly popped open automatically.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a clear and melodious sword cry that seemed to come from beyond the heavens, like the first strike of a jade chime, cleansing the universe.

In an instant, an undeniable beam of light shot into the sky from the box!

It is not a blinding light, but rather like condensed silver or concentrated starlight, presenting an indescribable, clear and bright light.

This light is pure and restrained, yet it carries a sense of righteousness that penetrates illusion and reaches the source.

The moment it appeared in the world, an invisible ripple spread out from the center of this beam of light!

The eerie blood moon on Mount Ooe, its scarlet light as if ink had been poured into clear water, instantly dimmed and faded, even faintly emitting a mournful cry of unbearable burden.

The monstrous wave of divine wine, condensed from Shuten-dōji's divine power and about to engulf the two, was blocked as if by an invisible barrier, or as if it had encountered scorching ice and snow, emitting a hissing sound. It rolled violently and retreated rapidly out of control, leaving behind a large area of ​​scorched ground that had been eroded by the divine wine and then instantly purified by the pure and righteous energy.

Clang!
With a turn of the sword light, an invisible pressure was like the heavens collapsing!

All the demons present, regardless of their strength, unleashed their most primal fear from the depths of their souls.

The low-level demons couldn't even utter a scream before instantly turning into ashes and vanishing.

Those who were slightly stronger were as if struck on the spine by an invisible giant hammer, howling in agony as they knelt on the ground, their demonic energy suppressed so tightly that they flickered and were about to go out like candles in the wind.

Even great demons like Ibaraki-dōji and Hoshiguma-dōji felt their demonic power stagnate, as if they were carrying a mountain of immense weight. A chill originating from their life instincts rushed from their tailbone straight to the top of their head, causing their liver and gallbladder to rupture!

Where did this fox spirit get its magical artifact?! Ibaraki-dōji's petite body instinctively took a few steps back.

Hoshiguma Doji's clasped hands trembled uncontrollably, and his face, which was half compassionate and half evil, was now filled with fear.

Shuten-dōji's amused smile froze completely, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

His golden eyes were fixed on the silvery light hanging above Dongye Yu's head, and he sensed a pure and deadly destructive power that could threaten him, the newly ascended "god"!
"not good!"

A warning bell rang in his mind, and his previous composure vanished. With a wave of his hand, Jade Mountain flew up again, crashing into the sword light. Without even looking at the result, he turned and ran.

(End of this chapter)