The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

"That's right, it's been hundreds of years since we last met. I never imagined we'd meet again under these circumstances. You look quite disheveled."

Looking at the nine-tailed fox bound hand and foot before him, Inari God felt a pang of emotion.

Back then, as the pinnacle of evil spirits and deities, the nine-tailed fox was on par with her at her peak.

After fighting for hundreds of years, they met again, but the situation had completely turned against them...

"Do you think you can trap me like this?"

Looking at the smug Inari God, the nine-tailed fox sneered.

"if not?"

The Inari deity crossed his arms and returned a cold look.

As their words fell, two immense forces clashed fiercely on the chains...

Chapter 352 The Method to Kill God

"I'm leaving them in your care for now."

Seeing that Inari was already fighting the Nine-Tailed Fox, Hachiman Hikigaya slowly descended from a tall building.

After entrusting the three women to Xiao Wu's care, he leaped and rushed towards the square.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Two immense forces collided on the chains.

Even though Inari God is a level above the Nine-Tailed Fox, he can only manage a draw with it at this moment.

Upon seeing this, the Inari God's smile vanished instantly, and he began to concentrate on controlling his power to suppress the nine-tailed fox.

"It's no use. Perhaps a few hundred years ago our strength was equal. But now..."

As the nine-tailed fox spoke with a cold laugh, she slowly imbued her power into the rune-engraved chains.

As the golden divinity slowly dimmed, tiny cracks gradually appeared on the surface of a chain.

"how is this possible?"

Seeing the cracks in the chain, Inari God was shocked and immediately increased the output of his divine power, trying to repair the chain before the nine-tailed fox could destroy it.

However, the chains were broken much faster than the Inari god had anticipated.

Just as she was about to salvage the chains, they snapped in two with a sharp crack.

As the binding power of one chain fails, the pressure on the other chains on the nine-tailed fox suddenly increases dramatically!

"How's it going?"

When Hachiman Hikigaya arrived at the battlefield, he saw Inari looking very serious.

"This is very bad. That guy has my power..."

Seeing that the other chains around the nine-tailed fox were on the verge of breaking at any moment, the Inari God's face was filled with helplessness.

"With your power?"

"Have you forgotten that the incense from one of my shrines was stolen? Now the incense is inside that guy's body."

The Inari God raised his chin at the nine-tailed fox, feeling a headache coming on at the thought that his opponent's body contained his own power.

Although those powers are rootless, once they are used up, they cannot be restored naturally unless one steals her offerings again.

However, given the incense that was stolen before, it's probably unlikely that the nine-tailed fox will be able to stay today.

"What if I could help?"

Upon hearing Inari's explanation, Hachiman Hikigaya asked a question while simultaneously injecting the energy from the fusion of his spiritual and divine powers into Inari's body.

"Eh?"

Sensing the infusion of a new power, Inari turned to look at Hachiman Hikigaya in surprise.

When did he combine his own power to create this new energy?

However, now is clearly not a good time to ask questions.

After confirming that Hachiman Hikigaya's power would not be easily corrupted by the Nine-Tailed Fox, Inari God turned to controlling the silver energy belonging to Hachiman Hikigaya within his body and reforged the chains.

As the chains gradually turned from gold to silver, the nine-tailed fox, who was struggling to break free, clearly felt that the resistance she was facing had increased significantly.

"Is it this human again?"

Looking at Hachiman Hikigaya standing with Inari in the sky, the Nine-Tailed Fox almost immediately realized that the current change was the work of that little guy.

"go to hell!"

Filled with resentment, the nine-tailed fox temporarily halted her escape attempt.

A massive amount of energy began to gather in its mouth, and as the energy took shape, the evil energy of the entire Chiba began to converge towards it.

"It's turned up too high."

Suddenly, the Inari God uttered words that were extremely modern.

"Eh?"

Upon hearing about this new and trendy Inari god, Hachiman Hikigaya's mind went blank for a moment.

Seeing this, Inari God could only sigh helplessly and continue speaking.

"Then I'll open mine too."

"........."

This time, Hachiman Hikigaya heard the meaning that Inari God wanted to convey.

Before he could say anything, the Inari god beside him suddenly shone with a dazzling light comparable to the sun...

Two beams of light, one black and one white, collided instantly.

The impact it generated almost instantly shifted the surrounding buildings to the ground.

"not good!"

As the shockwave continued to spread to the surrounding buildings, Hachiman Hikigaya's expression instantly turned serious.

"Formation!"

Just then, a delicate shout suddenly came from afar.

As the chief priestess appeared in Hachiman Hikigaya's sight, the foxes who had just been resurrected from the Inari Shrine and rushed over transformed into human form, using their divine power to construct a solid barrier that firmly contained the shockwave within a certain area.

"Roar!" x2

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief because the shockwave had been stopped, two roars that almost pierced his eardrums rang out beside him.

Look back.

Under the full moon, two giant nine-tailed foxes, each over thirty meters tall, engaged in a fierce battle within the space constructed by the Inari Divine Fox.

"Hand-to-hand combat?"

Seeing the Inari God and the Nine-Tailed Fox writhing together, fighting like wild beasts, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

After all, their life level is as high as that of gods, yet their fighting style is so primitive...

"Because ordinary attacks can no longer cause fatal damage to the opponent."

After dealing with the shockwave that was enough to destroy the entire Chiba district, the chief priestess flew behind Hachiman Hikigaya and hovered.

"Oh?"

Hearing this for the first time, Hachiman Hikigaya turned to look at the chief priestess with curiosity, hoping she could tell him more about what comes after godhood.

"Speaking of which, Lord Hachiman, you're almost at the level of a god, aren't you? You'll be able to feel it clearly when the time comes. Once you reach the level of a god, as long as you have a sliver of life force left, you can't really die."

"Moreover, they have reached the level of gods. Ordinary spells may cause damage, but they are merely a tickle in the face of a god's overwhelming regenerative abilities."

"The best way to deal with an opponent who is also at the god level is to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Only by directly destroying the opponent's life core and then using your own power to disperse the opponent's remaining life force can you completely kill a god-level opponent."

As the only priestess who survived from ancient times, the chief priestess clearly knows a lot of information about the gods.

"Is it that hard to kill?"

Looking at the two foxes in the distance, who had stopped fighting and were now facing each other, Hachiman Hikigaya was filled with shock.

"Of course. Otherwise, how could he be called a god?"

"What if the power weakens? Like the case with Inari God before."

"A deity's status does not decline with weakening power. However, because their power has weakened, if a rival of equal divine caliber were to hunt them down..."

Recalling the deaths of most of the extinct gods, the chief priestess fell silent.

This is no longer the age of gods.

In Japan, only five exorcists are needed to completely suppress evil spirits.

Evil spirits, however, remain completely unaffected by the progress of the times, continuing to lurk in the shadows and accumulate power.

Only their lineage of deities, who require human offerings, is constantly weakening...

Chapter 353 Black Mist

"Instead of chatting, come and help me out!"

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was trying to learn more from the chief priestess, the infuriating voice of Inari entered his mind.

"........."

Upon hearing this, Hachiman Hikigaya looked towards the Inari deity.

Sure enough, the Inari God, who was still in a standoff, kept slapping the ground with his tail, and his whole body was shrouded in an atmosphere of 'I am very unhappy'.

Okay, this was definitely Hachiman Hikigaya's fault.

He was the one who asked Inari to come and help deal with the Nine-Tailed Fox, but now Inari is fighting alone while he goes to seduce Inari's subordinates (Inari's perspective).

Suspecting he would be held accountable if he didn't help, Hachiman Hikigaya bid farewell to the chief priestess and hurried off to the battlefield.

After seeing Hachiman Hikigaya arrive, Inari used some secret technique to facilitate his battle.