I have a ghost diary

The Kujou family's demon shamans began to panic. He died after just one point? Two top experts joined forces, yet they couldn't save their patriarch's life? How could they possibly fight like this?

While the female demon master who controlled the angels was somewhat panicked, Kujou Kazuki remained calm.

He said calmly, "Souga Hayashi may have told you that you can't use Ghost Domain within the Lifeless Barrier, but that's not the strongest ability of this level zero sealed artifact."

The term "non-arising forbearance" comes from the 449th volume of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, meaning "without birth or death, all dharmas are endured." Similarly, everything within this barrier is without birth or death, meaning that the living cannot die here, and the dead cannot be resurrected here.

As Kujo Kazuki spoke, the person secretly controlling the wooden fish in the shrine behind him struck the wooden fish again, making a "tap tap tap" sound, trying to get the head of the family to stand up again.

Theoretically, the patriarch is not dead; he may simply be injured and unconscious.

With the sound of the wooden fish, black and white swastikas fell from the barrier in the sky and poured into the body of Kujo Yoshii.

However, what made the Kujo family members uneasy was that the head of the family did not stand up, and gradually, even Ikki's expression changed.

He could no longer maintain his composure and quickly squatted down to check on Kujo Yoshii's condition.

But the patriarch... seems to be truly dead. He has no breath, no heartbeat, and even his body is rapidly stiffening and cooling down.

"Surprised? It seems you don't know enough about the Chu lineage." Chu Jiang shook his head.

This is precisely the power of the Great Master of Fate to control life and death. Since Chu Jiang awakened his bloodline power to a high degree last time, he has been able to control death, but he cannot control life yet.

Because the power to turn living things into the dead is completely ineffective against ghosts, Chu Jiang has never used it until now.

However, for the living, this power is nothing short of a death warrant. Chu Jiang tried it out casually and killed Kujo Yoshii instantly.

Although two demons tried to save him, it was precisely because this power was ineffective against demons and did not even target any specific person that their obstruction was meaningless. Kujo Yoshii was still hit when he was supposed to be hit, and he died just the same way.

Even the "rules" of the Lifeless Barrier could not prevent his death.

Essentially, this is the power to control life and death, stronger than the power of non-birth and non-death. In an unseen supernatural confrontation, Chu Zhan emerged victorious.

After confirming the patriarch's death, Kujou Kazuki immediately rushed into the shrine, shouting, "Scatter! Find cover!"

The forty-eight demon masters of the Kujo family immediately fled to various buildings inside the shrine. In less than a few seconds, the entire main courtyard of the shrine was empty, with no one left except for the corpse of the head of the family.

Chu Jiang's lips curled slightly. A cover?

It's no use. Now, he can unconditionally sense the presence of all living things within a kilometer radius; whether he's hiding behind reinforced concrete or in a haunted building, it's the same.

There are indeed useful shelters, namely other living creatures.

For example, if it wasn't two demons that rushed to protect Kujo Yoshii just now, but a living person, then that living person could have died in Yoshii's place.

To put it even more simply, even living animals would be fine; but nowadays, even irrelevant people have been cleared out of shrines, so naturally there are no such small animals.

Chu Jiang, of course, wouldn't kindly tell them this; he simply stepped into the shrine step by step.

The moment he set foot on this land, an invisible curse enveloped him, causing blood-red runes to appear on his body.

It seems this is why the Kujo family wanted to lure Chujiang in.

However, Chu Jiang glanced at it and found that the ghosts inside him were spontaneously resisting this power; so he touched the Ghost Diary, gave himself a [Ju-on] buff, and then ignored it.

As long as the curse exists, he will not die from other types of curses until the curse disappears.

Chapter 413 Death Roll Call

Looking around the shrine, Chu Jiang casually pointed in one direction, "The second one."

As he spoke calmly, a loud "thud" echoed from afar, and another member of the Kujo family died, utterly defenseless.

"The third one."

"Splash!" Another corpse fell into the pond.

After Chu Jiang killed three people, the remaining people finally realized that Chu Jiang could "see through" their hiding place, and immediately moved to their current position, trying to prevent Chu Jiang from locking onto them.

In theory, this is indeed a good method. But as the saying goes, no matter how terrible the method, it has to hit the target first.

Meanwhile, the demon masters of the Kujo family, unwilling to sit idly by and wait for their doom, are launching counterattacks one by one.

Just as the abilities of all sorts of ghosts and monsters surged in like a tide, Chu Jiang revealed a black solar flame wheel to help him block the attacks; at the same time, he drew a long sword with raindrops on its blade from his left hand.

He began to hum a classic Japanese rainy nursery rhyme, which he had learned from watching anime during his early student days.

“雨雨降れ降れ母さんが~? (Rain, rain, rain, rain, Mommy!)”

"Snake の目で* お英え play しいな~? (Take me home with a big oil paper umbrella, I'm so happy)"

As the song played, a light drizzle actually began to fall from the sky, even though no dark clouds appeared.

Moreover, these strange raindrops penetrated the roof and fell on everyone at Kujo Shrine.

Of course, many of the more vigilant ghost masters immediately used various supernatural powers to separate or evaporate the rainwater, preventing it from falling directly on them.

Upon seeing the cloudless rain, Kujo Kazuki immediately thought of the situation at Oni-Abyss. Could it be that Chu Jiang had controlled the Yamata no Orochi?!

No, no, no, how could this be... He felt increasingly disheartened; moreover, Suga's family had not responded for a long time, seemingly unwilling to get involved in this mess.

Gritting his teeth, Kujo Kazuki decided to go all out; there was no turning back this time!

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the ground of the shrine, and a huge, blood-red maw emerged, attempting to swallow Chu Jiang completely.

At the same moment, the holy angel in the sky reappeared, holding a radiant spear that represented justice and victory, and suddenly hurled it down at Chu Jiang.

But Chu Jiang simply stood there quietly, holding his long sword, humming a tune, seemingly having lost the will to resist.

In the midst of a violent explosion of sound and light, Chu Jiang was first pierced by a spear, and then swallowed by a giant mouth.

But just as the Kujo family's demon shamans were beginning to see a glimmer of hope, a calming voice emanated from the giant maw, "The fourth one."

Then they saw a woman's corpse suddenly fall from the dazzling angel in the sky.

Yes, the sorcerer hid himself inside the ghost he controlled and moved with it to avoid being locked on.

But despite all this, she could not escape her fate of death. When her body fell, her eyes were still wide open, as if she had never expected that she would die so easily.

The angel immediately transformed into a murky black shadow and returned to the female demon master's body; after about five to ten minutes, it would break free from its host's body, revive, and become an independent entity...

"The fifth one."

"The sixth one."

Chu Jiang's speed began to increase, and everyone present lost track of him, with only the recurring death knell remaining.

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer. A short man dressed like a Japanese ninja jumped out from a corner of the shrine, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed repeatedly, weeping bitterly.

"Lord Chujiang! Please spare me. It was the Kujo family that forced me to come and deal with you. I had no choice. I believed that I had no chance of winning this battle."

"I have an elderly mother to support, a wife and children waiting for me to come home for dinner. Please give me a way out; I'll do anything..."

After quickly shouting out these Japanese phrases, he also said a couple of sentences in broken Chinese: "Hello" and "Sorry".

When others saw this, some despised the guy; some empathized with him; some were panicked and scared; but most people were watching to see how Chu Jiang would handle it—would he just kill this fool?

It can be said that Chu Jiang's next decision will affect the choices of all of them.

“It’s very simple. The Kujo family is involved in tens of thousands of people, and I don’t have time to kill them all one by one. But the people who plotted to kill me must die. If you can reveal the planner of this scheme and do as I say, then I don’t mind giving you a way out.”

No one could see Chu Jiang's figure, and after Chu Jiang finished speaking, it was Soga Hayate who translated his words.

Finally, Hayabusa added: "As the official representative of Seireitei, I hereby announce that Kujo Yoshii's plot to attack our partners is an unforgivable sin that could potentially trigger a full-scale war between our country and Kyushu, and between Seireitei and Research Institute No. 21."

"Therefore, the Seireitei has decided to exterminate the ringleaders of the Kujo family's evil deeds, which is why I came here with Chu Jiang. I am a witness and represent the official stance of our country."

"Finally, I want to remind you that the Soga family's reinforcements have arrived in full force. Those who are willing to surrender immediately still have a chance to live. The Seireitei will officially take over everything of the Kujo family after this incident."

As soon as the young lady spoke, a large number of figures appeared outside the barrier of lifelessness, including troops deployed on the ground, ghost masters flying in the air, and even formations of helicopters and fighter jets flying around the mountain.

This made everyone in the Kujo family realize that they were surrounded, and that their chances of survival were slim...

Even the official forces are siding with Chu Jiang; isn't this a sign that the tide has turned against them?

At the same time, they realized why the hidden support forces they had set up hadn't shown up even though they had already started to take action—it turned out they had been intercepted by the Soga family's people.

"I surrender!"

"I'm willing to surrender too!"

The demon shamans of the Kujo family suddenly emerged from all directions, trembling with fear. Each of them raised their hands, put down their weapons, and knelt down beside the demon shaman who had surrendered first.

They never dreamed that the battle would end so quickly, and that it would result in a complete and utter defeat for them.

Of course, the most terrifying thing was that they discovered they had far underestimated Chu Jiang's strength. Was he a god-like being?

Facing them is an absolute massacre; whoever you point at dies, and no matter what kind of ghost it is, it cannot save their lives.

.........

Although most of the surviving demon masters gradually surrendered, there was one person who never appeared.

That's right, it's Kujo Kazuki.

"why?"

A voice filled with gritted teeth rang out from somewhere within the shrine, "The Soga family, you are committing treason!"

Kujo Kazuki never expected that the Soga family would not only not choose to cooperate with them, but would even side with Chu Jiang.

Suwo Zao Xue sighed, "You are too greedy, and you know far too little about the Chu Zang lineage and the contemporary Chu Zang."

"To be honest, in our view, ever since the Kujo family began to covet Chu Zi, your demise was inevitable; while we have always been on the side of righteousness..."

Chapter 414 Kujou Kazuki, Come Out and Face Your Death

Chu Jiang's figure reappeared in the courtyard at some point. He looked perfectly fine and was still holding the long sword whose blade was glistening with raindrops.

So far, apart from Kujo Kazuki, there are probably a dozen or so people who haven't surrendered. These are all die-hard Kujo family members, the kind who would rather die than surrender.

"Chu Jiang! Let's have a fair one-on-one duel. I know I won't leave here alive today, but I want to prove to the world that you are no match for me!"

This time, Kujo Kazuki's voice came from a different direction.

He wasn't arrogant to that extent; he was just deliberately using those words to provoke Chu Jiang, hoping to anger him and create an opportunity for himself...

Unexpectedly, Chu Jiang simply shook his head, "You don't have that chance."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the ghost masters who had surrendered. They all hung their heads, seemingly waiting for an opportunity to be taken over and leave peacefully.