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If the Emperor had known at the time that these people were vying for the title of Ōkuninushi, he would have been furious.

However, how did Hoshino Hiro know about such a secret matter?

Zhao Hao asked directly, "How did you know about this?"

Hoshino Hiroshi pushed up his glasses, his face somewhat grim: "News just came in that almost all of our colleagues from the Onmyoji Bureau who went to the Underworld have been wiped out. The news has spread because of this..."

Hoshino Hiroshi left, and as soon as he disappeared into the elevator, Ni rushed up, "Master, what... what do we do?"

He didn't dare to ask if he needed help, but his meaning was quite clear.

Zhao Hao chopped him on the head with a chop, and "Duang~" a big red bump immediately appeared, making him look like a gourd brother!

"With your skills, you think you can get involved in this kind of thing? You're not even fit to be cannon fodder!"

The others remained silent. Indeed, these Iron-ranked players shouldn't be trying to compete in the Challenger tier. However, they were still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

At this moment, Zhao Hao asked, "Ramen Maru, has there been any news from Kyoto?"

Ramenmaru quickly replied, "The Shichiya family has been completely silent for the past few days, and Miss Shichiya Saki hasn't shown up either. There are still twenty-six days until the wedding..."

"Hmm..." Zhao Hao pondered.

"Although I am reluctant to meddle, this spiritual disaster is of a massive scale. If we do not offer assistance, it could indeed cause huge casualties. Considering that there is still plenty of time, I will take action and resolve the spiritual disaster."

He glanced at the jubilant crowd and said, "But let's not think about the rest! What great godhood, what spiritual vein nodes—it's all bullshit. It doesn't sound like a good thing at all. Let's get ready, deal with the spiritual disaster, and then drive away!"

Everyone: "Yes!"

Chapter 439 The Enemy at Honganji Temple

What kind of divine status does a great empire have? How could such a thing possibly be rumored?

There's a hint of conspiracy in it.

I won't fall for this trick and get involved in this mess!

Zhao Hao and his group had just gotten their weapons and gone downstairs when they ran into three people.

It was none other than the stubble-faced man from the Countermeasures Bureau, Immortal Mountain Nobody, Little Stone Warrior, and Earth Palace Yaraku.

Tsuchimiya Masara was still gritting her teeth when she saw the second one! She hadn't forgotten the grudge from that leg bump.

Xian Shan Wuren quickly stepped forward and said, "Lord Yasuo, please..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Hao waved his hand, "No need to say more, I have to go deal with the spiritual disaster."

"Huh?" Immortal Mountain was taken aback. This Yasuo swordsman didn't seem like the kind of person who would stand up for justice. Why was he suddenly so proactive in dealing with the spiritual disaster?

Chosoka opened the car door for Zhao Hao, but Zhao Hao didn't get in. He said, "That squinty-eyed guy found me and asked me to help."

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to take the bus. I'll go ahead first, you guys can take your time to catch up!"

As he spoke, he leaped up, and suddenly a huge crane flew in from the sky, carrying Zhao Hao like a helicopter towards the towering barrier in the distance.

No one on the fairy mountain was startled. Had it flown away?

Who would have thought that this Yasuo swordsman not only possessed immense strength but also had such a powerful spirit beast? A flying swordsman is quite different from an ordinary swordsman!

However, he doesn't have time to think about that now.

He looked at Chosokabu and asked, "The squinty-eyed man that Lord Yaso mentioned, is he the curse investigator from the Onmyō Agency?"

"Yes. Lord Hoshino Hiroshi, a Level 2 Curse Investigator... He also said that the reason why so many forces gathered in the Heian-kyo underworld was actually to compete for the divine status of Ōkuninushi."

"What?" No one on the immortal mountain was shocked.

The godhead of the Great Lord? !

Yes, if that's the case, then it all makes sense.

No wonder all the priests of Izumo Taisha have been mobilized and are heading towards Heian-kyo. I thought they'd had a change of heart and were going to save the world!

But how could a Level 2 Curse Investigator possibly know about such a thing?

No, we need to contact the Ministry of Environment right away!

However, just as Hoshino Hiroshi said, once such news spreads, the speed at which it spreads is unimaginable.

By this time, many people in Kyoto and Edo already knew about this news.

Just like I said before, the Emperor was furious.

Of course, the Emperor is now quite old, and it's already a sign of good health that he can get out of bed without help; he really can't jump anymore.

The royal family was greatly shaken, and the cabinet held an emergency meeting.

Of course, given the nature of the Japanese, this meeting could go on and on.

The Onmyo Agency headquarters and the Countermeasures Bureau have already begun to take action, and the supernatural forces belonging to the Imperial Family have also started to be mobilized.

The two princes each led their own men.

In the entire Edo-Kyoto region, it can be said that more than 80% of the extraordinary forces are intricately connected with these forces.

They either joined the prince, were secretly supported by the powerful minister, or joined an official agency like the Countermeasures Office, or had a long-standing and deep-rooted relationship with the government.

In short, it started moving on its own right away.

As one of the four great families of demon slayers, the Seven Nights Clan naturally could not remain uninvolved.

……

In Heian-kyo, the cranes are incredibly fast; they can cover a distance of four kilometers with just a few flaps of their wings.

Zhao Hao rode the crane and circled most of the barrier to observe it. Well, he was quite lucky.

Although the area affected by this spiritual disaster was quite large, fortunately it was not in the very center of Heian-kyo, but in the northeast.

Zhao Hao took a look and saw that the barrier covered an area with a diameter of about five kilometers, enclosing a large residential area, commercial street, museum, and so on, but mostly scenic parks and mountainous areas.

Judging from the situation, there are probably at least a thousand people trapped inside the barrier.

“Let’s take a closer look!” Zhao Hao said.

The crane approached the barrier, and Zhao Hao, standing on its back, placed his hand on it. He began to analyze the barrier.

It wasn't very troublesome; in fact, Zhao Hao thought that this barrier had no advantages other than its size. It seemed this Yin-Yang Hall wasn't all that great after all.

About ten seconds later, the barrier began to twist, centered on Zhao Hao's hand, and then a huge circular hole appeared.

As soon as Zhao Hao opened the breach, the person in charge of the barrier immediately reacted.

"Something's breaking through the barrier! It's in the western sky! Send people there immediately!"

The Yin-Yang Hall still had personnel in the surface world to maintain the barrier and prevent its large-scale spread.

Unexpectedly, even with ground transportation blocked, there were still people causing trouble in the sky.

They didn't expect anyone to go in; they thought some special monster was trying to escape from the barrier. A few escaping wouldn't be a big deal, but if it broke the barrier, that would be a serious matter.

Just as Zhao Hao flew into the barrier on his crane, a military jeep sped up from the ground.

The people in the car watched as someone stood on the back of a large crane and flew into the barrier.

One of them, gripping the walkie-talkie, shouted: "Report! It's a person! Someone rode a crane and entered the barrier! Someone rode a crane and entered the barrier!"

Upon entering the barrier, the sky darkened, and it felt like evening had arrived instead of noon.

The black miasma in the sky was like rolling dark clouds, surging and boiling, blotting out the sun.

Evil winds surged across the ground, and terrifying, ghostly figures were everywhere, accompanied by strange chattering cries, monsters of various shapes, and twisted, indescribable cursed spirits.

The shops along the street were severely damaged, with broken doors and windows, debris scattered everywhere, and bloodstains and even dismembered limbs appearing on the ground from time to time.

Everywhere, apocalyptic scenes are unfolding!

"Crane, go and save them," Zhao Hao instructed.

The crane nodded: "Watch me!" With a flap of its wings, it flew away.

It flapped its wings in the air, and wind and fire came at the same time. It swooped down on the main road, which was blocked by abandoned vehicles, and the monsters and cursed spirits on the street were turned into ashes in the wind and fire.

The crane gracefully turned in the air and landed on the roof of an abandoned car. In front of it was a short, stocky, one-eyed, one-horned monster, which had already been reduced to ashes. A woman with a leg injury lay on the ground, looking up at it in shock.

"Don't panic, ma'am. You're safe now. Now, grab my foot and I'll take you to a safe place," the crane spoke, its voice quite deep.

Although the woman was also a little scared, compared to the ugly and vicious monster from before, the ethereal and otherworldly crane in front of her was far more appealing.

It's clear that appearance is very important in many situations.

Moreover, the crane had just burned the monster that could easily overturn a car to ashes with a single flap of its wings. If it really wanted to harm me, it wouldn't have needed to deceive me.

The woman tremblingly grasped the crane's feet, which were as thick as a baby's wrist.

The crane said, "Hold on tight, we're about to take off."

With a determined heart, the woman tightly hugged the crane's legs to her chest, and the next moment, the woman and the crane were already flying into the air.

Crane: "Um, you don't really need to hug me so tightly, after all, I'm a male crane!"

The woman was placed inside the barrier set up by Zhao Hao by the crane, and then it went to search for and rescue the others.

Meanwhile, Zhao Hao was running across numerous rooftops and walls, heading towards the area where the miasma was most concentrated.

By Japanese standards, this spiritual disaster has reached level 4.

Moreover, this is just the beginning. Although the barrier has been set up in time, if all the thousand or so people inside the barrier die here, the spiritual disaster will inevitably escalate to another level.

Zhao Hao's internal magnetic field began to rotate, his body crackling with electricity. Using the walls for leverage, he moved forward as if leaping. The psionic storms he created with each step tore apart the small cursed spirits along the way. Even the walls and roof were damaged, but it seemed no one cared anymore.

Some of the more rational monsters, seeing this commotion from afar, immediately tried to run. But by the time they saw it, it was too late. Zhao Hao casually waved his hand, transforming it into wind blades, and tore these monsters to pieces.

However, when he reached a square, he encountered a group of monsters.

These monsters are unusual; they are humanoid.

They weren't the kind of monsters with one eye or one horn, but rather monsters that looked no different from ordinary people, except that they were surrounded by miasma, had grown sharp teeth, some had bumps on their foreheads, and their pupils had turned into a horizontal line or blood red.

This group of thirteen or fourteen people were all bald!

What's even stranger is that they were wearing armor while wearing Buddhist prayer beads, some had samurai swords at their waists, some were holding blood-stained cross spears, two were holding bows and arrows, and even more outrageous, three of them were carrying muskets!

Those old-fashioned flintlock rifles!

"Damn it, have monsters kept up with the times these days?"