Shota is surrounded by monsters!

This was the first time Shota had bled since birth; dark red blood dripped onto the ground, drop by drop. At the same time, taking advantage of Shota's momentary lapse in attention, Ranguren's snake head on her tail snapped into his back!

"Bam—"

Shota kicked out with his hind leg, and Yomi instinctively raised her knife to block, but was kicked away ten meters away!

At the same time, taking advantage of the opening, Ran Honglian turned around and pinned Shota down, opening her huge mouth as if she wanted to make up for the pain Shota had inflicted on her once again!

I'll swallow you whole in one gulp!

Feeling the intense pain of the snake's head biting his body, Shota opened his gaping maw, ready to swallow the spirit beast whole in one gulp!

Huang Quan's hand was already starting to go numb; that kick had almost knocked her senses out. But when she saw Luan Honglian facing the Taotie's head, a sense of crisis flashed through her mind. Without hesitation, she immediately put away her spirit beast!

Just as Ran Honglian disappeared, a terrifying gravitational force suddenly arose centered on Shota's mouth, which was lying on the ground. Instantly, a fierce wind arose, and sand and stones flew everywhere!

"Raging Crimson Lotus, Roaring Bullet!"

Huang Quan neither dodged nor yielded, and summoned his spirit beast again. At this moment, ranged attacks were the best option!

Of course, Shota wasn't some fool who would just sit and wait to die; he dodged the Roaring Bullet with a simple roll. But this time, he didn't choose to continue the pursuit; instead, he ran straight towards Rea!

"Oops!"

Huang Quan had already been kicked away from the blockade by Shota, and even Ran Honglian, whom she had resummoned, was now far away from the monster. She was too focused on killing him on the spot, and in doing so, she forgot to protect the young lady!

“Om Mani Padme Hum”.

Just as Shota was about to jump up, a rapid whisper entered her ears, and then... a transparent wall blocked his way, knocking him back to the ground!

Shota angrily turned his head and looked at Kagura Tsuchimiya, who had somehow come down and set up a barrier ten meters away.

"Feel sorry……"

Kagura drew her weapon, gripped the sword with a standard grip, and said, "I once wanted to be friends with you. But I never imagined you were the kind of youkai who wanted to eat human girls."

"Kagura! Don't stand directly in front of him!"

Taking advantage of the barrier's brief respite, Yomi quickly grabbed Kagura and hoisted her onto Ranguren's back. Then, addressing the stunned Sanka family members on the mountain, she said, "Hurry up and leave!"

"Quick, Rea, that's a thoroughly evil monster!"

Once he came to his senses, Sankadan Ichiro grabbed his daughter's hand and tried to drag her away, but Rea sat on the ground and pressed her other hand against a stone. She didn't want to leave... She was afraid that if she left, the exorcists and their coming companions would kill Shota-chan.

For her, it was impossible to tell who was in the upper hand and who was in the lower hand. All she knew was that Shota was bleeding, while the other monster's wounds had disappeared after disappearing and reappearing.

"Shota-chan... don't worry about me! Let's go!"

"What nonsense are you spouting, Rei!"

Sanka Danichiro angrily pulled his daughter up from the ground, then said to the butler who had been standing by, "Carry Miss back with you!"

"Yes, Master Tuanichiro."

"Let me go! Let me go!"

The butler lifted Rea's legs up, and she was suddenly suspended in mid-air. She turned her head to look at Shota, who was fighting there, while kicking her legs and arms hard, trying to break free of her restraints!

Rea wanted to see Shota walk away unharmed, but Shota wasn't in the mood to care about Rea's feelings. He just found the person in front of him incredibly annoying!

Ran Honglian stood in front of him, blocking his path. Whenever he was about to open his mouth, he would jump away from his front. The two exorcist girls only attacked Shota from behind, and retreated immediately after each successful attack, giving Shota no chance to retaliate.

He only had one tail, while his opponent had two weapons. Even though Shota deliberately targeted and intercepted the more dangerous Isayama Yomi's sword, Kagura wasn't entirely useless. At least her spiritual power, honed since childhood, could restrain Shota.

If... if only that damned spirit beast could disappear...

Whenever he was about to inflict a fatal wound on the spirit beast, Izayama Yomi would summon Ran Honglian to evade the attack. Wait, his spirit beast seems to be sealed within his weapon?

The idea had barely formed when Yomi Isayama launched another attack on Shota. This time, instead of using his tail to block the attack, Shota used his iron tail to lash out at her hand holding the treasured sword, Lion King!

shit!

As his forearm was attacked and fractured, Lion King uncontrollably threw himself out, and the spirit beast Ranguren suddenly disappeared. Without any restraint, Shota turned around...

"what!"

With Taotie's full exhalation, the two girls standing in front of him were blown away and crashed into the mountainside. Although this wouldn't kill them or even seriously injure them, it would at least temporarily disable their ability to attack.

Next... just eat up the barrier and steal Rea away.

Shota shook his slightly dizzy head. The longer the battle went on, the stronger some primal desires within him became. He hadn't eaten much substantial food lately, and this time-consuming, energy-draining, and even blood-consuming battle had left his stomach completely empty. He feared that if he really became starving, he would lose all sense of friend or foe.

But just as Shota looked up at Rea, another unexpected event occurred.

Chapter Twenty-Eight. Unexpected Events

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"Father! Let go!"

Rei, whose limbs were being held, was struggling in mid-air. Seeing Shota below being attacked from both sides, she became even more anxious.

"Reya! What nonsense are you spouting!"

Sankadan Ichiro, holding Rea by both arms and supporting her back, said sternly, "Go back now. Leave this to those exorcists!"

Even the usually serious and composed head of the Sanhua family, when faced with a battle scene that defied the bounds of science, couldn't help but feel the urge to evacuate as quickly as possible, even if he managed to remain calm. After all, being caught in the crossfire could have serious consequences. He didn't want to gamble with his daughter's life.

Thus, on this mountain road, which was only a little over a meter wide, a very strange scene unfolded: two men carried a young girl, as if kidnapping her, and forcibly took her away despite her resistance.

"Bam—"

Just as Sankadan Ichiro was about to retreat, the battle situation below suddenly changed. Taotie whipped its tail and knocked Huangquan's treasured sword out of his hand. The spirit beast Luan Honglian was scattered in an instant. At the same time, both exorcist girls were blown away to the foot of the mountain!

Thank goodness... Shota-chan is finally alright.

After seeing Shota defeat his opponent, Rea thought that the opponent's reinforcements might be coming soon. He silently apologized to the old butler who was lifting his leg, and then kicked him hard in the chest!

Before the old butler could recover from the earth-shaking tremor, he received a light kick to the chest. He didn't react in time, and the grip on his hand loosened. Rei struggled and swung his foot again, finally escaping from his grasp.

"Rei, what do you want to do?"

After her feet touched the ground, she kept trying to break free of her father's shackles, but her father, who had been exercising for many years, simply and forcefully picked her up!

"Hurry up and go."

Seeing that the two exorcists seemed to be losing, Sanka Danichiro picked up Rea and started running to protect his daughter.

"Father, Shota-chan won't hurt me! Let me explain!"

Rea twisted and turned, trying to persuade her father, but Sanka Danichiro completely ignored her, instead shouting sternly, "Don't let that monster bewitch your mind! As a daughter of the Sanka family, you must be pure and innocent! Unlike that filthy monster..."

"That's not how it is!"

While he was speaking, Rea used all her strength to push her father away, barely managing to escape from his arm. Looking at her father standing in front of her and the old butler behind her, who was about to grab her again, Rea said in a firm tone, "Shota-chan is definitely not a bad person."

Sanka Danichiro didn't bother arguing with her anymore; if they didn't leave soon, the monster would catch up. With a serious expression, he stretched out his arm, wanting to grab Rea's hand again.

"Snapped--"

Rea slapped her father's hand away once again, and Sanka Danichiro, having been rejected twice in such a short period of time by his daughter, was filled with nameless rage.

"Go back! Get rid of that demon in your heart!"

"There is no evil in me!"

"you!"

Sanka Danichiro took another step closer to Rea, and Rea instinctively took a step back.

However, there was no way out behind her.

Behind this road, which is only a little over a meter wide and has no railings, is a cliff that is about ten meters high.

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With one foot in empty space, she lost her balance and fell down the mountain.

A look of astonishment lingered on her face, but as her body began to fall, a smile, as if a sense of relief, appeared on her face.

That's fine... too.

Rea wouldn't hurt her father or her family. Since there was no way to escape this predetermined and bound fate, she might as well die.

Everything will be resolved.

Standing by the roadside, Sanka Danichiro and Shota, who had just looked up, both noticed this scene.

Without the slightest hesitation, Shota lunged straight toward the spot where Rea had fallen. However, the barrier that hadn't been broken earlier caused his forward lunge to falter.

Feel sorry……

He opened his gaping maw and bit a hole in the barrier. Just as he was about to rush forward to save Rei, he saw her lips part slightly as she fell, as if she were apologizing.

A tree branch growing on the cliff directly below pierced her abdomen.

"Reiya!!!"

As he saw the bright red blood splatter out, Shota tore through the damned barrier like a cannonball.

"Boom."

Shota, who was lunging forward, used his soft back as a cushion to catch Rea, preventing her from falling directly to the ground.

"Are you alright? Are you alright, Rea?"

He selectively ignored the warm, damp sensation of blood on his back, and while urgently asking questions, he slowly moved her to the ground with his tail.

……

His abdomen was ripped open, and blood flowed out continuously, exposing his internal organs to the air.

Yes, there's still a chance of saving him. It's just that his intestines are protruding; if the bleeding is stopped and the wound is stitched up, there's probably a possibility he can be saved…

Shota looked at Rea, whose face was contorted in pain, and said, "I'll definitely be able to bring you back soon..."

As it spoke, it stuck out its tongue and licked Rea's wound. The wet saliva clung directly to the wound. The gluttonous saliva had some disinfecting and healing-accelerating effects, but a wound of this severity, without stitches, couldn't be repaired by just a few licks. What's more, what's even more terrifying is that Shota had no way of knowing if she had internal bleeding.

No need.

Realizing her condition, Rea endured the excruciating pain to avoid falling into a coma. She could no longer even make a sound, and could only barely move her lips, trying to convey her last words to Shota.

That's enough. I'm already so happy to have met you in the end.

Shota understood what Rei meant, but he didn't want to reply. Time was of the essence; he had to get Rei to the hospital as soon as possible, where there might still be a chance of recovery.

However, in the end, he still couldn't live a normal life for more than a few days, which was a bit disappointing...

Before she could finish speaking, she painfully closed her eyes. Her heart was still beating, though she was probably unconscious now.