Becoming a Fox Spirit from Under One Person.

All of the fox's escape routes have been completely blocked, and it is certain to die today!

Chen Ruoan carefully sensed the changes in the world around Old Black Mountain. Under the influence of the Eight Directions Barrier, the Five Elements spells were suppressed to varying degrees.

According to intelligence obtained by the Japanese, the barrier masters have put a lot of effort into targeting the "metal" and "wood" elements, and among the five elements, the suppression of the central earth element is the weakest.

The barrier has a sealing effect, so wandering around is useless, and the enemy also has the lives of twenty of their comrades as a threat.

"This is a bit tricky..."

The Tsuchimikado family, unaware of the fox's wicked intentions, shouted across the way, "If you dare to make any trouble, I cannot guarantee the lives of these people."

Chen Ruoan was too lazy to engage in any psychological warfare with the Japanese invaders. If he were to be coerced by the enemy and die in battle, the twenty men in front of him would also be doomed.

Seeing that the fox didn't move, Tsuchimikado gestured to a ronin next to him.

Swish!

Immediately, a figure darted across the crater and rushed toward the fox. This ronin used the "Ittō-ryū" style from the Japanese martial arts system, which is known for its fierce attacks and emphasis on winning with a single blow.

call out!

With a flash of light, the fox's body was instantly cleaved in two along the line connecting its forehead and the tip of its nose.

The ronin raised his sword in confusion, but did not feel any real impact on flesh and blood in his palm. When he looked back, he saw several pieces of rubble scattered on the ground, like a small mound of earth.

"It's gone!" he shouted behind him.

Tsuchimikado frowned and carefully looked around. Logically speaking, since a ninja-like Wood Release substitution technique had been sealed off, this fox shouldn't have a way to escape.

Even if he has learned something else in the past few months, his rudimentary escape techniques are useless when the Five Elements magic is suppressed.

"kill!"

Tsuchimikado acted decisively, ordering the ronin wielding the sword to behead the old man.

The ronin nodded in agreement, his eyes flashing with ferocity as he raised his blade high, about to sever the old man's head.

Boom!

In an instant, the black stone ground surged like boiling waves, with rocks flying everywhere, clods of earth tumbling, and the northwest edge of the crater trembling violently.

The ronin cried out in alarm, lost his footing, staggered and fell. Immediately afterward, a wave of earth and rocks exploded, revealing a huge fox's mouth with sharp teeth and thick, dark energy emanating from its throat.

When Chen Ruoan opened his mouth, it was as if he had swallowed a string of grasshoppers tied with thick hemp ropes. He took his compatriots, ropes and all, into his mouth and hid them in his belly.

After setting foot in Northeast China, the fox formed a deep bond of friendship with the Gao family, sharing life and death experiences. The precious scrolls hanging on the branches shone with golden light, but they were never used for prayers, precisely to deal with such emergency situations.

In this land trampled by enemy invaders, the camaraderie forged fighting alongside the Gao family, and the blessings they received after praying, resulted in this earth-based magic, akin to that of a celestial being.

"Adjust the barrier and seal off the underground!"

Watch your step!

After the fox finished biting, it turned and burrowed underground.

To Chen Ruoan, the crater is now no different from the deep sea. The eight-sided barrier forms a "shark cage," except that tourists and sharks are trapped in the same iron cage.

Hmph!

With its mouth wide open, the fox emerged from the earthen waves and lunged at Tsuchimikado, who was in charge of command. The man commanded his shikigami, a female demon with a hundred eyes and two demons, one blue and one red, to immediately step forward and block the fox's downward bite with their arms.

A blue flame surged in Chen Ruoan's throat, filling it with foxfire.

Whoosh!

Amidst the raging flames, the three demons were burned to ashes, and the talisman paper was reduced to dust.

Just as Chen Ruoan was about to take a bite, an ambiguous chanting sound rang out, and a golden alms bowl crashed down. The fox burrowed into the ground, and the bowl fell to the ground, leaving behind a broken circular mark.

Peeking out again, I saw that a Tiantai sect monk had made his move.

"Please grant me some permission to use fire. I have a way to deal with this beast."

The eight-directional barrier changed, the mage lowered his eyes, chanted a spell in a low voice, and pressed one hand heavily on the charred rocks. Wisps of gentle pink flame spread from his palm, as soft as light smoke, and frantically seeped into the ground through the cracks in the mountain, weaving into a net of fire.

This fire was no ordinary fire; it spread rampantly in the oxygen-deprived, sealed-off area of ​​the volcanic black rock. Chen Ruoan fled underground, the pink flames following closely behind.

Strangely, the pink flames were not hot at all, and even the fox's demon core did not give off the slightest warning.

Chased by the fire, Chen Ruoan broke through the soil and leaped to the ground, the trailing pink flames gathering into several towering pillars of fire!

With a sweep of its tail, the fox sent a gust of wind through, scattering the eerie pink flames. But the fire didn't even burn the fox's fur, let alone scorch its flesh.

"Bald monk, what kind of tricks are these? They're completely useless." The sword-wielding ronin couldn't feel the heat of the flames and lightly touched them with his hand.

Whoosh!

The pink flames coiled around his fingertips, burning intensely until they enveloped the ronin. His painful and miserable howls echoed through the mountains and fields, but no matter how much the ronin rolled around, he could not extinguish the pink flames that clung to him.

Seeing this, the monk put away his alms bowl, shook his head helplessly, and bowed to Tsuchimikado, saying, "It seems you are hiding something from this humble monk."

After saying that, he walked down the mountain.

Tsuchimikado cursed, "Damn it, where are you going? Why are you only setting fire to your own people? Take back your weapons!"

The Tiantai school monk replied, "It cannot be withdrawn. This fire is a kind of karmic fire, and it will probably continue to burn until the sins that have entangled you are eliminated."

Swish!

Before the sorcerer could finish speaking, a swift and decisive sword-drawing technique flashed from behind, and the head wearing the straw hat landed with a "thud," rolling down the hillside.

The ronin looked at his companion, and the karmic fire engulfing him subsided.

"You make it sound so mysterious, but once a person dies, the methods are gone."

Before the battle was settled, infighting broke out among the enemy. Unaware of the situation, Chen Ruoan observed the unusual movements among the enemy and simply said, "Brilliant."

The fox didn't have much time to catch its breath. The water arrows gathered by the shrine maiden, the incantation of the Onmyoji, and the flying blades of the White Prajna all came at once.

As the Eight Directions Barrier shifted, the seal on "Earth" began to subtly strengthen. The fox's demon core shifted, its protective barrier opened, and it clashed violently with various other methods.

Tsuchimikado withdrew his gaze from the mage's corpse and stared at the horizon. The eight barriers of different colors greatly boosted his confidence. Under the suppression of magic, the protective spell could only buy him a negligible amount of time.

Given enough time, this fox is bound to lose.

"Take it."

Tsuchimikado thought to himself, but the next second, the barrier in the southwest was broken.

"What's going on!?"

The paper figure responsible for relaying the message trembled violently, conveying the Japanese army's reply: "Mr. Tsuchimikado, there are strange people! A group of white-haired, white-clad men have broken in, and our guns are useless!"

Chapter 116 A worthy death

The southwestern barrier sky collapsed, and Tsuchimikado, controlling the paper doll shikigami used for communication, conveyed a new order: the outer barrier masters used the seven points as array nodes to rebuild the sealing barrier.

"Send five men to each point to reinforce the southwest. The extra thirty-five men will fire in close quarters, giving the enemy no chance to breathe. The enemy is just like us; no matter how strange their methods are, they will eventually run out of energy and composure."

With everything arranged, Tsuchimikado grasped the shikigami in each hand and stepped forward slightly.

"The ghost of the great rivers and mountains."

"The Demon of Rashomon".

Intense, ominous black flames swirled around the paper figure, burning the central seal to ashes, revealing two imposing figures amidst the flames.

A fierce and ferocious creature with a head of messy, dark red hair, a large body with red skin, wearing a large checkered fabric, a red trouser skirt, and carrying a large gourd of wine on its back.

Another figure had long white hair, a missing right arm, but a particularly thick left arm, and held a ball of intensely burning black flames in his hand.

"go with!"

Two legendary Japanese demons, one on the left and one on the right, attacked Chen Ruoan, who was locked in a stalemate with the shrine maiden and the White Hannya.

The fox was protected by a demonic core. Where its four limbs were placed, black flames formed a circle, and a giant ghostly hand emerged from the ground, its five fingers clenching angrily.

huh~

Chen Ruoan's incredibly flexible body spun around, escaping through the gaps between her fingers. She transformed into human form to fight. Not long after she escaped, the geisha next to her plucked the shamisen with a plectrum, and the beautiful, mesmerizing sound of the shamisen rippled through the air.

"It doesn't sound good," the fox complained.

"Being in a trance" is a manifestation of the power of sexual cultivation. A little music that disturbs the mind is no match for Chen Ruoan. Just as he stood up and jumped out, a noble lady from the Ghost Dao Sect appeared out of thin air in front of him and wrapped her arms around Chen Ruoan's neck.

Her eyes were slightly dazed and intoxicated, her demeanor slightly tipsy, and she exuded allure. She opened her glossy lips and was about to move closer to the fox's mouth, but the fox's eyes flashed and he saw that the tongue protruding from between his lips and teeth had turned into a strange, segmented mouthpart.

"Trying to outshine me with charm?"

Can it outsed the fox?

Chen Ruoan released the "three qi" that he usually suppressed, and the fragrance spread. The ronin who wanted to sneak up covered his nose and mouth and jumped away, but the Ghost Daoist lady who was responsible for cooperating was stunned. She was stunned for a moment, her mouthparts turned back into tongue, and she wanted to slap the fox again.

"Sorry, I'm a traditional fox, not so frivolous. If you want to date a fox, you have to open your heart first."

The noblewoman, who had been bewitched, froze, and the sharp pain in her chest brought her back to her senses.

Looking down, she saw blood seeping through her kimono; her chest had been completely ripped open, and her heart had been ripped out.

Chen Ruoan flicked his arm, tossing the alluring Ghostly Lady back to him, and lightly raised his palm towards Tsuchimikado: "Come on, continue."

The Onmyoji in charge gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

The mission to hunt down the fox was accomplished by the Tsuchimikado family using their long-standing prestige to persuade several schools to help. If they fail to achieve results and suffer too many casualties among their men, then he will be held responsible for the operation.

"Gentlemen, bring out your best skills!"

"Shuten-dōji, Ibaraki-dōji, attack!"

One of the demons spewed flames from its mouth, while the other hurled black flames from its palm. Spirals of red and black flames swirled and surged across the entire crater.

Chen Ruoan dodged the splashing flames several times, while the Shinto priestess ran to the lady's corpse and searched through the torn chest, finally finding a few strands of fox fur.

They took down the longbows from their backs, bit their lips, smeared blood on their fingers, and attached fox fur to the arrowheads. Then they drew the bows to their full extent, and with a "whoosh," three demon-slaying arrows shot out.

The fox leaped and dodged, but the arrows relentlessly pursued it.

After a chase, three spirit arrows struck the protective demon core.

The "Demon Core," having suffered from the previous Water Arrow, White Prajna's flying blade, the Ronin's continuous slashes, and the flames of the two demons, now collided with the Demon-Slaying Arrow, and its protective barrier slowly faded, revealing cracks like ice fissures.

boom!

As the protective barrier dissipated, the three spirit arrows shattered simultaneously. The witches gasped for breath and knelt on one knee, clearly having exhausted much of their mental energy with these tracking arrows.

Chen Ruoan opened his mouth, swallowed the demon core, and looked up at the dozen or so people surrounding him.