I Am a Heroic Spirit

"Why are we in the water? It's actually a flood!" Xingbu Ji couldn't maintain her princess image anymore. She shouted angrily, and then suddenly turned into a ghost god that was ten feet tall. She stood in the flood and relied on the ghost god's huge power to resist the scouring of the flood.

"Master, I have a lot of body. Don't summon me in this kind of place next time." Okita Souji complained to Zhang Luo while riding on Qingji's snake tail.

"My lord, please give me your orders." Fuma Kotaro used an unknown ninjutsu, submerging his knees below the surface of the water, but parts of his body remained above the surface.

"I'm very sorry, everyone. The situation is urgent this time, so this is the only way. I won't do it next time." Zhang Luo said embarrassedly. So far, no one would summon a heroic spirit on the water surface. If a Servant is not good at swimming, even if he doesn't drown, he will stay under the water until someone comes to rescue him.

Although the Servants were somewhat dissatisfied, none of them had bad personalities, so they easily understood Zhang Luo's difficulties.

"Oh? You're both Shikigami above the Great Monsters. I guess I underestimated you.

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Chapter 209 Tamamonomae's Thoughts

"Seimei, I'll leave Black Seimei to you."

After the Servant left, Zhang Luo glanced at Hei Qingming, then said to Abe Qingming.

"I need to provide them with spiritual energy to sustain the battle, so I can't fight."

"Leave it to me, I won't let anyone disturb you." Abe Haruaki made the promise solemnly, but he himself could not guarantee that he could really do it.

"Hmph, how arrogant!" Kuro Seimei looked at Abe Seimei with disdain, his expression regaining composure. "I don't think any of those Shikigami are skilled in Onmyoji. Even if you can stop me, can you dismantle the nearly completed formation? If you break it with violence, Kyoto will have no chance of survival."

Abe Haruaki's face changed. Just as Hei Haruaki said, the time and place were favorable to him. If he had acted half a moment earlier, the Kyoto formation would have just been set up, and breaking it violently would not have had any impact. But now, he was being held back by Hei Haruaki, and Zhang Luo did not have the ability to continue fighting. At the last moment, even if Hei Haruaki's plan failed, it would not be a good thing for them.

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“Help, help!? Monsters, monsters everywhere! What the hell is going on in Kyoto?! Ugh—”

"Run! Another monster is coming!"

"Ahahahaha!! There's Yin energy everywhere, and my whole body is filled with power."

"For the sake of the savior of the underworld, all of you humans shall die!"

"For Lord Kuro Haruaki!"

"Leave quickly, we'll block this place!"

"Those who are about to fight, all march forward in formation, as fast as the command!"

Heian-kyo has fallen into chaos. Flames are burning houses and buildings. Ominous black air and smoke fill the air. People are running in the streets and alleys in panic. Man-eating monsters are everywhere, chasing the fleeing humans and doing whatever they want. Humans die at the hands of monsters every moment.

Most of the nobles in Heian-kyo rushed to the Imperial Palace. Minamoto no Raikou led the Four Heavenly Kings of Raikou to guard the Emperor and the nobles. A large number of Onmyoji from the Onmyoji Bureau and the exorcist warriors who guarded the Imperial Palace surrounded the Imperial Palace. The remaining small number of Onmyoji, exorcist warriors and soldiers drove away monsters in the streets and alleys.

However, the real elites and masters were summoned to the palace. Compared with the monsters all over Kyoto, the humans who drove out monsters in Heian-kyo were nothing, and naturally they could not stop the monsters from wreaking havoc.

King Makura Ye and the Snow Girl rushed to the locations of the barriers of the four guardian gods. The barriers of the three places of Kuroyoru Mountain, Suzaku Gate, and Kamogawa River have been set up with formations to destroy the barriers of the four gods, and only the last one is left.

However, when heading towards the last barrier, they finally encountered an enemy that blocked their way.

"Ma Cang Ye Wang, why are you here!"

"You've really fallen into the trap of hanging out with monsters."

"It's not surprising for a bastard with dirty blood to do something like this."

"King Ma Cang Ye, if you surrender now, we can still give you a chance to live. If you resist to the end..."

The ones who stopped King Makura Ye and Snow Girl were Onmyoji from the Makura family. The head of the Makura family took a group of elders to the palace to protect the emperor. These ordinary Onmyoji were out fighting monsters and happened to run into King Makura Ye.

King Makura Ye's gaze swept over the Makura family's Onmyojis with distorted faces and unexpected joy in their eyes. Listening to the dirty words coming from the bottom of their hearts, he lowered his eyelids and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

However, King Makura Ye still had his sanity and naturally would not do it himself and violate the oath imposed on him by the head of the Makura family.

"Snow Girl, I leave them to you." King Makura Ye ordered the Snow Girl.

"Go, Ice!"

The Snow Girl glanced at King Makura Ye, nodded expressionlessly, and used her ability to summon a blizzard.

In an instant, a biting cold wind blew, and ice and snow hit the Onmyoji of the Makura family, killing many of them in one encounter.

"Ou Makura Ye! How dare you do that!"

"Hurry up and call for help! The monster that caused chaos in Kyoto is here!"

"Kill them."

"King Makura Ye, even if your master dies now, you can't blame us."

/iThe Onmyojis of the Asakura family were directly hit by the snowstorm from the Snow Woman. They immediately shouted in frustration and launched their Onmyoji techniques one after another.

"Hmph, I didn't do anything. Otherwise, why didn't the oath backfire?" King Ma Cang Ye laughed softly. At this moment, his expression was extremely terrifying.

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Kamo Palace is arguably the quietest place in the chaotic Kyoto.

The tightly closed door divided the inside and outside into two worlds. Kamo Tadayuki stood in the courtyard inside the door, his eyes seeing through the barrier of the door and looking directly at the three people outside.

Outside the door, Kogumaru, Mikazuki Munechika, and Daiten Tai Mitsuyo were sitting cross-legged on the ground, with their swords placed on their knees and their eyes closed, as if they were resting.

Kamo Tadayuki believed that even if he tried his best, he would not be able to defeat the three Tsukumogami. The three Tsukumogami also knew that even if they won the battle, they would suffer heavy losses. As a result, the situation remained at a stalemate. Kamo Tadayuki did not move, and the Tsukumogami did not move either.

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As always, the beautiful woman walked through the gate of Qingming's mansion and into the courtyard. She looked around the environment inside and let out a long sigh.

"Hu——" as if sighing.

The courtyard is already like an autumn field.

The yard was thick with the growth of gentian, asters, dianthus, and peony, and a host of other elegant plants whose names I could not name. Here a bunch of silver grass spikes swayed in the breeze, there a cluster of wild chrysanthemums bloomed freely among the dianthus.

Next to the wind-broken gable of Jiutang, the red-flowered Lespedeza chinensis hangs down with heavy branches.

The whole courtyard looked as if it had not been trimmed at all.

Let the flowers and plants in the yard grow and die on their own - that's what it looks like at first glance.

Such a scene is simply - "It's just a wilderness!" The expression on the beauty's face said so.

However, the beauty did not dislike Jingming's courtyard where flowers and plants bloomed freely. She even liked it very much. It reminded her of her once free life in the forest and fields.

It seems that Seimei doesn't simply leave the flowers and plants to their own devices; rather, his will seems to be at work. This garden's landscape isn't simply wilderness; rather, it possesses a strange order. While it's impossible to definitively express the location and form of this order, it's perhaps this strange order that makes this garden so endearing.

From a visual perspective, no particular flower species appears particularly abundant. However, it's not as if every type of flower or herb is equally abundant. Some species are more numerous, others less, but overall, the proportions are just right. Whether this harmony is due to chance or the will of Seimei remains unknown.

"Not at home?" As the beauty whispered to herself, she smelled a sweet fragrance on the wind.

That indescribable fragrance seemed to melt into the air. It was as if at a certain level within the air, the aroma was particularly strong, and with just the turn of the head, the fragrance would suddenly become stronger and weaker.

As if seduced by the fragrance, the beauty stepped into the flowers and plants, walked through the flowers and plants, and went around to the side of the house.

I saw a tree three people tall growing in the grass not far to the side. It was not the first time I saw this tree.

The last time I visited Qingming's mansion was three years ago. What was different from the past was that this time there were yellow things growing on the branches of the trees that looked like both flowers and fruits.

The sweet fragrance seemed to be flowing from this tree. As I walked closer, the fragrance became clearer and stronger.

Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis stood under the tree, a melancholy look on her face, staring blankly at the flowers and fruits on the tree, motionless. Even the gloomy aura that permeated the entire Kyoto could not distract her.

"Here it is."

The beauty chuckled softly, and walked into the bushes gracefully and charmingly.

The eight hundred nuns finally moved, as if awakened by the voice of the person coming. She turned around in panic and looked at the beauty.

"Lady Tamamonomae! Why are you here?" Yaobikuni called out the beauty's name in panic.

That’s right, the person who came was Tamamonomae, one of the three great monsters in Japan. He was also related to Abe Haruaki, and Yaobikuni also knew this.

"Are you still considering it?" Tamamonomae asked with an ambiguous smile.

Yaobikuni looked puzzled, and the next moment her eyes widened because she understood what Tamamonomae meant.

"You, are you also a monster on Black Seimei's side?" Yaobikuni asked in disbelief. Although they are all one of the three great monsters in Japan, Tamamonomae, a fox demon who is born as a nine-tailed demon, is much stronger than the other two monsters Shuten-doji and Daitengu. If Tamamonomae also joins Black Seimei's side, then White Seimei's side will really have no chance of winning.

"It's not just me, there's also the Wind God Ichimokuren, Daitengu, the Lord of Arakawa, and the Two-Faced Buddha." Tamamonomae said lightly.

"What? Lord Ichimokuren! Lady Tamamonomae! Why is this happening!?" Yaobikuni asked in surprise. Such a lineup was too powerful.

"Lord Ichimokuren is the God of Wind, and Lord Two-Faced Buddha is the God of Thunder, so why would they turn to Black Seimei? You too, the real Abe Seimei is White Seimei! Black Seimei is just the evil thought abandoned by Abe Seimei. Have you thought about how to explain to Lord Kuzuya?" Yaobikuni asked Tamamonomae.

"Isn't the black Seimei also Seimei? They have the same soul. As for Ichimokuren, he has fallen because of the sins of mankind. The Two-Faced Buddha has never taken humans seriously." Tamamonomae still looked calm and composed, and calmly answered Yaobikuni's question.

"As for me……"

After a pause, Tamamonomae looked at the fire outside, stroked her beautiful face, and revealed a terrifying smile. Her voice was still so gentle, but slowly became cold and chilling, making people shudder.

"Of course it's for revenge. My Aihua and my Yuyi were both killed by humans. Naturally, I want them to pay with blood!"

A majestic aura carrying an extremely strong murderous intent burst out from Tamamonomae's body. Yaobikuni could see that behind Tamamonomae, the shadow of a giant fox was hovering over the entire Kyoto, with its nine tails dancing in the air. The nine-tailed fox howled towards the sky, venting her anger wantonly. The spiritual energy of the entire Kyoto was disturbed by her tails and replaced by negative energy.

Yaobikuni retreated repeatedly and bumped into the tree behind her, looking at the angry Tamamonomae in horror. Although she had lived for a long time, even if all her accumulated strength was released, it was still no match for the monster in Japan that was second only to the Yamata no Orochi.

"do you understand?"

After venting her anger, Tamamonomae calmed down. She still looked gentle, but the light in her eyes made people unwilling to look at her.

"As for Kuzuha, I can only apologize to her. However, Black Seimei can also be Abe Seimei. After all, he is also Seimei, isn't he? But Black Seimei, who has demonic nature, is more in line with the identity of the son of the white fox than the white Seimei."

Tamamonomae said lightly, however.

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Chapter 210 Chaos in all directions

Four monsters rushed into the gate of the courtyard. Meng Po, who entered last, closed the door which was always open. The monsters chasing behind bumped into the gate. Dense runes appeared on the gate, emitting white light that shocked the monsters away.

"Is there a barrier?"

"Is this the Onmyoji's home?"

"Those guys are indeed traitors. They actually ran to the Yin Yang Master's house."

"Everyone, work harder and break the barrier."

The monsters that were locked outside chattered and talked, and then used their special skills to bombard the gate. Although there were many of them, there were not many powerful monsters. Although the barrier set up by Abe Haruaki in the courtyard could not stop the big monsters, it could keep out ordinary monsters no matter how many came.

"Eh? It smells familiar!"

The four of them entered the courtyard and just as they were about to go into the house, Tamamo Cat's expression suddenly changed, with a look of surprise and doubt on his face.

Meng Po asked, "What's the matter, Tamamo Cat?"

The Nine-Lived Cat bared its teeth and claws and said, "Are there other cats breaking in?"

Shan Wa said, "No way, the only cat demons in Kyoto are you and Tamamo Cat. As for the underworld, I don't think I've ever heard of any powerful cat demon that can invade the Onmyoji's barrier."

"No! It's not a cat! It's the breath of the miko, the source of all evil, the prototype that the wise cat must defeat—the nine-tailed fox, Tamamonomae!"

Tamamo Cat's eyes turned fierce and turned towards the side of the courtyard.

Under a tree that was three people tall, Tamamonomae suddenly let out a light exclamation and turned to look towards the front yard.

"This breath..."

Yaobikuni followed Tamamonomae's gaze towards the front yard with a serious expression, praying silently in her heart, whether it was Boya or Qingming, please don't come over!

Minamoto no Hiromasa and Abe no Haruaki did not come here to die, but Yaobikuni missed Tamamono-neko, and Tamamono-neko's figure was seen rushing out from the corner.

"Yo-shi! It's you, after all! Tamamonomae! My prototype who must be defeated, let me show you the real world of wine and women."

The moment Tamamonomae saw the beauty standing under the tree, he immediately released his treasure and pounced on Tamamonomae with his fangs and claws bared.

"really……"

A smile flashed in Tamamonomae's eyes, and he gently stretched out his right hand, and violent demonic power poured out. Tamamonomae felt his body sink, and paused for a moment half a meter away from Tamamonomae, and then was caught by Tamamonomae's palm, and the boiling magic power in his body was forcibly suppressed.

"What? It seems to be much stronger than the original Servant. Could it be that it has collected both tails?" Tamamonomae's hands struggled to escape. The sudden burst of strength made Tamamonomae's hands loosen, and Tamamonomae almost let the cat escape. Unfortunately, Tamamonomae quickly used all his strength, making the cat unable to move.

"Meow! Let go of Tamamo-neko!"

The Nine-Lived Cat, which was chasing closely behind, saw that Tamamo Cat was caught, and angrily stretched out its sharp claws and pounced on Tamamo-no-Mae.

"Hi! Heavenly Palace Summoning Technique!" Meng Po plucked the strings and used a trick of summoning things from the sky, summoning a pot of Meng Po soup to fall from Tamamo-no-Mae's head.

"Hey yo hey yo! Look at my lucky ring!"

Yamausagi charged up his energy for a second, then threw the lucky ring towards Tamamonomae with force, trying to control Tamamonomae.

The three of them attacked almost at the same time. If it was an ordinary big monster, there would be no way they could avoid it. However, they were facing the nine-tailed fox Tamamonomae. A fox tail stretched out from behind Tamamonomae, and with a casual sweep, it scattered the things falling from the sky and the lucky ring. How did the nine-tailed cat come here, and how was it slapped back?

"Ouch!"