I Am a Heroic Spirit

Chapter 198 The Battle of the Great Demon

"Hmm? Such a strong demonic energy, violent and moist, just like a changeable river. Ah! It's that guy, Lord Arakawa!" The drunken man suddenly raised his head and looked towards the direction of the Kamogawa River.

"Didn't that guy join the Daitengu gang, saying he wanted to accomplish some great cause? He's really free. He even has extra time to come to Kyoto." The man sneered, picked up the wine gourd and took a big gulp of the liquor.

"call……"

The man let out a long sigh, put down the wine gourd, and lowered his head again, with a bitter smile on his face. At this moment, the man was not interested in what Lord Arakawa was doing in Kyoto.

At this time, the demonic energy that was completely opposed to Lord Arakawa broke out from where Lord Arakawa was. The demonic energy, as powerful as a raging flame, dyed the entire sky blood red.

The demonic energy of fire and water attributes collided in the sky, and black and red circular ripples appeared in the sky, centered on the Kamo River, and spread out in all directions.

"This evil spirit!" The man stood up suddenly, looked into the distance, and his expression finally changed.

"What is going on? Has someone stolen my power?" the man guessed. The power was exactly the same as his own demonic energy.

After hesitating for a moment, the man decided to go and see who was fighting with Lord Arakawa, and then come back to drink after he had dealt with the person.

As the man set off, on the other side, inside Zhongfu's house.

The moment after Lord Arakawa released his demonic energy, he was shocked to discover that a demonic energy as strong as his own was also erupting from inside his bedding. Moreover, that demonic energy made him feel unusually familiar.

The bedding had been lifted up at this time because of the powerful demonic energy erupted from both sides. If it had not been deliberately controlled to move the conflict of the demonic energy to the sky, the house would have been destroyed by the violent force.

"Behave yourself! Lord Arakawa, you are in the hands of our Shuten-doji, do you still want to escape?" With a cold shout, it was Shuten-doji who stood up from under the bedding.

"Shuten-douji?!" Lord Arakawa stared at the little girl in front of him in a daze. That familiar aura, the violent demonic power, the familiar tone, the strange power of the ghost that completely suppressed his own, wasn't she Shuten-douji, the ghost king of Mount Oe, the pinnacle of the entire Japanese underworld?

After being startled, Lord Arakawa quickly calmed down and coldly asked Shuten-doko: "What do you mean? Shuten-doko, you suddenly transformed into a woman and ambushed my wife's bedding... Where is Ayako?"

"Well..." Shuten Douji grabbed the Arakawa Lord's wrist and jumped off the bedding, "Our master received a commission and needs to capture you."

"What?!" Lord Arakawa looked at Shuten-doji with a look of disbelief and even a hint of contempt. "You bastard! When did you become a running dog for humans?"

"To be precise, they are partners fighting side by side." Zhang Luo walked in from outside and said in a deep voice after hearing what Lord Arakawa said.

"Heh! Hypocritical human Onmyojis have always used such words to deceive monsters and make them become their Shikigami." As soon as Zhang Luo finished speaking, Lord Arakawa spoke disdainfully.

Generally speaking, most Onmyojis who seek out monsters to be their Shikigami defeat them directly and then forcefully subdue them, with the Onmyojis of the Asakura family being a typical example. Other Onmyojis, on the other hand, first demonstrate their power and then use such unfounded arguments to convince monsters to become their Shikigami. These Onmyojis, represented by the Onmyojis of the Kamo family, believe in maintaining the balance between the Yin and Yang worlds and will not attack monsters unless they commit evil.

"It seems I was wrong today. You are no ordinary scum." Lord Arakawa turned around and looked directly at Zhang Luo, who had been clearly pinned down by him before. His expression became serious. "You are the Onmyoji that Shuten-doji is loyal to, right?"

"Indeed," Zhang Luo nodded, directly acknowledging Lord Arakawa's guess, and then said, "Our main target this time is Ayako. If you are willing to remove the curse on Ayako and promise not to cause trouble for Tadashi's family again, I can let you go."

Zhang Luo's words were full of sincerity, however, Lord Arakawa did not appreciate it.

"Hmph! Don't even think about it!" A trace of disdain flashed in Lord Arakawa's eyes. He snorted coldly, then raised his foot and stomped on the ground.

As soon as Lord Arakawa took his first step, Zhang Luo and Shuten-doji felt a bad premonition. Without hesitation, they retreated one after another, but they did not forget to bring Ayako, who was in a coma due to Lord Arakawa's curse.

"Boom!" "Go upstream, to higher ground!"

The ground suddenly cracked, and a huge black column of water gushed out from the ground. Lord Arakawa's body had already merged into the water, and the rising water column went straight up to the sky.

The house was badly damaged by the water column rising from the ground and could collapse at any time. Zhang Luo hurriedly grabbed Zhongfu's shoulders and went to the yard with Shuten-doji.

After placing Zhongfu in a safer corner, Zhang Luo looked up at the sky and saw a water column with a diameter of five meters and a height of twenty meters rising into the sky, connecting the sky and the earth. The Lord of Arakawa stood at the highest point of the water column, his lower body immersed in the water, and his tail behind him created waves in the water.

The Lord of Arakawa looked down at Zhang Luo and Shuten-doji, and with a wave of his hand, several piranhas formed by black demonic power were thrown towards Zhang Luo.

At this time, Zhang Luo was already possessed by Sengoku Muramasa. He casually swung his sword and split the five demon fish into scattered water droplets in an arc.

"Human, I admit that you have some ability, but it is too arrogant to want me to surrender just like this. I am not that guy Shuten, who doesn't even have the pride of a big monster, so how could I surrender to a human." Seeing this, Lord Arakawa nodded with satisfaction, and then uttered a loud voice.

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"what?!"

Hundreds of meters away, the man who was rushing towards the Kamogawa River heard the voice of Lord Arakawa and was immediately confused. When did he surrender to humans?

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"Useless things belong floundering on the dark seabed."

The black demonic power transformed into ferocious piranhas. The demonic power contained in each demonic fish was as strong as that of a high-level monster, far exceeding the previous five demonic fish.

Dense swarms of demonic fish emerged from the water column. A rough count showed that there were thousands of them. The demonic fish jumped towards where Zhang Luo and Shuten-doji were, almost covering the sky.

"Are you sure? He uses a big move right at the start?" Although there is no SSR, Zhang Luo can still recognize the skills of Lord Arakawa. Isn't this Lord Arakawa's three-fire big move, Devouring?

"After all, we are facing Shuten-doji. Ordinary tricks will not work at all." The voice of Lord Arakawa sounded from high in the sky. Because of the obstruction of the fish, Zhang Luo could only hear the voice but could not see the voice of Lord Arakawa.

"Master, please leave first. I also need to use my Noble Phantasm."

Shuten-doji turned his head and said to Zhang Luo, the wine dish in his hand had begun to tilt slightly. Zhang Luo's face changed drastically, he picked up Tadashi and Ayako in each hand, and ran out. Shuten-doji's treasured weapon, Thousand Red and Purple Divine Ghost Poison, was an indiscriminate attack!

"I'm so sorry if you die. Thousands of purple and red gods and ghost poisons - ah, everything belongs to me down to the bone marrow..."

The wine dish in Shuten-doji's hand had already been overturned, and the fine wine fell from the edge of the dish to the ground, forming a thin line of wine.

As soon as the wine hit the ground, it turned into a wine mist. The strange purple and green wine mist quickly spread, emitting an ominous aura and rising into the sky.

Zhang Luo had burst out at the fastest speed and escaped from Shuten-douji's attack range in time. After taking a breath, Zhang Luo turned around and looked behind him, only to see that Shuten-douji's wine mist had come into contact with the demon fish of Lord Arakawa. No, it should be said that the fish rushed into Shuten-douji's wine mist, and then were corroded by the toxins in the wine mist.

However, while the school of fish was being corroded, Lord Arakawa's demonic power was also fighting against the power contained in the wine mist. It could be seen that the concentration and area of ​​the wine mist were disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. By the time all the fish disappeared, only a thin layer of Shuten-doji's wine mist remained. This little bit of wine mist was of no use to Lord Arakawa at all.

Lord Arakawa jumped up from the water column without hesitation. The water column followed Lord Arakawa and swooped down. The wine mist floating in the air was dispersed by Lord Arakawa at the first sight. Shuten-douji under the wine mist faced Lord Arakawa's attack head-on.

"Take it! Shuten-doji!"

The upper body of Lord Arakawa was wrapped in demonic power, and he turned into a giant piranha with a mouth full of sharp teeth, roaring and pouncing towards Shuten-doji.

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"You're calling my name again! Who on earth is Lord Arakawa fighting?"

The man who was still on his way was a little crazy. He was still here, so what was Lord Arakawa shouting about?

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"Okay, come on."

Shuten-doji exhaled a breath of wine calmly. Zhang Luo could smell the fragrance of the fruit wine even though he was a hundred meters away. He swung his fist upwards seemingly nonchalantly, but a scorching demonic flame erupted. The wine fueled the fire, and the demonic flame, with the help of the wine, turned into a pillar of fire that shot up into the sky and crashed into the Lord of Arakawa who was swooping down.

Fire and water are incompatible. The two attacks collided in mid-air, erupting in a violent roar. Thick steam enveloped an area of ​​100 meters. Zhang Luo couldn't help but squint his eyes. This steam was too hot, even hotter than ordinary flames.

Lord Arakawa stumbled to the ground, and before he could stand firm, Shuten-doji came up and smashed towards Lord Arakawa with his fist wrapped in blazing flames.

Lord Arakawa barely avoided Shuten-douji's attack, but Shuten-douji's main weapon was a sword. The big sword appeared silently in his hand and slashed at Lord Arakawa fiercely. Although Lord Arakawa promptly set up a layer of flexible water wall on his side, he could not avoid being knocked away.

The Lord of Arakawa, who was knocked flying, stretched out his hand and pressed on the water flowing out from the ground the moment he landed, using the force to jump up.

At the same time, a river, as big as a lake, rose from the Kamogawa River outside and rushed into the yard, flooding it. No one knew where the small river came from, so much water.

Faced with the impact of the river that was obviously blackened by demonic power, the Lord of Arakawa merged into the river like a fish into water, while Shuten Douji blocked his body with the greatsword, stepped hard on the ground with his feet, and relied on his A-level muscle strength to resist the impact of the river without taking a single step back.

The Lord of Arakawa followed the river into the river channel and did not leave the river channel again. Even though Shuten-doji was unable to free his hands to resist the impact of the river, he did not move.

Because as the lord of Arakawa, the river is his home ground. If he leaves the river, no matter how extraordinary his performance is, he can only exert 80% to 90% of his strength. When fighting against a big monster like Shuten Douji, even if he only loses 45% of his strength, it is enough to shift the final outcome.

"Ahaha! Lord Arakawa! Take all our attacks!"

After the impact of the river slowed down, Shuten-doji drew out his greatsword and kicked the ground, creating a deep hole. His body was already wrapped in flames, and he rushed towards the Lord of Arakawa like a rocket, completely disregarding the home field factor.

"It's obviously not your home field, but you still dare to rush in without hesitation.

Chapter 199: Machine Gun Shuten Appears

"Lord Arakawa is getting stupider and stupider. First he joined the group of that idiot Datian, and now he's treating others like his superiors."

Suddenly, an arrogant voice sounded from behind Zhang Luo. Zhang Luo's eyelids jumped, and before he turned his head, he saw a man walking past him and stopping half a meter in front of him.

"Shuten-doji?!" Zhang Luo shouted in surprise.

With such a striking design, isn't this guy the SSR Shikigami of this world, Shuten-doji? How did he get here? Shouldn't he be pestering Momiji right now?

"Human, you have quite an insight. You actually know me." Shuten-doji, commonly known as the machine gun, turned his head slightly and glanced at Zhang Luo who was one step behind.

"Who wouldn't know Shuten-douji, one of the three great monsters?" Zhang Luo took a step back and kept a distance from Shuten-douji, lest Shuten-douji would be tempted to fight and get himself affected.

Shuten-douji sneered, turned his head away and ignored Zhang Luo. Given Shuten-douji's personality, it was already a strange thing for him to talk to Zhang Luo, a human being.

Shuten-doji looked at the battle unfolding on the river, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Previously, he thought that some monster had stolen his power, but now it seems that the girl's power is half a level stronger than his own, so it is impossible for her to be a monster that stole his power. As for the aura of the ghost, even he himself cannot tell the difference between the other party and himself.

"What exactly is going on……"

Shuten-doji's voice was unusually soft, and was masked by the sound of the water, so Zhang Luo, who was standing not far from Shuten-doji, couldn't hear it clearly.

"Oh!"

A green figure was smashed out from the river surface, crashing into the river bank and leaving a ten-meter-long ditch.

Assassin Shuten jumped out of the river, raised his greatsword high with both hands, and slashed at the Lord of Arakawa who was seriously injured and fell to the ground, unable to move for a while.

At this moment, Shuten-doji suddenly appeared in front of Assassin Shuten, grinned and punched out, smashing Assassin Shuten's sword. At the same time, he not only retreated three steps, but also stepped over the body of Lord Arakawa.

"Shuten-doji?!"

Lord Arakawa was no longer in the mood to care about being stepped on. Looking at Shuten-doji, who looked exactly the same as before, with the same aura and the same appearance as the woman opposite him, his worldview began to collapse.

"The Shuten from this world? We didn't find you the last time we went to Mount Oe. I didn't expect you to come to us on your own." Assassin Shuten also stopped his attack on Lord Arakawa, looked at Shuten-doji's appearance, and laughed meaninglessly.

"Hmph! Although I don't know who you are and why you have the same aura as me, I have no interest in asking you. Let's just follow the rules between monsters. Whoever wins gets to listen to him." Shuten-doji's fighting spirit had been burning in his eyes a few minutes ago when he watched the battle between Lord Arakawa and Assassin Shuten. Although he was a little confused about what Assassin Shuten said, he had no intention of asking Assassin Shuten, but instead declared war on Assassin Shuten directly.

"That's a good suggestion. Let's do it this way. We should follow the rules of monsters. I also want to see what another monster can do." Assassin Shuten agreed to Shuten-doji's suggestion.

Listening to Assassin Shuten referring to the Shuten of this world and the other "I", a hint of shock flashed in Shuten-doji's eyes, and he seemed to understand something in his heart.

The battle started again. Both Shuten-douji used wine utensils as weapons. One used a wine gourd to launch demonic energy bullets, and the other used a wine dish to release poisonous mist. After the barrage attack lasted for a minute, the two almost simultaneously gave up the long-range barrage attack and engaged in close combat at close range.

"No, you're just a woman, aren't you? You have the same essence as me, but you drink womanly fruit wine."

"Haha, your wine is strong, but your fists are too weak. Your fists are so limp that they look more like a woman than mine."

"Humph! Weak? I hope you can still be so stubborn after being defeated by this Master W's fist."

When the two men were fighting, their mouths were not idle. No matter where the battle took place, there was a tradition of using words to undermine the morale of the opponent.

Because both sides' wine gourds are not ordinary treasures, in addition to drinking and long-range attacks, they can also be used to assist in close combat. The demonic miasma in Shuten-doji's ghost gourd and the poison of the divine wine in Assassin's Shuten's wine gourd are powerful weapons that cannot be ignored when used in battle.

The difference is that Shuten-douji's demonic miasma is bred from extremely strong demonic wine, while Assassin Shuten's divine poison is fruit wine from the gods, which has become Shuten-douji's weapon to attack Assassin Shuten.

However, Shuten-doji and other great monsters are still weaker than Assassin Shuten. If the river is the home ground of Lord Arakawa, then the whole of Japan is the home ground of Assassin Shuten.

While Shuten-douji was fighting Assassin Shuten, Lord Arakawa's injuries had also begun to recover. After observing the battle situation and judging that Shuten-douji might not be able to defeat Assassin Shuten, Lord Arakawa made a prompt decision and ran towards the river.

"I admit defeat this time. I will come back next time. If you have the guts, I will protect Ayako for the rest of my life."

The Lord of Arakawa made some harsh remarks, then jumped up and was about to enter the river.

"Do you think I don't exist?" "Bang!"

Just when Lord Arakawa's body was less than five centimeters away from the water surface, a faint voice sounded in Lord Arakawa's ears, and the back of a precious sword slapped Lord Arakawa's face hard, knocking Lord Arakawa back to the shore.

After breaking Lord Arakawa's limbs and dragging him away from the battlefield, Zhang Luo threatened him, "If you don't want to suffer, then honestly remove the curse from Ayako. If you insist on resisting, I'll have no choice but to beat you back to your original form. After years of rest, you don't want to turn back into an ordinary animal, do you?"

Without waiting for Lord Arakawa to answer, Zhang Luo held the demon sword Muramasa across Lord Arakawa's neck, with the sharp blade pressed against the skin of Lord Arakawa's neck. As Lord Arakawa breathed, the blade cut a bloody mark on the skin.

Lord Arakawa's body suddenly froze. As a great monster who had become a god, even if his demonic power was exhausted, his skin could still block human weapons, but it was completely useless under the blade of the knife in front of him.

"Have you thought it through? A disabled animal can't survive long in the wild." Zhang Luo moved the blade slightly away and asked the Lord of Arakawa.

After the Lord of Arakawa had the opportunity to speak, he did not directly answer Zhang Luo's question. Instead, he asked Zhang Luo, "According to what you said before, you shouldn't be the kind of Onmyoji who kills monsters on sight. So, don't you plan to ask why I attacked the Zhongfu family?"

Zhang Luo was stunned for a moment, then followed Lord Arakawa's words and asked, "That's true. Then why did you attack the Zhongfu family? If you don't give me an explanation, I won't let you go easily."

"Zhongfu killed my wife and two children. I just want his daughter to replace my wife, which is already a bargain for him."

Lord Arakawa said angrily, with a trace of hatred and disdain flashing in his eyes. He hated Tadashi for killing his wife and children, hated Shuten-douji for stopping him from taking revenge, and disdain for Zhang Luo for bullying and taking advantage of others. If Shuten-douji had not injured him, even if he could not take revenge, he would not be caught so easily by a human.

"Oh? Zhongfu, he said you killed his wife and children." After listening to Lord Arakawa's complaint, Zhang Luo confirmed with Zhongfu who had already woken up.

If it was really Tadashi who was in the wrong, he couldn't have done anything to Lord Arakawa. If he had known earlier, he would have forced Lord Arakawa to lift the curse. Why is he talking so much?

Zhongfu was completely bewildered. "I killed his wife and children? How is that possible? I've never even seen him before. And I don't have the ability to kill monsters!"

Zhang Luo nodded in agreement. Judging from Zhongfu's condition, even the weakest little monster could kill him. It was a bit unrealistic to say that he killed the wife and children of Lord Arakawa.

"My prototype is an otter, and my wife and children are not monsters, but just ordinary otters." Lord Arakawa explained.

When Lord Arakawa revealed his prototype, Zhang Luo noticed that Zhongfu's expression changed obviously, his pupils widened, and he seemed to have thought of something.

"Do you have any impression of this guy?" Zhang Luo turned to Zhongfu and asked.