Great, now we are dead!

"..."

Everyone fell silent, a single thought simultaneously arising in their minds:

What to do now? !

Ye Shou was calmer, but anger was rising in his heart: although he hadn't originally intended to go up, this damn thing really wasn't going to let him go!

"If you're up there... I... then I'd rather die a hundred times than atone for it!"

Liuli, who had originally wanted Ye Shou to escape, covered her mouth, looking terrified.

She just couldn't understand how a monster the size of a wild boar could threaten a helicopter hundreds of meters high.

"Did you anticipate this possibility? Indeed... your instructions were the most correct!"

"Now is not the time to regret."

Ye Shou's eyelids twitched slightly, and he laughed angrily, "Looks like it really intends to fight me... Do you still remember how to fire a gun?"

"I know, Lord Ye Shou taught me, and I still remember it very well."

Liuli wasn't very confident. "It's just that I haven't tried it in a long time."

"Hmm, don't be nervous. But be prepared, this time the target won't be a round target."

Ye Shou pulled a lightweight Glock pistol from his pocket, glanced at the maid, and Liuli instantly understood what he meant.

It wasn't a round target... The target was a human, or at least something with a human-like appearance!

But there was no time for her to hesitate. Liuli immediately took Glock and decided to put morality aside for the time being and deal with whatever the problem was after overcoming the difficulties.

Seeing the two men with guns, the remaining people were extremely nervous. What had happened tonight was both confusing and unsettling to them, and they still didn't know what the danger lurking in the darkness was!

"Give me a pistol too."

Qianhua mustered her courage, but only received a shake of the head from Ye Shou.

Just kidding, this isn't like in TV dramas where you can just pick up a gun and use it!

For ordinary people who haven't received any training, the probability of making mistakes when they first hold a gun in actual combat under high tension is too high... In the real world, there's no such thing as friendly fire.

Moreover, Ye Shou didn't prepare that many small handguns; his collection consisted of items full of violent aesthetics.

For example--

Ye Shou touched the "melon" hanging on his belt, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

He had been to the cyberpunk world, but because he didn't have a cybernetic body, he encountered many obstacles in his actions and had to worry about being discovered by the "corporation," so he acted discreetly and cautiously.

(People who haven't undergone any modifications are rare, but not impossible.)

Fortunately, gold is still valuable even in the future world. With this hard currency, he carefully collected things that were of value to him while worrying about being cheated. In the end, he still made quite a few gains.

Besides USB drives and chips, weapons, equipment, and medicines are of paramount importance. Most of these require cybernetics or brain-computer interfaces to function. Compared to high-powered weapons that require physical connections, grenades, which are disposable items with no usage barriers, are more convenient and affordable for Ye Shou.

Scorched Earth Grenade, Pulse Bomb!

To be honest, this thing's firepower is not comparable to that of large-caliber artillery, but even ghosts should be affected by "fire" and "electromagnetic waves"!

The current Sukuna Oni is nothing more than a remnant soul, its true form suppressed within the mountain, unable to move. Even after possessing another body, it dares not touch Nishikida Keiryu's sword. Its claim of immortality is merely a facade, relying on the fact that ordinary guns and cannons cannot harm its spirit; it is by no means truly invincible.

Admittedly, whether grenades will work is debatable, but Ye Shou is not a hoarder; he has to use special items when necessary!

—If all else fails, I can always just spend money on in-game purchases!

"That, that..."

Just as Ye Shou was secretly hesitating and planning how to deal with Sukuna Oni, Yotsuya Miko, who had been staying at the edge of the open space without any presence and always seemed to want to say something but couldn't, finally couldn't help but speak up.

“Although I’m not entirely sure what you encountered at the shrine, it seems it’s not going to let us go. These kinds of evil spirits are very persistent. If it remembers your scent, it will still come after you even if you leave.”

"...Yotsuya-kun?"

Seeing that Zi had attracted everyone's attention, Ye Shouze felt a little ashamed: this JK was not a priority for him, and he hadn't really considered placing her there.

Upon closer inspection, the two from the board game club were also there, but they looked terrified and were clinging tightly to the miniature shrine.

After all, in their eyes, it was just a series of inexplicable explosions, shrill screams echoing in the night, and several priests inexplicably losing their positions... Seriously, these people usually love finding urban legends, but now that they've encountered the real thing, they're as docile as little rabbits.

"Kimi-chan, do you know a lot about this kind of thing?"

Chika glanced at the pale-faced priest who was completely useless, then ran to Yotsuya Miko's side with anticipation, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

"No... I just... have something to say to Kuze-senpai."

"Ok?"

"Um... it might be hard for people to believe, but... Kuze-senpai's guardian spirit asked me to pass on a message to you."

"Guardian spirit? What guardian spirit!"

Ye Shou subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, and he did see a blurry black shadow, but perhaps because it was too close to the face, he could not see the whole picture.

"When did this huge lump appear behind me?" The man's hair stood on end.

"Kiko-chan, are you kidding me? A guardian spirit?"

Chika opened her mouth wide, "So we have guardian spirits too?"

"No... not everyone has it. I only see it occasionally, and I usually don't say it out loud."

Because some evil spirits can disguise themselves... Jianzi has already suffered losses more than once.

However, guardian spirits are still easy to identify. Their energy attributes are different from resentment; they are more like a "belief," and their atmosphere is completely different from that of evil spirits. Only a very few people will have such a lucky blessing.

For example, Miko doesn't have a true guardian spirit, which is why she's plagued by evil spirits. If she had a powerful spirit bodyguard, ordinary monsters wouldn't pose a threat at all.

She once saw a male high school student on the street who even had two guardian spirits at the same time: one was an English gentleman with a pipe and a hat, and the other was a tall, thin figure with a raven mask and a long scythe.

The man entered a crime scene that had been cordoned off by the police. Despite being surrounded by so many vengeful spirits, he couldn't even touch them. He was killed one by one by the tall, thin figure, without any power to resist.

This scene left a very deep impression on her, and she even wanted to get to know him to see if he could solve her problem.

But she later noticed that the tall, thin figure would still brandish a sickle even when there were no evil spirits around.

It listlessly observed the surrounding crowd, occasionally extending its fingers as if counting, as if waiting for them to finish their remaining time...

Subconsciously sensing some danger, I ultimately chose to keep my distance from her.

Later, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind:

The tall, thin figure might not be a guardian spirit, but rather someone who simply feels more efficient being around that person—the image of a corporate slave driven mad by performance targets and choosing to slack off inexplicably pops into my mind.

One day later, she saw a news article in the newspaper and learned that the high school student was actually a very famous detective.

Now, Kenko also sees the guardian spirit in Ye Shou!

When we first entered the mountains, everything was blurry; even with my "eyesight," I could barely see anything, just a faint wisp of smoke. Later, I saw the ferocious face of a demon, but now it's much clearer.

An ancient warrior in a coarse cloth kimono, wearing wooden clogs, with an indistinct face!

Normally, for her own safety, she would never say anything even if she saw it, but now that someone has died, she, being kind-hearted by nature, can no longer care about such things!

"warrior?"

"Yes! He's very anxious and wants to talk to you, but you can't hear him at all."

"No wonder I felt like there were mosquitoes around my ear... I see, samurai."

Ye Shou seemed to be deep in thought: "What is he trying to say?"

"call!"

Jianzi took a deep breath: "We absolutely cannot let Sukuna go. Once it gains a physical body and leaves this place, it will definitely come back to break the seal and take back its original body. At that time, the entire Kanto region will be plunged into a disaster!"

Most of his power resides in the ancient sword enshrined at the shrine, but he must never draw that sword, otherwise Sukunaki could break free of the seal now.

So there's nothing he can do to help right now; he can only tell you Sukunaki's weakness. The rest is up to you.

"...Huh? I'm going to beat up that ghost?"

Chapter 23 The Honorary Successor of the Ashina School

Flames flowed through his body;

Rusty iron is polished in gravel;

Evil spirits, return from the darkness!

The popping sounds continued in unison, and the tendons and blood vessels were like broken steel wires, with sharp cuts piercing the skin, leaving the whole body covered in blood as if being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Expansion! Healing! Tearing!

An ordinary human body undergoes a painful transformation process, undergoing a complete metamorphosis within just ten minutes. When it stands up again, it has a completely different perspective.

This is a small giant who is at least two and a half meters tall. There is almost no intact skin on his body. His well-defined muscles are exposed like hard armor, protecting his relatively fragile internal organs.

The pale, sharp bones sprouted long, pointed spikes, from the ribs, elbows, knees, and top of the head, as if they were covered with short knives and daggers. If the hands and feet were tightened, they would transform into a wheel of blades that could strangle everything.

The sparks from the helicopter explosion ignited a large-scale fire, and the forest was gradually being swallowed up. Half of the sky was dyed red, just like a blood-red fog that was about to engulf the world!

—The ferocious and arrogant man opened his eyes amidst the raging flames, his white hair flying in the heat, revealing a demonic face that was completely unlike any human.

Ryomen Sukuna (Sukuna Oni)!

For this evil spirit that once dominated a region in ancient times, its physical body is not something that can be replaced at will, because each transformation consumes a large amount of its remaining demonic power.

But now he spared no effort, transforming the priest's body into the form most suitable for him to unleash his power, because he had a premonition—

It's coming soon!

A duel that was destined to happen is about to begin!

Since ancient times, whenever demons and monsters have tried to wreak havoc on the human world, there have always been samurai or onmyoji who stand on the side of ordinary people, and the two sides will use all means to fight to the death on this land!

It is an extremely ancient spirit, and this is not the first time it has encountered humans who have come to challenge it.

In most cases, it is the victor, but a single mistake can plunge it into eternal damnation...

It will not repeat the mistakes of hundreds of years ago!

Having finally awakened in a prosperous era, it is determined to make everything it touches its own!

Kerala

Stretching his stiff neck, Sukunaki casually pulled out a slender Tang-style straight sword from the open long box. This was originally a ceremonial sword, with the blade alone measuring over two meters long, and not something an ordinary person could use.

However, this exaggerated form, combined with Sukuna's height and arm span which far exceed those of ordinary people, appears extremely suitable.

"Gulp...uh...no, don't..."

Beside the wreckage of the helicopter, a man in uniform lay dying, his eyes devoid of fear, numbly watching the monster slowly approach him.

His mind was in complete disarray. Not long ago, someone in the crew had suddenly lost their mind and started attacking others, including the captain. Low-altitude night flight was dangerous enough, but this unexpected incident had exacerbated the situation. In the ensuing struggle, the helicopter lost its balance and crashed.

He cannot be considered a survivor, as his lower limbs have been lost and the massive bleeding has left him feeling incredibly cold despite being surrounded by heat.

"You...you're the one...who did this?"

The man moved his neck with difficulty, glancing at Su Na Gui with a blank expression.

"I never expected it to be... a monster, hehe..."

Sukuna looked down at the man who was destined to die, without any reaction. After all, killing or eating people was a very common thing for him.

"Hundreds of years ago, humans still needed horse-drawn carriages to travel, but now we can create iron birds that can fly in the sky... These little tricks are ultimately useless. No matter when, humans will always be an extremely weak existence, and only a few will become strong."

puff!

The long sword pierced the man's body from top to bottom, through his collarbone.

"And you, the value of the weak is to become bait for the strong!"

The man's eyes lost their luster, while the rusty ancient sword was gradually covered with red veins like blood vessels, making the murder weapon look as terrifying as if it had just been drawn from a furnace.

"In this way, I will have everything I need."

Sukuna Oni drew his longsword, but not a single drop of blood was spat out; it was all absorbed. The longsword itself was completely transformed, its blade now a blazing golden-red, radiating a heat that seemed to distort the very air.

It casually swung its sword a few times, and the blade stirred up visible, semi-transparent ripples wherever it passed, which greatly pleased Sukuna Oni.

Of course, this is not because the sword itself is made of particularly high-quality materials.

As it turns out, this Tang Dynasty straight sword, which had been worshipped as a divine vessel for hundreds or even thousands of years, possessed no special power whatsoever. Although it did have the added benefit of faith, it was not something an evil spirit could exploit, so it was simply ignored.

It's simply using human flesh and blood as a medium to "enchant" the ancient sword.

Actually, it's just a random piece of rotor fragment you find on the ground, and the enchanted effect is probably better than any ancient sword or blade!