For a monster that has survived for thousands of years, being verbally humiliated by an inferior human is undoubtedly something that makes it angry.
But the anger was of no use, and the violent voices gradually calmed down. Thinking carefully, this human being is so despicable. If he became angry because of this, he would undoubtedly fall into the trap of this despicable human being again.
"Human bug, you win the first move. But, what are you going to do with these two women?"
The demon calmed down the anger that wanted to boil in his heart and let out a cold laugh.
He was indeed blinded by anger, but after calming down, he discovered the problem.
Even if the connection between oneself and chakra is cut off, there is absolutely no need to worry about such a thing, right?
How can a ninja fight without chakra?
Rely on natural energy?
Although that kind of energy is special, this method alone is not enough to pose a fatal threat to it.
Therefore, even if Shiraishi has a way to block his dark energy, at best it can only protect himself in front of it.
The most important thing is that the other two women who followed may not be able to use such special techniques to prevent it from being engulfed by darkness.
I saw that after the collision of the dark torrent, Liuli and Ayane, who had fallen to the ground, had slowly stood up from the ground.
A thick layer of dark mist spread over the two of them, rolling and surging over them like water.
The Sharingan and Byakugan turned into boundless darkness, completely soaked in the darkness of the sprites. When the eyes glanced over, it gave people a very terrifying and shuddering feeling.
"Human beings always do things without thinking about the future, or are these two women worthless to you? No matter which way it is, witness the truth with your own eyes by the desperate expression on your face after you were killed by them."
The two newly obtained chess pieces are also quite powerful.
Among the humans it has controlled for thousands of years, Ruri and Ayane are among the best in strength.
Combining with the current it's fighting, it can be said to be even more powerful.
After Liuli and Ayane both stood up from the ground, their eyes became dull under the erosion of darkness, like a calm, unrippled stagnant water.
But they were full of murderous intent. It can be imagined that the posture they displayed at this moment was extremely dangerous to the enemy.
When Baishi saw this scene, he fell silent slightly and looked calmly.
In the eyes of the demon, Shiraishi was just pretending to be relaxed.
I guess at this moment, I was already afraid that I would regret it to death.
It has already seen through human weakness and incompetence.
"Go ahead and kill him!"
The demon gave the order in a commanding tone.
A ninja eroded by its dark origin will never be able to act against its will.
Humanity cannot face its darkness.
They will only panic, tremble, scream in fear, and cry in despair under its darkness.
This is something that sprites are born with.
Struggling hard, her body trembled violently, Liuli lowered her head deeply, her long hair spread down, and she clutched her forehead with one hand, feeling that it was very painful.
Ayane also made almost the same movements, struggling hard to escape from the shackles of the demon.
Use the power of Sharingan and Byakugan to fight against the darkness that has invaded the body.
The darkness that melts the vast human essence is definitely not a weight that the human body can easily bear.
On Ruri's body, Susanoo's chakra model was slowly condensed again.
The difference is that Susanoo is no longer a bright blood red, but based on blood red, it is dyed with dark qualities, turning into a dark red color that is close to darkness.
The giant sword was also pulled out of the air, rendered into a brand new dark red blade, which was more solid and sharp than the chakra giant swords produced in the past.
And when a person looks at the sword blade, the darkness covering it will also affect their consciousness, which is equivalent to the unconscious release of advanced illusions, causing the most fearful things in people's hearts.
The dark red giant sword was raised high, raised to the highest point, and stopped moving, as if it was stiff there, and it has not made a move.
kill--
The sprite's command, mixed with the joy of destroying everything, was accurately transmitted to Liuli's mind through chakra.
Then, the dark red sword light that destroyed everything crossed the barrier of the atmosphere and galloped out like a wild horse that had completely let go of its restraints, mercilessly breaking away from the rocky road beneath its feet.
The magma area underground was divided into two halves, directly hitting the monster body hidden in the magma.
A shrill howl came from the monster's mouth.
Countless tentacles protruded from the magma and began to swing wildly. The body was touched by the dark red sword blade, causing pain to the point where the body could not control itself.
The only way to share the pain is in such an exaggerated way.
However, compared to this sudden pain, what Liuli did at this moment was what made the monster feel most angry.
"Why?—No, it's impossible! How could it be human—why?"
impossible!
This is absolutely impossible!
It would be understandable if Shiraishi cut off his connection with chakra to avoid his dark erosion.
However, why can humans with its dark origins in their bodies attack its 'master' against its will?
The occurrence of such a scene was beyond the scope of what the monster could think about.
"A mere human being—"
Are there really human beings in this world who can look directly at the darkness in their hearts?
If this is the case, what is the significance of being born into the world?
This kind of thing is impossible to happen!
"Is it you? Is it you, a human being, who is causing trouble again? Hateful!"
The demon glanced at Bai Shi, and countless pitch-black tentacles began to extend extremely quickly, breaking through the blockade of magma.
Shiraishi must have done something for its control to fail.
As long as this despicable human being is killed, everything will return to its original state.
Shiraishi watched as a large number of pitch-black tentacles flew towards him. He stood there calmly without making any movement. He just watched calmly as the demon showed its ridiculous and pitiful struggling posture in the magma.
Boom!
The huge rock fell from above, and Ayane jumped to the top of the cave. Through Byakugan's observation, it directly hit the bearing point at the top of the cave, revealing the deep and endless night sky outside.
The rocks as huge as a hill almost fell into the magma while rubbing against the edge of the white stone.
Before the countless stretched out tentacles could touch Shiraishi's body, they were crushed by huge rocks, splattering blue-black blood, and each tentacle fell powerlessly into the magma.
The magma rolled into angry waves and splashed everywhere.
The huge rock had sunk into the magma and hit the monster's body.
The howls of the monsters became even more shrill.
Although it cannot cause a fatal blow to the sprite, the blow to the sprite's soul is not as heavy as usual.
It can no longer remain as calm and calm as it should be.
Humans who are supposed to be ants——
The self who was supposed to be victorious——
Why did it end up in this situation?
Why do we have to escape its control one by one?
In the extreme anger and humiliation, the demon's heart was like the lava bathing his body at this moment, hot and frantic.
But its madness, in the eyes of others, is nothing more than a desperate beast making its final struggle in front of the hunter.
The dark red giant sword swept away, cutting off the dark tentacles sticking out of the magma.
Liuli's mind was not very clear, but he was barely able to discern the current situation with his amazing willpower.
Should I say he is worthy of being a monster? This darkness was heavier than the darkness in any Sharingan she had ever seen.
And this is only part of the burden that the monster has to bear. It is hard to imagine what a monster like the monster has been carrying so far to fight so far.
Even Liuli couldn't help but feel pity for the monster in her heart.
However, it was pity, and Liuli had no intention of being merciful.
In fact, fighting monsters is very dangerous.
The power of the monster does not lie in its huge chakra or its body that can be infinitely regenerated.
Its most essential darkness is the monster's greatest weapon.
For humans, this is a deadly virus that is difficult to resist.
Even if she forces her will not to be distorted by this darkness, these darkness are like tarsal maggots. It is extremely difficult to remove them when they enter the body, and they remain uncontrollably in the gaps in her heart, affecting her mind.
Unless, like Shiraishi, he briefly allowed himself to abandon chakra and cut off the channels that resonated with the darkness of the demons.
But in this way, doesn't it prove that I have lost to the darkness in my heart?
After enduring the darkness of the Sharingan, there is no longer anything worth fearing in this world.
Now she just encountered a darkness that was heavier than the Sharingan. It was too early to make her succumb.
The same is true for Ayane.
In the Hyuga clan, people from the Clan were instilled in them day and night the idea of protecting the Clan and sacrificing for the Clan. This idea lasted for more than ten years, and he accepted it one by one and acted in his own way.
Moreover, the most important thing is that even the Sharingan woman has endured it. If he can't do it, wouldn't it prove that he is weaker than her?
This was even more unacceptable to Ayane than being controlled by the demon's dark erosion.
The only thing I don't want to lose to is this Sharingan woman.
Ruoyouruowu's pained moans kept coming from Liuli and Ayane's mouths, as if their endurance had reached a critical moment.
Their Sharingan and Byakugan began to actively absorb the darkness left by the sprites in their bodies, intending to turn the darkness in their bodies into nourishment for their eyes.
The demon roared angrily, and it also sensed the intentions of these two ignorant human women.
How can I endure this if I intend to use it as nourishment for my pupil technique?
Although they initially blocked its dark encroachment with their astonishing willpower, such a radical desire to smelt its darkness and turn it into a part of their power, in the eyes of the monsters, is just the final madness of human beings seeking self-destruction. That’s all.
But what if?
Yes, just in case.
Although the sprites are still unwilling to admit that there are special beings among humans who can withstand its darkness.
However, Shiraishi and the other three broke its expectations time and time again and acted contrary to common sense.
If these two women were allowed to use their pupil skills to counter-devour its dark power, some accidents beyond its control would inevitably occur.
It can no longer tolerate what is beyond its control.
The monster immediately took action, and more dark torrents spurted out from the magma, rushing towards the bodies of Liuli and Ayane.
The dark red sword blade was swung out, but it had no effect.
The dark torrent penetrated the dark red giant sword. This was only the original manifestation of darkness, not a formal power that could be resisted.
It does not believe that Liuli and Ayane can swallow its darkness without limit.
As long as the balance in their bodies is broken, both of them can be killed on the spot, and the balance of victory will tilt towards it again.
No matter what, these two humans cannot be allowed to succeed.
A dark territory where humans are not allowed to set foot.
Just when the dark torrent was about to touch the bodies of Ruri and Ayane, a miraculous light suddenly illuminated.
"!?"
The demon's blood-red pupils suddenly turned to a certain position.
An ancient stone door appeared on a intact ground at some point. It was a sealing container that was originally located in the Ghost Country Shrine and was used to seal the monsters. It was summoned here at this moment.
The stone door was completely open, revealing a different time and space mixed with purple and black.
The monster's body trembled restlessly.
That time and space is the 'cage' it has been most familiar with for thousands of years.
For thousands of years, it broke free from the seal time and time again, and was sealed again by the witch, where it tasted endless loneliness and despair alone.
It was a world that only monsters could endure, belonging to a human being.
A 'paradise' specially created by the witch for it.
Once you enter there, its darkness cannot touch the human world at all.
To the demon, there is no place more boring than that piece of time and space.
In front of the stone door, the Maitreya witch shines with holy white light. It is different from the darkness of spies. It is a warm power that will be melted as long as the darkness shows up.
It's not accurate to say it's warmth, but some kind of purification from a higher realm.
When Shiraishi saw this, he couldn't help but rushed to Ruri and Ayane and took them far away.
Even if Maitreya Miko does not deliberately target Ruri and Ayane, as long as they are illuminated by that light, the two who are devouring and merging with the dark part of the demon will be severely damaged.
Unless he can completely swallow the demon's darkness and turn it into his own power.
However, this is not something that can be solved in a short while.
The three of them have fully served as 'containers' and completed the tasks they should do well.
For the next finishing work, we can only trust Maitreya Miko.
However, this is not a good thing for the monster.
The darkness turned into a torrent, constantly overflowing from the monster's body, and was forced to flow into the stone door behind Maitreya Maiden.
The surging wave of darkness passed by Maitreya Witch, causing her beautiful long hair that was also shining to fly there.
"It turns out...that's it...are those three humans here to share the darkness for you...Miko believes in humans, and humans also trust mikos who are no longer human... How could they lose to this power of 'trust'... …”
At this moment, the demon suddenly realized that the reason why Shiraishi and the others came here was not to fight it, but to serve as a sealing container for Maitreya to spread out the excess darkness on it.
Because Maitreya Witch's current power is not enough to seal such a weight of darkness.
They can only rely on the method of dividing the darkness equally to allow Shiraishi and the other three to take away some of the pressure, and finally the miko seals the remaining root consciousness.
It's just that at this time, I understood that it was already a little late.
From the outset, the pace of combat is completely dominated by the opponent.
Its ugly appearance is also something they have calculated.
Although he has mastered the darkness that is more powerful than before, why does he fail every time?
Was his failure really just an accidental loss to humans and mikos?
If it is accidental, how can we explain the countless failures over the past thousands of years?
The monster's heart was filled with such questions.
The huge darkness is the manifestation of the original soul of the monster.
Countless dark tentacles dancing in the air lost their spirituality, turned into dead objects and fell towards the magma, and were eventually swallowed by the magma and disappeared.
The huge darkness flew over the Maitreya Maiden's head and turned into two arms, tightly grasping the edge of the stone door to prevent the body from being sucked into it.
Not sure?
Not willing?
Or both.
Will fate reincarnate again?
At this time, asking anything seems to have lost its meaning.
Why does Maitreya, a fellow being of the same kind, help humans in this way?
Just a bunch of hopeless bugs.
It seems that in the past, Maitreya's ancestors also asked it, why is it unwilling to believe in humans?
The demon remembered scoffing at the question.
It has grown by absorbing human darkness. No one understands human ignorance and selfishness better than it does.
Why should we trust such a fool?
In the blood-red pupils, flowed the infinite attachment to the human world and the pity for Maitreya as a miko.
Yearning for beautiful things is the instinctive pursuit of human nature.
Monsters that are not humans, but are better than humans, naturally have this desire as well.
I opened my mouth, but in the end nothing came out. I had a strange feeling that I didn't know what to say.
Taking the initiative to let go of his hand, the body transformed from darkness lost its support and fell into an endless different world.
There, it will enjoy eternal solitude as before.
Quietly waiting for the next time to come to the world.
Next time, it won't let go so easily.
"Sorry, sprite."
Calm words came from Maitreya's mouth.
The ancient stone door slowly closed, and everything in the world suddenly returned to calm, and the darkness disappeared.
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The demon re-sealed it, but the follow-up issues still need to be dealt with.
Because during the battle with the demon, the ghost army controlled by the demon caused serious damage to many areas of the ghost country.
In particular, the main roads in some important towns were trampled by stone statue soldiers, causing the roads to collapse.
Some towns were also invaded by stone statue soldiers. It was difficult for the ninjas stationed there to resist, so they had to give up and flee with the residents of the towns.
These damaged towns also need to be restored and rebuilt as soon as possible.
For other countries, this may be a huge, complex and labor-intensive project.
But for the country of ghosts, it is not difficult.
Within the Kingdom of Ghosts, a special ninja engineering team was established very early.
The ninjas in this engineering team are not good at fighting, but are proficient in various special technologies that are beneficial to construction, and have ten years of rich construction experience.
The speed at which they started to renovate was far faster than ordinary people.
Cooperate with ordinary workers to participate in construction work, greatly increasing the efficiency of road and town reconstruction.
In the shrine outside Ziyuan City.
When Shiraishi came here, the air here had taken on a completely new look, without the depressing atmosphere.
This may be because the demon was sealed again.
Moreover, its darkness is divided, so naturally it cannot pass through the sealed stone gate and extend its tentacles into the human world again.
In the stone stream on the mountain behind the shrine, the Maitreya priestess stood there alone, with a long shadow, and it seemed that the whole world was desolate.
For some reason, Shiraishi felt that Maitreya Miko's presence had become very thin at this moment.
Even the human figures have become much more unreal.
Is it because of the seal? Shiraishi thought in his mind.
However, compared to the seal, Shiraishi is more willing to regard Maitreya Miko's state as the price of counteracting the darkness of the sprites.
Although the demon said that the witch is the same kind as it.
But their roots are completely different.
Demons are monsters born from the darkness of human hearts and through chakra.
And miko, in their most original form, are real human beings.
The reason why they are the same kind is just because they have formed special powers that can resonate with each other through special methods.
This is also the reason why the demon is obsessed with the witch.
Even monsters feel lonely and long for someone who understands them.
For it, the witch is the special existence that can pry open its mind.
It cannot kill the miko, and the miko cannot kill it.
They just repeat this fate of endless reincarnations, entangled with each other.
In this world, there is no one who understands the essence of a witch better than a demon.
"Mr. Shiraishi, have the conditions of those two improved?"
Maitreya turned his head and asked.
Shiraishi knew that the people Miroku was referring to were Ruri and Ayane.
The two of them were in a special state of unconsciousness due to inhaling the darkness of the sprites, undergoing some unknown transformation.
Shiraishi couldn't help them both with this kind of thing.
The only thing that can be done is to ensure that when the two of them fail to fight against the darkness, they can escape unscathed.
"So far, no accident has occurred. However, I am not completely sure whether it will succeed. Even if I use Zero Tail's negative energy to conduct simulation training for the two of them in advance, the darkness in the monster is not zero. It’s comparable to a larvae monster like Tail.”
In order to deal with the monsters, Shiraishi conducted targeted training for Ruri and Ayane very early on.
Monsters are not easy to find in the ninja world.
There are even fewer monsters in his hands, only Zero Tails.
Although the methods of birth can be said to be similar, Zero-Tail was discovered and mastered by people from the Kingdom of Kong decades ago. When Zero-Tail was discovered, its power was very weak. It is conceivable that Zero-Tail is still the larvae of a monster.
There is a world of difference from monsters like sprites that have survived for thousands of years.
Even if Shiraishi uses various methods to stimulate and enhance Zero-Tail's power, if he wants to reach the level of a demon, he may not be able to do it in his lifetime.
There is also an essential difference between monsters and monsters.
But this also opened up an idea for Shiraishi at the time.
They all use darkness to influence people's hearts, so Shiraishi chopped up parts of Reibi's body more than once, and made these body fragments into potions specifically designed to hone willpower, allowing Ruri and Ayane to adapt to the so-called 'darkness' in advance, and exercise A firm willpower beyond the reach of ordinary people, against the dark nature of monsters.
Apart from a slight physical strain on Zero Tails, overall, his guess was not wrong.
"Well, although the demon's root consciousness has been sealed in different time and space by me, the darkness that remains in the world is still a dangerous force for ordinary people. If possible, Mr. Shiraishi should not use this Such abuse of power, not every life can withstand the erosion of darkness."
Maitreya's eyes were deep, looking straight at Shiraishi.
Shiraishi nodded.
"Don't worry about that. I've already figured out how to deal with that part of the darkness."
"In that case, please leave it to Mr. Shiraishi."
Maitreya smiled slightly, with a hint of freedom and ease.
Shiraishi's heart moved as he looked at Maitreya's gentle and kind face.
"Are you... leaving?"
Maitreya nodded, even so, there was no sadness on his face.
"For a miko, life is just a cycle of repeated reincarnations. My mission in this life is finally over. In the future, let Shion continue to shoulder the mission of a miko instead of me. That child may be a little willful, but he will definitely A miko who has done her job well."
Born in such a land, Maitreya didn't know whether his daughter Ziyuan was lucky or unlucky.
But before a new path comes, the miko must shoulder this responsibility.
"Really? Then... I wish you a good journey."
Shiraishi exhaled slowly, turned his back to Miroku and left decisively.
Maitreya, who has seen everything in the world, does not need an outsider to provide sensational comfort here.
For her, sleeping quietly in the land that raised her is the best farewell ceremony.
Shiraishi doesn't know where the miko will go after she dies, and he doesn't want to know.
Because the truth of the matter may be very cruel.
In this world, there will always be some people who choose to carry forward with a heavy burden.
