Chapter 210

It's a simple logical principle: since a hostage is needed, it's better to just grab the one with the highest status. Compared to the troublesome little brat Aya, grabbing the Great Tengu is clearly more cost-effective.

"What did you say?"

Iizunamaru Megumu asked with a gloomy expression.

The forest suddenly went quiet.

The sound of insects, the wind, the flowing water of the waterfall, and even breathing, heartbeats, and blinking... all paused for an instant.

"Hey, hey, is the hearing of the local yokai not good?"

Jia Ji deliberately said this in a tone of making a fuss, which was, of course, to provoke her—

"Hmph! Star of Calamity, Wild Dance of Sparking Fire!"

As expected, the arrogant Tengu immediately took the bait. Her sharp, blade-like gaze raked over him, and the yokai energy all over her body erupted like a volcano, shooting straight into the clouds.

Immediately, she furiously waved the fan in her hand, which was woven from black feathers.

The fan was a tool for creating wind, one of the standard pieces of equipment for Tengu. It had nothing to do with the Uchiha fan; although it didn't look very special, it was actually quite extraordinary.

Legend has it that if you wave the Tengu fan, the first wave can blow away any skirt, the second wave can blow down any girl, and the third wave can even blow away underwear (fog).

But Iizunamaru Megumu's fan was naturally different; it was a 【weapon】 that matched her.

Fine air currents and dust trembled before the fan, crackling and hitting each other, colliding to create ferocious crimson sparks. Red and blue, flowing shadows and electric light, gathered like balls, brilliant like the sun, sweeping across the firmament.

Long days, sparks, in the middle of summer, it is currently July...

Magnificent flowing fire suddenly erupted from the fan, turning into flying fire meteors on the ground that rushed toward Jia Ji, cruising through the air and drawing out tricky, brilliant arcs.

Jia Ji raised an eyebrow, threw the Shameimaru Aya in his hand behind him, and she disappeared directly into the void.

He slammed his clenched right fist into the ground, "Boom Array Sitting Wave"!

The shock force penetrating deep into the ground destroyed the structure dozens of meters deep; his punch was not simple destruction, but rather used a clever force to flip over an entire piece of ground!

The ground and the lake surface of the entire battlefield jumped violently, the undulating water waves and mud waves rising together to a height of dozens of meters, blocking the path of the dancing sparks.

The overwhelming rain of fire and meteors, countless flames traveling through the air, their scorching light piercing the sky—this move, with such a magnificent momentum, collided entirely with the barrier that "rose from the ground," falling apart like a flash in the pan.

"Star Wind—Dance of Iridescent Rainbow!"

With her as the center, a violent particle storm triggered by yokai energy had already begun to form, intense light and sharp wind blades appearing every moment; however, in the next instant, they were all replaced by a long dragon formed by rainbow-colored yokai energy.

Whether it was tangible or intangible, everything was blown away and scattered by this rainbow dragon in an instant!

"Looking at the name of the move, you actually traveled over from Art of Fighting, right? The next move must be Dragon and Tiger Wild Dance! (Presumably, the boss of the White Wolf Tengu is Takuma Sakazaki, a wise general)"

Jia Ji, who had stepped on the air to change direction twice in mid-air and dodged this fierce move, still had the energy to complain.

"Rin!"

Iizunamaru Megumu took this opportunity to shout loudly.

Once again, Tengu are social, gregarious yokai. To protect their habitat, they wouldn't talk about any chivalry when facing a guy like Jia Ji; everyone would just gang up on him.

But ordinary Tengu couldn't even stand by and watch, let alone join the battle, so Iizunamaru Megumu could only call for someone of the same rank as her at this moment...

—Great Tengu, Lingjiu Yilin!

That was an exceptionally petite and cute girl with white hair reaching past her waist and beast ears like a dog or wolf. She wore red and white clothing and wooden clogs a meter high, with a mask passed down through generations of Tengu leaders hanging on the side of her face.

And the sword in the hand of this girl, who was as pure as a spirit in the snow, was definitely not to be underestimated!

Sword light flashed. Lingjiu Yilin, who had appeared behind Jia Ji from who knows when, launched a high-speed sword technique with an expressionless face.

Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash, slash!!

The cold frost blade turned into a storm.

For a time, the summit of Mount Yatsugatake shone with endless rainbow light and slashes.

In an instant, the starry sky appeared.

"Good, you came at just the right time."

Blood-red light seemed to shoot from his eyes. Jia Ji's jacket was stretched open by his expanding muscles, and his body, harder and stronger than steel, radiated scorching energy, heating the surrounding air until it distorted. The phantom of the Big Dipper appeared in front of his body, flickering on his skin and exuding an endless sense of danger.

The sound of his heartbeat was like thunder, numbing the ears of those nearby. He grinned, his hair standing up like spikes, revealing his white teeth.

In the next instant, the expressions of both women changed abruptly.

The ferocious rainbow dragon and the high-speed sword technique blasted "Jia Ji" into pieces in an instant.

An afterimage?!

A gust of wind blew their long white and blue hair up from front to back. Before they knew what had happened, they felt an irresistible giant force coming from above their heads.

!!!

Panicked, the girls tried to resist, but found that they couldn't break free no matter what.

And after being approached by Jia Ji, there was only one outcome—

Boom!!!

A muffled, thunderous roar exploded on the ground.

Air currents collapsed, and force shot out in all directions.

The heads of the two Great Tengu, which had just been raised, collided with the ground in the blink of an eye. This peerless blow broke the sound barrier, and the remaining force shattered the ground within a radius of dozens of meters.

Crack! x2

A crisp, shattering sound came directly from those slender, delicate necks.

Jia Ji did not loosen his binding and suppression. A violent vibration that almost caused an earthquake came from his hands. The two forces of resistance from the girls lasted for a full ten seconds before gradually subsiding.

Let go.

Stand up again.

"Lonely..."

After winning, Jia Ji sighed, and a strange BGM seemed to play.

"Who are you imitating this time?!"

Yakumo Zi, who had thrown the teary-eyed, terrified little Crow Tengu out from the gap, complained from the side.

"Just an expert."

In front of Shameimaru Aya were the two Tengu leaders who had lost their ability to resist and had been smashed into the ground, unconscious. From the outside, it looked like...

"Lord Rin? Lord Megumu?!"

Her voice carried a genuine panic that hadn't appeared from the beginning, as well as a hint of sobbing.

"You..."

Thanks to the yokai's formidable vitality, even with such injuries, the Great Tengu had not yet died. But the "filthy" feeling of their faces touching the cold ground, and the humiliation of defeat—how could the Great Tengu, with their extremely high self-esteem, bear it?

"No, why are you crying?"

Jia Ji reached out his hand, just about to give the little crow a head pat.

The next second,

An angry roar came from mid-air.

"How dare you!!"

(End of chapter)