Chapter 102: The noble shrine maiden Kikyo! Demon Manifestation: Demon

"Roar!!"

A roar sounded, and the monster's six scarlet compound eyes lit up simultaneously. The scales all over its body suddenly opened, and the sea surface actually began to spin crazily with it as the center!

A giant whirlpool with a diameter of over a thousand meters was generated out of thin air. Seawater was controlled by invisible force, turning into countless sharp water blades!

"Crack—!"

The steel hull of a warship was cut in half as if it were made of paper! The moment the water blades slashed through, the soldiers on the deck didn't even have time to scream before they were torn to pieces by the violent water flow.

The broken hull sank slowly, and the fuel leak triggered a chain of explosions, with raging fires burning on the sea surface.

"No! Retreat! Everyone retreat!"

The commander roared, but it was already too late.

The monster's spear-like head slammed into the sea, and the next second, dozens of water tornadoes soared into the sky!

These water tornadoes with a diameter of one hundred meters chased the remaining warships like living creatures, throwing them into the high sky like toys, and then smashing them down fiercely!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

In the continuous sound of collisions, the entire fleet was wiped out in just three minutes. The wreckage and oil stains floating on the sea surface declared their complete failure.

A shrine located deep in the mountains of Aomori Prefecture, Sakura Country.

The morning light passed through the branches and leaves of the ancient cherry trees, dappling on the stone steps. A young girl dressed in a pure white shrine maiden outfit was holding a broom, quietly sweeping the fallen leaves.

Her shrine maiden outfit was not a common style. The pure white top was embroidered with faint patterns, the crimson hakama skirt swayed gently with her steps, and a sandalwood paper rope embroidered with wisteria flowers was tied around her waist.

Her long black hair hung down like a waterfall, and the girl's face was as exquisite as a painting, yet it carried a kind of calm that was beyond the world. Her eyes were a rare light purple, as if she could see through the essence of all things in the world.

"Not planning to take action?"

A cold voice with a hint of playfulness came from behind.

The girl's movements didn't pause in the slightest, and she still focused on sweeping the dust on the stone steps.

"Although I don't know which world it comes from, that monster is definitely not a mutant creature."

"Just with the arrival of the first spiritual energy tide, it is absolutely impossible for such a powerful life to be born in the ocean."

"If you don't take action, maybe they will lose."

That voice suddenly approached her ear, carrying a coldness like the deep sea.

This time, the girl finally turned around and cast her gaze toward the source of the voice.

That was a tall woman standing under the cherry tree at the shrine. Her skin was as fair as snow, but it carried a cold light that didn't look like a human. Her ice-crystal-like blue long hair hung to her waist, and even her eyebrows and eyelashes were tinged with a faint icy blue.

She wore a blue and white uniform, the slim jacket outlining sharp lines, and silver buttons dotted the lapels. A dark blue leather belt tightened her waist, and long boots wrapped around her straight lower legs. The whole person exuded a biting momentum.

The girl just glanced at her lightly, then continued to lower her head to sweep the stone steps.

"If they lose, they lose. What does it have to do with me?"

"Do you want me to pray for the protection of the gods for them?"

The girl's voice was as calm as an ancient well without waves.

"Even if the gods really exist, they will go to the thousand-year-old shrine in Kyoto to worship. Who will remember this dilapidated shrine in the deep mountains?"

The blue-haired woman chuckled upon hearing this, a trace of playfulness flashing in her ice-blue eyes.

"How ironic."

"The powerful people of Sakura Country will never think that in this forgotten shrine, there is a holder of a Myriad Realms template they dream of."

"In the world of Wang Quanye, that noble shrine maiden—Kikyo!"

The fourth holder of a Myriad Realms character template in the world, the person chosen by the template of Kikyo, the shrine maiden who guards the Shikon Jewel from the Wang Quanye world, is the shrine maiden before her—Kagura Shimizu!

"If there is no will to protect the common people, you can't raise the compatibility of the Kikyo template to perfection."

The broom in Kagura Shimizu's hand paused slightly, and her raised eyes were incomparably indifferent.

"I am just myself."

She said softly, her voice like a clear spring in the mountain stream.

If she forcibly changed herself to pursue power to fit that shrine maiden, then what would be the final result—Kagura Shimizu, or a phantom named "Kikyo"?

The holders of Myriad Realms character templates in Da Xia all have their own beliefs to protect, but she doesn't, and she doesn't think this country is worth her protection.

"And compared to me, your strength should be stronger, right?"

Kagura Shimizu changed the subject, her gaze looking straight at the blue-haired woman.

"You who have obtained the Teigu from the Akame ga Kill world—Demon Manifestation: Demon's Extract—possess power that is much stronger than my current self."

The mountain wind suddenly became biting, blowing the clothes of the two. The corner of the blue-haired woman "Tianyu Kongling's" mouth hooked into a dangerous arc.

"You got one thing wrong."

"It's not just stronger than your current self, but even if you fully master Kikyo's power, I am still above you!"

"How arrogant."

Kagura Shimizu didn't refute. She had no interest in these meaningless disputes of strength.

"How about it, Kagura Shimizu?"

Tianyu Kongling took a step forward, her ice-blue long hair dancing in the wind.

"We are both chosen ones, representing the future of this country."

"I want to reshape this country from the inside out."

"Help me!"

"Let's start by killing that dimensional creature!"

Her eyes were as sharp as knives, burning not only with the desire for power but also with a kind of paranoid ambition. Her voice echoed in the sea breeze, carrying an irresistible momentum.

Kagura Shimizu watched her quietly, her gaze as calm as water.

She knew Tianyu Kongling's plot very well. If she only pursued power, with the power of "Demon Manifestation: Demon's Extract" she held, the superiors of Sakura Country would definitely push her to the front stage impatiently and give her everything within their permitted scope.

But what Tianyu Kongling wanted was precisely what they would not allow and would not give her no matter what.

So Tianyu Kongling needed fame, needed supporters, needed companions, needed power, needed everything that could allow her to carry out her ambition.

She already possessed power, and now, Tianyu Kongling had found the most suitable companion.

The fourth holder of a Myriad Realms character template in the world, Kagura Shimizu, who inherited the power of the shrine maiden Kikyo, was similar to Kamen Rider Gatack in a sense.

In the story called Wang Quanye, that noble shrine maiden lived up to her name, Kikyo.

She treated others with tolerance and kindness, treated the weak gently, performed her duties faithfully, dedicated herself selflessly to the villagers she protected, and was even willing to give up her life to protect others without asking for anything in return.

As bright as the moon, as gentle as water.

Such an existence was precisely the "banner" that Tianyu Kongling needed; she who obtained the Kikyo template was naturally the perfect manifestation of this banner in reality.

The mountain wind stopped suddenly, and the shrine fell into a brief silence.

Kagura Shimizu finally spoke:

"You should know what the consequences of doing this will be."

Tianyu Kongling smiled, that smile like the cold light refracted by a polar glacier.

"If heaven gives it and you don't take it, you will suffer the consequences!"

"Consequences? Those are things to consider only after failure; and I will not fail!"

"I will thoroughly..."

"Reshape this decaying land into the shape I want!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 103 =====