Chapter 41: Just Go Wash Up and Sleep, Wait for the Nation to Fall

The wind swept past, reducing asphalt roads, steel-and-concrete skyscrapers, and metal streetlamps to dust, scattering them into the air; the scene was a wasteland, leaving only scars that looked as if clawed by ghosts or sliced by ten thousand sharp blades.

Even the void bore scars, emitting a series of mournful wails.

Then.

Under the trembling gaze of the two girls and the Cherry Blossom Group minions.

Those demons, which to them had seemed imposing and fearsome, were shredded like a rag in a grinder, turning into ten thousand fragments.

They didn't even have time to scream.

The crimson wind came swiftly and departed just as fast; in less than a blink, it vanished without a trace.

And with the wind that scattered, so did the demons that had spoken earlier...

They were all killed, not even a speck of ash left behind.

The scene was so horrifying that even gods and ghosts trembled.

Without warning, a crimson gale arose, harvesting nearly half the demons present; the sight was utterly gruesome.

And after the terrifying crimson wind passed.

Not a single demon fled.

The surviving demons trembled, their fearsome faces filled with terror.

It wasn't that the demons didn't want to flee, but they knew fleeing was useless; fleeing meant instant death.

Because they couldn't escape, unable to flee from the cute yet terrifying child; no demon present could manage it.

The audience was chilled to the bone, sucking in sharp breaths, their hands and feet turning ice-cold from fear.

One second.

No!

Less than one second!

Half the demons were all dead.

This scene made one's skin and bones turn cold, causing knees to tremble.

【Whose child is this? This is too terrifying!】

【So cruel; just because they spoke too much, this demon child slaughtered them all.】

【What kind of demon is this!!】

【Regardless of race, a child's destructive power is always this terrifying.】

Countless viewers trembled; what kind of demon was that child demon? It was too strong, completely on a different level.

For a moment, bullet comments flew everywhere.

They were all captivated by the horror of the child demon.

Many were discussing, debating what kind of demon that child was, with opinions varying wildly.

Just as the child demon made a single move, stirring up a storm.

A bullet comment appeared, and the audience caught it.

The discussion stopped.

【Cimu! That scholar is Cimu!!!】

The bullet comment appeared, and the stream of comments paused briefly.

The scenery of Yunhu Lake couldn't reflect sound, but that didn't mean no one could read lips; among the audience were many tech otaku, and some knew lip-reading.

He read the demons' words.

【Those dead demons called the scholar demon Lord Cimu!】

【Cimu! He is Cimu!】

The person who knew lip-reading hammered the keyboard frantically, acting as if mad, so excited he nearly fainted, his soul in a state of euphoria.

At that moment, he was as excited as Columbus discovering a new continent, driven to madness by excitement.

The next second.

【Cimu? The famous Cimu?】

【Hey, don't joke; are you sure the demons said Cimu?!】

【What?! The scholar is Cimu?】

Cimu, as a famous great demon of Japan, even if Japanese people knew little about demons, would have heard of his name.

He was a great demon.

Suddenly!

Some viewers familiar with demon culture froze, their faces suddenly changing color.

Wait!

If the scholar is Cimu.

And he is following Che Luan, staying by his side.

Doesn't that mean the Lord of Demons and Evil Spirits in Che Luan is...

The bullet comments exploded!

Just like the lip-reading viewer, they had already connected Cimu to something.

In unison, the audience stared dead at the Che Luan in the screen, typing out bullet comments at superhuman speed.

【No way, he is Cimu, doesn't that mean...】

【My god, I might know who the Lord of Demons and Evil Spirits is.】

【It's him! The Lord of Demons and Evil Spirits is him!】

Watching the bullet comments fly out, netizens unfamiliar with demons looked utterly confused.

However, their confusion didn't last long; amidst the barrage of comments in the live stream, they suddenly understood what was happening.

Instantly, it wasn't just the comments that exploded.

The countless viewers in the live stream exploded too.

Tokyo, Japan, Metropolitan Police Department conference room.

After lip-reading translation revealed Lord Cimu.

"What, he is Lord Cimu! Uh..."

Professor Zhongtian's eyes bulged, he clutched his chest, and collapsed with a thud.

"Professor Zhongtian!!"

"Quick, quick, administer first aid to Professor Zhongtian!"

Under the emergency rescue by medical personnel—mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, pressing the Renzhong point, cardiac defibrillation, and so on—Professor Zhongtian was saved.

As soon as he was revived, Professor Zhongtian acted as if he had gone mad.

He ripped off the oxygen mask, disregarding his still-weak state after the rescue, and screamed frantically.

"I know!

I know who the Lord of Demons is!!

He is one of the three great demons in Japanese legend.

Shuten-doji!

He is Shuten-doji!

The Lord of Demons is Shuten-doji!"

Professor Zhongtian, voice hoarse from screaming, excited to the point of incoherence, kept repeating it.

Director Takahashi, Minister Saito, and the high-ranking officials present were horrified, their faces changing repeatedly.

"Shuten-doji!!"

In Japan, many legends of demons circulate; there are over a thousand types of demons, and even a demon expert would not dare claim to recognize them all.

However!

Among these numerous demons, some are known to every household.

Even those who don't know the demons' names have heard of their fame.

For example, Cimu-doji, the Snow Woman, and so on.

Among them, three demons have names so thunderous that even a three-year-old child knows them.

They are the three great demons of Japanese legend, the supreme great demons!

And the Shuten-doji mentioned by Professor Zhongtian.

Is undoubtedly one of them!

One of the three great demons!

"Professor Zhongtian, are you sure you're not joking? Are you serious?"

The words spoken by Director Takahashi trembled as he swallowed hard.

If the Lord of Demons inside the Che Luan is truly Shuten-doji, one of the three great demons, the situation has become dire; beyond further proving that demons truly exist...

... it elevates the terror of demons to the unimaginable.

It must be known that the three great demons circulating in Japanese legends, though terrifying, are far less terrifying than the Che Luan's emergence in Yunhu.

A demon ruling like a demon god, upon its birth, is revered by heaven and earth, with sun and moon revolving around it...

Such combat power is already comparable to that of a deity, with the potential to slaughter gods.

Demons slaughtering gods...

Just thinking of it, the crowd shivered uncontrollably, their bodies convulsing with fear.

To be honest.

At first, the moment they saw the Che Luan, they mostly believed what was inside was not a demon, but a deity.

A deity ruling a demon god is only natural.

After all, the Che Luan's emergence caused a commotion that shook heaven and earth and made ghosts and gods weep; there was simply no demon that could compare.

Because according to the "Kojiki" records, the three most terrifying demons were killed, albeit at a great cost.

For example, Tamamo-no-Mae, one of the three great demons.

Emperor Toba, after deploying nearly six hundred thousand troops and onmyoji and monks from the entire nation, killed Tamamo-no-Mae.

A single demon fighting against six hundred thousand troops; such a feat shook the ages.

However... that six hundred thousand-strong army was an ancient army, not a modern one.

In the eyes of Takahashi and the others, a six hundred thousand-strong army without even guns or cannons was not very strong; with modern military power, any single legion dispatched could sweep away an ancient army of six hundred thousand.

Therefore, Director Takahashi and the others held a shred of confidence, hoping to suppress the demons back into the Supernatural world.

Unfortunately.

Their thoughts were destined to shatter.

That arrogant Lord of Demons, who made heaven and earth submit, turned out not to be a deity, but Shuten-doji, one of the three great demons.

In other words.

The combat power of the three great demons is not as recorded in ancient times; or rather, the ancient records actually contain errors, misunderstood by people; perhaps the six hundred thousand troops were not a human army? But rather... an army of six hundred thousand deities?

Thinking of opposing a demon that even heaven and earth submit to, Director Takahashi and the others wanted to curse.

What the hell is there to fight? Just wash up and go to sleep together, and wait for the nation's destruction.

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