Chapter 100: Stealing the Ritual, I Pray for Power (3k, Part 2)

Kai erupted in an instant, vanishing like a phantom; White Face was completely unable to move, forced to watch helplessly as Kai's Rising Dragon Fist landed solidly on her chin.

She was completely unable to withstand that immense force; as her Witch Power Shield shattered instantly, her body was simultaneously knocked high into the air, once again falling into a state of being unable to move.

Kai was below, his hands rubbing together as a massive Wave rapidly condensed.

Kai roared, stepped forward, and unleashed the 【Wave Fist】, which condensed nearly all of his energy and Spirit.

Boom!

The Wave Fist flew across the sky, the ground cracking inch by inch; the terrifying Wave swept out in circles, and merely being near it carried the risk of being annihilated.

Watching this scene from afar, Xia Youjie sighed, thinking to himself that his final arrogance as a Cursed User toward ordinary people had also been shattered—could ordinary people really master this kind of power?

The next moment, Xia Youjie's pupils suddenly constricted.

Within his field of vision, Gojo Satoru, with four scarlet Cursed Energy appendages behind him like wings, had already vanished.

Pfft!

Kai spat out a mouthful of blood, his chest caved in; the backlash from that attack of erupting Fighting Spirit only now took effect on him.

His pupils dilated as he looked at Gojo Satoru, who had appeared silently before him, his expression turning painful and desperate bit by bit.

Gojo Satoru's white hair hung down on both sides of his cheeks, his opened eyes were filled with scarlet blood-red, and his entire body radiated an ominous aura.

Most crucially, his hands and feet were already covered in eyes.

Bang, bang, bang.

A series of explosions occurred on Kai's body; those talismans for defending against curses and negative energy popped one after another. Merely approaching Gojo Satoru at this moment was enough to make these talismans unable to withstand the impact of the negative energy.

There was no emotion in Gojo Satoru's scarlet eyes; he simply stood before White Face, and that terrifying Wave Fist froze in mid-air.

Between the radiating Wave and Gojo Satoru's body, there was less than five centimeters of distance, but that tiny distance seemed impossible to bridge forever.

White Face landed on the ground and instantly beckoned, summoning back the 【Fox Fire】, which had become charred black after encountering a round of Cursed Energy cannon bombardment.

Without the Tese of Fox Fire, she had almost been instantly killed by this brute Kai just now.

Fortunately...

"Ha, hahaha..."

"Well done, King of Cursed Spirits, Gojo Satoru!"

"You ruined my good work, but now you've saved me; what exactly should I do with you?"

White Face's eyes narrowed like two crescent moons, but such a sweet smile was destined to radiate unsolvable malice.

Kai roared, once again pushing the Wave Fist forward with all his might.

Crack!

Amidst the sound of shattering bone, blood gushed from Kai's right arm.

White Face was even more delighted.

"Kai, you guy, it's time you recognized the so-called 【Destiny】; I am the one who possesses Destiny, I am destined to..."

White Face suddenly felt a fierce wind hit her face; her pupils constricted, and she tilted her head, only to see the fist Gojo Satoru had thrown in an instant.

Ring!

A pitch-black flash exploded instantly.

【Black Flash】!

Fox Fire turned from solid to ethereal, but the black flash still pierced through the Fox Fire and Baimian's body.

Pfft!

Baimian, who had revealed her form hundreds of meters away, felt lingering fear as she touched her lower abdomen, which had been completely pierced through, leaving a bloody hole.

"You guy..."

She finally sensed something abnormal; logically, having completed the Taishan Fujun Festival and gained the recognition of the Eastern Peak Prefecture Lord, she should be able to travel freely between the two banks of Yellow Springs.

Gojo Satoru, transformed from a departed soul, should not have prioritized attacking her.

The King of Cursed Spirits should have killed all living beings present first before returning to Yellow Springs.

But...

【Imperial Style·Taishan Fujun Festival—Incomplete】

【Destiny (Nightlight)—Lost】

Baimian turned abruptly; she followed the Sequence of the 【Shaman King】 world, used Witch Power, and could sense others' thoughts to a certain degree, but this ability was not complete mind-reading.

This ability originated from the granting by 【Asakura Hao】, and 【Asakura Hao】, after being born, had 【Spirit Vision】 so strong due to his naturally powerful Witch Power that the emotions of the world flowed into his heart.

To be precise, this was an "empathy-like" ability; after Asakura Hao reincarnated, this ability weakened into a certain degree of mind-reading.

Baimian basically used this special 【Spirit Vision】 as mind-reading, but at this moment, she realized something was wrong.

In the field, two existences appeared that she could not read.

One was the King of Cursed Spirits·Gojo Satoru, whose emotions had turned into dead silence, completely invisible.

The other...

Baimian turned around and finally saw the man in the pink robe standing far from the center of the battlefield.

The man held a hand seal and raised it high.

"Taishan Fujun, descend!"

The phantom of the 【Nightlight】 that had been lost from her own body fell from the sky, his face showing joy.

This great Onmyoji who had fallen decades ago had long yearned to complete this ritual he had failed to finish.

That was his long-cherished wish, and at the same time, it was his karma—the shackle that would cause him to be implicated in this series of events.

"Damn it!"

Baimian realized where the problem lay and likewise formed a hand seal; it was the ability of Asakura Hao, the great Yin-Yang Master of the Heian Period from another timeline, the man known as the master of all sorcery and Yin-Yang Arts.

"Taishan Fujun, descend!"

The two of them simultaneously called for the Taishan Fujun Festival to descend.

Only then did Xia Youjie realize he had been deceived; that fellow who called himself Tao Baibai seemed to have no intention at all of leaving the opportunity to trade life for life to him.

But Xia Youjie still pinched a dharma seal and shouted at the same time:

"Taishan Fujun, descend!"

The three people in three corners simultaneously performed the Taishan Fujun Festival, wanting to draw the dominance of the ritual onto themselves.

Pfft!

Xia Youjie was the first to spray blood; a powerful will swept over, and Xia Youjie's complexion instantly turned defeated. He had only occupied 7 nodes, which was simply not enough to call the Fujun to descend.

Having called the Fujun without authorization, he suffered a punishment.

A vigorous will stared at both Baimian and Bai Cangshu simultaneously.

【You have received the gaze of a high-level existence; based on your Spirit, you cannot obtain information about Him.】

【You have initiated the ritual · Taishan Fujun Festival, judging...】

The movements of the two people froze at the same time.

At the same time, Kai let out a roar, and the Wave suddenly began to shake violently and unstably.

Boom! A violent explosion rose up.

The Cursed Spirit Gojo Satoru had four scarlet wings of Cursed Energy behind his back overlap in front of him, and the space began to cave in.

Kai, however, did not fight the King of Cursed Spirits to the death; by the time he turned around, his right hand had already disappeared.

He let out a roar, blood-red Fighting Spirit burning, and his whole person was like a phantom, pulling out hundreds of afterimages, actually crossing a distance of several hundred meters in an instant to appear in front of Baimian.

Every punch he threw was like an afterimage, but in the end, the movements of all the afterimages tended to unify, and his left fist struck accurately on Baimian's face.

Bang!

Baimian's pupils shrank, and her heart felt as if it had skipped a beat for several seconds.

She was in the middle of the ritual and could not convert between Void and reality...

Was she going to die?!

Great fear struck, but that power capable of completely crushing her head did not erupt; the scarlet Fighting Spirit, mixed with the Wave, suddenly vanished in an instant.

The King of Cursed Spirits Gojo Satoru reached out his hand, and though Kai's fist momentum had not ended, his body had already disappeared.

!

Pfft!

A fist pierced through Kai's chest from behind.

Gojo Satoru waved his hand indifferently, and the powerful martial artist fell to the ground instantly.

At this moment, Baimian only felt that she was indeed favored by Destiny; the attack of the Cursed Spirit Gojo Satoru originally had uncertainty, let alone saving her at such a critical moment.

At this moment, she understood with extreme profundity what was meant by 【Destiny】.

Hum!

A powerful will descended at this time; Baimian turned her head back, only to see that red, ugly face revealing a brilliant smile.

Oh no!

Kai's blood flowed from his mouth and nose at this time, but the corners of his mouth still curled up.

"Baimian, you lost..."

【Judgment failed】

【Taishan Fujun will impose a punishment upon you】

Crack!

A bolt of golden lightning fell from the sky, far closer to the Yang attribute itself than any energy derived from Reverse Cursed Technique.

The golden lightning landed straight on Baimian; the 【Fox Fire】 tried to resist, but shattered instantly.

Baimian's cloak also shattered in an instant, and all the various talismans and Barriers on her body shattered simultaneously.

With disheveled hair, she fell into a near-death state almost instantly.

Baimian immediately took out an item that looked like a scarecrow.

"Abandon main quest, return!"

Her voice was sharp, no longer possessing the ease of having everything under control as before.

Crack!

Another bolt of golden lightning fell; Baimian's figure stiffened and slowly shattered, but at the same time, a part of her body also began to undergo Voidification, turning into a stream of information and disappearing.

Kai watched this scene, unsure whether Baimian was dead or not, but he had already done his utmost.

He could no longer do more.

Kai spat out a large mouthful of blood, his aura decaying rapidly, his Fighting Spirit exhausted.

The light in his eyes began to dim; he looked at the Reincarnator who had appeared last in the distance and calculated against 【Baimian】; the other party's pink robe finally reminded him of the other party's identity.

"Heh, it was actually that guy..."

Not long ago, in order to expand his team, he had sold off resources and sold 【Ripple Qigong】 to the other party.

Moreover, Kai had already realized by now that the guy who killed 【Youjiu】 and 【Basha】 was likely that person as well.

He traded with the other party, then began to hunt down Baimian, until he reached this current outcome.

The other party traded with him, grew stronger step by step, and today destroyed Baimian's layout.

Every drink and every peck seems to have its own predestined fate.

"This is... Destiny."

The light in Kai's eyes disappeared completely.

At this moment, Bai Cangshu felt the scene before him change; everything around him disappeared instantly, and he seemed to appear above the sky; no matter where he looked, it was all a misty expanse.

A grand will descended, and Bai Cangshu was almost completely unable to breathe from the pressure.

But Bai Cangshu was not a person who would feel fear.

"Lord of Mount Tai, I wish to exchange all the Tokyo living beings sacrificed in this ritual for... power!"

Bai Cangshu's gaze was firm; he did not feel there was anything wrong with himself at all.

In the Empty sky, that will seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Subsequently, muffled thunder began to boom in the sky, and the white sky instantly turned gloomy.

Bai Cangshu watched this scene, thinking to himself, could it be that the Lord of Mount Tai does not accept this kind of request?

【High-ranking existence · Lord of Mount Tai has responded to your sacrifice】

Crackle!

Golden thunderbolts, like lightning snakes, exploded from the nine Heavens and instantly struck Bai Cangshu.

Inside Tokyo, blazing thunder descended from the sky.

Xia Youjie watched as that mad Tao Baibai was instantly hit by the thunder.

Did he fail?

But the next moment, the Yellow Springs that had already permeated all of Tokyo began to backflow, pouring toward Bai Cangshu, who stood on the ground being struck by the golden Calamity thunder.

Woo~

The Hundred Ghost Night Parade seemed to be reversed at the same time, and countless Yin spirits, Resentful Spirits, and Cursed Spirits born from the opening of the Yellow Springs all began to surge into Bai Cangshu's body.

【Warning, ex051, you are suffering from unknown erosion】

【Warning, ex051, Reincarnator physique is suffering from Yellow Springs Erosion】

【Warning, ex051, Reincarnator Spirit is suffering from Yin spirit erosion】

【Warning, ex051, energy · Cursed Energy has been lost】

A large number of notifications kept surging; Bai Cangshu's body had by now turned a pale blue-white color, completely submerged by the Yellow Springs.

Finally, in Xia Youjie's incredulous eyes, the King of Cursed Spirits · Gojo Satoru likewise vanished into Tao Baibai's body along with the backflowing Yellow Springs.

(End of chapter)