Chapter 91: The Twelve Heavenly Stems: [White Face] (3k, Second Update)

The black giant snake suddenly opened its mouth toward Bai Cangshu; Bai Cangshu tapped his toes, his center of gravity reversed, and he instantly leaped backward into the air, grabbing Xia Youjie from the ground.

Pfft!

A fishy, foul breath spread out, but Bai Cangshu kept retreating while clutching Xia Youjie.

He held Xia Youjie's neck with one hand and pressed his other hand against Xia Youjie's waist.

"Reverse Cursed Technique is not omnipotent either. If you don't make these Cursed Spirits stop, I will kill you immediately and then flee."

Compared to these Cursed Spirits, Bai Cangshu's methods for dealing with Xia Youjie were actually simpler.

Seeing that the Cursed Spirits' attacks were still concentrated on himself, and that the space had not given a kill notification, Bai Cangshu knew that the Xia Youjie of this world had likely already mastered 【Reverse Cursed Technique】.

He had become quite difficult to kill.

But Bai Cangshu still held him hostage; he knew very well that if he really let Xia Youjie act, with thousands of Cursed Spirits emerging at once, even with a trump card like 【Secret Rite: Inari God's Strike】, he would be overwhelmed.

【Reverse Cursed Technique】 could be called the strongest general ability in this world, allowing these Sorcerers, whose physiques were not originally formidable, to gain a powerful regenerative ability almost equivalent to a weak Immortality.

Of course, Reverse Cursed Technique also had its weaknesses; the essence of Reverse Cursed Technique is to reverse the negative energy of Cursed Energy, where a large amount of negative Cursed Energy reacts in a form similar to multiplication to become positive energy, thereby producing a healing ability similar to Holy Light attributes and extra lethality against Cursed Spirits.

Using Reverse Cursed Technique continuously would cause one's technique efficiency to drop.

But in short-term combat, if the Cursed Energy nodes are not destroyed, it does indeed count as a certain degree of Immortal Body.

During his domain battle with Ryomen Sukuna, Gojo Satoru's body suffered almost non-stop slashes, yet he still managed to survive by using the precise operation of Limitless combined with his heaven-defying Reverse Cursed Technique.

But a Sorcerer's Cursed Energy nodes are actually located at the Lower Dantian, where the flow of Cursed Energy converges.

Xia Youjie tried to struggle, but the person behind him was indeed just like the 【Heavenly Restriction Tyrant: Fushiguro Toji】 that he and Gojo Satoru had encountered back then.

His physical ability completely surpassed that of an ordinary person, and even a Sorcerer like himself, who was proficient in melee combat, could not move.

Bai Cangshu had long since activated 【Transparent World】; although he could not see through Cursed Energy, any limb movement of Xia Youjie would be seen through by Bai Cangshu.

He could completely achieve an effect similar to striking before the enemy, dispelling Xia Youjie's struggles one by one.

Bai Cangshu did indeed have the ability to kill Xia Youjie at this moment; as long as he unleashed 【Rakshasa Palm】 to completely shatter Xia Youjie's Lower Dantian, making it impossible for the Reverse Cursed Technique to continue, he could completely end this Special Grade Sorcerer.

But Bai Cangshu saw the Cursed Spirits stirring restlessly outside the courtyard.

"Heh, looking at that expression of yours, I thought you were a madman like Gojo; what's wrong, you still have your sanity after all."

Xia Youjie's cervical spine was clamped by Bai Cangshu's hand, and as he moved slightly, sharp pain shot through his cervical spine, yet he still teased him.

Bai Cangshu could perceive that Xia Youjie was truly not afraid of death.

Even... he had a potential for self-destruction.

Crack, crack...

With a cruel smile on his face, Xia Youjie twisted his own cervical spine bit by bit, turning his head to look at Bai Cangshu.

His eyes were wanton, not caring at all about this fatal injury.

"You guessed right; kill me, and those thousands of Cursed Spirits will go berserk and raze the entire Kyoto to the ground."

His smile carried mockery, as if he were ridiculing Bai Cangshu for being afraid of death.

But Bai Cangshu sneered, then pressed his left hand onto Xia Youjie's head.

Crack, crack.

Amidst the chilling sound of joints twisting, he turned Xia Youjie's head back again.

During this process, Xia Youjie's body had already lost control; the complete dislocation of the cervical spine caused his body to uncontrollably exhibit various erratic reactions before being repaired by the Reverse Cursed Technique.

Bai Cangshu threw Xia Youjie aside.

"Only those fools who have no power and cannot let go of their obsessions would seek death."

Thump.

Xia Youjie was thrown to the ground, and the Reverse Cursed Technique quickly healed his injuries.

Bai Cangshu had already discovered that although Xia Youjie was restrained by him, he had not stopped his control over the Cursed Spirits; whether it was Tamamo-no-Mae outside the courtyard wall or those few giant snakes, none of them attacked the defenseless Tsuchimikado Ochiai.

Xia Youjie was much more rational than the crazy facade he presented.

Xia Youjie stood up, patted the dust off his kasaya, not minding his embarrassment at all, nor caring about Bai Cangshu's mockery.

"You two, the Spirit Disaster in Tokyo should be the sin of our Tsuchimikado clan, but now, my Tsuchimikado clan's bloodline has withered, and even if we wanted to exorcise the Spirit Disaster, it would be impossible."

Tsuchimikado Ochiai, who had watched the two fight, finally spoke at this moment.

No longer dodging or playing dumb, he admitted that the great catastrophe in Tokyo actually came from the terrifying Yin-Yang Arts inherited by their Tsuchimikado clan—【Taishan Fujun Festival】.

"Back then, our clan's ancestors in Tokyo attempted to use the 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 to reverse the outcome of that lost war and turn around the national Luck, but they ultimately failed, causing the Great Spirit Disaster of Tokyo, resulting in numerous casualties."

"The lineage of Onmyoji suffered a devastating blow, and our clan's ancestor Yako also perished as a result."

Bai Cangshu listened to the old man recount history, wondering in his heart whether this change was a shift in the world line or if there was some hidden fact within it.

But if it were true that the Tsuchimikado clansmen were now almost extinct, then the Tsuchimikado Yako in this timeline would not have used the 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 to reincarnate himself.

As the Onmyoji most trusted by the Japanese military at the time, who combined various religious techniques of Japan to create the so-called 【Imperial Style: Onmyodo】, it was indeed a possible development for a great Onmyoji to use the 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 to turn around the national Luck.

Xia Youjie also leaned to the side, listening to the other party recount.

He also wanted to know what kind of power his almost invincible best friend had died under.

"Half a year ago, a special person appeared; he also held the crest that had made a huge contribution to our clan and won our trust."

"I don't know who gave him that technique; perhaps no one did."

"After all, a massive ritual like the 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 is simply not something a single Onmyoji can accomplish."

"But in the end, he learned of the existence of the 【Teishiki Taishan Fujun Festival】; that was the technique modified by ancestor Yako."

"Then... you have already seen the result."

The old man sat dejectedly on the ground.

"Teishiki Taishan Fujun Festival..."

Xia Youjie repeated the name, his thoughts overflowing in his heart.

!

Bai Cangshu watched Xia Youjie's distraction.

In his view, Xia Youjie really could not be considered a qualified leader, let alone a competent villain.

When he was kind, he was too idealistic, and even after falling, he still retained too many concerns and attachments; this kind of person is probably the type who cannot even commit evil thoroughly.

"So, did that person use the 【Teishiki Taishan Fujun Festival】 to make a wish, trading the lives of thirty-three thousand people to have Gojo Satoru cursed to death?"

Bai Cangshu felt that things should not be that simple.

The 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 is not an ability that can be casually performed by a single person; in the records, only top-tier Onmyoji like Abe no Seimei and Tsuchimikado Yako have performed it when their Shikigami and other preparations were sufficient.

That Tsuchimikado Yako, who could be called the strongest Onmyoji of an era, also fell because of performing the Teishiki Taishan Fujun Festival, which triggered a Spirit Disaster.

Bai Cangshu suddenly froze; he looked at that old man and saw the other party shift his gaze away.

The other party's heart rate was a notch higher than before.

He was lying, or rather, he was covering something up.

Step, step, step.

The sound of Bai Cangshu's Footwork made Tsuchimikado Ochiai's heartbeat even more intense.

Xia Youjie was also watching this side with leisure at this moment, not stopping Bai Cangshu's actions.

"Head of the Tsuchimikado, if I remember correctly, back when Tsuchimikado Yako used the 【Teishiki Taishan Fujun Festival】, it also triggered a massive Spirit Disaster in Tokyo, right?"

"I am wondering, was it really that guy who deliberately set the location in Tokyo?"

"Both Spirit Disasters erupted from Tokyo; isn't that a bit too coincidental?"

As Bai Cangshu spoke, he placed his right hand on the other party's shoulder; the breathing frequency between his mouth and nose changed, and golden Ripple began to wander along with it; Tsuchimikado Ochiai suddenly felt his aged body become a little lighter.

"Neither I, nor that Founder gentleman behind us, should be considered good people."

"Can you tell us the true secret of the Teishiki Taishan Fujun Festival?"

——

Dead Silence City: Tokyo.

A burly man wearing a jacket with a face full of stubble walked out of the car; Laogui swung his blade, and the foul-smelling blood of those Cursed Spirit was shaken off.

The few of them finally arrived at the location of Tokyo Metropolis.

Not far away, that pitch-black giant egg was constantly expanding and contracting, as if it were gestating a new life.

Wei Yixiao did not dare to fly into the air at this moment; the concentration of curses in this place was too high, and they had to replace the talismans on their bodies responsible for defending against the invasion of negative energy almost every five minutes.

"Boss, are Gojo Satoru's corpse and Spirit Body here?"

"Theoretically speaking, if we just destroy the corpse or the Spirit Body, then the 【King of Cursed Spirits】 wouldn't be born, right?"

【Kai】 took two final puffs, threw away the cigarette, and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"It's not that simple."

"In this place, a ritual was performed decades ago; the ritual failed at the time, but for some reason, the information of the ritual still remains on this land."

"That guy, 【White Face】, probably stole 【Tsuchimikado Yako】's Destiny, borrowed 【Tsuchimikado Yako】's identity and fate, performed the 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 here again, completed the ritual, and triggered the massive Spirit Disaster that swept through Tokyo."

"But Gojo Satoru's death is somewhat strange; before we are certain whether Gojo Satoru's Destiny has been seized, we cannot conclude that the 【King of Cursed Spirits】 about to be born is Gojo Satoru."

Laogui, wearing a Hannya mask, also stopped teasing his teammates at this time and said,

"Gojo Satoru's 【Limitless】 combined with 【Six Eyes】, plus the Cursed Technique reversal he realized himself—theoretically speaking, his actual combat ability should be among the top tier within the 【Strong】 rank, right? Besides using the so-called 【Taishan Fujun Festival】 to directly pray to 【Taishan God】 to curse him to death, would 【White Face】 have any other way?"

【Kai】 also shook his head.

"Who knows? 【White Face】 is one of that person's Follower; I only fought him once during a previous team battle, so I cannot determine what abilities he has added now."

"A Reincarnator of the Heavenly Stem Twelve's Special Sequence, and also a Follower of a supreme being; this kind of guy, tsk, is really troublesome."

(End of this chapter)