Chapter 802: Night Battle

The moment Lingyun stepped into the courtyard, the entire courtyard changed its appearance; the courtyard, which was not originally very large, was magnified to an infinite scale at this moment, and a pale, miserable moon hung in the sky, making the whole courtyard look incomparably eerie.

In the very center of the courtyard stood that strange cherry blossom tree, and terrifying Death Qi was continuously seeping out from it. Lingyun narrowed his eyes; he discovered that the Death Qi seeping out from the Saigyou Ayakashi carried the aura of the Underworld, which meant that the opponent had communicated with the Underworld from the very first moment.

"Is this it? Did you learn your lesson after being beaten once?" Lingyun chuckled.

"Crack, crack—" Just at this moment, the ground suddenly shattered, and countless skeletons crawled out from the ground, rushing toward Lingyun's direction.

Lingyun's expression did not change; this kind of human-wave tactic was truly the thing he feared the least. Lingyun snapped his fingers lightly, and the shadow beneath him instantly elongated as one figure after another crawled out from the shadow.

"Leave these bone frames to you all!" Lingyun waved his hand and said.

"I knew you would do this!" A clone wearing a crimson suit waved his hand casually, and a giant battle axe wreathed in flames appeared in his hand, saying with a hint of madness, "But this is good, at least we can have a big brawl!"

"That's right, although I don't have much combat ability myself, I can still serve as support!" a clone dressed in gorgeous mage robes with a giant book floating beside him laughed.

Lingyun nodded at his ten clones, after which his figure turned into a stream of light and charged toward the demon cherry tree in the center of the Ghost Domain.

"Boom—"

The ground exploded violently, and a giant skeleton appeared before Lingyun, blocking his path. This skeleton was clearly different from the others; the aura on its body was already approaching that of a Great Youkai.

"Step back!" A clone in purple battle armor suddenly appeared in front of Lingyun, and with a swing of the great sword in his hand, he directly sent the skeleton flying with a slash.

Just as Lingyun approached the Saigyou Ayakashi, the ground beneath the tree suddenly collapsed, and thick, giant tree roots swept toward Lingyun's direction.

Lingyun's expression did not change; he grabbed with both hands, and six sword shadows of different colors appeared around him, turning into countless streams of light and shooting toward the tree roots.

The sword shadows bombarded the tree roots and were instantly bounced away. Lingyun raised an eyebrow slightly; after being strengthened by the Death Force, the roots of the Saigyou Ayakashi not only possessed powerful strength, but their hardness and toughness had also greatly increased. At the same time, these roots were also wrapped in powerful Death Force; if one were to be tainted by this Death Force, it would also be a huge trouble.

"Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art!" Lingyun pointed with one hand, and a giant dragon condensed from Sword Qi roared out from his side, pouncing toward the direction of the tree roots.

The Sword Qi bombarded the tree roots, instantly tearing open dense wounds on them. However, at this moment, the powerful recovery ability of a plant Youkai was manifested; the wounds on the tree roots recovered in the blink of an eye, and then the tree roots rushed toward the long dragon of Sword Qi with an even more ferocious posture.

Under the strangulation of the tree roots, the long dragon of Sword Qi did not last long before it disappeared into the dense mass of roots. After annihilating the long dragon of Sword Qi, the tree roots swept toward Lingyun's direction with great momentum, and the powerful Death Qi condensed into strange images, pouncing toward Lingyun.

Lingyun's expression darkened slightly; in this Ghost Domain of the Saigyou Ayakashi, the omnipresent Death Force was also an extremely thorny issue. This Death Force was pervasive, causing the Protective Qi Shield on Lingyun's body to tremble constantly. If it were anyone else in this place, just defending against this kind of Death Force would consume a great deal of power, and facing the Saigyou Ayakashi, which could absorb power from the Underworld, being worn down was a matter of course.

"Double Domain!" Lingyun stomped his right foot heavily on the ground, and the Purification Light and Red Lotus Karmic Fire were released simultaneously, forming a small domain around his body. As soon as the branches of the Saigyou Ayakashi rushed into the domain, they suffered a double blow from the domain; the Purification Light completely purified the Death Force on the tree roots, while the Red Lotus Karmic Fire burned the tree roots into ashes.

Facing Lingyun's Double Domain, the Saigyou Ayakashi suffered a great loss for a time; all the tree roots that rushed into Lingyun's domain were turned into flying ash under the might of the Double Domain. However, a trace of gray-white also appeared on Lingyun's face; after all, the Death Force carried by these tree roots was also quite powerful. But this trace of gray-white was quickly dispelled by Lingyun; a mere wisp of Death Force could not affect him.

After the tree roots were destroyed, what followed was powerful Death Qi. Under the impact of the Death Qi, the domain around Lingyun's body finally began to shake and was even compressed by a portion. Lingyun's footsteps faltered, and his figure was pushed back several steps by the powerful force.

"This guy is really not easy to deal with!" Looking at the Double Lingyun that had developed thin cracks under the erosion of the Death Qi, Lingyun's expression tightened, and he joined his hands together in front of his chest. "Purification Light!"

Infinite light spread out in all directions with his body as the center; the skeletons illuminated by the light instantly melted away as if frost and snow had encountered hot water. Looking from afar, it was as if a sun had appeared in this world.

The Purification Light collided with the Death Qi, causing this space to distort. The Saigyou Ayakashi, which originally had no sound, suddenly let out a shrill screech; on its bark, traces of burning actually appeared, clearly injured by the Purification Light.

The commotion of the battle between Lingyun and the Saigyou Ayakashi was not small, and it naturally alarmed the owner of this building.

In a small room, a young girl leaned lazily against a low table; looking at her yawning, it was clear she had just crawled out from under the covers.

This young girl had short pink hair, and there seemed to be a trace of confusion from just waking up in her pink pupils. The girl was wearing a blue and white kimono, which seemed a bit messy, perhaps because it had been put on in a hurry. This girl was the girl guarding the Saigyou Ayakashi, Saigyouji Yuyuko.

In front of her was a man with a serious face; the man had two Samurai Swords hanging at his waist, and he exuded a sharp aura unique to a samurai, as if he were a drawn sharp sword.

"My Lady, it seems someone has broken into the courtyard and clashed with that demon tree," the samurai-dressed man said.

This man was named Konpaku Youki, and he was a guard hired by the Saigyouji; he was usually responsible for the defense work of this place. It seemed that because people of the Konpaku Family were half-human and half-spirit, the ability of the Saigyou Ayakashi did not seem to work on him, so he was later transferred to Yuyuko's side to become her Garden Master.

"Has someone broken in again? Was it attracted by the Saigyou Ayakashi? I feel that the seal cannot last much longer; perhaps that day is coming soon," Yuyuko's tone held a sense of helplessness, but more of it was resignation.

"My Lady..." A trace of sorrow appeared in Konpaku Youki's tone.

Just at this moment, a violent roaring sound suddenly rang out, interrupting their conversation. After the roar came a violent earthquake, as if the entire earth had been overturned. But soon, everything returned to calm.

"My Lady, I will go and see what exactly happened." With such a commotion, Konpaku Youki could no longer sit still, and he lifted his feet and walked toward the outside.