Chapter 833: Battle Against the Saigyou Ayakashi Again

Yakumo Yukari held Saigyouji Yuyuko in her arms, her gaze fixed on the Saigyou Ayakashi with a hint of gravity.

"What exactly has happened to this Saigyou Ayakashi?" Yakumo Yukari always felt that after Lingyun appeared, the Saigyou Ayakashi seemed to have become even more violent.

"I reckon it's because I left it with some trauma last time, so it couldn't help but get angry upon seeing me again!" Lingyun said. "Besides, the fact that the Saigyou Ayakashi has turned into its current state might even have something to do with me."

"Does it have something to do with you?" Yakumo Yukari narrowed her eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Lingyun hovered in mid-air, his Divine Sense extending to carefully investigate the current state of the Saigyou Ayakashi. He still remembered that the last time he fought the Saigyou Ayakashi, its consciousness was almost zero; it could be said it was acting purely on instinct. But now, the Saigyou Ayakashi actually possessed a certain level of consciousness and even wanted to seize Saigyouji Yuyuko's body, which was worth his vigilance.

"Within this consciousness, there are traces of the Will of the Netherworld!" Lingyun sensed a familiar aura from the consciousness of the Saigyou Ayakashi. "Could it be that the Will of the Netherworld is planning something, trying to cultivate an agent?"

The Saigyou Ayakashi didn't care what Lingyun was thinking; its thin consciousness told it that the person before it was its greatest enemy, who had once dealt it unprecedented heavy damage, and it had to kill him!

Terrifying Death Qi formed dark clouds, shrouding toward Lingyun's direction, and accompanying the dark clouds were countless dead spirits and sharp tree branches.

"Lingyun, can you handle this?" Yakumo Yukari asked.

"Don't worry about me. A mere Saigyou Ayakashi, and in the daytime at that, I can still manage. The most important thing right now is Yuyuko's physical condition!" Lingyun spread his hands, and three pairs of giant light wings unfolded behind his back.

"I understand. You must be careful. Once Yuyuko's condition stabilizes, I will come to help you." Yakumo Yukari said to Lingyun, then took Saigyouji Yuyuko and submerged into a Gap.

"Purification Light!" Seeing Yakumo Yukari depart, Lingyun released all the energy from the light wings on his back, and a dazzling light shot straight at the Saigyou Ayakashi.

Under the powerful Purification Light, both the dead spirits and the branches turned into fly ash and vanished, and the Death Qi was dispersed at the very first moment. Subsequently, the Purification Light shifted direction and shone toward the position of Konpaku Youki. The dead spirits surrounding Konpaku Youki instantly dissipated. Konpaku Youki danced his twin blades rapidly, shattering the branches attacking him, and quickly retreated from the encirclement.

"You don't need to help here; go see how Yuyuko is doing!"

"Yes!" Konpaku Youki sheathed his blades, bowed to Lingyun, and then hurried toward the interior of the courtyard.

"Red Lotus Karmic Fire!" Lingyun's hands were wreathed in crimson flames as he struck heavily against the ground.

The ground instantly shattered, and endless flames spread across the earth, immediately surrounding the Saigyou Ayakashi. The Double Domain overlapped, creating a scorching world. The Saigyou Ayakashi, caught in Lingyun's Double Domain, let out an uneasy hiss; it could feel that in this world, it was subject to many restrictions.

"If you had the support of the Netherworld's power, that would truly be a troublesome matter for me. But right now, this place is my world!" The aura on Lingyun's body rose continuously, and crimson flames and golden light enveloped his entire body.

The Saigyou Ayakashi's branches danced wildly, and Death Qi continuously diffused from its body, trying to erode this world. Lingyun pointed a finger toward the sky, and flames and light intertwined in his hand, slowly forming a giant sword.

The Saigyou Ayakashi became even more restless, and massive Death Qi surged from its trunk, coiling around its branches. Immediately, countless branches intertwined, weaving into a giant wooden spear in front of the Saigyou Ayakashi. When the power on the wooden spear accumulated to its peak, it suddenly transformed into a gray stream of light and blasted toward Lingyun's direction.

Lingyun's pupils constricted; he gripped the giant sword with both hands and brought it down heavily against the incoming wooden spear. A violent boom resounded throughout the Domain Space, and a powerful shockwave spread wildly in all directions. The giant sword in Lingyun's hand was nearly shattered, but it still cut into the wooden spear bit by bit.

"Open for me—"

Following Lingyun's roar, a fierce light erupted from the giant sword, forcibly splitting the wooden spear down the middle.

After splitting the wooden spear, Lingyun's figure flickered, passing through the defensive net formed by the Saigyou Ayakashi's branches, and appeared before the trunk of the Saigyou Ayakashi. Terrifying Death Qi erupted from the trunk of the Saigyou Ayakashi, forming a giant ghost head that bit toward Lingyun.

The light wings behind Lingyun released countless rays of light, piercing the ghost head like sharp blades until it was riddled with holes. Subsequently, Lingyun's giant sword slashed heavily onto the trunk of the Saigyou Ayakashi.

Amidst a teeth-gritting creaking sound, the layer of armor formed by Death Qi on the Saigyou Ayakashi's trunk shattered instantly. The blade turned into flames and landed directly on the Saigyou Ayakashi, causing it to let out a shrill roar. Countless Death Qi and flames intertwined, launching a tug-of-war on the trunk.

Watching the flames spreading on the trunk, Lingyun closed his eyes and exerted his full strength to expand his Protective Qi Shield to withstand the Saigyou Ayakashi's attacks. At the same time, his Divine Sense penetrated directly into the trunk of the Saigyou Ayakashi, beginning to search for the location of that cluster of consciousness.

Messy branches continuously hammered against Lingyun's Protective Qi Shield, causing Lingyun's body to sway slightly, and cracks even appeared on the Protective Qi Shield.

"Found it." Lingyun's eyes opened abruptly, his Sea of Divine Consciousness roared, and a small silver sword slowly emerged from the Sea of Divine Consciousness.

"Silver Emperor Killing Sword!"

The small silver sword shot out from between Lingyun's brows, pierced into the body of the Saigyou Ayakashi, and finally hit that weak consciousness with precision. How could that weak cluster of consciousness withstand a strike from Lingyun's condensed Divine Sense? Under the shredding of the Silver Emperor Killing Sword, that consciousness was instantly dispersed.

A shrill wail suddenly came from within the Saigyou Ayakashi, and Lingyun's figure flashed as he retreated rapidly. Countless branches, wrapped in massive Death Qi, blasted toward Lingyun's direction; this was the Saigyou Ayakashi's final all-out counterattack before its consciousness was extinguished.

The Saigyou Ayakashi's attack pierced through Lingyun's Protective Qi Shield. Lingyun raised his hand to block, and his entire body was blasted away like a cannonball. Lingyun's body landed heavily on the ground, the massive force causing him to leave a large crater in the earth.

Watching the Saigyou Ayakashi, which had finally fallen silent after a chaotic flurry of attacks, Lingyun couldn't help but fall silent. Although he had dispersed the Saigyou Ayakashi's consciousness just now, he hadn't been able to destroy it completely; an unknown force had protected the Saigyou Ayakashi's residual consciousness.

"Will of the Netherworld, what exactly are you trying to do?" Looking at the completely silent Saigyou Ayakashi, Lingyun dispelled the Double Domain, a hint of doubt in his eyes.