Above Ogura Pond, Seimei stood on his white crane, looking down. His face was somewhat pale, and his aura slightly chaotic, a sign of excessive spiritual power consumption.
The Beichen Five Thunder Spell, a lightning-summoning technique Seimei learned from Kamo no Tadayuki, was originally derived from taoist arts of the Central Plains. It was a very advanced Jutsu-shiki; an ordinary onmyoji might not fully master it even after ten years of practice, yet with Seimei's talent, he completely mastered this powerful spell in just over half a year.
However, mastery aside, the immense spiritual power required to use this spell was still overwhelming for Seimei. One use would basically drain almost all his spiritual power. For someone not yet fifteen, possessing the spiritual power to wield such a thunder spell was already remarkable.
After all, he wasn't like a certain deity disguised as an onmyoji, who, relying on abundant divine power, casually threw around spiritual power converted from divine power as if it were free, unleashing powerful attacks without any thought of consumption.
Looking at the dark fox yokai that had fallen into the forest, a faint sorrow appeared on Seimei's face. Although he had come to stop the dark fox yokai from killing, he had no intention of overly harming the opponent. Having just taken two lightning strikes, its injuries were likely not minor.
Just as Seimei flew straight down, preparing to carefully check the opponent's condition, a strong demonic aura burst forth from the fox yokai's landing spot.
"What..."
Seimei was startled. Then he saw a demonic flame Bullet emerge from the jungle below, shooting straight towards him. Seimei controlled the white crane, making a sharp turn to dodge the demonic flame Bullet. Then, he felt an eerie power mixed with demonic aura suddenly erupt from the northern woods.
"Die... you... onmyoji... brat!!"
A beast-like howl, as if from hell, rang out loudly. A giant, crimson leopard cat yokai was charging straight into the sky from the northern beachhead. Kaen, now enveloped in the power of Blood Sacrifice, had revealed her true form, emitting vast clouds of fire that spread towards Seimei.
"That, that guy actually absorbed all the remaining blood mist in one go!" On the island's beachhead, Tsuruha said in disbelief, watching everything before her. The leopard cat yokai that had fallen into the blood mist sphere had directly absorbed all the remaining Blood Sacrifice power, instantly healing all her injuries. At the same time, unable to withstand the immense Blood Sacrifice power, she had revealed her true form. Then, without a glance at Tsuruha, she charged into the sky for revenge.
Seeing this, Tsuruha instinctively wanted to rush to help, but she suddenly realized she couldn't fly and could only watch Kaen leave.
As Inari Okami's top Divine Messenger, Tsuruha could actually fly, but that ability stemmed from Miketsu's divine power. However, ever since Miketsu fell into slumber, Tsuruha, having lost her divine power, could no longer use her Divine Messenger skills. As a spirit beast, she had not yet cultivated the ability to fly freely, so she could only helplessly watch Kaen depart.
The giant Kaen sped through the air, vast clouds of fire emanating from her body, rolling towards Seimei. Empowered by the immense Blood Sacrifice power, Kaen's flames this time were larger, faster, and harder to dodge. They quickly caught up to Seimei and engulfed him.
In this critical moment, Seimei once again chanted a Fire-Repelling Incantation, resisting the scorching heat of the fire clouds. However, against the high-temperature fire clouds greatly enhanced by Blood Sacrifice power, Seimei's Fire-Repelling Incantation couldn't last long. His already limited spiritual power was rapidly depleting. As soon as his spiritual power was exhausted, the Fire-Repelling Incantation would fail, and Seimei would instantly be engulfed in the sea of fire.
Sensing the dire situation, Seimei controlled the white crane beneath him to accelerate sharply. With great effort, he finally broke free from the fire clouds. However, what Seimei hadn't expected was that just as he emerged from the fire clouds, the dark fox yokai was already waiting for him directly in front. Seimei had crashed right into its face.
"What..."
The dark fox yokai's claws, wreathed in residual flames, struck directly at Seimei. Seimei's white crane instinctively reared up, throwing Seimei from its back and positioning itself between Seimei and the claws.
The white crane was torn apart by the claws, transforming into a small paper doll that automatically incinerated in mid-air. Seimei, meanwhile, plummeted from over ten meters in the air towards the ground, crashing after breaking several branches and vines.
"Lord Seimei!"
Watching Seimei fall from the sky, Donan and dojo, who were maintaining the barrier and treating the injured, cried out in alarm. Yura, even before them, had already rushed out of the barrier the moment Seimei fell.
"Tanrou!"
A paper doll was thrown, and the giant wolf shikigami, having partially recovered, reappeared. Yura mounted it and then slapped a charm onto its body. Blue flames erupted from Tanrou's four paws, and it sped towards the forest, in the direction Seimei had fallen.
Seeing Seimei fall into the forest, the dark fox yokai immediately intended to fire another demonic flame Bullet. At this moment, Toga also stepped out of the barrier. He dipped his claws into his wound, then swiped through the air.
"Flying Blade Blood Claw!"
Blood condensed into streaks of blood blades, striking the dark fox yokai at extremely high speed, interrupting its demonic flame Bullet and buying Yura time.
Fortunately, Seimei's landing spot was very close to the barrier, less than a hundred meters away. At Tanrou's speed, it arrived in a few seconds, snatching Seimei with its mouth and tossing him onto its back, where Yura caught him. Then, Tanrou turned and ran towards the barrier.
Tanrou hadn't run far when demonic flame Bullets and fire clouds descended from the sky, causing violent explosions on the ground.
Seeing Yura return with Seimei, Donan breathed a sigh of relief. He opened a gap in the barrier, allowed Yura's Tanrou to enter smoothly, and then immediately closed it again.
"Ha... ha... ha... I finally made it..." Yura said, panting heavily as Tanrou disappeared.
"Lord Seimei! Are you alright!" dojo, beside him, rushed to Seimei with a tearful voice to check his injuries and provide treatment. Under the soft orange light, Seimei's pain quickly subsided.
"Don't worry, I'm fine... Fortunately, there were enough branches below to break my fall, reducing much of the impact." Seimei said with a wry smile. His injuries were indeed not serious, but this was mainly because his hanyo nature provided him with a resilience beyond ordinary humans. If a normal human had fallen from that height, no matter how many branches broke their fall, they would have at least suffered severe fractures.
"I was careless... I thought I could resolve them with one move, but I didn't expect them to have backup plans... Heh, indeed, my experience is still too little. I shouldn't have rashly used such a move without first understanding their true strength." Seimei said, reflecting on himself, as he turned his head towards Yura.
"Thank you so much just now. If it weren't for you, I might have lost my life..."
"Eh... well, that... didn't you save me before too? I'm just returning the favor, yes! Returning the favor! Now we're even..." Facing Seimei's words and gaze, Yura's face flushed, and she stammered.
Before Yura could say anything more, a violent explosion accompanied by tremors of the earth drew everyone's attention to outside the barrier.
In the sky, Kaen and the dark fox yokai continued to fly wildly. They constantly spewed demonic flame Bullets and fire clouds, attacking the barrier Seimei had set up earlier and which Donan was now maintaining. Explosions continuously rang out against the barrier, blasting crack after crack into it.
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