Chapter 589 Inujiro, Here You Go!

The "battle between Oeyama and humanity" mentioned by the lamp-carrying monk should refer to the battle between Minamoto Noraimitsu and Oeyama's crusade.

So it can basically be concluded that the legendary war between humans and ghosts should be real.

According to what the Countermeasures Room said, during the Heian Period when the great forces of Japan were active, Japan was an era of symbiosis between humans and ghosts.

It is speculated that the stage where humans and ghosts are active is in this world, or perhaps the current world and the eternal world are not as clear-cut as now. In that era, the two worlds may have a more convenient way to communicate with each other.

It was probably precisely because the existence of Dajiangshan in the present world endangered Kyoto in the human world at that time that the conflict broke out with the Minamoto family, which was guarding the human side.

After talking to the lamp-carrying monk, Kamiyakawa repeated his old tricks and continued to use soul crystals to throw stones to ask for directions, and asked several strange stories in the city that seemed to be relatively tame.

The information obtained is almost the same——

Now it can be confirmed that Minamoto norimitsu's crusade has indeed seriously damaged Dae Jiangshan's vitality. This directly led to the death of Tiger Bear and Ishikuma among the Four Demon Kings in that battle; Shuten Doji and Ibaraki Doji's status was unknown and they had not been seen for a long time.

Among the upper echelons of ghosts in Dajiangshan, only two people, Xing Xiong and Jin Xiong, are left struggling to support them, and they are the public talkers of this monster force.

After experiencing the Yuan family's crusade, Dajiangshan most likely used some method to hide back in the ordinary world and lay dormant, and has not been revived until now.

These are almost the basic overviews Kamiyagawa can ask about in the Yokai City and related to this force.

"Neither Shuten-douji nor Ibaraki-douji seems to have appeared directly in Oeyama's forces. Could it be that they no longer exist? But the ghost stories in this city seem to firmly believe that Oesan is still controlled by Shuten-douji. The commander..."

Kamiyakawa was thinking and guessing in his heart.

Then he raised his head again, his pupils narrowed, and he looked towards the north of the city.

Now he was in the middle of the central axis of this big city, surrounded by strange and strange monsters.

From the cracks in the stone bricks on the street, a cold ghostly aura constantly overflowed, gathering ghostly mist on the ground, so thick that it flowed past the feet like a stream. The white and red paper lanterns above floated out of thin air, floating up and down. The pale or blood-red will-o'-the-wisp light was like long slippery tongues hanging from high places, taking the trouble to lick everything around them.

Looking north from here, one can see the outline of a gorgeous palace in the distance through the layers of ghostly fog and will-o'-the-wisps.

The palace was like a giant beast sleeping soundly, lying flatly in the northernmost part of the monster city.

Kamiya looked at it with focused eyes, and could see that the head of the giant beast made of bricks, stones, and earth was entrenched with an inestimable aura of ghosts and gods, twisting into a huge vortex that could not stop spinning. In the dark vortex, ferocious faces bulged. Dissipated again, roaring and roaring.

However, after unlocking the ability to perceive vision, this strange and terrifying sight was no longer visible.

"The overall aura of this monster city is very strange, and there must be something special and powerful over there in the palace... This may be why the monsters in Daejiang Mountain now believe that Shuten Douji is still leading them."

"The current situation is still not clear enough. If possible, I would like to explore inside the palace."

Just as Kamiya was thinking about and planning his next move, the strange stories around him suddenly started boiling down.

A large number of sane ghosts crawled, ran or flew towards the east city.

"What is this doing?"

Kamiya, who stood quietly, was still out of the situation.

He looked around and saw the lantern-carrying monk who had first asked the question, stumbling past with the small lantern in his hand shaking.

"Hey, little monk with a lantern."

Kamiya, who had quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed the young monk by his collar and pulled him in front of him.

"Wow! Ah, ah...it's you again."

After the lamp-carrying monk saw clearly who the ghost talk was that was holding him back, he wasn't particularly panicked anymore.

After the simple contact before, he felt that this white, blurry ghost story was quite good.

After simply answering a few questions from him, I got more than thirty soul crystals from him.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"Oh, you just got here, so you don't know. The arena, the arena is about to begin."

The lamp-carrying monk did not ask for any more soul crystals from Kamiya this time. As a very weak Kaitan, he would not be able to keep any soul crystals even if he had too many soul crystals on his body. Otherwise, to the other monsters in Dajiangshan, he would be like a moving money bag, and he would be full of gold coins every minute.

"The arena?"

"Yes, Dajiangshan's general arena. If you win a match, you will have the chance to become a captain of ten. If you can win consecutively, you can also become a ghost general!"

The lamp-carrying monk scratched the back of his bald head:

"It's because the arena is going to be held today that there are so many strange stories coming to the city. Even foreign visitors from surrounding places like Atago Mountain and Wakasa Bay will come to join in the fun. If you can fight, you can also try it. If you can be a Not only can the ghost general get a lot of soul crystals, but also...well, a beautiful female ghost succubus as a reward, but the arena is a bit dangerous."

"How dangerous?"

"There have been a lot of weird stories about people dying in the ring lately."

"oh."

Kamiya roughly understood.

Pointing the generals in the arena seems to be a simple and crude way for the powerful forces to select "military talents."

Go up to the stage to fight, whoever has the bigger fist can get a position in the army of the Dajiangshan forces.

Dajiangshan has recently expanded to the surrounding areas, so this kind of generals arena is held frequently.

However, although it is a competition to select talents, it seems that life-and-death fights are allowed, which will definitely consume some of the ghosts who are still able to fight, so this method is really primitive.

In comparison, Shen Gu feels that the management method of his forces is much more civilized.

"I'm going to the East Market!"

After answering the question, the lantern monk hurriedly ran away with the paper lantern.

Shen Gu thought about it and followed him.

The generals arena, this sounds like a way to understand the combat power of Dajiangshan, it's worth watching the excitement.

And... beautiful female ghosts and demons.

I want to see how beautiful they are.

...

To the east of Dajiangshan City.

There is an open space here, the outer perimeter of the venue is surrounded by a circle of hemp rope, and the exposed mud is bumpy. The ghostly aura that was lurking and flowing on the mud seemed to have a bloody smell compared to other places in the city.

This was the location where the Oeyama Castle held the generals’ arena.

In the center of the open space, there grew an old locust tree.

The treetops were towering, and the dense leaves were waving like human hands.

On one of the thick branches, a white "rope" was hanging down, and the end of the rope was connected to a huge horse head.

The two round eyeballs of the horse head were bulging, and from time to time, it made a "wh-wh-" roar.

The whitish "rope" connecting the horse head and the locust tree, perhaps something like a trachea, was constantly squirming along with the neighing of the horse head.

This strange existence should be a monster called "Horse Chui Shou".

In Japan, there is a kind of monster that will suddenly fall from the tree. The things that hang down are all kinds of strange, such as human heads, horse heads, babies, bamboo baskets, tea bags, fishing bottles, or a ball of fire. The things that fall down in the legends of each region are different, and they are very regional.

The story of "Horse Head Hanging" is about a horse head hanging from a tree.

[One night in Okayama Prefecture, a man was walking alone on the road. When he passed an old tree, there was no wind, but the branches kept rustling. The man felt strange and looked up at the tree. He saw a horse head hanging from the tree, making a "neigh-neigh" sound. ]

This horse head hanging was not a monster participating in the fight in the ring, but more like a host in the ring.

When Kamiya followed the trend of ghost stories and arrived here, he could see that there were two other monsters fighting in the open space.

As the fight became more intense, the horse head hanging and the monsters watching it also roared more excitedly.

Soon, the fight in the ring was decided.

One of the monsters fell to the ground and the audience burst into cheers or laughter. The horse hanging on the locust tree also neighed, blowing air from its mouth and nose, deforming its thick lips:

"Wow--Atagoyama Shiba Tengu wins!"

Atagoyama is located near the mountains of Oeyama.

There is a legend of Tengu there, and "Shiba Tengu" is also a kind of Tengu monster.

The one on the ring is only about 1.4 meters tall, bald, and has a pair of wings on his back, but his skin is covered with smooth scales like aquatic monsters.

Shiba Tengu is originally a monster living in waters, and has some characteristics of both Tengu and Kappa.

"Atagoyama Shiba Tengu chooses to defend the ring! Wow--" The horse hanging on the tree roared again.

"Roar!"

Hearing this, the atmosphere of the group of monsters watching was high, and the mountains cheered.

The rules of the Oeyama arena do not pursue absolute fairness. The monster who wins the match can choose to stay on the ring and directly face the challenge of the next monster.

Kamiya Kawa, who was standing outside the field, quickly condensed his pupils and looked up and down at the Shiba Tengu who was showing off his power.

"It's probably at the level of D-level, but it's definitely not at the C-level. It's much worse than Karasu Tengu, and it's far less beautiful than my cub."

During his observation, many of the onlookers were already ready to move.

Kamiya thought briefly, pushed away the group of monsters in front, and strode into the hemp rope circle of the field first.

Since we are here, we might as well try the local special projects.

And experiencing the generals arena of Oeyama in person can also roughly feel the strength of the monsters in this place.

"Warriors enter the arena, report your names!"

Ma Chui looked at Kamiya and shouted.

"Tokyo, Inujiro."

Kamiya's own name sounded human. Although ghost stories like ghosts can also have human names, in order to avoid trouble, he chose to report the "real name" of his own dog god.

The real name of the dog is only known by the ghosts living under the same roof in the real world. Even the ghosts in the ordinary world call it "Inugami-sama".

So there will be no trouble.

Moreover, with Kamiya wearing the [Demon's Leather Coat] and the vague appearance, no one can doubt that he is a dog demon.

"Shiba Tengu vs. Inujiro!"

Ma Chui's head dropped and roared again, "Whee" strangely.

Kamiya Kawa walked to the center of the ring, glanced at the group of ghosts watching the jubilation, and then focused on Shiba Tengu.

Similarly, Shiba Tengu was also looking up and down at the new opponent.

This aquatic Tengu has a pretty good combat power among the ghost stories of the same rating, but his perception ability is not that good.

"Dog demon?" He raised his big red nose with a little disdain, not taking Kamiya seriously.

Arrogance, perhaps all Tengu have a bit of this character, even Kamiya's Karasu Tengu is no exception. It's not a bad thing to be arrogant, but being too arrogant is arrogant.

Kamiya ignored his opponent and calmly took a stance.

Bend your legs, bend your waist, and hold the handle of the Ichimonji sword with your right hand.

The Shiba Tengu on the opposite side held a big sword and danced it. Although it was a bit funny to dance with a big sword with his extremely short stature, his skills were fast, his steps were flexible, and the sword moved with his steps, with murderous intent. His figure was mixed with the sword light, and the leaves of the locust tree fluttered, and they were cut into shreds before they fell to the ground.

Such exquisite and fancy skills caused the surrounding ghost stories to roar and cheer again.

"Hmm..."

Kamiya's pupils shrank, and he kept the starting position of the Iai Slash, and watched Shiba Tengu's sword dance for a while.

Then his left hand loosened the scabbard, swept across the hem of his clothes, and a red musket appeared in his palm.

Without any extra movements, he raised the gun and shot!

Bang!

The muzzle of the musket burst out with flames, and a whistling sound like a banshee's wail broke out.

Unstoppable iron bullets shot out.

Shiba Tengu, who was still proud, finally reacted and danced with an airtight sword light to cut off the iron bullet.

But the speed of the bullet was much faster than him.

With a "puff".

The iron bullet directly penetrated the root of Shiba Tengu's right wing.

Blood bloomed, and the hit Shiba Tengu fell to the ground.

His speed was still fast, and he quickly gripped the handle of the knife and raised his head on the ground.

But he only saw that the white blurry ghost had turned into a residual shadow and rushed in front of him. The light long knife in his hand chopped down, stirring up the ghost fog with a bloody smell, and then tore the fog into pieces, forming a strange visual effect like cutting space.

The clever knife light was solid and not flashy, but it was wrapped in terrifying power.

Clang!

The swords collided, making a crisp sound like iron forging.

The Shiba Tengu only blocked this knife, and his short body smashed hard outside the hemp rope circle of the ring like a broken sack.

Kamiya Kawa's attack was still reserved, and none of the swords and guns included thunder magic, which saved Shiba Tengu's life.

Otherwise, after these two rounds, he could easily defeat the opponent.

To this day, a D-level ghost can no longer be considered his opponent.

The winner has been decided.

Shiba Tengu fell to the ground, making a dull sound, but the onlookers were silent at the same time.

Even the horse hanging on the old locust tree opened its mouth and was unable to speak.

This made the sound of the landing particularly harsh.

After a while, the horse-headed monster hanging on the tree finally reacted and shouted: "Inujiro, win!"

"Roar!"

The onlookers raised their arms and howled, and the shouts shook the entire city of ghost stories.