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"Then let me show you just how powerful the evil of the new era really is!"
...An evil force of the new era?
Looking at the evil fox spirit in front of him, Dou Tang, who was wearing a helmet, felt somewhat speechless.
The evil spirits of the new era... If it's someone like Professor Jiangdao, then it should be considered quite powerful, right?
This guy in front of me is at most a vengeful spirit from the foot of the mountain, what's so great about him?
The contempt in his heart was also reflected in his actions. Dou Tang put his hands on his hips, shrugged helplessly and sighed. His disdain was evident in his words and deeds.
"Prepare to die!" The fox spirit Yan Ye's sharp claws gleamed coldly as she leaped into the air!
He was enveloped in a crimson-gold light, which was proof of his status as a demon. Since the new era, his ever-growing supernatural power had transformed him, making him far superior to the person he used to be who could only deceive ordinary people with illusions!
Faced with this immense power, even other animal monsters that used to be able to subdue him, or seasoned exorcists who had been tracking his whereabouts for a long time, could only return defeated.
Foxy Leaf couldn't believe it. She was already so strong. The guy who claimed to be from Kashima could only fight her to a draw. How could this ordinary-looking man in a suit really beat her?
Hmph, just a strange fellow with some brute strength and a bit of intimidation! Maybe the real person under the red helmet is actually a demon with ghost blood! He's good for nothing but brute force!
Watch me annihilate you!
Chapter 289 was completed quickly.
Dou Tang was quite satisfied as he watched the ferocious fox pounce towards him.
In terms of sheer presence, it feels quite impressive.
He was able to resist the pressure from the Blue Demon, and even after being knocked down once, he could regain his fighting spirit and charge forward again.
Very good, the monsters of Nikko City are very good!
Dou Tang's face beneath his helmet was full of admiration and approval. He took a step forward, his muscles working together, his upper arms straining against his suit, making him look fit and strong.
He swung his right fist, the black leather glove gleaming with a cold light, and struck at Foxy Leaf.
The fist was unremarkable in appearance, but a hint of disdain and mockery flashed in Fox Fairy Leaf's eyes.
The fox opened its blood-red mouth, revealing sharp teeth, and pounced on Dou Tang.
The senior colleague in the corner held his phone, watching this scene nervously.
It seems impossible to deal with sharp teeth with human hands, right?
He could already picture the mysterious man being bitten and left a bloody mess.
But what happened next was a bit too much... well, it wasn't exactly surprising.
It was expected, or at least it was quite surprising.
Just like how Dou Tang had violently and wildly grabbed the fox by the neck and swung it around, his outstretched fist instantly turned into a palm, slamming hard into the fox Yan Ye's face.
Then came a dull thud and a shockwave that rippled through the air. Even from several meters away, the senior felt a gust of wind rush towards him.
"Oh!"
A powerful slap sent Fox Fairy flying, smashing the TV cabinet to pieces.
Before Foxy Leaf could even get up, the television, having lost its support, toppled over, smashing him down with a thud, leaving him completely disoriented.
Fox Yan Ye, whose brain was almost churned up by a huge guillotine, was stunned for a moment before realizing something.
I have no chance against this guy, absolutely no chance!
Even if ten more of me came, I probably still wouldn't be able to beat them!
We have to run... or we'll die!
Dou Tang strode forward, about to move the TV away to deliver the final blow to Fox Yan Ye, but before he even reached it, he saw a streak of crimson-gold light shoot out from under the TV and rush toward the door at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing this, Dou Tang didn't hesitate and kicked the side of the TV in front of him.
Foxy Leaf's thinking was simple: as long as he opened the door and rushed out, even if he couldn't beat the opponent in the narrow corridor, he could still use his agility to dodge. Escaping wouldn't be a problem; he was an expert in this.
As long as I can reach that doorknob...
“Whoosh—boom!”
Fox Yan Ye stood there, stunned.
He looked up, but could no longer see the doorknob that had been so close. Instead, he saw a black LCD screen, on which countless images of himself were reflected. The eyes of those countless foxes were filled with confusion and terror.
...What about us?
He turned his neck blankly, finally snapping out of his daze. He shuddered, and the carpet beneath his feet suddenly became warm.
Fox Yan Ye succumbed to her instincts and urinated in fear.
Between him and the doorknob was a television, a horizontal LCD screen television.
Dou Tang's kick sent the television flying and embedding it into the steel and wood doorway, blocking the path between Fox Yan Ye and the doorknob. If Fox Yan Ye had raised her head any further or jumped up to open the door, she would probably be decapitated.
The senior colleague standing nearby huddled in the corner, completely stunned.
Dou Tang strode forward and came to the terrified fox Yan Ye. He reached out, grabbed Yan Ye by the neck, and lifted the fox up.
"Are you very afraid of death?" Dou Tang asked in a low voice.
Fox Yan Ye was grabbed around the neck from behind, and the fear of impending death rendered him completely speechless, as if he were mute.
"You're afraid of death, but have you ever thought about how the ordinary people you killed were also afraid of death?" Dou Tang's voice was like a vengeful ghost, leaving Fox Yan Ye with no courage to struggle.
"No...please, don't kill me..." Fox Yan Ye struggled, flailing her limbs and tail, tears streaming down her face as she begged for mercy: "You, I can help you with anything you want. You, are you looking for Tamamo-no-Mae? I can help you with that too. I...I'm a demon, I'm definitely better suited to tracking than you..."
Dou Tang shook his head and said coldly, "You've got one thing wrong."
"I'm just telling you what crime you committed, which is why I've been holding you for so long."
"I've finished speaking. Goodbye."
After saying that, Dou Tang used one hand to forcefully and cleanly snap the neck of the fox spirit Yan Ye.
"Click it."
The light in the fox's eyes gradually faded, its vitality vanished, and its resentful soul merged into Dou Tang's body like the wind.
The fox, which had been struggling just moments before, collapsed completely.
Dou Tang casually tossed aside the corpse of the fox spirit Yan Ye and turned to look at the senior beside him.
"No...don't kill me!" The senior's voice trembled with terror.
To his surprise, Dou Tang ignored him completely, reached out to open the door, and left the room.
They didn't even ask him to delete the video.
The senior colleague slumped to the ground, staring at his phone, somewhat at a loss.
Dou Tang then went to the corridor and looked in the middle of the corridor. Lu Zizhen's battle seemed to have ended. He had put away his two swords and was standing in the middle catching his breath.
Strangely, it seemed she hadn't managed to kill the other evil spirit, which escaped instead. The window at the end of the corridor shattered, and a biting cold wind kept blowing in from outside.
She rested with her hands on her hips, panting, and asked, "So, all done?"
“Kill him.” Dou Tang nodded.
"That was quick! Did you get any information out of them?" Lu Zizhen asked curiously.
Dou Tang shook his head and walked directly to the stairwell, saying, "Just an insignificant ordinary demon. It tried to lure me with information about Tamamo-no-Mae, but it was no use."
"Let's go back, someone's coming soon."
"Hmm~" Lu Zizhen raised her eyebrows curiously: "You left without a trace after doing your job, huh? That's really your style."
The two quickly ran downstairs and fled the scene, seeing some people going upstairs to investigate along the way.
They were people who observed the situation, but Dou Tang and Lu Zizhen looked ordinary and did not attract any attention.
The senior in the room slowly mustered up some courage. He walked around the fox corpse on the ground, peeked into the corridor, and let out a long breath.
Everything happened extremely quickly. From Dou Tang knocking on the door to killing the fox, and at the same time Lu Zizhen's battle in the corridor, it all took only three or four minutes.
Only now have people started to peek out to see what caused the strange noise that sounded like construction work was going on.
Upon seeing this, the senior colleague quickly returned to the house. After hesitating for a moment, he took out his phone and quickly transferred the previous recording to the cloud.
He knew how hard-won this video was, and he also knew... that this video might be the key to unveiling the mystery of Nikko City.
Chapter 290 Kashima Yoshizo's Creed
Five minutes earlier, Dou Tang entered the room.
In the corridor, Lu Zizhen observed the strange man in front of her.
Tall and strong, he held two curved swords and wore a mask that obscured his expression, revealing only a pair of dark eyes that seemed devoid of any emotion.
Lu Zizhen was slightly nervous. It had been a while since she had seriously fought a humanoid enemy, especially one that seemed to rely on martial arts to win.
She carried two swords, and the talismans on the swords began to glow and hiss, as if something was being corroded.
Without any hesitation, the man wielding the scimitar charged forward, his black trench coat billowing, making him resemble a massive, dark vulture.
“Drink…” He exhaled a long breath, his voice low and eerie.
Lu Zizhen had no choice but to accept the challenge. With a cold snort, she stepped forward, raising her two swords in a fighting stance.
A flash of silver light appeared, and a sharp curved blade slashed downwards in a crescent shape, heading straight for Lu Zizhen.
Lu Zizhen swung her sword backhand, and what was clearly a fragile, retractable sword seemed to transform into hard steel as she raised it to actively block the curved blade that was slashing down at her.
The clash of metal produced a soft clanging sound, while the man in the trench coat thrust out his other curved blade from below like a venomous snake, stabbing upwards in an arc, full of flowing rhythm.
Lu Zizhen had no choice but to take a step back. The curved blade that rose from below flashed past her abdomen a few inches away. If she hadn't retreated, it would probably have been pierced directly into her abdominal cavity.
Ruthless and vicious, Lu Zizhen immediately understood the fighting style of the man in the trench coat in front of her.
As the scimitar flashed past her eyes, she caught a glimpse of the patterns engraved on its blade.
That pattern… she had seen it before, on Taira no Masakado’s sword.
The long sword, named Yuuki Kusōma, is still kept in the Exorcist Association.
Kashima Yonozumi Monogram, a work by a renowned craftsman from Kashima!
After Taira no Masakado's death, no exorcist cared about the mystery of the long sword he had once held, but only Michiko remembered it well.
Then I saw this guy again. Is he related to Taira no Masakado?
Lu Zizhen took a few steps back, looking surprised and uncertain, and asked, "Kashima Yin Zaowen, where did you get that knife?"
Upon hearing this, the man in the trench coat suddenly stopped, narrowed his eyes, stared at Lu Zizhen in front of him, and said in a hoarse and cold voice: "You, are you an exorcist?"
Lu Zizhen did not answer, but cautiously raised her sword again and stared at the enemy in front of her.
"...Tch." The man in the trench coat suddenly became disdainful, his whole body relaxed, and the curved blades in his hands were swiftly retracted into his wide sleeves.
After confirming that Lu Zizhen was an exorcist, he glanced somewhat displeased at the door that Dou Tang had entered earlier, as if confirming something.
"Answer my question!" Lu Zizhen slashed forward, the talisman on the sword igniting and leaving a dazzling mark in the air.
The man in the trench coat seemed to have suddenly lost his will to fight, and kept retreating. Even when the longsword came down, he simply raised his arm and used his wide sleeve to brush away the blade.
Even with his sleeves torn into strips of cloth, he remained restrained, showing no intention of retaliating, and simply kept retreating.
"Why won't you fight me? Where did you get your scimitar?" Lu Zizhen frowned deeply, suddenly realizing that the battle between the two evil spirits was not as simple as it seemed.
The man in the trench coat suddenly took a few steps back, then turned around and ran straight to the end of the corridor. Before Lu Zizhen could react, he smashed through the glass at the end of the corridor and jumped down.
"...What is this?!" Lu Zizhen cursed in annoyance upon seeing this.
What's going on with this evil spirit wielding a weapon with Kashima Yoonzo's mark, and not wanting to fight the exorcist?
She had just caught her breath when the door behind her slammed shut with a loud crash, and half of the television smashed through the door and burst out.
After a while, Dou Tang came out.
………………
In the car, Lu Zizhen told Dou Tang what had happened, and Dou Tang was very surprised after hearing it.
"Could it be that the guy's target is just evil spirits?" Dou Tang speculated.
"Very likely, but it's also possible that he didn't want to clash with the exorcists and be hunted down by them." Lu Zizhen stared intently at the driveway ahead and continued, "Do you think it's possible that Taira no Masakado is still alive?"
"Isn't he a legendary shadow warrior? Is it possible that what you killed that day was just a clone?"
Dou Tang shook his head and said, "That's impossible. I have definitely received his soul. There is no doubt that Taira no Masakado is dead."
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