I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 202 The war begins

"Spiritualization?"

Director Zhuya, who was also watching the battlefield through the screen, tilted her head and looked over.
"Yes, it has the same characteristics as the 'evil spirits' we've encountered recently."

Whether it was the previous 'Rift of the Underworld' or the current 'Evil Spirits', the casualties caused exceeded the total of all previous supernatural disasters: the reason for this is that these evil spirits possess the characteristic of 'spiritualization'.

They are a mixture of soul echoes and chakra, unaffected by the material world: this renders the guns and cannons that modern society is so proud of useless.

"This giant black serpent is essentially a massive aggregation of evil spirits."

Yu pointed to the image on the screen and gave a serious 'analysis'.

"From his ability to ignore the explosion of a nuclear weapon,"

"And the two points of devouring souls,"

"It's not hard to see."

This is the most hopeless enemy for a modern army!
In a sense, if it hits you, all your attacks will be 'Miss'.
"So, you're not invincible anymore?"

Seeing that her opponent was too strong, Yura raised her hand and put a 'Debuff' on her, which made Yu turn his head.

My apprentice is not only talented, but also knows how to give the opponent a "poisonous heal" before the battle begins?
This child is teachable!
"Not really."

Yu began to explain.
"Don't forget, superhumans with 'spiritual power' can attack evil spirits."

“This colossal serpent monster named ‘Sea Serpent’ has the same properties as evil spirits, so it can be attacked by us—to superhumans, it’s just a bigger punching bag.”

However, when the sandbag reaches a diameter of more than thirty meters;

When it reaches an astonishing length of hundreds to nearly a thousand meters, attacks from ordinary superhumans are not even enough to tickle it.

The largest aircraft carriers ever built by humankind typically have decks only 50 to 80 meters wide and 300 to 500 meters long; when they encounter this monster, they are instantly reduced to scrap metal in the blink of an eye: just like the American Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on the sea.

"Tsk, the situation on the high seas is about to undergo a dramatic change, isn't it?"

Yu said with a sigh.

With this monster that ignores all modern weaponry around, warships and aircraft carriers will soon become dust of history.

Like those battleships docked at deserted piers, resembling steel graveyards.

"In other words, it's our turn to shine!"

After listening to the teacher's explanation, Yuro clenched her fist, feeling confident that she could do it again.

"Go for it, I believe in you."

With such enthusiasm from the girl, Yu, as her mentor, couldn't really say anything.

Anyway, once she gets to the battlefield, she'll know:
"so big!"

Upon arriving near the battlefield, the group changed to riding the giant black bird that Yulu had just been making boastful remarks. Yulu was left only with amazement.

Thirty meters may not sound like much, but in reality, most buildings are only about that long and wide. With its hundreds of meters of body protruding above the sea, it's like a skyscraper standing tall above the ocean, leaving one with only the concept of 'looking up in awe' when observing it up close.

"Now you know how powerful that is, right?"

"With a body this big, it would take ages to hit you even if you just stood there and didn't move. Besides—"

"Roar~~~!!"

The colossal basilisk turns its 'head'.
Facing the approaching giant black bird, it let out a menacing roar.

"Extraordinary beings from an island nation?"

The 'Blood Hakama' floating in the air also noticed the group that had arrived at the battlefield first. Its 'gaze' from under the curtain swept over Yu and Pegasus Nozomi, and its voice became noticeably serious.

"An Onmyoji from the Ashiya family, and a descendant of Amaterasu."

"What is Sheren up to?"

It seems that, in the eyes of 'Blood Hakama', 'Hyuga Toneri' should have disposed of all the 'Amaterasu bloodline'.

"The Eye of God - Open!"

Once on the battlefield, Pegasus Hope didn't waste any words. As the veins around her eyes bulged, her gray-white pupils narrowed, and the world rapidly transformed into black and white lines in her eyes. Only the lines of spiritual energy circulation emitted striking, eerie blue light.

Without needing to move her pupils, she could see the 'sea serpent' in the sea, which was essentially a vast mixture of spiritual energy!
You can even see countless orbs of light representing the human 'soul' inside it.

"I'll deal with the 'Bloody Hakama'!"

After saying that, Pegasus Hope, with a pair of jet-black wings spread behind him, flew towards the 'Blood Hakama'.

"That troublesome 'Eye of God'."

Facing the oncoming Pegasus Hope, Blood Hakama clicked his tongue, then floated backward while waving his sleeves.

One after another, demons flew out from his sleeves, like an endless torrent!
brush--

With a flap of its dark wings, it nimbly carried Pegasus Hope away from the raging torrent of demons.

Pegasus certainly doesn't have the ability to fly, but Yu's 'Super Beast Imitation Drawing' can create a pair of dark wings, giving him the ability to 'combat in the air'.

?

"The Troublesome Ashiya Secret Technique"

Facing the rapidly approaching Pegasus Hope, Blood Hakama seemed quite wary of its 'Eye of God,' his fingers making a series of mysterious hand gestures.

"Come, servants!"

"Protect your master—"

As he used Yin-Yang magic, the demons that flew out of his sleeves immediately merged with each other.

In the blink of an eye, one after another 'Demon Warriors', 'Mummy Ninjas', and 'Skeleton Onmyoji' appeared in mid-air.

At the same time, a large number of 'Biyou' flew down and gathered densely to form a 'floating platform', giving these 'Oni Samurai', 'Mummy Ninja', and 'Skeleton Onmyoji' a foothold and protecting the 'Blood Hakama' within it.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh,

The Oni Samurai draws his bow and nocks an arrow, while the mummified ninja throws kunai and shuriken!

Click click click

The 'Skeleton Onmyoji' also formed hand seals, their jaws opening and closing repeatedly, and bloodstained chains appeared out of thin air and began to wrap around Pegasus Hope.

"Back to the days!"

Faced with a barrage of attacks,
The flying Pegasus hoped to spread its palms in a fighting stance, then spun in mid-air, and a dark blue sphere suddenly appeared.

Ding ding ding ding,

Amidst a series of bounces, arrows, kunai, shuriken, and Yin-Yang techniques were all deflected!

"The troublesome Eye of God."

With another cold snort, Blood Hakka remained unfazed.

While the 'Eye of God' is troublesome, he has plenty of 'methods' to suppress the opponent from a distance, dragging the battle into a protracted war, and victory will surely be his.

"Cooperate with me,"

With a command from 'Blood Hakama'
The 'skeletal Onmyoji' immediately stood around him and began to form hand seals and cast spells.

At the same time, a large number of dark-colored raptors flew in and engaged the demon in a fierce battle!
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Just as Yu was hoping to 'support' Pegasus,
While they were entangled with the 'Blood Hood,' the others had already leaped down from the giant black bird.

Snapped,

It landed on the turbulent sea.

Yura Hanakain looked up at the colossal monster that resembled a skyscraper and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

"Looking at it up close, it's still huge!"

So:

"Come out, Lu Cun and Wu Qu!"

As the girl slapped the sea, a Hokkaido deer and an armored warrior appeared beside her.

"Fusion."

Just as the girl summoned two 'shikigami', the enormous 'sea serpent' also noticed this 'little one'; its massive body, capable of overturning mountains of gold and pillars of jade, crushed towards them with sheer size and force! Boom—

The giant serpent crashed into the sea with a deafening roar, creating waves hundreds of meters high!

The giant wave alone could capsize most warships, not to mention the immense force that could turn an aircraft carrier into twisted scrap metal.

but:

crackling

A flash of lightning,
A figure sped past on the body of the 'sea serpent'.

The spear in her hand transformed into a 'naginata', which pierced the dark body of the sea serpent. As she flew past, it left a wound that was tens of meters long on the sea serpent's body!
However:
"This is way too thick!"

The dragging blade ran over the sea serpent, leaving a wound dozens of meters long, before stopping.

After merging 'Lu Cun' and 'Wu Qu', her lower body remained deer-shaped, but her upper body had transformed into a fully armored 'Princess Knight'. Her three-meter-long naginata was powerful enough to cleave a giant elephant, but for the 'Sea Serpent', the cuts she made were merely superficial wounds.

As it writhed, the torn, dark body closed up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the wounds disappeared rapidly.

? ?
There's also high-speed regeneration, that's something.
"Roar!!!"

Suddenly twisting its body, the sea serpent tried to shake off the 'little bugs' on its body.

Despite their large size, sea serpents are surprisingly fast.

It is essentially an aggregate of soul and chakra.
crackling and popping

However, in a flash, Yura Hanakain, transformed into the 'Warrior Deer', appeared on the sea beside her and once again easily dodged the attack of the sea serpent.

Somewhat tricky,

First, check if there are any weaknesses or similar areas.

Once in battle mode, Yura abandoned her usual absent-minded demeanor and her eyes became sharp.

Thinking this, Yura, with its four hooves flying and accompanied by lightning, charged at the sea serpent once more, its naginata slashing repeatedly at the opponent's abdomen, neck, and head.
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"Sea Ren."

While a fierce battle was taking place at sea, General Kafka, who should have arrived earlier, was stopped.

This is Wakayama Prefecture, and to the north is Osaka: it's much closer to come from Osaka than from Tokyo; apart from Shigeo, who was holding a grand assembly of all kinds of magic in Shimane Prefecture and taking the opportunity to exorcise and suppress evil spirits, Kafka was the first to arrive at the scene.

Just now,

He needs to deal with the enemy in front of him first.

"I know you're not one of the 'Bloody Hakama,' get out of the way!"

With a loud shout, Kafka threw a punch, the fist violently tearing through the air and emitting a heart-wrenching, shrill howl.

The ground cracked open along the path he had taken, creating a deep trench, and the torn earth stirred up endless dust.

But he couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes—

boom! ! !
The violent fist blasted out like an invisible, giant battering ram.

The fist landed on the hill that was blocking Kafka's path, and suddenly a deep crater the size of a football field appeared out of thin air, followed by a dense web of cracks: the gale generated by the punch alone almost collapsed the hill.

If you can't hit the person, it's all useless.

Before Kafka's fist could even touch him, Hai Ren had already disappeared into the shadows beneath his feet.

Pfft

The next instant, blood splattered.

Kafka's figure swayed slightly, an instinctive dodge and deflection of force after his muscles were attacked.

The long sword drew a smear of blood from Kafka's waist.

Hai Ren, who leaped out of the shadows, frowned.

So hard
"Hai Ren,"

Despite being stabbed in the waist, Kafka turned around and continued to persuade him.

"This time, humanity has gathered all the extraordinary individuals."

"Let's fight a decisive battle against Tamamo-no-Mae's forces here!"

"And we will surely win."

The man with scars on his face spoke each word slowly and deliberately, his tone calm as he expressed absolute confidence.

"Join us, and together we'll take down the Blood Hakama, and you'll be free."

"Sorry, what I want is not freedom."

Hai Ren, wielding a long sword, flatly rejected Kafka's proposal.

“I made a prior agreement with them that it wouldn’t work unless they defeated the Blood Hakama.”

"Is that so?"

Kafka sighed.
He certainly knew who the 'them' Hai Ren was referring to were: the Isoya siblings.

The siblings from the Isoya family are not weak, but they are still a long way from being able to fight the 'Bloody Hakama'; however, aside from fulfilling their promise, Kainin will not be swayed by anyone's words. So—

"Sorry, this is the only place I can defeat you!"

boom,

As visible purple 'demonic power' rose from Kafka's body, the strange changes that followed his 'immortal transformation' began to appear:
Blue armor, white bone mask, and demon horns on his head.
"Great Demon Form?"

Hai Ren held his sword horizontally in front of him.
boom,

A dark shadow erupted from 'Sea Ninja', obscuring her figure.

When the shadows dispersed, she had transformed into a head of black hair that flowed behind her like a banner; two sharp horns on her forehead pointed towards the sky; although her figure remained slender and fit, her height had increased to two meters.

The 'nodachi' that was originally unusually long in her hand has been transformed into a weapon that suits her body shape.

"I can do it too!"

Having entered his 'Great Demon State', Hai Ren shook the long sword in his right hand, while simultaneously throwing his three left hands:
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Three kunai, gleaming with terrifying dark red 'demonic power,' shot towards Kafka's eyes and heart.

Imbuing weapons with chakra—this is precisely how Jonin utilize chakra nature transformation!
Faced with such weapons, tearing through steel is as easy as cutting paper.

Ding ding ding,

With a sweep of his arm, he deflected the two kunai aimed at his eyes, while the third, which was aimed at his heart, was deflected by his armor. Kafka glanced left and right.

Three 'sea ninja' attacked him at the same time!
The long swords in the hands of the two sea ninjas on the left and right slashed across a path capable of tearing the earth a hundred meters wide, one attacking the waist and abdomen, the other the shoulder.

The third-ranked sea ninja leaped over, raised his long sword, and brought it down with the classic "Wind-Facing Slash"!
"Dance of the Three Suns and Moons!"

This is Moonlight Gale's signature move.

Although he died at the hands of Sunagakure's Baki, resulting in 'Shippuden without Shippuden', it's not shameful that he was defeated by the Fifth Kazekage: regardless of strength or status, Baki was an elite Jonin comparable to Kakashi.

This move is not only fast, accurate, and ruthless!

Moreover, the perfect coordination between the main body and the shadow clone makes it impossible for the opponent to distinguish which one is the real body in their haste.

Besides, even if you can distinguish them, shadow clones are still lethal.

"Hell Fountain!"

Faced with the sea ninja's exquisite sorcery and swordsmanship, Kafka did not block or dodge, but instead slammed his fist into the ground.

boom------

As his fist slammed down...
A visible purple chakra beam suddenly erupted from the ground, carrying countless rocks and soil, surging in all directions like a monstrous wave!

This attack was a 360-degree, no-dead-angle assault. The massive amount of 'demon power' carrying countless stones and sand was enough to blast a steel behemoth into a sieve. Even a sea ninja had to retreat.

"Such a barbaric and wasteful method of cracking the code"

"As expected of 'Heroic Fist' Ibaraki."

(End of this chapter)