I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 450 The Birth of a Divine Sword?

"coming!"

"Armored gunners, prepare—"

On the walls of Ejiri Castle, the ranged units belonging to the Takeda clan began to get busy.

boom! boom! boom!
The smoothbore cannons mounted on the city wall had begun to spew flames, and cannonballs the size of human heads were whistling as they hurtled towards the monsters of different heights, weights, and kinds.

Since it's still a physical shell, it mainly relies on kinetic energy for damage: no matter how much technology 'Tomoyuki Morikawa' advances, this amount of time is not enough to produce a stable, explosive shell.

However, this does not mean that these smoothbore cannons are not lethal. The iron ball the size of a human head came crashing down, and the kinetic energy it carried was enough to blast through monsters below the wolf level!
As they bounced and rolled, they left behind trails of blood and gore: most monsters possess physical forms.

However, these were the injured, even the monsters that had been blasted through;
He quickly stood up again.
Wounds and severed limbs heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"What a strong resilience!"

"Sure enough, those monsters are not right."

"They are clearly all corpses. It's not something an ordinary evil sorcerer could do to control such a large scale."

Kagome, Inuyasha, and other skilled individuals gathered not far above the city gate, watching the densely packed 'demons' surging in from afar, and each offered their assessment.

“Amitabha, let this humble monk take the lead.”

A monk wearing a round-topped hat, a kasaya, and holding a staff chanted Buddhist mantras in a low voice, and took out a staff from his sleeve:
A pearl the size of a human head, with a dragon coiled around it.

"Flying dragon in the sky, go!"

"Roar--"

As the monk shouted, the dragon coiled around the jewel in his hand immediately came to life.

The Eastern dragon formed from this 'magic power' flew out, baring its fangs and claws, its whiskers and scales gleaming, and pounced on the approaching monsters! With a swipe of its sharp claws, it immediately tore several monsters apart, displaying its imposing presence.

The next second, these torn monster bodies wriggled and pieced themselves back together.

"It can't even be suppressed by my Buddhist supernatural powers?"

The monk was startled, clearly at a loss for what to do.

"What an evil spirit!"

"You try it, Wild Wolf."

"Okay~~"

Upon hearing Kagome's words, Wild Wolf didn't hesitate. He opened his mouth and spat out three-eyed wolf demons, which leaped down from the city wall and pounced on the monsters in the distance.

Each of these three-eyed wolf demons is strong, and like a normal wolf pack, they know how to cooperate.
Several of them bit hands and feet together, then tore at them with force—

Tear

They tore the monsters apart on the spot!
However:
"It didn't work either?"

The torn corpse of a monster.
Once they land, they wriggle together and stand up again.

This level of recovery ability is so extreme that even among monsters, it can only be described as 'disgusting'.

"My 'most powerful victory' strategy was also helpless,"

Kakaiin Miroku also sent out his bumblebees to test the waters, but these head-sized bumblebees, apart from their numbers and venom, didn't have much to offer in terms of combat strength.

It's obvious that these 'corpse monsters' are immune to poison damage, at least not to the poison injected by Miroku's shikigami.

"This is troublesome,"

The bearded ronin touched the sword at his waist.

Neither Buddhist teachings nor sorcery worked. No matter how confident he was in his swordsmanship, what could he do?

Finely chop it into a sauce?
"Don't panic, everyone,"

Seeing that even the 'experts' on the city wall hesitated, Kagome Higurashi stepped forward.

"There is no such thing as a 'perpetual motion machine' in the world,"

“These corpse monsters must have a limit, and a source of ‘demonic power’.”

Miroku speculates that the source of demonic power is the 'Tsurugi': as the symbol of the 'Demon King' of this world, it is not incomprehensible that it has the property of infinitely reviving the corpses of demons.

As for whether these 'corpse monsters' have any limits?
Kagome draws her bow and nocks an arrow, preparing to conduct the experiment herself.

"Demon-breaking arrow!"

collapse,

With a flick of his finger, the arrow, glowing with a pure white light, hurtled towards the approaching horde of demons in front of the city.

Calling them arrows is an understatement; they're more like light cannons: any part of these little demons and monsters that gets hit by the light will instantly turn to ashes!
As Kagome's arrow flew, it left a straight trail on the battlefield, as if erased by an eraser.

All eyes were fixed on this trajectory; the limit was—

After the light faded, some of the lesser demon remains stood up.

"Seventy percent?"

"Seventy percent!"

With their keen eyesight, the experts instantly determined that these "corpse monsters" would not regenerate if they lost more than 70% of their bodies.

But another problem arises:
"It's not easy to destroy 70% of your body."

The most skilled humans in this world are 'warriors', who primarily use slashing and hacking techniques for area-of-effect destruction. They do exist, but their numbers are limited.

"Hmph, watch me!"

Inuyasha stepped onto the city wall and drew the Tessaiga from his waist.

When it was in its sheath, it was a normal-sized samurai sword; but as he drew it from its sheath, it turned into a palm-width, excessively long 'large sword'.

However, for the people of this world, the ability of weapons to 'transform' is not too unusual;
The eyes of the Takeda clan samurai nearby were all fixed on Inuyasha.

Let's see what he's capable of—

"call,"

Taking a deep breath, Inuyasha suddenly slashed out with his sword in mid-air:

"Wind injury!"

Waaaaah...

With a slash of the greatsword, a high-speed spinning tornado shot out from the 'Tessaiga' and roared towards the monsters.

A wind-attribute slash?

The ability to unleash slashes of various 'attributes' with a sword is not uncommon among high-ranking samurai in this world.

However, as the sword of the Great Dog General, it developed combat skills;
How could it possibly be ordinary 'wind'?
The tornado roared toward the corpses and monsters covered in arrows, bullets, and cannon fire, and suddenly expanded upon contact with them!
The howling wind and the wind blades formed by the demonic energy swirled wildly, creating a vacuum vortex in the blink of an eye; wherever the demons passed, they were all drawn in by this attraction and were thrown into the tornado vortex at an angle.

Once caught in it, the howling wind blades from all directions immediately pounce on you like thousands of sharks!

First, the flesh and skin of these little monsters were torn apart, then their bones and internal organs, and finally their demonic cores were cut and crushed to pieces in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the demonic power dissipated from these shattered monsters resonated with Inuyasha's attack; then it was drawn into the attack, resulting in a destructive effect far greater than the sum of its parts, and continued to roar forward.

"this?"

"What exquisite swordsmanship!"

The high-ranking warriors present were all discerning.

He immediately realized that this seemingly violent 'tornado' contained subtle spiritual power and swordsmanship techniques.

With a single strike, a straight 'blank' was cleared from the battlefield. However, unlike Kagome's silent white light, Inuyasha's 'Wind Scar' unleashed tremendous power, whipping up a storm of blood and gore. While it left no 'corpses' for the demons to revive, it also created a stench that assaulted the senses.

"vomit,"

"This smell."

"it is good!"

The head of the Takeda clan, who had been frowning because his soldiers' attacks were ineffective, was overjoyed.

"Please, both of you, do not hold back,"

"After defeating the enemy, the Takeda family will surely offer a generous reward!"

Even without this 'famous name' saying it, given Kagome and Inuyasha's personalities, they wouldn't allow these corpse demons to run rampant: such a number would be troublesome even for experts like them, and for ordinary people, it would undoubtedly be a mobile natural disaster.

"Demon-breaking arrow!"

"Wind injury!"

The two continued their attack.

Strands of pure white light and howling tornadoes continuously shot out from the city wall;
The once seemingly invincible army of corpse monsters was immediately routed. To be honest, if these minor monsters didn't possess immortality, an ordinary army could easily slaughter them several times over!

Perhaps a single soldier cannot defeat a small demon, but ten soldiers will definitely chase and fight ten small demons; if there are a hundred, then humans can easily achieve a complete victory: demons, unless they are led by a demon king or some kind of 'emotion' completely prevails, are just a mob among mobs.

"Is eliminating 70% the population the only way to prevent a resurgence?"

Morikawa Tomoyuki, standing beside the head of the Takeda family, seemed lost in thought.
"Master, I have a plan."

?

swipe, swipe, swipe

Soon, the warriors were throwing the pottery jars far away.

With the strength of these warriors, they were fully capable of creating "human catapults," and once these pottery jars landed, they immediately exploded.

fire,
Raging fire,

The flames spread in the explosion, engulfing patches of monsters.

These are 'incendiary bombs' made by Morikawa Tomoyuki. They were originally intended for use in sieges when fighting against other daimyo; unexpectedly, they have come in handy now.

As the flames continued to burn, one by one, the corpse monsters fell, or turned directly into torches, becoming mobile sources of combustion.

If it were a normal monster, it would definitely try to put out the fire.

But these are just simple corpse monsters.
They wouldn't do something so complicated, letting the flames spread and continuously devour more and more monsters.

"feasible!"

"Alright, drop the 'incendiary bomb'!"

Having found a solution, the human side immediately perked up.

Unless we become immune to everything, given the nature of humanity, we can always find a way to cope.

With other experts also using various 'area attacks' aimed at destruction, the momentum of the corpse monster's advance was halted. It seemed that:

"What kind of undead calamity is this? It's nothing special."

Someone started to laugh, which startled Kagome, Miroku, and Morikawa Tomoyuki.

In battle, the worst thing you can do is open a bottle of champagne halfway through.
"Roar------"

The next second, an angry voice rang out from behind those monsters who were rushing forward one after another.

"waste!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst the tremors of the earthquake, a giant hand suddenly reached out from behind the mountains in front of the city and pressed down on the mountaintop.

As the earth and rocks fell in a flurry, a huge head was revealed.

"Mountain ghost?"

"A mountain spirit over five hundred years old!"

"Is he the real culprit who controls the corpse monster?"

Upon seeing the giant figure behind the mountains, the Takeda clan warriors gripped their weapons tightly.

Mountain spirits, as the name suggests, are spirits as large as mountains: these monsters possess the size of mountains and immense strength; however, agility is their weakness, and their defense is far from invulnerable; to agile warriors, they are nothing more than big, clumsy fools.

The only difference is how long it takes to cut.

However, I've never heard of the 'Mountain Spirit' possessing sorcery before?
"wrong!"

Kagome, who was most sensitive to 'demon power', focused her gaze on the mountain spirit's shoulder.

"That guy on his shoulder is the real deal!"

? !
Following the sound, everyone looked and indeed saw a three-meter-tall monster standing on the shoulder of the 'mountain spirit' that was crossing the mountains.

This monster has a blue face, fangs, well-developed muscles, and messy hair with long horns. At first glance, it looks somewhat similar to the 'Tenjaku'; however, its body is covered in ferocious bone spikes, and its aura is extremely domineering. It is definitely not that kind of little devil: even though the Tenjaku is not weak.

"Hmph, humans."

Standing on the shoulder of the distant mountain spirit, the Ghost General let out a cold snort.

"You forge weapons from the claws and teeth of monsters, and construct caves from earth and stone. Do you think this pathetic wall can protect you?"

A disdainful voice echoed across the battlefield as the unknown 'demon' raised its longsword.

“With your deaths,”

"Sound the horn of world destruction!"

finished,

He swung the longsword in his hand forward.

"Prison Dragon Break!"

The longsword slashed down, creating a huge, spinning 'sphere'.

This sphere, tens of meters in diameter, instantly shredded the earth and rocks upon landing, sending them flying in all directions. Then, like a rapidly spinning top, it began to crush Jiangjiri City!

Boom, boom! ! !

Inside the giant sphere, countless dense purplish-black lines spun and intertwined, leaving behind the traces of 'demonic power' moving at high speed.

Wherever the sphere went, everything in its path—soil, rocks, trees, even monsters—was crushed into dust! Amidst billowing dust, it carved a deep, straight 'river' into the earth.

? ?
"Yan Hui!"

"Zhoubo——"

"The Flying Dragon Soars in the Sky!!"

Faced with the domineering 'demonic power' sphere rushing towards them, the people on the city wall naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to be killed, and they all launched ranged attacks.

However:
All of them are invalid!

These attacks couldn't even pause the giant sphere for a moment before they were bounced away and annihilated.

"Inuyasha!"

"understand!"

As Kagome fired her arrow, Inuyasha immediately swung his Tessaiga.

The howling 'Wind Wound' caught up with the arrow, circled around it, and covered the holy 'Demon-Slaying Arrow' with a ring of fangs.

"Break the Demon Wind's Wound!" x2
boom------

This combined attack, which brought together the strength of both of them, could only block and slow down the enormous purplish-black sphere. The huge, rapidly spinning purplish-black sphere continued to slowly and steadily approach.

"Come on!"

"We can't hold out for much longer!"

???

"Retreat! Get off the city walls!"

No one on the battlefield was blind; whether they were samurai or soldiers, monks or ronin, at the shout of the Takeda clan lord, they all fled to either side.

"Let's go too,"

With a wave of his hand, a large number of 'Most Mighty Victories' flew out, grabbing the clothes and arms of Coral, Wild Wolf, and Kagome, and carrying them into the sky.

Only Inuyasha was left to fight alone.
"Inuyasha—"

boom!
With everyone else running away, Inuyasha naturally wouldn't take the hit head-on, and suddenly stomped his foot on the ground!
Amidst the sound of the city wall exploding, he leaped into the air.

Rumble, rumble, rumble! ! !
Without his resistance, the giant purplish-black sphere immediately crushed through: the city walls, buildings, houses, and castle tower were pierced through the entire city, crushing the other side of the city wall as well, crashing into a mountain before finally exploding with a resounding roar.

The mountains collapsed; the horror was unimaginable!
"What kind of attack is this?"

"A great demon? No, a demon king—"

Is that all there is to it?
Hiding on either side of the city wall, the entire Takeda family was stunned as they looked at the moats that ran through the city!
Does such a powerful being exist in this world?

"Hahahahaha!!!"

The monster that cleaved the city in two with a single sword strike, and the monster standing on the 'Mountain Spirit's' shoulder, have already given their answer with maniacal laughter.

"Cong Yunya, as expected, is the strongest!"

"I am the Demon King!"

(End of this chapter)