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Chapter 351 Snow Woman

Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, north side of Yoyogi Park.

The once majestic and solemn Meiji Shrine has long since been reduced to ruins.

The priests and priestesses in the shrine were slaughtered by the demons that crawled out of hell.

Even the priests and witches hiding in dark rooms and secret passages could not escape the calamity of the demons' pursuit.

On the temple hall that had been collapsed by a giant gourd of wine, a handsome young man, dressed in a large checkered fabric and a red kimono, exuding an eerie charm, was now holding a gourd of wine almost as tall as himself, drinking wine with a carefree attitude amidst the surrounding demons.

"Hahaha, that's great!"

Amidst that arrogant laughter, a terrifying phantom, with long horns on its head, a large body, red skin, and a towering presence like a mountain, flashed past behind the handsome young man.

The ferocious demons surrounding the handsome young man were terrified. They instinctively lowered their heads and trembled as they prostrated themselves before him.

The handsome young man drinking fine wine on the ruins of the temple, who could subdue so many terrifying demons, was certainly no ordinary person.

In fact.

Even the Meiji Shrine, which had a long history and still possessed some extraordinary power even when it was not manifest in the world, was smashed by this handsome young man with a huge gourd that seemed to carry supreme power, from the void.

His true identity is Shuten-dōji, a top-tier demon in Japanese legends, who is ranked alongside Ōtengu and the nine-tailed fox and is vaguely regarded as the leader of demons.

Shuten-dōji, one of the most noble-blooded demons in Japanese legends, is a born demon leader.

According to legend, he was the offspring of a noblewoman from Omi Province and the Yinbuki Daimyojin of Yinbuki Mountain, also known as the Yamata no Orochi.

As the son of Yamata no Orochi, Shuten-dōji, who has the blood of a king flowing through his veins, holds an extremely high position among the many demons of Fusō. Coupled with his extremely powerful strength, he can be said to be a well-deserved high-ranking demon god in Fusō mythology.

Although the gods in Japanese mythology are significantly weaker and less powerful than those in other mythologies.

However, Shuten-dōji's strength is beyond doubt.

That's why the glimpse of his true form that he inadvertently revealed when he laughed wildly earlier caused so many demons to lower their heads in terror.

When the last shrine maiden of Meiji Shrine was slaughtered by her demon subordinates.

Shuten-dōji raised the enormous gourd once more and took a large gulp of the wine, which was mixed with the blood of a young girl.

The crimson wine seemed to stain Shuten-dōji's lips with a hint of scarlet.

This adds a touch of bloodshed and horror to his handsome yet sinister charm.

After licking the crimson wine that resembled fresh blood from his lips, Shuten-dōji slowly rose, his dark eyes seemingly piercing through the falling gray-black ashes and landing at the foot of the towering Mount Fuji.

"It's been a long time, Father. What choice will you make this time?"

the other side.

Deep within the long-silent heart of Mount Fuji.

The molten lava churned and radiated an astonishing temperature.

Amidst the churning lava, a colossal creature with eight heads and eight tails emerges from the lava at the base of the mountain.

Those eight enormous heads, as large as small mountains, were relentlessly hunting down the demons and monsters that had escaped from the Hell dimension passage.

The demons sent by Mephisto and other hellish lords to wreak havoc on the human world, spreading slaughter and fear so that Tokyo could fall into hell faster, have now become the resources that Yamata no Orochi uses to devour and nourish itself.

Ever since his flesh and blood were severed by Susanoo, the Yamata no Orochi, resurrected from hell, has been constantly thinking of taking revenge on that despicable enemy.

However, after losing its prized demonic power, Yamata no Orochi's strength has greatly diminished and it has not yet fully recovered.

Even the few hell lords who shared the power of the hell dimension have been intentionally or unintentionally restricting its recovery in recent years because they are wary of its ability to devour the flesh and blood of living beings and nourish itself.

After devouring all the demons and monsters in their territory and regaining some of their strength, the several hell lords joined forces to confine the Yamata no Orochi in its deserted territory until today, when they finally released it from hell to guard this passage connecting to the hell dimension.

However, things didn't go as those hellish dukes had anticipated.

Upon returning to the human world, the Yamata no Orochi did not slaughter the humans in Tokyo, devour their flesh and souls to regain its strength and instill fear. Instead, it guarded the passage to the hell dimension, constantly hunting down demons from that dimension and using them as sustenance to restore its power.

"Snap!"

After biting down and swallowing a fire demon that was over ten meters tall, the Yamata no Orochi could clearly feel a warm power growing in its abdomen, flowing throughout its body and strengthening its newly formed flesh and blood.

The thrill of this increase in power caused Orochi to subconsciously narrow its enormous eyes.

For Yamata no Orochi.

The benefits of devouring these demons that crawled out of hell far outweigh those of devouring mortals.

Moreover, completing the tasks assigned by the monarchs of the Hell Dimension and dragging Tokyo down into Hell may earn the favor of the Hell Dimension and grant them a power boost within it.

But in the eyes of Yamata no Orochi, this external power was far less important than its own.

of course.

The power that Hell dimension can exert on the city of Tokyo is limited.

After devouring the demons that crawled out of the passage, Orochi didn't mind taking a trip to the bustling city not far away that constantly reeked of blood.

It devours every living being and demon that comes into its sight, turning them into resources to aid its growth.

Using the city's millions, even tens of millions of inhabitants, and the demons swarming from hell as fuel, he will return to his peak and even surpass his former self.

Then, carrying unparalleled power, he killed that despicable man from the past.

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Compared to the Meiji Shrine, which was completely ravaged, and Mount Fuji, which was used as a hunting ground by the Yamata no Orochi.

Senso-ji Temple is also one of the passages to the Hell dimension.

But at this moment, it was unusually quiet.

The monks in this ancient temple were not killed; instead, they continued to operate in an orderly manner.

of course.

This does not mean that the monks of Senso-ji Temple defeated the terrifying demons that came from hell.

But from the very beginning.

They were defeated, and defeated utterly.

When Tamamo-no-Mae walked out of Senso-ji Temple, her astonishing allure spread, and the entire temple was captivated.

Not just novice monks and monks.

Even those once-impressive monks, now trapped in endless illusions, have become prisoners of Tamamo-no-Mae.

She didn't even need Tamamo-no-Mae to give the order.

Those monks who looked at Tamamo-no-Mae with fervent eyes, in order to win her favor, willingly turned their knives on their former companions, bringing with them terrifying demons from hell.

It is expanding outwards in an orderly manner.

Compared to the other chaotic and disorderly hell passages...

Ironically, the hell passage guarded by Tamamo-no-Mae became the one that expanded the fastest.

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Ok.

And within these hellish dimensional passages.

The most intense battle took place at Tokyo Tower.

Shortly after returning to the real world.

The king and two other temple mages received requests for help from other temple mages.

and so.

Apart from the other Temple Mage who returned to the Shanghai Temple, and the King who needed to return to Kamar-Taj to retrieve the powerful weapons sealed by the lineage of the Sorcerer Supreme.

The remaining, slightly older temple mage, Zhang Tao, immediately opened a portal and arrived at the battlefield located beneath Tokyo Tower.

Upon seeing that Master Zhang Tao had opened the portal, Erin, who wanted to take the opportunity to earn some Destiny Points, also stepped into the portal.

The instant I stepped through the portal and entered the Tokyo Tower battlefield.

A bone-chilling cold immediately hit me.

The gray-black ash that kept falling from the sky somehow transformed into fluffy snowflakes, falling densely from the sky.

That chilling white seemed to engulf the earth.

The entire battlefield was now covered in a blanket of silver, as if the earth had been draped in a silver-white cloak by the sky.

Even the towering Tokyo Tower has long since turned snow-white.

In this silver world, an incredibly fierce battle is currently raging.

Monsters constantly emerging from the snowfield, along with a continuous stream of monsters pouring out of the Hell Passage, were launching attacks on a group of Kamar-Taj mages.

Although there were a considerable number of hundreds of mages, their numbers paled in comparison to the monsters in the snowfield and the endless stream of demons and monsters crawling out of the Hell Passage.

Just stepped into the battlefield.

Erin then heard a roar: "Cassias, are you done yet? If we don't fix that damn passage soon, and the number of these monsters keeps increasing, we'll be the ones who get over them first."

The moment that angry roar fell, an annoyed voice rang out as well.

"Shut up. If you weren't such a piece of trash who couldn't even hold off a snow maiden and let her keep interfering with me, I would have sealed this dimensional passage long ago."

"Pah, is this just an ordinary snow woman? This is a hell lord! If you're so capable, you take the lead and hold this guy off while I seal that passage..."

Amidst this constant arguing.

Erin's eyes lit up slightly.

Then he looked toward the man called Cassias.

At this time, Cassias had not yet fallen. With his extremely high talent and magical strength, he was one of the most powerful figures in Kamar-Taj.

After receiving the message from the Shanghai Sanctuary.

Kassias, Mordo, and others then led a group of elite Kamar-Taj mages to Tokyo, where they engaged in fierce battles with the demons and monsters that roamed the city.

In battle after battle.

The group of experienced mages quickly noticed the anomaly at Tokyo Tower.

After it was confirmed that there was a passage leading directly to hell beneath Tokyo Tower.

Kassias and Mordo, along with a group of elite temple mages, arrived at the foot of Tokyo Tower, attempting to seal the dimensional portal beneath it.

Close this door that allows hell to invade the human world.

But who would have thought that before they could close the dimensional gate, the snow woman guarding this dimensional passage unleashed a blizzard, then hid within it and launched an attack on them.

Caught off guard, and after losing several lives, Cassius launched a sneak attack on the Snow Woman with a forbidden spell while Mordo and the others were entangled in her.

However, despite their superior numbers and forbidden magic, Cassius and his companions were temporarily severely injured and managed to repel the Snow Woman.

But this also provoked the Snow Woman's anger.

Using her ability to shape things, she created snow monsters in the snow and attacked them. At the same time, the snow woman also used unknown means to summon the "hundred ghosts" who had accidentally come to the human world due to the overlap of the two worlds.

Even the demons and monsters that crawled out of the hell dimension passage seemed to be a little faster.

Facing an increasing number of enemies.

Even the hundred or so Kamar-Taj sorcerers were finding it difficult to cope.

In addition, there are the snow women hiding in the snow and attacking them from time to time.

Kassias and the mages skilled in sealing techniques were unable to properly seal the hell passage. Instead, they were ambushed by the Snow Maiden and the demons that poured out of hell, and several of them were killed.

Seeing the enemy numbers increasing while their own numbers dwindled, both Cassias and Mordo grew anxious.

In that brief moment of distraction...

A sharp claw, hidden in the wind and snow, suddenly shot out from behind Cassius, grabbing at his vest.

But just then...

With a deafening gunshot, a black bullet of light tore through the snow and ice, striking the claw made of ice and snow with lightning speed.

It blasted it into a sky full of snowflakes.

But before the snowflakes could completely disperse, a terrifying burst of energy erupted from the black light bullet, evaporating all the snowflakes.

Upon hearing the noise, Cassius turned around abruptly.

I just happened to see the snowflakes that had been completely evaporated, and the passage in the air that had been torn apart by the wind and snow.

Ok?

In the blink of an eye.

The quick-witted Cassius immediately understood what had happened.

Through the bullet tunnel opened by the black light bullet, Cassias quickly saw Erin at the end of the tunnel, and the mage Zhang Tao standing next to Erin.

Kassias did not know Erin, but he did know Zhang Tao, the mage from the Shanghai Temple.

Was that a friend that Master Zhang called to help?

With this slight doubt in mind, Cassius turned his head and nodded to Erin, thanked him softly, and then turned his head again to speed up the sealing magic in his hands.

(End of this chapter)