Don't force me to use my right fist.

The opponent isn't a sword master with a clear mind like Soul Demon Chronicle, who can even cut through confusion. He was a guy who was resurrected due to being affected by the Shikon Jewel shards, so it's impossible for him to resist the temptation of this thing.

As expected, before Zuoyou could get a reply, a sharp root burst out of the ground and headed straight for the fragment in his hand.

"See, I knew you couldn't resist."

With a swift turn of his axe, Saya severed the attacking roots. With a look of disgust, he pointed the axe blade at the girl in front of him and with a squeeze of his hand, retrieved the Shikon Jewel shard.

Rather than launching an attack, Saku prefers to understand the abilities of this unpredictable monster first.

However, if that's the case, then provoking the other party's anger first is very important. Fortunately, this tree spirit isn't like Saya who likes to talk nonsense. After its failed sneak attack on Saya, it already knew that there was no way to resolve things peacefully with Saya today.

If that's the case, then don't blame her for being ruthless.

The pink-haired girl floating in mid-air reached out her hand towards Saya, and countless butterflies emitting pink light fluttered out from behind her, surging towards Saya with dazzling light.

"Oh, you've learned that too? But unfortunately, I don't like being used as a target."

Saya was slightly surprised by this butterfly-shaped barrage of bullets. He had to admit, this monster had quite mastered the essence of that pink-haired guy's technique. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to play any bullet-picking games with this guy. Instead of retreating, Saya charged towards the butterflies emitting eerie colors, dragging his axe on the ground. The butterflies that should have directly attacked him were instead intercepted one by one by obsidian fragments that appeared out of nowhere.

Normally, obsidian is practically indestructible, but when it struck the butterflies, it turned into grayish-white powder that fell from the sky. One can only imagine how terrifying it would be if a person were to come into contact with it. Fortunately, obsidian fragments seemed to appear out of thin air, endlessly, neutralizing the swarm of butterflies and allowing him to reach the girl in mid-air.

"You haven't eaten, have you? I'll treat you to a blow from my axe."

As if joking with her, Saya swung his axe directly at her head.

Chapter 419 Any place can be a bandit camp

A purple barrier, identical to the one protecting the cherry blossom tree, reappeared, attempting to block Saya's attack.

However, having already learned his lesson, Saya was not so easily appeased this time. Almost the instant the barrier flickered, Saya switched the axe in his hand into a fist.

The barrier still blocked Sōyū's attack, preventing his fist from touching the girl's body.

A fist can stop something, but the pure power transmitted through that fist cannot be stopped.

Even without activating Imagine Breaker, Saya only used a little more force, and the girl who took his punch was knocked down along with the barrier around her.

It crashed to the ground like a cannonball, and the butterflies that had been fluttering out of the cherry blossom tree stopped at that moment, as if their progress had been interrupted.

Sōyū glanced down at the girl who had been hammered into the ground by the immense force. If she liked to use a shield, then of course using a blunt weapon would be more effective.

"Is that all you're capable of? You're supposed to be a demon, and this useless situation is putting me in a difficult position. Why don't you just commit suicide?"

Unable to shake his habit of constant chatter, Sōyu didn't give her a chance to recover. Using the momentum of his fall from the sky, he delivered a powerful kick directly towards where she was about to land. He protected her from being touched, but judging from the spiderweb-like cracks appearing above her, it was clear she wasn't in any easy condition.

"Tsk, this turtle shell is really hard to deal with. Seriously, is that all you have? Can't you come up with some original ideas? You're really terrible. It's at the level of great yokai like Yuugi and Tamakatsugu, but the skills it's showing are no different from those of an elementary school student."

It can only be said to be a matter of compatibility. With such a large size and a continuous stream of demonic power, it is normal that Yaoji cannot defeat it. However, for Zuoyou, in a sense, it is much easier to deal with than Yaoji.

"die!"

Despite being mocked by Saya, the girl remained expressionless. However, Saya could tell from her hateful eyes that she was speaking with genuine emotion.

Countless vines and roots converged on the girl's location, enveloping her as if she were the core of the group.

Sawa took a symbolic step back and looked at the tangled mess with an even more puzzled expression.

Is this some kind of thing being hatched right in front of him?

Just as Sawa had predicted, the vines that had been enveloping the girl's body began to unravel, but the intertwined parts transformed into the shape of a giant green dragon.

Its body was formed by a mix of dry, barbed vines and black roots, while the girl's body was embedded like a core directly above the ferocious dragon head, constantly providing power to its body.

"That's quite creative; we should have done it a long time ago."

Zuoyou glanced at the diamond in his hand, which was only about the size of a scale of the vine dragon, and fell silent. This huge thing was really not suitable for such a small weapon to trim nails. Otherwise, even if the other party was standing still and you let him cut, it would take half a day to cut him. It was really too lame.

Fortunately, Sawa had already prepared for this kind of thing. Knowing that he was not good at fighting in giant form, he was finally able to use the prototype magic he had been researching for a long time.

With a confident smile, Zuoyou unfurled a purple magic array in his hand. Without even glancing up at the vine-like dragon attacking him, he directly slammed it to the ground in front of him.

The entire set of iron armor, mixed with flame powder, was stuffed into the magic circle by Zuoyou, who then added a drop of Evil Soul Tear to it.

The attacking dragon's mouth was blocked by a purple palm that appeared out of nowhere. Centered on Saku, red energy, like flames, condensed together, forming a huge illusory armor that enveloped Saku at the very center.

Sawa, who had been half-squatting on the ground, slowly stood up. The giants formed from the red energy that enveloped him also made the same movement as him.

Finally, as Sōyū poured in the last bit of magic power, the energy completely condensed, transforming into a semi-transparent giant tens of meters tall, covered in red armor.

"The feeling of copying someone else's skills is quite peculiar, but there's nothing we can do about it. After all, his idea and inspiration are really good."

Zuo You casually made a throwing motion, and the giant who had been holding the enormous vine-like dragon copied his action, tossing it aside.

"Come and experience the power of my mountain-style Susanoo!"

He made a grasping motion forward, and the red phantom giant enveloping Saku did the same.

A longsword made entirely of obsidian appeared slowly in Jue Ren's hand as if it had been created out of thin air, and was then engulfed by the red flames.

Sōyū looked down at the vine-like dragon that seemed unwilling to give up and was still trying to pounce on him, a contemptuous smile appearing on his lips.

So what if it's big? It's not smaller than that, and it's armed with weapons too!

As he made a downward slashing motion with the non-existent longsword, the red giant controlled by Sawa also swung the obsidian longsword covered in flames.

The fierce dragon collided with the blade in mid-air, and the purple barrier reappeared in front of it, attempting to block the attack of the long sword.

This time, however, Sawa, with no intention of holding back, suddenly exerted his strength, and the barrier shattered like an eggshell. The flaming longsword directly pierced through the barrier.

Chapter 420 I've had my fill of killing!

Without even glancing at the corpse of the pink-haired girl who had been killed along with it, Saya focused his gaze on the enormous cherry blossom tree directly in front of him. This was, frankly, just something like a clone; if this was the true form of the yokai that seemed to be called Saigyou Ayakashi, then it was definitely this towering cherry blossom tree before them.

No matter how many of these vine-like dragons and pink-haired girls are eliminated, as long as their main body is not harmed, it's just a matter of how long they need to rest.

Therefore, the reason why Sayu used this kind of magic, which was not insignificant to him, to create such a red giant was precisely to deal with the thing's true form.

After all, this thing is really huge. If we don't do this, even if it doesn't resist and lets Sōyu chop at it with his little diamond axe, it will take him half a day to chop it.

The fiery red giant turned towards the cherry blossom tree; behind it, the vine-like dragon continued to burn. The entire house fell strangely quiet for a moment.

As Saya slowly made a gesture of raising his sword, the giant, whom Saya called the mountain version of Susanoo, also raised his obsidian longsword above his head.

Black, deathly energy, no longer displaying its power, surged from the ground and around the house, converging in front of the eerie cherry blossom tree.

The already withered and eerie tree trunk trembled, as if fearing the impending attack, or as if making a final threat to Zuo. The cherry blossom tree directly in front of him was chopped down.

With his movement, the obsidian longsword in the red Susanoo's hand, powerful enough to cleave the cherry blossom tree in two, fell to the ground. Flames enveloped the blade, and the sheer power of the sword seemed to set the air ablaze.

At the same time, the black mist, filled with the aura of death and meaning, that had been converging towards it condensed into a black sphere emanating an unstable and terrifying aura, which pierced through...

"They've taken the bait, paratrooper."

At this moment, Sawa, who should have closed his eyes and been fully focused on the attack, suddenly opened them, a smile appearing on his lips—the kind of smile that only appears when a scheme succeeds.

Then, in the next moment, Saku disappeared from the body of the red giant and transformed into a cherry blossom-like particle effect, arriving in mid-air directly in front of the purple barrier and the black sphere.

A strange fluctuation emanated from his clenched fist, and all Zuoyou did was swing his fist fiercely towards the black sphere that flew towards him like a bomb and the purple light shield.

Two consecutive sounds, like balloons bursting, rang out in front of Sōyū. The black orb that was supposed to devour Sōyū vanished without a trace, as if it had been erased.

Not only that, but the purple light shield above, which clearly required an immense amount of demonic power to condense, was also as if it had been dissolved by something, leaving a large hole in the direction facing Sōyū.

The burning obsidian longsword, which should have been stopped, swung down without hindrance. As it struck the trunk of the huge cherry blossom tree, a sound like the wailing of the dead came from the gaping wound created by the longsword.

The red giant, who only knew how to execute Sayu's last move, seemed completely oblivious. He continued to exert force with his long sword, and flames spread along the trunk to the entire withered cherry tree, making it appear as if it were blooming with flowers made of flames.

The obsidian longsword's slash was not yet over; it seemed to intend to cut the opponent in half with just this one strike, and continued to advance in another direction.

At this moment, the strange cherry blossom tree finally struggled to rise, like an old man awakening. The branches on its trunk lashed out and struck the red giant wielding the sword. At the same time, five eerie black lights flashed on its body, and its demonic power suppressed the flames that were spreading, as if trying to extinguish them.

Perhaps if we let it continue to save itself like this, it might actually survive.

The problem is that Sawa is not the kind of person who can just stand by and watch.

Saya ran straight up the trunk of the cherry blossom tree and, without hesitation, swung his right fist at the place emitting an eerie black light. Almost instantly, he shattered the bark, which was as hard as steel, and then reached in and grabbed a black fragment from inside.

As Saya took away a Shikon Jewel shard, Saigyou Ayakashi, who had been wailing all along, began to cry out in even greater grief and indignation.

It did send out clones, like the pink-haired girl Zuo You had just seen, to stop Zuo You, but the purple barrier it relied on so much, which it believed was difficult even for a great demon to break, was no different from paper in front of Zuo You's fists.

The clones that went to stop Saya were all dealt with with a single punch. In the blink of an eye, Saya pried out two more Shikon Jewel fragments from its massive body, which were the core of the creature.

He would die if this continued, he would definitely die. The obsidian longsword in his hand had already sliced ​​right to the center of its trunk.

As Saya mercilessly pulled the last two Shikon Jewel fragments from the tree trunk, the towering tree that had once covered the entire sky of the mansion and shrouded the surrounding area in dark clouds year-round finally collapsed under the relentless slash of the flaming sword.

Having accomplished all this, Sōyu merely glanced down at the Shikon Jewel shard in his hand, shook it, and then narrowed his eyes in satisfaction. He'd had a good time cutting through everything.

Chapter 421 I Wrong About You (System)

The long-awaited sunlight fell from the sky, illuminating this house that hadn't seen a ray of light for who knows how long.

From the gap in the enormous cherry blossom tree that seemed to reach the sky, strands of colorful light seeped out and then disappeared into the air.

In a courtyard dozens of miles away, a fox, still pondering how to create a greater spectacle for her present world, frowned slightly. Although she didn't yet have complete control over the harvest, she vaguely sensed that something missing from all of Japan's crops had inexplicably returned.

The following year should not see a famine like this again.

The fox-eared girl, sensing something amiss, turned her gaze toward the direction where Saya was. She instinctively felt a pure faith converging in that direction.

To be honest, this kind of faith made Tamamo-no-Mae even more envious than human faith. Unlike the fragile faith of humans, which is mixed with endless selfishness, this faith was clearly created by these plant creatures to repay some lucky guy who had secured the opportunity for them to reproduce.

But Tamamo-no-Mae also understood that now was not the time to crave this thing. Under the current circumstances, nothing was more important than getting her to become a god as soon as possible.

Rather, regardless of who actually did it, she should properly thank them. At least if there won't be any more famines in the future, then she, as the goddess of harvest, will naturally feel...

Sawa had no idea that he had inexplicably helped Tamamo-no-Mae again. As he watched the huge, withered cherry blossom tree burning in the flames, he sadly realized a fact.

This thing didn't drop.

Yes, apart from the five Shikon Jewel fragments pried off its corpse, Saya searched the entire area but found nothing that could be automatically sucked into his backpack.

Logically speaking, there's no reason for this. It's a powerful demon, after all. If we're being honest, the Jorogumo that Saya encountered in his previous world wasn't even this strong.

That guy gave him a whole gift package, so why didn't he gain any experience points when it came to this guy?