I, Wang Ha, the Three Red Unparalleled Assassin

It's impossible for her to be stronger than Yorihime, who can possess a god, Eirin, who has lived for hundreds of millions of years, or Tsukiyomi, who is a god.

They faced an attack from two powerful demons and a massive group of demons numbering in the tens of thousands.

It's estimated that only Yagokoro Eirin and Tsukiyo Mikoto could single-handedly deal with and suppress the entire enemy force head-on, but even that would take a lot of time and effort.

Therefore, after Kaguya Houraisan, who had completed the equation of power in her mind, found that her shouts had been completely ignored and that even crying out loud was useless, she fell into a Buddhist-style waiting-for-death mode.

Anyway, even if I die, I can be resurrected. It'll just hurt a little when I die, but don't panic, not at all...

But then Kaguya remembered something extremely terrifying: the Hourai body constitution didn't seem to be a good thing for her either.

It would be great to be able to come back to life, but what if we were kept by monsters as an inexhaustible food reserve?

Moreover, when she grows up and displays her unparalleled beauty, wouldn't the monsters get a Penglai doll that they can play with without ever breaking it?

Upon closer reflection, Kaguya Houraisan couldn't help but tremble.

The young cat demon, leaping swiftly from the tree branches, saw the figure of the old man of the mountain walking with a sword in the distance. After thinking for a moment, she jumped down from the tree and ran while shouting loudly:

"Hey! Humans in front, a huge monster horde is coming from behind! Run for your lives!!"

The old man of the mountain looked at the cat demon who was panting heavily and looked exhausted, and could collapse at any moment. On its back was a white-haired female corpse dressed in the clothes of an Onmyoji.

"There was no sound of the evening bell, not the demon that needs to end this journey."

The cat demon brushed past the old man of the mountain, but seeing that he was still heading straight in the direction from which the demon king, the mountain spider, had come, it couldn't help but stop and turn back to call out.

"Human! It's not too late to leave now; they shouldn't be able to catch up so quickly..."

No sooner had the cat demon finished speaking than a wild laugh echoed from the sky. The mountain spider, with eight arms on its back and eight eyes on its forehead, crashed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

"Hahahaha—! You've offended me, and you think you can just walk away? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

The cat demon's blood-red pupils contracted, and it turned to the side, raising its hand to flick out its claws. It stared at the mountain spider with hatred in its eyes, but it knew that with its current exhausted body, it couldn't even kill itself if it wanted to.

The old man of the mountain glanced indifferently at the mountain spider, leaned on his sword, and stood still, quietly waiting.

The mountain spider grinned maliciously at the cat demon, then its gaze swept over the old man holding the baby. Sensing a massive life force emanating from Kaguya Houraisan, it immediately drooled.

"Hmm? They even gave us two humans, one big and one small, as a bonus? Great, that's wonderful! Especially the small one, it looks delicious."

"I love eating human infants the most. Their tender skin and flesh are so crunchy to chew. And when they die, they still have a whimpering cry. That sound is absolutely the most beautiful music in the world!"

Upon hearing this, the old man of the mountain frowned slightly, his snow-white eyebrows furrowing. He glanced at the mountain spider's neck a few times, seemingly pondering how to make his move later.

As they spoke, the army of a hundred demons and monsters following behind the mountain spider arrived in quick succession. All sorts of strange and grotesque monsters filled the mountains and fields, creating a chaotic scene of demons dancing wildly.

"Hula la la la ah—!!!" XN

Kaguya Houraisan secretly glanced at them and discovered that all the yokai were creatures whose corresponding races could be found on the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons) chart.

Due to the mountain spider's own fierce and aggressive nature, all the monsters under its command, regardless of their level (low, medium, or high), are extremely powerful, as the weak ones would have died long ago in clashes or battles with humans or other demon kings.

"Tsk, looks like I'm going to die here today."

"Reason and intellect are useless now. I'm sorry, Hikaru, but the seal on Hikaru no longer needs to exist."

The cat demon placed the corpse it was carrying neatly on the ground, squeezed out the last bit of demonic power within its body, and unleashed an extremely fierce killing intent and demonic aura.

Having given up all hope of survival, the cat demon, preparing to transform into a killing machine, intends to completely unleash its true nature as a demon, and its bright eyes begin to gradually become chaotic.

"Ha! If you had done this earlier, you might have really caused me a lot of trouble. But now, who can you kill?!"

The mountain spider sensed the cat demon's final desperate attempt, but didn't pay much attention to it, instead raising its arm in a shout.

"My minions! The human village is just ahead. Come on, let's go eat people and drink wine with this king!!"

The demons and monsters all over the mountains and fields erupted in cheers, and the dense demonic energy gathered together to form a towering demonic wind, which startled the Onmyoji in Heian-kyo.

In an instant, the entire Heian-kyoto was put into a state of emergency, and even the retainers and guards of the vassals were conscripted into the defense forces, creating an atmosphere of extreme tension.

In the mountains and forests, just as the monsters took a step forward under the guidance of the mountain spider, destiny arrived.

From the distant horizon, beneath the setting sun, the resounding and melodious tolling of evening bells echoed, causing the villagers living nearby to put down what they were doing and kneel in worship.

"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!"

Upon hearing the voice of destiny, the old man of the mountain raised his head and looked at the hundred demons and monsters before him. His aura suddenly changed, and the boundless death energy dispersed the demonic wind that had just formed, releasing a sense of oppressive power as strong as a hellish thunder.

"Hear! The tolling of your death knell is echoing in the air..."

The sound of the evening bells grew louder as it approached, the invisible sound waves piercing and scattering the clouds in the sky, carrying the power of death and the most direct impact on the soul.

As the echoes of the first evening bell faded completely, countless low-level monsters were sent to the other side, where mandalas bloomed, without any chance to resist.

The cat demon and Kaguya Houraisan stared blankly at everything that was happening before their eyes, somewhat unable to recover from this enormous reversal.

Kaguya Houraisan felt her vision suddenly change, and the next moment she was brought by the Old Man of the Mountain to a group of mid- to high-level youkai.

Holding Kaguya Houraisan in his arms, the Old Man of the Mountain wielded a jet-black greatsword in one hand, unleashing a brutal mowing-down-the-enemy-army rampage. He charged in and out of the demon army seven times, forcefully slaying the remaining few hundred demons one by one.

Kaguya Houraisan went from initial panic and fear to complete calm, and finally to being so sleepy she wanted to doze off. She felt that she would never have to worry about being bullied on Earth again, since this backer seemed to be much stronger than the one in the Lunar Capital.

"Suzuki Take? Whatever, I don't care."

Meanwhile, the cat demon, who had been merely observing from the sidelines the whole time, felt that the demon temple he had painstakingly protected for hundreds of years had been completely shattered beyond repair.

She stared blankly as the Mountain Spider, who had unleashed its full power, even sacrificing its strength and burning its demonic energy to forcefully unleash an extraordinary combat force, was cleanly and decisively beheaded by the Mountain Elder with a single stroke, killed as easily as chopping wood.

"Humans, when did such powerful beings appear among humans? Even a great demon couldn't withstand a single blow. This is just too outrageous..."

After effortlessly wiping out an army of monsters that would have prompted the entire nation to prepare for war, the Old Man of the Mountain once again leaned on his sword, raising his head slightly to gaze at the gradually setting sun.

"This was not achieved through military force, but rather by divine mandate."

Chapter Ninety-Five: The Cat Demon Himari

From the sound of the evening bell to the old man in the mountain sighing with his sword, the time spent in the killing was no more than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, only slightly longer than the time it takes to warm a cup of wine.

After all, the monsters that weren't taken away by the Evening Bell were all beheaded by the Old Man of the Mountain with a single sword stroke and sent to the other side, instead of being swept away by a direct sword strike.

The old man of the mountain, who had completely wiped out the surrounding monsters decades ago, hadn't exercised much for a long time.

Therefore, after assassinating someone with his own greatsword today, he was naturally in a very good mood.

"Why does this bell sound so familiar? It seems like I've heard it somewhere before?"

Kaguya Houraisan, who had been lying in the arms of the old man of the mountain, recalled the past with distress, wrinkling her nose in dissatisfaction, seemingly quite unaccustomed to the strong smell of blood permeating the air.

Although she had smelled her own blood countless times during her executions in the Lunar Capital, there is still a significant difference between human blood and beast blood.

"It's over. Indeed, this is a world where only the strong can survive, but it's also a world where only the survivors reign supreme."

Seeing the old man of the mountain settle the battle with a flick of his wrist, the cat demon vaguely remembered what the mountain spider had said to him not long ago, and that the once invincible demon king was now a cold corpse.

One can only sigh inwardly, "Life is unpredictable."

The cat demon was thinking this, and was just about to calm its surging demonic power when it discovered that its power had gone out of control and gone berserk.

"What, what's going on? The seal of Guangdu, yes, I just..."

"That's right, I willingly fell into the demonic path and became a demonic monster. But, though my great revenge has been taken, it's too late!!"

The desire for killing, fighting, and bloodshed took over her mind, and the demonic nature that had been suppressed in her heart for countless years was gradually eroding the little rationality the cat demon had left.

"Ugh... Ahh ...

The cat demon's sudden scream caught the attention of the old man of the mountain and Kaguya Houraisan, who turned their heads to look at the side behind them.

The cat demon, exuding an ominous black and red aura, was pale and in pain. Its eyes gradually became cloudy and lost their light, and the claws on its hands became more prominent and sharp. The entire demon emanated a wild and violent killing intent.

The old man of the mountain dodged the cat demon's lightning-fast pounce, while the cat demon, which had sprung out, landed on a branch of a large tree, looking down at the old man of the mountain.

"Has it been unable to suppress its monstrous nature since its owner died? It has become much more aggressive since turning from a house cat into a wild cat."

The old man of the mountain watched quietly as the cat demon, perched on a tree branch, stuck out its little tongue and licked its palm, occasionally meowing. The lingering sound of the evening bell did not echo in his ears.

"Fine, considering you kindly warned me about the monster attack before, I'll help you this once!"

The cat demon, who had just finished licking its wounds and was preparing to attack again, suddenly shuddered, its white ears and tail standing up high, as if it had sensed something with its animalistic intuition.

Sure enough, along with the fleeting, eerie blue ghost fire, the Mountain Elder, who had just been standing on the ground, appeared silently behind her, raising his blood-stained, jet-black Death's Announcement sword high in his hand.

"Is it the nature of a demon—desire? Foolish! Die, angel!!!"

—————————————————————The old man of the mountain, carrying Kaguya in his arms and the cat demon in his hand, heads back to the bamboo house.————————————————

night.

A bonfire burned in the courtyard of the bamboo house, illuminating the small yard.

Suzuki Take, also known as Houraisan Kaguya, was lying in a bamboo cradle, gazing idly at the roof of the bamboo house. The cradle was bought by the old man of the mountain from a village at the foot of the mountain and was hand-woven.

I just went to the old man by the river and brought back five fat fish whose time had come. Right now, I'm stringing the gutted fish together with thin bamboo and placing them on the campfire.

Although the old man of the mountain, who has lived four lives, has experience in cooking, he can only make simple food with readily available ingredients. Otherwise, he would not have chosen to summon Sebastian and Chiare first when he was in the Matou family.

Moreover, the old man of the mountain, who had long since detached himself from material enjoyment, did not care much about the taste or quality of food; as long as it was palatable, that was enough.

The cat demon, lying unconscious on the floor of the bamboo house, twitched its small nose as if it smelled the aroma of grilled fish. Its eyelids twitched slightly, and it slowly opened its eyes and woke up.

"You're awake?"

The old man of the mountain sensed the commotion inside the bamboo house, and with a flicker of ghostly fire, he appeared in front of the cat demon in an instant.

"My lord, what's wrong with me...?"

Sitting up from the ground, the cat demon raised her hand to cover her throbbing forehead, looked at her hair which had turned from white to black, and looked puzzled.

"It merely eliminated the excessive bloodlust and bestial instincts in your demonic heritage. From now on, there is no need to worry."

After giving a brief explanation, the old man of the mountain, without waiting to see if the cat demon understood what the concept of instant death meant, asked again:

"My name is Suzuki Satoru. What is your name? And why are you being chased by these demons?"

"My lord, my name is Himari, and I am a cat demon who recently ascended to the rank of Great Demon. By the way, where is Hikari? Where is Hikari?"

The cat demon named Himari had only said a few words when she suddenly jumped up, looking around as if searching for something, her face quite anxious.

The old man of the mountain flashed to block Himari, who was about to run away to return to the battlefield of the time of the Demon Origin. His dark blue eyes flashed with a captivating light, and his whole being exuded an aura of unyielding authority.

"Xiao Guang? That's the female corpse you were carrying. She's placed in the northwest corner of this courtyard. After you answer my questions, you can go and bury your deceased master."

After hearing what the old man of the mountain said, Himari quieted down. Before she turned evil, she was thinking rationally and knew that her strength was no match for his, so she became completely obedient.

"My master, Amakawa Hikaru, and I were originally sent by the Emperor to join a team of Onmyoji in search of a rare medicinal herb deep in the mountains, but we ended up accidentally wandering into the territory of the Demon King Mountain Spider..."