Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

Sure enough, her feet had melted a bit from overusing her ghostly power, like ice cream melting in hot weather. Now, it wouldn't be easy for her to stand up.

In contrast, Risa Ishikawa recovered quickly and is now acting as if nothing happened.

"Is the attack over?" Ishikawa Risa's lips curled up slightly, and she even looked down on her opponent, Yuki-onna, with a contemptuous gaze.

Risa Ishikawa said calmly, "So, is it my turn to make a move next?"

At this moment, it seems that Ishikawa Risa is the main villain in the story, or at least an evil female supporting character; while the Yuki-onna, this weak and pitiful ghost, becomes the "victim" in this situation.

The Snow Woman was unwilling to die.

She clapped her hands, and the hellish imps that had been surrounding the temple ignored the barrier of the walls, transformed into ghosts, and squeezed inside.

Chapter 211 It's time to make a move.

However, the Snow Woman's power was already waning. What use would any more ghosts be? It was merely a last-ditch struggle, and all the ghosts would be reduced to cannon fodder under divine power.

Incidentally, the Snow Woman was quite beautiful, but after her demonic power was greatly depleted, her pretty face became unsustainable and began to turn ferocious, like a deadly female ghost crawling out of a pile of corpses.

What's the situation now? Ishikawa Risa has completely taken control of the situation—even if the Snow Woman summons hellish imps to completely surround her, it won't help.

In this situation, if it were a man, he might think that the Yuki-onna has a nice appearance, so he would try to tame her and use her for his own purposes, which is similar to Makoto Araki's "Shikigami".

However, Ishikawa Risa is, after all, a woman at heart, and she doesn't have the concept of chivalry or tenderness towards women.

In her eyes, ghosts and spirits are not even human beings, but rather "objects" that can be mass-produced.

This means that the Snow Woman's face will appear cheap, because the face of a demon can be easily fabricated, which is why Ishikawa Risa has no intention of showing any mercy to her.

Risa Ishikawa grasped the Staff of Bondage and with a mere flick of her wrist, utterly annihilated the swarming hellish demons.

Some of the more timid ghosts, hovering behind, received very limited divine attacks. The attacks merely knocked away or scattered parts of their souls, without causing them any fatal damage.

Even so, the attack from that divine messenger girl was enough to give them a warning.

Nobody, or rather...

There are no ghosts or spirits willing to offer their souls in order to obey the Snow Woman's orders.

Ultimately, Yuki-onna was merely a "squad leader" of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. These spirits had already done more than enough by sacrificing most of their lives for her.

Once the thought of escaping arose, it was beyond the Snow Maiden's ability to stop it, and the remaining hellish imps scattered in all directions.

Before long, the huge Ara Shrine was left with only a female divine messenger and a spirit called Yuki-onna.

The snow woman tried to run, but Ishikawa Risa had already gripped the binding staff tightly and shouted, "Still trying to run?"

The next second, Ishikawa Risa swung her Enmusubi Staff, and with one blow, the Yuki-onna was scattered like shredded paper.

At this point, the Snow Woman has been defeated!

Risa Ishikawa retrieved her betrothal staff, looked at the falling "paper scraps," and turned around.

Those few normal attacks were incredibly powerful, completely obliterating those ghosts.

Looking around, the entire shrine...

No, there isn't a single ghost in the entire surrounding area, not just anthropomorphic ghosts, but even those from the animal realm.

"A single punch can prevent a hundred more!" So that's what it means? Luckily, the Snow Woman isn't too powerful. If it were a Demon King, Ishikawa Risa might not be able to handle it so easily.

The snow woman was driven away.

The besieging hellish imps have been defeated.

What now?

With these thoughts in mind, Ishikawa Risa looked up and found that the gloom above her head had indeed dissipated.

"That's it?"

When she learned that the shrine's major problem had been solved so easily, Ishikawa Risa couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed.

However, on the other hand, that punch was delivered very powerfully, which established the shrine's prestige in the eyes of the spirits, so there shouldn't be any more foolish spirits daring to act in the future.

After the haze dissipated, the sun soon rose over this land, and a ray of morning light slowly ignited from the east.

Risa Ishikawa knew that the moment for Ara Shrine to open for business had finally arrived.

Preparing to open for business.

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That said, the reason Enma Ai and Yamamura Kikuko chose to hide earlier was because they were very perceptive and had sensed the World Will's machinations in advance, so they temporarily avoided its sharp edge.

However, when the sun rose normally today, they found that the human world seemed to have become normal again, and the pseudo-humans were gone.

Oh, yes, there isn't.

There are still fake people.

It's just less than before.

In short, seeing how much people in this world love life, Enma Ai got excited again.

The two were sitting atop a mountain peak, hand in hand watching the sunrise over the sea. "Hey, Kikuko, I want to restart the original plan..."

However, Kikuko Yamamura remained silent.

Left with no other choice, Enma Ai reminded Yamamura Kikuko again: "Hey, Kikuko..."

Kikuko Yamamura responded with, "Huh? I'm a little hard of hearing, I didn't hear what you just said..."

"You're a ghost, how can you be hard of hearing? Isn't that a problem only humans have?" Enma Ai said with a displeased expression.

"Ah, you mean we're going to make a comeback?" Kikuko Yamamura scratched her head, somewhat hesitant. "But wouldn't that be a bad idea?"

"Why not?" Enma Ai couldn't quite agree with Yamamura Kikuko's viewpoint.

As Kikuko Yamamura gazed at the rising sun on the horizon, she thought, "Peace is hard-won."

"And I, rather than harvesting human fear and becoming the Demon King—" Yamamura Kikuko paused for a moment, then continued, "would rather be able to watch the sunrise and sunset with you every day."

"Kikuko!" Enma Ai's face was practically bulging with anger. "Are you really willing to live like this, with nothing ever coming to a good end?"

"Of course!" Kikuko Yamamura answered without hesitation, "Because I've discovered that in this world, the only thing that remains constant is companionship."

After she finished speaking, she looked this way.

“I think you’re wrong,” Enma Ai interrupted her.

Enma Ai blurted out her thoughts: "We are spirits, and although in theory we live as long as heaven and earth, if we don't harvest human fear, we will eventually be used as experience packs by other stronger spirits; even if we are lucky enough to survive, we will eventually perish due to the exhaustion of our spirit power."

She continued, "Harvesting human fear and gaining the right to live—that's the meaning of our existence as ghosts."

What she said makes sense.

In this world, nothing is eternal, including gods, divine messengers, and spirits; none can escape this framework.

According to God, even someone as powerful as Makoto Araki needs people's offerings to survive.

The divine messengers, on the other hand, need a constant supply of divine power from their superiors to maintain their fighting strength.

Ghosts are like an oil lamp, needing to harvest human fears in order to keep burning.

After listening to Enma Ai's words, Yamamura Kikuko remained silent for a long time before finally speaking: "Are you sure you want to fight for this?"

Enma Ai looked at Yamamura Kikuko with a determined gaze and said, "I'm sure. I haven't tasted human fear in a long time. I've almost forgotten what it tastes like."

Kikuko Yamamura nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be reckless this time for you. Let's set off now."

That's what they said, but when Kikuko Yamamura and Ai Enma stood up, the morning sun was already shining on their faces. It was just a gentle ray of sunlight, but it made their faces feel hot.

It was only at this moment that Kikuko Yamamura remembered that she was a ghost spirit who feared sunlight.

She cleared her throat and said, "Cough, not really right now."

As for Enma Ai, her situation was equally terrible. She was also afraid of sunlight, and even more so than Yamamura Kikuko.

The light just now made her face feel like it was on fire, and there were even some signs of "disfigurement".

Seeing that Enma Ai had silently squatted down and covered her face, Yamamura Kikuko quickly knelt down beside her and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Enma Ai still covered her face, not letting Yamamura Kikuko see it. She said, "It's just a little thing on my face, it'll be fine soon."

Kikuko Yamamura was aware of Enma Ai's action, but she didn't mind the change in Enma Ai's appearance.

Besides, it's just appearance.

For ghosts, as long as they have a usable ghost, their faces can be changed at will, and they don't care about anything.

As the sun rose, dampening Enma Ai's spirits, Yamamura Kikuko seized the opportunity to ask, "So, are we still going?"

But Enma Ai still seemed unwilling to give up: "Go! I must go!"

Kikuko Yamamura tentatively asked again, "Shall we wait until tonight?"

For Kikuko Yamamura now, the best course of action is to stall for time, hoping that the other party might give up by nightfall.

However, Enma Ai still insisted, "No, let's start now, before the sun has fully risen. We're only getting sunburned because we're on the mountain."

Seeing that Enma Ai was so insistent, Yamamura Kikuko didn't know what to say. However, at that moment, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Kikuko Yamamura leaned close to Ai Enma's ear and said, "By the way, have you heard? Those wicked humans have actually opened an abandoned shrine in Tokyo."

"Ara-shrine, what's the problem?" Enma Ai removed her hands from her face, which had now regained its roundness.

Kikuko Yamamura nodded and said, "Of course there's a problem. Don't you know that the Ara Shrine is the 'false god' worshipped by those divine messengers?"

Enma Ai looked up, her eyes pleading, and asked, "You mean..."

Kikuko Yamamura said decisively, "Yes, what I mean is, before it's fully light, let's launch a surprise attack on the Ara Shrine, cause some damage, and give those guys a good beating."

Upon hearing this, Enma Ai immediately perked up: "Then let's go!"

Kikuko Yamamura: "Okay!"

……

……

It was 6 a.m.

It was just dawn.