How did I, an Onmyoji, become the Lord of Yokai?

Looking at the locations marked on the map, the young students roughly estimated the distance between the two sides and then quickened their pace.

The situation in the surrounding cities made him even more worried about the nearby villages.

The city has many Onmyoji protecting it, but the village does not.

After walking for another two or three hours, the young students finally crossed the sphere of influence of Heian-kyo.

However, the moment he stepped out of Heian-kyo's sphere of influence, Shimizu Asahi suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"This is....."

A hint of doubt appeared in the eyes of the young student.

He sensed that the atmosphere around him had changed... like ripples suddenly appearing on a calm lake, a faint air of irritation had appeared.

"How strange, I haven't sensed this aura along the way... Is it because of the barrier of Heian-kyo?"

Asaka Shimizu looked back at the empty road and thought to himself.

After standing there for a moment and thinking, the young student finally shook his head and decided to complete the task first.

......

Two or three hours later, Shimizu Asahi once again compared the distance between himself and the village, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Coming.

What would normally take a day was covered in half a day thanks to his expedited travel.

He put away the map and continued walking. But just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew from afar.

The smell of flames drifted on the wind into Qingshui Chaoyang's nostrils.

Subconsciously twitched his nose, and the young student frowned. Why did this burning smell suddenly appear?

Moreover, the smell seems to be coming from the other side of the village...

For no apparent reason, a bad feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.

......

At this very moment, a village not far away is being ravaged by a sudden fire.

After a day's work, the villagers returned to their homes to prepare for a happy dinner.

But just then, a crimson flame suddenly burst forth from one of the houses.

The crimson flames ignited the entire house with unimaginable, terrifying heat, and, as if possessing a mind of their own, they quickly spread from one house to another as soon as they set fire to it.

The raging fire devoured several houses in the blink of an eye, and by the time the villagers realized what was happening, the fire had already engulfed the entire village.

Thick smoke covered the sky, and flames devoured everything. The villagers who ran out of their houses looked at the terrifying flames that rose several meters high and showed expressions of panic and fear.

"Quickly, put out the fire!"

The villagers' roars echoed amidst the raging fire.

The villagers who had run out of the well brought everything they could find to hold water and frantically drew water from it to put out the fire.

However, the fire was too fierce, and drawing water from the well was too slow, making it impossible to extinguish the fire.

No, perhaps it should be said that the villagers' firefighting efforts not only failed to achieve their goal, but actually had the opposite effect.

—As if provoked, the fire burned even more terrifyingly!

"No, it's no use, it can't be saved, the village is doomed!"

Watching their house burn to ashes, a villager uttered a pessimistic and despondent voice.

"This little bit of water is not enough to put out the fire. We'd better run, or we'll all be burned to death."

"Run! The house is almost completely burned down, and the fire is spreading rapidly. Let's run!"

The negative emotions quickly spread to the other villagers, and many people gave up fighting the fire and tried to escape.

However, some villagers were still frantically trying to put out the fire.

"No, we can't give up! There are still people inside! Put out the fire!"

"My child, my child is inside! Fire! Fire!"

Their relatives and children are still inside the house. They are waiting for me to come and save them. I can't leave!

In an instant, the sounds of villagers fleeing in panic, screaming in terror, and crying out rang out continuously. These sounds mingled with the roar of the flames, as if playing a symphony for this tragedy.

However, the lamentation was not over yet.

Some villagers who had given up fighting the fire began to flee. Although the fire was spreading, it did not block the escape routes.

They still have a chance to escape.

The fleeing villagers ran toward the only exit, and soon one of them reached it.

But just then, crimson flames surged in from the side, engulfing the exit passage and swallowing the villager along with it...

"H-How could this be!?"

Seeing the blocked passage, the remaining villagers felt a sense of despair. Their only way out was blocked, and what awaited them was to be consumed by flames!

......

As the villagers struggled, wailed, roared, and gave up in the raging fire, a terrifying banshee, two meters tall with a ferocious face and fiery red hair, was watching this hellish scene unfold high above the village.

She spread her arms wide and screamed like a madwoman.

"Hahaha, that's right, that's exactly it!"

"Burn! Burn! Burn all of humanity and everything it has created!" Chapter 45, Section 45, Qingnvfang

Above the raging flames, the red-haired banshee laughed loudly.

Its ugly and ferocious face was flushed as if it had reached the peak of pleasure.

It was excited... The villagers' wails and roars of fear were constantly pleasing it.

The melodious wails and beautiful roars, the desperate cries that it couldn't resist, captivated it.

This monster belongs to the Gao Nu clan and is a terrifying monster that can control fire and transform into flames.

They were born out of human resentment and harbor extreme disgust and hatred towards humans. Therefore, most of the Gao women are enemies of humans.

Looking at the chaotic scene below, Gao Nu greedily craved it, as if she were enjoying some rare delicacy.

"Yes, that's it! Let me hear it a little more, and shout it out louder!"

But then, the temperature suddenly dropped.

A chilling aura suddenly rose from the depths of the earth.

The chill froze the earth and spread upwards through the air, reaching the crimson flames in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, the raging flames were frozen, and in just a moment, the flames that had engulfed the entire village turned into ice sculptures.

Even the red-haired banshee didn't react in time!

“…”

“…”

The air was silent for two or three seconds before Gao Nu reacted when the chilling white aura reached her.

"Who?! Who dares to ruin my plans!"

A frenzied and furious roar exploded in the sky, making the already hideous face even more terrifying.

However, just as its roar began, a chilling sense of crisis suddenly appeared without warning.

The woman instinctively turned to the side, and the next moment, several ice blades carrying a chilling aura flew past her!

The tall girl who dodged the attack turned around and looked at the beautiful girl behind her with delicate features and light blue hair.

Its question was cold.

"Who are you!"

"..."

The blue-haired girl remained silent in the face of the tall girl's question.

Under the tall woman's gaze, she raised her arm, and then hundreds of ice blades appeared.

"You're not going to answer...? If that's the case..."

The woman growled in a low voice, her angry face displaying mockery and arrogance.

"You might as well die along with those humans!"

As the roar subsided, crimson flames erupted, transforming into a colossal wave that relentlessly devoured everything, hurtling towards the blue-haired girl.

At the same time, the blue-haired girl gently swung her slender arm down, and hundreds of ice blades she had condensed shot out!

The ice blade and the wave of fire collided in an instant—the outcome was unexpected.

The flames released by the tall girl were enormous and terrifying, seemingly capable of devouring the entire world, while the blue-haired girl's ice blades were ordinary and unremarkable, appearing to have little to no destructive power.

But it was this very ice blade that not only pierced through the terrifying waves of fire, but also instilled in the young woman the fear of death.

"!?"

The red-haired banshee opened her eyes wide and almost instinctively turned her body to the side.

However, the ice blade was too fast. Even though Gao Nu dodged at the first moment she sensed the danger, she couldn't completely avoid it—an ice blade pierced one of her arms!

The pain of the sharp blade tearing through flesh contorted Gao Nu's features, and a painful scream rang out in the sky.

"what!!!"

Seeing that her attack had worked, the blue-haired girl immediately pressed her advantage.

She waved her arm, and the surging demonic power immediately condensed in mid-air according to her will. Then, a huge ice pillar with a diameter of ten meters appeared.

The ice pillar fell from the sky, its massive form creating a terrifying pressure that crushed the tall woman, preventing her from escaping.

"You beast, you think you can kill me with such a paltry trick!"