Seeing the soldiers' menacing expressions, he already knew the answer.

The truth in his heart is certainly not as valuable as the five taels of gold in the hearts of these soldiers.

In an instant, the two sides were fighting like madmen.

Various spells and crossbow bolts flew everywhere.

Although the power of shikigami is very strong, they were originally designed to suppress monsters and have no special effect on humans. In addition, onmyoji are also mortals, so for a time the two sides were evenly matched.

"No killing! Charge through the gap immediately. If we kill, we'll have no way out. Once we break through, as long as we overthrow the mother fox's rule, we still have hope of reviving the family." Hidemoto Hanakain calmly directed his family to break through the encirclement.

The Onmyoji could only struggle on, hoping for a miracle.

Just when the two sides were locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.

A playful voice came from a tree in the distance.

"I thought only monsters would kill each other, but it turns out humans do too. Pretty boy, I find you quite pleasing to the eye. Want me to help you?"

The sound attracted the nearby soldiers and Onmyoji.

He was a handsome guy.

He lay lazily on the tree branch, a blade of grass between his teeth, his long hair combed back, with an air of nonchalance.

"Nurarihyon?" Hidemoto Hanakain frowned, but soon a smile appeared on his face: "It seems we've been driven to the brink. Joining forces with a yokai isn't such a big deal."

The general roared, "Kanakoin Hidemoto, you really did collude with the demons, and you even dared to frame our lord!"

This is a situation that's impossible to clear one's name even if one jumps into the Yellow River.

But if they can find a way to overthrow the mother fox's rule, they still have a chance of winning.

"But how are you going to get us out of here in this situation?" Hidemoto Hanakain asked, looking at Nurarihyon.

The slippery ghost extended a finger and gently pressed it to his lips: "A clear mirror and still water."

In an instant, Nurarihyon's body drifted away in the wind and vanished.

Not only Nurarihyon, but also the bodies of all the Onmyoji present slowly disappeared.

The general's face turned extremely grave. How was he going to go back and explain himself now? He had thought this was a cushy job, but he hadn't even managed to take a single head.

"That monster is called Nurarihyon, right? We can only report to the lord the truth: Hidemoto Kasakain colluded with Nurarihyon and has made a clean getaway."

Chapter 439: Kyoto in Chaos

In an abandoned ancient building, yokai and onmyoji are drinking together.

"I can never clear my name of colluding with demons now!" Hidemoto Kōken said with a helpless smile, holding a sake bowl in his hand.

It was already night, and the Onmyoji of the Keikain family never dreamed that one day they would be saved by a yokai.

However, neither of them liked the other.

After all, Onmyoji and Yokai can be considered natural enemies.

"I'm quite curious, why did you, who calls yourself the lord of demons and monsters, save me?" Hidemoto Hanakain looked at the handsome and domineering great demon, Nurarihyon, in front of him.

The Nura Clan is a yokai organization that suddenly rose to prominence a few years ago, with hundreds of executives and tens of thousands of yokai.

It can be said to be the largest monster organization outside of Kyoto.

Even the once-powerful far north and Shikoku were overshadowed by the Nura Clan.

"Don't overthink it. I just don't want to see someone as fun as you die at the hands of humans. If you die, who will I mooch off?" Nurarihyon said with a smile.

Actually, this wasn't the first time the two of them had met.

On his first day in Kyoto, Nurarihyon sneaked off to the Kakaiin family's house for a free meal.

He is probably the first person in history to go to an Onmyoji's house for a free meal as a yokai.

As a result, Hanakain Hidemoto was not angry at all, but instead treated him warmly.

The human and the demon unexpectedly got along well.

"What are you planning to do next? Are you going to rebuild your family?" Nurarihyon asked with a nonchalant attitude, casually holding out the bowl in his hand. The Yuki-onna next to him immediately filled the bowl with sake, her eyes full of love.

"After today's battle, the Keikain family has become the public enemy of the entire Kyoto. Both humans and yokai will hunt us down. There is only one way to turn the tide, and that is... to kill Hagoromo Gitsune." Keikain Hidemoto narrowed his fox-like eyes.

"Of course, I know that's unlikely. My most powerful technique is the Breaking Army, and trying to destroy Hagoromo Gitsune is simply a pipe dream. But if we can find an opportunity to seal her away, it might be possible. How about it? Should we join forces? I can return Kyoto to humanity, and once we defeat that mother fox, you will be the true lord of all demons and monsters, and no one will dare to question your position anymore," asked Hideyuki Kakaiin.

Nurarihyon scoffed, "Don't try to apply your human tricks to us yokai. I'm not going to be your obedient henchman. The moonlight is nice tonight, everyone should go out for a stroll and scare some people. After all, those annoying onmyoji are no longer around."

Hanakain Hidemoto shook his head helplessly.

They really have no sense of lawlessness, acting so brazenly on someone else's turf.

Nurarihyon is not fooled by his own words; it would be almost impossible for humans to defeat Hagoromo Gitsune on their own.

It's important to know that Hagoromo Gitsune is not only a great yokai who has lived for over a thousand years, but also the mother of Abe no Seimei, who is hailed as the greatest onmyoji of all time, and has an extremely deep understanding of onmyoji arts.

Rumor has it that she is protected by a powerful priestess.

In addition, there is an army composed of humans.

"It's obviously going to be a disastrous start. Looks like we can only wait for an opportunity." Hidemoto Hanakain tilted his head back and finished the wine in his cup.

I don't know when this opportunity will come.

Meanwhile, Nurarihyon Nurarihyon and his henchmen had already left.

Tonight, there's a magnificent light show in Kyoto.

The darkness was illuminated by the lights as if it were daytime.

Sakura looked longingly at the lights outside.

Because of her special abilities, she was treated as a cash cow by her father and had no freedom to go out at all.

"I wonder if Miss Yokai will come again tonight," Sakura murmured softly.

Sometimes she envied those monsters, who roamed freely in the world, much better than her, a canary in a cage.

"I don't know if Miss Yokai will come, but Mr. Yokai has already arrived."

A carefree voice came from behind her, and Sakura hurriedly turned around to see a handsome man lying on the windowsill, smiling at her.

Judging from the figure, this should be a monster, but what the monster is holding is his father's pipe.

Sakura felt a little flustered.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Nurarihyon. You can call me Nurarihyon." Nurarihyon introduced himself.

Then, he suddenly leaned over and carefully examined Sakura-hime.

"She's really a beauty up close! Would you like to marry me?" Nurarihyon asked in a serious tone.

"Huh?" Sakura-hime's big eyes were full of confusion.

He proposed to me on our first meeting? And the other person is a monster?

Although he is very handsome, but...

Nurarihyon had already closed in and grabbed Sakurahime's wrist.

Sakura instinctively drew the short sword hidden in her bosom and slashed at the back of the other's hand.

Nurarihyon was slightly taken aback, but then, the pressure inside his body poured out through the wound.

"Is this a demon sword? A sword made by an Onmyoji specifically for killing demons? That's very rare."

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you!" Sakura immediately activated her special ability to heal Nurarihyon's hand wound.

When I slashed that monster lady before, it wasn't this serious, was it?

"I like it even more now. Do you want to go see the lantern festival? I'll take you." Nurarihyon immediately started flirting.

Sakura blushed. She wanted to go, but the traditional moral codes she had been taught since childhood told her that she shouldn't go out with a strange man.

Before anyone could even agree, Nurarihyon had already grabbed Sakura and jumped out the window.

How smooth was this combo? How many girls could resist it? Sakura Hime resisted for less than five seconds before succumbing, softly leaning against Nurarihyon's chest.

However, Sakura-hime was completely unaware of the changes that had taken place in the city that day.

The Onmyoji have all been wiped out, and Kyoto is now in complete chaos.

As soon as the two left, an eye suddenly grew out of the cabinet next to them.

"Lord Hagoromo-Gitsune is truly a genius, for he even foresaw that Nurarihyon would later meet this girl. Excellent! Such a clever mother will surely give birth to an even more clever child. Lord Abe no Seimei, your birth is just around the corner."

Then the eye transformed into an old, ugly man named Ksitigarbha.

Although he appears to be Hagoromo Gitsune's subordinate, the one who truly smiles at him is Abe no Seimei.

Furthermore, Jizo can even influence Hagoromo Gitsune's mind with his demonic power, making him a rather terrifying and cunning old fox.

However, all he did had only one purpose: to bring the true lord of yokai, Abe no Seimei, into this world.

Chapter 440: What?! Lady Hagoromo Gitsune is trying to conceive!

At the lantern festival.

For the first time, Sakura-hime showed a smile befitting her age.

"Isn't your family very wealthy? Has your father never brought you to the lantern festival?" Nurarihyon asked curiously.

Sakura Hime was slightly disappointed: "Father has his reasons, and I can't force him to do anything."

“Having a dad like that must be tough,” Nurarihyon said thoughtfully. “Want to have a drink? To completely relax? I also want to introduce you to a lot of friends.”

Sakura's face flushed slightly. Weren't they moving too fast? Meeting each other's parents so soon? How many children would they have? Boys or girls? What would they name their children?

I have to say, girl, you fell for her way too quickly.

However, just as the surroundings were filled with laughter and joy, Nurarihyon suddenly felt a chilling coldness coming from ahead.

That was the purest form of killing intent.

He started from scratch and fought countless monsters along the way, but none of them possessed such terrifying killing intent.

Even he held his breath for a moment, staring straight ahead.

Although Sakura-hime couldn't sense any murderous intent, she could see that Nurarihyon's expression had changed, so she could only follow Nurarihyon's gaze.

In a daze, a white figure appeared in front of me.

The man had long silver hair, wore white clothes and a set of white armor, with a sword hanging at his waist. The scabbard was moon-white. He had faint waist lines on his face and was extremely handsome, a face that could not be found in the mortal world.

In terms of looks, Nurarihyon is indeed a handsome man, but compared to the person walking towards him, he seems to pale in comparison.

What's even more remarkable is the person's aura, which is as noble and aloof as if the moon goddess had descended to earth.

It makes people hesitate to even approach it.

The white figure walked right past the two of them without even glancing at Sakura.

Sakura-hime couldn't help but turn around and stare at the white figure.

Looking back suddenly, the person had already disappeared into the dim light.

Nurarihyon stared at Sakura with a resentful look: "Is he more handsome than me?"

Sakura blinked, and said somewhat awkwardly, "I think he's more handsome."

Nurarihyon scoffed dismissively.

However, the other party is not the kind of pretty boy who makes a living off his looks.

"Why are people from the Western Country here? Is that Sesshomaru? The legendary great demon, the son of Inu no Taisho? The current ruler of the Western Country?" Nurarihyon looked uneasily in the direction where Sesshomaru disappeared.

During this period, the Nura Clan's reputation had surpassed that of the Western Provinces.

After all, Inu no Taisho is dead, Sesshomaru has not yet reached his peak, Lingyue Xianji is indifferent to worldly affairs, and the Western Kingdom is currently in a period of decline. But as the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Even though the Western Kingdom is currently in a period of decline, no one dares to underestimate it.

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