I don't want to be a heroic spirit

Zhuduo looked at Nura Rikuo and said in a deep voice, "Everyone is fighting desperately, why are you still wasting time here? Where is Yuanchao?"

"I've killed Yuanchao. The battle is over. We won... But none of that matters. How did you kill Limbo?"

Nura Rikuo grabbed his hair in panic, almost pulling out a few strands of his long, flowing hair. "He's not an enemy! Why did you and Qing Tianfang attack him right away?"

"Ah? Not an enemy?"

Qingtianfang looked bewildered.

"...Is this true? Lu Sheng, you're not being deceived, are you?"

Zhuduo blinked blankly, then thought for a moment and said seriously, "This guy doesn't look like a good person at all, does he? The undisguised and terrifying malice in him makes me subconsciously want to escape. If I hadn't heard you describe Yuan Chao, I would have thought he was the one who planned all this... And I only killed him after seeing Qingtianfang take action."

"Huh? So it's still my fault?!"

Qingtianfang was a little panicked.

For Aotabo, Nura Rikuo is the young master, the leader, and the future lord of the One Hundred Demons Night Parade, so Aotabo has absolute trust in Nura Rikuo. So when Nura Rikuo said that Ashiya Doman was not an enemy, Aotabo believed it immediately.

But Zhuduo is different. To him, Nura Rikuo is both a comrade-in-arms who can be trusted and a student who has not yet gotten rid of his immaturity. After all, he has witnessed with his own eyes how Nura Rikuo has grown from not being able to use fear at the beginning to what he is now. So he will not completely believe what Nura Rikuo says, and will still make his own judgment. He will always subconsciously look for the immature aspects of Nura Rikuo and reprimand him in person.

"But Limbo is really not an enemy! On the contrary, he has helped us a lot!"

Nura Rikuo quickly explained, "Not only did he prevent Yuanshio from escaping, giving me the opportunity to kill him, but he was also the one who helped us eliminate so many enemies... Although he certainly doesn't look like a good person."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qingtianfang and Zhuduo looked at each other... Did they really kill their own allies by mistake?

"Mmmmm... Thank you Nura Rikuo for speaking up for me. I'm really touched... If you could remove that unnecessary word at the end."

When this voice sounded, everyone present shuddered. Qingtianfang and Zhuduo quickly ran to Nura Rikuo, their eyes full of vigilance.

"Mmmmmm... Please don't stare at me like I've seen a ghost. I'll burst out laughing in triumph, hehehehe!"

Under the vigilant or terrified gazes of the crowd, Ashiya Doman, who was thought to be dead, stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, then picked up the head that had fallen to the ground with his toes, reached out and grabbed it and pressed it on his broken neck.

"Poor monk! A glorious resurrection! How about some thunderous applause?"

As he spoke, Ashiya Doman clapped his hands to himself, but seeing that no one else reacted, he could only shrug and explain, "I am just a shikigami here, so you can do whatever you want to this body. I won't die anyway, so I don't mind at all."

"God formula?"

Qing Tianfang touched his chin and muttered to himself, "Yin Yang magic?"

"Yes! My technique is invincible—yes!"

Nura Rikuo and others have complicated feelings about the existence of Onmyoji.

On the one hand, during the battle against the Kyoto monsters led by Yuyuko, they fought alongside the Hanakaiin family, so they could be considered allies.

On the other hand, their current biggest enemy, Abe Haruaki, is also an Onmyoji.

However, although Ashiya Doman looked like a villain like a troublemaker, it was true that he helped them, so they had no choice but to accept him... for the time being.

Because of Ashiya Doman's move of Fumo Gochuji, almost all the monsters of the Hyakumonogatari group in Tokyo were wiped out, and the leader Yuanchao was also killed by Nura Rikuo himself.

However, before his death, Yuanchao also left many problems for Nura Rikuo and his group... such as the fear that the Nura group had lost in this land, the people who died in this turmoil, and the people's malice towards Nura Rikuo...

And now, the dawn is about to rise and the light of victory is about to appear.

"Boom!"

Oikawa Hirayari lost her balance and almost fell, but Nura Rikuo raised his hand to catch her.

"Master Lu... Master Lu Sheng!"

Her shoulders felt the warmth from Nura Rikuo's palm through her sleeves, and blushes appeared on Iikawa Bingli's cheeks.

But Nura Rikuo didn't have the time to care about these things at all.

"what happened!"

"Is there an earthquake?"

"Damn it! Did Yuanchao do something again?"

It can be seen that they have all been psychologically traumatized by Yuanshio's various disgusting methods. Whenever something happens, they think it is Yuanshio's doing, even if Yuanshio has just been killed by Nura Rikuo himself.

This shows that Yuan Chao is quite good at causing trouble.

However, this time it really wasn't Yuanchao who did it... although it does have some connection.

The earth was shaking and trembling, as if something huge was about to break through the ground and drill out.

"Roar--!"

The earth cracked, and from the cracks gushed out like magma, a resentment so pure that it could change the sky.

“I can’t see anything…! I can’t hear anything…!”

"Damn it... Nura Clan! I... will not be destroyed!"

It is a deformed, twisted existence, without a physical body, and it only relies on resentment to move.

Breaking through the ground, it crawled out from underground like a moth breaking out of its cocoon, or like a demon crawling out of hell.

Countless pieces of rubble and dust fell from its body, and its bloated body could easily crush buildings.

"What the hell is that!"

Looking at the huge black shadow in the distance that was constantly sprinkling the mud of resentment, Nura Rikuo's face was solemn.

Although he didn't know what that thing was, Nura Rikuo could see that... that thing was very, very bad!

"The Demon King Yamamoto Gorozaemon."

Nulang Lusheng jerked his head and looked behind him. Ashiya Michiman smiled and continued, "That was the true leader of the Hyakumonogatari Group, killed by your father three hundred years ago. To resurrect himself, he even reached a cooperation with Abe Haruaki in Hell, allowing Yamamoto's [Left Eye] to help Yuyuko give birth to Abe Haruaki again."

"Why do you know..."

Nura Rikuo subconsciously wanted to ask the other party why he knew all this, but when he thought about it carefully, these were not the key points.

No matter what that thing is, no matter what it wants to do... Nura Rikuo will never allow anyone to destroy this place!

What's more, that thing seemed to be heading towards the location of the Nura clan's main family!

Nura Rikuo and others immediately chased after them, but Ashiya Doman was not worried about them at all.

Because...it was he who resurrected the demon king Yamamoto Gorozaemon.

He placed Yamamoto's [brain] into the body prepared by Yuanchao's vision, and used the fear collected in the "Tea Pot of One Hundred Demons" as fuel to "revive" it.

However, although Yamamoto Gorozaemon was successfully resurrected, all of his physical bodies that had transformed into monsters were killed. Although the demon king Yamamoto Gorozaemon was much larger than he was three hundred years ago, Ashiya Doman could see that he was just a showpiece, and even the current Nura Rikuo could kill him.

And this is the effect that Ashiya Doman wanted.

"The demon king who brought disaster, and the hero who slew the demon king at dawn, if I can use this opportunity to spread the word a little, I can minimize people's ill will towards Nura Rikuo. Mmmmm... I am worthy of being your name. Only a versatile monk like you can arrange everything to perfection. It's a pity that no one knows my good intentions... The position of behind-the-scenes hero is really not something a person should hold. Being the mastermind behind the scenes suits me better and brings me more joy. Huhuhuhu!"

The demon king Yamamoto Gorozaemon who walks through the city is like the big monster in the Ultraman movie set. He can cause a big earthquake with a move, collapse buildings with a wave of his hand, and generate terrible resentment that is enough to curse ordinary people with a roar.

People kept dying. Some were crushed to death by collapsed buildings, some fell to their deaths from cracks in the ground, and some were crushed to death by the sound waves caused by the roar of the demon king Yamamoto Gorozaemon.

But in fact, this "doomsday scene" was specially presented to Nura Rikuo and others. Those dead people were all Ashiya Doman's Shikigami. Ordinary people had been dispersed by Ashiya Doman in advance, and not a single one was left.

And because there are only a limited number of Shikigami, some Shikigami will change their appearance and role after they "die" and continue to play in another place.

"After all, extras are also very important. Without the background board to set the atmosphere, the audience's emotions will not be lifted. It's the same as if there weren't enough extras to play the zombies, there would be no sense of despair in the zombie crisis."

What happened next was just as Ashiya Doman had expected. Nura Rikuo unleashed his true strength and killed the resurrected demon king Yamamoto Gorouzaemon.

It is a skill called "Ghost Entanglement", a move in which the leader of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons combines with his subordinates. The subordinates entrust their fear to the leader, and the leader attaches the subordinates' fear to his weapons and launches a strong attack with power several times greater than the original.

It seems to have been invented by Nura Rikuo's father, Nura Koihan. It is said that only a hybrid of human and monster can use this trick.

Nura Rikuo was able to kill the demon king Yamamoto Gorozaemon with one blow after engaging in a ghostly entanglement with Iikawa Hyourei.

Naturally, Ashiya Doman recorded all of this, and these are all evidence proving that "Nura Rikuo is a hero, not a disaster"!

Of course, Ashiya Doman was not stupid enough to think that he could shut everyone up with this. There will always be people in this world who will jump out to sing a different tune or show off their own stupidity. There are such fools in every era, but the Internet gives them the opportunity to get together.

Ashiya Michiman only needs to lead a mainstream or general direction. After all, human beings are inherently blindly obedient. Most of the time, they don't care about the truth at all. They just want to find a reason to vent their emotions. Of course, reasons are just random. They don't care whether their actions will hurt some people. After all, so many people have done it, and it is impossible for them to specifically choose one of them.

550

Chapter 550 Why is Ibaraki Douji a man?

Abe Haruaki, the most outstanding Onmyoji in Japanese history, was active in the middle of the Heian period. His father was the human Abe Yoshizai and his mother was the monster Yuyuko, so Abe Haruaki was half human and half monster.

Thousands of years ago, humans and monsters occupied the day and night respectively. During the day, Abe Haruaki was a trusted Onmyoji who could control the situation in the world. At night, he was the king of the night, commanding the demons and ruling over all monsters.

Therefore, Abe Haruaki believed that as long as he was alive, order would not collapse and the world would not fall into chaos. He believed that as long as he was alive, this world would one day become a utopia, so he spent a lot of energy studying methods to achieve immortality and prolong life.

Until one day, a high-ranking official believed the rumor that "eating the liver of a white fox can make you immortal", so he sent people to kill Abe Haruaki's mother, Yuyuko, and took Yuyuko's corpse to Abe Haruaki's face, asking him to make it into an elixir of immortality. Abe Haruaki, who was completely disappointed with humans, angrily killed the high-ranking official and his men.

"Humans are foolish. They arbitrarily destroy the balance between humans and monsters and invade the monster territory. If left unchecked, they will become complacent. Sooner or later, this beautiful world will perish because of human stupidity."

With this idea in mind, Abe Haruaki decided not to maintain the balance between humans and monsters, but to let monsters dominate humans, create a paradise that belongs only to monsters, and plunge the world into eternal night.

Later, Abe Haruaki mastered the perfect "art of returning souls", which was to let his mother, Yuyuko, give birth to him again, forming a perfect "reincarnation circle".

This led to the subsequent connection between Yuyuko and the Nura family.

In order to successfully give birth to Abe Haruaki, Yuyuko searched everywhere for high-quality raw liver and captured Yingji, the woman that Nurarihyon liked, but was finally killed by Nurarihyon.

Afterwards, Yamamoto's [left eye] controlled Nurarihyon's wife, Yamabuki Otome, causing her to kill Nurarihyon. In endless despair and regret, Yamabuki Otome became the body of the reincarnated Feathered Fox.

Not long ago, Yuyuko successfully gave birth to Abe Haruaki in Kyoto. Abe Haruaki, who had changed his name to Nue, pushed his mother Yuyuko into hell and became the final boss.

Because they had just been resurrected and their new bodies still had some flaws, Abe Haruaki spared the protagonists Nura Rikuo and the others. Perhaps he felt that he could destroy Nura Rikuo and the others at any time, and it was not worth damaging his perfect body for this.

Afterwards, Abe Haruaki temporarily returned to hell to bathe and cleanse his body in order to make his body perfect in the shortest possible time.

“Almost…almost…”

"Soon, I will be able to...restore true order to this world."

He believed that as long as he could return to the human world, his ideal world would be completed in his hands and the chaos would be ended because of him.

And on this day…for some reason, he always felt that there was some noise outside.

Because he was a little concerned, he stopped bathing and stood up naked from the black water. His long golden hair looked out of place in this hell filled with the darkness of sin and the fire of past karma.

His men were guarding outside, so he planned to ask what was going on.

……

Back then, after Abe Haruaki pushed his mother, Yuyuko, into hell, a split occurred among the Kyoto monsters.

Some of them believed that Yuyuko would come back sooner or later, so they stayed in Kyoto to guard Yuyuko's body. Others were impressed by Abe Haruaki's strength and followed him into the gate of hell.

However, in addition to these Kyoto monsters, Abe Haruaki also subdued many of the native inhabitants of hell during his thousand years in hell - the evil spirits living in hell.

"Black Blade Mountain... is it really gone?"

Behind him stood a group of evil spirits from hell, and the half of Ibaraki Douji's face that was not covered showed a hint of surprise.

The Black Blade Mountain he mentioned is a large mountain range composed of obsidian sword peaks. The environment is so harsh that even the evil spirits in hell would be deterred.

Although his knowledge of hell was not as familiar as that of the evil spirits in hell, Ibaraki Douji had seen the Black Blade Mountain and even slashed at it with a sword. After witnessing its terrifying hardness, he left in disappointment.

So, when he heard the evil spirit say that Black Blade Mountain had disappeared, his first reaction was disbelief and he thought it was ridiculous.

It was not until he brought some evil spirits here to check it out that he realized that they were not lying and Black Blade Mountain had really disappeared completely.

The Black Blade Mountain has existed since before these evil spirits from hell gained consciousness, but now it has suddenly disappeared without a trace, which makes Ibaraki Douji somewhat concerned.

"It's really concerning... really annoying..."

Ibaraki Douji looked back at the evil spirits behind him, then looked at the endless red land in front of him and thought for a while.

"This hell is filled with a disgusting smell of oil and blood... Forget it, let's go in and take a look. I don't understand why I always have to do this..."

Despite complaining constantly, Ibaraki Douji still decided to go in and investigate, and then he took the initiative to take a step forward.

However, at this moment, a burning hostility enveloped Ibaraki Douji's body. The majestic momentum, comparable to a natural disaster such as a volcanic eruption, made his face change drastically, and he quickly withdrew and hid to the side.

The next moment, a scarlet meteor fell from the sky, and the moment it hit the ground, it rolled up a huge wave of fire. The evil spirits from hell who had no time to dodge did not even have time to wail before they turned into ashes and disappeared in the wind.

Even though he had already made an evasive move, the heat wave still made Ibaraki Douji feel uncomfortable.

He was surprised by the power of the flames and angry at the humiliation of having to dodge, but he didn't care at all about the evil spirits from hell that were destroyed.

With a murderous tone in his voice, Ibaraki Douji roared into the flames: "Who are you? How dare you attack me!"

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?"

In the crimson flames, a petite figure gradually became clear, and a childish but arrogant voice passed through the flames and reached the ears of everyone present.