The "battle between Oeyama and humanity" mentioned by the lamp-carrying monk should refer to the battle between Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Oeyama's crusade.
Therefore, it can be basically concluded that the legendary war between humans and ghosts should be real.
According to what the Countermeasures Room said, during the Heian Period when the power of the great power was active, Japan was an era of symbiosis between humans and ghosts.
It is speculated that the stage where humans and ghosts are active is in this world, or perhaps the current world and the eternal world are not as distinct as they are now. In that era, the two worlds may have a more convenient way to communicate with each other.
It was probably precisely because the existence of Dajiangshan in the present world endangered Kyoto in the human world at that time that the conflict broke out with the Minamoto family, which was guarding the human side.
After talking to the lamp-carrying monk, Kamiyagawa repeated his old tricks and continued to use soul crystals to throw stones to ask for directions, and asked several strange stories in the city that seemed to be relatively tame.
The information obtained is almost the same——
It is now certain that Minamoto no Yorimitsu's crusade did severely damage Oeyama's vitality. It directly led to the death of Tiger Bear and Shikuma among the Four Demon Kings in that battle. The status of Shuten Doji and Ibaraki Doji is unknown.
Haven't shown up for a long time.
Among the upper echelons of ghosts in Dajiangshan, only two people, Xing Xiong and Jin Xiong, are left struggling to support them, and they are the ones who talk things over on the surface of this monster force.
After experiencing the Yuan family's crusade, Dajiangshan most likely used some method to hide back in the ordinary world and lay dormant, and has only been revived now.
These are pretty much what Kamiyagawa can ask in the Youkai City, and this is the basic overview related to this force.
"Neither Shuten-douji nor Ibaraki-douji seems to have directly appeared in Oeyama's forces. Could it be that they no longer exist? But the ghost stories in this city seem to firmly believe that Oesan is still controlled by Shuten-douji.
The commander..."
Kamiyakawa was thinking and guessing in his mind.
Then he raised his head again, his pupils narrowed, and he looked towards the north of the city.
Now he was in the middle of the central axis of this big city, surrounded by strange and strange monsters of all shapes and sizes.
From the cracks in the stone bricks on the street, a cold ghostly aura constantly overflows, gathering ghostly mist on the ground, so thick that it flows past the feet like a stream. White and red paper lanterns in the sky are suspended out of thin air, floating up and down,
The pale or blood-red will-o'-the-wisp light is like a long slippery tongue hanging down from a high place, taking the trouble to lick everything around it.
Looking north from here, one can see the outline of a gorgeous palace in the distance through the layers of ghost fog and will-o'-the-wisps.
The palace is like a giant beast sleeping soundly, lying flatly in the northernmost part of the monster city.
Shen Gu stared intently, and could see that the top of the giant beast made of bricks, stones, and earth was filled with incalculable auras of ghosts and gods, twisting into a huge vortex that could not stop spinning. In the dark vortex, ferocious faces bulged out.
Dissipated again, roaring and roaring.
However, after unlocking the ability to perceive vision, this strange and terrifying sight was no longer visible.
"The overall aura of this monster city is very strange, and there must be something very special and powerful over there in the palace... This may be the reason why the monsters in Daejiang Mountain now believe that Shuten Douji is still leading them."
"The current situation is still not clear enough. If possible, I would like to explore inside that palace."
Just as Kamiya was thinking about and planning his next move, the strange rumors around him suddenly started boiling down.
A large number of sane ghosts crawled, ran or flew towards the east city.
"What is this doing?"
Kamiya, who stood quietly, was still outside the situation.
He looked around and saw the lantern-carrying monk who had first asked the question, stumbling past with the small lantern in his hand shaking.
"Hey, little monk with a lantern."
Kamiya, who had quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed the young monk by his collar and pulled him in front of him.
"Wow! Ah, ah...it's you again."
After the lamp-carrying monk saw clearly who the ghost talk was that was holding him back, he wasn't particularly panicked anymore.
After the simple contact before, he felt that this white, blurry and unclear ghost story was quite good.
After simply answering a few questions from him, I got more than thirty soul crystals from him.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Oh, you just got here, so you don't know. The arena, the arena is about to start."
The lamp-carrying monk did not ask for soul crystals from Kamiya this time. As an extremely weak monster, he would not be able to retain soul crystals if he had too many soul crystals. Otherwise, to other monsters in Dajiangshan, he would be like a moving monster.
Money bag, he exploded with gold coins in minutes.
"The arena?"
"Yes, Dajiangshan's General Arena. If you win a match, you will have the chance to become a captain of ten. If you can win consecutively, you can also become a ghost general!"
The lamp-carrying monk scratched the back of his bald head:
"It's because the arena is going to be held today that there are so many strange stories coming to the city. Even foreigners from places like Atago Mountain and Wakasa Bay from the surrounding areas will come to join in the fun. If you can fight, you can also try it. If you can be a
The ghost general can not only get a lot of soul crystals, but also... uh, a beautiful female ghost succubus as a reward. However, the arena is a bit dangerous."
"How dangerous?"
"There have been a lot of weird stories about people dying in the ring lately."
"oh."
Kamiya generally understood.
Pointing the generals in the arena seems to be a simple and crude way for the powerful forces to select "military talents".
Go on stage and compete, whoever has the bigger fist can get a position in the army of powerful forces.
Dajiangshan has recently made moves to expand into the surrounding areas, so it holds such point-of-competition competitions more frequently.
However, it is obviously a competition to select talents, but it seems that life and death fighting is allowed, which will definitely lose some monsters who can still fight, so this method is really primitive.
In comparison, Kamiya feels that his own power management method is much more civilized.
"I'm going to Dongshi!"
After the monk with the lantern answered the question, he hurried away with the paper lantern.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kamiya thought for a while and followed.
Click on the general arena. This sounds like a way to understand the battle strength of the country. It's not a bad idea to watch the excitement.
And...a beautiful female ghost and succubus.
I want to see how beautiful it is.
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The east side of Dajiangshan City.
There is an open space here, surrounded by a circle of hemp rope, and the exposed mud is full of pits. The ghostly aura flowing above the mud seems to have a more bloody smell than other places in the city.
This is the location where Dajiangshan City holds the general competition.
In the center of the open space, there is an old locust tree growing.
The crown of the tree is high, and the dense leaves are swaying like human hands.
From one of the thick branches, a white "rope" hangs down, and the end of the rope is connected to a large horse head.
The two round eyeballs on the horse's head were twitching, and from time to time it would make a roaring sound of "咴-咴-".
The white "rope" connecting the horse's head to the locust tree may be something like a trachea, and it is constantly moving along with the neighing of the horse's head.
This weird existence should be a monster named "Ma Chuitou".
In Japan, there is a kind of monster that will suddenly hang down from the trees. The things hanging down are all kinds of strange, such as human heads, horse heads, babies, bamboo baskets, tea bags, fishing bottles or a ball of fire, etc. There are legends about the falling monsters in each region.
Everything is different and has regional characteristics.
And "Horse's Head Hangs Down" tells the story of a horse's head hanging from a tree——
[In Okayama County, one night, a man was walking alone on the road. When he passed an old tree, there was no wind, but the branches kept rustling. The man felt strange, looked up at the tree, and saw that the tree was rustling.
A horse's head hung down from the top, and it screamed "咴-咴-".]
This horse with its head hanging down is not a monster participating in the fighting in the ring, but more like a host in the ring.
When Kamiya arrived here following the stream of ghost stories, he could see two other monsters in the open space, fighting each other to kill them.
As the battle became more intense, the horse lowered its head and roared more and more excitedly along with the monsters watching.
Soon, the battle in the arena was decided.
One of the monsters fell to the ground, and the audience burst into cheers or ridicule. The horse hanging on the locust tree lowered its head and neighed, exhaling violently from its mouth and nose, blowing its generous lips out of shape.
:
"Eh-Atagoyama Shiba Tengu wins!"
Mount Atago is located near the mountains of Mount Oe.
There is a legend of Tengu in that place, and "Shiba Tengu" can be regarded as one of the Tengu monsters.
The one on the stage is only about 1.4 meters tall, bald, and although there are a pair of wings on his back, the skin on his body is like an aquatic monster, covered with smooth scales.
The Shiba Tengu is originally a kind of monster that lives in the water, and it has some characteristics of both Tengu and Kappa.
"Atagoyama Shibatengu chooses to defend the challenge! Eh-" The horse hanging on the tree lowered its head and roared again.
"Ho ho ho!"
Hearing this, the crowd of monsters watching became filled with excitement and roared like a tsunami.
Dajiangshan's point-and-shooting ring rules do not pursue absolute fairness. The monster that wins the battle can choose to stay in the ring and directly face the challenge of the next monster.
Standing outside the field, Kamiyagawa quickly narrowed his eyes and looked up and down at the Shitengu who was showing off his power.
"It's probably at the D level, but definitely not C level anyway. It's much worse than the Karasu Tengu, and it's far less beautiful than my pups."
While he was observing, many of the demons onlookers had begun to make moves.
Kamiya thought briefly, pushed aside the group of demons in front of him, and strode into the hemp rope circle of the venue first.
Now that you’re here, why not try the local specialties?
Moreover, by personally experiencing Dajiangshan’s general arena, you can also get a rough feel for the strength of the monsters in this place.
"When the warriors enter the ring, tell them their names!"
Ma lowered his head and only glanced at Shen Gu before shouting loudly.
"Tokyo, Inujiro."
Kamiya's own name sounds like it belongs to a human being. Although ghost stories can also have human names, in order to avoid trouble, he chose to report his "real name" during his lifetime.
The real name of the dog is known only to the monsters who live under the same roof in the real world. Even the monsters in the ordinary world call it "Inugami-sama".
So there won't be any trouble.
Moreover, considering Kamiya’s vague appearance wearing the [Oni’s Leather Clothes], no one can doubt that he is a dog demon.
"Shitengu vs. Inujiro!"
The horse lowered its head and roared loudly again, making strange sounds of "咴咴".
Kamiyakawa walked to the center of the arena, glanced at the jubilant group of strange talkers, and then turned his attention to Shibaten.
Similarly, Shibatengu was also looking up and down at his new opponent.
This aquatic Tengu's force value is pretty good among Kaidans of the same rating, but its perception ability is not that great.
"Dog demon?" He raised his big red nose with slight disdain, and did not take Kamiya seriously.
Arrogance, perhaps all Tengu have this personality to some extent, even the Karasu Tengu of the Kamiya family is no exception. Being arrogant is not a bad thing, but being too arrogant can be arrogant.
Kamiya ignored his opponent and maintained his posture calmly.
Bow your legs, bend your waist, and hold the handle of the Ichimonji sword with your right hand.
The Shiba Tengu on the opposite side was holding a big sword and began to dance. Although it was a bit funny to dance with his extremely short stature, the sword was fast and flexible.
The figures were all mixed together with the light of the sword, and the leaves of the locust trees were falling and chopped into pieces before they even hit the ground.
Such exquisite and fancy skills actually caused the surrounding ghost stories to roar again.
"Um……"
Kamiya's pupils were condensed, and he maintained the starting stance of Iai Slash, and watched the Shiba Tengu sword dance for a while.
Then he released the scabbard with his left hand, flipped it over the hem of his clothes, and a sandalwood-red musket appeared in his palm.
No unnecessary movements, just raise the gun and shoot!
boom!
The muzzle of the musket erupted with tongues of flame, and howled like a banshee.
An unstoppable barrage of iron projectiles shot out.
The still proud Shiba Tengu finally came to his senses and danced with the airtight sword light in an attempt to kill the iron bullet.
But the speed of the bullet was much faster than him.
There was a "pop" sound.
The iron bullet directly penetrated the base of Shitengu's right wing.
Blood flowers bloomed, and the Shitengu fell to the ground after being hit.
He was quite fast, and he quickly grasped the handle of the knife and raised his head while on the ground.
But all he saw was that the white blurred ghost story had turned into an afterimage and rushed in front of him. The light long knife in his hand fell down, stirring up the ghost mist with the smell of blood on the ground, and then tore the mist into pieces.
The strange visual effect of space.
The dexterity of the sword is real and not flashy, but it carries terrifying power.
clang!
The swords clashed, making a crisp sound like iron being struck.
The Shiba Tengu only blocked the blow, and his short body was smashed out of the hemp rope circle of the ring like a broken sack.
Kamiyagawa's attacks were considered sparing, and none of the swords and spears were caught in the lightning spells, leaving Shitengu's life intact.
Otherwise, after these two rounds, the opponent can be easily defeated.
To this day, a D-level Kaitan can no longer be considered his opponent.
The outcome has been decided.
The Shiba Tengu hit the ground with a dull sound, but the onlookers all fell silent at the same time.
Even the horse hanging on the old locust tree lowered its head and opened its mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time.
This made the sound of the landing seem particularly harsh.
After a while, the horse-headed monster hanging on the tree finally reacted and shouted: "Inujiro, win!"
"Ho ho ho!"
The onlookers raised their arms and howled, and the shouts shook the entire city of Guitan.