Chapter Seventy-Three: Moonfall (Part 7)
"Thank you for your attention, thank you enough!" "The soul demon jealous stood at the door of the shrine, his back to the sunset, and bowed to the house, "Then, I'll leave here!"
"I'll come back next time, so remember to prepare a delicious meal!" Yuyuko said with a smile as she waved her hand. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"That's a must, okay!" Nalan Yu's lower body was buried in the quilt, his upper body was on his side, facing the door, and he said loudly, "Hey, youji! don't forget to come over on time to get beaten in the future!"
"Your Excellency Nalan, please become a Buddha on the spot, thank you!"
"Alright, alright, you two!"
Shuo Yue, who was sitting opposite Nalan Twilight, smiled bitterly and waved her hand, interrupting the bickering of the elementary school student, and said to the two people at the door:
"It's not too early, let's leave as soon as possible, it's not safe in the evening in this area." ”
"Don't worry too much, with my soul and monster jealous, I will not let the flow of youkai touch a finger of Lord Yuyuko. ”
"I think so, anyway, be careful on the road!"
"Thank you for your concern, see you another day!"
After saying goodbye, Youji gently closed the main entrance of the shrine, turned around, and walked towards the setting sun with Yuyuko.
The place where they were going was the resting place of the dead, and from here they traveled westward, and then climbed the white jade staircase that only the dead could tread.
The two walked for hours on the animal paths in the woods, until the sunlight was completely gone. Originally, they still had to walk a few more miles to reach the gate of the underworld, but Youji suddenly stood in the forest and stopped Yuyuko behind him.
"Yuyuko-sama......"
"Ah, I already feel it, that frenzied death. ”
Yuyuko said, magically pulling out a folding fan from her sleeve that smelled of incense, and unfolding it to cover her mouth and nose in order to filter out the growing stench.
And Youji also pulled out the treasure knife and held it horizontally in front of him. His half-spirit circled the two of them, alerting them to the movements around them.
Moments later, just as they had expected, dark shadows emerged from the depths of the woods, their hairy forms reflected in the faint moonlight. Youji counted them roughly, and estimated that there were more than thirty pairs of red-glowing eyes staring at the two of them secretly. He clenched the long knife in his hand, tensing his muscles, and thanks to the battle with Nalan Twilight during the day, he was in good shape now.
The owners of those eyes certainly won't be satisfied with looking at their prey. At a certain moment, either because the demon was slightly relaxed, or because the patience had been worn away, the black shadows moved.
More than thirty black-haired giant wolves, with bloody eyes in them, rushed out of the shadows and pounced towards the two of them. These wolves are unusually large, with the largest of them reaching up to three meters in length. Their eyes have long since lost the aura of living creatures, only the turbid killing intent remains, and the open mouth is lined with white sharp teeth, and between the teeth there are already rotten pieces of flesh, and every breath is inaudible.
Facing the wolves that surrounded him, Youji didn't even raise his head, and swung a knife horizontally, sweeping out a crescent-shaped sword qi. The black wolves running in front didn't even have time to scream before they were cut in half by the invisible blade from mouth to tail, and their shells and internal organs were scattered all over the place, no longer moving.
His half-spirit stood in front of Yuyuko, and with his slender tail, he performed the exact same move, cutting down a row of wolves that pounced on him.
"Hehe, vent all your resentment against Nalan Twilight on these puppies, jealousy. Yuyuko looked at the demon behind him with the corner of her eye, and said with a light smile.
"What are you talking about, Yuyuko-sama?" the jealous face did not change, "I am just fulfilling the duties of the court master, and my personal feelings have long been put out of the balance. ”
"Youji is still the same as when I was a child, and I am not frank at all!"
Talking and laughing, but Youji and his half-spirit have not been idle for a moment. With these two sentences back and forth, more than a dozen vicious wolves have died under his sword. As a result, the number of wolves is already less than half.
"It's not that it's not frank, it's one thing to compete with Nalan Twilight, and it's another thing to protect the safety of Yuyuko-sama, and the two have nothing to do with each other, so why deal with the anger of one thing?"
"Wow, I'm starting to talk about some big truths in a serious way, it's so annoying!"
Yuyuko closed her eyes, covered her ears, and shook her head and shouted "I don't listen", like an awkward little girl.
For this situation, Youji was also very helpless, so he had to take back the life experience he had already made up in his belly, and cut off the beast with his head. The remaining ten or so wolves did not survive more than ten seconds under the light of his sword, and all of them died, and none of them survived.
"Lord Yuyuko, the demons have been eliminated and you can continue on your way. Youji took the sword back into its scabbard and turned to Yuyuko.
There wasn't even a drop of blood on the knife, so he didn't need to wipe the blood, so he just took it back.
"Don't you have a little curiosity, these big wolves, but you've never seen them before!" Yuyuko said as she crouched down and stabbed the wolf's corpse with a twig she had picked up out of nowhere.
"There is no need to be curious, and wherever these beasts come from, they are worldly troubles that have nothing to do with us. ”
"But, I've never seen a wolf demon! The number is still so large! I always feel like there's some conspiracy behind it......
No matter how much she stabbed it, the dead wolf couldn't move again, and Yuyuko, who was bored by it, began to draw circles on the ground.
"Lady Yuyuko, in my opinion, it's better to hurry as soon as possible. The tone of the monster is still very steady, not raising or suppressing, "If the wolf blood on the ground attracts other monsters, it will be endless." ”
"Yes......"
Yuyuko nodded, threw the branch aside, stood up, clapped her hands and said:
"Then let's go home first, and talk to them about it next time we come to the shrine. ”
"That's not going to happen!"
A deep male voice suddenly came from the void, echoing among the trees. When the demon jealous heard this, the sword was unsheathed, and as soon as he stood in front of him, he was ready for battle. His half-spirit still floated beside Youyuzi, half a step away.
"Who's coming, show up quickly!" he shouted into the depths of the forest.
"You two, become my 'power'!"
It was the same voice again, ethereal, as if it came from far away, and the words were clear but like the sound of the ear. Listening to the voice alone, Youji couldn't tell the other party's direction at all, so he gathered his whole body to meet the surprise attack from any direction.
"Ice-free?"
"Upper!"
Youji shouted, raised his hand and slashed at the top of his head, and connected the six cone-shaped icicles that fell at high speed into a straight line, clean and neat.
The ice pick was sliced open by his blade, first in half, then into countless ice crystals, and when it touched the ground, only crystal dust remained.
"Awesome, monster!"
Yuyuko admired the jealous sword skills, and with a flick of the paper fan, a piece of ice mist shining with silver light was spilled, which looked particularly beautiful in the moonlight.
"The small skill of carving insects is not enough. ”
After saying this, the demon raised his long knife and pointed at the woods, shouting:
"Coward, do you dare to come out and fight me?"
Maybe it was because the agitation had worked, or maybe it was because the sneak attack was pointless, and in a short time, the man who was behind the scenes had directed all this appeared from the shadows.
The man had long hair and a shawl, and was all black, except for a white mask hanging from his face, which shone brightly under the moon. Slowly, step by step, he paced out of the shadows of the trees, unleashing the anger of his body without reservation.
It was only now that Youji finally noticed the existence of this man. Where he was hiding before, why he was able to escape the spiritual vision of the half-spirit, the answers to these questions, the demon jealousy does not know.
He only knows one thing:
"This guy is a master. ”
"Spirits, monsters. The man stood directly across from the jealousy and said slowly, "I admit you're a formidable warrior. That's why you're eligible to join us. ”
Youji held the knife in both hands, looked straight ahead, and thought about how to cut off this person's head with a knife, but opened his mouth and asked:
"What do you mean by that?"
"Join us!"
With a loud roar mixed with multiple abnormal sounds, the man suddenly burst out in front of Youji. His body exuded an ominous black aura, and he looked like a wraith. And the strange white mask was against the tip of the knife at this time.
Youji's heart shook slightly, of course, it was only a moment. He quickly adjusted his mindset and confirmed two facts:
For one, he failed to capture the trajectory of the other party's movements.
Second, he can't wield a knife now.
The distance between the other party and the blade is zero, and the position he is standing in seems to be extremely dangerous, but it is actually the safest. The reason is simple, in this state, there is no room for Youji to swing a knife.
Pressing the blade down directly is not powerful, and if you raise your hand and wave the knife, it will expose the flaw.
The current situation of the monster can be described as a dilemma.
Fortunately, the other party did not take this opportunity to pursue, if he had the intention of doing so, then the demon jealousy would be very uncomfortable.
It's not good news, and the fact that he can easily pass up this opportunity means that he can easily create more similar opportunities. In this regard, the monster must be mentally prepared in advance.
The man took two steps back, then arrogantly announced:
"Be one of us, and I will give you supreme power!"
"Jealous ......"
Yuyuko tugged at the hem of her blouse, her voice tingling with concern.
Youji didn't understand what she was worried about. Was he worried about his safety, or was he worried that he would betray her?
Either one, it's so ridiculous.
Youji turned his head, smiled at the girl behind him, and then faced straight ahead, and shouted categorically, word by word:
"I refuse!"
Rejection is rejection, three words, subject predicate, reason or something, no need.
"Really?" the masked man's voice didn't waver, he had clearly expected this.
"Well, whether you accept it or not, it's impossible to get out of here alive. ”
"I also refuse this proposal!"
Youji took a step forward, his heart open and fearless.
He didn't intend to die here, nor did he intend to leave Yuyuko's side.
What he needs to do, what he intends to do, and what he should do, is only chopping.
"It doesn't matter who you are, let's cut it off!"
Youji raised his knife and strode towards the enemy.