The vine attacked the mountain, and Chijuro toes, and the whole person quickly crossed a distance of several meters like an arrow from the string, and the Japanese wheel knife in his hand slashed through the neck of a demon who was roaring with his mouth open.

"Silk—"

A soft sound like a drizzle sounded, and the demon's face became calm and gentle.

"Ryoko, maybe, I should have gone to accompany you a long time ago......"

It said so, and then vanished.

"Trait [Ghost Hunter] activates ......"

"Soul energy absorption...... Congratulations, you have received a slight increase in strength! ”

"Current attributes: Strength 14.5, Stamina 14.5, Agility 14.5, Spirit 12.5."

Stopping and putting the knife into the sheath, Chijuro exhaled helplessly.

In just two hours, he had slain 10 demons.

However, starting from the 9th one, the benefits of absorbing soul energy from the [Ghost Hunting] trait are no longer enough to increase the attribute value of 0.1.

It seems that if you want to accumulate attributes by hunting demons of this level, unless you use the amount to accumulate them, it is impossible to achieve it.

And want to rely on volume?

I'm sorry, but if there are so many ghosts in Fuji Raid Mountain, do you think there is no risk in killing evil spirits?

Just as Chijuro was thinking about how to improve his strength next, a violent explosion resounded in the sky.

"Boom!"

Endless firelight rose from the distance, and the raging flames formed a constantly rotating fire tornado.

In an instant, the brilliance was dazzling, dyeing the night into day!

This is?

Chijurou looked up and looked in the direction of the fire tornado.

Breath of Fire?

This is, Breath of Fire, Type Nine, Purgatory!

It is also an arcane sword technique that he has not yet grasped to use.

And in the vine attack mountain, there is only one person who can use the [Breath of Fire] except him.

Purgatory Kyojuro!

It's hard to imagine what a powerful demon it is to force Kyojurou to use the arcane sword technique.

It must be a ghost that is far more powerful than the hand ghost!

The appearance of the Type Nine means that the Purgatory Kyojuro is in a bitter battle at this moment.

Subconsciously, Senjuro wanted to move to check the situation, but he just took a step and stopped suddenly.

The place where the fire tornado appeared was very far away from where he was, outside the boundary of the vine attack mountain.

And now, he is performing the last link of his professional mission, and he can't take a step out of Fuji Mountain!

"Damn!"

With a low curse, Chijurou hurried to the border of Fuji Raid Mountain, which was closest to the fire tornado.

Even then, it was still a long way from the battlefield.

But it's better than doing nothing!

……

The wolf fled.

As one of the twelve ghost months, the second of the second string, the ghost of the ghosts, it actually fled in embarrassment in a battle with a teenager.

What a shame this is!

On the way to escape, it gritted its teeth: "Purgatory! Purgatory! Purgatory! ”

It also vividly remembers the red-haired man who brought deep shame to itself, the hateful man who defeated himself and kept saying "I'm tired, all these things I've worked so hard for are meaningless".

Now, the familiar figure from this memory reappears in front of me.

And himself, who desperately worked hard to be promoted to the ghost of the lower string for revenge, could only run away in embarrassment.

Damn it!

Damn it!

Damn!

The pain like the bite of ten thousand insects made the wolf's eyes dense with bloodshots, but deep in his pupils, there was lingering fear.

The fiery red figure, that terrifying sword technique, made him still frightened when he thought about it.

Breath of Fire, Type Nine, Purgatory, as the last type of [Breath of Fire], consumes a huge amount of physical strength in exchange for extreme explosive power.

In terms of power alone, among all the breathing sword skills, it is enough to rank in the top three!

With this blow, the musculoskeletal muscles of the wolf's whole body were destroyed in a large area, and even the small half of his head disappeared without a trace.

If it hadn't relied on the strong vitality of the oni's physique, it would have fallen on the spot.

Taking advantage of the short time when the human was breathing and regaining strength, and under the cover of the smoke and dust environment, it chose to flee in order to survive.

"Whew...... Call...... Whew......"

Not only after a while, but the wolf began to gasp.

It's been a long time, and since I've been promoted to the ghost of the lower string, I haven't experienced this feeling of physical exhaustion.

Damn it!

Suddenly, fleeing, it spotted a white-clad figure walking out of the trees in front of it.

It was a boy who looked to be only about ten years old with a knife on his back.

"Kid...... Food ......"

"Hahahaha!"

It grinned, and its deep, clawed hands grabbed forward.

As long as you eat this child and replenish your flesh and blood, you will be able to get rid of your tired state, and maybe you will be able to turn around and kill that abominable purgatory!

The distance of space is now empty in the eyes of the wolf.

Just as the claws were about to catch the boy, it saw a pair of eyes that looked like the sun!

……

Following the direction in which the fire tornado appeared, Senjuro sped forward, and in less than half an hour, he came to the boundary of Fuji Attack Mountain from the interior of Fuji Attack Mountain.

As he was hurrying, there was a violent sound of breaking the air in front of him, and a black shadow pounced on him with lightning speed.

The unprecedented threat of terror loomed over his heart, making Senjuro's hair stand on end.

Without hesitation, he followed his body's instinctive response and ran the breathing method as fast as he could.

A powerful breath came from his nose, and the crimson flames swept through the air with the swing of the blade.

"Breath of Fire, Type II, Rising Sky!"

The bottom-up slash was unleashed by Senjuro in less than a breath and slashed towards the oncoming black shadow.

The sudden flame sword light reflected the stunned face of the wolf.

Who would have thought that the seemingly weak little white rabbit on the side of the road turned out to be a fierce great white shark.

Caught off guard, it only had time to lower its arms to fend off the attack.

The next moment.

"Boom!"

Flames scattered in all directions.

A dark shadow was also repulsed, leaving a long trail on the ground.

"Hoo ......"

Exhaling slightly, it was only then that Senjuro had a chance to look closely at the attacking figure.

To his surprise, the attacking figure was not as hideous and terrifying as ordinary demons.

It was a middle-aged man with paper-looking skin and strange lines on his face.

He wore a tattered military hat and a cloak full of holes behind him, and what impressed Senjuro the most was the man's left eye.

In the center of the bloodshot eye is a pupil engraved with strange characters.

"Next...... Two? ”

What does this mean?

Senjurou looked puzzled.

In the limited memory of the predecessor, there is no relevant memory of these two characters.

However, since this ghost appeared in front of him and attacked, then, he had no choice but to fight!