Chapter 170 The Power of Faith

Chapter 170 The Power of Faith

Chapter 170 The Power of Faith
In front of a shrine, an eight-foot-tall, handsome man arrived, and behind him were corpses along the way.

Inside the shrine, an ugly ghost who was only four feet tall and had wrinkled skin was running around in a panic.

It wanted to run away, but someone didn't want it to run away.

The demon's eyes would occasionally glance at the two people who were drinking at the table. The two demon hunters who claimed to be from the Onmyoji Bureau restrained it as soon as they arrived and told it that they wanted it to be bait.

As for what it was fishing for, it knew it very well. It was those evil stars that had been fishing for recently. According to the information transmitted, they had already arrived nearby.

After killing for so long, people have discovered the pattern of their killing, which is that they only kill evil people and evil ghosts. As for how evil they are, the standard has not yet been determined, but the ghosts here know very well that they are definitely evil ghosts.
So it must be a must-kill target.

"Jijiki, stop hanging around and disturbing us while we're drinking. We'll kill you first."

A man who was drinking said angrily, as if he was disgusted by the ugly ghost that kept hanging around.

"Yes, Lord Shiraishi." Jifuki bowed his head and said respectfully, but secretly he was gritting his teeth.

If it weren't for them, would it be so worried?

The other man suddenly put down his glass and said, "Bai Shijun, it seems the prey has been caught."

"Oh?" Bai Shisi, who was about to pour the wine, stopped. The fighting spirit in his body turned and the smell of alcohol was immediately expelled. His face, which was originally a little red, immediately returned to normal.

He picked up the knife beside him and stood up and said, "Let's go, Kato-kun, let's meet this demon star."

Kato Kengo also picked up the magic sword beside him and stood up.

But before they reached the door, it fell down with a bang, and a dignified man walked in holding a long sword.

Shiraishi Tsukasa and Kato Kengo immediately recognized that this person was the target of their trip, Wu Song, the Star of Injury.

This kind of outstanding temperament is so easy to recognize.

"Impossible, how did you get through my Nine-Curve Fence Formation!" Kato Kengo was the first to shout in disbelief.

He stood up because he felt that his formation had trapped a powerful life form. That formation was his best formation, and even the master had to work hard to break it.

Wu Song had no interest in chatting. He took a look at them, and after confirming that they were killable, he chopped them down with a sharp knife.

"Back off, Kato!" Shiraishi Tsukasa swung his sword and slashed forward.

clang!
Bai Shisi held Wu Song's knife firmly.

This made Wu Song look at him in surprise. His clone was not even 30% as strong as his original body, so no one could stop it.

"The top demon hunter of the Onmyoji?"

His mind turned, and Wu Song swung his sword again.

In Bai Shisi's eyes, it was like a giant steel puppet swung down a sword, as if it could even split the mountain in half.

Bai Shisi was horrified and immediately swung his sword with all his strength to block.

Ding! Puff!

The knife directly cut off Shiraishi's knife and split him into two.

The blood splashed on Kato Kengo's face, but the warm feeling made Kato Kengo feel like he was falling into an icy cave.

Bai Shisi was a strong man who challenged a level over 700, but he was killed with one sword, let alone a slightly weaker person like him.

Without hesitation, Kato Kengo turned and fled, while in his heart he was screaming madly: "Damn it, damn it, how could he be so strong! This strength is enough to kill the Ghost King, but he only uses it to kill the big ghost!"

But before he could take a step, he felt a sense of weightlessness.

When he turned his head, he found that his lower body had fallen to the other side.

when?
Kato Kengo had no time to be surprised. He quickly took out a blood-colored talisman and burned it: "By the order of the Emperor, I command you to show up immediately, Hundred-Eyed Demon God!"

At the moment the blood talisman was burning, a knife cut off the talisman.

Looking at the talisman that was not completely burned, Kato Kengo looked blankly at the owner of the knife.

And all he saw was a pair of eyes that looked like they were looking at an idiot.

boom!
Wu Song crushed the head of the unknown Yin-Yang master with one foot, then reached out and grabbed a soul in his hand.

"No, spare me! Spare me!"

Ignoring the voice begging for mercy, Wu Song directly stuffed him with an instrument used to seal the soul.

These are the souls of the Onmyojis killed on the road. This artifact will be transmitted to the original body at regular intervals so that he can plunder the inheritance.

Although the clones can do it, but all 108 of them would be too much of a burden on the soul, so it can only be done with a few clones and the original body.

The sea of ​​blood seeped into the ground and directly embraced a piece of soil. With a wailing sound, the piece of soil merged into the sea of ​​blood.
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"What did you say? Dead?" The imperial envoy Matsuo Daisi frowned. Just now, he received news that two of his capable men, Kato Kengo and Shiraishi Tsukasa, were dead.

"Yes, these are their relics." The men handed over a dagger and a severed talisman.

Sitting in his seat, Matsuo Daiji frowned. A Tianshangxing could easily kill his two generals. There was no doubt that the murderer who was killing the Ghost King must be a strong man of the same level or above him.

He had the same idea as Kato Kengo. With such strength, it was enough to kill any big ghost, ghost king, ghost god, or replace them.

"I have to test it myself." Matsuo Daiji stood up. The person behind the scenes must be a Saint Master-level figure. It is not something that he, one of the lower ten imperial servants, can accomplish.

But the alternate mission requires evidence that it cannot be completed, so he has to find some evidence.

"Where is the evil star with the name beginning with 'di' recently?" asked Matsuo Daiji.

"It should be around 26 miles southwest." said the subordinate.

Matsuo Daiji nodded, walked out of the house, and jumped onto a four or five meter high white crane: "Yunxian, let's go."

The white crane spread its wings and flew to the southwest.

With just a few flaps of its wings, the white crane had flown more than twenty miles.

Hovering in the air, Matsuo Daiji waved his hand and rows of paper cranes flew out and flew in all directions.

Soon, Matsuo Daiji patted the white crane under him, and the white crane immediately understood what he meant and flew to a certain place.

A thin and dark man who was on his way suddenly stopped, looked up at the sky, and his originally black eyes turned dark gold in an instant.

'The Imperial Envoy Matsuo Daiji Temple. '

Ash recognized who was flying in the sky.

Blood appeared at the soles of his feet, and then surging energy was infused into this clone.

After all, he is a strong man with a challenge level of nearly one thousand, and his clone at the level of seventy-two Earthly Fiends is still a little lacking.

On the white crane, a sense of danger suddenly arose in Matsuo Daiji's heart, and it became stronger and stronger.

'ambush?'

An idea suddenly occurred to Matsuo Daiji, and without hesitation he ordered the crane under him to return. Three blood-red talismans appeared in his hands, ready to be activated at any time.

But he didn't want to catch him, but someone wanted to catch him. After all, he was a royal servant and a wizard, and his brain must be full of nutrition, bah, and knowledge.

He leaped up, as fast as a flash of lightning, leaving no trace. In the blink of an eye, Ash was standing behind Matsuo Daiji, reaching out to grab his head.

He caught it, but it was a paper man.

substitute?

Ash looked at the paper figure in his hand expressionlessly. He was more difficult to deal with than Nomura Hideo.

At this moment, three powerful pressures swept over here, causing the white crane to wail and fall to the ground.

Ash glanced around and found that three strange figures had surrounded him without him noticing.

The Ice Soul Ghost, the Blue Poison Ghost, and the Dark Water Ghost.

Ash immediately recognized the identities of the three of them, and then glanced somewhere.

This made Matsuo Daiji break out in a cold sweat.

No one can defeat you, even three ghosts and gods can’t defeat you!

His intuition prompted him so strongly.

Without hesitation, Matsuo Daiji turned and ran away again.

But he was not so lucky this time.

He was ignorant the first time, and tried to escape in the same way the second time. Did he really think that the [Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils] were just for decoration?

Puff! A headless corpse suddenly fell to the ground, blood gushed out like a fountain, watering the earth. A head with a horrified look was held in the hands of a thin dark man.

A sea of ​​blood emerged and swallowed the corpse. The thin and dark man showed his sharp white teeth to the three ghosts in the sky.

It’s a good opportunity to test whether ghosts and gods have the ability to absorb the power of faith.

The three ghosts in the sky were also frightened when the thin and dark man opened his mouth.

They were also aware of Matsuo Daiji's strength. Even without the support of the shikigami, his challenge level was over 900.

But now his head was taken off easily, so the three of them must be unable to win, because their strength is only comparable to that of Matsuo Daiji.

Without hesitation, the three ghosts immediately wanted to go back according to the contract.

But now that I’m here, how can I leave so easily?

The man with black hands put his fingers together like a sword and then slashed.

Like a divine sword falling from the sky, three dark golden sword auras carrying a destructive aura directly pierced through the bodies of the three ghosts and gods.

The sea of ​​blood rolled up waves, sweeping the three bodies away.

Ash, who was on his way, suddenly paused, then returned to normal, with a hint of fatigue in his eyes.

It would be easy to kill four strong men with challenge levels of nearly one thousand. After all, his challenge level is just over one thousand, and he can only deal with ordinary demigods.

These people seemed to die easily, but that was just because he wanted to save trouble and use all his strength.

Asakusa Ruri's expression changed slightly, as if she noticed that Ash had become much weaker, but she still did nothing. After all, it was difficult for her to be sure whether Ash was cheating on her.

Ash felt the energy coming from [Shura] and purified it with heavenly punishment, and then strong forces of faith merged into his body.

He could feel that the [Sword Embryo of Heaven and Earth] was also slowly getting stronger.

This killing of ghosts and gods also made him certain that the ghosts and gods that were ranked lower should not have any way to absorb the power of faith, or could only absorb it passively.

But there should be ones ranked at the top. Ash recalled the information brought by Nomura Hideo. It seems that the Shikigami of the three saints, that is, the demons and gods ranked at the top, have a unique way of cultivation, so that they have a cliff-like gap with the demons and gods behind them.

Now it seems that this should be the way to absorb the power of faith.

"But why don't they have it all to themselves?" Ash narrowed his eyes.

Since they know the benefits of the power of faith, there is no reason for them to give this resource to others. After all, these are resources that are useful to demigods.

Can’t, or don’t dare?

Glancing at Asakusa Ruri next to him, Ash guessed that she should know something, so he asked directly: "Do you know what this is?"

As he spoke, he forced out a bit of the purified power of faith and held it in his hand.

Asakusa Ruri took a closer look and raised her eyebrows, "The power of faith? My Lord, you also made a statue?"

"No, I plundered it from those ghosts." Ash took back the power of faith, a hint of surprise arose in his heart. He didn't expect it to be called the power of faith.

"Plunder? How is that possible?" Asakusa Ruri was stunned, as if she had heard something shocking.

"Why not?" Ash asked back.

"The power of faith is based on the master." Asakusa Ruri explained, "It will only gather in the person who believes in it, and will immediately dissipate if it is taken away by others."

"Is that so?" Ash seemed to be thinking about the peculiarities of his body. After analyzing it from multiple angles, Ash quickly came to the conclusion that it was probably because he was their leader.

Just now he flipped through his memories and got inspiration from a piece of information. The Emperor of Fuso was known as the spokesperson of heaven and was born to rule the world. The one hundred ghosts and gods, eight hundred ghost kings, eight thousand big ghosts and countless little ghosts under him were all assistants sent by heaven to him to manage the world.

No matter how much those ghosts exaggerate their status in the shrine, it should not be higher than the sky.

Unfortunately, when Ash named his bloodline, he called himself Tian, ​​[Tian Zhi Ying Long], the incarnation of Tian, ​​and the world recognized it.

In terms of seniority, he is the financial backer of the Emperor, and those ghosts are his employees. To call them workers is a bit of an overstatement. They should be considered as slaves whose life and death are decided by him.

Now that his boss Tian wants to withdraw his investment, do these servants dare to resist?

"Is there any harm in this stuff? I don't see those ghosts absorbing it in large quantities." Ash asked.

Asakusa Ruri couldn't help but glance at Ash: "Master, you didn't absorb it?"

"I've absorbed it." Ash nodded, "Any questions?"

"Master, didn't you hear some chaotic sounds? Like desire, expectation, and curse?" Asakusa Ruri asked in confusion.

Sound? Ash thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No."

"How is that possible? Even if I used the divine fire to purify it, there were still chaotic sounds that were inevitable." Asakusa Ruri's voice was filled with astonishment, "So I never dared to absorb too much, otherwise my mind would split and I would become the god that the faith wanted."

It turns out that I will no longer be myself. No wonder I don’t want to absorb more. It turns out I can’t.

Ash nodded silently inwardly, then wondered why he was not affected.

After scanning the panel, Ash's eyes suddenly fixed on [Kendo].

I almost forgot this. Originally, [Sword of Good and Evil] was specifically designed to counter schizophrenia, not to mention that it has been upgraded to a unique skill now.

He estimated that those distracting thoughts were probably automatically eliminated by [Sword Dao].

He said that his sword power had become more and more vast recently, and it turned out that he was also passively undergoing tempering. He thought it was related to the 108 clones that had seen all kinds of living beings and had combat experience.

"I understand." Ash nodded slightly, "Let's keep going."

"Yes." Asakusa Ruri nodded respectfully, but she was shocked in her heart. She now realized that Ash killed ghosts specifically to plunder the power of faith.

But putting aside the question of the ownership of the power of faith, how did he absorb the power of faith without the divine fire?

But she could see that he was not even a demigod.

Soon, Ash and his group arrived at a small hill.

The fourth tail of Asakusa Ruri is sealed here, which just happens to correspond to the current situation.

Ash kicked forward, trees fell down, mud and rocks scattered, and the whole hill suddenly became much shorter.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Miyamoto Momoko couldn't help but open her mouth wide, looking at it in shock.

After all, she came from a small place. If it weren't for Asakusa Ruri, she might have been sold to a wealthy family as a concubine.

So she had never really seen a strong person exert his power.

But she saw it now.

She looked at Ash next to her and couldn't help swallowing. No wonder Sister Liuli said she couldn't beat him. How could she possibly beat someone who could move mountains with one kick? !

The ground veins were all shifted by this kick, not to mention the sealing formation that served as the foundation.

In the blink of an eye, the hill that was originally barren after being kicked by Ash quickly turned green again, and all kinds of plants were growing wildly.

But these plants are full of distortions, and each one is extremely aggressive. Not only do they tear apart the plants nearby that compete with them for nutrients, they even don't let go of the animal carcasses buried in the soil. Their flesh, blood, and bones all become their nutrients.

This made Miyamoto Momoko feel frightened.

Ash glanced to the side, then said to Asakusa Ruri, "Go get the tail."

"Okay." Asakusa Ruri walked towards the hill. With every step she took, a trace of green gathered in her hands.

When she reached the center, a dense green color completely emerged from the ground and finally gathered into a dark green jade flute.

Seeing this scene, the people in the dark couldn't help but open their mouths and mutter to themselves: "Oh no, that demon fox has broken the seal. We must report it to the Holy Master!"

After saying that, the man immediately stepped back quietly.

But it wouldn't matter if he didn't retreat. As soon as he retreated, he felt like he was falling into a sticky lake.

No, it's not lake water, it's blood water!
The man's eyes widened, and his vision was full of blood. He couldn't figure out when he was hit.

But now is not the time to think about that.

He immediately flapped his wings and tried to swim out of the bloody lake.

But he clearly only took one step back, but it seemed like he was hundreds of steps away from the shore and he couldn't swim to the edge.

It was not until he saw his hands that he understood why. How could he swim without hands?
A tragic smile appeared on his face, and his consciousness sank into endless darkness.

Ash retracted the sea of ​​blood, and there was no fluctuation on his calm face.

The fact that Asakusa Ruri has been resurrected should be exposed as late as possible, so that they don't have to move away and it would be troublesome for us to find them.

(End of this chapter)