Chapter 45: Right At Your Doorway
Putting on the Laughing Hannya Mask, the abundant power instantly spread through his limbs and body, making Shangshan Che exhale comfortably.
The internal qi that had been nearly depleted moments ago surged out from deep within his body in an instant, wrapping even his fingertips in a layer of shimmering white qi barrier.
“The Special Affairs Office people will arrive soon, so let’s finish this quickly.”
Laughing Hannya assumed a straightforward orthodox stance without any frills, took a deep breath, tensing every muscle in his body, bulging and intertwining; from afar, it looked just like a humanoid forged from black fine steel.
Having obtained overwhelming power, Shangshan Che decided to use his strongest power to crush the opponent in the shortest time.
“Roar…”
Even someone as foolish as White Hannya now realized that standing before it was no longer that weak human, but a Hannya similar in essence to itself.
A… bloodthirsty powerful evil spirit!
But it absolutely could not retreat now—White Hannya could clearly sense that if its projection, which had sneaked here via ritual, was killed like this, it wouldn’t know how long it would take to return to this mortal realm full of delicious souls.
It could only devour the Laughing Hannya before it!
White Hannya roared, emitting rumbling sound waves: “Die!”
Its hands extended pale claws, and its mist-like body shot forward from the ground.
The surrounding walls cracked in an instant, but the frightening sound waves only briefly dispersed the qi barrier on Shangshan Che’s body, making him feel slightly piercing.
—This White Hannya has quite a few skills.
However, with the main body too weak, no amount of flashy skills could turn the tide of battle!
Shangshan Che stood unmoving, quietly staring at the White Hannya charging as a blur, like a reef in surging tides.
Closer, even closer!
The moment White Hannya raised its claws, two completely different Hannya masks simultaneously revealed exaggerated expressions.
Laughing Hannya grinned wildly in laughter.
White Hannya wailed in sadness.
The extreme sadness emotion rippled briefly in Shangshan Che’s lake-calm heart before vanishing completely.
Meanwhile, White Hannya trembled all over, its descending claws slowing by a fraction.
“Looks like I’m stronger than you.”
Shangshan Che seized the fleeting opportunity, stepping forward without hesitation to close in and using the hilt to knock away the razor-sharp claws.
Kaga Kiyomitsu’s blade spun in mid-air, looping 180 degrees before embedding into White Hannya’s mask.
Then, he cleaved it in two with one stroke!
Natural Reason School · Tiger Tail Sword!
White Hannya’s hoarse roar cut off abruptly; it stared deeply at the Laughing Hannya before it with immense hatred, also remembering his prior human face.
It growled angrily: “I will definitely… kill you!”
“I hope you can still say that later.”
Shangshan Che dismissed it, shaking off the blood and sheathing the blade.
Amid the crisp sound of Kaga Kiyomitsu being sheathed, the evil spirit mask full of cracks before him fell to the ground and shattered into countless pieces with a clatter.
The White Hannya projection invading the mortal realm was thus exorcised!
【You killed “Lightly injured White Hannya projection（One-Star）”, no soul ash obtained!】
【Because you killed the lightly injured White Hannya projection, lightly injured White Hannya（Two-Star）→Heavily injured unhealed White Hannya（One-and-a-Half Star）!】
【White Hannya’s hatred toward you has greatly increased!】
【Your skill, Ki-Gong Technique Fragment proficiency +15!】
【Your skill, Natural Reason School proficiency +18!】
“So stingy.”
Releasing the incarnation state, Shangshan Che shook his head.
He looked at the star rank prompt in the prompt.
“To think it recovered from One-Star to Two-Star in just these few days.” Shangshan Che recalled what the foreman had once said about White Hannya eating people on sight, “But at the same rank, White Hannya is no match for me at all.”
Half-Star isn’t some uncrossable gap, let alone the opponent probably still being in a weakened state.
Though White Hannya was originally above Two-Star with more talent skills, skills lacking strength were just scraping him to boost combat power.
“Saying it will definitely kill me, is it here to be funny?”
Watch me show up at your doorstep right away!
Shangshan Che laughed heartily and clapped his hands: “Two-Foot Adult, has the curse been placed?”
“popopo!”
A little head topped with a white hat immediately poked out from the nearby stairs, saluting him: “Report! Perfectly completed Che Adult’s mission!”
Two-Foot Adult reluctantly pulled her gaze from the brilliant sun and said: “It’s almost undetectable here; we might need to return to Arakawa Village for precise positioning.”
“That’s minor.” Shangshan Che patted the head of Two-Foot Adult who had walked up to him, “Return to the Jizo statue first.”
“po!”
Two-Foot Adult’s figure slowly faded.
Releasing the Hundred-Eyed Ghost Eyeball, Shangshan Che spotted the Special Affairs Office black luxury car speeding toward them from afar and nodded in satisfaction.
Gotta say, the Special Affairs Office’s efficiency is pretty high; the branch can arrive within half an hour of being called.
After circling the building to confirm no hidden demons or supernatural phenomena nearby, Shangshan Che sat down beside the unconscious Kitano Runa, pouring a drop of Awakening Spirit Mist into her mouth.
Then, Shangshan Che closed his eyes and entered the Eternal World.
—While it’s sick, take its life!
……
“Two-Foot Adult, can you locate White Hannya?”
“po~ Very clear.”
Pushing open the thatched wooden door, Shangshan Che followed behind the tiny Two-Foot Adult and walked out.
After following Two-Foot Adult’s little short legs for a bit, he finally couldn’t resist saying: “You’re walking way too slow, watch me.”
“popopo!”
With that, amid Two-Foot Adult’s surprised cry, Shangshan Che scooped her up and placed her on his head: “You just point the direction; leave the traveling to me.”
The wild wind blew Two-Foot Adult’s hair; she yelped twice until she grabbed the Hannya’s head horns to steady herself.
In less than ten minutes, the two arrived at White Hannya’s hiding spot.
In a dense yellowed forest, crunching eating sounds came from within.
Shangshan Che peeked slightly and saw it was indeed that White Hannya gnawing on half a farmer’s corpse; beside White Hannya’s feet was a small mountain of white bones.
【Heavily injured unhealed White Hannya（One-and-a-Half Star）】
The prompt popped up, confirming the opponent’s identity.
—No wonder he noticed fewer farmers on the streets while traveling earlier; they had all been eaten by this White Hannya.
No surprise it recovered so quickly—devouring dozens or hundreds of farmers and workers in a row, how could it not recover fast?
Two-Foot Adult hid behind a tree stump and quietly asked: “Che Adult, what should I do next?”
“You watch from the side for now.” Shangshan Che silently drew Kaga Kiyomitsu, preparing to surprise the feasting White Hannya, “Only show yourself if I clearly fall into a disadvantage.”
Two-Foot Adult po-ed to indicate understanding; she watched as Shangshan Che circled silently to White Hannya’s rear.
White Hannya, immersed in the pleasure of eating, suddenly felt its shoulder patted.
It turned back puzzled.
Then, clear blade light crashed down!
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