Why are you dressed like this?"
After seeing that the person in front of her was Hikigaya Hachiman, Haruno, who had come out to look for Yukinoshita, was about to go up and chat with him for a while with a smile on her face. However, after seeing Hikigaya Hachiman's current state, the smile on her face froze instantly.
"My outfit?"
Hikigaya Hachiman lowered his head and observed his own situation.
In his right hand, he held a demon-slaying sword, the ghostly flames on it fluttering from time to time. In his left hand, he tightly grasped a handful of talismans, ready to throw them at any moment...
From the perspective of rushing to rescue people, there is nothing wrong with Hikigaya Hachiman's appearance.
After all, there was a high possibility that he would fight with the nine-tailed fox that attacked the two women as soon as he arrived.
But from Haruno's perspective, Hikigaya Hachiman's outfit at this moment was undoubtedly very...special.
"Sorry, I have something to do and I'm leaving now."
Considering that Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko had already been captured, Hikigaya Hachiman did not intend to spend too much time talking with Haruno.
In addition, his relationship had been exposed, so he simply put the talisman back into the system space in front of Yang Nai, and then disappeared from the hospital in a flash.
"Found it!"
Looking at the place where Hikigaya Hachiman disappeared, Haruno gradually came back to her senses from her shock.
Suddenly, a bright smile appeared on her face, as if the knot in her heart had suddenly been untied.
.....
"In front?"
When crafting the instruments, Hikigaya Hachiman had considered the possibility that the evil spirits the women would encounter would be too powerful for the instruments to protect. Therefore, he had the system mark the women in advance.
Under the guidance of the system, Hikigaya Hachiman flashed quickly on the high-rise building.
In just a short while, he saw the real body of the nine-tailed fox flying high in the sky, and the three unconscious people on its back.
"Have you forgotten that guy?"
Looking at Yurikawa Hana lying next to Yotsuya Miko, Hikigaya Hachiman slapped his forehead.
Because he didn't hear Yurikawa Hana's voice on the phone before, he thought that it was Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko who were captured this time.
But now think about it, why is there no trace of her beside Yotsuya Miko?
After confirming the target, Hikigaya Hachiman's movement speed increased again.
The huge wind pressure passed through his cheek, leaving a trace of blood, but it healed instantly with the help of the Killing Stone and the scabbard.
"Um?"
High in the sky, the nine-tailed fox, who had easily captured his target this time, suddenly felt a faint smell of blood in the air.
But it was certain that it did not hurt the three women.
So where does the smell of blood come from?
The nine-tailed fox's perception spread to various places below, trying to find the source of the bloody smell.
But suddenly a sharp sound of breaking air came from above its head.
"What?!"
Because of the fear of being attacked from high altitude, the nine-tailed fox deliberately flew at an altitude of nearly 100 meters.
It had never expected that it could be ambushed like this, so it looked up in surprise, only to see a giant sword energy that spanned several meters!
Chapter 351 Seduction Success
With the experience of fighting the nine-tailed fox last time, this time Hikigaya Hachiman directly opened the Soul Locking Formation before making a move, dividing the surrounding space into independent spaces.
After making sure that the nine-tailed fox was pulled into an independent little world, the spiritual power in his body poured out at a rapid speed, forming several huge spiritual streams that pounced towards the nine-tailed fox.
Looking at the moves attacking him, the nine-tailed fox suspended his body in mid-air, and then controlled the evil energy on his body to collide with the spiritual flow.
However, at this moment, the nine-tailed fox suddenly felt his eyes blurred.
The next second, it felt Hikigaya Hachiman appear on its back, wrapping his spiritual power around the three women and causing them to fall downwards.
"Damn it, put it down!"
Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino are secondary to the nine-tailed fox, but Yurikawa Hana cannot be let go at all.
Seeing that Hikigaya Hachiman was about to leave with that huge vitality, the nine-tailed fox immediately gave up resisting the spiritual flow and stretched out its claws towards Yurikawa Hana.
"Bang!"
The claws hit the transparent space barrier with a dull sound.
It was not until this moment that the Nine-tailed Fox noticed that he had been unknowingly pulled into an independent space by Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Interesting. Do you think you can protect the three of them in a place like this?"
After the initial shock, the nine-tailed fox regained its composure and attacked Hikigaya Hachiman beside it again.
However, with the help of the system's reminders, Hikigaya Hachiman led the three women to move flexibly, and the nine-tailed fox's attacks never worked.
"hateful...."
The fat duck that was about to reach your mouth was snatched away and you can't get it back.
A trace of anger flashed through the nine-tailed fox's mind, and immediately the evil energy outside its body spread outward, as if it was about to launch a range attack.
And just at this moment.
"Release."
As Hikigaya Hachiman uttered these two words.
The nine-tailed fox suddenly felt its feet go empty and its whole body fell down rapidly.
But in fact, it only fell for a few tenths of a second before it reacted and hovered in the air again.
But when it looked around, trying to find the traces of Hikigaya Hachiman and others, it found that they were falling rapidly towards the ground...
During the landing process, Hikigaya Hachiman called on the Inari god for help.
Because the nine-tailed fox escaped last time, Hikigaya Hachiman did not let the Inari god teleport directly this time. Instead, he set a trap somewhere and waited for him to lure the nine-tailed fox over.
"roar!"
Just after Hikigaya Hachiman landed on the ground and ran several hundred meters towards the trap, he suddenly heard the angry roar of the nine-tailed fox behind him.
Accompanied by roars, it spread to all parts of the city.
Pairs of scarlet eyes gradually opened in the night!
When jumping forward over another rooftop, Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly discovered that the tall buildings around him were filled with densely packed evil spirits.
Although their levels are not high, they are enough to delay him for a short while!
"Hikigaya-sama."
Countless golden light screens suddenly opened around.
Then, all the foxes of Inari Shrine, led by the chief shrine maiden, came out of the passage and fought with the evil spirits.
"Sir, please go through the passage we have opened."
Because his sisters were busy dealing with high-level evil spirits, Xiaowu, who had not yet grown two tails, became the current leader of the foxes.
Squatting on Hikigaya Hachiman's shoulder, Xiaowu guided him to break out of the encirclement of evil spirits.
The fox that Hikigaya Hachiman passed, after dealing with the opponent in front of him, rushed towards the nine-tailed fox chasing behind, intending to slow down its pursuit.
"Please rest assured, as long as Lord Inari is still here, we will not die."
Noticing that Hikigaya Hachiman was becoming shaken by his companions' suicide, Xiaowu quickly explained that their deaths were also part of the plan.
"After all, this is the only way to convince that big guy that Lord Inari won't be back in a short time..."
Moreover, when the Nine-tailed Fox knew that the Inari God was rushing towards Hikigaya Hachiman, it felt a sense of urgency.
In that case, it would be even less likely to be prepared for the trap!
One chased the other on both sides.
Looking at the nine-tailed fox behind him that looked like it was ready to fight him to the death, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but wonder what the other party was up to.
The three girls were not worth much at all, which was why it fought so hard...
Traveling at high speed, Hikigaya Hachiman soon arrived at a crowded square with three people and one fox.
"We're here, Master Hikigaya. The trap set by Master Inari is right there."
Looking at the square, Xiaowu's eyes lit up.
It hurriedly urged Hikigaya Hachiman across the square and lure the nine-tailed fox into the trap.
"But the people in the square..."
"Those are just illusions. If we show a deserted scene, that wicked fox will only suspect it's a trap, right?"
"...."
That seems to be true.
Unable to refute Xiaowu's words, Hikigaya Hachiman shrugged his shoulders, then crossed the square and continued to run forward.
Seeing that Hikigaya Hachiman passed by the square without slowing down at all, the Nine-tailed Fox did not suspect anything and flew directly over the square.
"Shuashuashua..."
Just as the nine-tailed fox crossed the square, the noisy crowd in the square suddenly disappeared.
Instead, chains engraved with unknown runes covered its entire body.
"What?!"
The sudden change startled the nine-tailed fox. By the time it reacted, the rune-enchanted chains had already tied it up tightly.
"Nine-tailed Fox, long time no see."
A golden light flashed, and the half-human, half-fox Inari God appeared in front of the nine-tailed fox with a smile.
"Inari God? Is that you?"
First Chapter Previous Chapter 279/3Indeed, it's been hundreds of years since we last met. I never thought we'd meet again under these circumstances. You look quite disheveled~"
Looking at the nine-tailed fox tied up in front of him, Inari God felt a little emotional.
Back then, as the pinnacle existence among evil spirits and gods, the Nine-tailed Fox was on par with her at its peak strength.
Finally, after hundreds of years of fighting, they met again, but the situation was already one-sided...
"Do you think you can trap me like this?"
Looking at the smug Inari God, the nine-tailed fox sneered.
"What else?"
Inari God crossed his arms and gave him a cold look in return.
As the two men finished speaking, two powerful forces engaged in a fierce clash on the chain...
Chapter 352: The Method of Killing God
"I'll leave them in your care for the time being."
Seeing that the Inari God was already fighting with the Nine-tailed Fox, Hikigaya Hachiman slowly landed on a tall building.
After entrusting the three girls to Xiaowu's care, he leaped towards the square.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Two huge forces collided with each other on the chain.
Although Inari God is one level higher than the Nine-tailed Fox, he can only tie with it at this time.
Seeing this, the smile on Inari God's face instantly disappeared, and he began to concentrate on controlling his power to suppress the nine-tailed fox.
"It's useless. Perhaps a few hundred years ago, our strength was equal. But now..."
The nine-tailed fox sneered as he spoke, slowly attaching his power to the chain engraved with runes.
As the golden divinity slowly dimmed, tiny cracks gradually appeared on the surface of a chain.
"How is that possible?"
Looking at the cracks on the chain, Inari God was shocked and immediately increased the output of divine power in his body, wanting to repair the chain before the nine-tailed fox destroyed it.
However, the speed at which the chains were destroyed far exceeded Inari God's expectations.
Just as she was about to save the chain, with a crisp sound, the chain broke into two pieces.
As the binding ability of one chain lost its effectiveness, the pressure from the other chains on the Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly surged!
"How is it going?"
When Hikigaya Hachiman arrived at the battlefield, he happened to see Inari God with a serious look on his face.
"It's very bad. That guy has my power..."
Seeing that the rest of the chains around the Nine-tailed Fox were in a situation where they could break at any time, Inari God's face was full of helplessness.
"With your power?"
"Have you forgotten that the incense from one of my shrines was stolen? Now the incense is in that guy's body."
Raising his chin towards the nine-tailed fox, the Inari God felt a headache at the thought that his opponent's body actually contained his own power.
Although those powers have no source, once they are used up, they cannot be restored naturally unless someone steals her incense again.
But with the incense sticks that were stolen before, it would be unlikely to keep the nine-tailed fox today.
"What if I help you?"
After hearing the explanation of Inari God, Hikigaya Hachiman asked questions while injecting the energy of his spiritual power and divine power into Inari God's body.
"Huh?"
Sensing a new infusion of power, the Inari God turned around and looked at Hikigaya Hachiman in surprise.
When did he combine his powers to create this new energy?
But now is obviously not a good time to ask questions.
After confirming that Hikigaya Hachiman's power would not be easily corroded by the nine-tailed fox, the Inari God turned to control the silver energy belonging to Hikigaya Hachiman in his body and recast the chain.
As the chain gradually changed from gold to silver, the nine-tailed fox, who was trying to break free, clearly felt that the resistance it faced had increased a lot.
"Is this human again?"
Looking at Hikigaya Hachiman standing with the Inari God in the sky, the nine-tailed fox almost immediately determined that the current incident was caused by that little guy.
"Go to hell!"
With resentment in his heart, the nine-tailed fox temporarily stopped its efforts to escape.
A huge amount of energy began to gather in its mouth, and as the energy took shape, the evil energy of the entire Qianye began to converge in its direction.
"It's wide open."
Suddenly, extremely modern words came out of the mouth of Inari God.
"Huh?"
Hearing about such a new trend of Inari God, Hikigaya Hachiman's brain short-circuited temporarily.
Seeing this, Inari God could only sigh helplessly and continue.
"Then I'll open it too."
"...."
This time, Hikigaya Hachiman heard what Inari God wanted to express.
Before he could say anything, the Inari God beside him suddenly lit up with a dazzling light comparable to the sun...
Two rays of light, one black and one white, collided instantly.
The impact force it generated almost instantly shifted the surrounding buildings to the ground.
"not good!"
Seeing the shock wave continuing to spread to the surrounding buildings, Hikigaya Hachiman's face suddenly became solemn.
"Form a formation!"
At this moment, a sudden cry came from a distance.
As the figure of the chief shrine maiden appeared in Hikigaya Hachiman's sight, the foxes who had just been resurrected from the Inari Shrine and hurried over transformed into human form and used the divine power in their bodies to build a solid barrier to firmly confine the shock wave to a certain area.
"Roar!" x2
Just when Hikigaya Hachiman breathed a sigh of relief because the shock wave was blocked, two roars that almost pierced his eardrums sounded beside him.
Look back.
Under the full moon, two giant nine-tailed foxes, each over thirty meters in size, started fighting in the space created by the Inari Fox God.
"Hand-to-hand combat?"
Looking at the Inari God and the Nine-tailed Fox twisting together and fighting like wild beasts, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
After all, his life multiplication is as high as that of a god, but his fighting method is so primitive...
"Because ordinary attacks can no longer cause fatal damage to the opponent."
After dealing with a shockwave that was enough to destroy all of Chiba, the chief miko flew to hover behind Hikigaya Hachiman.
"oh?"
Hearing this for the first time, Hikigaya Hachiman turned his head and looked at the chief shrine maiden curiously, hoping that she could tell him more about the information after the god level.
"Speaking of which, Master Hikigaya, you're almost reaching the level of a god, right? You'll be able to clearly feel it when the time comes. Once you reach the god level, as long as you have a shred of life force left, you can't truly die."
"And having reached the level of a god, ordinary spells can cause damage, but they are nothing more than a scratch in front of the god's powerful recovery ability."
"If you want to eliminate a fellow god-level opponent, the best way is to engage in hand-to-hand combat. By directly destroying the opponent's life core and then using your own power to blow away the remaining life force, you can completely kill a god-level opponent."
As the only surviving shrine maiden from ancient times, the chief shrine maiden obviously knows a lot of information about the god-level.
"Is it so hard to kill?"
Looking at the two foxes in the distance that had stopped fighting and were now confronting each other, Hikigaya Hachiman was filled with shock.
"Of course. Otherwise, how could he be called a god?"
"What if the power weakens? Just like what happened to Inari God before."
"The status of a god does not decline with the waning of power. However, if a god-level opponent comes to hunt you due to the weakening of your power..."
Recalling how most of the extinct gods died, the chief priestess fell silent.
This is no longer the age of gods.
In Japan, humans only need five exorcists to completely suppress evil spirits.
The evil spirits, however, are not affected at all by the progress of the times and are still lurking in the dark, accumulating strength.
Only their line of gods who need human incense are constantly weakening...
Chapter 353 Black Mist
"If you have time to chat, come and help me!"
Just when Hikigaya Hachiman wanted to learn more knowledge from the chief shrine maiden, the angry voice of Inari God came into Hikigaya Hachiman's mind.
"..."
Upon hearing this, Hikigaya Hachiman looked towards the Inari God.
Sure enough, at this moment, the Inari God, who was still in a standoff, kept slapping the ground with his tail, and his entire body was shrouded in an atmosphere of "I am very unhappy".
Well, it was indeed what Hikigaya Hachiman did that was wrong.
It was clearly he who asked Inari God to come and help fight the Nine-tailed Fox, but now he lets Inari God fight alone while he himself goes to seduce other people's subordinates (from Inari God's perspective).
Suspecting that he would be held accountable if he did not help, Hikigaya Hachiman said goodbye to the chief shrine maiden and hurried towards the battlefield.
After seeing Hikigaya Hachiman coming over, Inari God used some secret technique to make it easier for him to fight.
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