Chapter 895: The Doomsday of Kikyo's World! Izayoi's Despair! Lady Inukimi's Revenge
"What... what is going on?"
The cold wind howled through the desolate territory of the Western Lands. A beautiful woman with flowing white hair and a distinct crescent moon mark upon her forehead stood frozen. Her golden eyes widened, reflecting the ruined, empty landscape of the Inu Yokai domain.
As a powerful Inu Yokai born to the ruling bloodline of the West, she knew every inch of this land. The vibrant, bustling stronghold she remembered had vanished, replaced by shattered stone and an eerie, suffocating silence.
'Where is everyone?'Her breath hitched as she stepped over a broken pillar.'Father, mother... where did they go?'
Her delicate nose twitched, catching a scent on the wind.
A sharp hiss escaped her throat. In a flash, her golden eyes bled into a piercing, feral crimson. Her lips pulled back, baring elongated, razor-sharp fangs as a primal ferocity overtook her elegant features.
Blood.
The heavy, metallic stench of slaughtered kin saturated the earth. They were dead. The entire Inu Yokai clan of the Western Lands had been massacred.
Pure, unadulterated hatred twisted her expression. She had only left for a brief period of training. How could her home be reduced to a graveyard in such a short time? Her parents had always promised that the great Toga would protect their clan for generations. Where was he?
The silence stretched, heavy and agonizing. Slowly, the sorrow in her eyes hardened into glacial ice. She tracked the lingering scent of slaughter, the foul stench of the perpetrator trailing off toward the east.
"Hmph... No matter who you are," she growled, her voice dripping with venom, "I, Inukimi, will hunt you down to the ends of the earth and avenge my fallen kin!"
A blinding light enveloped her slender form. In her place stood a colossal, pure white hound of terrifying majesty. With a single, devastating leap, the massive Inu Yokai tore into the dense forest, chasing the trail of death.
[Ding! Doomsday Chat Group member Kikyo has encountered an Abnormal Doomsday factor. Doomsday Companion activated!]
[Doomsday Companion: Three members]
[Companion Time: One day]
[Companions: Ren, Kikyo, Kasumi]
[Companion Mission: Eliminate the Doomsday factor, the Yokai Black Devourer Fang]
[Companion Doomsday: Doomsday Termination]
[Companion Time: Unlimited]
[Companions: Unlimited]
[Companion Mission: Eliminate the Doomsday factor, the Yokai Black Devourer Fang]
The group members had barely caught their breath from Luo Hao's intense live broadcast when the sudden barrage of system notifications grabbed their attention.
March 7th: "What timing! Is Kikyo in trouble?"
Shiroyasha: "A long-awaited Doomsday Companion mission, and yet... why am I excluded from the fun?!"
Kurumi Tokisaki: "Isn't that to be expected? After all, our dear Ren-kun has quite the growing harem in this group~"
Erza: "Harem or not... well, I suppose that is accurate. But the primary reason is likely the low star rating of this particular Doomsday. Hence the three-person limit."
Vivi: "If memory serves, Kikyo's world is facing a four-star Abnormal Doomsday and a six-star Uncertainty Doomsday."
Exusiai: "Four stars, huh? That is on the lower end of the scale."
Kasumi: "Huh? But it is still a world-ending Doomsday! It has to be absolutely terrifying, right?"
Silver Wolf: "Four stars only threaten a single planet. In your terms, it just means the specific world you inhabit."
Kasumi: "...That sounds horrifying! C-can I opt out of this?"
Ren: "What are you so afraid of when I am right beside you? Besides, the power I granted you is more than enough to keep you safe. Even if the entire universe went through a Big Bang right now, you would not suffer a single scratch."
Kasumi: "Ugh... I-I just do not feel that confident."
Mikasa: "Before we panic, we should ask Kikyo for a status update."
Mumei: "Agreed."
Kikyo: "I am honestly not sure what is happening either."
Kikyo: "I stopped at a small human settlement not long ago. The locals spoke of a vicious Yokai causing trouble in the vicinity, so I set out to track and purify it."
Kikyo: "Just moments ago, a massive, malevolent demonic aura erupted in the distance. I am rushing toward the source right now."
Shinobu Kocho: "It appears she has not made direct contact with this Black Devourer Fang yet."
Ren: "Alright, I am heading over. Kasumi, get ready."
Kasumi: "O-okay!"
Kiana: "Live stream! Do not forget to turn on the live stream!"
"Ren."
Kikyo halted her swift advance through the forest. Her usually stoic expression melted into a soft, tender gaze as the familiar, reassuring figure materialized before her.
Kasumi, appearing just a step behind him, caught the intense, affectionate look passing between the two. She puffed out her cheeks, a distinct note of jealousy coloring her tone as she loudly cleared her throat.
"Ahem! I am still standing right here, you know. We have a world to save!"
Ren chuckled, casually waving a hand. "Alright, alright. Let us go see what this Yokai is up to. Kasumi, do the honors and start the broadcast."
[Ding! Doomsday Chat Group member Kasumi has started a live stream!]
[Ding! Emilia has entered the live stream room!]
From the vantage point of a shattered watchtower, a broken voice drifted through the wind.
"Why... why is this happening..."
Thick, choking black smoke billowed through the ruins of what was once a prosperous human fortress city. A beautiful young woman sat slumped against the blood-stained earth, her elegant kimono torn and soiled. Two continuous streams of tears carved clean paths down her ash-smudged cheeks.
Everywhere she looked, utter devastation greeted her. The wooden houses had been reduced to splintered kindling. Severed limbs and mangled torsos were scattered across the courtyard like discarded ragdolls. The very soil beneath her had turned a sickening, muddy crimson. It was not the natural color of the earth—it was a thick, pooling layer of human blood.
Corpses littered the streets, and the blood flowed in literal streams into the drainage gutters. The young woman hugged her knees, her entire body trembling violently from a mixture of absolute despair and primal, suffocating terror.
Her name was Izayoi. She was the beloved daughter of the city's ruling lord, a noble princess of high birth.
Yet in this waking nightmare, all her refined composure and aristocratic elegance had been stripped away. Every single living soul within her father's domain had been butchered without an ounce of mercy. And the architect of this massacre was not an invading army, but a single entity.
A demon.
"Oh? It seems a little mouse managed to hide." A raspy, guttural voice echoed through the smoke.
Izayoi slowly, mechanically raised her head.
A man with wild black hair stood a few paces away. A suffocating, malevolent aura of pure evil radiated from his skin. In his right hand, he casually held a severed, bloody human arm, tearing into the raw flesh with his teeth and chewing with sickening relish.
Her hollow gaze drifted downward, locking onto a familiar jade ring resting on the stiff, lifeless finger of the severed limb. Her pupils shrank to pinpricks.
"Father..."
The word scraped out of her parched throat like broken glass. There was no mistaking that ring. The demon was eating her father.
"Ugh...!" The sheer, visceral horror of the sight slammed into her stomach. She doubled over, violently dry-heaving onto the blood-soaked dirt.
"Heh. Humans. Truly pathetic, fragile creatures." Black Devourer Fang sneered, tossing the gnawed bone aside. He possessed no concept of pity, nor did the fragile beauty of the weeping princess move him in the slightest.
His mind was driven by a single, all-consuming instinct: to eat. To devour every living organism that crossed his path. This human city was merely his dessert, a light snack following his absolute slaughter of the Inu Yokai clan.
He had carefully hunted down and ripped apart every guard, servant, and civilian within the walls. Izayoi was the final morsel left on his plate. He always preferred to kill his prey first before indulging in the feast, savoring the silence of a dead city so he could dine completely undisturbed.
"Hehehe... time to finish the meal." He wiped a smear of blood from his chin and took a slow, deliberate step toward the despairing Izayoi, his jaws unhinging slightly in anticipation.
Suddenly, the sky above them tore open.
"You wretched bastard! Die!"
A blinding, destructive beam of pure white demonic energy lanced down from the heavens, aimed directly at the back of Black Devourer Fang's head. The demon paused, turning his head with a look of mild confusion.
The searing white light slammed into him with the force of a falling meteor. A massive explosion rocked the courtyard, sending a shockwave of shattered stone and thick dust billowing into the air, completely swallowing the demon's figure.
Lady Inukimi descended from the sky, her elegant robes fluttering wildly as she landed gracefully upon the crumbling remains of the city wall. She had tracked the stench of her slaughtered kin all the way to this human settlement. Her blood-red eyes pierced through the settling dust, burning with an unquenchable thirst for vengeance.
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