Chapter 77: Field Expansion
The man with a demonic aura, dressed as an Onmyoji, was stepped on the ground by Ryomen Sukuna. He gritted his teeth, not expecting the opponent to be so powerful and brutal.
Cursed back to the Heian-kyō era a thousand years ago, although the monster Onmyoji system has declined, there are still some sporadic ones.
He is a local monster born at the foot of the mountain. He uses his power to reach protection deals with some villagers and help them deal with some low-level cursed spirits. He dresses himself up as an Onmyoji on a daily basis and cultivates himself by devouring children and girls sacrificed in the village.
Because he almost never went out, he didn't know much about the outside world. He just occupied this small town at the foot of the mountain. When he heard the villagers come up to report that a group of people came here, he actually didn't think much of it.
Humans are very weak. The monster disguised as an Onmyoji thought so.
Then, when he heard from the villager that the freak with four arms was a killer, he became interested in cooperating with him.
The two could cooperate, one openly and the other secretly, with the other killing people in public and pretending to save them, and then they could share the offerings afterwards. In this way, they could expand their base, not just to the small town at the foot of the mountain.
Therefore, he first controlled a few mice to sneak into the city and watched the situation of their group from a distance - the four-handed freak, the blind boy, and the young man wearing a mask.
They didn't have swords or talismans on them, and they didn't look like samurai or Onmyoji. The monster wondered for a few seconds whether they were sorcerers, but then he thought that there wouldn't be so many sorcerers in such a small place.
Even if he is a sorcerer, it doesn't matter. The monster is very confident in his own strength. After decades of devouring, his strength is higher than that of a second-level sorcerer.
The monster engraved the Yin Yang Technique - Space Transfer that he had cultivated on the mouse, and manipulated the mouse to sneak to the side of the four-handed monster that he had chosen as his target. When the opponent attacked, the Yin Yang Technique was activated and the guy was transferred to his side.
Everything was going well—until that four-armed freak came up to him.
At this moment, his face was in close contact with the ground, the pain at the back of his head was particularly clear, the sounds from above were vile and scattered, and the plan was shattered into pieces.
"Nothing to say? Then go to hell." Ryomen Sukuna had no patience. Seeing that the monster on the ground had fallen silent, he swung the cursed blade and prepared to cut it in two.
“…Wait a minute!!” The monster felt the wind of death coming and began to speak in panic, “I still have value! I still have value!!”
Ryomen Sukuna slashed the ground with the cursed blade just across the monster's cheek, then moved his feet, signaling the monster to open its mouth and continue.
"I haven't started refining this year's offering yet," said the monster dressed as an Onmyoji, "I can give you half... Ugh!"
The cursed blade mercilessly cut off the monster's left forearm. Ryomen Sukuna turned his wrist and said casually with a hint of annoyance: "Don't waste my time."
The monster was shocked. He finally felt the murderous intent and strength of the other party. He said tremblingly, "All! I can leave all the sacrifices to you——"
Ryomen Sukuna remained unmoved, his scarlet eyes looking at him with contempt, and his sharp nails were lightly raised again.
The monster gritted his teeth and uttered the second half of the sentence again: "And there are more! And there are also some of my space transfer spells."
"..." Ryoumen Sukuna stared at him for a few seconds, and finally laughed, "Oh, that's interesting."
Finally, he gently removed the floating cursed blade. The monster's back was covered in sweat. Seeing that Ryomen Sukuna finally put down the butcher knife for a short while, he forced a smile on his face: "You can use it by inputting cursed power. The distance is basically related to the input cursed power..."
With a smile on his face, he reached into his side pocket, and a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes.
I will use space transfer first, then activate the altar on the scene, trigger the constraints of the villagers who have signed a contract with me, besiege and kill this gang... The monster planned quickly in his mind.
The next moment, he felt a sudden pain in his body!
The fake smile on his face didn't even have time to turn into shock before his body broke into three pieces and fell to the ground! The strong smell of blood immediately filled the room.
Ryoumen Sukuna had an indifferent expression. He kicked away the corpses blocking his way and reached out to pull out a few blood-stained talismans from the fake Onmyoji's costume.
The talisman was filled with cursed energy and demonic spirit. Ryoumen Sukuna first took out one and tried it out. He input a small amount of cursed energy and transferred it from one side of the wooden house to the other. The effect was the same as the space transmission that suddenly appeared when he cut the mouse in half.
Ryomen Sukuna put away the remaining sheets and saw with the corner of his eye that the corpse on the ground had turned into the original prototype of the monster.
It was a huge creature that could barely be identified as a rat. Dark red blood flowed to the side of the raised altar, and strange patterns emerged.
A strange curse wave vibrated, and the ropes wrapped around the unconscious girl in the room tightened as if they had life, and began to suck human blood like leeches!
The remaining children gradually came to their senses in this environment. When they smelled the blood and noticed the surrounding scenery, they started crying loudly and twisted their bodies to try to escape.
Ryomen Sukuna raised his eyebrows slightly. He had no intention of helping anyone. Instead, he watched with considerable interest.
The bodies that were sucked dry turned into shrunken skin and fell off naturally. The monsters that were cut into several pieces on the ground were squirming in the texture and were actually pieced together again. The cursed power fluctuations after resurrection were more surging than before!
"Not bad, not bad, you can let me kill you again!" Ryomen Sukuna smiled wantonly, revealing the tips of his fangs.
He raised his hand and was about to throw out the horizontal cutting curse blade to fight back, but changed his mind when he noticed someone approaching quickly.
Ryoumen Sukuna had a thoughtful look on his face, and then he laughed out loud: "Use you to make them hate you - but don't be too weak, use more strength!"
He turned his wrist and threw the surviving child to the side of the altar. After the cursed blade cut horizontally, there was no more sound. The strange patterns on the side of the altar became clearer under the blood, and the magic power of the monster that was resurrected became stronger!
Then, Ryoumen Sukuna drew out a talisman that he had obtained earlier.
The resurrected monster's body twisted, and his voice was shrill and chaotic: "Don't even think about running away--!!"
"Have fun with them, give me some time to decorate other places." Ryoumen Sukuna laughed casually. He input the spell power into the talisman and disappeared in an instant.
The gigantic monster swooped over, but missed. He roared shrilly, and the broken limbs and bodies on the ground flew up under the shock wave.
The next second, the wooden door was slammed open!
Outside, heavy snow began to fall again. The pure white snow flakes flew in the air and swept into the house along with the winter wind. A tall figure stood there, his white hair lifted high by the wind.
Yu Hagi could sense the situation inside the house from outside, and after opening the wooden door, he could see the tragic scene inside the house. The broken body and shrunken human skin were almost unrecognizable from their original appearance.
But Liuyan still locked onto one of the bodies at the first moment - it was the child from the family he was looking for.
Only half of the child's face was left with tears still on it. No one could have imagined that a few days ago, the child was holding some cakes in his arms, happily but a little shyly going to the wooden house to give snacks to the handsome big brother who was temporarily staying there.
"..." The aura around Yu Hao surged, and he tore off the black and gold cloth on his face.
The twisted and resurrected rat monster raised its head with a sharp roar and looked into those icy blue eyes.
——
Not long ago.
Not long after Ryomen Sukuna disappeared, the two changed their plan to follow the remnants.
Yu Hagi guessed that since the other party already knew that they were going up the mountain, maybe this cursed power was also created by themselves.
Jiang Lai agreed with this.
The six eyes have an unparalleled field of vision. In the past few days, Uehagi has already memorized the cursed power of Ryomen Sukuna. At this moment, he successfully observed and sensed the other party's location.
"In the northwest corner." Yu Hagi set a target, "By the way, there is a big fluctuation of cursed energy there right now... What happened?"
Jiang Lai didn't know what happened on the mountain, but he could vaguely sense another strange force in the air - blowing in the wind, moving gently, as if greeting in a reserved way. Strange, yet with an inexplicable natural intimacy.
...Is there another [existence] nearby? Jiang Lai vaguely guessed. Unlike the uncertain situation of Ryomen Sukuna, which was full of doubts, this power that was greeting was complete and certain.
"It's not too far away. I'll go first." The white-haired boy Yu Hao hasn't fully figured out teleportation yet, but he has no problem moving over short distances and at high speed.
At this moment, he changed his hand and held the guide stick. When he didn't need to pretend to be a blind person in the back mountain, this thing was a bit of a hindrance.
"Let me get it for you." Jiang Lai took it and said, "You go first, I'll go later."
In Heian-kyō during the heyday of cursed power, although the six eyes cannot be said to be invincible, their capabilities are unparalleled. It is not a problem to deal with the monsters in this place without the need for coordination.
Therefore, Jiang Lai decided to take a detour and follow this strange force of greeting to see the [existence] that appeared nearby.
"Okay." Yu Hao didn't say much. He threw the guide stick in his hand to Jiang Lai, then disappeared from the spot in a flash and chased after the location.
Snow fluttered and floated again, gently landing on the hair and shoulders. Jiang Lai half closed his eyes, followed his heart and walked to the other side.
——
The space-transfer talisman in Ryoumen Sukuna's hand lost its effectiveness after being used once and faded back to its original yellow paper color.
He threw away the used one and put the remaining two or three on the belt around his waist.
At this moment, Ryomen Sukuna was standing in the center of the village at the foot of the mountain. This was the most prosperous place, and at this moment, as dusk fell, people returning home were walking around.
Surrounded by people who were either curious, terrified, or disgusted, they watched from afar the sudden appearance of the four-handed figure, chattering together.
The gazes of the crowd shot over like needles, filled with a variety of emotions.
Ryoumen Sukuna was too lazy to analyze the thoughts of the people around him. He glanced at them briefly with his scarlet eyes and said slowly in a low voice: "The sight is the same as always, which is very unpleasant."
When he was wandering here with Jiang Lai and Yu Hao before, due to Jiang Lai's space technique, he couldn't attack the people around him.
Ryoumen Sukuna was fed up with those gazes, and at this moment, he came back here on purpose, with great ill intentions.
I just awakened to this ability not long ago, and I have not used it much so far. And these guys in front of me are the most suitable experimenters.
Ryomen Sukuna's two arms drooped naturally, and the other two hands were put together. He made a somewhat special gesture, looked forward, and pulled up the corners of his lips to reveal a bloodthirsty smile:
"The field expands——"