This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 533 - 342. On the Brink of Madness Despair (4000 words)_2

Chapter 533: Chapter 342. On the Brink of Madness Despair (4000 words)_2

"Do you finally understand or not? We should be a bit more careful here, otherwise we face death..."

Ihui Nai Luo felt the undisguised disdain in Beichuan Si’s gaze, and her voice grew louder.

And just as she continued —

Bang!!!

Her entire spiritual body was completely squashed.

Her arms and legs were smashed together like rubber.

It wasn’t Beichuan Si who had acted, but—

"Earth Spirit?!"

The already-mushed Ihui Nai Luo exclaimed in terror.

Unknowingly, an Earth Spirit had emerged from above the ceiling, revealing a phantom half of its hefty body.

In contrast to Ihui Nai Luo’s panic, Beichuan Si merely lifted his eyes indifferently.

He had actually noticed this Earth Spirit from the beginning, but he had no intention of warning Ihui Nai Luo.

After all, Ihui Nai Luo’s only purpose was to lead the way.

Once they reached the base of the Divine Tree, her usefulness would diminish significantly.

It might even be better to use the Earth Spirit to diminish her good nature now.

"Beichuan!!!"

Seeing the Earth Spirit about to smash down on her again, Ihui Nai Luo panicked, fully dematerialized her spiritual body, and broke away from her usual serene and aloof demeanor, straightforwardly seeking help from Beichuan Si.

But—

Could Beichuan Si really stop this Earth Spirit?

This Earth Spirit was not on the same level as the previous ones.

If Ihui Nai Luo could barely escape from the Earth Spirits before, then in front of this one, a single strike had already shattered a tenth of her good nature.

If this continued for ten times, she would undoubtedly vanish from this world completely.

Under Ihui Nai Luo’s gaze, Beichuan Si flipped his wrist.

A smooth-surfaced short dagger landed in his hand.

With this thing to fend off the Earth Spirit?!

Ihui Nai Luo, who doesn’t have blood being a spiritual body, otherwise she would have definitely spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Bang!!!

The Earth Spirit’s fist smashed towards Beichuan Si’s head.

If Beichuan Si got hit by that, his eyeballs would fly out, and his brain would burst.

There was only one way to leave now!

Ihui Nai Luo looked towards the corridor.

In fact, under the corridor there was a road specifically for the use of Shrine staff, hidden by secret techniques, absolutely undiscoverable to those not of the Izumi Shrine.

After taking that road, one could directly leave below the corridor...

Ihui Nai Luo then turned to look at Ihui Guangjiu.

Ihui Guangjiu was the younger sister of Ihui Ju Xu, only nine years old.

Compared to Ihui Ju Xu, she was a much more manageable offering for the rituals.

Next, while the Earth Spirit vented its fury on Beichuan Si’s corpse—she’d grab Ihui Guangjiu and rush into the corridor, then into the hidden path.

That was her fallback plan.

Ihui Nai Luo hadn’t disclosed all the information she knew from the beginning.

Just as she was about to execute her plan in the next few seconds...

Puchi...

The sound of flesh being split.

Ihui Nai Luo instinctively turned her head.

In her field of vision, the Earth Spirit’s massive body was connected to dark threads.

Beichuan Si’s fingers were linked with the black threads, dragging a sharp cold light.

Spiritual Dagger Technique!

After being fundamentally enhanced through death essence, Beichuan Si also found controlling the Spiritual Dagger Technique much easier.

The threads of death essence, pulled by Jian Ding, sharply split the Earth Spirit’s flesh and left more threads of death essence inside the Earth Spirit’s body.

Beichuan Si suddenly split his hands apart!

Like a flipped flower rope, a large net formed of black qi—

Crack!

The threads tightened! Connecting all the severed parts!

Rain started to fall from the sky.

Neat chunks of flesh...

Falling like rain.

Accompanied by the foul-smelling black liquid all dropping down.

This seemingly enormous Earth Spirit completely vanished like that.

Beichuan Si watched the raining chunks of flesh, his mind slightly stirred.

Since last enhancing his fundamental death essence, he had not encountered an opponent that required his full strength.

After all, the uses of basic death energy are numerous.

As death silk threads, it would be even more tenacious; transformed into weapons, it would be more solid, with increased erosion power on vengeful spirits or wandering souls...

In addition, there are other capabilities, where enhancement brings about an overall improvement.

Therefore, it wasn’t too difficult for Beichuan Si to resolve the Earth Spirit.

And...

Beichuan Si glanced at his own Jian Ding.

After numerous exorcism events, both large and small, this Spiritual Dagger, stained with the blood of its former owner’s curse, seemed to tremble slightly.

It seemed that the curse was about to be completely lifted.

If in the following time a few more Earth Spirits of the same caliber appeared... Jian Ding should be able to completely lift the curse.

Compared with Beichuan Si’s simple thoughts, Ihui Nai Luo, on the other hand, was completely stunned.

Yes, completely stunned.

Resolved?

Just like that, resolved?

She couldn’t understand.

If it had been the Earth Spirit of the Hand Corridor before, she might have managed to make some excuses.

But this was an Earth Spirit from under the Foot Corridor.

The difference in levels led to a fundamental difference in strength.

Even the entire Izumi Shrine only had about ten Earth Spirits of this level.

Yet such an Earth Spirit...

Had been resolved?

Resolved so easily by Beichuan Si?

Ihui Nai Luo felt her long-held beliefs collapsing.

She watched as Beichuan Si quickly tucked Jian Ding back into his sleeve and strained her voice, "You... you..."

For the first time, she showed fear.

Ihui Nai Luo finally felt fear.

Initially, she thought she could grasp Beichuan Si’s abilities, having him work for her, which was why she brought him so easily into Mikami Forest. However, as progress continued, Beichuan Si’s powers became so formidable that she could no longer maintain a calm state of mind.

Such terrifying ability—

An omen of great disaster...

A person of ill-omen.

Beichuan Master?

"Should you even exist in this world?"

She reformed her Spiritual Body completely, stepping back repeatedly, her voice trembling somewhat.

"What do you mean?" Beichuan Si pulled at his backpack strap and asked indifferently.

Ihui Nai Luo shook her head frantically, screaming wildly, "Impossible! There can’t be someone like you in this world! You definitely shouldn’t exist!"

Her voice was hoarse, as if on the verge of collapse.

With such a person here, how could she fulfill the great ambition of the previous Great Heavenly Person? How could she revive the Izumi Shrine?!

Beichuan Si furrowed his brows tightly.

Then he turned his head to look at the Ihui sisters, who were also somewhat surprised by Ihui Nai Luo’s breakdown, and asked, "How long until the gate of Yellow Springs stirs?"

Ihui Guangjiu glanced at the hourglass she held in her hand, thought for a moment, and then said, "Six more hours."

"Six hours... should be enough."

The journey from the Hand Corridor to the Foot Corridor had taken two hours, and although there were three more rooms to go, Beichuan Si had completely adapted to the pace.

Six hours, in full calculation, should be enough.

With that thought, Beichuan Si expressed his opinion:

"Let’s continue."

"..." Ihui Nai Luo.

Ihui Nai Luo didn’t speak again.

Compared to her earlier tense demeanor, she was now more silent.

This silence conveyed a desperate madness.

It was unknown what she was thinking just now.

Beichuan Si shifted his gaze away from Ihui Nai Luo.

Perhaps this woman still had her own calculations up to now.

But it was already too late.

Bringing Beichuan Si into Mikami Forest had been a mistake from the start.

The Demon King was placed inside a sheepfold; how could he possibly leave so easily, or be plucked by her like a peach?

That was clearly impossible.

Having reached under the Foot Corridor, the next course was to keep moving forward, until they arrived beside the Divine Tree.

Then, let Ihui Nai Luo spill it all—

The scams of the Izumi Shrine... the whole story of Ihui Island.