At the headquarters of the Ghost Killers.
Ten days had passed since the incident in the Knife Craftsman Village. Twenty days had passed since Ryuga and Esders had arrived in this world.
These days, the ghosts in Japan seemed to have completely disappeared. In the past ten days, not a single ghost was found to be moving or eating humans. It was as if they had been restrained and transferred away.
Thanks to this, the members of the Ghost Killers did not need to move around outside. Most of them had returned to the headquarters to prepare for the upcoming battle.
Even Esders did not go out to hunt evil ghosts. He had been staying in the headquarters. When he was bored, he would replace Ryuga to carry out the striped special training. He would torture the pillars and exercise his muscles.
Ryuga's kill count had also stopped at 25. She was 5 away from completing the Spiritual Base Renewal Mission. However, as long as she could kill the remaining Uesuga and the Ghost King, she would be able to complete the mission.
"The Ghost Dancer is undoubtedly gathering the ghosts under his command. I'm afraid he wants to gather all his subordinates and decide the winner with us in one go."
In the perfunctory courtyard of the delivery house, the leader of the Ghost Killers was getting more and more dispirited, to the point where he would be out of breath after taking two steps. He could only change his clothes and get up with the help of the servants. He couldn't even walk out of the courtyard.
According to him, the Shiyama family had been punished by the heavens. Every generation of children would be cursed. They would be born weak and sickly, especially boys. Basically, none of them lived past 30 years old.
Even Liu Xia couldn't understand the theory behind it. Even though he knew some magic related to curses and undead, he still couldn't understand a curse that had lasted for a thousand years like the wrath of Heaven.
Shiyama Shiyama was only 23 years old this year. His body was so weak that he was seriously ill. The flesh-colored raised lines on his face had occupied half of his face. According to the doctor's diagnosis, he only had half a year left to live.
"Today, when Shiyama was walking at the foot of the mountain, he accidentally found an eyeball. It seemed to have a life of its own. It was looking around at the foot of the mountain. Shiyama then crushed it."
The smile on Shiyama Shiyama's face did not fade. Instead, it became more profound. "It seems that the Ghost Dancer has found out where the headquarters of the Ghost Killers is."
Ryuga nodded, refusing to comment.
He knew about the eyeballs.
Dotya had been lying in ambush by Wu Chi's side for a period of time. She had already scouted out the abilities of many ghosts under Wu Chi.
The ability to create countless eyeballs and then control them to move around in various places to gather information was the ability of Song Nü of the First String.
Song Nü had a total of two Blood Demon Techniques. One was the ability to control the space inside and outside the Limitless City. The other was the ability to control eyeballs. She usually used these eyeballs to check the information outside the Limitless City. When choosing a teleportation location, she would also send the eyeballs out to confirm the spatial coordinates.
For example, when she teleported Jade Pot and Half-Dragon Hound to Bladesmith Village, she was actually sending her eyeballs to the vicinity of Bladesmith Village. After knowing the approximate direction and distance of the village, she could accurately teleport people to the location.
His original plan was to ask Dotya to reveal the location of the Ghost Killers' headquarters even if she had to reveal her identity if she couldn't find it in a short amount of time. This way, he wouldn't have to do this.
"How's everyone's special training about the stripes going?"
Tokiya Yoshiya looked at Ryuga with a pair of dull eyes. This was the main issue he wanted to discuss with Ryuga today.
"Rock Pillar, Wind Pillar, Snake Pillar, and Sunset Pillar have all mastered the trick. They can activate the stripes at any time. They have already completed the special training."
Ryuga indifferently said: "Love Pillar, Water Pillar, and Sound Pillar are still lacking, but they will be done soon. Insect Pillar didn't pay attention to it at all. He hasn't been here for the past few days. He has been studying something. And Flame Pillar, although he was seriously injured two days ago and joined the special training, his progress is very fast."
"When the decisive battle comes, except for Insect Pillar and Butterfly Ninja, all of them should be able to activate the stripes."
Due to the impending battle, Tan Zhilang had specially come to look for Liuxia, requesting her to fully use the Healing Rune on them. After Liuxia had agreed, she used her B + Rank Mana to fully heal them. That was why they were able to recover from their injuries that would have required them to be bedridden for several months in less than ten days.
Rock Pillar and the other four who had completed the special training just left, but Purgatory Xingshu Lang, Tanji Jiro, Shan Yi, and Izusuke also joined in, so there were still quite a lot of people who participated in the special training.
"Is that so … That's great."
Although he said so, his expression was still somewhat gloomy.
After a breathing technique swordsman awakened the stripes, they definitely couldn't live past 25 years old. If all of them activated the stripes, it meant that all of them couldn't live past 25 years old. This in itself was a way of sacrificing one's lifespan. It was hard to say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"As a pillar, we have to bear the consequences that other swordsmen can't bear. We have to do things that other swordsmen can't do. In any case, we have to bear the brunt. As long as we can kill Wu Ku, the others can live a good life without being threatened by ghosts. So what if we can't live past 25 years old? If we can kill Wu Ku with our lives, then even if we die on the spot, we won't regret it. "
This was the answer that Ryuga gave to the pillars after she told them about the side effects of the stripes. They gave Ryuga the answer.
No one was an exception.
To be honest, their will and awareness made Ryuga look at them in a new light.
Although what he worshipped was pure passion, and the Ghost Killers' love was mixed with hatred, he didn't really like them. However, this didn't stop him from changing his perception of them from being tools to being interesting tools.
Therefore, even if it didn't matter to Liu Xia whether the pillars opened or not, with his current strength, he could most likely kill Wu Xie. However, he still continued to help with the special training.
Moreover, who said that activating the stripes would definitely lead to death?
…
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
On the day of the storm, an acquaintance visited Ryuga's house.
It was a beautiful woman wearing a dark purple kimono embroidered with red flowers. She looked to be about thirty years old. Her face was pale, and her black hair was parted in the middle and tied into a large and low bun at the back of her head. Her eyes were as gentle as mist.
"Zhu Shi?"
Ryuga recognized the identity of the other party at a glance. Behind her was the young man who turned into a ghost, Yushiro.
"Why are you here?"
"The head of the Tokiya clan invited me. He wants to cooperate with me to kill Wu Ku."
Miss Zhu Shi answered Ryuga's question with the same dignified demeanor as before. "I have been in contact with the Tokiya clan for a long time … I didn't expect the current head of the Tokiya clan to still remember me. When I received the invitation, I was also shocked."
But she still came, in order to kill the Ghost Dancer.
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