Spring Tiger seemed to have seen something the moment he cut off the spiritual energy pillar.
It was something he had never seen before, but it was a very familiar sight.
A beautiful moonlight hung in the night sky.
A man drinking alone under the moon was sitting in the hallway of the mansion.
And a Spirit-branded Retainer hidden in the darkness behind the man.
Just as Spring Tiger was trying his best to see the familiar sight …
"Ka, ka, ka ka, ka ka ka! Five Elements Chain, Urgent as Command! "
Natsume loudly chanted the incantation.
Five floating runes spun above Spring Tiger's head. The runes were connected by light and drew a pentagram in the sky, forming a solid barrier.
The barrier blocked the light from the sky and pulled Spring Tiger's consciousness back to the real world.
Suzuka had already lost consciousness. Her older brother was also lying there motionlessly because the spiritual energy pillar was cut off.
"Stupid human, hurry up and lower your head. That's not something you can see."
Eight-cloud Ink's voice suddenly came.
"If you don't want your soul to be taken away, get down."
Spring Tiger's body was knocked down by Natsume who rushed over.
Natsume, who knocked Spring Tiger down, was tightly hugging Spring Tiger's head while facing the sky.
"Xia, Natsume!?"
"Don't look! Just like Brother Devil said, if a human sees it, their soul will be taken away! "
The pentagram formed the barrier, which cut off the connection between the altar and the sky.
But even so, the fluctuations of power could still be clearly felt.
Facing this unknown thing, the young Yin-Yang Master girl and her Spirit-branded Retainer could only hug each other and lower their heads.
⑧
Eight-cloud Ink looked up and squinted her eyes to observe the sky.
A dense divinity came from the other side of the sky.
However, it was different from the divinity Eight-cloud Ink sensed from Kaminako Yasaka. The divinity coming from the other side of the sky was extremely unstable.
"Ah, is this a God that doesn't have self-awareness?"
It had divinity and divine power, but it didn't have self-awareness. It was like a puppet, mechanically carrying out its duties and responding to the prayers of humans.
"Lord of Mount Tai … is that his name?"
"It's a pity that it doesn't have its own consciousness. The plan seems to have failed …"
Although it was blocked by the pentagram barrier, there was still a trace of spiritual energy being absorbed by it. Eight Cloud Ink revealed a distressed expression.
"Tsk, this damned seal is really strong."
Gradually, the pressure of the spiritual aura disappeared.
The sky regained its calm.
Spring Tiger and Summer Eye looked at each other for a moment before they hurriedly separated. Both of them were blushing.
The pentagram barrier disappeared, and so did the feeling of being in another world.
The top of Mount Yu became a beautiful and tranquil sea of flowers once again.
Moonlight poured down on the altar.
Beneath the altar, Suzaku had already regained consciousness. She sat there hugging her calves with her head buried deep in the ground, making it impossible to see her face clearly.
Brother is dead …
He was really dead and couldn't be revived …
Spring Tiger held his magic sword and looked at Ling Lu with a complicated expression. Then, he turned his gaze to Eight-cloud Ink who was still pinned to the tree by the arrow.
Now, this monster was the biggest problem.
"Oh? What's wrong, stupid human? Do you want to slay a monster? "
Eight-cloud Ink chuckled as he looked at Spring Tiger who was walking towards him with his magic sword.
"Stupid, stupid tiger!"
Summer Eye said worriedly from behind him.
"Don't worry, Summer Eye."
Spring Tiger turned around and smiled at Summer Eye. Then, he walked in front of Eight-cloud Ink.
Spring Tiger looked at Eight-cloud Ink carefully and suddenly said, "You still haven't removed the seal, right?"
"How so? Didn't I wake up already? "
Eight-cloud Ink showed an interested expression.
Spring Tiger pointed at the arrow on Eight-cloud Ink's chest.
"If the seal was completely removed, you would have pulled out this arrow long ago."
Eight-cloud Ink's expression froze.
"Tsk …"
He lowered his head and snorted.
"Be careful, stupid human. If you come so close, even in my current state, it will be very easy for me to kill you."
"Haha, since you said so, I naturally won't attack!"
Spring Tiger suddenly put away his magic sword and laughed foolishly while rubbing the back of his head.
Yakumo suddenly had a good impression of this guy in front of her.
Summer Eye carefully walked in front of Eight-cloud Ink.
"Um, big brother demon …"
"Oh, it's you, little girl …"
"Hmm?"
Summer Eye and Spring Tiger exchanged glances.
"You … know me?"
"I don't."
Eight-cloud Ink directly admitted it.
"It's just that although I didn't wake up before, I could still hear the outside world. Little girl, you've been calling me that since you were young, right? If that's the case — "
Eight-cloud Ink turned around and stared at Spring Tiger with a faint smile.
"— This stupid human is the one who made a promise with you to be your Spirit-branded Retainer?"
The boy and girl instantly felt awkward.
Eight-cloud Ink looked at Spring Tiger with an indescribable expression.
This boy in front of him had an interesting mouth …
His body was filled with the unique spiritual power of a Yin-Yang Master that demons hated — far more than his master's little girl — but it seemed to have been sealed by something.
Someone must have done something to this boy, but it seemed that he didn't know about it.
[Well, it's none of my business —]
"Hey, how about you help me remove this annoying thing?"
Eight-cloud Ink lowered his head and looked at the arrow in his chest.
"Er … I'm sorry, I can't …"
Summer Eye shook her head. This seal was completed by gathering the entire Tukumon family. According to the legends, this seemingly gentle big brother demon was actually an incredibly terrifying demon. If anything happened after the seal was removed, Summer Eye definitely wouldn't be able to accept it.
"Are you really not going to remove it? You won't get pregnant if I remove it … "
"No, no!"
Summer Eye repeatedly shook her head.
Eight-cloud Ink then looked at Spring Tiger.
Spring Tiger also immediately shook his head and refused.
"How boring …"
Eight-cloud Ink was instantly disappointed.
Since he had been sealed for so many years and his older sister hadn't appeared, the flow of time in this world was definitely different from that in the Fantasy Village.
Perhaps several decades had passed here, while only a few days had passed in the Fantasy Village.
And before he left, his older sister seemed to have been in a deep sleep …
"Oh my, I'm not a dangerous person."
Eight-cloud Ink once again attempted to persuade the boy and girl in front of him to help him remove the seal.
"How about this, help me remove this thing, and I'll give it to you … Hmm …"
Eight-cloud Ink started thinking about what he could use as a bargaining chip.
"… Right! I'll give each of you an elf, how about that!! "
"An elf?"
As the Elven King of Darkness, it was far too easy for him to order two dark-type elves to form contracts with humans.
"The elves can form contracts with you and then fight for you. It's similar to a Spirit-branded Retainer. How about it?"
Summer Eye and Spring Tiger were extremely tempted.
But they still refused.
Their teeth were still refusing even after ten tries …
Eight-cloud Ink was completely speechless.
"Hmm!?"
Suddenly, Eight-cloud Ink frowned and looked down the mountain.
A person was currently running up the mountain at an extremely high speed.
Summer Eye covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise when she saw who it was.
"Fa-father!?"
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