[If Chizuko Nagato could return smoothly, she would take over the shrine. After Chizuko Nagato quietly left, the Unripe Rice Village’s witch prepared the succession ceremony unprecedented thoughtfully. Inugami Inuyasha had changed back and forth between the stone statue and the demon beast manifestation four times in the morning. Every time, he came to the main hall to see the Unripe Rice Village’s witch and left. It was not until the fifth time that the Unripe Rice Village’s witch said, “Inuyasha, go back to the cave and get me some water from the pool.”]
[“You are so prepared. It seems that you are optimistic that the kid will come back safely.” Inuyasha leaned outside the door and did not leave immediately.]
[The Unripe Rice Village’s witch said softly, “If she can come back safely, these preparations will be handy. If she can’t come back, then treat it as early preparation for the next time. No matter the results, it’s always better to get prepared.”]
[“Your test is too difficult!” Inuyasha frowned, “I fought against Red Mage before. Even I am not his opponent. If the Red Mage did not injure me, it may not be easy for you to subdue me. Now that you let the kid deal with him, you are pushing her to die!”]
[“You have been dissatisfied with me for making you an Inugami. Now your contract has been transferred to Chizuko. If she encounters misfortune, the contract will be automatically canceled, and you will be free. Isn’t it right? If she can come back safely, you should be sad.” The Unripe Rice Village’s witch looked at Inuyasha again.]
[“Of course!” Inuyasha walked out of the main hall without looking back.]
The wind carried a peculiar power. Not only did Windchaser and Mo Xiaofei fail to break free at once, but they were also instead sent away at a considerable distance, unhindered.
But, Windchaser suddenly summoned a powerful force, grabbing Mo Xiaofei with one hand and Zixing with the other. He roared, breaking away from the wind, and finally fell to the ground.
“Windchaser, you…” Mo Xiaofei worried about the damage to the body as Windchaser summoned another power into itself. Windchaser was already tired because of that.
Windchaser shook his head and said, “I don’t know why but I felt power gushing out of this body continuously after the woman shot a light into me just now.”
Mo Xiaofei frowned and said, “Does she want you to help her deal with Chizuko Nagato in the demon beast version?”
But thinking about it again, Mo Xiaofei wasn’t so sure either. If the young witch had such a plan, she shouldn’t send them away. He and Windchaser exchanged their experiences in the Yan Wuyue World after touching the weird man with wounded eyes. At the same time, they gained a new understanding of the stories between ‘Inuyasha’ and ‘witch.’
“Elder brother, I want to go back.” Windchaser raised his head suddenly, “I don’t know why but it just feels like I have to go back.”
Mo Xiaofei didn’t say anything but nodded. He was almost exhausted. At this time, he had a splitting headache and needed some time to rest. “Go ahead. I will speed up the recovery at my side. You can leave Zixing to me.”
Windchaser nodded and glanced at the unconscious Zixing. Godspeed!
It seemed that the witch had purified Inuyasha’s demon beast blood, raising the physical attributes of this body by a significant margin. Godspeed seemed to have improved a lot because of this.
Mo Xiaofei found a secretive place and settled down. He put Zixing down and proceeded to sit in a lotus position. He meditated on Heart Sutra while letting himself enter a state of mindlessness. After this mental riot, Mo Xiaofei vaguely felt that his mental power transformed.
“What the hell was that figure that looked like an emperor I saw at that time?” A wild thought surged in Mo Xiaofei’s mind. He soon shook his head quickly, recovering his energy intently again.
A refreshing sensation came into his head, albeit he couldn’t identify the source of it. He suddenly opened his eyes and said unbelievably, “Hey, how come my mental power is recovering so much faster than before!?”
If the mental power recovery speed when he was under Long Xiruo’s training was 1, then the recovery speed now was at least 5!
…
[Following the kid’s reminder, Chizuko Nagato waited until midnight was approaching before starting to act. The Red Mage toad was rumored to be a powerful demon beast. The Unripe Rice Village’s witch gave her a handwritten note. It explained about Red Mage. This note was written when the Unripe Rice Village’s witch traveled the world. It recorded many legends of demon beasts and stories of gods and ghosts in various places. It was said that this note was passed down from the first generation of the Unripe Rice Village witch and then perfected from generation to generation. Chizuko Nagato felt that she should put her experience into the notes in the future. She wasn’t worried about whether she could deal with Red Mage.]
[Why would she think about it? She felt that her short life would span for a few decades. It was far inferior to the life of demon beast and gods, so her life should be more efficient. Being worried would waste her time. She wanted to focus on how to get things done. When I get back safely, the expression on that stupid dog’s face will be wonderful, right? Although she didn’t want to waste her life on meaningless worry, fear, and various fantasies, Chizuko Nagato discovered that her motivation soared when she dreamt of the future.]
[Red Mage was a demon beast that was difficult to slay and purify. Before going out, the Unripe Rice Villager’s witch told Chizuko Nagato that her best option was to seal the Red Mage, judging her current capability. The place where Red Mage resided was right in front of her. Chizuko Nagato could see the faint green light in the place. After thinking about it, Chizuko Nagato slowed down and armed herself with a wooden bow and arrow. At this moment, the cave suddenly became overcast with whistling cries of the ghosts. Voices like this began to reverberate all around as a figure flew out of the cave. His feet were on the colorful clouds; he wore a red robe; he smiled like a kind elder, “Amitabha Buddha.”]
[“Red Mage?” Chizuko Nagato directly hitched the feather arrow and pointed at the opponent.]
[“Witch? I wonder why you come to me in the middle of the night?” Red Mage descended from the colorful clouds. His kind smile was more like a statue of an ancient temple. ]
[Chizuko Nagato felt Red Mage’s immense mana. However, this magic power was vile. It did not have the monks’ sense of righteousness and peace the Unripe Rice Village’s witch mentioned. She quickly became guarded. Moreover, the situation was unlike what the child under the mountain had said about the Red Mage being weakest at midnight. If this were already the weakest time for Red Mage, his peak state would be too terrifying. Chizuko Nagato became dignified while observing the surrounding terrain. A feathered arrow shot out without warning. Chizuko Nagato shot an arrow to probe her enemy. ]
[Red Mage quickly took Chizuko Nagato’s feather arrow with his smile intensified, “Does the witch hear that midnight is my weakest time and came to disturb me at this time?”]
[Chizuko Nagato ignored his words. She quickly changed positions and shot another arrow. Red Mage stretched out his hand again to take the arrow easily, smiled, and said, “The spiritual power on this arrow is robust. If you hit me, it will be big trouble. Unfortunately, you can’t hit me. Let me tell you that midnight is indeed my most important time. I’m not at my weakest state, but my peak.”]
[Red Mage opened his mouth and exhaled a cloud of colored mist. The mist amplified along with the wind. The colorful wind withered flowers and plants wherever it passed. Chizuko Nagato couldn’t avoid it. Her skirt was stained a bit, and it was corroded. She couldn’t help but get solemn. At the same time, she remembered the boy crying down the mountain, “That boy is under you?”]
[Red Mage laughed, “I just promised to let his brother go. He is willing to work for me. Every time an onmyoji or monk came, they would think they gained valuable information. But they never know they fell into my trap. As a witch, you have pure spiritual power. Although you aren’t a boy to help me cultivate my longevity secret technique, it’s still great to eat you! You’re too naive, youngster. You will die swiftly! Haha!” Red Mage laughed and waved his hands. The soil in the mountains and forests opened up. A toad demon beast, the size of a wolf, jumped out. Their numbers were uncountable. Chizuko Nagato didn’t know that the Red Mage had cultivated this powerful spell. She fell under the siege of many small demon beasts. The situation seemed precarious.]
…
In her memory, the young witch didn’t have much experience with physical pain. Demon beasts could not sustain even an arrow from her due to the immense spiritual power.
Under the fox demon beast Chizuko Nagato’s claw besiegement, there were deep wounds revealing bones. Crimson blood tainted the arena. The young witch struggled to breathe due to the body’s instinctive reaction caused by the pain.
When the young witch made a move on Eric, she had already violated the demon beast version of Chizuko Nagato… violated Miki’s bottom line. Seeing Miki’s red eyes, the young witch put a feathered arrow on the wooden bow. After absorbing the power of another Miki, her spiritual energy had improved in terms of quality. It no longer had the strong restraint ability against the demon beast, but its destructive power had risen to a threatening level even for the greater demon beast.
“As expected, you never regretted it.” Miki looked at the young witch’s indifferent face and smiled miserably. “In the past, you gave up on me, but now you plan to kill me and even erase my most precious things. You shouldn’t exist at all!”
Xiu-!
The feathered arrow shot out in an instant. Miki screamed as her physical body morphed closer to being a fox demon beast. The cyan demon beast power formed a coat like a real fox demon beast! Miki opened her mouth and easily bit the feather arrow in her mouth!
Without any hesitation, the demon beasted Chizuko Nagato bit on the shoulder of the young witch, and the sharp teeth tore off a piece of flesh.
…
[One after other feathered arrows were shot. Chizuko Nagato fell in front of a large number of small toad demon beasts, but the feathered arrows on her quiver had bottomed out. The Red Mage on the colorful cloud was relaxed and proud, “Witch, give up on your resistance. You won’t feel pain.”]
[Chizuko Nagato had her hand reached into the quiver and found that it was empty. Her face changed slightly, but she didn’t have time to consider her options. She could only hold the wooden bow and hit the toad demon beast away. This wooden bow was blessed with spiritual power. However, it was a pity that the wooden bow wasn’t as convenient as the feathered arrows. Her spiritual power depleted at an alarming rate. Is this the end? Chizuko Nagato looked at the wound on her arm bitten by a small toad demon beast. In the days of cultivating on the mountain, she would get hurt occasionally. But, that was entirely different from the current situation after all. Contrary to the Unripe Rice Village’s witch’s belief that humans would start recalling the past before death, Chizuko Nagato didn’t feel that way. Overexerting her spiritual power only made her feel tired. If she disagreed with the Unripe Rice Village’s witch and didn’t become a trainee witch, could she avoid what happened today?]
[Since Chizuko Nagato was part of the Nagato family, she would naturally live in the Nagato family’s household. With that, she would have the chance of witnessing the birth of Saburo Nagato’s and Haru Narukami’s child, as well as the delivery of Axiu and Shinji’s child. Later, Nagato Munechika might die of illness or die of old age. She would go to the funeral and watch the elders leave one by one. She might get married early and have children. Until one day, her offspring would stand in front of her tomb. It seemed like a good story.]
[“Brat! Hold on!”]
[An anxious voice came from a distance. Under the moonlit night, a flaming red figure broke into the toad demon beasts’ encirclement. He waved his claws, “You can’t die here. If you don’t remove the necklace for me, I will be upset! Don’t bring me trouble!’]
[“Inuyasha, why are you here? Didn’t Master Witch say that you are not allowed to act?” Chizuko Nagato frowned.]
[“Who cares about that!? I got to settle my score with this stinky toad too!” Inuyasha pulled out the saber from his waist. This saber was a weapon made from the teeth of Inuyasha’s father, a mighty demon beast. With this, Inuyasha sent out three solid winds and instantly swept away the toad demon beasts on the ground. He carried the saber and cut off a path towards the Red Mage without saying anything!]
[“It’s you half demon beast again. It turns out that you haven’t died yet.” Red Mage was not afraid. With a grinning face, wild winds and gloomy poisonous fog came. Then, he took out a nine-foot-long monk’s staff and clashed with Inuyasha’s saber.]
[There was a significant gap between Inuyasha and Red Mage already. All this while, Red Mage had harmed many boys, resulting in his power significantly increased. Inuyasha’s pressure increased in just a few clashes. Seeing Chizuko Nagato motionless at this time, he couldn’t help but yell, “Brat, don’t be stupid! How old are you? It doesn’t matter if you can’t do things by yourself. Having someone to rely on is fine!”]
[“Stall the Red Mage! I will prep up the sealing technique!” Chizuko Nagato nodded, then put down the wooden bow in her hand. She gestured a series of incarnations with her hands. The remaining spiritual power began to erupt, reciting spells poetically.]
[“The wind on the water is guided by the current.” Chizuko Nagato’s voice began to echo around. The trees near the mountain stream swayed. Inuyasha raised the saber in his hand and confronted the Red Mage again. A beam of spiritual power ascending from the ground entangled the Red Mage, making him unable to move freely. Red Mage turned ferocious, resisting the ensnarement. As the seal became more robust, his body was gradually bound by the seal manifested from spiritual qi.]
Miki bit off the young witch’s flesh and didn’t stop his hand. Her sharp claws went around behind the young witch and severely cut her back, leaving lines of bloody wounds.
It was still too painful after all. The young witch groaned uncontrollably.
[“The melody permeates in the air, and the echo is rippling.”]
The young witch grabbed the wooden bow in her hand hard, and it was too late to hitch another feather arrow. She used the wooden bow to strike Miki. It was just that she was seriously injured. This movement tore her wound further, and the attack missed.
Miki seized this great opportunity. The tails behind her enlarged and wrapped the young witch’s body.
[“Tremble and enter the endless firmament.”]
The tail wrapped around the young witch’s neck, making her breathing much more difficult. The tail contracted frantically as if to crush her body completely. She raised her head and looked at the sky. The stars were dim, and the full moon at night didn’t look beautiful.
[“Travel through time. You come and go, but descend to the world.”]
“Damn you! Chizuko Nagato hates you the most!” Miki’s eyes were red. The mutation on her body became severe. She was like a fur monster with ferocious eyes. She stared at the young witch from the front.
[“Now, my friend, come to the earth.”]
There came the crips sound of broken bones. The young witch’s expression gradually changed because of pain. She struggled to move her gaze down a bit.
[“Let us sing the forgotten song, and find back the feeling we have lost.”]
Without any hesitation, Miki opened her palm. The tail wrapped around the young witch suddenly loosened a little.
[“Until the moment we meet again, fall asleep deeply.”]
The palm, as sharp as a saber, penetrated the heart without any obstacle. The pupils of the young witch dilated in an instant and then lost its vigor.
[“Time is passing.”]
[The seal completed. The Red Mage eventually disappears. Only the monk’s staff was left. He was sealed in the monk’s staff. Inuyasha picked up the monk’s staff, shook it, and looked at Chizuko Nagato. He said disdainfully. “You’re not bad, damn kid. You didn’t waste your efforts studying in all these years.”]
[Chizuko Nagato’s mouth showed a slight smile. Although there were many wounds on her, it was not a big problem. Looking at Inuyasha’s nasty teasing and the smug smile, she was displeased. So, she opened her mouth slightly and said, “Sit!”]
[“Damn kid, l came here to save you, but you…!”]
Miki withdrew her palm from the young witch. Crimson blood spilled in the air. She let go of her tail. The young witch’s body that lost support fell from the mid-air like that.
Miki watched this scene quietly.
[Faced with Inuyasha’s dissatisfaction and roar, the smile on Chizuko Nagato’s face seemed a little bigger. She turned around, “Inuyasha, let’s head home.”]
Miki closed her eyes. The violent power subsided, “Rest in peace.”