They watched the mighty 'Hundred Ghosts Night Parade' approach.
Shuten Doji himself was stunned.
This tide of specters was too terrifying. Just the dozen or so figures leading the charge were enough to make the surrounding specters and yokai tremble:
"Top Oni Kings?!"
"No, beings that surpass Oni Kings..."
Feeling the aura emanating from Senluo, many yokai couldn't help but step back, even the Oni King-level yokai. That aura was too fearsome, comparable to Lord Shuten Doji's.
As yokai serving Shuten Doji, they knew his strength well, having reached the legendary Great Yokai level, equivalent to the True Dragon Guard class. In other words, there was someone there who could rival Lord Shuten Doji.
At the same time.
Shuten Doji naturally noticed Senluo's strength. His gaze was grave as he spoke to Senluo and his approaching group:
"Friend ahead, what business do you have with me? This is my territory, Shuten Doji's."
With powerful beings like Senluo present, even the usually arrogant Shuten Doji had to be cautious and inquire first. He didn't believe that such a grand display was merely for a social call. As for whether they were passing by...
Most likely not.
Judging by their aggressive momentum, they didn't look like they were just passing through.
Shuten Doji couldn't help but wonder. He didn't recall provoking such a terrifying specter force, and more importantly, when did Sakura Country ever have such a specter force?
Hmm?
As Shuten Doji pondered, he noticed the embroidered shoes and the attire, and was taken aback.
That's not right.
This isn't a specter force from Sakura Country, but from abroad?
Just as he was surprised.
Senluo, who had led the entire high-ranking members of the Senluo Division out, heard Shuten Doji's words. Instantly, waves of terrifying specter energy erupted from the Senluo Division's high-ranking members, their aggression unmasked. They had come specifically for Shuten Doji, and now that they had found him, they could no longer suppress their anger.
At the same moment.
"We're looking for you, Shuten Doji."
It was Glasses who spoke. Already seething with anger, he could no longer hold back.
At this very moment.
Senluo's calm voice drifted out:
"Leave no one behind."
These simple four words, spoken without a ripple, struck the territory of Shuten Doji like a war hammer.
As the sound faded.
Boom!!!
The high-ranking members of the Senluo Division beside him, and the thousands of specters behind them, broke free like wild horses, surging towards Shuten Doji's forces.
"Damn it, what do you mean by this?"
Shuten Doji's expression darkened. Though he didn't understand the situation, he still acted. His terrifying aura, equivalent to the True Dragon Guard class, instantly filled the area, causing the movements of the Senluo Division to momentarily freeze.
However, the next second.
An equally, if not more, powerful terrifying aura, like a primordial beast breaking free from its cage and shackles, roared through heaven and earth.
Shuten Doji's True Dragon Guard-level aura was pushed back.
"What?!"
Shuten Doji's expression changed drastically as he focused on Senluo, whose aura was emanating.
Following this.
The top specter force of Great Xia—the Senluo Division.
The top specter force of Sakura Country—Shuten Doji.
The two.
Clashed on this night!
Shuten Doji's Oni Kings roared. Facing the invaders, despite their shock, they also attacked.
Rumble.
The mountains of this forest trembled, the earth shook, trees in the mountain ranges collapsed, soil churned and erupted. Under the gaze of all the specters and yokai, a colossal giant yokai, as large as a small mountain, standing a hundred meters tall, roared.
"Lord Dai Nyudo!"
It was the yokai 'Dai Nyudo'. Legend had it that a grown Dai Nyudo could move mountains and fill seas. Its size was immense. When Zhang Wei first came to Sakura Country, he had encountered a Dai Nyudo Shikigami when dealing with that Oni King-level Onmyoji.
However, compared to that one, this Dai Nyudo was the true adult, the true legendary Dai Nyudo. A top Oni King, standing a hundred meters tall, it casually grabbed hundreds of tons of mountain rocks and hurled them at the specters of the Senluo Division.
In response.
A plump figure from the Senluo Division rushed out. It was Fatty.
Compared to the figure of Dai Nyudo, the two were like an elephant and an ant. However, Fatty raised a leg and kicked at the incoming mountain rocks.
Booming sound!
Fatty, like a superhero, shattered the three-story-high mountain rocks with a single kick. The momentum did not diminish, and the kick landed on Dai Nyudo's abdomen.
Boom————
An unbelievable scene unfolded.
Dai Nyudo, a hundred meters tall, was struck as if by an ancient Titan. Its colossal body was sent flying backward, crashing into the mountain behind it with a thunderous roar, causing tremors comparable to an 8.0 magnitude earthquake. The mountain half collapsed, and a large swathe of the forest was crushed by its body.
This sight.
Shocked everyone, invigorated the Senluo Division, and terrified Shuten Doji's forces.
At this moment.
Fatty's voice slowly echoed:
"Fighting giants has a lot of flair. I like it."
He beckoned to Dai Nyudo, who had fallen and crushed the mountain:
"Come on, again."
"Roar!!"
Dai Nyudo roared. The terrifying aura of a top Oni King swept through the surrounding mountains like a forest fire. It raised its fist, as large as a house, intending to crush Fatty.
Fatty was unfazed.
He met the fist with his own.
However.
At this moment.
A sparse sound arose, like countless crawling insects. Dai Nyudo felt a sharp pain under its feet. It looked down, its pupils constricting. Unbeknownst to it, its feet were now covered in dense swarms of insects, including centipedes, venomous bees, and venomous snakes.
The sheer number.
They had crawled all over the feet of its massive body, and their numbers were increasing. In just a few breaths, these hundreds of millions of insects had covered Dai Nyudo's entire body, piling up to form a giant centipede composed of countless venomous insects.
The centipede was enormous, coiling around Dai Nyudo's body like a snake. The centipede's head bit onto Dai Nyudo's neck.
For a moment.
The scene became surreal.
A hundred-meter-tall giant centipede was strangling a hundred-meter-tall giant yokai. Fatty's small, floating body seemed out of place.
Seeing this.
Fatty looked at the insect-like members of the Senluo Division not far away:
"Hey, Insect, don't interfere with my fight."
Although he said this.
Fatty showed no mercy, slapping Dai Nyudo across the face. Dai Nyudo was sent flying backward once more:
"Never mind, a 2-on-1 fight is very villainous. I like that too."
It wasn't just Fatty who was in a fierce battle.
Other members of the Senluo Division were also fighting against Shuten Doji's members.
However.
The Senluo Division had too many top Oni Kings. Even though the Sealed Corpse hadn't recovered its true form, there were still a full twelve of them. Shuten Doji's top Oni Kings could only fight multiple opponents passively. Glasses, in particular, showed no martial spirit, as a top Oni King, he plunged into the crowd of specters and began a massacre.
In his words, the injuries Hua Hua suffered, he would take back double from them.
For a time.
Despite the clash of the top specter forces of two great nations, the situation was almost entirely one-sided.
At the same time.
Shuten Doji also confronted Senluo.
Their strength was too immense. They tacitly moved into the depths of the forest, where they carved out a battleground for the True Dragon Guard class.
Although the battle could not be witnessed firsthand, the terrifying tremors, like a magnitude ten earthquake, and the deafening roars that emanated from there indicated the ferocity of the fighting.
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