Chapter 494 Shuten-dōji

"Bastard!"

Kalen let out a beast-like roar.

"I'll kill you!"

Chong Wenguma stood on the shoulder of the Ōtengu, looking down at him condescendingly, his eyes filled with contempt and disdain.

It was as if he were looking at an ignorant ant courting death.

This look completely ignited Kalen's anger.

He no longer held anything back.

"In the name of the God Ra, awaken the sleeping guardian!"

Kalen let out a low shout, and a brilliant golden light burst forth from his pitch-black eyes!

His Aura climbed steadily at this moment, and an ancient yet sacred pressure exploded from within his body.

A massive, extremely solid blue phantom slowly emerged behind him!

That was a giant entirely composed of blue energy, standing over fifty meters tall with knotted muscles, brimming with explosive power!

The giant wore an Ancient Egypt-style pharaoh's crown, its expression majestic and its eyes tightly closed.

With Kalen's roar, the giant abruptly opened its eyes!

Two dazzling rays of golden light shot out like searchlights, piercing through the night sky!

"Roar——!"

A silent roar seemed to explode deep within everyone's Soul.

The blue guardian giant let out an angry roar at the Ōtengu in the air.

Afterwards, the earth beneath its feet cracked loudly, and its massive body rose from the ground, charging towards Chong Wenguma once again with an unstoppable, violent posture.

This time, Kalen meant business.

He manipulated this guardian, targeting Chong Wenguma himself directly.

Capture the bandit ringleader first!

However, Chong Wenguma couldn't even be bothered to glance at the menacing blue giant.

In his eyes, this so-called Ancient Egypt king was nothing more than a clown with a bit of brute force.

The only one who truly made him feel threatened was the mysterious man in the distance who had steadily sat atop the black throne from beginning to end.

Facing the charging blue giant, he merely issued a cold command to the Ōtengu beneath his feet.

"Take care of it."

"Screech!"

The Ōtengu let out a sharp hiss.

It violently flapped its pair of black wings that blotted out the sky, whipping up two tornadoes that reached the heavens and earth, greeting that blue guardian.

"Boom!"

The blue giant's violent iron fist and the air-tearing tornado violently collided.

The counter-charge of energy and fierce wind erupted into a deafening roar.

The two behemoths instantly began fighting fiercely in mid-air.

For a moment, it was hard to tell who was winning.

Chong Wenguma no longer paid attention to the battle below.

Instead, he locked his gaze firmly on Insect Emperor Caesar.

It was this person.

Ever since he appeared, he had constantly given him an extremely dangerous feeling.

That was a palpitation originating from deep within the Soul.

This feeling was unprecedented.

The resurrection ritual had reached its most critical moment.

Absolutely no accidents could be allowed to happen.

He must eliminate this greatest threat as soon as possible!

Chong Wenguma's eyes narrowed, hesitating no longer.

He took out a palm-sized, entirely blood-red wine saucer from the wide sleeve of his divine official robe.

The material of the wine saucer was neither gold nor jade, and bizarre patterns were engraved on its surface.

Expressionless, Chong Wenguma bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of crimson blood into the wine saucer.

"Sizzz——"

The blood fell into the saucer, surprisingly sounding like boiling oil falling onto glowing charcoal, emitting a harsh sound while steaming up a blood-colored mist carrying a rich wine fragrance.

"With my blood as the medium, I offer the wine of this world."

"Awaken from the eternal long night, Shuten-dōji!"

The moment his words fell.

The air in front of him began to distort violently.

A vortex intertwined with blood-red and black appeared out of thin air and expanded rapidly.

A terrifying Aura that was even more ferocious, violent, and chaotic than the Ōtengu crazily seeped over from the other end of the vortex.

Soon, a huge sharp claw covered in scarlet scales abruptly reached out from the vortex, tightly grabbing its edge.

Following closely.

A stalwart figure slowly squeezed out from the blood-red vortex.

Standing over ten meters tall, his entire body's skin presented a dim scarlet color, as if solidified from dried blood.

A head of flame-like flamboyant red hair was wantonly scattered, and on his forehead, two thick black demonic horns curved menacingly upward, pointing straight at the firmament.

He wore only tattered animal-hide short pants, and his exposed upper body was covered in twisted and bizarre black tattoos, the lines looking like living creatures slowly wriggling beneath his skin.

Most eye-catching was his face.

That was a face filled with arrogance, bloodlust, and drunkenness.

A pair of golden slit pupils flashed with inhuman, cruel light.

The corners of his mouth split open, revealing shark-like sharp fangs, as if ready to devour people at any moment.

He carried a huge Spiked Club on his shoulder, covered in dark red blood stains and barbs.

At his waist hung a huge wine gourd that was at least half a person tall.

This was the existence in Sakura Country's myths and legends that stood at the peak of the demon race.

Shuten-dōji!

Zhou Huai narrowed his eyes.

Shuten-dōji.

This fellow's strength was at least a Level 70 or higher Hell-level BOSS.

Being able to summon such a terrifying ferocious creature of this level, this Onmyoji named Chong Wenguma was definitely much higher in strength by several tiers compared to Wada Hirayama encountered previously.

Great Xia Country's previous intelligence was completely wrong.

They originally thought Soma Kosuke would be the strongest SS-rank beneath Qin Ze.

Now it seemed that this Chong Wenguma, who looked like a Taoist immortal, was very likely even above Soma Kosuke.

As soon as Shuten-dōji appeared, those golden slit pupils flashing with cruel light immediately locked onto Insect Emperor Caesar suspended high in the air.

He split his mouth, revealing a row of grim fangs, and let out a wild laugh filled with bloodthirsty pleasure.

Within the laughter, already carrying a shrill scream that tore through the air, he smashed down head-on towards Insect Emperor Caesar!

The Spiked Club traced a dark red trajectory in the air, and wherever it passed, the space seemed to be slightly distorted by that immense force.

Zhou Huai let out a light hum.

Under his mental control, the black throne instantly erupted with a harsh roar, transforming into an afterimage as it rapidly evaded backward.

Almost the next instant after the throne left its original position.

The huge Spiked Club struck empty space, but the terrifying power it carried did not dissipate. Instead, it transformed into a solid dark red shockwave that bombarded straight towards Fuji City below.

"Boom——!!!"

An earth-shaking loud sound.

A district of Fuji City was reduced to flat ground under this single strike.

Countless buildings instantly turned into dust, and a huge deep pit with a diameter exceeding one hundred meters appeared on the city's ground.

At the edge of the pit, countless civilians who didn't even have time to scream, along with the buildings they were in, were vaporized together, leaving no bones remaining.

Seeing this scene, Chong Wenguma, standing on the Ōtengu's shoulder, furrowed his brows tightly.

He looked at Shuten-dōji not far away, a hint of displeasure and reproach in his voice.

"Shuten-dōji."

"Lord Masakage's resurrection ritual has not yet ended."

"You are not allowed to attack the humans below anymore."

Hearing Chong Wenguma's imperious tone, Shuten-dōji slowly turned his head, a trace of obvious defiance and violence flashing in his golden slit pupils.

Then he let out an unhappy cold snort.

Afterwards, he violently turned his head back, his massive body suddenly surging again, and the Spiked Club in his hand whipped up a sky full of blood-red light, smashing crazily toward Insect Emperor Caesar with an even fiercer posture than before!