A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 160 The Dark Demon
As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, Asai Nagamasa immediately felt a blazing heat under his feet, and there were many burning marks on the ground. At the same time, he also saw a large black tiger-shaped flame, fighting fiercely with a group of earth-yellow humanoids.

Strictly speaking, it was the humanoid that was retreating step by step, it was the tiger demon and Shima Sakon who had used special powers.

There were more than a dozen corpses on the ground nearby, but Nagamasa Asai couldn't tell for a while whether they were bandits on this mountain or Ashigaru under his command, because they had all turned into blackened corpses at this moment. .

And as the black flame covering their corpses spread, the remaining corpses were also quickly reduced to ashes. The flames of this enemy were unexpectedly powerful.

Although there were some survivors nearby, they did not dare to speak or even make any movement for fear of attracting the tiger demon's attention.

"It's really you!"

Asai Nagamasa quickly mobilized Hashihime's power, attaching a layer of water-colored light to himself and the white bird gun, and then he threw a stack of pre-made water spells at Axiu.

To deal with this tiger monster, which is obviously a fire element, it is natural to use the power of the water element in a targeted manner, and Axiu has also shown extraordinary potential in the past few days. She can use her own power to activate the spell.

After thinking about it, he still didn't use the power of the shikigami. The opponent's obviously fire-attributed monster was useless if he called it Guanhu, but if he called it Minotaur, he would be severely restrained by the opponent. Although the ghost-type shikigami has killing abilities, It's very strong, but there really aren't many ways to deal with attacks like thunder and fire.

"Axiu, I'll go first, Ningning, help us raid the formation!"

After leaving these words, Asai Nagamasa tapped his toes and launched a direct charge.

Although Shima Sakon also possesses the guardian spirit Tang Shishi, he has not yet been able to activate Tang Shishi's second attribute - thunder. There is actually no advantage at all in relying solely on the power of the earth element to fight against the fire element.

The earth type is good at defense, but not good at attack power. What's more, after all, the time he got the guardian spirit was too short, and he was far from being able to truly develop all his abilities.

It would be a shame if he was damaged here, or suffered some kind of permanent injury.

Although he was fighting with Shima Sakon, when Asai Nagamasa approached, the tiger demon immediately reacted. Although it was six to seven meters long and more than two meters high at the shoulder, it looked very bulky, but it was actually extremely agile. First, he swung his giant claws to repel Shima Sakon, then opened his mouth and spit out a blazing fireball.

One, two, three, almost in the blink of an eye, the tiger demon spit out more than a dozen fireballs the size of human fists. However, to everyone's expectation, the fireballs emitted by the tiger demon were not the black they expected. , but the normal red color.

The flying speed of the fireball is not very fast, at least with Asai Nagamasa's current strength, he can easily dodge it.

However, Asai Nagamasa did not underestimate their threat because of this. After all, he had just watched those corpses turn into ashes in just a few seconds.

And when they fall to the ground, they often explode on the spot, causing rubble to scatter and dust to fly. The top of the mountain quickly becomes pitted, and even the thatched houses of the bandits and a large number of surrounding trees are directly burned. Became ashes.

However, the fire did not spread quickly, because except for the hard rocks, almost all the items that were ignited were completely burned to ashes within a few seconds, and there was no time to spread.

Facing the tiger demon that suddenly showed its power, Asai Nagamasa and several others, who wanted to start a fierce fight, had to dodge to temporarily avoid its sharp edge.

Once again, he avoided the fireball in a little embarrassment, but failed to avoid the flying gravel on the ground. After being hit hard several times, Dao Zuojin couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Young master, it seems that this tiger demon seems to be I have a special impression on you. If it had attacked so fiercely just now, I might not be able to escape unscathed."

Asai Nagamasa was also a little puzzled: "Yes, there are indeed too many weird things about this tiger monster. Maybe it's because I have killed some demons controlled by it before? But Axiu also took action at that time Already?"

Axiu, who was a few meters away, blinked innocently when she heard this, indicating that she didn't know anything about it, but for some reason, all the fireballs seemed to be aimed at Nagamasa, and she and Shima Sakon were only hit by one. Little by little.

At this moment, I don't know if he heard Asai Nagamasa's words or if the mana supply was temporarily insufficient. In short, the tiger demon finally stopped after spitting out dozens of fireballs.

Asai Nagamasa immediately wanted to take the opportunity to attack. After the tiger demon spewed so many fireballs, the entire mountain top was filled with flames, and the air was already distorted by the heat.

Even though he had magic protection, he could still feel burning pain from his nose to his throat every time he breathed.

Ning Ning, who had no ability to resist this, took the surviving ashigaru and slipped down the mountain early.

If the opponent is allowed to perform such an attack again, this battle will probably become even more difficult.

It’s hard to say. In the end, Axiu can only rely on herself.

Because she also showed the power of the guardian spirit before, and she is also of the fire element like the tiger demon.

But unexpectedly, the tiger demon actually spoke at this time: "Humans, as long as I spare you from death, I will hand over your spirit stone, roar!"

As he spoke, the tiger demon waved his huge claws in a threatening manner, easily smashing a stone the size of a millstone in front of him into pieces.

Asai Nagamasa suddenly didn't know what to say. Although this tiger demon could speak, why did it sound so awkward?
However, he roughly understood what the other party meant. This was because he was interested in the spiritual stone on his body. No wonder it had just kept attacking him.

However, this tiger monster was indeed different, so Asai Nagamasa made a few gestures behind his back to signal Shima Sakon and Axiu not to attack for the time being. He also wanted to obtain as much information as possible from the other party.

The most important thing is whether it was awakened by the mastermind behind the scenes!
"It is not impossible to hand over the spirit stone to you, but you have to tell me first, what did you get here? Why are the flames on your body full of ominous black?" "Ho, spirit stone, mine, I am, Flame Tiger!"

"Fire Tiger?" Asai Nagamasa was suddenly surprised and happy, because this name was never the name of a monster. It was originally a guardian spirit that symbolized bravery and fearlessness.

It's just that the flame tiger shouldn't be black flames at all, it should be the purest orange-red color. It should be affected by evil spirits and filth before it degenerates into a monster, so it is inexplicable in Nibon. A tiger demon appears!
As guardian spirits, they usually need to possess humans, but if they degenerate into monsters under certain extreme circumstances, that is when they transform from the good souls to the evil souls. , they can often exist independently, which is the case with the flame tiger in front of them.

After thinking about it, Asai Nagamasa took out the spiritual stone that contained the most energy on his body, and at the same time began to secretly make a few hand seals in his hand. Yan Hu longed for the spiritual stone, but for him as an Onmyoji, , it is also the source of mana!

"Ho! Give the spirit stone to me!" Yan Hu urged impatiently, as if the spirit stone had great significance to it.

However, Asai Nagamasa did not want to hand it over easily. With the flash of water-colored light, he immediately knew that the matter was done. He quietly gestured to Shima Sakon and Axiu that the fallen guardian spirit was not irredeemable. The premise is that he needs to defeat it first!
Just for a moment when Asai Nagamasa delayed a little, the fallen flame tiger was already feeling very impatient. The black-red light in its eyes was full of endless violence and cruelty, just like Asai Nagamasa had been in It’s the same as the horse-headed ghost seen in Sansakura Village!
"Ho! Human, die!"

With a gust of wind and flames, Yan Hu rushed directly towards Asai Nagamasa, his bloody mouth opened at a rather terrifying angle, but there was no tongue or throat in it, instead it was completely black. Lieyan, even if he degenerates into a monster, he is still a monster without substance.

Shima Sakon rushed forward immediately, but there was another figure who was faster than him, it was Axiu!

Silently, Axiu's whole body burned with blazing flames, forming a pair of armor for her and strengthening her weapons. At the same time, a wolf-shaped shadow also flashed above her head. That is her guardian spirit, the true god of fire!

There was only a muffled sound of "bang", and even though he blocked with all his strength, Axiu was still knocked away by Yanhu's powerful brute force, and even the magic armor on his body was directly shattered.

But just when Flame Tiger was about to launch a pursuit, Shima Sakon had already stopped in front of it. He saw the young master's intention, so now he does not seek to kill the enemy, but to delay him!
With the full strength of Axiu and Shima Sakon, the flame tiger roared repeatedly for a while, but was still unable to break through. Before it could change its attack method, Asai Nagamasa's spell had already been completed.

While Yan Hu was distracted by A Xiu, he suddenly moved: "Now! Qiao Ji!"

With a loud shout, Asai Nagamasa's body glowed brightly, Hashihime's figure flashed past, and then a torrent appeared out of thin air, like a thick anaconda, and plunged directly into Flame Tiger's wide mouth. inside.

Almost in the blink of an eye, at least three or four tons of water were poured into the flame tiger's stomach, and even made it grow a bit out of thin air. Through the black flames, other people could faintly see it. A hint of water color.

The originally aggressive Yanhu, who was about to bite Axiu with his mouth, suddenly froze. Then, like a hungry puppy, it started to spin around on the ground crazily, and kept scratching its own throat with its claws. , as if wanting to spit out the water.

But this was destined to be in vain, because Nagamasa Asai was still in the state of casting spells. He did not retreat even half a step. He only relied on Hashihime's cooperation to control the flowing liquids from a distance, and activated them again and again in Yanhu's body. hit.

Although it is very difficult to perform this kind of remote control in the opponent's body, and it consumes a lot of mana, but as long as he can subdue the flame tiger, why would he be stingy with a piece of spirit stone?
In fact, he didn't originally want to attack the opponent in this way. He just wanted to use water spells to temporarily control Yanhu, and then perform a righteous three-on-one attack. But who made Yanhu's posture just now so cooperative?If he didn't take advantage of it, he would be really sorry for himself.

As the flame tiger continued to wreak havoc, a huge pit appeared on the top of the mountain. Although its tiger palm was only more than half a meter long, but when it was slapped down, the ground seemed to have been hit by a giant rock weighing more than ten tons. The force is the same, even the hard rock ground will have large cracks.

This forced Axiu and Shima Sakon, who were preparing to attack from both sides, to retreat again and again to avoid being affected by the crazy Flame Tiger.

After another half a cup of tea, Yan Hu's movements became slower and slower, his body became smaller and smaller, and the black aura on his body became much lighter, allowing several people to see it very intuitively. There is also a lot less water in its body.

Its struggle and resistance were not useless, at least nearly half of the water was evaporated by its flames.

Asai Nagamasa felt that the time was almost ripe, so he quickly started to form seals, and it was time to take the next step.

"burst!"

With a soft drink, Yanhu suddenly froze again. It seemed to be trying to resist, but with a "bang", its entire body exploded, and a large amount of water splashed around.

Fortunately, several people were prepared in advance, so they were not turned into drunkards.

Dao Zuojin asked nervously, "Young master, have we already defeated this tiger demon?"

Although strictly speaking, the time he fought against the tiger monster was very short, but the threat he encountered was far greater than that day in the valley when he fought against hundreds of monsters with his own strength, because this tiger monster was really strong. ah!

Axiu's face was full of regrets, because she was just thinking about a good fight. She also had fire power, and she also wanted to see how powerful her guardian spirit was. Unfortunately, the other party had just relied on her brutal power. He used his own strength to repel himself and did not display many spells.

Asai Nagamasa shook his head, but the movements of his hands did not stop: "Although it is a guardian spirit that has degenerated into a monster, it is not so easy to be killed, the water cage!"

As he stretched out his hand, the water on the ground quickly gathered and turned into a cage made of water, trapping the black figure behind a boulder.

"Roar!"

The majestic and domineering tiger roar sounded again, but both the sense of oppression and the volume were undoubtedly much lower than before, showing that its owner's strength had significantly declined.

And Shima Sakon found out very strangely, why does this voice sound so childish?It's like a newly weaned beast!
(End of this chapter)