Pawn Crossing the River

The three great demons of Fenglinzhou actually have extremely close ties with the royal family of Fenglinzhou.

Strictly speaking, all three demons died at the hands of the royal family. The "barbarian" that the general conquered was Otakemaru. Needless to say, Oezan was killed by Genji, a branch of the royal family, and Tamamo Mae.

In addition, the location of the three demons is also related to the royal family.

Mount Suzuka, where Otake Maru is located, is located in Ise. The Saio of Ise Jingu Shrine is a member of the imperial family, not to mention the inextricable connection between the shrine and the imperial family. Dajiangshan is within the jurisdiction of Pingjing. Tamamo Mae even directly infiltrated the Heikyo Imperial Palace.

In other words, only the great demons that are related to the royal family and are regarded as enemies by the royal family will be among the three great demons.

As we all know, there are usually four of the three great demons, just like the Taoist Three Shows often get mixed up with an unknown person.

The fourth great demon is called "Daitengu".

There are also legends about Tengu in the Central Plains. The famous one is "Tengu eats the moon." The "Book of Mountains and Seas" records that it resembles a fox and a thin dog. The Tengu of Fenglinzhou is different. It has a tall red nose, holds a round fan, is tall and has wings. It looks a bit like a Western angel. It wears the armor of a military commander, has a samurai sword on its waist, and wears traditional high wooden clogs. He carries a raincoat with him so that he can hide himself at all times, showing an arrogant attitude.

Among them, the most famous "Tengu" is called the "Great Tengu". After a certain emperor of Fenglinzhou was defeated, he issued a curse: "I wish to become a great demon king and disturb the world. Use the five Mahayana sutras to return to the evil path." The people are the emperor, and the emperor is the people." From then on, he did not eat or cultivate, and died of anger, like a yaksha. Its resentful spirit turned into a tengu and continued to cause chaos in the human world, namely the "big tengu".

However, unlike the uniqueness of other great demons, the Great Tengu is not unique. Instead, it is passed down from generation to generation. There are eight Great Tengu in total.

At this time, Dajiangshan was fighting against the royal army.

This is the second time the two sides have fought each other after hundreds of years, and the leading generals of the royal family are still from the Genji family.

Now the leader of Oeyama, Ibaraki Doji, is standing on a mountain peak overlooking the battlefield below.

Different from many ferocious-looking ghosts, this big monster is not ugly in appearance, but very delicate. It can even be said to be indistinguishable between male and female. It is no wonder that he has entered Pingjing twice disguised as a woman. There are even rumors that he or she is The ghost king's wife. If you think he is a man, call him Ibaraki Doji; if you think she is a woman, call her Rashomon no Oni.

The ghost soldiers in Dajiangshan are retreating steadily.

However, the ghost of Rashomon did not panic. He used an ancient saying from the Central Plains and said: "The mountain is nine feet high, but the success falls short. Drawing water from a bamboo basket will eventually come up in vain."

As soon as the words fell, the sky above Dajiangshan suddenly darkened.

When the Ghost of Rashomon looked up, he saw dark wings covering the sky like dark clouds.

Then the wings suddenly retracted, and a figure swept towards the great rivers and mountains.

As he got closer, he could clearly see that the figure was wearing samurai armor and holding a large fan in his hand.

It is the eighth "Great Tengu"!

The Ghost of Rashomon is at most on par with Suzuka Gozen. Without the "Sanmei Sword", he is no match for the Daitengu.

At this moment, another figure suddenly stood up from behind the Ghost of Rashomon, with his upper body naked, his hair disheveled, his face handsome, and he looked up to the sky and roared. Although there are still traces of fracture on his neck, his aura is no less powerful than that of the Great Tengu.

It is the master of Dajiangshan, Shuten Boyzi.

The Great Tengu landed with a crash, the earth shook, and then its figure continued to grow, reaching a height of more than ten feet. The wings behind it stretched out like a huge curtain, and its feathers were made of steel.

Not to be outdone, Shuten Doji also grew in size and transformed into a giant, confronting the Daitengu. He had a tiger's back, a wasp's waist, and mantis legs, which was extremely powerful.

The Great Tengu waved the fan in his hand to summon a storm.

Shuten Doji opened his mouth and spit out billowing flames.

The wind and fire turned into a huge flame tornado, rising into the sky. Countless fire rains fell one after another, and countless ghost soldiers and royal soldiers died unexpectedly.

Shuten-dōji punched the big tengu, creating a huge force.

The Great Tengu closed its wings like a steel curtain, blocking the punch.

Then the Great Tengu flapped its wings again, and countless jet-black feathers shot out, falling on Shuten Doji's body, leaving countless small wounds, and blood oozed from them, turning Shuten Doji into a bloody man.

Shuten Doji took out a sake gourd from somewhere, filled with wine, inhaled it into his mouth, and when he spit it out, it turned into billowing mist.

This mist is very strange and corrodes everything. It not only corrodes the steel wings of the Great Tengu, but also corrodes everything wherever it goes, no matter the Fenglin or the volcanoes.

Then Shuten Doji opened his mouth and inhaled again, inhaling the wine mist that corroded everything, and the injuries on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As the alcohol mist returned, Shuten Doji laughed inexplicably, and red flames burned all over his body.

The Great Tengu waved the fan in his hand, creating strong winds and blowing away the incoming wine mist.

Then the two collided again.

The earth is shaking.

The flames on Shuten-dōji's body spread to the Daitengu, and the Daitengu bit Shuten-dōji's neck.

It was as if the steel feathers were melted by the flames, separated from the wings, and kept falling, as if a rain of fire had fallen. The Great Tengu tore a piece of flesh and blood from Shuten Doji's neck, which was horrific.

Suddenly, the wind roared, the sky filled with fire and rain, the ice and snow condensed, and the flying clouds fell. Finally, they all turned into wine mist, which was inhaled by Shutun Boyzi and turned into red flames on his body.

More wine mist continued to spread out, filling the mountains like clouds, and the scene of the two people fighting could not even be seen.

Another moment later, suddenly a strong wind blew, almost blowing people up, and seemed to uproot trees. Finally, the diffuse wine mist was completely blown away, and they saw that the two of them had rolled down into the valley, and the big tengu was trapped. Pressed on the ground, Shuten Doji was riding on him, and his fists kept landing on the Otengu's face.

At this time, Shuten-dōji's body was missing a lot of flesh and blood, and was full of pits. In some places, the wriggling internal organs could even be seen, which were healing at an extremely slow speed. The Great Tengu was covered with scorch marks, and many parts of its wings were almost bald.

The melee combat between the great monsters is so simple and unpretentious.

In fact, the Daitengu underestimated the enemy. Although both of them are great demons and have no specific inheritance, they rely more on their natural magical powers. However, the Daitengu and Tamamoae prefer to use spells, while Shuten Doji and Otakemaru prefer For close combat, Daitengu chose to fight Shuten Doji in close combat, just like Zhang Yuelu insisted on arm wrestling with Qi Xuansu to see who was stronger, or Qi Xuansu insisted on playing Xuansheng card with Yao Pei, purely using his own short attack. The enemy is strong.

Naturally, the Daitengu also understood this truth. His figure suddenly shrank and returned to the size of a normal human. He escaped from Shuten Doji's suppression and flew into the sky again.

Shuten Doji also returned to his original size, looking up to the sky and roaring, spitting out countless amounts of wine mist from his mouth, making the entire country covered with a layer of strange mist. The dark red sky and dark red earth seemed to be a virgin. Blood looks like blood-red wine.

The Great Tengu no longer dared to be exposed to these strange mist, its wings roared, and the huge storm was about to come to fruition. For a time, the rain was silvery and hazy, and the dark clouds continued to extend around, making the sky half-light and half-dark.

Wind is the head of rain, and Feng is the master of rain, calling for wind and rain. The two words "wind and rain" always go hand in hand.

In the blink of an eye, the situation changed, and the strong winds formed one cyclone after another, gradually converging in one place, forming tornado pillars, connecting the sky, sweeping rocks and trees into the air, destroying mountains and mountains.

Shuten Doji was among them, his hair and trousers rustling in the strong wind. He inhaled sharply, and saw a bright light suddenly lit up at his throat, and then the light became stronger, and then continued to rise.

The Great Tengu struck a fan with a wave of his hand, condensed the wind into a blade, and turned into countless wind knives, shooting at Shuten Doji.

The Shuten boy stood up from the ground, tore apart the wind pillar, roared loudly, and billowing waves of sound surged out.

The wind knife collided with it, and the golden wind overflowed. The sound of countless gold and iron clashing sounded continuously, as if there was an endless battle on the battlefield.

The ghost of Rashomon just watched the battle from a distance.

Not long ago, the envoy of the Daomen brought the head of Shuten Doji and put forward a condition-Suzuka Mountain would become the front station for the Daomen to attack Ise Shrine, and Oeyama would become the outpost to guard Heikyo.

To put it simply, it was to guard Pingjing on behalf of Daomen and prevent the royal family from rushing to aid Ise.

It just so happens that Dajiangshan is located on the only way.

In order to show sincerity, Daomen directly returned Shutendongzi's head to Dajiangshan, or to put it another way, Daomen believed that without Shutundongzi, Dajiangshan could not stop the royal family at all, and Daomen must return the head to Dajiangshan first.

Of course, Da Jiangshan can also choose not to fulfill the agreement, accept his head, and stay out of the matter. Not to mention the hatred between Da Jiangshan and the royal family, this move will undoubtedly anger the Taoist sect. What the Taoist hates most is betrayal. You don’t have to accept this condition. Just make it clear in advance. You can also maintain neutrality, but you can’t deceive the Taoist. The Taoist will definitely retaliate. Unless Da Jiangshan believed that his breach of contract would lead to the complete defeat of the Taoist sect, even if Shuten Doji was reborn, he might not have such great ability.

Since Dao Sect has a greater chance of winning, Da Jiangshan decided to fulfill the agreement.

As for Shuten Doji, the nominal master of the country, he was even less likely to object. After his resurrection, he only had thoughts of revenge and could hardly communicate normally.

As Tamamo Mae said, all resurrections come with a price.

The price for Tamamo Mae was a great loss of cultivation, while the price for Shuten Doji was the loss of most of his sanity and the fact that he could not leave the realm of Oeyama, otherwise he would suffer a catastrophe. Fortunately, he still remembered the ghost of Rashomon and was willing to obey him. The words of the ghost of Shengmen did not directly start a killing spree in the country.

Over the East China Sea at the same time.

Master Qingwei continued: "The situation of Shutun Tongzi reminds me of Yaoyao. Daomen is very interested in it. I think Jinque will agree to further investigation, and I hope Mrs. Yu can help me."