608: Chapter 608 You guys go be a suicide squad!

Shuten-doji's breath hitched.

Tamamo-no-Mae?

Of course he knew her.

That Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, the King of a Hundred Demons, an existence that had lived for over a thousand years.

Like Shuten-doji himself, she was a legendary Great Demon of Wa.

Thinking of this.

Shuten-doji hurriedly spoke.

"This lowly one knows her!"

"It's just that our relationship isn't very good..."

Ye Chen looked curious. "Oh?"

Shuten-doji swallowed hard, as if recalling something unpleasant.

"That fox vixen is too cunning..."

"Back then, I wanted to join forces with her, but she looked down on me."

"She even said I was a brute, unworthy of being in her company..."

His voice held a hint of grievance and a touch of resentment.

But soon, he looked up again, a glimmer of craftiness flashing in his eyes.

"My Lord, do you wish to find her?"

"I have a lead to report!"

"She's sealed inside the body of Seimei Kangan's younger brother!"

"I can help you capture her!"

"If only My Lord would give me a chance..."

Ye Chen waved his hand, interrupting him. "No need."

Shuten-doji was stunned.

"Nani?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "She knelt a bit earlier than you did."

Shuten-doji: "???"

Knelt earlier than him?

Didn't that mean...

That Tamamo-no-Mae, the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon who was so arrogant she looked down on everyone, had also knelt before this young man from the Dragon Kingdom?

Shuten-doji's face turned completely pale.

He was utterly panicked.

Even Tamamo-no-Mae had knelt; what right did he have to bargain here?

"Bang!"

His forehead struck the ground again, sending stone fragments flying.

"My Lord, spare my life!"

"This lowly one was blind to your greatness!"

"I am willing to serve you like an ox or a horse!"

"I beg My Lord to grant me a way to live!"

Ye Chen looked down at him and said calmly, "So, you are to be of use to me then?"

Shuten-doji snapped his head up, his eyes filled with hope.

"I am willing!"

"I am a hundred times willing!"

"As long as My Lord doesn't kill me, I'll do anything!"

Ye Chen nodded.

"Fine."

"Then first, break the connection."

Shuten-doji was startled, then immediately understood.

Ye Chen most likely meant the connection with that Onmyoji!

Instantly.

He didn't hesitate, his hands quickly forming several hand seals in front of him.

These seals were obscure and complex, each movement carrying an ancient aura.

Then.

He suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of essence blood.

The essence blood exploded in the air, turning into a mist of blood.

In the blood mist, a blood thread as thin as a hair could be seen, one end connected to the space between Shuten-doji's eyebrows, and the other extending toward Seimei Kangan.

That was the Contract Thread.

The bond between an Onmyoji and a Shikigami.

Shuten-doji grabbed the blood thread with both hands and yanked hard.

"Sever!"

He shouted sternly.

The blood thread snapped.

The moment it broke, Shuten-doji's body trembled violently, his face turned even paler, and a trace of black blood leaked from the corner of his mouth.

But he didn't stop.

He pulled the broken blood thread from his brow, rubbed his hands together, and the thread turned into specks of black light, dissipating into the air.

"Pfft!!!"

In the distance, Seimei Kangan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

His face instantly went deathly pale, and his aura withered at a visible rate.

Immediately after.

He collapsed onto the ground, without even the strength to lift a hand.

He looked at Shuten-doji's back, his eyes filled with despair.

"You... you..."

However.

Shuten-doji didn't even give him a glance; instead, he knelt respectfully before Ye Chen.

"My Lord, it has been severed cleanly."

"From now on, I have no further connection with that Onmyoji."

Ye Chen looked at him and nodded.

Then.

He turned his head, his gaze falling on the slumped Seimei Kangan.

"Do you believe me now?"

Seimei Kangan's expression was as ugly as if he had eaten a dead rat.

Did he believe it?

Could he not?

He couldn't reach his brother, he couldn't reach the Yin Yang Society, and even the Emperor in the Imperial Palace had been replaced.

The strongest Ghost King he summoned had been beaten into kneeling and begging for mercy with a single move.

Then, right in front of him, the contract had been severed.

He had become someone else's Shikigami.

This fucking...

Could he not believe it?

He knew he was finished.

His brother was dead, the Yin Yang Society was gone, and even Shuten-doji had betrayed him.

His final trump card had completely shattered into dust.

"What? Silent now?"

Ye Chen looked down at him. "Forget it, there's no point in wasting words on a dead man."

He turned his head and glanced at Shuten-doji.

"Kill him."

Shuten-doji snapped his head up, a bloodthirsty excitement flashing in his eyes.

"As you command, Master!"

He stood up and extended his right hand; the Tachi embedded in the distant wall buzzed and flew back into his hand.

Black mist surged over the blade, ghost faces emerged, letting out shrill wails.

Seimei Kangan suddenly snapped out of it and screamed in terror.

"Don't!"

"Don't kill me!"

"I can tell you a secret!"

"A secret about what's behind the Demon Suppression Gate!"

Shuten-doji paused and looked toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Let's hear it. If it's valuable enough, maybe you'll live."

Seimei Kangan's breathing was rapid; without thinking, he blurted out all the secrets he knew.

"Behind the Demon Suppression Gate... a key is buried!"

"A key that can open an endless treasure!"

"That key was left behind by Xu Fu back then!"

"If you can get that key, you can find a legendary treasure!"

Ye Chen's brow twitched slightly.

Related to Xu Fu?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Seimei Kangan thought he didn't believe him, and his voice became even more urgent.

"I'm telling the truth!"

"The key is hidden in a stone casket in the deepest part!"

"But the Demon Suppression Gate has a seal placed by Xu Fu himself. For a thousand years, countless people have tried to open it, but not a single one succeeded!"

"Only you succeeded!"

After listening, Ye Chen nodded and then asked, "But wasn't the version I heard that there's some Yamata no Orochi inside?"

Seimei Kangan froze for a moment, then shook his head frantically.

"That's just a legend!"

"It's a rumor!"

"Even if the Yamata no Orochi really existed, it would have died long ago!"

"That thing couldn't possibly have lived until now!"

"There is no living Yamata no Orochi behind the Demon Suppression Gate, only that key, and..."

His voice suddenly dropped, as if afraid of disturbing something.

"And what?" Ye Chen pressed.

Seimei Kangan bit his teeth, as if making a final struggle.

"And Xu Fu's remains."

Ye Chen stroked his chin, his mind racing with thoughts.

After Xu Fu sailed east, he vanished without a trace, remaining a mystery ever since.

He never expected...

...that they would meet here?

Ye Chen glanced at Yan Qingwu beside him.

He saw...

...that this girl's eyes were also shimmering slightly, clearly very interested in this news.

In that case...

...it was all the more reason to go take a look.

Ye Chen grinned.

"Alright, Wasunoko Ruozhi owed me a Suicide Squad, but she's gone now."

"Perfectly, you and your subordinates can be my Suicide Squad."

"If you can make it back up alive, it will be your good fortune."

At these words, Seimei Kangan's face turned completely white.

The guardians behind him were even more stunned, as if struck by lightning, frozen in place.

"Nani?"

"Suicide Squad?"

"Wasn't that just cannon fodder for scouting the path?"

"Wasn't that just sending them to their deaths?"

"No... don't..."

A young guardian subconsciously took two steps back. "I... I don't want to die..."

Before he could finish.

Ye Chen interrupted indifferently.

"You don't have to go, but you'll all die right now."

"Choose for yourselves!"

Seimei Kangan couldn't hold it together anymore, and the group of guardians behind him was completely panicked.

This young man wasn't giving them any way out at all...

But thinking about it, it made sense.

If they didn't cooperate, they would surely die right now, let alone later...

No!

They couldn't die!

In the next moment.

Seimei Kangan bit his teeth, closed his eyes, and kowtowed heavily.

"I... I'll do it."

The Old Monk's face was ashen; he pressed his palms together, chanted a Buddhist name, and also nodded.

Even the old man closed his eyes, looking as if he were ready to face death.

Before long.

Everyone bowed their heads.

They had no choice!

Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction and glanced at Shuten-doji.

"You go in front and keep an eye on them."

"If anyone tries anything, cut them down immediately."

Shuten-doji gripped his Tachi and grinned, revealing a mouth full of fangs. "As you command, Master."

Soon.

Seimei Kangan's group, like death-row prisoners heading to the execution ground, walked step by step deep into the passage.

Ye Chen and Yan Qingwu followed slowly behind.

Yan Qingwu walked side by side with Ye Chen and asked in a low voice, "Ye Chen, how about you let some of those powerful Great Demons contract with me for fun?"

Those demons from the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons might be a bit ugly, but their strength was indeed great.

If she could contract one or two, her combat power would increase by at least fifty percent.

Ye Chen rolled his eyes. "Do you think contracting demons is that simple?"

Yan Qingwu was stunned.

"Is there a problem?"