Chapter 552: Chapter 288: Chronicle of Monsters, The Nine-tailed Fox of Nashu Mountain_2

[Suddenly, your ears perk up, vaguely hearing the distant clatter of armor and powerful footsteps.]

[You know full well that the violent impact that just destroyed the ground had been too loud, alerting the other stationed samurais who are now rushing towards the ’Pavilion of Modern View’ at breakneck speed...]

[You swiftly enter the secret chamber. The chamber is not large, only containing one bookshelf, filled neatly with numerous black cases.]

[You pull out a case and, surely enough, find it contains records of the wars of the gods.]>

[The footsteps draw nearer and nearer. You don’t have time to look through the details, instead, grabbing some case into your bag...]

[You’ve obtained ’The First Volume of the Book of the Gods’ War.]

[You’ve obtained ’The Second Volume of the Book of the Gods’ War.]

[You’ve obtained ’The Book of the ....]

[You’ve obtained ....]

[....]

[You’ve gathered all the books from the shelves into your bag, leaving behind an empty bookshelf.]

[You quickly leave the secret chamber, returning to the ground.]

[Suddenly, even before the footsteps reach the ’Pavilion of Modern View’, there’s a tremendous roaring sound right by your ear!]

[With a loud boom, a huge and burly figure bursts through the roof, descending from the sky!]

[The ’Great General of Extreme Evil’ leads the samurais back to the royal palace, arriving at the ’Pavilion of Modern View’!]

[Knowing you’re no match for the Great General, you decide it would be better to kill yourself than be captured and dismembered.] 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

[Looking at the terrifying oppressive figure, you smile faintly.]

[Without hesitation, you draw the sword from your waist and swipe it across your own throat!]

[Blood spurts out, splashing all over the terrifying figure.]

[You collapse to the ground weakly, a deep and enraged roar echoing in your ears...]

[....]

[You’re dead!]

[....]

[A powerful Wandering Soul is reborn in the treasure room of the Castle Tower...]

Lin Xun takes a deep breath, that experience was indeed quite thrilling.

"Strength in numbers is vital, and power produces miracles; the ancients truly never fooled me."

Fortunately, during the critical moment, he decided not to stick to conventional methods and used the Earth Giant to find the secret chamber aggressively; otherwise, he might not have found the ancient books until Great General returned.

He checks the books he just obtained – a total of twenty-four volumes.

The twentieth volume is called ’The Twenty Volume of the Book of the Gods Wars — Biographies of Demons.’

[You flip through ’Biographies of Demons’ and quickly find the accounts of the legendary three great demons...]

[....]

[’Origin of the Great Tengu’: The demon born in Sakura fall that is directly descended from the deity ’Chaos Origin Dragon’s divine Tengu. Its original form is a giant demon with a dog’s body and a bird’s beak, bearing wings. When it transforms into human form, its characteristic features are a red face and a large nose.]

[....]

[’The Great Tengu — Shihaifang’: The last Great Tengu in the world. After the defeat in the war of the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’, ’Shihaifang’ lead the ’Black Heavenly Dog,’ ’White Wolf Heavenly Dog,’ ’Leaf Heavenly Dog,’ ’Mountain Monk Heavenly Dog’ and other demons to attack the imperial palace in the Capital. They were exterminated by the ’Godly Emperor Yide’, after which they disappeared."]

[....]

[’Origin of the Nine-tailed Fox’: The Nine-tailed Fox isn’t a local demon of Sakura fall, this giant demon actually originates from the Vermillion Empire. The ancestors of the Nine-tailed Fox transformed into a beautiful girl and secretly boarded a tribute ship from Vermillion back to Sakura fall, where it reproduced. Its original form is a huge white fox with nine tails; its human form resembles a stunningly beautiful woman.]

[....]

[’The Nine-tailed Fox — Seaweed Girl’: The last Nine-tailed Fox in the world. She entered the palace and used her beauty to bewitch, intending to assassinate the emperor. But her true identity got exposed by the emperor, and she fled from the palace in her original form but was later killed by the emperor near ’Nasu Mountain.’ Her remains turned into ’Stones of Killing.’]

[You’ve now learnt the specific location of ’Nasu Mountain!’]

[’Origin of Shuten-doji’: A demon born in Sakura fall, it is directly descended from the deity ’Chaos Origin Dragon’s’ lieutenant demon ’akaoni.’ Its original form is of a vicious beast having skin red as blood, ox-like horns, sharp claws, bear-like hands, and feet wholly covered in fur. It transforms into an attractive young man, addicted to alcohol.]

[....]

[’Shuten-doji — Heresy Circle’: The last Shuten-doji to appear, ’Heresy Circle’ was the leader of his race; it led his kind and died in the God War...]

[....]

[...Later generations reported that an attractive young boy buying wine near ’Kyoto Ohyama Mountain’ got angry because someone had mixed water with his wine. The next day, all thirteen people in the winery business were killed. The emperor dispatched soldiers to search ’Kyoto Ohyama Mountain,’ but they found nothing.]

[You’ve now learnt the specific location of ’Kyoto Ohyama Mountain!’]

Lin Xun finished reviewing the material and obtained two hidden maps.

The clues of two out of the three great demons in legends, ’Nine-tailed Fox’ and ’Shuten-doji,’ are available. Only the ’Great Tengu’ seems to be extinct.

Not having any hint about one of the great demons is bad news, but there’s good news as well.

According to true historical records, the Nine-tailed Fox wasn’t as weak as the legends say. ’Seaweed Girl’ was exposed by the Great General, fled from the royal palace to ’Nasu Mountain,’ where she was eventually killed, contrary to the rumor of being immediately killed by a single stroke.

So, if he could get the help of these two large demons, it will undoubtedly add two more weights to the victory scale of the final battle in Lin Xun’s favor.

[You have relocated to the ’Fire Worshiping Crown Princess’ body!]

[You sense the ’Will of God’s Servant’ in your mind, initially pure and boundless, is now corrupt and debauched. With such a jumbled will, there is no way you can invoke responses from gods.]