Hidden in the shadows, youkai are terrifying spiritual beings that grow up harvesting life invisibly. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because it's just a monster passed down by word of mouth among humans, and even the specific name and posture have not been recognized by humans. In other words, these youkai don't have a fixed body, and their intelligence may not be as good as that of monkeys, but they are considered effective combat power by other youkai and gods. In the land of Izumo, the disembodied youkai born of the shadows are the best choice when dealing with something that cannot be seen in the dark.

From the moment the principle of reincarnation in the depths of the Santu River was altered, the speed of human development increased rapidly, and the gods could not recover from their surprise for a while. By the time the gods and youkai realized that unimaginable changes had taken place in human beings, and freed themselves from the shackles of legends they had created, the development of humanity had made the gods and youkai feel the ridiculous thing that Susanoo had mentioned in the past - it was very likely that humans would override the gods and youkai in the future.

Sensing the possible destruction of the future, the gods at the top of Izumo panicked. Even though they are gods, the only thing that can be done in the face of the current emergency is to suppress the development of humanity as much as possible, and try to return the human mind to the past era of loyalty to the gods and fear of monsters.

Therefore, the exclusion of individuals who are likely to cause human development has become the decision of most high-ranking gods and monsters. Especially in the chaotic forces of Izumo, many humans were killed by gods and monsters hidden in the shadows without checking for a while, when the main gods of the great powers were out of control. The so-called Shinto theory is also a legend that has been recorded in mankind since this moment.

The most powerful moment for the shadow monster is in the middle of the night, when there is no light. When the surface of the earth is shrouded in shadows without the sun shining, the shadow monsters are far more lethal in terms of movement and lethality than during daytime. In the light of the sun shining on the earth, the shadow youkai could not even defeat a human child head-on, and at night, a team of no more than ten humans with weapons in hand would be just the ghosts of the shadow youkai.

Tonight, the shadow monsters controlled by the gods will do to kill the humans who invented the method of repairing the canal not long ago. Water is an essential resource for human survival, and it is also one of the important means used by the gods to control human beings. Humanity that has been cut off from the power of the gods to call on water must be dealt with quickly.

The slender nails glowed with a bone-blue sheen in the moonlight, coated with the poison of herbs, and the shadows of the youkai silently blended into the darkness. However, the moment he stepped into the house and found his target, the shadow youkai understood through the heaviness of his body that his next actions had been affected. Because the target of the assassination is now in a simple house made of wooden planks, using the faint moonlight and candlelight to write knowledge that the gods do not allow humans to grasp.

If the shadow youkai had the ability to think for themselves, I am afraid that they would choose a more suitable opportunity to make a move. But all the youkai manipulated by the gods can do is to wave their slender claws at the target as instructed by their masters. The opponent is just a human, and there is no reason why he should fail because of the faint light.

"Gollum !???"

A dull crash exploded from the walls of the house, and the mind of the shadow youkai couldn't comprehend what had happened before. The action that should have tasted the smell of human blood as usual is now a shadow of the youkai stuck to the wooden wall like a puddle of uncertain mud.

If it's an ordinary blow, it's not a heavy blow to an amorphous youkai. But the moment when something hit the body before, the energy transmitted to the body of the shadow youkai along the impact was what made the shadow youkai seem to be unbearable and twitched.

The ragged girl, whose face was obscured by dirt, stared at the two arms that glowed with a faint glow as her breath shone brightly and darkly, the power of a human who had called himself a traveler dozens of days ago, as if nothing in the world would change it. What the human was talking about at the time was that this power was the power that would bring humans closer to the gods. Of course, such a statement is regarded as a liar's rhetoric among the public, and is even spurned by human beings. But the human, who didn't even have a surname or name, chose to believe it, because he began to wonder about the existence of gods and monsters.

But if you want to get into the secrets of gods and monsters, you should at least have the ability to fight against them. Although the unearthly being claimed to be a human being and did not show his abilities to his face, the Nameless Man followed him through the study called Qi.

It was an extremely hard practice, with heavy restraints on the limbs, running at full speed on the potholed ground, fighting the ferocious jackals, tigers and leopards with their bare hands. If it weren't for the fact that the being would rescue the dangerous human beings in time whenever they encountered a crisis, I am afraid that before they could learn 'qi', all the learners would have died in the dangerous training.

However, the extreme exercise method that is constantly facing crises also allows the hidden potential in the human body to be quickly stimulated. When the first human was wrapped with a pale red fighting qi and gained the power to crack the stone with a single move, all those who had undergone the training spontaneously increased the intensity of the exercise. And the nameless person is also one of them, who has obtained 'qi' across life and death. In addition, in the parallel exercise with death, the Nameless Man has acquired another ability, which is the amazing combat experience, which allows him to spontaneously perceive danger and respond to it before his brain thinks, even while sleeping.

"Humans can't surpass gods and monsters, and can only survive under the protection of the gods. It turned out to be all a scam, a scam between gods and youkai? ”

At the moment of being attacked by the youkai, the body of the nameless man reflexively dodged the enveloping range of the claws. Skillfully enveloping his arms in qi, the heavy fist landed mercilessly in the center of the attacker's body as the two were about to stagger. There is no posture to boast about, only the killing skills honed between life and death are impossible for youkai who also live in blood to deal with.

Fluid flesh slid down the wall and was refashioned into a dark eerie humanoid. Ten fingers stretched out of their long knife-like nails, and even nameless people who were a few meters away could faintly smell the fishy smell coming from their nails.

"Hey! Before you do it, can you tell me who you really are? Attacking a human without even reporting his name, what about the pride of being a monster or a god? ”

Ignoring the questioning of the nameless person, he shook his body and stepped on a pace that ordinary people could not do at all, and the nails that merged with the long knives seemed to pierce the skin and muscles of human beings in the next moment, taking the life of the person in front of him... (To be continued.) )