Chapter 83: Blood Sacrifice!
Kyoto.
The siege of the high wall had been going on for several dozen days.
During this time…
Countless wounded were carried away. After a brief treatment, the supernatural users and soldiers who could still fight returned to the battlefield.
War tested not only strength, but also the mentality and discipline of each individual.
Comparing the two sides…
The imperial family’s trained supernatural users and soldiers were far more disciplined than those of the Blissful Truth religion.
Even when exhausted, their overall discipline remained intact.
But the supernatural users of the Blissful Truth religion were in disarray. Some were delirious, even accidentally attacking their own camp with ranged attacks.
Killing a large number of their own followers, a true farce.
It was as ridiculous as scoring an own goal in a football match.
However, because the followers who served as human shields had drunk the diluted divine blood…
They fought tirelessly, knowing no fatigue.
Like zombies, they silently pushed towards the high wall.
Therefore, although the imperial family’s supernatural users and soldiers had high combat discipline…
The battle was still at a stalemate, not leaning towards either side.
And this land…
The blood on the ground was now thick, flowing like a stream, following a certain path, bubbling, the smell of blood incredibly strong.
At this moment, standing on the high wall…
Kamishiro Hime watched the general flow of the battlefield and analyzed the overall situation based on the information she received.
And Tamamo-no-Mae stood silently behind her.
The Ryūko Shrine had already joined the battle.
Below, numerous fox-eared mikos, each with the strength of a C-rank supernatural user, were fighting.
Tamamo-no-Mae closed her eyes slightly, her pink and white fox ears twitching from time to time. Her spiritual power also spread across the battlefield, gathering information and protecting the fox-eared mikos.
Then, she slowly opened her eyes, a flash of light in her purple pupils.
She pursed her pink lips and said softly,
“The situation is turning in our favor.”
“At this rate, we can suppress the Blissful Truth religion in less than a month, and finish them off in three.”
The fox mikos could both heal and fight. After they joined the battle…
The casualty rate was much better than before.
The forces Kamishiro Hime had brought were already evenly matched with the Blissful Truth religion.
This was the result of Kamishiro Hime’s planning.
And with the addition of the Ryūko Shrine, they should be able to suppress the Blissful Truth religion.
But…
“From the looks of it now, you’re not wrong.”
“But why hasn’t the leader of the Blissful Truth religion made a move yet?”
“What is his ultimate goal?”
“We can’t be careless.”
A hint of fatigue appeared between Kamishiro Hime’s brows.
Even without personally fighting, commanding the entire battlefield was a draining task.
And the reason neither she nor Tamamo-no-Mae had personally fought…
Was because they had to keep a close eye on the leader of the Blissful Truth religion’s every move.
That… which stood in the center of the Blissful Truth religion’s rear…
—The blood palanquin.
Kamishiro Hime could feel a very familiar aura. Kamishiro Naraku was inside.
Now, the imperial family was gradually gaining the upper hand.
But Kamishiro Naraku still hadn’t appeared on the battlefield. She didn’t believe that his long-planned siege was just this.
So, what was his scheme, or what was he waiting for?
Kamishiro Hime’s pure white eyes shone brightly, as if she wanted to see through the curtains of the blood palanquin, to see what was going on in Kamishiro Naraku’s mind.
This man, who had betrayed the imperial family and sullied its honor!
A flicker of anger appeared in her eyes.
Then, she looked at the wounded being carried in and out, and at the soldiers and supernatural users who had died on the battlefield.
A sense of bewilderment and sorrow filled her heart.
But she quickly took a deep breath, and the anger and bewilderment dissipated, replaced by determination.
Kamishiro Hime slowly clenched her fists.
Power, she needed more power.
The imperial family was weak now. She had to have immense power to restore it, to bring order back to this land, to stop humanity from being trapped in these endless internal struggles.
To eliminate all supernatural beings!
Unfortunately, she was still a long way from A-rank.
A trace of frustration still lingered in Kamishiro Hime’s heart.
Her father was seriously injured, her grandfather old.
The imperial family desperately needed a new A-rank to rise.
The fate of the imperial family now rested on her shoulders alone. The burden was too heavy, and there was no one to share it with.
She shook her head.
She cleared her mind of these thoughts. Now she had to focus on the present.
Kamishiro Hime continued to watch the battlefield.
Suddenly, a look of surprise flashed in her pure white eyes. She seemed to have noticed something.
She parted her lips and said,
“Saigū.”
“Look at the blood on the ground. Is it flowing?”
“It doesn’t seem to be flowing normally, but…”
“—Along a certain path.”
Kamishiro Hime thought her fatigue was affecting her vision.
But when she used her pure white eyes, and a faint light appeared in her pupils, she knew she wasn’t mistaken.
Hearing Kamishiro Hime’s words, Tamamo-no-Mae immediately closed her eyes and used her spiritual power to sense the ground.
And she connected her spiritual power to a fox-eared miko who was near a stream of blood, sending her a message.
“Xiao Bai.”
“Go and cut off this stream of blood in the middle.”
On the battlefield, a white-haired fox-eared miko attacked the stream of blood, creating a crater.
But a strange scene occurred.
The blood didn’t change its course, but filled the crater and continued to flow in its original direction.
Tamamo-no-Mae and Kamishiro Hime looked at each other, their faces changing.
“It’s a blood sacrifice!”
Tamamo-no-Mae was the first to ask the question.
“Why?”
“The blood sacrifice isn’t being drawn towards us, but under the Blissful Truth religion’s own feet. In that case, wouldn’t the one affected by the blood sacrifice be…”
“The Blissful Truth religion itself?!”
It was because of this that Kamishiro Hime and Tamamo-no-Mae had only just discovered that the Blissful Truth religion was performing a blood sacrifice.
Not only that, but the pattern of this blood sacrifice was unheard of, more like some strange, self-researched use.
And at this moment, Kamishiro Hime said,
“No matter what, if it’s something the Blissful Truth religion wants to do, we can’t let them succeed.”
“Regardless of the purpose of the blood sacrifice.”
“We have to destroy it!”
Tamamo-no-Mae instantly informed all the fox-eared mikos through her spiritual power, telling them to create large craters to slow down the formation of the blood sacrifice.
Kamishiro Hime also began to issue orders to her subordinates.
However, just as they were doing this…
A deafening, amplified voice suddenly boomed in their ears, shaking their very souls!
A dense, multi-layered voice, as if countless ghosts were whispering.
“What a headache.”
“You actually found out ahead of time.”
“In that case, I have no choice but to…”
“—Kill you now, little sister.”
In the next moment, a figure emerged from the blood palanquin.
A soaring black aura shot up into the sky, creating ripples in the air.
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Bro wants to imitate the MC but ur not her and also I think the princess will become one of the MC’s daughter