New Developments and a New Vessel

Hidden inside the mountain stood a magnificent palace inhabited by a powerful monster named Shuten.

The name Shuten Doji filled the people in the nearby towns with terror. Not only because of Shuten Doji's overwhelming strength, but also because of his cruelty.

Legend had it that Shuten Doji loved devouring the flesh and blood of the living, especially that of young, pure women.

The surrounding area was gripped by panic. Yet many powerful warriors, monks, and even mysterious Onmyoji came to slay him, only to vanish without a trace and become food for Shuten Doji and his minions.

For a hundred miles around, everything lay beneath the shadow of this powerful monster... but it seemed that was where it ended.

For the powerful monster Shuten Doji, feared by both the common people and the warriors, was now wearing a pained expression. Shuten Doji liked transforming into an extraordinarily beautiful man to entice young girls, but at this moment, that eerily beautiful face was almost twisted out of shape.

Shuten Doji painfully clutched his own neck, while his body was lifted high by something.

A human warrior's hand!

Besides pain, Shuten Doji's eyes were filled with disbelief. He could not believe that a human warrior possessed such tremendous strength. But when he accidentally saw the shadow of the human warrior behind him, stretched long by the candlelight and cast onto the wall, a trace of understanding finally dawned on him.

On the wall, a gigantic shadow was wantonly swaying... a monster with eight enormous heads!

"Yamata..." Shuten Doji did not even have time to utter that taboo name, a name that terrified even monsters in Yan Wuyue World.

At that moment, a large amount of blood splattered across the wall, signifying the end of the evil Shuten Doji's life. The shadow