Tunnel of a Hundred Ghosts, Swept Away by One Man! The Powerful Effects of the Lin Character Technique! Wielding a Sword with Qi, Unmatched Reaping!

Three minutes ago, Shundong County Tunnel.

In the secluded, gloomy mountain forest, an immense amount of overwhelming demonic energy suddenly burst out of this dark tunnel, which had been abandoned for who knew how many years.

Resentment, hatred, unwillingness...

In the blink of an eye, the tunnel entrance, which the Special Affairs Division agents had nearly cleared out, was once again packed with vengeful spirits and the dead.

There were even more of them than before.

"How much longer until Uesugi-kun gets here?"

"He said—he'll be here soon!"

After that exchange, Yagyū Shion, whose consciousness was so hazy that she could barely remain standing, tightened her grip on the trembling katana in her hand and raised it again.

Some of the surrounding Special Affairs Division agents had passed out from the complicated mental attacks. Others had already exhausted all their Spiritual Power, while some had even lost so much blood that they were on the verge of death.

They were in a miserable state.

Only two or three agents still retained the bare minimum of combat power.

They had already been fighting for far too long in front of this tunnel, which should have been cleared within half an hour.

No one had expected this mission, whose overwhelming numbers had made it almost laughably simple, to undergo such a violent mutation all of a sudden.

"Thank goodness Tamamo had the foresight..."

The successor to the Shizuoka Prefecture branch dojo of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū glanced to the side and saw the girl standing in the absolutely safe rear, still protected by several barriers.

—"Wouldn't calling the mercenaries over early give us more security and manpower? Besides, someone else is reimbursing us anyway!"

—That was what she had said.

The petite girl called Tamamo wore the same yellow safety helmet as an elementary