Soma Takiko had fallen into Tōji's hands.
Everyone present confirmed this, their eyes narrowing as they watched Tōji grin fiercely while holding Takiko in his arms.
With that, the Kurahashi Family and Soma Family's plan to summon the Divine Aura would suffer a fatal blow.
With the shrine maiden at the heart of the summoning in Harutora's hands, there was a good chance their entire plan would be destroyed.
Realizing this, Kumomaru's face twisted with shock and fury.
Only Yakushimaru, after glaring furiously, fixed his eyes on Tōji.
"This feeling... That demon... Could it be...?"
Yakushimaru seemed to have noticed something. Although he could not hide his anger, the cold sneer remained on his face.
No one else noticed it. Only Luo Zhen, who had completely become an observer, clearly took in every change on the battlefield and narrowed his eyes.
"Looks like it won't be that easy."
That was what Luo Zhen thought.
The next second, the situation suddenly changed.
"Urgh...! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah...!"
Tōji, who had captured Takiko, suddenly lost control of all the Demonic Qi in his body. His body convulsed violently, forcing him to kneel on the ground as he let out a roar of unbearable pain.
"Tōji!"
Seeing this, the smile on Harutora's face froze, and he cried out in utter astonishment.
Kakugyo Ki and Hishamaru were equally shocked.
"Has the demon inside him gone out of control?"
Kakugyo Ki arrived at that conclusion almost instinctively.
Though a Living Spirit could utilize the power of the spiritual entity sealed within its body, that entity was ultimately an alien presence distinct from the host. It would erode the host's mind and even body, causing the host to completely degenerate into a Spiritual Disaster.
Demons in particular were the most corrosive to their hosts. Even undoing the First Seal