"Is that so?" Mirai asked with a frown. "Then what happened to Bone Spirit? He held back during our previous battle. Did you know that?" he asked.
"Bone Spirit has been passed down as a shikigami for over a thousand years. I only know that after he became the Lu Wu clan's shikigami, Bone Spirit recovered this much. Few others know the details. According to the Lu Wu family records, the Lu Wu ancestors also happened upon the severely injured Bone Spirit and had no choice but to make him the Lu Wu clan's inherited shikigami. However, the contract was not stable at first. As Bone Spirit's strength recovered, the Lu Wu clan's control over him weakened," he said.
"Then what is a master shikigami?" Mirai asked curiously.
"This kind of shikigami has a deeper relationship with an onmyoji than ordinary shikigami. It is a symbiotic relationship. They always reside within the onmyoji's body. The onmyoji can use the shikigami's abilities exactly as they are, just as Lu Wu was summoned by me earlier." The dark entity answered Mirai's questions respectfully, without the slightest impatience. He knew everything and said everything, patiently answering Mirai's questions.
"Then how will your current condition affect Lu Wu Yin Xi, that onmyoji?" Pleased with the dark entity's attitude, Mirai asked again.
"My connection with Lu Wu has just been severed. This has never happened before, so I am not entirely sure. Lu Wu is already at the end of his rope. He was previously sustained by my power; now, he should die," the black-clad man said calmly, as though Lu Wu's life or death had nothing to do with him.
"What are you going to do from now on? How am I supposed to arrange you?" Mirai asked in disbelief, confused by the dark