Shikigami

Qing Chen carried the little girl on his back on the northern mountain peak, while the mysterious young man and Crimson Leaf Hunt stood opposite them on the opposite peak.

Despite the vast chasm and insurmountable barriers separating them, the oppressive feeling between them solidifies the air between the peaks.

The young man was about 1.7 meters tall, while Crimson Leaf Hunt was more than a head taller than him and looked exceptionally tall.

The blue and red kimono, like a wedding dress, was tattered.

Onmyoji are an exceptionally mysterious lineage of cultivation within the Federation, unique to the Age of Gods.

The Kamishiro Family has always been criticized by the Federation, but other conglomerates must admit that Kamishiro is indeed superior to other families in preserving and passing on its culture.

Their dedication to preserving and protecting traditions and culture has reached an almost obsessive and fanatical level.

Therefore, the Kamishiro Family has always had two sets of cultivation traditions.

One set belongs to the family head's lineage, aided by a special Breathing Technique, and is suitable for military training and inheritance, just like the Zhunti Method.

The other lineage is the Onmyoji tradition of the current ancestors of the Divine Age, which only a few people can practice. This branch is responsible for family rituals...

Onmyoji rarely travel south, mostly living in seclusion, and outsiders know very little about them.

Even within Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency, the information about Onmyoji consisted of basic data and some interesting anecdotes.

According to Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency, the reason there are so few Onmyoji is because the number of Shikigami is limited, and there are too few to distribute...

Based on the shikigami that have appeared in the Kamishiro Family so far, the total number of shikigami is between 330 and 430, and each shikigami is unique.

It means...

Assuming there are only 430 shikigami, then...

If all 430 existing known shikigami are summoned, then those who follow will have to wait in line even if they have trained in this lineage.

Onmyoji without Shikigami is not much different from a high-level infantryman.

Extraordinary people have always had very long lifespans, sometimes exceeding a hundred years.

Therefore, this lineage is destined to have few practitioners, due to the unequal distribution of spoils.

According to the information from Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency, practitioners of this lineage can only summon their first shikigami at the C-Class.

At B-Class, you can have three at the same time.

At Rank A, you can have six at the same time. At Rank II, you can have twelve at the same time.

The most famous Onmyoji, Abe no Seimei, possessed all twelve shikigami at the same time, so Abe no Seimei may correspond to the strength and status of an S-rank demigod.

Thinking about this, Qing Chen wondered if the shackles of the Outer World in the past had also been broken.

Those gods and Buddhas that filled the sky actually existed, but they disappeared for some unknown reason later.

Otherwise, why would the Zhunti Method in the Inner World and the Outer World be exactly the same?

In the early years when the Kamishiro Family first came to this continent, in order to increase the number of Onmyoji, they forcibly distributed the Shikigami equally.

For example, although one can have three B-Class Onmyoji at the same time, the clan orders that all B-Class Onmyoji can only summon one.

In this way, the number of B-Class Onmyoji who possess Shikigami can triple.

However, the Onmyoji were later attacked by the Knight Organization led by Qin Sheng. They suddenly realized a problem: the individual combat capabilities of the Knight Organization were too strong. They scattered their shikigami, which made them more prone to trouble.

Kamishiro originally intended to distribute the water equally to everyone and treat each bowl fairly, but he found that all the bowls were almost smashed by the knights.

Therefore, they need a more streamlined and powerful force to face the Twelve Knights.

Later, the Age of Gods adopted an elite force policy, where all the top masters were fully equipped with shikigami, summoning them all to their maximum capacity.

Summon three if you can, summon six if you can.

Therefore, Qing Chen looked around and realized that this Chosen One, who dared to block his way, must be at least B-Class.

Moreover, if this Chosen One has indeed been possessed in reverse, then he will be accompanied by at least three shikigami.

He's already seen the Crimson Leaf Hunt, but where are the other two?!

Qing Chen looked to his left rear and sure enough, there was a fiery red fox on the mountain peak, its paws treading on blue flames.

He had seen the complete encyclopedia of Hu's Hundred Ghosts Night Parade and immediately recognized the shikigami "Fox Fire" ranked 191st.

Looking to the right and back, there was a strange little monkey scratching its ears and cheeks on the mountaintop.

The little monkey is entirely white, only one meter tall, but its hands are as big as two gongs.

This is the shikigami "Mountain Child" ranked 317th.

Qing Chen turned to look at the young man and laughed loudly, "You must be of high status, how dare you take such a risk?"

The voice carried far away. When the young man heard Qing Chen say this, he frowned. Because Qing Chen had come here in person, the boy was not flustered at all, but instead thought that he was taking a risk.

This feeling isn't good.

Jingūji Maki, nestled on Qing Chen's back, whispered, "Brother, is he strong?"

Qing Chen thought for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Zhenji, remember this: I now... have no rivals below Rank A."

"Huh?" The little girl didn't understand either; she didn't even know what A-grade and B-Class meant. "Brother, why are you speaking so softly?"

"I rarely boast about myself, so I'm a little embarrassed," Qing Chen said with a smile.

Jingūji Maki: "..."

However, Xiao Zhenji remembered one sentence. "Hmm, my brother has no rivals."

Qing Chen knew that this young man was important only because Crimson Leaf Hunt was Great Demon ranked ninth in the records of the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency, and not someone that ordinary Onmyoji could use.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Hu's teasing of the Awakened.

Just as Yang Yang said, the abilities of the Awakened are strange and unusual. Some are born to be the core of the mid lane, while others are born to be jungle monsters, only able to add experience to others.

Therefore, Mr. Hu once compiled a collection of bizarre abilities in a cheeky way, such as the ability to shake one's leg that no one can stop, and the ability to always reach under the table to touch chewing gum.

In this issue, Hu once again shamelessly created a special section dedicated to useless shikigami.

For example, the ATS-330 shikigami "Reverse Pillar" was originally just a pillar. Because the craftsman misplaced it, it harbored resentment and could only kill people in places where the house structure was wrong.

For example, the ATS-92 shikigami "Gu Huo Niao" is the manifestation of the resentment of a pregnant woman whose child died young. Because the child died at the end of July, she only comes out to kill people and steal children in July and August each year.

For example, the ATS-81 shikigami "Rain Woman" will stand in the rain on rainy days, and if someone asks her if she needs an umbrella, she will kill the person who asked.

This is still relatively normal. The Hu Family's Illustrated Compendium of One Hundred Ghosts Night Parade also records their origins, the number of times they have appeared, and who their previous owners were.

Some of the later ones were quite bizarre.

For example, the ATS-329 shikigami "Dojoji Bell" can make people forget their troubles and only want to become monks...

For example, the ATS-328 shikigami "Zashiki-warashi" has no offensive capabilities, is kind-hearted, and can help the Onmyoji take care of children and play with them...

For example, the ATS-327 shikigami "Nekomata" has two tails and is good at catching mice...

Therefore, there are great differences between shikigami. For example, Crimson Leaf Hunt, the sixth demon king ranked 9th, can kill for the Onmyoji without any reason.

Some, however, can only do housework or some nonsensical things.

It's important to know that summoning shikigami in Onmyoji is random, and once summoned, they cannot be changed. If a B-Class Onmyoji manages to summon all three shikigami— Dojoji Bell, Zashiki-warashi, and Nekomata—the player is basically doomed.

If you're playing online games, this account is basically unusable.

In the Age of Gods, these Onmyoji would typically be enshrined in shrines as high priests and not allowed to participate in battles, for fear that something might happen to them. These peculiar shikigami would then be put back into the "card pool".

In the Age of Gods, the place where shikigami reside is called the Divine Bridge, while outsiders simply refer to it as the Card Pool.

Gradually, people felt that the term "card pool" was more apt...

Of course, there are also extremely fierce Onmyoji.

For example, the ancestor of the Age of Gods simultaneously possessed ATS-002 "Shuten-dōji", ATS-005 "Kyōkotsu", ATS-006 "Hannya", ATS-007 "Ootengu", ATS-012 "Gozu Raksha", and ATS-019 "Hyōzubushi".

These shikigami are all powerful combat shikigami without any additional bizarre restrictions.

Hu once joked in the materials that this was a top-tier item that the ancestors of the God Era had to clean up countless accounts to obtain...

More than a hundred years ago, the Age of Gods was the first to master the technology of neuronal connection and possession. Once Onmyoji possesses someone else's body and then severs his own former physical body, he can have the opportunity to summon the shikigami again.

Therefore, when a powerful shikigami returns to the Shinto Bridge, some Onmyoji will try to possess a B-Class master. In the early years, many B-Class masters fell victim to the Shinto masters.

After possessing a body, the Onmyoji summon a new shikigami.

This means you have a chance to reset your account and start over.

At this moment, the Crimson Leaf Hunt in front of Qing Chen had gone through seven masters, each of whom was a rather ruthless Onmyoji, according to the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency's records.

Whoever obtains the Crimson Leaf Hunt will certainly have a high status within the family.

But Qing Chen knew one thing: although shikigami are fierce, their strength is directly related to the level of Onmyoji. No matter how powerful this Crimson Leaf Hunt is, she is probably only around B-Class.

The only thing to worry about is that if the Onmyoji is B-Class, the shikigami will also be B-Class. If you encounter the opponent, it will be like fighting four opponents at once.

He alone had to face Crimson Leaf Hunt, Fox Fire, Mountain Child, and the Onmyoji himself.

However, while Onmyoji has advantages, it also has disadvantages.

The Hu family organization once stated with a very clear intention: the Onmyoji is weak and is an enemy of the Onmyoji. The best strategy is to behead him and capture the leader first.

This is clearly telling everyone how to defeat Onmyoji.

In fact, this behavior is tantamount to making enemies of the Onmyoji, but the Hu family's cultivation tradition is the least afraid of Onmyoji. After all, once the Heart Sword is mastered, taking the enemy's head in the midst of a vast army is as easy as playing around.

Onmyoji, whose physical bodies are extremely fragile, generally avoid provoking these flying sword users.

"Hold on tight to my neck," Qing Chen said, carrying the little girl on his back as he leaped down the mountain. He would only know the true strength of this Onmyoji after they fought.

At this moment, Qing Chen's momentum was at its peak. His Knight True Qi, which had been restored in a day, surged like the sea, and he was not afraid of anyone in the Outer World.

There will be another chapter at 11 PM.