Taotie? 1

"A dog demon?"

A dog demon was somewhat the opposite of a dog spirit in form, but compared to dog demons... practically every onmyoji hoped to possess a dog spirit.

A powerful monster that appeared in the form of a dog was called a dog demon.

Dog demons served much the same purpose as dog spirits and were also shikigami used by most onmyoji, but they were far more dangerous than dog spirits.

If their master's spiritual power could not suppress them, they might devour their master. Since they were monsters, blood sacrifices were more powerful than those of dog spirits, but the chances of backlash were much greater as well. Still, both dog spirits and dog demons held high status among shikigami, and some practitioners were even controlled by them.

Seele looked at the dog demon before her. It was a spirit body completely opposite to Suzuki Yukiko's dog spirit. Though onmyoji generally preferred dog spirits to dog demons... in truth, a dog demon's combat power was no weaker than a dog spirit's, perhaps even stronger... it was simply much more dangerous to command one.

"This is bad! The dog spirit isn't its match."

The dog spirit ahead was suddenly bitten by the dog demon. Suzuki Yukiko's expression turned grim. Her dog spirit had not been raised by her; although she could command it... she could not fully bring out its strength.

"Those evil spirits are coming too!"

Aso Yuna gripped the demon blade with both hands and stood before Seele. The evil spirits around them were closing in as well, as though someone were directing them.

"Can you find that onmyoji?"

The scythe appeared in Seele's hand once more. She scanned the surroundings... but found no sign of any onmyoji. Ever since arriving here, it had become difficult