The lesser monsters exchanged looks, then burst into jeers a moment later.
"Woman! You certainly won't be 'killing monsters' today. If you keep us happy, we can let you 'give birth to monsters'!"
"Let me go!" The female monster kept her eyes half closed, struggling desperately. "If you don't let me go... you'll be in trouble!"
"Oh?" The lesser monsters began pawing at her, tearing at her clothes. "And just how will we be in trouble?"
"M-my lineage won't let you get away with this! I-I'm from the Shiranui Household!"
Jin Jianglang paused, not having expected to hear such a claim.
"Hahahaha! Shiranui?!" One lesser monster pressed his face against hers and snarled, "Do you know what you are?! How dare you make up a lie like that?!"
"I-I-I'm an onmyoji... you'll be in trouble... my lineage head will kill you..." The female monster's voice gradually weakened, as though she had lost her confidence.
"An onmyoji?" The lesser monster reached out and pinched her face, saying slowly, "Even if that old man Shiranui Jiuwu came here himself, I'd kill him right in front of you! Give up and settle down to bear us monsters!"
Jin Jianglang finally could not listen any longer. His fingers twitched, and three talismans instantly flew out, sticking to the three lesser monsters.
The lesser monsters froze in place, dumbstruck.
Jin Jianglang took his enormous scissors in hand and spun them several times, then suddenly lunged forward. In moments, he severed all three necks.
Thud, thud, thud. Three monster heads hit the ground, and the force pinning the female monster down vanished.
"Huh?" The female monster froze, then tilted her head to listen. "I-is someone there?"
Jin Jianglang froze as well, utterly baffled by what this female monster was up to.
He had just leaped out