The bell Shion possessed was a keepsake left to her by her mother, the previous Miko, Miroku, who had told her to carry it with her all these years.
What Shion did not know was that this bell was also a Sealing.
Her mother had used her own power to seal away half of Shion's power.
So when the bell shattered, Miroku's power would erupt instantly, allowing Shion to regain her original power as well.
However, there was an unexpected complication.
The surge of power Miroku released immediately resonated with the Sealing in the shrine nearby!
The two powers shared the same source, so this power acted like a key, not only undoing Shion's Sealing, but also undoing the Sealing imprisoning the Demon’s body.
This development immediately exceeded everyone's expectations.
A huge pillar of Purple-Black energy instantly shot into the sky, and the earth began to crumble.
It was the resentment and malice the Demon's body had accumulated over the years!
Then a black coffin plastered with talismans slowly emerged from underground.
With a bang, the coffin burst apart, revealing the Demon's body inside.
It was something resembling a puddle of sludge, pinned to the bottom of the coffin by seven nails.
Now, with the shrine destroyed and the coffin shattered, those seven nails were like rootless duckweed, falling to the ground one after another.
Shinji had never imagined that he would end up releasing this damned thing himself.
But before he could do anything, someone else reacted first.
It was Shion, whose power had soared!
"Seal!"
Shion rushed over and picked up a nail, then drove it into the mass of Purple-Black sludge before her without a second thought and began forming hand seals.
The special Sealing Jutsu unique to the Miko began to take effect, pinning the sludge