Elsewhere, Yingcao, wearing gauntlets, was engaged in close combat with the Great Yokai Shuten Doji.
Although Yingcao was temporarily at a disadvantage, Shuten Doji could not defeat her quickly either. Instead, Yingcao's experience with fist techniques kept improving, and her movements grew increasingly practiced.
Not long after Mei emerged, Hagoromo Gitsune and Nura Nurarihyon also appeared at the Imperial Palace. At the same time... a gigantic infant appeared within the Imperial Palace.
The infant was like a giant, dozens of meters tall... and it was still crying.
This was Nue, the entity born from the union of yokai and humans that Hagoromo Gitsune had conceived.
However, Nue had not yet been fully born. It still needed some time before it could truly become Nue and allow Seimei in Purgatory to be completely born.
Hagoromo Gitsune clearly knew this as well and remained by the giant infant's side to protect him. Even though she had just given birth, being a yokai meant it had not affected her in the slightest. On the contrary, with that burden gone from her body, her strength had returned to its peak.
Even Nura Nurarihyon was repeatedly beaten until he coughed up blood at Hagoromo Gitsune's hands.
"Three-Tailed Tachi!"
In midair... Hagoromo Gitsune drew a tachi from among her tails and slashed at Nura Nurarihyon before her.
Faced with Hagoromo Gitsune's blade, Nura Nurarihyon met it without hesitation, blocking her strike with his own. But in the next instant... a tail lashed out at him from an impossible angle, sending Nura Nurarihyon flying and smashing through a palace.
Immediately afterward, Hagoromo Gitsune landed amid the ruined palace. As the smoke cleared, she saw Nura Nurarihyon lying on the ground, coughing up blood...
"I hadn't planned on killing you so soon. In my eyes... everything