Perhaps stimulated by this unique spiritual power, the mist rapidly gathered together, forming a Thousand Eyes monster covered in densely packed eyes.
It looked like Hyakume-kui, but far more terrifying.
At that moment, the Thousand Eyes monster's hundreds, even thousands, of eyes all turned venomously toward the direction the arrow had come from.
There stood a human girl of around ten years old. Dressed in red-and-white miko robes, she had already drawn a second arrow from behind her back and aimed it at the monster.
"It smells so good! Food I crave! Give me... give me your soul!"
The Thousand Eyes monster stared at the little miko, inhaling the fragrance coming from her body. It was the scent of a god.
Over a thousand eyes gazed hungrily at the little miko as the red mist formed seven or eight tentacles that lashed toward her.
"Whoosh!"
The little miko fired another arrow. It struck one of the monster's tentacles, and in an instant, the spiritual power carried by the arrow purified it.
But... because there was not enough spiritual power, purifying that single tentacle exhausted the little power contained in the arrow. The remaining tentacles only paused briefly before continuing toward the little miko.
Seeing that she had no time left, the little miko pulled out a bell from her robes and rang it. As the bell chimed, the tentacles paused again, and she hurriedly turned and ran.
However, the bell's power had only limited effect on the tentacles. They broke free from its influence in less than three seconds and continued to coil around the miko.
"Sister Hua! Save me!"
The little miko could not possibly outrun the tentacles. Seeing them break free from the bell's influence, she hurriedly cried out.
"You little girl, I told you not to provoke