As the girl spoke in Spirit Tongue, the white talisman dissolved into motes of light. Then, a canine spirit body radiating "powerful" spiritual energy appeared at her side.
"It's actually... an Inugami..."
Seeing the shikigami Suzuki Yukiko had summoned, both Seele and Asou Yuna could not help taking a few extra looks. Onmyoji capable of summoning an Inugami were all renowned masters. For Suzuki Yukiko to possess an "Inugami" at her age, and even command it, made her an exceptionally rare genius.
After all, this was not a world where great yokai and gods served as shikigami. Having great yokai or Heavenly Realm gods as shikigami was simply unrealistic.
The shikigami of this world could roughly be divided into three types: Floating Spirits, Dog Demons, and Inugami. This was considered the more orthodox classification of Onmyoji shikigami.
An Inugami did not refer to a particular kind of yokai. Rather, any sacred being with powerful spiritual energy that appeared in the form of a dog was called an Inugami.
Perhaps because of the image of dogs as loyal creatures, most Onmyoji shikigami took forms similar to dogs. An Inugami was not only a shikigami that Onmyoji dreamed of obtaining; under certain special circumstances, it could even be killed and used in a Blood Sacrifice spirit incantation to compensate for insufficient spiritual power and increase the strength of spells.
"Inugami, kill the evil spirit ahead."
Looking at the Inugami beside her, Suzuki Yukiko pointed at the evil spirit ahead and gave the order directly.
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Chapter 159: Where Are the Onmyoji and Miko? (3)
Upon hearing Suzuki Yukiko's voice, the Inugami did not attack immediately. Instead, it stared at her for quite a while before turning toward the crawling evil spirit.
Then... with a sharp swish, the Inugami charged straight at