Without Su Yue, Xi Zhao naturally couldn't fight against the aggressive Tsubaki alone. Under the witness of a priest, the result of the competition was announced.
Tsubaki won the match.
The young clergymen present looked at the young priestess in white. Su Yue and Xi Zhao were already unexpectedly strong, but Chun, who defeated them both, was even more outstanding.
"It's amazing."
Yun He was also surprised by this. She knew that Chun's natural spiritual power was no worse than hers back then, but the problem was that the other party's characteristic was specialized in curses.
The so-called curses were mostly those that could kill someone with just one strike.
Obviously, this kind of technique would not be allowed to be used in ordinary competitions.
As a result, Chun's abilities were restricted by more than half.
Yun He also knew that the ordinary techniques used by Chun were almost incapable of exerting their due power. This was a defect of the spiritual power after it was stimulated and forcibly awakened.
“She’s a very hard-working child.”
Yuzhongjin said softly.
"Ah~ Good morning."
Su Yue, who was still sleeping soundly, was counter-cursed by Chun, so he sat up from where he was, stretched, and then looked around lazily.
Finding himself outdoors at the moment, Su Yue couldn't help but remain silent for a moment, and suddenly woke up the next second.
"Oh no!"
Su Yue shouted immediately.
"It's all your fault, Suyue! How did you manage to sleep?"
Xizhao came over with a big afro on his head, obviously having been struck by lightning just now.
"What is this? Why is it my fault? It's because you were unlucky and drew Junior Sister Tsubaki."
Hearing this, Su Yue crossed his arms and retorted.
"I drew Junior Sister Tsubaki because of force majeure."
"Does it mean I am irresistible if I fall asleep?"
"Who told you to stay up late last night? I told you to go to bed early and take care of yourself, but you didn't listen."
"It's because someone didn't work hard at all that I have to practice hard."
"..."
Xizhao and Suyue immediately started arguing about this matter.
"Hug, sorry..."
Seeing this, Chun couldn't help but lower her head.
"It has nothing to do with Junior Sister Tsubaki!"
Su Yue and Xi Zhao said in unison, then raised their hands and pointed at each other, shouting, "It's all because of this useless guy."
After saying that, the two looked at each other again.
"……snort!"
Finally, they both turned around.
"You two, if you want to argue, go back and argue."
The priest Qinghe was not surprised by this. He just grabbed Suyue and Xizhao by the back of their collars and threw them to the edge of the venue.
Having won the first battle, Tsubaki seemed to be able to handle the second and third battles with ease.
The strength of Su Yue and Xi Zhao is far beyond that of ordinary clergy, not to mention that only the younger generation participate in the competition. If the opponent they face in the first round is not Chun, it is conservatively estimated that they will at least make it into the top five, or even the top three.
"Collapse!"
Tsubaki uses the magic wand to send a powerful strike to stun the opponent.
After the fourth round, they won easily and occupied the top five spots.
"Qinghe boy, it seems that you have accepted a good apprentice this time."
The Chigusa priest highly recognizes Tsubaki's power.
“This is all her own hard work.”
Priest Qinghe fell silent, he knew nothing about the practice of the shrine maidens, usually he was taught by Sister Kikuri, Junior Sister Yunhe and the shrine maiden Fushimi Inari, and Tsubaki had barely used any techniques other than spells until now.
The opponent who had been in the fifth battle was at least twice as old as Tsubaki.
Yamabushi, who was in his twenties, had considerable magical powers after years of practice. However, facing Tsubaki, who had gained the spiritual power of the SR-level Ugly Hour Girl and whose spiritual power had directly reached the peak, he was still suppressed and had no power to fight back.
The final opponent is the most talented student in the branch.
Holding a silver sword, he is as powerful as a rainbow.
He slashed the shadow of the cloud with his sword and quickly rushed forward, closing the distance with Chun with the intention of engaging in close combat.
Tsubaki is indeed adept at the art, but in close combat she is on the same level as Yuzuru.
"...Prior Incantato!"
In desperation, Chun cast this spell.
——Flashback to the previous spell!
The golden power overflowed from the magic wand and immediately poured into Tsubaki's body.
Sky-high sword!
The young priest holding the sword soared like an eagle, the tip of the sword pointed at where Tsubaki was at the moment.
The long sword was swung, and the blazing white sword light rushed forward.
Attack like a gorgeous silver dragon.
“Aresto momentum!”
Tsubaki cast the "Flashback Spell" and raised her wand, reciting the unfamiliar spell subconsciously. Although she couldn't understand it, she realized what the spell was through the operation of her spiritual power.
The fall is slowing down!
The silver dragon soaring into the sky was getting closer and closer to Chun.
But he suddenly lost his strength in mid-air.
The priest holding the sword was cast under a "protection spell".
“This is indeed something I could do.”
Yuzhong Jin, who was watching the battle, said proudly.
The priest whose strength was drained immediately reconstructed his sword moves.
The long sword stabbed quickly, and the magic power was released to the target.
"Expelliarmus!"
Chun immediately added another spell.
Expelliarmus!
The impact of spiritual power and magical power.
In the end, Tsubaki fought back with the advantage of her innate spiritual power, and the priest who was hit by the "Disarming Spell" had his tightly grasped sword forcibly knocked away.
"Accio sword!" The sword flies over!
The sword that was knocked away fell into Tsubaki's other hand.
This will determine the outcome of this game.
"Amazing……"
Tsubaki couldn't help but murmur.
Volume 185 Inuyasha (Part 4): Chapter Chapter The So-called Natural Chasm [K]
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The shrine competition ended with Tsubaki's victory.
However, when she stood on the stage, her eyes fell on Kikyo not far away. Since the latter did not join the Hikawa Shrine, this shrine competition had nothing to do with her.
Even if he could defeat all of his fellow Yamabushi sorcerers, if he couldn't defeat Kikyo, everything would be meaningless to Tsubaki.
Tsubaki wants to compete with Kikyo, but the witch sister always forbids them to compete.
Feeling that gaze coming at her, Kikyo raised her head and then laughed happily. Tsubaki was actually staring at her.
Taking a deep breath, Tsubaki mustered up her courage and made up her mind. In front of everyone, she shouted to Kikyo, "Kikyo, compete with me!"
"no!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Zhuanjin stopped him immediately.
"……what?"
Kikyo couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
"Don't be silly, Tsubaki."
Seeing this, the priest Qinghe also gave a reminder.
"Wait a minute, Kikyo? That name is..."
Priest Chigusa followed Tsubaki's gaze and his eyes fell on the young miko at the back of the group.
Kikyo, he knew this name very well, it was one of the two children left by the witch Qingyun.
Upon closer inspection, her eyebrows and facial features were indeed quite similar to those of the legendary great witch.
"It's actually 'that adult's' child?"
The clergy who were once dominated by the priestess Qingyun were all surprised and could not help but make way for Kikyo to have a wide passage.
They looked at Kikyo as if each had a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
"Why didn't you tell me about this?"
Priest Qiancao asked Priest Qinghe.
"I didn't let him say it. Is there any problem? Senior Brother Qiancao."
The shrine maiden Kikuri stepped forward to rescue the priest Qinghe.
"why?"
Priest Chigusa couldn't understand.
"Kikyo hasn't entered Hikawa Shrine yet. She is a shrine maiden of Inari Shrine. It's not good to spread the word everywhere."
The miko Kikuri said as a matter of course.
"I'm sorry, Master Chigusa."
Yunhe protected Kikyo in front of him.
"Yunhe, wait a minute! Your spiritual power?"
Qiancao sensed the aura in Yunhe's body, which was far stronger than it was back then, and it was obvious that he had returned to the side of God.
"I have received the grace of the Inari God, and I have promised that God that I will serve him forever. I'm sorry, but please allow me to introduce myself again. My name is Yunzuru, and I am a shrine maiden of the Inari Shrine."
Yunhe said apologetically: "Even Kikyo has long been worshipped as the Inari God."
"It seems like a lot of things have happened."
Priest Chigusa looked at Kikyo behind Yunhe, and couldn't help but recall the girl favored by heaven back then. He never suspected that Yunhe was lying to him.
If you say it is thanks to God’s grace, then it must have been thanks to God.
Otherwise some things are hard to explain.
That being the case, everything is now clear.
