Inside the car.
"Miss Kamiyo, may I ask, do you know what kind of beings the so-called gods are?"
Yang Tao asked Kamiyo Ai, who was holding Yayoi in the back seat, while driving.
"I know..."
Kamiyo Ai's originally happy expression became a bit dim. She lowered her head slightly and said, "Our Kamiyo family has worshipped gods for generations, praying for protection."
"As a price, the women of our family, once they turn 20, become the wives of the gods, and their souls are taken away."
Yang Tao was slightly stunned. He pulled the car over to the side of the road, turned his head to look at Kamiyo Ai, and asked, "So this is a transaction, isn't it?"
Kamiyo Ai nodded gently, glanced at Yang Tao, and then lowered her head again.
Yang Tao looked up at the mere 11 HP above Kamiyo Ai's head and asked Elisa, who was in the passenger seat, "Does she have any special energy on her?"
Elisa shook her head and said, "Aside from a special mark, she's just an ordinary person..."
Hearing this, Yang Tao continued to drive towards the riverbank where they had camped last time, but a smile curled at the corner of his mouth as he said, "I hope the god your family worships likes men..."
Perhaps this was a fair transaction; the Kamiyo family offered their women as sacrifices to gain power, protection, or other things.
Regardless, both parties to the transaction should have been satisfied.
But now the problem was, he had first met Kamiyo Ai, who was the bargaining chip... And he also wanted an 'opponent' he could truly fight.
The car gradually sped up.
After entering the suburbs, Yang Tao suddenly saw a familiar location.
The shrine of the Kishimojin.
The car brakes screeched, and Yang Tao parked the car at the bottom of the steps leading to the shrine.
Yayoi stood up, poked her head between the seats to Yang Tao's side, and asked, her large eyes with skull pupils wide in confusion, "Uncle, what are you doing here at the Kishimojin's place? Are you trying to subdue the Kishimojin?"
Subdue the Kishimojin, who at her peak only had 3,000 to 5,000 HP? Yang Tao was a good person, but he wasn't running a charity.
"No, I came to ask her if she knows anything about the god of the Kamiyo family."
The Kishimojin was at least one of the Buddhist Righteous Gods. Although Yang Tao knew that what was here was at most a clone condensed from belief, at least she was a local, so she would definitely know more.
Yayoi nodded after understanding Yang Tao's thoughts.
The group got out of the car. Keitarō also got out of the car behind them with Sister Yayoi. The group looked at the long stone steps, and Yang Tao stepped forward to ascend them.
The Kishimojin's shrine hadn't changed. The courtyard was still filled with Jizo Bodhisattva statues. Perhaps sensing their arrival, the shrine's doors opened, and the Kishimojin floated out of the building.
Her originally ethereal body was a bit more substantial than last time, but the golden light was also tainted by some ghostly aura, making it somewhat murky.
Yang Tao waved at the Kishimojin, pointed at Kamiyo Ai, and asked, "Do you know the Kamiyo family? And the god they worship?"
The Kishimojin's reaction was a bit slow. When she looked at Kamiyo Ai, she nodded slightly and said, "I don't know the Kamiyo family, but I know the aura of the contract on her."
"That is a god from Kyoto..."
"His power is very strong, extremely strong..."
Yang Tao showed a surprised expression and asked, "What? Do the Japs here also have regional divisions? Are the ghosts in Kyoto stronger than ghosts elsewhere?"
Unexpectedly, the Kishimojin actually nodded.
"Kyoto has a large population, so both evil spirits and gods are stronger."
"Then what is this god's name?"
"Tai Sui Star Lord..."
Yang Tao: "..."
Damn it, harming Buddhism was one thing, but now they're even harming Daoist gods.
Moreover, the harm wasn't even properly investigated. Tai Sui Star Lord isn't a specific deity; the Tai Sui operates on a 60-year cycle based on the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, with a total of sixty deities. Each year, one Sui God is on duty, and the Tai Sui on duty for that year is called the "Yearly Tai Sui..." who is the master of the year, managing human fortune and misfortune for that year.
'Too bad, the Outcast world doesn't have a Heavenly Court, otherwise I'd definitely go find the Tai Sui Star Lords and tell them about this!'
Only demons would marry young human women and take their souls. The last one to do something like this was the Black Mountain Old Demon from Liaozhai, and even in chaotic times, the Black Mountain Old Demon only played with female ghosts.
"Contract..."
Yang Tao looked at Kamiyo Ai, and an idea gradually formed in his mind. He said to everyone, "Wait for me for a moment. I'll go get some things and be right back."
With that, he summoned a wooden door and left directly.
Yayoi and Keitarō were seeing Yang Tao's ability for the first time. Keitarō asked in surprise, "Doraemon's Anywhere Door??"
The others: "..."
However, if Yang Tao hadn't left, he would have praised Keitarō for her discerning eye.
Yang Tao's wooden door and Doraemon's Anywhere Door each had their strengths, one could only say they were evenly matched.
Doraemon's Anywhere Door could reach any place, while Yang Tao's wooden door could reach different worlds.
Soon, the realistic wooden door reappeared, but Yang Tao now held a pair of brass knuckles emitting a purple light.
The brass knuckles were made of gold and silver alloy, densely inscribed with text.
The Kishimojin seemed to feel the power of Yang Tao's brass knuckles and couldn't help but retreat two steps. In an ordinary world, these two Daoist scriptures would be just ordinary Daoist texts, but in this supernatural world with faith, these things were like a father.
"Elisa, erase the contract on Kamiyo Ai and lure that guy out."
Since that guy wanted to marry Kamiyo Ai, he certainly wouldn't stand by and watch his contract be erased.
Elisa smiled upon hearing this and immediately extended her hand, black energy gushing out, engulfing Kamiyo Ai in an instant.
The five-pointed star in her eyes grew weaker and weaker as the contract was erased, but at this moment, Yang Tao's figure appeared out of thin air directly above Kamiyo Ai's head.
"You're the damn Tai Sui Star Lord? Today, I'm going to stir up trouble right on the Tai Sui's head!!"
Bang...
A guy dressed as a white-robed shrine priest was slammed in the face by Yang Tao's punch.
HP 22000 / 22000
"Twenty-two thousand HP, and you dare call yourself Tai Sui?" Yang Tao landed a Black Tiger Steals Heart on the opponent's chest.
The movement speed brought by Soru and Moonwalk left the people below seeing nothing but a blur. They could only see the Tai Sui Star Lord seemingly frozen in place, as if invisible attacks were constantly landing on him.
But at this moment, a magic circle appeared on the ground.
Twelve figures emerged from underground. These were the Tai Sui Star Lord's Twelve Divine Generals, which were actually just twelve evil ghost shikigami.
Yayoi had seen the Tai Sui Star Lord before, so she was already prepared. She directly threw out some dolls tied with hemp rope from her backpack, and figures full of ghostly aura appeared in front of her.
Elisa smiled slightly at the sight.
Third Brother's figure appeared behind one of the Divine Generals, gripping the cleaver in his hands tightly and chopping down without hesitation.
Pfft...
The defense formed by the Divine General was no different from paper in front of Third Brother's cleaver.
A head rolled directly in front of Elisa, then was picked up by a figure in white, with disheveled hair.
"Ah~"
Sadako let out a piercing scream with a zero-frame startup, a sound that directly pierced the soul.