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The barrier serves only one purpose: to prevent unfamiliar monsters from entering.
Judging by its strength, it should be able to stop some ordinary monsters.
However, this is already considered quite good. In ordinary villages and towns, if there are still places that can set up a barrier of this level, it would be considered extremely lucky.
The kind of person who can laugh in their dreams at night.
After all, although monsters roam everywhere in this era, most monsters can't even transform into human form, so the presence of a barrier of this strength here feels like a luxury.
After shattering the barrier with a single kick, Enmusubi walked menacingly toward her shrine.
In fact, judging from the function of the barrier, the person who set it up should not be a bad person; in fact, they could be considered a good person.
After all, this barrier can protect the people living inside from monsters.
A distance of several hundred meters is just a few steps for the current simpleton, but when he saw his shrine, the god of marriage was suddenly stunned.
"Huh!? A child?"
Chapter 309 Swift! Umbrella Sword!
Actually, if it's just someone moving into your shrine, the god of marriage won't be angry at all; on the contrary, he'll be happy about it.
Unlike the naturally born gods of Takamagahara, she is a god born from human prayers, and is very gentle and fond of humans.
Under normal circumstances, if she returned to her shrine and found it full of people, she would probably burst out laughing.
Because those people are all potential believers, and they all live in the shrine, most of them will offer her faith with the idea of believing a little without spending money.
But the problem lies in the first step.
When she returned to her shrine, she was stopped at the door!
The simpleton was furious!
That's so damn unfair!
Damn it, I'm a god, returning to my own shrine, and I didn't even ask you to charge me for lodging, but instead you won't let me in! Who can stand that?!
However, upon seeing the residents inside again, Enmusubi's anger immediately subsided.
It's not that I wasn't angry when I saw that there were children living inside.
It's more of a frustrating feeling of having a fire that can't be vented.
It's like when you haven't lived in your house for a while, and suddenly you go back to find it locked by someone else. You kick the door open and find that it's turned into a welfare home.
I may be angry, but I definitely shouldn't take it out on innocent children.
Even those who initially considered resorting to violence would choose a gentler approach after seeing the child.
Just as the God of Fate was staring at the group of children, a whooshing sound suddenly came from behind.
Sa——
"—Umbrella Sword!"
A sturdy, heavy, grayish-purple bamboo umbrella, more like a weapon than a rain gear, drew a cold light under the influence of demonic power and stabbed towards the God of Fate.
The air was torn apart, emitting a whooshing buzzing sound.
The attack was incredibly swift, but its target was not the vital point of Enmusubi.
It seems they were holding back.
The Goddess of Fate, who was not good at fighting to begin with, was startled by the sudden attack and was unable to react for a moment. She could only watch helplessly as the bamboo umbrella pierced towards her.
boom--
The sound of collision rang out, but Enmusubi did not feel any pain in his body.
An invisible barrier appeared before the bamboo umbrella, blocking the fierce attack!
The figure who attacked the Goddess of Fate did not give up upon seeing this, but launched an even more swift attack. In an instant, the person turned into a blur, and the umbrella sword in the hand was wielded with greater force, unleashing streaks of sword energy.
In a daze, it seemed as if multiple figures surrounded the God of Fate, attacking relentlessly from various angles and directions.
The dense barrage of attacks swept in like a storm, enveloping her entirely. A few feathers were scattered among the afterimages, making her look exceptionally gorgeous.
bang bang bang-
All attacks were unsuccessful.
That transparent barrier, like armor, completely enveloped the Goddess of Fate, leaving no part of her exposed.
Seeing that it was unable to break through the barrier, the swift afterimage changed its target and launched an attack on Xia Yan again.
However, the fierce slash only passed through Xia Yan's body. After passing through Xia Yan's body, the umbrella left a faint ink mark in the air, as if it were painting a picture in the air with ink.
Seeing that all her attacks had failed, the attacker turned into a blur and retreated, appearing in front of the children, staring fiercely at Xia Yan and Yuan Jie Shen like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
The children then orderly hid behind the Guhuoniao, forming a circle.
The older children surrounded the younger children, as if it had been rehearsed beforehand.
"Damn you! You monsters, I won't let you harm the children in the slightest!!!"
Because they had been moving at an extremely high speed, the figure that attacked Xia Yan and Yuan Jie Shen only revealed its true form at this moment.
The other party is also a monster.
She wore a pointed conical hat painted to resemble a crane's face, which covered most of her face, revealing only her snow-white chin and a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth.
The semi-concealed and semi-revealed nature adds a captivating charm that invites exploration.
After modifications, the short, white-purple Wu-style robe, revealing the exposed thighs, clung to the other person's curvaceous figure...
There is also a pair of purple, wing-like decorations on its back.
Perhaps due to the hasty transformation leading to an imperfect change, instead of slender fingers, the wide sleeves of the kimono protrude a pair of wings with black and white feathers.
The legs are not fully transformed either, and the feet still have obvious bird claws, but this does not diminish its charm in the slightest.
Because of her slender, straight legs, which haven't completely changed, they look as if they're wrapped in a layer of black silk, making one want to hold them in their hands and play with them carefully.
Although she is a woman, she exudes a clear yet cold aura, as if she were a chivalrous knight-errant!
Xia Yan was stunned for a moment as he stared at that slender figure.
It wasn't that I was blinded by her beauty.
Although the woman's face under the straw hat was indeed worthy of the title of beauty, she was still a little less attractive than the simple-minded god beside her.
Even with that chivalrous and fierce aura, he'd only score a maximum of ninety points.
Xia Yan was stunned because the other person's appearance was so familiar to him that it brought back some memories.
This is Xia Yan's aunt, the Guhuoniao, who raised all of his shikigami offspring before he transmigrated!
Although he didn't know why the other person was wearing clothes from before awakening but had the face of after awakening, Xia Yan was absolutely certain he wouldn't mistake them.
3.5 As a top-tier yin-yang master in Africa, his aunt can be said to be the driving force behind his three years of playing the game without quitting.
As a fan of nostalgia, even after acquiring a fully skilled Great Tengu, Xia Yan still regarded his aunt as his absolute main force, and even specially farmed a set of Needle Woman gear with critical damage for his aunt.
I've been playing for over three years, and aside from my first recharge, the only time I've spent money was to buy a skin for Guhuoniao.
It was precisely because he recognized the Ubume that Xia Yan allowed it to jump around for so long, simply defending without retaliating.
"Who's going to hurt the child! I am a god, the Goddess of Union! This is my shrine!" The Goddess of Union retorted angrily when she saw that the other party had made the accusation first.
"..."
The Guhuoniao blinked.
The air became quieter for a moment.
Chapter 310 You are really despicable now!
"Red bean paste, private horse race!!!" With her chivalrous and江湖气气 (jianghu qiqi, a kind of chivalrous and江湖-like personality), Guhuoniao directly bowed and apologized to the God of Fate.
"No, no, no! Not at all, I was too impulsive and directly destroyed the barrier! It was me who was... Moxi Frog eating dog dung and auntie stuff!!!" Yuanjie Shen scratched his head and hurriedly bowed back.
After some discussion, both sides cleared up the misunderstanding.
Xia Yan watched speechlessly as the two bowed to each other like a seesaw, one going up and the other down.
For a moment, I didn't know what to say.
Normally speaking, the barrier wouldn't hinder the spirit of Enmusubi. After all, since they set up the barrier with the shrine as the center, they would naturally take into account the issue of the spirit's entry and exit.
The barrier itself only intercepts unfamiliar monsters; others, whether human or deity, can freely enter and exit.
Coincidentally, the Goddess of Fate had just transformed from a deity into a yokai a little over a month ago...
Because she's a bit silly, she was so focused on getting angry that she didn't think about this for a moment.
The reason why the Ubume attacked indiscriminately was because Enmusubi broke through the barrier and rushed in, making her think that some powerful monster had arrived.
It should be noted that even a powerful demon like the Ubume couldn't break this barrier in one go.
Therefore, she had no choice but to strike first, hoping to directly render the Goddess of Fate powerless.
"Speaking of which, why are there so many children? Where have all their adults gone?!" Yuanjie Shen tilted her head as she watched the carefree children chasing and playing.
“They were all homeless children, so I took them in and cared for them until they were able to support themselves before letting them go…”
"Wow—she's adopted so many! That's amazing! The Guhuoniao really loves children!"
Faced with the astonishment of the Goddess of Fate, the Ubume did not say anything, but silently looked at the group of carefree children, and a motherly smile appeared on her face.
Although its name is "Gu Huo Niao", it does indeed look like a bird.
However, the Guhuoniao is not a demon transformed from an animal through cultivation like Lingyue Xianji. Instead, it is a monster formed from the obsession of a pregnant woman who died before giving birth.
Although it has bird-like features, it is essentially closer to Natsuhiko, a yokai without a physical form.
Therefore, he has a completely instinctive love for children.
"Um, although it's a little embarrassing to say, I'll find a new place to stay as soon as possible, but until then, could the children continue to live at the shrine? Please!!!"
The Ubume adopted a dogeza (a traditional Chinese kneeling posture) and spoke very solemnly.
"Whoa—! There's no need to be so formal. If the children want to stay, of course they can... they can..." Startled by the other party's formality, the Goddess of Fate was about to agree immediately when she suddenly remembered the purpose of bringing Natsuhiko here. "Um, perhaps we could ask Lord Natsuhiko's opinion!"