Ling Tian was captured by the man-faced tree, bound tightly by branches and vines. Abe Hachishin stepped forward to inquire about the whereabouts of the Chinese delegation, intending to capture them all.
This was because eliminating all Chinese esper-users on the island was one of the main objectives for these Japanese esper-users attending the conference.
Moreover, Mario Kuit had offered an irresistible bounty for Ling Tian and the Chinese people.
Abe Hachishin intended to extract every last bit of value from Ling Tian and make a fortune.
However, at this moment, he noticed Ling Tian's expression, a look of mockery, as if he wasn't panicked or afraid at all.
"You..."
Abe Hachishin was momentarily at a loss for words, and at this moment, Ling Tian spoke.
"Hey, I say, you guy, you call yourself an Onmyoji? Is this the level of an Onmyoji?"
"Nani?"
Faced with Ling Tian's questioning, Abe Hachishin was completely bewildered.
"I mean, haven't you heard of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements?"
"Baka, of course I know the Five Elements! Don't insult my profession!
I am a descendant of Abe no Seimei! The Onmyoji of our White Fox Palace are the most powerful!"
Abe Hachishin retorted angrily.
The theoretical foundation of Onmyoji originated from the Yin-Yang術 of China's Han Dynasty, and Yin-Yang and the Five Elements were the basis of Yin-Yang術. Ling Tian saying he didn't know about Yin-Yang and the Five Elements was simply an insult to him.
"Alright, since you know Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, you should also know that the Five Elements are mutually generative and mutually destructive!"
"Mutually generative and mutually destructive..."
Abe Hachishin repeated Ling Tian's words, and suddenly, he had a bad premonition!
"Haha, even children know this, fire overcomes wood, you big baka!"
As he spoke, Ling Tian's body suddenly released a large amount of flames.
These flames were orange-yellow, with temperatures reaching two to three thousand degrees. Almost instantly, the branches and vines wrapped around Ling Tian began to burn, and the fire quickly spread to the trunk of the man-faced tree!
Abe Hachishin was shocked and quickly manipulated the man-faced tree, trying to sever the burning branches. However, it was too late. The fire spread with incredible speed, as if it wasn't branches that were lit, but a fuse!
A few seconds later, all the branches and vines wrapped around Ling Tian turned to ashes, and he immediately regained his freedom.
At this moment, two fire spirits were suddenly released by Ling Tian. These two fire spirits directly pounced on the man-faced tree.
The man-faced tree was tall and heavy, and its turning speed was very slow. Before the monster could escape, the two fire spirits landed on it. In an instant, a temperature exceeding 5000 degrees directly ignited the man-faced tree!
The man-faced tree itself was a wood-element monster, and it was very afraid of fire. Especially since the shikigami were filled with negative energy, and flames were the nemesis of such negative energy.
Thus, in an instant, the entire forest could hear the painful wails of the man-faced tree as it died.
These wails did not last long. After one minute, this enormous man-faced tree, which looked like a wall, was reduced to a pile of ashes.
Amidst the flames, the two fire spirits were very joyful. After burning happily for a while, they absorbed all the flames into their bodies and finally disappeared!
At this time, Abe Hachishin felt as if his brain had been struck by a heavy hammer. His spirit and soul suffered a severe impact, and blood flowed from his nose, mouth, and ears.
For Onmyoji to control these shikigami, they had to pay a price. They needed to sacrifice fragments of their souls and merge them with the shikigami to achieve control.
The more powerful the shikigami, the harder it was to control, and the greater the soul fragments that had to be sacrificed!
Especially for a monster like the man-faced tree, which had been passed down for nearly a thousand years, subduing such a monster required a great price!
Back then, to subdue the man-faced tree, Abe Hachishin forcibly used a secret technique. Although he eventually subdued the monster, the side effect was that Abe Hachishin's cultivation stagnated for a full year!
Now, the man-faced tree was dead, and Abe Hachishin's soul fragments, which were part of his soul, were erased from the world, causing severe damage to Abe Hachishin's soul.
"Baka, you... I'll kill you!"
Abe Hachishin's eyes turned red. The shikigami that his family had passed down for nearly a thousand years had been reduced to ashes, and he himself had been severely injured. This outcome was something Abe Hachishin had never expected!
Abe Hachishin reached into his怀 again and took out a talisman inscribed with dense, mysterious patterns.
He opened his mouth and spat a mouthful of blood onto the talisman. Then, Abe Hachishin began to chant.
Ling Tian watched as, a few seconds later, the talisman gradually disappeared from Abe Hachishin's hand. In its place, in the air between them, about two meters high, a white shadow appeared.
It was a woman, wearing a white kimono, with long legs and bare feet. Her silver hair cascaded down to her waist.
Looking at the woman's face, there was no color, her skin was as pale as paper, exceptionally terrifying.
And the woman's eyes were blood red!
Although she was still more than ten meters away from Ling Tian, Ling Tian could feel the chilling cold emanating from this shikigami!
Ling Tian looked at the monster before him, and a passage quickly appeared in his mind, which was a description of this monster.
This monster was called Yuki-onna, also a type of shikigami.
In Japanese mythology, travelers walking in the snowy mountains often found small huts in the mountains.
Upon approaching, they would find that the huts were unusually warm, and there would be a beautiful woman inviting them in.
After the travelers entered, they would be unable to resist the temptation and have a wonderful time of about 800 words with the woman before them!
By the next morning, when these travelers were discovered again, they had turned into ice sculptures, frozen solid!
And their life force had been absorbed by the Yuki-onna!
What Ling Tian did not know was that the Yuki-onna floating before him was not an ordinary Yuki-onna, but a special shikigami empowered by an Onmyoji, the Zen-Ice Yuki-onna!
This Zen-Ice Yuki-onna was more ferocious and powerful than an ordinary Yuki-onna!
Although Abe Hachishin was in a miserable state, he still managed to force out a smile.
"Heh heh, Ling Tian, Five Elements, right? Very good, I'll show you what mutual generation and destruction are!
You're good at controlling fire, so I'll help you cool down!
Today, I will freeze you into an ice sculpture! Even if you regret it now, it's too late!"