"Huh? What are you guys talking about?"
Only Alisa was completely unaware of what was happening.
"Die!"
"Is being a high schooler a big deal?"
The frenzied elementary school students suddenly launched an attack on Hayato and the others.
"Ouch!"
"Damn it! You're being serious, aren't you?"
Tobe was bitten on the finger by an elementary school student, causing him to cry out in pain.
"What is going on?"
"And they're so strong!!"
Hayato reacted quickly, dodging one elementary school student's attack, but was hugged by the leg by another. He instinctively pushed the kid, but the other party's strength was terrifying.
"Ah?"
"This... this must be a joke, right?"
Yumiko was also dumbfounded.
She was being chased and hit by an elementary school student, yet she couldn't fight back.
"Tsurumi! It's all your fault!!"
One of the elementary school students picked up a brick and walked towards Rumi with a fierce look.
"Ah?"
Rumi was so scared that she kept backing away.
"Stop!"
Yukino seemed to see her past self in Rumi, prompting her to rush ahead immediately.
Under emotional agitation, the power of the Nekomata within her activated. Cat ears and a tail grew on her body.
Whoosh!
Yukino appeared in front of Rumi in an instant, blocking the attack.
Regarding Yukino's cat-girl appearance, everyone present didn't find it strange, only thinking that it was a costume for the test of courage.
Only Tenya and his group knew what was going on.
"So that's it, this is what Tenya-kun was talking about, the power integrated with the Nekomata?" Miko said.
"?"
Alisa was completely bewildered the whole time.
"This, this... Everyone, stop fighting!" Yui ran ahead, trying to mediate.
However, what greeted her was a flying kick from an elementary school student.
"Yuigahama-san, be careful!" Rukia quickly appeared near Yui using Shunpo and saved her.
Bang!
The elementary school student's kick missed, hitting and breaking a large tree.
"Huh?"
Everyone immediately became stunned.
"Damn it! It's a ghost!!"
Tobe was the first to be scared out of his wits and ran away.
"Tobe, you... Ah!"
Although Hayato wasn't weak by normal standards, he couldn't withstand the attacks.
After being punched in the abdomen, his eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness.
"Who else!"
"Just some high school students that can't even withstand a single blow!"
"Hehehehe~"
The elementary school students showed off their power.
"You-you don't come over!!"
Yumiko fell while trying to back away. She had twisted her ankle, now being unable to move.
"Go to hell, you bitch!"
A brick flew over at such a great speed that it even made a piercing sonic boom.
If she were hit, Yumiko would either die or become a vegetable.
"Stop!"
Rikka lifted the eyepatch over her right eye, her golden eyes locking onto the brick. Miraculously, the brick actually froze in mid-air.
"Th-this is the power of the Evil King's True Eye!" Rikka excitedly said.
The Chuunibyou setting from who knows when had now become reality!
"Rikka? What exactly is that power?" Rukia's eyes widened in astonishment.
However, what she didn't know was that she was partly responsible for this.
The Hogyoku inside her had absorbed Rikka's wish, transforming the imaginary "Evil King's True Eye" into reality.
"Um~"
"I seem to have become a real assassin."
The invisible Megumi launched a sneak attack from behind and successfully captured an elementary school student.
"Tenya-kun!"
Miko cast a pleading look towards Tenya.
"Calm down."
"Those few are just controlled puppets."
"Rukia and the others are enough."
Tenya turned and walked towards the depths of the forest.
"Tenya! You, where are you going?" Alisa called out.
"To end this test of courage."
Tenya had already locked onto the location of the mastermind behind the scenes with his Spiritual Sense.
"Hehehehe~"
"Foolish humans, this is the price for abandoning your faith!"
In the depths of the forest, there was an ancient abandoned shrine.
This place was originally dedicated to a deity named Sennin.
With the development of the times, the hunters living in the forest gradually moved to the city, and the shrine in this area also declined.
Sennin, whose offerings had been cut off, gradually bred hatred in its heart.
It often attacked humans who approached the forest.
The Onmyoji organization in Japan had once launched an attack on Sennin.
But it was cunning. It usually split it's soul, using it to manipulate humans into fighting among themselves, while its main body hid in the shrine's barrier and refused to come out.
Firstly, the shrine's barrier was connected to the veins in the earth and had extremely strong self-healing ability. If it couldn't be destroyed with one blow, it would be difficult to break through.
Secondly, each time Sennin attacked humans, it controlled the degree to a certain extent and did not cause a large number of casualties.
So, the Onmyoji organization turned a blind eye to it and ignored it.
Such is human nature, those who understand, understand!
"A barrier?"
Using Hirenkyaku, Tenya stepped on thin air.
With his Sharingan open, he could clearly see the spherical barrier enveloping the entire shrine.
At the same time, Sennin, hiding in the shrine also sensed the uninvited guest.
"Intruder?"
"Huh! There's only one person?"
"Where did this newbie Onmyoji come from?!"
Sennin showed a look of mockery.
Without any thought of communicating, Tenya directly took out Zangetsu from the system storage.
Super high-density Reiatsu gathered on the blade.
Holding the long sword with one hand, he swung it out—
Crack!
A silver-white slash, like a crescent moon descending from the sky, heavily struck the shrine's barrier.
Sizzle!!!
The surface of the barrier glowed with red arcs of light.
Affected by this, the ground where the entire shrine was located shook violently.
"Huh?!"
"Such strong spiritual power!"
"Could it be a Great Onmyoji from the Tsuchimikado clan?"
Sennin's three eyes flashed with a look of uncertainty and surprise.
"No..."
"This person's spiritual power is too overbearing, completely different from those Onmyoji who only use Shikigami!"
"Hmph! Attacking as soon as you arrive, it seems I am being underestimated!"
Countless puppet arms extended from it's colorful robe, simultaneously controlling countless fine threads.
Mobilizing the power of the earth veins, the barrier quickly repaired by itself.
"To actually be able to withstand a single strike from my sword, it seems it's not an unknown little ghost."
Tenya's Sharingan quickly saw through the other party's intention to repair the barrier.
"The defense is okay..."
"However."
"How do you plan to block the second slash?"
Tenya silently raised the short sword in his left hand.