Genius Daddy in the City

In Japan, gods were divided into beast spirits and soul spirits.

Beast spirits referred to non-human spirits. It could be understood as a monster, which was why there were so many monsters in Japanese folklore.

For soul spirits, as the name implied, were the ghosts and gods of the soul and the netherworld. They were the products of the dead.

The common gods included dog gods, dog ghosts, floating spirits, earth spirits, and fox spirits.

Among them, the Dog God referred to the soul that the dog left in the world after its death. It was also called the Canine God, and it was a type of monster. The caster could summon it to bring disaster to others, or to protect themselves or their family.

Hence, Chiba Yoshiko reminded Ye Chen immediately after noticing that Hidemoto Jiro had summoned the Dog God.

Ye Chen looked at the giant black dog that was confronting a Demon Blood Guard at close range. It was over six meters tall, and the Demon Blood Guard that he refined seemed much smaller before it.

He could not help but sneer, “It’s just a mere beast spirit. How can it be called a god?”

“Is that so?”

Hidemoto Jiro grinned arrogantly and formed a series of strange hand seals with both hands. Subsequently, two red shadows appeared in front of him.

One of them was an ancient soldier’s soul wearing red armor, a red mask, and a blade in both hands. The other was a woman in a kimono, but her head was not attached to her body. Instead, it was flying around her body.

With the appearance of these two figures, the temperature of the surroundings suddenly dropped. A heart-palpitating demonic energy lingered in the surroundings, causing many of the surviving members of the Chiba family to shiver by instinct.

“Those are the Demonic Ghost and Pet Charm!”

Chiba Izumi and Chiba Yoshiko cried out in shock. They were shocked when they saw the two shadows in front of them.

In Japanese culture, the Demonic Ghost and Pet Charm were evil spirits formed after a man and a woman died. They were exceptionally fierce and valiant.

According to Japanese folklore, during the Japanese Warring States period, Edo had a shogunate general (equivalent to a modern battalion commander) who fell in love with the daughter of a fisherman near the sea.

Back then, all the prominent Japanese (Lords) rose to power and went on wars. The general was also a frontline participant and could not stay with the lady he loved. Before he left for war, he promised to return when the cherry blossoms bloomed next year.

From then on, the daughter of the fisherman would stand by the sea and look into the distance every day, hoping for the cherry blossoms to bloom. Who knew that this great general would be gone for four years?

During that time, the parents of the lady passed away one after another. After dealing with the funeral, she could not bear the pain of missing someone, so she personally went to the front lines to look for the general. However, what she found was a corpse wearing an armor.

The daughter of the fisherman held back her tears and brought the general’s body back to her hometown. She personally retrieved scissors and needles to cut open the general’s body. She took out the internal organs, cleaned them, and sewed them back together. Subsequently, she put on the armor for the general.

In the end, the lady chose to be buried with the body of the general. However, before she died, she ordered her men to chop off her head and tie it to the body of the general, meaning that they would not be separated forever.

After the incident, the place became haunted, and livestock often died mysteriously. The locals invited an eminent monk from Reigao to investigate this, and the conclusion was that after the death of the general and the daughter of the fisherman, the spirits remained, and they turned into Demonic Ghost and Pet Charm.

After the monk left, the place was no longer haunted.

The later generations treated it as a folklore, even Chiba Yoshiko, Chiba Izumi were no exception. That was why they were so shocked when they saw the two gods that Hidemoto Jiro had summoned.

“That’s right, they are Demonic Ghost and Pet Charm!”

Facing the shock of the two of them, Hidemoto Jiro grinned coldly, “I once used the three gods to escape from a powerful warrior from the West who was on par with a Sword Saint!”

As he said that, he looked at Ye Chen smugly, “Mad Southern Ye of China, I can die without regrets now that you’ve forced me to summon all three gods!”

“I’ve stopped using this trick of yours hundreds of years ago. Now watch how I destroy your so-called trump card!”

Ye Chen scoffed as if he was disdainful. Subsequently, he shouted, “Demon Blood Guards, come back!”

Swoosh!

Four red shadows suddenly rushed towards him. Eventually, all of them entered the flames in his pupils.

“Kill him!”

At the same time, Hidemoto Jiro shouted.

Following his words, the three gods standing before him charged at Ye Chen. The leading Dog God leaped a few meters away in one step. Eventually, it slapped Ye Chen in the air while opening its bloody mouth at the same time.

Ye Chen remained still. The flame in his eyes burned brightly as two dazzling golden lightning shot out of his eyes. The golden lightning turned into raging lightning and covered the Dog God.

Roar!

After the Dog God that was soaring in the air was struck by the golden lightning, its soul trembled continuously as if it had been electrocuted. With a bang, it fell to the ground and turned into black smoke. It was attempted to penetrate into the ground.

However, there was no way Ye Chen would let that happen. He stomped his feet, causing the ground to shine brightly. The black energy that the Dog God transformed into bounced far away as if it had hit an iron plate.

Buzz!

Ye Chen activated his Divine Consciousness and turned it into an invisible hand to grab it. It was futile no matter how it struggled. In the end, it exploded and turned into a black stream of light that drifted toward Ye Chen quietly.

At that moment, blood spurted out from Hidemoto Jiro’s mouth and he took a few steps back. His face turned pale, “H-How did a mortal manage to kill a spirit?”

“Like I said, I’ve used this trick of yours hundreds or thousands of years ago!” Ye Chen grinned coldly and charged at him as he leaped.

The red-armored Demonic Ghost charged at him with its blades.

Meanwhile, Pet Charm that was next to it turned her head quickly for a couple of times. Her beautiful hair grew wildly. Eventually, it turned into black threads that covered the sky and swept at Ye Chen like seaweed.

“Perfect timing!”

Ye Chen did not slow down. His vast Divine Consciousness turned into an invisible net that surrounded them from all directions, “I’m in need of a guard spirit. You guys can be my house-guarding spirits!”

Clang!

Demonic Ghost’s blades made a metallic sound when they landed on him. The blades shattered immediately while Ye Chen’s body suddenly emitted a dazzling golden glow.

From afar, he looked like a golden-armored god!

Within a blink of an eye, Pet Charm’s growing black hair that covered the sky was charging at him. However, just as the hair touched the golden glow that was blossoming on Ye Chen’s body, it started burning immediately and black smoke came out of it.

Ahh…

With a scream, the black hair that filled the sky started to shrink like it had been triggered by something. It was even faster than before.

At the next moment, an invisible net enveloped them immediately. The net quickly contracted, and no matter how they struggled and fled, they were unable to escape. In the end, they turned into two black talismans that fell to the ground.