Chapter 412

Chapter 412: Life and Death

Chu Jiang’s calm and composed demeanor gave Kujo Yoshii an ominous feeling. He couldn’t help but shout, "Surrender! Only we know how to retrieve the diamond peg."

"If you cooperate, we won’t kill you. After all, we don’t want to wage a direct war against Research Institute No. 21."

Chu Jiang didn’t pay attention to the other person and simply entered a state similar to Chu’s Jiang.

As for the one who was sealed just now?

I’m sorry, but that’s not Chu’s Jiang. It’s just a zombie minion that Chu Jiang took directly from its dormant state to be a Scapegoat Ghost.

The monk called this ghost "Unbroken Bone," but Chu Jiang named it "Mr. Jiang." After it bit off one of Chu Jiang’s fingers, it still hasn’t woken up.

Just now, Chu Jiang realized that the other person was waiting for him to use the power of zombies, so he intentionally reached into the dark void, grabbed the dormant Mr. Jiang, and forcefully guided its power out, pretending to use it himself.

The characteristics of changing weather and unleashing the domain of death earlier were all manifestations of this zombie’s power. Chu’s Jiang’s power is very restrained, or rather, it hasn’t fully awakened yet and is still in a dormant state.

Although that seemingly level-zero sealing object, the diamond stake, is terrifying and seems to specifically restrain ghosts like zombies, it hit Mr. Jiang’s power and sealed it.

What’s even more astonishing to Chu Jiang is that the diamond stake disappeared after hitting, and he can’t even find it to help the little minion remove it.

This is probably also why Kujo Yoshii said that only they can retrieve it.

Of course, regardless of whether this sealed object was mentioned in the Soga Hayayuki or not, the Kujo family rarely used it because its purpose was very specific. But even if it was powerful, it had to hit its target first.

Even if Chu Jiang didn’t initially realize the situation, they didn’t make it easy for themselves to fall into the trap.

Seeing Chu Jiang "transform" again, the members of the Kujo family showed an expression of disbelief. Why was this happening? Could it be that the diamond nail had lost its effect?

Kujo Yoshii’s first thought was: This can’t be possible!

Although this treasure of the Kujo family had strong side effects and a narrow range of use, it was always advantageous when dealing with restrained spirits.

Just when he found it hard to believe, Chu Jiang raised his finger towards him without any expression on his face.

Kujo Yoshii was shocked! Kujo Kazuki, who was next to him, immediately waved his hand, and a spirit crow flew out from him to block in front of the family’s head.

At the same time, the angel that appeared in the courtyard before instantly moved in front of Kujo Yoshii, spreading its wings to protect him.

But all these efforts were in vain. Kujo Yoshii’s face turned pale in an instant, his breath stopped, and his body stiffly fell down as if he had died in an instant.

The Ghost Masters of the Kujo family started panicking. They just pointed and then died? Even with the two powerful experts helping, they couldn’t save their leader’s life. How can they continue fighting?

While the female Ghost Master who controlled the angels was feeling scared, Kujo Kazuki remained calm.

He calmly said, "Soga Hayayuki may have told you that the Ghost Domain cannot be used within the Anutpattika Enchantment, but that is not the strongest ability of this level-zero seal."

"The term Anutpattika-dharma-ksanti comes from the ‘Great Prajnaparamita Sutra’ volume 449, meaning ‘having no arising or ceasing, all things are endured.’ Similarly, everything within this barrier has no birth or death, meaning the living cannot die here, and the dead cannot come back to life."

As Kujo Kazuki spoke, the person behind him in the shrine who secretly manipulated the wooden fish sounded it again, trying to make their leader stand up once more with a knocking sound.

Because theoretically, their leader didn’t actually die, maybe only fell unconscious from the injuries.

With the sound of the wooden fish, a pattern of black and white swastikas fell from the sky, flowing into Kujo Yoshii’s body.

However, what made the Kujo family members uneasy was that their leader didn’t stand up. Gradually, even Akira’s expression changed.

He no longer cared to maintain a composed posture and quickly squatted down to check on Kujo Yoshii’s condition.

But the lord… seems to be really dead, no breath, no heartbeat, even the body quickly stiffened and became cold.

"Surprised? It seems you don’t know enough about the Chu’s Jiang lineage," Chu Jiang shook his head.

This is the power of the Great Fate Giver, who controls life and death. Since Chu Jiang awakened his bloodline power to a high degree, he has been able to "control death," but he still can’t "control life" for now.

Since the power to turn living creatures into death has no effect on ghosts, Chu Jiang has never used it until now.

But for living people, this power is like a death spell. Chu Jiang casually tried it and killed Kujo Yoshii directly.

During this time, although two ghosts attempted to save this person, because this power has no effect on ghosts and doesn’t discriminate, their obstruction was meaningless. Kujo Yoshii was still hit by fate and died the same way.

Even the "rules" of Anutpattika Enchantment couldn’t prevent his death.

Essentially, this is the power to control life and death, stronger than the power of non-existence. In an unseen supernatural confrontation, Chu’s Jiang achieved victory.

After confirming the fact that the lord was dead, Kujo Kazuki immediately rushed into the shrine and shouted, "Spread out! Find cover!"

The forty-eight Ghost Masters of the Kujo family immediately fled to various buildings inside the shrine, and in just a few seconds, the main courtyard of the shrine was completely empty, with only the body of the head of the family remaining.

Chu Jiang’s lips curled slightly. A hiding spot?

It’s useless. Now, he can sense the presence of all living creatures within a radius of one kilometer unconditionally; whether they are hiding behind reinforced concrete or in supernatural buildings.

There are indeed useful hiding spots, and those would be other living creatures.

For example, just now, instead of two ghosts protecting Kujo Yoshii, if it was a living person, that person could take Yoshii’s place and die instead.

Even something as simple as a living animal would work; but now, the shrine has been emptied of all people and even these small animals wouldn’t be there naturally.

Of course, Chu Jiang wouldn’t kindly tell them this. He simply stepped into the shrine, one step at a time.

As soon as he set foot on this land, an invisible curse immediately enveloped him, causing blood-red spells to appear on his body.

It seems this is why the Kujo family wanted to trick Chu Jiang into coming here before.

However, Chu Jiang took a quick look and noticed that some ghosts in his body were resisting this power on their own. So he touched the Ghost Diary and gave himself a buff of "Curse Grudge" and didn’t care anymore.

As long as Curse Grudge is present, he won’t die from any other type of curse before Curse Grudge disappears.