When they reached the top of the mountain and looked at the lake and torii gate in front of them, Shizuku couldn't help but sigh.

Unlike other places, Rishang Mountain requires quite a lot of sacrifices to suppress the Underworld Gate - this is normal, after all, people die here all the time, and it is obviously different from Himuro Dijikami Village, a place where strangers are not allowed to enter.

Therefore, Rishang Mountain also needs many witches to serve as human pillars. They will divide the witches into different levels according to their spiritual power, and then stuff them into different wooden boxes.

Among them, the one with the strongest spiritual power is called Dazhu, and the wooden box she is in is also the largest. Although it is not as large as three bedrooms and one living room, it is at least the size of a bedroom.

The second is the center pillar. The "housing area" of the center pillar is slightly smaller than that of the large pillar, but it can still accommodate people, which is equivalent to the level of a train sleeper.

The last one is the bandit. Strictly speaking, it is the bottom of the pyramid. It seems to be the least important, but it is indispensable. The bandit's box is the smallest, just like the bathroom, it is only big enough for one person to get in - of course.

, generally speaking, their limbs are broken into pieces and stuffed inside.

Those who become "bandits" are usually men whose ghost marriages have failed, and witches who lack spiritual power.

With Baiju's spiritual power, she could actually have become the "big pillar", but I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune. The "big pillar" on Rishangshan Mountain was still there at that time and had not disappeared. Therefore, Baiju was chosen as the "center pillar"

, and then was sealed. And because of her extremely strong spiritual power, the pressure on the middle pillar was not as heavy as that of the big pillar, so Bai Ju became the longest surviving middle pillar so far.

What's even more amazing is that after being soaked by the night spring, Dazhu and Zhongzhu will fall into a state called "Eternal Flower", which can also be said to be a bit like hibernation. Their bodies will be preserved by the night spring, as long as they

If I can still support myself mentally, then there will be no physical problems.

But conversely, if their spirits collapse, their bodies will melt and disappear along with Yequan.

This is also one of the reasons why Shizuku comforts Baiju, because unlike those innocent souls, strictly speaking, Baiju has the possibility of resurrection. Of course, this may take some effort, but as long as her body is still there, she can be awakened and

It's not that difficult a thing.

Before coming here, Bai Ju also told Shizuku about Kurosawa Yuise - after all, she was sealed as the central pillar much earlier than Kurosawa Yuise, so she still knows something about this big pillar.

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According to Bai Ju, Kurosawa Yuiyo's power was originally enough to suppress Yequan. But because the woodcutter carried out a massacre on Higami Mountain, all the miko died tragically, and the mental impact of their tragic deaths was all gathered together.

This immediately caused her great pain. Although Kurosawa Fuki was still supporting her until now, Baiju said that she didn't know how long Kurosawa Fuki could continue to support her.

In other words, she was almost unable to support it anymore.

On the top of the mountain, the night spring was already pitch black. The stone lanterns on both sides formed a passage leading to the torii gate in the center of the lake. When Shizuku came to the lake, the dark water of the night spring seemed to sense something.

, began to roll backwards instinctively. At the same time, a woman with a black body slowly emerged from the water.

"Falling... falling... I'm going to melt, melt... disappear."

As she spoke, the woman raised her head - her originally beautiful face had been eroded by the black water, and only her eyes glowed with a faint blue light.

"Hurry up...come on."

The woman extended her hand to Shizuku.

"If the pillar disappears...the night spring will overflow..."

Looking at the woman in front of her, Shizuku held her outstretched hand - and then the next moment, the scene in front of her suddenly changed.

In the center of the night spring, a woman in white clothes slowly walked towards the wooden box in front of her. She knew her fate. She would fall into the night spring forever as a human pillar. That was her mission.

The woman entered the wooden box, soaked her whole body in the night spring, and began her mission. However, an accident soon happened.

A killing spree swept through the entire Rishang Mountain.

The witches were killed and their eyes were gouged out. All their pain turned into the night spring and poured into the body of the woman in white. At this time, the woman in white finally couldn't hold on any longer - the roaring water of the night spring flowed from

The wooden box spurted out and spread to all sides. The woman in white fell into the bottomless abyss. She slowly sank under the night spring. It was a bottomless abyss, and she would fall forever.

, repeating those painful deaths forever.

All the deaths are repeated forever, and those memories will converge on her. The deaths experienced by the murdered miko, and the repetition of this experience again and again, have brought her spirit to the edge of collapse.

"Who is coming...who is coming to catch me..."

The woman in white stretched out her hand in front of her in despair, but she knew that no one would come to save her.

Only she will be completely melted into this darkness...

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

"You have worked hard."

The next moment, the falling body of the woman in white suddenly stopped. A hand stretched out from above and held the hand of the woman in white. This sudden scene surprised the woman in white, and her eyes widened in surprise.

, looking at the blurry figure in front of him.

Then, a huge force suddenly pulled her. In just a blink of an eye, the woman in white felt like a drowning person was finally pulled out of the water. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw a girl with black hair and blue eyes.

Smile and look at her.

"Hello, Miss Kurosawa Aiyo, how are you feeling?"

"I……………"

Kurosawa Fengshi turned around in surprise and looked around. She saw silence all around, with dark night spring water flowing in it. However, she herself was being pulled out of a wooden box by the girl.

"What...how..."

"I know you have a lot to say, but now is not the time. But don't worry, I am here and the night spring will not overflow."

While saying this, Shizuku turned her head and looked behind her.

Over there, you can vaguely see Crimson and the others.

"It seems that they are here too."

Soon, a group of people met in front of the torii gate in the center of the lake. To everyone's surprise, the winner of this woodcutter hunting competition was...the Amakura sisters.

In other words, it was Amakura Yu's human radar that worked again. While Hinasaki Crimson and Kurosawa Rei were still trying their luck, she had already sensed the location of the woodcutter through her spiritual power.

, then the two sisters rushed over on ghost bears, and then Amakura Mio raised her camera and pointed it at the woodcutter.

Then there is no more.

"This is too cheating!"

Hinasaki Crimson is obviously very dissatisfied with this. She also has very strong spiritual power, but Hinasaki Crimson's spiritual stress is mainly used in retrospection, and is not a human radar like Amakura Cocoon, so it is a step slower.

As for Kurosawa Rei, the focus is entirely on participation.

"Okay, okay, I can only say it's bad luck...after all, your specializations are different."

Shizuku also smiled and comforted Hinasaki Crimson for a few words, and then turned to Amakura Mio.

"Where's that guy?"

"it's here."

Hearing Shizuku's inquiry, Amakura Mio took out her camera, and then Shizuku stretched out her hand to point. Then she saw a point of light emerging from it, and then fell to the ground, transforming into a tall and thick woodcutter. At this moment, he was still a

He looked fierce, holding a hatchet tightly in his hand. The moment he appeared, he tried to swing the hatchet to attack the people around him - but Shizuku just snorted, and then the woodcutter collapsed to the ground.

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"Sister Shizuku, what are you going to do with him?"

Amakura Yu couldn't help but ask. On the way to capture the woodcutter, she and Amakura Mio naturally shared each other's memories and saw how the woodcutter brutally killed the witches and dug them out.

of the eyeballs.

For the two sisters, they would certainly not tolerate such a brutal crime. At this moment, they were looking at the woodcutter with anger and disgust in their eyes.

"Well... I'm not very good at this aspect of punishment. Although it would be nice to send him directly to hell, it would be a bit uncomfortable if he can't see him being punished... But luckily, I have a bunch of torture instruments here.

Where are the experts?”

As she spoke, Shizuku snapped her fingers. Following her movements, the water surface made a rumbling sound, and then, a stone platform slowly emerged from the water, and around the stone platform,

There are also five mechanisms that look like rotating millstones.

Seeing this, Hinasaki's face turned dark red, but she didn't speak.

At the same time, as if they had been summoned, dozens of witches with dark bodies and veils came from all directions. They were all victims of the woodcutter. Not only were they killed by him, but they even suffered after that.

The same death over and over again has lasted for hundreds of years... This kind of pain and resentment naturally cannot be easily dissipated.

Then, Shizuku lightly tapped the sword.

"Ding."

With a soft sound, four ghost witches wearing red and white witch costumes flew out of the sword. They held wedges and stone hammers and flew to the woodcutter's side. Then, they held down the woodcutter's limbs.

, pressing him firmly on the stone platform. Then I saw the witches pointing the wedges in their hands at the woodcutter's hands and feet, swinging the stone hammer, and then smashing it down hard.

"clang!!!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Along with the collision sound of the stone hammer, the woodcutter suddenly screamed. Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't bear it. Kurosawa Rei also looked at the scene in front of him in surprise and screamed in a low voice.

"Is she the town girl?"

"Town girl?"

Hearing Kurosawa Rei's words, Kurosawa Mitsuka looked at her in surprise.

"what is that?"
To be continued...