Itaku and Kubinashi continue to fight until Zen intervenes and restores order. Hakuzozu, the gatekeeper of Kyoto interdicts the flying ship with a yÅkai army and challenges Rikuo to a duel. Rikuo uses his new techniques and destroys the Dakini, Hakuzozu's weapon. The defeated Hakuzozu asks for death but Rikuo spares him and asks him to join his side. Although their leader was defeated, the yÅkai army begins to attack the flying ship as it nears the dark outskirts of Kyoto.