I Can See Health Bars in Real Life

"...As it stands, there hasn’t been any particular action. The Ministry of Environment’s agents have just updated the latest dynamics three minutes ago, and they’ve been keeping an eye on it."

The assistant girl quickly clicked a few times on the tablet, checking the latest information, and answered accordingly.

"Still staying well within the school, hasn’t taken any action, and hasn’t disappeared."

"Is that so..."

Jinguji Ayame immediately let out a long breath, "If he himself is completely unaffected, then he might really not be an Evil Spirit... But we can’t rule out the possibility that he is the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, or has some connection to it."

Kyoto is also a central metropolitan area, naturally it was affected early on.

Now that the Killing Stone has shattered, an invisible Spirit Field storm is sweeping across the world. The previously densely packed spirit bodies everywhere seem to be pulled into the vortex’s center by the storm, literally being sucked in by the Baofeng, akin to light swallowed by a black hole.

However, the suspect appears unaffected, so Jinguji Ayame must consider the possibility that he might not be an Evil Spirit from the start.

Upon confirming that the suspect currently has no action, she also let out a big sigh of relief.

It seems this gamble was worth it.

..........

Deep in the forest.

Spiritual Power surges like waves, crazily roiling.

The illusory Shrine trembles endlessly, as if the entire Domain is on the verge of collapse, accompanied by the violent spells and energy attacks, modernized hot weapon fire net strikes, missile after missile falls earth-shatteringly, creating deafening booms and explosions, while dishing out considerable damage-per-second.

By applying spell runes, similar to enchanted bullets engraved with talisman inscriptions, hot weapons can also be enchanted and strengthened, gaining greater destructive power and the characteristic ability to damage spirit bodies.

However, the enchantment process requires Spiritual Power, which has yet to be industrialized, so production is very limited.

Even the world’s major countries find it hard to lavishly deploy this firepower reserve, let alone this resource-scarce country... It’s a frequent situation, with yearly allocations being a headache, often there are too many monks and too little porridge, simply not enough to go around.

Yet, it is clearly a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, so being stingy this time is unreasonable, hence the special forces dispatched this time are using unprecedented lavish firepower, paired with elite Demon Exorcists’ operations, forcing an excellent combat effect.

Despite the continuous consumption of ammunition reserves, the enemy faced is only suppressed and not immediately blasted into ashes.

After all, it is one of the oldest Evil Spirits in the world, even in the modified world line, it belongs to the top-tier definition of A-Class Evil Spirit. Therefore, the super Evil Spirit entrenched in the non-existent shrine certainly isn’t an easy target to deal with.

Amidst the blaze and dazzling Spiritual Power lights, waves of black smoke rise skyward accompanied by scorching sounds, anger, despair, fear, malice, hatred... Various negative dark emotions, so intense that they seem to be solidifying, sweeping across the entire scene!

Through the interweaving flames and energy lights, a colossal, sanity-eroding silhouette can faintly be seen.

—It resembles a gigantic centipede, but cloaked in tangled hair, like countless strands of human hair...

—The densely packed lower segments, joined by numerous human arms or limbs of other animals...

—Flesh and blood rolling, many areas lay open with glaring white bones, viscera and intestines spilling out, countless human skulls tumbling out...

The super Evil Spirit’s upper body resembles a beast, with a pair of massive horns, eyes as large as millstones, dead-like, and it venomously gazes at the foes invading its Domain, furiously wielding its power in battle. Around it, like Shikigami or Chong Ghost-like figures roar, dancing madly.

The air resounds with a haunting, eerie bell sound, striking at the hearts of humans nearby, shocking their spirits.

In this chaotic spectacle, the most elite Demon Exorcists gritted their teeth at the front, engaged in perilously repeated duels with this terrifying Evil Spirit, dancing on a razor’s edge time and again.

Upon sensing the precarious situation, the Ministry of Environment swiftly responded, despite lacking much information, knowing what the enemy intends is what they must prevent. Upholding this principle, it’s easy to figure out what actions to take.

The Killing Stone continues to devour other Evil Spirits in the world...

What they must do now is desperately protect some heavyweight Evil Spirits, preventing them all from being consumed, at least not let it all become "complete"...

It’s downright absurd, obviously supposed to be Exorcists, yet suddenly becoming the ones protecting the Evil Spirits, they find this incredibly ironic.

Especially as this thing is completely ungrateful, impossible to communicate, impossible to exchange. This battle to capture it becomes even more perilous, as they must take care not to directly kill the Evil Spirit, inevitably feeling a bit constrained.

"Damn it..."

Kenshan Yellow Springs tightly bit her teeth, feeling her hand holding the sword somewhat weak.

Her eyes remained firmly fixed on the huge Evil Spirit ahead, without any distraction.

It must be done! It must be done!

Although she doesn’t know why, when she received the summon, and saw the cracked Killing Stone image at that instant, a sudden realization emerged in her heart—

Like an unseen shell is cracking, an unseen skin shedding...

"That thing" is awakening...

The Strategy Room’s strategy is correct, once the Killing Stone absorbs enough Evil Spirits, reclaiming enough power, then the Nine-tailed Demon Fox might fully revive!

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Beneath the earth, faint rumbling resounds.

It is the planet’s pulse.

And on the planet’s surface, in the world where humans carry out their activities, like the ascension of an ant swarm’s will, the collective unconsciousness’s wavelength emits a silent cry comparable to a landslide tsunami, akin to thousands, millions of people shouting, men, women, elders, children...

"Gaia and Araiyer..."

"Certainly, there’s a divide in the suppressive forces; isn’t this the path of combat in the Fate World?"

Someone calmly observes this scene, realizing fully the reasons leading to those conflicts right at this moment.