Chapter 906 - 24: The New "Witch
The surging Spirit Field reaction triggers.
A huge vortex has already spread out.
Like an enormous storm cloud ready to engulf the entire city.
From the direction of the Strategy Room’s main building, looking afar, even the city’s skyline is blood-red, not the sunset-dyed clouds, but a realm only Spiritual Seers can perceive... To ordinary people, they remain oblivious.
They walk along the sidewalks, holding phones to their ears, or chatting and laughing with those beside them.
On the roads, a stream of fast-moving traffic speeds by, the whole city in a quick-paced motion.
Yet beyond this city backdrop, above the skyline, the sky is a blood-red as if thick with evil omens. Especially at dusk, as the sky grew dim, the colors turned dark, red like blood and intertwined with black, forming a sinister spectacle, an ominous sign of disaster.
The silhouette of a red beast, astonishingly agile, leaping across the city’s skyline, sprinting faster than the theoretical top speed of an F1 car, rapidly darting across the tops of high-rise buildings.
Yet just as ordinary people can’t see the phenomenon of the red-spirit sky, they also can’t see the form of the Spirit Beast Chaotic Red Lotus, nor the two high school girls riding on its great red lion-like back, as no one can discover them thanks to the Spell that shields their presence.
This is considered the most basic method of the Mind Industry personnel—
A fundamental skill Demon Exorcists must master, a hard requirement for employment... Even wild Demon Exorcists usually learn this skill first.
After all, Evil Spirits are everywhere, and if the work of exorcism required ideal conditions of venue, time, and other elements, it would be impossible to carry out. Therefore, much of the time one must work in public places, mastering the Spell of obscuring one’s presence is very necessary.
This is the basic means of self-protection for Demon Exorcists, but also a necessary measure to prevent indiscriminate escalation of incidents, and prevent innocent people from being dragged into it.
Ordinary people may not see Evil Spirits, but they are certainly able to see the Demon Exorcists standing among them, and once they discover someone fighting with air, it’s not that simple...
Though if someone is just beating the air, they might self-rationalize as encountering a mental illness—if they see invisible monsters in the air, capable of causing physical interference, battling with mental patients? Should they suspect they themselves have mental issues, or should they question if there’s something bad in the world?
This is not a good sign.
Once the worldview starts to shake, and phenomena are believed to exist, inevitably the perception shifts towards that realm.
Because between the living people on this side, and Evil Spirits on the other, lies an invisible border, so they remain unaffected. They are isolated by the iron law between the rational and irrational... However, if they begin to believe, then the unseen may become visible.
Thus, a shaken worldview is not good, knowing too much is never joyful, and the closer one gets to the truth of the world the more madness it brings.
That’s why it’s essential to exercise cautiousness, and as much as possible, avoid dragging ordinary people into it.
"The situation is worse than imagined, thankfully we’re here, or else..."
The wind blows against the girls on the high-rise, fluttering their hair and uniform skirts, Kenshan Yellow Springs firmly grasps the Family Treasure Blade, while continually displaying amazing jumping abilities on the back of Chaotic Red Lotus, she gazes afar, solemnly murmuring.
Over there, the unfinished building is the source of it all, with a dark, twisted Spirit Field reaction surging forth.
Like a "reality" corroded, with constant malicious waves radiating out from the opposing space, spreading into this realm.
Staining the sky red, engulfing the city...
Initially thought only on the real-time dynamic image of Spiritual Pressure, was marked the red dot and red vortex, but upon coming to the scene, witnessing the phenomenon in person was exactly so. Unlike the usual black-spirited Evil Spirits, this blood-red Spirit Field itself unnerved Kenshan Yellow Springs.
She recalled the self-proclaimed Fox Immortal locking onto an nonexistent spiritual Shrine in the deep mountains, with a man-eating Evil Spirit lurking inside.
Although its position is locked, they haven’t truly started a confrontation, but the previous night saw its unusual aspect—within the internal domain divided by the Bird House, that thing revealed a small part, appearing as a behemoth.
Unclear, blurred...
But indeed, somewhat resembling a fox silhouette.
Coupled with radiating golden sacred light, it easily associates with Divine Spirits.
Almost deviated from the general definition of Evil Spirits—
It’s no wonder it impersonates Divine Spirits and continuously devours people. To uninformed ordinary people, encountering such a presence, they might truly feel they’d been graced by the spirits. Little do they know they’re chosen as sacrifices, and as they draw closer to the "Divine Spirit", seeing its sanity-draining true face... it’s too late to withdraw.
"Sister Yellow Springs... Is this type A?"
Behind Kenshan Yellow Springs is Togami Kagura, who tightly grasps the mane of Chaotic Red Lotus, staring squarely ahead, sensing the unusual implications.
The blood-red vortex-like giant Spirit Field reaction, something she has never experienced before, given she hasn’t ventured out or gained independent exorcism experience. Yet not formally trained, previously many times only conducted standard exorcism, naturally without this kind of experience.
"Perhaps..."
Kenshan Yellow Springs takes a deep breath, realizing why A-grade Evil Spirits are considered entirely different from other Evil Spirits, she previously hadn’t fully understood, but now finally sees.
—Even the skin and effects differ from typical Evil Spirits, clearly showing investment!
——In the game, the battle power gap between paying players and regular players is naturally vast, as one would expect.
"Kagura, remember not to be impulsive later, just stay by my side..."
As the red beast once again leapt high and descended under the blood-colored sky, swiftly approaching the abandoned building, Kenshan Yellow Springs turned her head back, gazing at the short-haired girl behind her: "We just need to buy some time, don’t take any risks!"
"Yes, I understand, Sister Yellow Springs!!"
Togami Kagura nodded seriously, knowing that Sister Yellow Springs was also worried about her getting too heated. In previous years, the Mind Industry had no shortage of foolish demon exorcists, who always had a puzzling confidence, believing themselves to be unparalleled geniuses destined to make a big splash.
The result was a terribly tragic death...
As a demon exorcist, lacking self-awareness and judgment, incapable of rationally discerning what one was doing and should do, it was easy to harm both oneself and others.
"That’s good, with your Bai Rui and my Chaotic Red Lotus, we should be able to hold them off..." Kenshan Yellow Springs vigorously nodded, as if comforting Kagura, or perhaps persuading herself. After all, this sudden situation was too serious, and she truly didn’t want Kagura to get involved.
But...
Without Kagura’s assistance, relying solely on her power was insufficient, as the head of the room had said, this was the only solution available right now.
Damn it!
Despite being full of spirit yesterday, ready to fight an A-level evil spirit, how could today turn into a direct attack on home... this abrupt turn of events, from a favorable to unfavorable situation, was really hard to take, and Kenshan Yellow Springs also found it difficult to accept.
She stared ahead, her eyes as flawless as purple gemstones, clearly reflecting the blood-red scene.
Hopefully, nothing will happen.
......
...
Inside the abandoned building.
It was already a scene of upheaval.
The terrifying spiritual pressure froze the air, the blood-colored light vast and overwhelming, Yatsugaya Miko felt her scalp tingling, barely managing to dodge the incoming beams and the space-searching black chains, feeling her heart in her throat.
When she pointed out the direction of the core of this space, leading someone to this central area, everything changed.
Previously, they were just walking endlessly in a dark world.
But now, the entire space was stirred with furious waves like a trembling ocean, she was in the midst of it, like a small boat in a storm at sea, facing the risk of capsizing at any moment... surrounded by turbulent waves, even the most insensitive person would feel their scalp tingle from the wicked disturbances.
The "egg" at the center of the space seemed to be thoroughly enraged by their arrival, like a cat with its tail stepped on.
"Ah——!!"
Of course, Yatsugaya Miko wouldn’t see this as a cute kitten. She let out a tense scream while awkwardly hiding everywhere in this chaotic space.
Her trembling figure was indeed a bit cute.
The dark-haired girl felt like she had entered a scene only seen on movie screens, passing through a hail of bullets, running hard in a battlefield rife with stray shots and explosions, adrenaline rushing through her.
A whistling shadow of a whip caught by the corner of her eye, the girl raised her hand in panic, instinctively trying to block this unknown attack.
Boom——!!
At that moment, it was like a massive laser illuminated the entire space, briefly tearing the dark world with day-like brilliance.
"...!!"
A fierce shockwave swept through, like a massive typhoon bursting open. The girl, momentarily unsteady, fell to the ground. She felt the ground beneath her feet shaking, instinctively turned back to look, her pupils shrinking to pinpoints. The light had already faded, but the air still carried the remnants of a scorching afterimage.
A fiery passage stretching tens of meters long, as if the oxygen within had been burnt away.
And at the end of these tens of meters lies the core of this space, the bizarre "egg," a source from which large amounts of dark, twisted mist emanated—
It had been decisively pierced, a mass of pus and disgusting slimy tissues, including arm stumps, hair like water weeds, ghastly white bones, all elements mixed within, regardless of harmony, clumped together in a bloated monster body...
"How dare you! How dare you——!!"
A hoarse voice full of resentment echoed, like a lament from the deceased underground.
Yatsugaya Miko opened her mouth slightly, sitting on the ground, unable to believe she was looking at her own pale little hand. Was that just... her doing?