Chapter 506: Give You a Chance to Attack
On a dark moonlit night, in the cold and silent mountains, under the watchful eyes and vigilance of Aize and his three companions, a beast-shaped mass covered in filth like mud slowly walked out from the bushes.
Its body seemed to be dripping with black mud, and there was a constant rise and fall of miasma. Its hollow eyes were staring straight ahead, or rather, staring at Aize and Asatake Yoshino. Although it did not release any murderous intent, it released a malice that was as real as substance.
The intensity of the malice vividly illustrates the word that Asatake Yoshino and others have always said - "curse".
“Here it comes!”
Cong Yu, who was holding Aize's clothes tightly, exclaimed, instantly igniting the tense atmosphere at the scene.
"call!"
The muddy beast-shaped mass suddenly leaped out, turned into a black shadow, and rushed over with a cold wind sound.
Its target was Aize, who was standing in the front and looking at it calmly.
"Don't even think about it!"
Before Aize could move, Hitachi Mako, who was about two steps behind him, moved first.
I saw Hitachi Mako suddenly swung the kunai in her hand, letting it cut through the air and face the attacking evil spirit.
“Bang!”
The sharp kunai hit the oncoming evil spirit, causing a dull collision sound.
As if being hit hard by a blunt object, the evil god flew backwards, and the kunai that collided with it also flew back and was caught again in the hands of Hitachi Mako.
“Swish!”
The knocked down evil spirit seemed to have really turned into a pool of black mud. It first melted and then quickly returned to its original shape. It actually relied on this method to regain its standing posture instead of struggling with its limbs.
After standing up, the black mud mass immediately extended tentacles, which, like the kunai just now, cut through the air and came directly over.
This time, its target was not Aize, but Yoshino Asatake who was standing at the back.
It was clearly Hitachi Mako who attacked it, but it ignored Hitachi Mako as an outsider. In its eyes there were only Aize and Asatake Yoshino, and it paid no attention to Hitachi Mako at all.
Hitachi Mako seemed to have become accustomed to the action pattern of the evil god. She cut in front of Asatake Yoshino without any hesitation, waving the kunai in her hand and facing the attacking tentacles.
“Bang!”
The sharp kunai hit the attacking tentacle, but just like before, it caused a dull sound again.
The kunai in Hitachi Mako's hand was just as she said, it had no effect in exorcising the evil spirit at all, and it couldn't even break through the defense of the evil spirit's tentacles.
However, the tentacle that cut through the air with great momentum was bounced back high by Hitachi Mako.
“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”…
The tentacles attacked from several directions again, not wanting to be outdone, but Hitachi Mako responded with an equally fierce attack.
Hitachi Mako calmly bounced off the attacking tentacles again and again. Even though the tentacles' attacks were powerful and each time seemed to blend into the surrounding darkness, making it difficult to capture their shapes, the female ninja who had taken on the role of a guard was still able to accurately bounce them off and prevent them from getting close to Asatake Yoshino behind her.
"sharp."
Aize looked at this scene and couldn't help but praise.
Because it was dark, he couldn't see Hitachi Mako's expression and eyes, but from her unconfused actions, he could vaguely guess that this female ninja was not relying on her eyesight to capture the attacks of the evil god, but on her hearing.
Although the sound of wind cutting through the air caused by the evil god's tentacles was fast and sharp, Hitachi Mako was still able to successfully detect its presence, and in less than a second, she determined the direction, angle and force of the tentacles and flicked them away.
This hearing ability is definitely specially trained, much better than Aize who just exercises his physical fitness.
“Bang!”
As she swung the kunai again and deflected the tentacles, Hitachi Mako spoke loudly.
"It's coming!"
This is another movement captured by hearing.
After attacking in vain time and time again, the evil spirit was like a hunter in the dark. It sneaked up to Asatake Yoshino at some point and pounced on her.
“………!”
Asatake Yoshino couldn't see the evil spirit, but she believed in Hitachi Masaki and understood what Hitachi Masaki meant almost instantly. She quickly lay down without any hesitation, letting the black shadow pass over her head.
"Watch this!"
By the time the black shadow landed on the ground, Asatake Yoshino had already stood up and rushed over, raising the hokorin and stabbing at the evil god.
“Puff!”
The tip of the hoko bell pierced through the forelimbs of the evil god, breaking them apart.
“————!”
The evil god's body suddenly froze, but soon began to move again, stretching out its tentacles, ready to attack Asao Takeyoshino, even at the cost of injury.
However, before its tentacles fell, Aize had already arrived at its side.
“Bang!”
With a dull sound, Aize kicked the evil spirit away, causing it to turn into a ball and shoot backwards, hitting a tree.
"Mr. Aize!"
Asatake Yoshinori looked at Aize, with a slight fluctuation in her eyes.
"Are you alright? Lady Yoshino!"
Hitachi Mako protected Asatake Yoshino behind her and looked in the direction of the evil god with a vigilant look.
The same thing happened to Aize, and just like at the beginning, he stood at the front of the crowd and faced the evil spirit directly.
“Gurgle…”
The evil spirit's body seemed to be churning with mud, and it made waves of wriggling sounds, and its scattered forelimbs took a long time to recover.
But it still stared at this side with empty eyes, as if with resentment, staring at Aize who was standing in the front.
"Come."
Aize seemed unaware of the danger, and even less aware of the evil in it. Not only did he not avoid the evil god's empty gaze, but he hooked his finger at the other party as if in provocation.
"I'll give you one more chance to make a move."
Aize was smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes, and he was as cold as a judge.
"Remember, this is the last time."
Whether the evil spirit could understand these words, Aize and no one else knew.
But the moment Aize finished speaking, the evil spirit did move.
It used its tentacles as its forelimbs, threw them heavily to the ground, and then it bounced out with three shapeless legs like mud and a hideous tentacle, rushing towards Aize.
The speed was actually much faster than before.
"Mr. Aize!"
"Lord Aize!"
At the same time, Asatake Yoshino and Hitachi Mako exclaimed at the same time.
Because, Aize, who was standing in front of them, also rushed out when facing the attacking evil spirit.
His speed is not slower than that of the evil spirit.
There was not even the slightest hesitation in his steps, and even on the harsh mountain path, he was still vigorous.
"despair……"
This was the sound of Aize's hand resting on the hilt of Cong Yuwan's knife at his waist.
“Zheng…”
This is a light that is as clear as spiritual energy, as cold as moonlight, yet it is ancient, sacred, pure, and mysterious.
At this moment, Aize stimulated the divine power hidden in his body, allowing his whole body to emanate spiritual energy.
The divine power was poured into Cong Yuwan through his palm, giving the blade of Cong Yuwan, which had not yet been unsheathed, a layer of spiritual light.
"Zheng!"
In a flash, the knife was unsheathed.
When the black mud ball was only about one meter away from him, Aize drew his sword.
This is a sword-drawing slash.
This is a sure-fire move.
Considering the distance between Sui Shen and Aize at the moment, the former's attack should have landed on Aize first. However, when Aize drew his sword, the cold blade light came from behind and hit Sui Shen's body as if it had cut through space.
“Puff!”
With a flash of the knife, all the filth was gone.
The dazzling sword light instantly cut the ferocious evil spirit into two halves.
“Click…”
Aize, who had passed through the two-part evil spirit, stopped and sheathed his sword without looking back. His eyes and expression were calm from beginning to end.
"Varied……?!"
Yoshino Asatake and Mako Hitachi opened their eyes wide at the same time, staring at the scene in front of them, stunned.
The evil spirit that was split into two was unable to touch the ground and turned into ashes and dissipated in mid-air.
"call……"
Aize then let out a breath, restrained his divine power, let the clear spiritual energy slowly disappear, and his whole body no longer looked so magical.
"Beautiful! Master!"
Cong Yu realized what was happening and flew over, cheering.
"It's the same instant kill as last time! And this time it's even cleaner and more efficient! You are worthy of being my master!"
Aize listened to Cong Yu's cheers and looked at her flying figure, looking a little annoyed.
"You're just standing there watching? Don't you even know you're possessed?"
This time, Cong Yu, the original host of the divine power, just played a supporting role throughout the whole process and did not play any role at all.
"Master, it's because you're too fast!" Cong Yu certainly didn't think it was her fault, and complained, "But you didn't even draw your sword the whole time, and when you did, you had already rushed in front of the evil god. How could I have the chance to possess Cong Yu Wan?"
Speaking of which, Cong Yu was also a little nervous.
Which master would rush out before Cong Yuwan activates his divine power by living on the sword?
That's my master!
Moreover, the entire process from drawing the sword to sheathing it took less than a second, and he managed to kill the evil spirit. Why would he need any divine power to do that?
It's not that we want to just be a bystander, it's just that there is really no chance!
In this regard, Aize seems to make a lot of sense.
"The time I wasted in drawing my sword and then waiting for you to possess me is enough for me to kill the evil spirit several times." Aize said, "Besides, the evil spirit will not stand still and wait for us to complete this process before taking action."
This is not the transformation in the next studio, there is no invincible time.
So, instead of waiting for Cong Yu to react and then possess the Cong Yu pill that he pulled out, it would be better to just go for it himself.
Fortunately, I already have divine power, the power to purify filth and exorcise evil spirits, otherwise I would have to waste some time and effort.
"Next time, don't just stand there in a daze. As a mature sword, I don't ask you to learn how to chop the evil spirit by yourself, but at least when I chop the evil spirit, you have to seize the right moment to possess it, otherwise you will be useless in the future, okay?"
Aize spoke in a teasing tone, but in fact he caused damage to Cong Yu to the extent of breaking his defense.
"You actually said that I am useless..."
The little girl then staggered to the side, squatted under a tree and started drawing circles.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
Aize ruthlessly ignored Cong Yu and looked at Asatake Yoshino and Hitachi Mako, only to find that they were still standing there with a dazed look on their faces.
"No... nothing..."
Asatake Yoshino reacted, looking as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, and finally fell silent.
"Lord Aize, you are amazing." Hitachi Moko said with a look of amazement and excitement: "It was so easy to defeat the evil god, isn't this too amazing?"
Hitachi Mako knew that Aize was very strong, but she didn't expect him to be this strong.
During the fight in the bathhouse before, Lord Aize must have shown mercy, right?
If Aize at that time had used the strength he used to kill the evil god today, Hitachi Moko didn't think she would be able to fight back.
The grace of that sword strike, that slash with the sword, was simply too cool and too powerful, comparable to the ancient warriors... no, it was on par with the heroes in legends!
No wonder Lord Aize with a kunai in his hand looked so scary and invincible at the end of the last fight. It turns out that this is his true strength!
It’s really... amazing!
The look in Hitachi Mako's eyes when she looked at Aize began to show a bit of admiration, and was quite sparkling.
"So didn't I tell you? Maybe your trip will be in vain?" Aize didn't notice the brilliance in Hitachi Moko's eyes. He smiled calmly and said, "Besides, in my opinion, these evil spirits are really not that strong. Compared with ordinary carnivorous beasts, they are not much stronger. The only tricky part is the tentacles that blend into the darkness and the bodies that defy common sense."
"Hitachi, you can easily parry the attack of the evil god, which proves that the strength of the evil god is not too high for you, right?"
"If you have Cong Yu Wan, or the divine tool in Miss Chao Wu's hand, you should be able to easily deal with the evil spirit."
Hearing this, Hitachi Momoko smiled and shook her head.
"My level is nothing. People like Aize-sama and Yoshino-sama who have special qualifications and abilities are the most valuable."
In Hitachi Mako's opinion, there can be many people like herself, but people like Aize and Asatake Yoshino can only appear if they are chosen. They are truly powerful and noble.
Therefore, she was not frustrated at all that she could not deal with the evil spirit alone, but instead felt that this was natural.
Instead, he looked at Yoshino Asatake, then at Aize, then at Mako Hitachi, and finally lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
"It seems that the curse has been lifted."
Aize looked at Asatake Yoshino, but not at her face, but at the top of her head.
There, the animal ears that were once very conspicuous have disappeared.
"The filth has been exorcised, and it should be fine for the time being." Hitachi Moko also saw this scene, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Let's go back, Mr. Anqing is still waiting for us."
Aize naturally had no objection and nodded readily.
(End of this chapter)
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