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Five meters, three meters, one meter...
When he was less than half a meter away from the ladder, the human demon finally reached the wooden box.
And at this moment, something strange happened.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
Suddenly, a knocking sound came from inside the wooden box, as if something inside was trying to break free. Then, a large amount of viscous liquid, like blood, gushed out from the gaps in the box, quickly covering the floor of the entire hall.
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Chapter 83 The Villain "Lord Shadow"
"come yet……"
As the strips of cloth wrapped around the wooden box began to turn to ash, Kotoko Iwanaga, who was most sensitive to strange auras, looked serious and whispered a reminder.
"Be careful, all the strange beings we've encountered before combined are nothing compared to this one that's about to appear..."
Just as Kotoko Iwanaga was speaking, she saw Shura pick up the wooden box, ignoring the thick, scarlet liquid spilling from it onto his body, and with lightning speed turn around and run towards the fire escape that everyone had come up from.
"Violet, get out of the way!"
Upon hearing Asagiri's words, Yuuki Asuna, who was guarding the fire door that was preventing it from closing suddenly, was stunned for a moment, but then immediately reacted and stepped aside.
The next second, the demon was seen carrying a wooden box and rushing into the fire escape, quickly running downhill.
"close the door."
"it is good."
Without hesitation, Yuuki Asuna closed the fire door to the fire escape with a loud bang. Asagiri didn't even glance at the closed fire door, wasting no time, and quickly went to the elevator in the lobby, looking up at it.
A thick, dark red liquid had appeared on the surface of the tightly closed metal door above.
Asagiri tried to throw the rope dart in her hand, but the moment the tip of the dart touched the dark red liquid, it seemed as if all its strength had been sucked away, and it failed to penetrate the liquid at all, falling to the ground powerlessly.
"Unfortunately, it seems there's no way to skip class this way."
Watching Asagiri and Yuuki Asuna's skillful movements and their tacit understanding that allowed them to reach a consensus without needing to exchange words, Sakuragawa Rikka's lips parted slightly, and she looked bewildered as she asked blankly.
"Why are you...why are you so skilled at this..."
"Can you really learn something for nothing at a time like this?"
Asagiri chuckled and made a sarcastic remark, then pointed to the closed fire escape door in the distance, gently put on the dark gray mask, and slowly began to speak.
"Here comes the guy."
[Your Persona, Shura, has been destroyed; the "Rebirth of the End" curse resistance has been increased.]
“Necro”.
"OK~"
Upon hearing Asagiri call out her code name, Kotoko Iwanaga immediately went to the location of the straight ladder, looked up and observed the dark red liquid above and covering the ground, trying to analyze through her senses whether there was a way to break the barrier of this area.
"Phantom".
"learn."
Kato Megumi reached out and touched Asagiri, Iwanaga Kotoko, and Yuuki Asuna, respectively, to reduce their presence. Yuuki Asuna, on the other hand, replaced the shimmering light in her hand with an exorcist's longsword that was specifically designed to attack spirits.
"Sakuragawa Rikka".
After making sure that his teammates were all ready, Asagiri looked at Sakuragawa Rikka standing there and said with a light smile.
"Didn't you say you wanted to take on the role of main tank? Then you'll be in charge of fighting that guy first. Once we feel we've gathered enough information, we'll join the battle."
"This isn't the main tank; it's more like a sacrifice taken to gather intelligence, isn't it?"
Sakuragawa Rikka said this first, then looked deeply at Asagiri, and took a few steps toward the fire escape door, speaking softly.
"In short, don't forget what you promised me, and don't deliberately sacrifice me."
The moment Rikka Sakuragawa finished speaking, the fire door to the fire escape was suddenly pushed open forcefully.
"boom!!!"
The terrifying force even twisted and deformed the fire door, and what emerged from the fire escape was a humanoid figure composed of a viscous, dark red liquid, constantly writhing and twisting.
After entering the hall, it stopped in its tracks, then its body began to tremble violently, quickly transforming into a man wearing a black mobile combat suit, without a tactical helmet, with an extremely pale face, a vertical scar on his right eye, and a buzz cut, who looked to be around forty years old.
"Where……"
The middle-aged man took two steps forward, staring at Rikka Sakuragawa's face with his gray-white right eye, which seemed to have lost its sight, and his bright blue left eye, and asked in a low, hoarse voice.
"'Shadow'...where is it..."
"I can not understand what you say."
Rikka Sakuragawa shook her head, gripping the long sword that emitted an eerie purple light, and said calmly.
"From beginning to end, I was the only one here."
"is it?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Sakura Rikka, then his body instantly sank into the ground covered in dark red liquid. The next second, he emerged directly in front of Sakura Rikka, his right hand swiftly reaching out with astonishing speed that was impossible for her to react to, aiming for Sakura Rikka's face.
"Then you can go die."
Sakuragawa Rikka reacted quickly, retreating to dodge. However, when the middle-aged man stretched his arm to its limit, tentacles made of dark red liquid extended from his palm, piercing directly through Sakuragawa Rikka's face.
"boom."
With a muffled thud, Rikka Sakuragawa's head suddenly exploded, and then her body turned into a cloud of black mist that drifted several meters away before reforming. This time, however, she looked at the emotionless face of the middle-aged man in the black combat suit, and her eyes showed a hint of fear.
"Hmm? There seems to be some kind of strange power within you..."
The middle-aged man raised his hand, tugged at his black tactical glove, and said in a completely emotionless tone.
"Looks like you're special too. Let's capture you first."
Watching the middle-aged man fight with Sakuragawa Rikka, Iwanaga Kotoko, who had reduced her own presence by using Kato Megumi's skill, observed and analyzed the situation in her mind.
Judging from their attire, they should be members of Blackwatch, but they are definitely not purely human.
This guy's senses weren't sharp enough to detect the presence of the four members of the team. Perhaps it was because of the strange influence it had absorbed, which made it unable to maintain a stable mental state and calmly observe its surroundings and sense their presence.
The opponent's body was composed of the dark red, viscous liquid that covered the ground and the exit above the elevator, and it also possessed the peculiar ability to rapidly appear from any location by penetrating the ground with that dark red liquid.
As for defensive weaknesses...
Sakuragawa Rikka seemed completely incapable of harming her opponent. Her two attempts to attack with her long sword were easily dodged, and she was subsequently killed by the opponent using the ability to create dark red liquid.
Every member of Blackwatch is an elite among elites, with combat skills far surpassing most players. It is clear that Rikka Sakuragawa, who possesses an immortal body, has not seriously honed her combat skills.
"Sword skills..."
Just as the middle-aged man was about to continue his pursuit of Sakuragawa Rikka, he suddenly sensed a dangerous aura.
Before it could react, a crimson light mixed with blinding white light had already attacked it.
"Flash Thrust!"
Holding the exorcist's sword, Asuna Yuuki stabbed the man between the eyebrows with a single blow, and the next second, her figure vanished.
"Castling."
Asagiri, who had switched places with Yuuki Asuna, appeared in front of the man. Ignoring the fatal wound that had been pierced between his eyebrows, and adhering to the principle of striking a victim while he was down and being cautious, she summoned the Human Asura again and ordered it to tear the man's body in two.
"The Grip of the Underworld"
A gigantic, pale ghostly hand appeared, its five fingers, adorned with sharp black nails, swiftly gripping the tattered body of the Black Watchman member and crushing it into dust.
"finished……"
Upon hearing Asuna Yuuki's question, Kotoko Iwanaga shook her head with a solemn expression.
No, not at all.
Just as Kotoko Iwanaga said, the next second, a human figure emerged from the dark red liquid covering the entire ground, quickly transforming into the appearance of the man who had already been killed.
"'shadow'……"
After the man re-emerged, he did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he looked directly into the eyes beneath Asagiri's dark gray mask and slowly spoke.
"You are the only person in the history of Blackwatch to bring shame upon the organization. Five members sacrificed their lives without even seeing your face. This shame will be completely washed away by me, the commander of Blackwatch, today."
"So you're the commander of Blackwatch, which puts you above the average member."
Asagiri said that first, then chuckled and continued.
"No wonder Blackwatch assigned you to be a watchdog on the first basement level. Your incompetent barking is really annoying."
Upon hearing this, the Blackwatch commander showed no change in expression or eyes, simply replying calmly.
"I took on the responsibility of protecting this area out of a noble ideal. Someone like you probably can't understand that."
"It's no use talking more."
Asagiri knew that the members of Blackwatch were like they had been brainwashed, capable of even voluntarily sacrificing themselves to become twisted and bizarre beings. It was simply impossible to break down their psychological defenses with just a few words.
"I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you; you're not worthy to listen."
"That's just right."
The moment the words left his mouth, the Blackwatch Commander's body had already submerged into the viscous, dark red ground, and then instantly appeared in front of Asagiri, his left arm transforming into a crimson whip that wrapped around Asagiri's body.
"boom!!!"
The blood whip struck the surface of Asagiri's raised right arm with a dull thud.
Is that all there is to it?
Asagiri gripped the blood whip that had transformed from the opponent's left arm with her other hand, stared directly at the pale, bloodless face of the Black Watch Commander, and said in a voice tinged with a smile.
"Is your hatred for me, your will, really only this much?"
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Chapter 84: An unexpected encounter with the Persona manipulator, despite all efforts, is unsuccessful.
"interesting."
Seeing that his attack had no effect, and noticing that Asuna Yuuki and Rikka Sakuragawa were about to rush up to help, the Black Watch Commander's gray-white blind eye emitted a strange dark red light. Then, a wall of bloody, viscous blood rose up, blocking Asuna Yuuki and the others, as well as Rikka Sakuragawa, on the other side.
Immediately afterwards, several humanoid figures made of viscous blood rose from the area where Asuna Yuuki and the others were, and then transformed into the shapes they had seen before.
"This is...the groom, the doctor, the twins, the chef...and..."
As they watched the towering monster gradually solidify from the dark red, viscous liquid, solemn expressions appeared on the faces of Asuna Yuuki, Kotoko Iwanaga, Megumi Kato, and Rikka Sakuragawa.
“Chris Walker…”
Asuna Yuuki and the others have all witnessed the terror of Chris Walker. Although he is only the boss guarding the third underground level, he is stronger than the twins and the doctor on the second underground level. The system's original intention was not for players to fight him. At this stage, most players simply do not have the strength to contend with this monster.
Even more terrifying is that this guy also possesses a bizarre immortality. Fighting him in the opponent's home ground, the Giant Mountain Mental Hospital, would make it impossible for him to win.
However, at that moment, Asuna Yuuki and the others witnessed an unexpected scene.
Suddenly, a jet-black light burst forth from Chris Walker's towering body, and then its newly formed form exploded, turning into a dark red mist that dissipated.
"This is……"
When Sakuragawa Rikka saw this scene, she couldn't help but look horrified.
With her sharp mind, combined with what she had seen earlier on the third underground level—the dark light representing the Supreme Magic Bullet turning and disappearing underground—she immediately guessed what had just happened.
The attack that handsome boy had just unleashed was not only able to destroy the "undying" anomaly, but also able to destroy it once again when the Blackwatch commander tried to recreate Chris Walker using the anomaly power of this layer.
This is outrageous! This is terrifying power from the conceptual realm.
As for whether this power has any limitations, Rikka Sakuragawa didn't know the answer, but what she was certain of was that the terror of this power surpassed even the eerie origin of this Giant Mountain Mental Hospital.
"coming!"
Just then, Rikka Sakuragawa noticed that the other demons formed from the viscous dark red liquid had not disappeared, but were rushing towards the direction where they were standing, so she immediately stepped forward to block them.
Although Chris Walker was destroyed, the five evil spirits—the twins, the doctor, the groom, and the cook—combined together, and with Asagiri not even present, still made things difficult for the four of them.
"That's the only one we can use..."
Seeing that Yuuki Asuna and Kato Megumi were struggling to hold off the twins and the doctor, Sakuragawa Rikka, who was fighting the groom and the chef, unleashed a cloud of black mist, temporarily forcing back the two demons in front of her. Then, taking advantage of this hard-won opening, she pointed her long sword at Kato Megumi in the distance and whispered.