Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

Chapter 73: A Soldier's Duty and a Sense of Familiarity

The wind stops, the shadow moves, and the sword rises.

The girl's petite figure in the haori moved across the battlefield, her hollow grey eyes taking in all the incoming attacks.

She picked up the knife and deflected it.

Thus, the torrent of spiritual power organized by the three Yin-Yang masters was like a ribbon of water that was deflected and directed upwards by her soft movements.

He threw the knife away as if sheathing it.

boom--!
The explosion was loud like thunder, enough to shake the eardrums.

The torrent that looked like a waterfall created a huge pit on the ground, and the ground of the entire battlefield shook violently.

"Damn it, junior sister, senior brother, let's do it again!" The Yin-Yang Master Qi Ling suddenly turned her head and shouted, but her pupils suddenly shrank.

A pair of legs wrapped in bandages came into view.

The light feathers flutter in the air, and the gentle figure in the night symbolizes death.

"The power is pretty good."

Ji Shou Mingyi flipped in the air, and she swung out two swords, knocking out the two Onmyojis.

The light words fell along with the sound of the wind.

Immediately, with his center of gravity reversed, he swept his right leg and kicked the abdomen of the last girl who was trying to resist, causing her to fall rapidly from a high altitude to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

"But it's too slow."

Ji Shoumingyi landed lightly on the ground, and his straw sandals did not raise a speck of dust on the ground.

The splattered blood stained her cheek, but her pupils did not change at all. She just casually wiped the blood from the corner of her eyes with her sleeve.

Putting down the blood-stained sword, she looked around quietly, as if waiting for the next round of attack, or maybe she just wanted to take a short rest.

From the beginning of the battle line to now.

It seemed like she was fighting and defending - however, even after knocking out dozens of contracted spirits and contracted spirit users, no one could stop her.

Even for a moment.

As if this wasn't the Alliance's defense line that was on high alert
It's just a sightseeing trail with birds singing, flowers blooming, and sunny days.

The cold wind blew, and along the path that Ji Shoumingyi had walked, bright red blood splattered the battlefield like footprints.

What's even more horrifying is that this amount of bleeding has spread all the way, but so far not a single person has died. It's like an adult teasing a child at will.

There was dead silence all around.

"Is this the legendary spirit?"

A spirit made a gurgling sound and swallowed his saliva with some difficulty.

After all, he is a two-star elite who garrisons a base and is responsible for sweeping the map all year round.

He has seven contracted spirits under his command, one of whom is from the same Yin-Yang Bureau. He uses himself as a guide to summon his fellow brothers and sisters.

Thanks to the excellent cooperation of his contracted spirits, he has become quite famous in the area around Linye City.

However, this time he was sent to guard a corner of E-026, and his mission was just to delay the opponent a little longer.

Originally, he was dissatisfied. Wasn't it just that there were no national-level contract spirits? Couldn't quantity make up for quality?
Why shouldn’t he be allowed to participate in the core discussions?

But now
He got it.

There is also a gap between the Qi Ling and the Qi Ling.

Moreover, ordinary contract spirits and legendary contract spirits cannot be considered the same species at all!
"No, I can't resist it at all." Fear flashed in the eyes of the two-star spirit.

Before the battle began, in order to boost morale, they were allowed to know that no matter how strong the swordsman girl was, she would never kill anyone.

But does it matter whether or not to kill people now?

No matter how many people there are, no matter how many contracted spirits there are, no matter how much they try to hinder each other.

It’s just a matter of one knife!

How should we fight this war? How should we fight it?
Ji Shouming slowly raised his half-closed eyelids, and the blade, tilted downward, moved forward with blood dripping from it.

As if she had rested enough, she took another step forward, silently and calmly continuing to walk towards the depths.

She hasn't done anything yet.

The people and spirits who were on high alert around them subconsciously took a step back.

In such a short period of time, the truth that cannot be opposed is engraved deep in the instincts of living things.

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"Is this situation happening again?"

At the temporary command post in the E-026 area, the old man, who was the commander with the highest authority, listened to the battle reports from the front line.

The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together in dissatisfaction.

He murmured solemnly, "Soon after confronting Ji Shoumingyi, some of the contracted spirits and contracted spirit agents will resist continuing the battle."

This isn't the first time this has happened.

Over the past one hundred years, the Demonic Ghost Domain War Zone has defined the "Slayer of All Evils" as a threat.

Seven targeted capture operations have been conducted.

Try to persuade him to return to the alliance after communication, or kill him or exile him.

However, those operations all failed without exception.

The girl had no desire to talk at all. After finding the target, she simply destroyed the target's seal like a hot knife through butter.

No one knows what her purpose is or why she suddenly fell into the evil path.

but.

During those battles, even though Ji Shouming had the clear weakness of "not being able to kill people", there was only one reason why he still could not succeed.

That is when the battle continues for a period of time - any person or spirit who witnesses his fighting posture, regardless of his previous character and courage.

Their bodies will resist fighting.

Even if you force it.

The overall attributes will also decline drastically, and it will fall even faster in front of the already dull blade.

This kind of psychological shadow can even be long-term. Even if they face each other again after many years, as long as they participated in the last battle and witnessed the knife with their own eyes.

Then this weakening of attributes will be inherited and it will not be possible to become a reliable combat force.

This is undoubtedly one of the [powers] that belongs exclusively to Himekai Mingyi.

Only spirit contracts above the "national level" can slightly mitigate the impact of this phenomenon.

This becomes the biggest obstacle in every recruitment.

Therefore, even the newly-born spirit that has just been summoned will be considered as one of the alternatives.

"No." The old man frowned and murmured, "This is not a solution."

Worry flashed across his sunken eyes. He recalled the dark-haired boy's calm description of the lost future in the previous meeting, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

Silence half rate.

He stood up, ignoring the panic of the people serving on both sides of him, turned around and walked out of the main control desk at the highest seat.

"Master Dongshan? Why did you come out in person?"

The spirit masters passing by on both sides turned their heads and were extremely surprised to see the old man coming out.

They were all too busy to take care of the scheduling they were in charge of.

He quickly turned around and said, "It's too dangerous outside, Master Dongshan, it's safer for you to go back quickly."

"Shut up."

The old man frowned slightly, "We are still at war! Do you want to accept the sentence of the Alliance Court for leaving your post like this?!"

The two spirit masters were suddenly silent.

He flattered the horse but it hit his leg, so he continued to think hard about how to fight this battle in dejected manner.

The most important thing is that this is a battle that is bound to be lost no matter how you look at it, and how to fight it so that the responsibility does not fall on yourself.

Dongshan Xiu glanced at their backs.

Without further reprimand, he continued to move forward in silence. Soon, he reached his destination.

It was located not far from the main control room and also belonged to the strategic command center. It was responsible for more detailed overall dispatch and commands that did not involve major strategies.

And this moment.

A young-looking black-haired boy was calmly giving orders in sequence.

"Half of the Sixth Defense Force's men were killed and knocked unconscious? Well, then quickly retreat and find the nearest medical team."

"Others showed mercy, but in the end she was seriously injured and bled to death, and this death had to be attributed to her. How embarrassing, isn't it?"

"The spirits of the Seventh Mobile Force resist fighting and request permission to retreat?" "Oh, that's fine! The Seventh Force is mainly composed of monsters with the ability to fly and move at high speeds, right?"

"There's no need to force them to fight. Just keep them at a distance, about three hundred meters away."

"Calm down, calm down. It's just that the spirit is heading in your direction. It won't kill anyone."

"Of course, it's the instinct of a demon slayer to slay demons. Even if she falls, her basic attributes won't change. Isn't it normal for her to prioritize finding demons to kill?"

"Why do you think I left you hanging?"

"Hey, your spirit cursed too loudly, did you deliberately keep quiet to record it? Don't worry, I have no intention of killing you, this is all part of the plan."

Logically speaking, this task should be shared by more than 30 people in the entire strategic command center.

Unknowingly.
However, all the front-line combat commands were handed over to the young man sitting in the center, and the rest of the people turned to coordinate logistics.

All of this happened naturally.

Just as an apple falls from a tree, water flows to lower ground.

After a long period of command, he realized that every battlefield taken over by the young man could go smoothly, so he would naturally hand over the command power.

This does not involve the slightest power struggle.

It's just that under the sense of crisis, everyone spontaneously takes action to find the best solution.

The old man stood silently at the door. Amid the noisy sounds of various instruments, no one noticed his arrival.

He didn't interrupt.

In the previous seven capture operations, most of them were only fighting in the initial contact, and the rest became a one-sided battle between the girls.

However, at this moment, the young man who had just been summoned only relied on the information he had just glanced over.

But he seemed to know Ji Shou Ming Yi's characteristics, habits, and movements very well.

Relying on the insufficient command power in his hands.

Slowed down the collapse of the battlefield.

Even, it slowly stalemate - for the first time, it really slowed down Ji Shoumingyi's progress.

"Sorry, I have to be away for a moment."

At this moment, Lin Xuan gave the next instructions for the battle situation and said with a smile.

Then he turned his gaze to the old man standing at the door.

In the busy command room, he was the only one who had the leisure to notice someone coming.

Dongshan Xiu felt a little surprised, but then he felt relieved.

Memories from many years ago surfaced, when he was young and first saw Qi Ling and knew these heroes. At that time, he was still ambitious and vowed to take back the civilized territory.

The two walked out into the corridor.

Time was running out, and there was no room for humility. Dong Shanxiu said straight to the point in his old voice, "Sir Lin Xuan, I was too excited and rude earlier. It was my fault."

"I'm sorry for my misjudgment of you."

Then, his hunched back bent deeply, and a kind of classical majesty emanated from the old man, as if all the laziness from sitting behind the scenes for a long time had disappeared.

"I don't need your apology, it's meaningless."

Lin Xuan's expression was calm. He ignored the old man's dedication and stretched out his hand to urge him:
"You are here to hand over the command to me, right? It seems that you believe that I can stop Ji Shou Ming Yi?"

"Then stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

"I just tried to scare them to stabilize their morale. If I can't get all the tactical support, I won't be able to hold out for much longer. That's a legendary spirit."

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Dongshan Xiu hadn't experienced such a rough conversation for a long time, and his old face froze on the spot.

Usually, you say something meaningful and I say something Zen-like in the back. It would be best if there is some breeze in between and then the water pond in the yard, which is called "adding water", makes a few sounds.

Both parties were silent, and then smiled at each other meaningfully.

Before coming, Dongshan Xiu was mentally prepared to not lose face in the process.

But I didn't expect it.

Lin Xuan's attitude towards him was indeed impolite, but the direction of this impoliteness was simple and crude, and its main feature was pragmatism.

"Could it be that you knew I would come?" the old man asked subconsciously while he was stunned.

Lin Xuan nodded as a matter of course.

Said: "Faced with a darkened legendary spirit, who may go completely crazy and start killing people at any time."

"He's almost 70 years old, but instead of enjoying his retirement in a luxurious mansion, he's going to the front line to get himself killed."

"Could it be that he is a conservative person who refuses to fight?"

Not only that.

The document that Lin Xuan had read earlier.

It took more than three years and countless human and material resources to thoroughly guard the core secrets of the "Soul Purification and Spirit Resolving Array" disguise plan.
The person who proposed this plan was the old man in front of him, Dongshan Xiu.

In the broken space-time war zones throughout the world, the overall situation is now calm.

Relying on his own prestige, he insisted on pushing forward such a radical capture operation.
If this fails again, all the losses will be wasted. Once again, just like the seven times before, it was easily disintegrated by Ji Shou Ming Yi.

The old man's status will plummet, and his past glory will be ridiculed and trampled upon by other conservatives.

This was a scheme in which he risked his political status and the reputation he had built up in the first half of his life.

The reason for such an adventure is very simple.

The strength of the swordsman girl and the threat she posed to all human cities in the Demonic Ghost Domain War Zone made the old man determined to exile her by any means necessary.

Because he, Dongshan Xiu, is a soldier.

It is his duty to protect the people.

Therefore, Lin Xuan didn't care what the old man thought of him from the beginning.

He was old-fashioned and conservative, and believed that the contract spirit, which had only been summoned for a month, had not yet passed the "running-in period". Past experience made him just skim through the file.

Because Ji Shouming suddenly changed his goal at that time, his years of planning might have gone to waste.

The old man, who was under pressure from all sides at the time, was exhausted.

I couldn't hold back the pressure during the meeting.

But as long as he showed his due strength, Dongshan Xiu would come to him as quickly as possible and act in accordance with his old-school soldier's qualities.

"So now, just hand over the command to me, old man. How many days have you not slept? You look so bad, just have a good rest."

Lin Xuan's dark eyes looked at the old man in front of him.

He smiled faintly and said, "I will not let Ji Shouming continue to go down the wrong path."

"I guarantee that."

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The long sword cut through the tranquility of the eternal night.

Only when the blood gushing out of the opponent's chest splashed all over did he stop moving.

Ji Shoumingyi ignored the "national level" half-ghost boy Qi Ling who was wailing on the ground and was still twitching even though he was unconscious.

The demon race has very strong vitality.

Even if you cut off a hand or a leg, it will slowly grow back.

For the girl, she really prefers to slay the demons.

Because you won’t get killed accidentally.

"wrong."

Ji Shoumingyi stopped.

During this long night, this girl with gray eyes showed a hint of confusion for the first time.

She murmured in a somewhat awkward voice: "My current position has deviated from the straight line. This is not the direction I was originally planning to move in."

"During the battle just now, was I unknowingly deviated? Was it a coincidence?"

Do not know why.

Compared to the seven battles in the past.

Ji Shouming's slow-thinking mind, or perhaps his intuition as a swordsman, subtly sensed something different.

When we cannot compete head-on with our strength, we can make continuous and careful adjustments.
Let the balance on the battlefield slowly, slightly, but continuously tilt in your favor.

This tactic and the macro-regulatory rhythm.

It seemed as if it was deliberately displayed in front of her, making her dazed by the vague sense of familiarity.

(End of this chapter)