Why is the Demon King like this?

Within the mirage, a large amount of spiritual energy was absorbed by the mountain of flesh, causing the entire barrier to appear to tilt.

Kamihata Yui manipulated the ribbon, quickly moving forward along the concealed path. Fortunately, Ao Keisuke was drawing fire, allowing her to proceed unimpeded. With the help of the Meiji Shrine's incantation, she quickly found the hidden clues.

"As expected... there are signs of human intervention."

A thunderous roar came from overhead.

"This is..." Shiraishi Chizuru was somewhat frightened.

Shinbata Yui's eyes lit up with golden light, piercing through the thick fog to see the battlefield: "That's Seigaku-kun fighting."

"What?!"

"I need to speed things up..." Shinbata Yui murmured to herself. She made a hand seal and lightly touched her forehead. Golden light quietly emerged from her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, she transformed into an elf hidden in a ball of light.

"Find the hidden spell."

The purest spirits of the mountains and fields nodded docilely, and then golden light burst forth, leaving no darkness to hide.

A series of messages flooded into Yui Kamibata's mind, eventually converging into a single coordinate.

A mysterious force attempted to interfere with the generation of the coordinates, but under the golden light, the Divine Banner Yui grabbed the long ribbon, instantly piercing through the mist and coating the ribbon with golden light, directly connecting the coordinates to the long ribbon.

"Sizzle—"

The golden spirit returned to her eyes, and Shiraishi Chizuru pulled her up, sweeping directly across the numerous obstacles.

Suddenly, a profound curse transformed into a sharp arrow and shot towards them.

Shenfan Yui was already on guard. She rolled up her long ribbon to bind all the curses, and with a clench of her delicate hand, she crushed them into countless fragments.

Before the curse could trigger an alert and send information back to the background, Shinba Yui waved her hand again, scattering a stream of light to forcibly imprison and destroy the warning spell.

Shinbata Yui's expression turned serious. The shrine had already sensed an undercurrent, but they had not yet confirmed the identity of the person behind it, nor did they know their purpose.

Now, perhaps we can get a glimpse of the truth from this incident!

If the shrine hadn't decisively dispatched her, and if she hadn't brought Aoki Keisuke along, it's uncertain whether they would have been able to discover these clues!

"Ms. Shiraishi, I originally wanted to talk to you about some private things between girls, but it seems I can only do that after things are resolved."

I will take care of your safety, but as for other things, I'm afraid I can't be as thorough as Qinggui-jun."

ha?

Is Aoki Keisuke still so thorough?

Chizuru Shiraishi hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Yui Kamabatake's expression and decisively chose to back down.

As for what private things she and Yui Kamabatake could possibly have to say... she was completely confused.

But if she could spend more time with the mystical priestess, she'd have to be crazy to refuse.

—Don't plant vegetables in Aoki Keisuke's field alone.

Because she had always relied on Sei Keisuke and could only let him do as he pleased, Shiraishi Chizuru was unwilling to accept this!

Furthermore, Japanese people have an innate sense of trust in shrine maidens. Although Yui Kamabatake seems a bit strange, at the very least...

She could still run back to Aokiji with her head in her hands and try to get help.

Shinbata Yui put Shiraishi Chizuru into her ribbon, and the thunderous roar in the distance grew stronger and stronger, as if the curtain was about to fall.

The priestess keenly sensed a crisis brewing within the tainted mirage realm.

She quickened her pace, heading towards the hidden spell.

She destroyed the traps one after another, but the sense of danger grew stronger, making Kagami Yui increasingly uneasy. Soon, the last layer of protection appeared before her.

The long ribbon completely surrounded it, preventing any interaction between the spell and the outside world.

At this moment, the distant thunder had reached its climax.

With a deafening roar, Shenban Yui suddenly raised her hand, unleashing a surge of powerful spiritual energy that slammed into the protective barrier.

"Thump!"

The heavy barrier shattered instantly, but the scene behind it made her pupils shrink slightly.

A young girl kneels on a circular altar, her body naked. A rusty butcher's knife pierces her chest, through her lungs and abdomen, and finally emerges from her tailbone. Congealed blood gathers around her body to form a huge magatama shape.

"This is... an evil artifact?!"

The girl lowered her head slightly, a serene smile on her lips.

Under the gaze of Yui Kamibata, she opened her mouth and said, "How beautiful, how beautiful, this enjoyment of blood and flesh will be unforgettable for a lifetime."

The saint lowered his eyes, and I was fortunate enough to meet the Lord again.

My wish has been fulfilled!

Shinban Yui's unease reached its peak. Without hesitation, she unleashed most of her ribbons, wrapping the entire altar layer by layer. At the same time, she began to rapidly chant an evil-slaying incantation.

A magnificent divine aura flashed for a moment, and a sacrificial scene appeared on the long ribbon.

"Immediate edicts and decrees were issued, and thunder and lightning crisscrossed the land."

"The magnificent mantra, the fiery lotus blooms!"

On the long ribbon, lightning and crimson fire intertwined in an instant, and the divinity of the sacrificial image was instantly infused into it.

On the altar, the girl's body gradually shattered, and cracks appeared in the evil blade stuck in her chest.

But all of this was not because of the destruction of Shinban Yui, but because of its own collapse!

After the demon avatar was destroyed and its core was found, the pre-set spell was finally activated!

Both Shinbata Yui and Ao Keisuke's expressions changed.

I never imagined that the person behind this would be so ruthless—they directly sacrificed the evil spirits they had raised and the precious evil artifacts to set such a trap.

The so-called evil artifact is similar to the control artifact, but the production method and the requirements for raw materials are much higher!

No wonder they could create something like the Demon Blade Incarnation...

"Oh no, Qinggui-kun!"

Without hesitation, Shinban Yui banished the two exorcising spells from the ribbon, no longer caring about the collapse of the altar.

Even she couldn't stop the self-destruction of the evil artifact!

Unless she invokes the Holy Spirit!

She swirled her hands in rapid circles, causing the long ribbon to swirl wildly, transforming her into a streak of light as she shot towards Qing Guijie's direction.

At this moment, the entire Mirage Realm was collapsing. The shimenawa rope that sealed off the outside world was swept away by the aftershocks and broke into countless pieces. The shrine maidens guarding the area coughed up blood and retreated in a sorry state.

Shocked, the shrine master Fujitajima tried to stop the situation from worsening, but before he could even touch the mirage, he was thrown back and crashed into the wall, unable to get up.

"Koharu..."

He closed his eyes in pain.

The next instant, the distorted mirage collapsed abruptly!

It was not a natural demise, but a self-destruction guided by a sacrificial ritual!

The headless sword demon brandished his long sword one last time, and without hesitation, plunged it into his own stomach through his chest.

"How beautiful!"

It was at this moment that Keisuke Ao heard countless chilling metallic clanging sounds.

This monster... it actually had a belly full of knives?

Without hesitation, he rushed towards the direction of the Divine Banner Yui, the flowing fire beneath his feet forming a line, and he threw the Wind Howling Sword behind him, which instantly split into a tornado prison, sealing the corpse of the Blade Demon inside.

"boom--"

The evil blade on the altar shattered completely, its rusty blade falling to the dust. The spirits clinging to it were all devoured by the altar, transforming into the most direct destructive force.

The Evil Blade, the Blade Demon, and the Mirage Realm, a trinity, constitute an incomparably profound technique, even deserving to be called a high-level esoteric ritual, with only one purpose:

That would mean the destruction of everything in the Mirage Realm!

Including all traces left by the people behind the scenes!

Spirituality transformed into the purest destructive force, swirling inward along the edge of the collapsing mirage, covering every corner, ensuring that all life and matter would be destroyed.

Within the inner circle of deathly torrents, a streak of light collided with a ball of flame, only to be enveloped by layers of long ribbons.

"Aoi-kun!"

Shinbata Yui hugged Ao Keisuke, her eyes filled with tears, and leaned in to steal his first kiss: "Before I die, I want to..."

"Huh?!" Shiraishi Chizuru's body trembled.

"Don't go to this barbershop!"

Aoki Keisuke rushed over and grabbed Kamabatake Yui's face. Although he felt that Kamabatake Yui could probably withstand the sudden explosion, she would also likely be injured.

Moreover, passively enduring is not his style!

"Open your mind and body, let me take whatever I want!"

"Huh?!" Shiraishi Chizuru was stunned again. Wasn't this even more outrageous than asking for a kiss?

Under the astonished gaze of Shiraishi Chizuru, Shinbata Yui blushed and let out a few soft moans before obediently relinquishing control of her spiritual power.

She was not afraid at all that Qing Guijie might use this opportunity to cast some strange spell on her, and wholeheartedly offered Qing Guijie everything he asked for.

Getting excited!

A spiritual light shone in Qing Guijie's eyes. The spirituality within Kamabatake Yui was far greater than he had detected, but a considerable portion of it was marked with a high-level mark, equivalent to the label "already taken." Even he could not access it through Kamabatake Yui's body.

Unless he first fights the god that Yui Kamabatake worships inside her body...

If they really did that, the three of them could practically be buried directly in this mirage.

It will absolutely be blasted into nothingness by the massive explosion...

Moreover, he wasn't interested in so much spirituality; for him, spirituality was only enough for his needs.

After stealing the spirit of the Divine Banner Yui, he looked at the long ribbons around him and suddenly had a whimsical idea—he could use this control device to play around with.

Although this treasure requires the nurturing of generations of priestesses, it should be possible to impersonate it using the spirit of the Shinbana Yui...

no problem!

Keisuke Ao placed his hand directly on the ribbon, and then, under the shocked gaze of Yui Kamabata, he... seized control of the ribbon.

A pure artifact that only priestesses of past generations could wield...

It's going to be defiled...

hiss……

"That's interesting!"

Keisuke Ao's laughter was captivating; how should one describe the expression on his face at that moment?

The older child who received the toy?

Or perhaps a ruler who controls all the power in the world?

Shinbata Yui and Shiraishi Chizuru's hearts began to race.

Aokiji shook the ribbon, turning it into a white sword tens of meters long, and casually wrapped his arms around the two people who had lost the ribbon's protection.

"Isn't this the perfect time for the Tyrant Sword!"

Qing Guijie rose into the air, and in the blink of an eye, almost all of the nearly one thousand spiritual beings he had seized evaporated.

"Kneel down, everyone!"

He twisted and spun around, and pure white patterns lit up on the muscles of his arms.

Then, the greatsword shone brightly, and its magnificent power descended upon the world.

"Take this beheading!"

The greatsword swept across all directions, and the pure white sword energy surged outwards like a raging torrent in an instant.

In the eyes of Shiraishi Chizuru and the other person, it was as if a white wall that was constantly moving away and expanding collided with another pitch-black high wall.

In that instant, ineffable fragments of light burst, shatter, and merged upon collision.

It's more dazzling than the most expensive fireworks in the world.

Then, all the energy was enveloped by the sword energy and crashed outwards.

"boom!"

The upper floors of the entire building shattered into dust in that instant, then burned and fell in the energy, turning into a dazzling rain of light.

"If the goal is to destroy the Mirage Realm, then it should be my turn."

In the dead of night, Keisuke Ao, with Yui Kamabatake and Chizuru Shiraishi by his side, stood on the edge of the building, gazing at the moon with a sense of wonder.