In Tokyo, building the Holy Light Girls team

boom!

The earthbound spirit's attack came again, almost knocking Sayuri flying. After she finally managed to readjust, Shiroshima's voice reached her ears.

"Sayuri-kun, could you please help me restrain it while I try to find its weakness?"

In Shiroshima's view, the power of earthbound spirits cannot be infinite. If that were the case, it would be no different from a "perpetual motion machine" among ghosts!

In particular, after transforming into the form of holy light, she seemed to be able to vaguely sense that her world had become completely different, and she could see many things that were different from usual, which was the reason why she was so certain!

Although Sayuri was somewhat unwilling, she still activated her holy light once again in the face of the threat of this earthbound spirit.

Seeing the earthbound spirit that seemed to have noticed the white island in mid-air and was preparing to launch a shadow whip attack, the little bear appeared directly beneath it and slammed its fist down: "Your opponent is me!!!"

boom!

Having been struck hard, the earthbound spirit's attention was forcibly drawn back, and Shiroshima seized the opportunity to hover above it.

The cross-shaped mark in her eyes emitted a faint glow, and after a dozen seconds, it finally locked onto the tail of the earthbound spirit!

"Found it! It's right here!"

White Island flapped its wings again and flew toward the tail of the Earthbound Spirit. At the same time, holy light automatically gathered on its wings. When it got close, it flapped its wings heavily!

"Wings of Holy Light!"

One after another, flying blades radiating holy light swept through the air, making a tearing sound as they struck the tail of the flying blades, destroying it instantly!

The earthbound spirit let out a miserable howl, seemingly because Shiroshima's attack had damaged its vital parts. It immediately tried to turn around, but Sayuri's attack came again, finally smashing straight into its head!

"Take this again, Holy Light Invincible Bumper Punch!!!"

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Holy light exploded, accompanied by a final howl, and the earthbound spirit's soul power was completely annihilated. Its enormous form vanished, replaced by a purple crystal radiating a powerful aura.

Shirashima grasped the purple crystal, its face reflecting a faint purple light, making her already stunning appearance appear even more mystical.

"Is this what Teacher Xia Mu was talking about... Soul Crystal?"

In the past, when she used the Shadow Armor, although she had killed ghosts, she had never obtained such an item.

Under the influence of the Holy Light, after defeating a ghost, its body seems to condense into such a crystal, including the Soul Crystal I saw at the zoo last time, which also came from this.

However, she only played with it in her hand a few times out of curiosity. When Sayuri landed from mid-air, the girl turned her attention to her.

Before she could speak, Sayuri had already reached out and grabbed the girl's wings, stroking them and marveling at them.

"It's a different form of holy light than mine, and those wings are so rare..."

Even so, her words were not too surprising. After all, with the help of the Holy Light, Sayuri could also fly briefly, although she could not fly to such a height as easily as Shiroshima!

As everyone knows--

"Um……"

Suddenly, Shirashima made an uncontrollable sound. Under Sayuri's strange gaze, she blushed and pointed to the wings: "This thing... seems very sensitive... Don't touch it..."

Really? Really?

Sayuri's eyes darted around, a mischievous smile appearing on her lips. She grabbed at the wings a few more times, causing Shiroshima to collapse to the ground, her two fair legs intertwined. Soon, they even showed a hint of flush.

dang dang...

Because of Sayuri's prank, the soul crystal fell and rolled forward, only to be caught by a large hand.

"Sayuri, can you please not do such strange things?"

Xia Mu casually stuffed the soul crystal into his pocket, and while speaking, he looked at the azure wings on Bai Dao's back, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

After Bai Dao revealed her holy light form, based on the sensed soul power intensity, she is now no weaker than the girl who once wielded the Black Shadow Armor!

Of course, the increase in strength is only one aspect. The more important reason is that the existence of the [Sacred Artifact] has greatly delayed the curse of the ghost that has been passed down through generations of his family.

The thought that Shiroshima might perish because of this only strengthened Xia Mu's conviction that his choice to entrust the [Sacred Artifact] to her was not a mistake!

However, after Shiroshima became the second Holy Light Girl and showed talent no less than Sayuri's, Natsuki also noticed more room for maneuver with the cross necklace. Perhaps one day, he might be able to create a powerful Holy Light Girl team.

On the other side, under Natsuki's words, Sayuri had no choice but to obediently withdraw her hand. Shiroshima seized the opportunity, manipulated the butterfly clip on her head with her mind, and the holy light emanating from her body dissipated, and she returned to her previous appearance.

Even after recovering, the intense feeling from before still lingered throughout her body. Fortunately, she managed to stand up again with difficulty and cast a strange glance at Sayuri.

"Don't blame me, it's your own fault for being so easy to pet just now..."

Sayuri pouted and deactivated her holy light state. The holy light then transformed into a teddy bear, which she hugged and rubbed against.

"But honestly, it's still the most comfortable to hold you, hehe..."

"..."

Shirashima frowned, but when she saw Natsuki arrive, she nodded and said, "Natsuki-sensei."

"How is it? Is your body adapting well to using the Holy Light form for the first time?"

"Fortunately."

"That's good. As long as you don't use it too often, it should gradually regain its power, and you won't have to be as worried as before."

"Thank you, Teacher Xia Mu..."

Suddenly, Xia Mu pretended to be angry and said, "I don't want to hear any more words related to thank you. It sounds too polite!"

Shiroshima shook his head repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Natsuki-sensei, I didn't mean to—"

"Alright, alright."

Xia Mu waved his hand, no longer teasing the girl. Then, as if remembering something, he looked around and saw the pitted marks everywhere.

At this moment, Shiroshima also noticed, and the two exchanged a glance, both seemingly seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes: "This stadium probably won't be usable for a while, right?"

……

Chapter 52 Shrine

"This is... the origin of that earthbound spirit..."

Back home, after using the cross necklace to devour the soul crystal, Xia Mu suddenly showed a strange expression as memories flooded his mind.

Xia Mu “saw” that a long, long time ago, the Earthbound Spirit was an ordinary fisherman, and the stadium was once a vast ocean.

The fisherman became a spirit bound to the earth because he caught a rare giant sea turtle. Just as he was about to haul in the net, he accidentally fell into the sea and drowned along with the turtle.

Later, the sea turned into land, Tokyo appeared, and a stadium was built here. The resentment, along with the souls of the two, became earthbound spirits, which grew by absorbing the life force of the living who stepped into this place over the years.

It seems that due to the characteristics of earthbound spirits, its main body is too far from the ground, resulting in low efficiency in absorbing essence. However, through long-term accumulation, it has grown to the level of a third-level ghost.

Although it does not directly kill people, it indirectly affects lifespan by absorbing the vital essence of living people.

Based on his previous encounters with ghosts, Xia Mu had no doubt that if he hadn't intervened, the ghost might have become a higher-level ghost over time, eventually breaking through the ground and becoming a powerful threat that wreaked havoc on the area.

As for how long it will take, that could be measured in years.

This also broadened Xia Mu's horizons.

He had always thought that beasts and human ghosts were completely different "species", but the birth of this earthbound spirit clearly broke down this barrier!

"The world is truly full of wonders..."

Xia Mu sighed, then turned her attention to the cross necklace.

After absorbing the soul crystal of the earthbound spirit, the liquid inside the bead was only about two-thirds full. Although it didn't seem like much, it contained the power from the soul crystals of two level-three ghosts and two level-two ghosts!

At the same time, new information appeared in Xia Mu's mind, which, in game terms, would be—

Your skill [Radiant Eye] has been upgraded!

[Radiant Eyes] gains a second ability: It can automatically detect nearby ghosts and mark their specific locations. As the distance increases, the consumption of holy light will also increase!

"This ability..."

Xia Mu was somewhat surprised. He thought that the abilities he gained each time would be different, but he never expected that they could randomly enhance his previous abilities!

He subconsciously used [Radiant Eyes], and a cross-shaped holy mark appeared in his eyes. Unlike before, there was an extra ring at the bottom, forming a concentric circle with the circle of his pupil. Combined with the cross-shaped holy mark in the middle, his eyes looked very mysterious.

Xia Mu also discovered that even without activating the skill, the second new ability would automatically activate without consuming too much holy light, which was undoubtedly a very pleasant surprise.

He originally just wanted to try out the skill when he activated [Radiant Eyes], but unexpectedly, he sensed something in his mind and subconsciously looked up at a certain place, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"This is……"

Although it was very faint, Xia Mu had no doubt that it was a trace of the existence of a ghost!

After thinking for a moment, he simply went out of the house. The cross necklace on his chest shone with golden light, and he continuously poured it into the holy mark in his eyes. His perception of the ghost gradually became clearer.

"It's this direction..."

Before long, Xia Mu arrived at a certain place, looked around at the surroundings, and muttered to himself with some confusion, "Strange, why has the aura disappeared? What's going on?"

In his perception just now, he was clearly close to the location of the target ghost, but after arriving here, the aura disappeared again, making it impossible for him to completely determine the ghost's location.

"Where did they go...?"

As Xia Mu muttered to himself, he looked at a huge courtyard next to him, his eyes narrowed, his legs bent slightly, and he instantly unleashed tremendous elasticity, landing on the wall in the next second.

After his physical abilities improved, he could easily perform such a move. If this had happened on Earth before, he would not only have easily broken the world record, but it wouldn't have been an exaggeration to call him Earth's Superman!

Xia Mu looked around the courtyard and discovered that it was a shrine located nearby. The original owner of this body would come here to worship every year, so he naturally had some impression of it.

"Logically speaking, a place filled with divine aura should be even less likely to have ghosts..."

Halfway through his conversation, Xia Mu heard a sound coming from somewhere and instinctively followed the direction of the sound, slowly moving towards it.

He soon saw a black-haired girl practicing archery in the huge courtyard. The soft moonlight illuminated her face, clearly showing her serious expression.

"This girl is...Rika?"

There aren't many girls' names that Natsuki can remember, but Kanzaki Rika in front of him is one of them.

Since arriving at Tokyo Academy, she has consistently ranked first in every subject, scoring no less than 100 points in every exam, making her a genius among geniuses!

Every teacher adores a student like this, and Xia Mu is no exception. Compared to a twin-tailed girl who struggles with psychology, the difference is striking!

However, in Natsuki's memory, Kanzaki Rika always wore a school uniform, but now she was wearing a training outfit and a red skirt that almost reached the ground. After looking at the shrine again, Natsuki realized that Rika was also a part-time shrine maiden!

Natsuki didn't know much about shrines and shrine maidens, but since there were traces of ghosts in the vicinity, he began to observe them carefully.

As a result, after observing for a period of time, the [Radiant Eyes] no longer sensed anything. Instead, relying on the enhanced senses, it noticed that Rika's movements had shortcomings such as stiff posture and poor accuracy, which helped pass the time.