Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the almost paralyzed nobles of the Holy Zhou Kingdom and the few remaining foreign guests evacuated to a relatively safe place once again.

The Empress wasn't afraid and even wanted to stay and watch the battle... If she hadn't known that her body was too old, she would have even considered using her hero power again to join the fight.

Fortunately, the palace maids and guards who were protecting the Empress did not let her act recklessly. They somewhat forcibly took her away from the scene and hid her in the nearest secret room.

Yuan Tingxue and Yi Youyou also took this opportunity to adjust their state and rejoin the battle.

Unfortunately, their attack methods relied too much on supernatural power. Even with Qin Huanyu and Wu Xiqun in front of them, allowing them to unleash their full power, they couldn't deal much effective damage.

Yuan Tingxue's Five Elements Divine Thunder could penetrate Qin Huanyu's armor, but a body coated with Absolute Spirit Iron and a body made of Absolute Spirit Iron with a purity of over 80% are two different things.

Whether it's the Sunflower Water Divine Thunder, the Wood Divine Thunder, the Fire Divine Thunder, the Earth Divine Thunder, or the Metal Divine Thunder, none of them have any effect on the Octopus Archbishop; they can't even paralyze him.

The flying sword's pure physical attack was somewhat effective. The Spirit Iron's physical resistance was not high, and the flying sword, which could cut through iron like mud, should have been able to severely injure the Octopus Archbishop.

Unfortunately, Yuan Tingxue made the same mistake as Qin Huanyu before. She didn't expect that the Octopus Archbishop had a highly corrosive acid spray attack, which also hit her flying sword, causing severe damage... In fact, it was precisely because they knew that even her flying sword couldn't withstand it that Wu Xiqun and Yi Youyou had loudly warned Qin Huanyu to be careful, but it was still too late.

Yi Youyou's super-heavy marbles were also ineffective. The marbles she had infused with her power would return to their original weight when they hit the Octopus Archbishop... Even if some kinetic energy remained, their destructive power was very weak.

After all, the Spirit-Extinguishing Iron is still iron. Its physical properties are not as good as divine weapons such as the Dragon-Slaying Mace and flying swords, but it is not something that a marble without the blessing of extraordinary power can easily knock over.

However, upon seeing that Yi Youyou had regained her fighting strength, Qin Huanyu's heart stirred.

She recalled her battle with Yi Youyou during the princess selection competition.

She was wearing armor plated with spirit-repelling iron and a chain-alloy blade made entirely of spirit-repelling iron, yet both were ineffective against the cursed doll's effects. This magical artifact's power seemed to affect not the body, but some more fundamental concept; perhaps it would also work on the Octopus Archbishop?

"faint."

Qin Huanyu asked as soon as she thought of it:

"What information does your cursed doll need from its target? Does it have to be its name, appearance, place of birth, and date of birth?"

"...In theory, any information is acceptable, the more detailed the better."

Yi Youyou hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say:

"Anyway, our ancestors used this information to activate the cursed dolls. Other information can theoretically be used to activate them too, but I can't guarantee the effect."

"Then let's try it... Don't resist my power!"

While enduring yet another beating from the octopus archbishop's tentacles, Qin Huanyu packed up all the information observed by the Mathematical Eye and sent it to Yi Youyou.

All of it was data she had collected from previous battles, including the octopus archbishop's height, weight, breathing rate, heart rate, physical strength, power, maximum speed, body surface temperature, and the coefficient of friction between his skin and the air—all information that could be expressed in data.

"Uh……"

Yi Youyou's face immediately turned pale and then red, and a few drops of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Receiving a compressed information package in an instant, like transferring files on a computer, is indeed not something an ordinary person can handle. Even though Qin Huanyu was quite gentle and careful, her brain almost crashed due to data overload, which aggravated her internal injuries. Fortunately, she managed to hold on in the end, and after squinting her eyes for a few more moments to digest the information, she had extracted most of the necessary information.

Although Wu Xiqun did not participate in the exchange between the two, she understood the implication. While the Octopus Archbishop was whipping Qin Huanyu with his tentacles, she once again burst forth with a speed that broke the sound barrier, collecting a considerable amount of the Octopus Archbishop's body fragments that had been blown up by the small missile, and handed them all over to Yi Youyou.

The Octopus Archbishop clearly saw through Qin Huanyu and the others' plan, and immediately intensified his offensive in an attempt to break through Qin Huanyu and Wu Xiqun's defenses and take down Yi Youyou first.

Qin Huanyu and Wu Xiqun had no choice but to temporarily abandon their offensive and focus entirely on defense, standing firmly in front of Yi Youyou and using their bodies to absorb all the violent attacks.

Their bodies were being whipped by the Soul-Slaying Iron tentacles, making a slapping sound. Their clothes were torn in many places, and their fair skin was bruised and bleeding, but they all gritted their teeth and endured it without uttering a sound.

Yi Youyou watched with a heavy heart, but she didn't disappoint the others. With an extraordinary performance, she transformed the cursed doll's slime body into an octopus archbishop figure in less than 2 minutes. Then, she took out an ordinary-looking, even rusty, awl and stabbed it hard into the head of the octopus archbishop figure!

"what!!!!"

The octopus archbishop let out his first shrill scream since the start of the war, and even the tentacles that were whipping Qin Huanyu and Wu Xiqun went limp and fell listlessly to the ground.

"effective!"

Despite being badly beaten, Qin Huanyu and her companions were excited. No matter how strong the enemy was, as long as they could inflict effective damage, they could always kill them... The previous battles where they could only defend were too frustrating.

Yi Youyou was even more excited. After the first attack was effective, she placed the Octopus Archbishop's figurine on the ground and weighed it down with a stone. She then infused the stone with her power, making it weigh several tons.

Just as the octopus archbishop was recovering from the excruciating headache and trying to get up, he was immediately pressed down by an invisible mountain, unable to move.

Then, a cold glint flashed in Yi Youyou's eyes, and she once again raised her awl-shaped family heirloom high:

"You dare hit my Ayu? You'd better die! Die ...

Brush brush brush brush!

The awl was repeatedly and forcefully stabbed down, like the needle of a sewing machine, at a rate of more than three times per second, randomly stabbing the head of the octopus archbishop figure.

The octopus archbishop screamed in agony again, and Qin Huanyu and Wu Xiqun stared at it nervously, trying to confirm its complete death.

However, after screaming for more than 10 minutes, the Octopus Archbishop did not die. Although it looked extremely miserable and in great pain, its life force did not diminish much.

On the contrary, Yi Youyou's face was pale, her lips were a little purple, and her hand, which kept stabbing with the awl, was not as nimble as before, and even trembled a little.

Powerful magical artifacts like the Cursed Doll and the Nailhead Cone must require spiritual energy to activate. Yi Youyou's spiritual energy is almost depleted, yet she still hasn't been able to kill the enemy.

"...It must be an information problem."

Yuan Tingxue, who knew the most about magical artifacts, carefully observed and pondered for a moment before speculating:

"The cursed doll and the spiked cone attack directly at the soul's origin, thus ignoring the target's physical defenses and resistances. However, to truly attack the soul's origin, the target's real name and birth date are the most crucial pieces of information... The information provided by Ayu, while effective, can only cause it pain but cannot completely kill it."

"What should we do? Sister Youyou is about to collapse!"

Wu Xiqun looked worried.

She had rushed up again to try and attack the Octopus Archbishop, but unfortunately, it was nothing compared to the defense of the Spirit Iron.

Qin Huanyu had suggested calling in air support to finish off the enemy with heavy firepower, but after communicating with the nearest military base, they found that it was not feasible.

Both the capital city and the imperial palace have very powerful air defense systems, including not only anti-aircraft missiles but also powerful magical formations that can turn the area above the capital city and the imperial palace into a no-fly zone—at the very least, military aircraft without permission cannot get close.

To send fighter jets to attack the palace with missiles, one must obtain authorization from the royal family, the Fengge Pavilion, and the Minister of War simultaneously, or go through an emergency application process.

However, regardless of which procedure you follow, it will take at least 20 minutes, which is not enough time.

We must devise another way to effectively damage or even kill the Octopus Archbishop before Yi Youyou's spiritual energy is exhausted.

Is there any way?

Is there...is there?

Qin Huanyu was breathing heavily, and even her ears were steaming. She had pushed her brain's processing speed to the limit, and in an instant, hundreds of thousands of thoughts could come to mind and their feasibility could be deduced.

Finally, a breakthrough she made during her special training with Lei Mingming before the Princess Consort selection competition gave her a bold idea, which she found to be highly feasible after some deduction.

"Youyou, stop using the spiked cone! Use all your remaining spiritual energy to add weight to the stone and press this octopus head down firmly!"

Having come up with a solution, Qin Huanyu didn't dare waste any time or hesitation and immediately gave the orders:

"Tingxue, use the full power of the Kui Water Divine Thunder from the Five Elements Divine Thunder! Only use the Kui Water Divine Thunder!"

"This..." x2

Yi Youyou and Yuan Tingxue exchanged a glance. They were both puzzled by Qin Huanyu's order, but they still chose to believe her.

"Your Highness."

Qin Huanyu then looked at Wu Xiqun:

"How much stamina do you have left? How long can you maintain supersonic speed while running around the octopus's head?"

"I can hold on for another day!"

Wu Xiqun first answered with her head held high and chest puffed out, but then blushed slightly under Qin Huanyu's serious gaze, and her voice lowered considerably:

"Gurgle... If it's just running without attacking or defending, it'll probably take about 10 minutes."

"enough!"

Qin Huanyu took a deep breath and nodded to Yuan Tingxue, who had already completed the hand seals:

"Let's do it."

Stab it!

Silver-blue lightning flashed across the sky as Yuan Tingxue unleashed her full power with the Kui Water Divine Lightning.

Qin Huanyu had already taken off again before the lightning struck, and at the same time removed the protective layer of the plated spirit iron on the back of her armor, allowing the Kui Water Divine Lightning to be better absorbed by her body.

Wu Xiqun also started moving after receiving the signal, running at high speed, her body almost turning into a blur as she circled around the Octopus Archbishop.

Although the octopus archbishop did not know what Qin Huanyu was planning, it sensed the danger and struggled to get up and break free from Wu Xi's skirt.

"puff!"

Yi Youyou spat out a mouthful of blood, her face turning even paler. However, her nearly depleted spiritual energy recovered somewhat as if in a final burst of energy, increasing the weight of the stones on the cursed doll and firmly pinning down the octopus archbishop, rendering him unable to move.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah……"

Qin Huanyu, suspended in mid-air, screamed as she was struck by the lightning of the Sunflower Water God, but her eyes remained bright and her mind was not distracted at all. Instead, she was highly focused and guided the lightning into the internal circulation of her armor.

During her training at the Bureau of Investigation headquarters and with Lei Mingming, Qin Huanyu personally experienced firsthand that the Absolute Spirit Iron could indeed be immune to any spiritual element attacks, but it was ineffective against the accompanying physical phenomena caused by spiritual elements.

At this point, she decided to use this approach to completely kill the Octopus Archbishop.

The power source of Qin Huanyu's battle armor is the high heat generated when the reverse cross collar is filled with the power of arrogance, and the high-pressure steam flow generated after the water spirit pearl is combined.

Although this high-pressure steam flow changed from a liquid to a gaseous state, it was still essentially water generated by the Water Spirit Orb, belonging to the category of Spirit Water. Therefore, the attack of the high-pressure steam flow was ineffective against the Octopus Archbishop.

Now Qin Huanyu has added a large amount of lightning power to this internal circulation. The water vapor, which has already risen to more than 800 degrees, has changed again when it encounters lightning, decomposing into hydrogen and oxygen.

Qin Huanyu then manipulated the armor's internal circulation system to guide hydrogen and oxygen from the nozzles in her palms, shooting them upwards towards the octopus archbishop on the ground.

At this moment, Wu Xiqun's supersonic circling had created a cyclone, which perfectly surrounded the Octopus Archbishop and prevented the hydrogen and oxygen emitted by Qin Huanyu from above from dissipating, essentially acting as an air-heating furnace.

Once the ejected hydrogen and oxygen had nearly filled the cyclone, Qin Huanyu unleashed the last wave of small missiles from her armor.

The small missile, with its low explosive charge, was not enough to seriously damage the Octopus Archbishop, but the flash of the explosion was enough to ignite the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, causing flames to shoot into the sky within the cyclone.

"Ugh!!!"

“It hurts, it hurts!!”

The Octopus Archbishop and Wu Xiqun screamed in agony, both of them burning in pain.

However, Wu Xiqun was alright. She was only running on the outer edge, and there was also a cyclone to block her, so she didn't really bear the burning power. With her warrior bloodline, she could grit her teeth and endure it.

The octopus archbishop then began to wail in despair, and its life force began to weaken noticeably.

"It really works!"

Qin Huanyu, who was in mid-air, was overjoyed:

"Quick, Tingxue, keep shocking me!"

Crack!

The silver-blue Sunflower Water Divine Lightning struck Qin Huanyu's back again, which she used to convert the water vapor circulating inside her armor into hydrogen and oxygen, which she then sprayed downwards from the nozzles on both palms, causing the temperature of the flames inside the cyclone to rise once more.

The plan succeeded; Qin Huanyu's deduction in her mind was correct.

Water vapor and lightning, born from extraordinary power, are powerless against Absolute Spirit Iron. However, if they are used to make hydrogen and oxygen and then ignited, the resulting high-temperature flames are considered natural phenomena and can ignore the spiritual element immunity properties of Absolute Spirit Iron.

Pure Spirit Iron has a melting point exceeding 1280 degrees Celsius, but generally less than 1300 degrees Celsius. In contrast, the temperature of hydrogen burning in oxygen can easily exceed 2000 degrees Celsius, which is enough to melt Spirit Iron.

Of course, it's impossible to melt the entire octopus archbishop in a short time by burning it like that; it would take at least an hour.

However, Qin Huanyu did not actually intend to refine the Octopus Archbishop right now; she simply wanted to burn him to death.

It takes at least half an hour for a human corpse to be burned to ashes in the crematorium furnace, but it doesn't even take a minute to burn a living person to death.

The same principle applies now. While the Octopus Archbishop's body is indeed made of Absolute Iron, alien creatures are still living beings; they require the cooperation of their internal organs to survive. Killing it doesn't require completely melting its body; burning it until its bodily functions cease is sufficient.

And indeed, after screaming for about two minutes, the octopus archbishop was burned to death.

To prevent it from feigning death and causing trouble, Qin Huanyu and Wu Xiqun gritted their teeth and persisted for another minute or so, continuing to burn the octopus archbishop.

It wasn't until Yi Youyou's cursed doll suddenly transformed back into its slime form that the four women confirmed the death of the Octopus Archbishop and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Wu Xi's beautiful princess dress was mostly burned off, becoming almost like a swimsuit. She was panting heavily, clearly exhausted. At this moment, she no longer cared about maintaining a princess image and simply lay down on the ground in a spread-eagle position.

Lying next to Wu Xiqun was Qin Huanyu, who was in a similarly bad state. Her entire back had been rendered numb by the lightning of the Sunflower Water God, and the internal circulation system of her battle armor was also severely damaged. After this, her battle armor would have to be sent back to the factory for major repairs.

Yi Youyou didn't suffer any external injuries, but her face was as pale as a dead person. She had used the cursed puppet to continuously control the Octopus Archbishop for more than 10 minutes, which severely depleted her spiritual energy. Now she didn't even have the strength to speak. She was only able to hold on and not faint because of her willpower.

The only one in relatively good condition was Yuan Tingxue. Although her flying sword was also severely damaged by the highly corrosive acid, she still had about one-third of her spiritual essence remaining and was unharmed, so she still had some combat power.

Therefore, Yuan Tingxue needed to take care of her three seriously injured teammates.

She placed two healing talismans on Qin Huanyu's back to treat the electric shock injury. The effect was definitely far inferior to Linglan's medical skills, but it was still much better than nothing, at least it could relieve the pain.

Then Yuan Tingxue gave Yi Youyou a vermilion pill, saying it was a secret medicine for restoring spiritual essence passed down in her family. Each pill was worth more than eight figures in Zhou Yuan, and it was still priceless. Even as the heir of her family, she could only apply for one every six months.

But the pill was really effective. Less than two minutes after Yi Youyou swallowed it, her face regained some color and she no longer looked like a dead person.