At the same time, in the Kinki region of Neon, Kyoto,
Luo Shishiro put down the phone in his hand and said to Ozawa, "Kyushu is also ready. When the sky is obscured by dark clouds at dusk tomorrow, we will begin the ritual."
Ozawa nodded, but still felt something was amiss. He frowned and said, "President Yamamoto, I still feel that something is not right with this matter..."
Before Ozawa could finish, Luo Shishiro interrupted him, saying, "Of course, I know."
"Then..."
"So what? Ozawa, let me tell you, although I haven't been on the front lines for over twenty years, I still have the inheritance of an Onmyoji. I know that this formation before us is a teleportation array of some kind, but I don't know where it teleports to."
"I don't care where the person on the other end of the phone sends this trouble. I only care about my job, my family, and my property," Luo Shishiro said, lighting a cigarette and continuing with a blank expression.
"As long as this big trouble can be sent away, I don't mind if it's sent to Takamagahara."
Seeing Luo Shishiro's attitude, Ozawa said no more. The two of them turned their gazes towards Kiyomizu-dera Temple on the high mountain ahead.
Although it was noon, the grand Kiyomizu-dera Temple gave off a chilling feeling.
...
In Mochuan, Tang Jingjing and Zhang Hanshan cleaned the remaining two small snakes in the tree hole. However, only two of these three snakes were considered first-order demonic beasts, so Mochuan and the others had basically wasted half a day for nothing.
Mo Fei processed and heated the snake demon meat again, serving it as the five people's belated lunch.
Chewing on the slightly tough roasted snake meat, the system's voice suddenly sounded in Mochuan's mind:
"Ding, temporary mission issued: Lend a hand or kick someone when they're down. Mission reward: 500 experience points."
"Hmm?" Mochuan read the mission information and frowned. He quietly waved his left hand, and a crow that had been hovering not far from the five of them took flight.
The crow scanned downwards from the air. Sure enough, not far from where Mochuan and the five were, several giant spiders were chasing some examinees.
...
"I told you not to go into that cave! Now look, you found demonic beasts, but there are four second-order white-eyed spiders! How can we fight them?" A bespectacled man shouted while releasing his abilities, using rocks and mud to block the spiders' advance. Kuaishuge.
"You're blaming me? Liang, if you hadn't been so nosy and touched that crystal, how would we have been discovered by the spiders?" Beside the bespectacled man, a tall bald man carrying a昏倒 woman on his back said.
"Who knew it was a trap! I thought it was a treasure, but it turned out to be monsters!"
"Do you have any brains? If that were a mine, would there be any ore left? The military had already cleared this area! Now we don't even know where Huo Tu and Liu Ni have gone..."
"Should we use our watches? Our lives are more important than quotas!"
"Run first! Let's see what happens." The bald man gritted his teeth and accelerated, clearly unwilling to be eliminated by these spiders.
Witnessing everything, the crow turned and flew in another direction.
...
"Sister He, there's a situation," Mochuan said discreetly.
He Lan's brow furrowed. Although Mochuan had suddenly gained a reconnaissance ability, teammate enhancement was a good thing, so she didn't ask further. She simply replied, "Jingjing, see what's happening."
Tang Jingjing nodded at the words. With a flick of her Qianji umbrella, several butterflies flew out from the umbrella and dispersed in all directions.
The spiders' movements were quite significant. Before long, Tang Jingjing clearly received information from the butterflies. She said with a grim expression, "About four kilometers away, four white-eyed spiders are chasing three people, and they are running in our direction."
He Lan's brow furrowed. She asked, "What do you want to do? Hide? Help?"
Mochuan knew that He Lan would not do anything like finishing off weakened enemies, and if he avoided this incident, he might not get the reward. So, he said decisively, "It's not easy for anyone. Let's help if we can."
"I'll listen to my brother," Mo Fei declared immediately.
"Let's help. See if we can kill one or two, then we won't have to search everywhere." Zhang Hanshan's confidence in his and Mochuan's strength had greatly inflated, and he wanted to fight any demonic beast he saw.
"I've rested, I can fight."
"Okay, Mochuan, Mo Fei, and Zhang Hanshan, hide yourselves. Jingjing, you and I will go and lure them over."
"Alright." Everyone nodded and immediately began to act.
...
The bald man and Liang Hui ran desperately. Looking at the increasingly dense forest ahead, the bald man frowned, "Damn, there are more and more obstacles..."
"I... I can't... *pant*... anymore..." Liang Hui had used his abilities several times earlier, and his energy was already greatly depleted. He wasn't paying attention and stepped on a slippery tree root, falling to the ground.
"Liang Hui!"
The bald man wanted to pull him up, but a white-eyed spider had already caught up. Helplessly, the bald man painfully threw a signal flare, attracting the white-eyed spider away before immediately pulling Liang Hui up.
"Hiss... Damn it, I twisted my ankle..." Liang Hui said with a pale face, "Hurry and go... I'll withdraw..."
"What nonsense are you talking!" The bald man put down the woman on his back, took out a submachine gun, and said, "Damn it, I'll fight you all!"
*Da da da*—
The muzzle flashed, and bullets swept across the ground, repelling the white-eyed spider.
*Click*
"Damn it..." The bald man looked at the jammed submachine gun in confusion, mentally cursing the gun manufacturer's ancestors hundreds of times.
Seeing that the spider had not yet approached, the bald man grabbed the woman onto his shoulder and then carried Liang Hui on his other shoulder: "Help me keep an eye on them. Shout if there's any situation!"
After saying that, the bald man continued to run with the two on his shoulders.
However, the bald man's stamina was also greatly depleted. Before long, the spiders gradually caught up.
Just as Liang Hui could almost see the fuzz on the spiders' legs, two clear shouts rang out:
"Might that overpowers the mountains, spirit that commands the heavens!"
"Chiyin Bee!"
A golden slash and several silver-bright needles attacked from the front and sides. The bald man immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Carrying two adult men, he couldn't dodge these attacks.
Thinking he was going to die there, he found that the attacks were aimed at the spiders behind him.
*Bang*—*Whoosh*—
The golden slash caught the leading white-eyed spider off guard, directly shearing off one of its fangs. The spiders behind received a free "acupuncture service," being pierced like hedgehogs by the fire poison needles.
"Go this way, just run, we'll hold off these monsters for you."
The bald man looked up upon hearing this and saw two beautiful women of different charms standing on the treetops ahead. Tears welled up in his eyes, "Okay, I, Old Niu, thank you. I will definitely repay you after the assessment!" With that, he continued to run away with the two on his shoulders.