Chapter 297: The Power of a Top-Tier Hero
“Codename is [Coffin]?”
Yuz looked at the giant coffin exuding an ominous aura beside the young girl. He forcefully suppressed the nausea that welled up in his heart, and a few transparent small orbs materialized around him again, joining the rotating Spiritual Energy orbs.
As a hero responsible for sudden incidents in the entire area, due to the different divisions of responsibility, he would naturally have more knowledge of the enemy organizations than Asakusa Ryuuya and the others.
In Yuz’s understanding, the only enemy organizations in the entire Tokyo who would be interested in the sealed Great Serpent, besides the Poisonous Snake Cult which was almost completely annihilated a few years ago, would be the [Dark] Organization led by their leader, [Poisonous Snake].
Dealing with enemies from the [Dark] Organization was not the first time for Yuz. Based on the current intel, being able to have a codename and carry out missions alone was enough to prove that the member of the Dark Organization in front of him was definitely not some ordinary character that could be easily dealt with!
More importantly, the other party’s true purpose was not just to break the seal here.
Perhaps it was a trap to lure him in and capture him in one go, perhaps they had deliberately forced him here for some other purpose, or perhaps for some other purpose that he hadn’t considered.
But Yuz also had no other choice; this was a blatant stratagem. Assigning his deputy team to contact the Association and cooperate with the local heroes to guard other important places was the limit of what he could do. After all, coming here alone was, in a sense, a very dangerous matter.
Worry about the enemy’s true purpose resurfaced in his heart, but looking at the disgusting monsters constantly emerging from the Black Coffin beside Kazumi, Yuz knew it was not the time to waste time thinking.
Although the brief contact could reveal the weakness of these mass-produced claw monsters, even the weakest ant could deal with a powerful enemy if it had a certain number. As a veteran hero, Yuz would not make such a mistake again.
A faint blue Spiritual Energy orb merged into the blade of Yuz’s right hand. The originally dim long sword instantly turned a dazzling blue. He stomped his right foot firmly on the ground, and he charged straight forward.
…
“A [Word Spirit User]? That’s a guy with very poor compatibility with me…”
The young girl frowned slightly, her mind constantly searching through the profiles of active heroes, finally bringing up all the information about Yuz to the top of her consciousness.
It had to be said that for Kazumi at this moment, this type of high-agility warrior hero was the most unfriendly.
Before the young girl mastered self-preservation skills such as [Damage Share], [Lich Phylactery], or [Rotting Body], her own body was extremely fragile, even weaker than a civilian.
Although she didn’t know if her half-undead body could still survive after being decapitated, it was clear that Kazumi had no intention of risking her life for such an experiment, especially when the butcher’s knife was in the opponent’s hand.
If it were a body-type or attack-type ability user, Kazumi could still cope with a large number of Ghoul cannon fodder and the Death Aura Energy of her territory. The problem was that for a swordsman like Yuz who was very fast, Kazumi really wasn’t very good at dealing with him.
After all, the opponent had the ability to directly decapitate!
[Strong physical fitness and exquisite swordsmanship, as well as the ability to convert into various types of energy to counter opponents at any time through “Word Spirit” activated by the small balls beside him.]
With the opponent’s ability information stored in her memory, the young girl quickly analyzed her counter-strategy.
[Little Black just blocked his attack, but I can’t put all my hope on Little Black’s defense. If he finds an opportunity, my body definitely won’t be able to withstand that kind of damage.]
[He can even convert Spiritual Energy. Is it because of the ability of another Spiritual Energy user? If so, Little Black’s shell definitely won’t be able to block the next strike. I absolutely cannot let him get close to me!]
[The terrain here is still advantageous to me. Let’s see how far my abilities can go. If it’s impossible to win, I can directly choose to retreat. The purpose of coming here has been achieved.]
Even though she was a little surprised by the strength displayed by the opponent, Kazumi still manipulated her abilities without any emotional fluctuation.
Countless Ghouls poured out of the Black Coffin’s exit, like rabid dogs seeing fresh meat, madly charging towards the rapidly moving Yuz.
And the Corpse Crows, which had been dispersed by Kazumi, gathered at this moment, like a dark cloud pressing down, circling ceaselessly in the mid-air above the rooftop, awaiting Kazumi’s attack command at any time.
While activating the Black Coffin’s abilities, Kazumi’s eyes were also fixed on Yuz, who was charging forward. The moment he entered her attack range, countless flying knives constructed by Death Energy rained down on him.
“Halt!”
The surging energy poured towards Yuz, but his eyes showed no panic at all. The transparent small orbs that had been floating around him transformed into golden “Halt” characters. He directly pushed them forward, unfolding into a shield constructed of thick metal energy, which solidly blocked the large area of attack condensed by Kazumi.
Yuz, who was extremely confident in his abilities, didn’t even adopt a defensive posture. He ignored the rain of energy, and the Spiritual Energy-infused long blade in his hand was like a divine weapon. With streaks of blue sword light flashing, the Ghouls in his path were all cut into immobile fragments one by one.
“Hmm? Crows?”
Seemingly sensing something, Yuz’s speed did not slow down at all. Stepping on the heads of the charging Ghouls, he leaped forward to dodge the Corpse Crows attacking from above. With a backhand, he unleashed a Spiritual Energy-infused sword energy towards the flock of Corpse Crows in the sky, causing a violent explosion in mid-air.
But as the smoke dissipated, the effect of the slash was not as ideal as imagined. The scattered Corpse Crows still maintained a considerable number, like calm predators, waiting for their next attack opportunity.
“Annoying guy.”
In just an instant, with his rich combat experience, Yuz immediately realized the combat value of this group of seemingly harmless crows.
While the Ghoul hordes in front of him were unlikely to stop him with his Spiritual Energy enchantment, the crow hordes in the sky were different. Although they might not even be able to break his protective energy, with their high-altitude vision and three-dimensional attacks, combined with these clearly death-defying monsters, they were enough to slow him down.
And the best way to deal with an opponent with summoning abilities was to break through her summoned creatures and attack the ability user’s true form before their numbers reached a certain level.
Looking at the endless Ghouls surrounding him, Yuz did not hesitate at all. Another blue Spiritual Energy orb merged into the blade, causing the originally dim light to shine again. Several slashes severed the bodies of the first few Ghouls.
And all the remaining transparent orbs merged into a white orb the size of a fist at this moment. The large “Forbidden” character on the sphere was clearly visible even from a distance. Under Yuz’s control, it flew straight into the sky and exploded in the mid-air of the rooftop.
“What?”
Kazumi instinctively wanted to control the Corpse Crows to evade this strange energy fluctuation, but she found that this energy had no offensive power at all.
Just as the young girl was wondering about this, the next moment, Kazumi discovered that all the Corpse Crows that had approached the mid-air of the rooftop had lost control!!
Or rather, they had lost their flight ability?!
[It’s a flight-nullifying ability!]
After a brief moment of shock, Kazumi immediately deciphered the effect of the opponent’s ability. She could even achieve such a large-scale movement prohibition. Was this the power of [Word Spirit]?
Watching the Corpse Crows completely lose their flight ability and fall from mid-air to the ground, blooming into splashes of blood, Kazumi no longer had the heart to grieve for the losses of her subordinates. After all, the most important thing now was the tricky guy, Yuz.
[Wait! Where did Yuz go?!!!]
Shifting her gaze away from the mid-air, Kazumi felt a chilling sense of dread crawl from her back to her forehead. Her black pupils suddenly widened, and her cold cheeks could no longer hold their composure, revealing a rare expression of surprise.
Because…
Yuz’s aura, which had been locked onto by her Death Energy all along, had completely disappeared!!
Just as Kazumi’s thoughts shifted, a piercingly painful killing intent once again struck from behind the young girl.
At this moment, Kazumi didn’t even have time to make any extra movements, as if her entire body had gone rigid. She could only forcefully open her small mouth.
“Little Black!” “Clang—”
The sharp sound of metal colliding rang out from behind her, followed by countless bullet-like fragments striking her slender back. If not for the defensive power of the Human Skin Cloak, they would have been enough to embed themselves directly into her flesh.
The intense pain pulled Kazumi out of this momentary change. Realizing something, Kazumi quickly turned her head towards her back.
And what appeared before the young girl’s eyes was Little Black’s slender arm, which had forcibly caught the opponent’s blade… and the sharp blade, which had broken through the sharp teeth armor and directly cut into Little Black’s flesh, flowing with evil Spiritual Energy!
