Even though Yotsuya Miko had already dealt with nearly ten ordinary evil spirits, and despite the heavy metal music acting as a hindrance, the remaining evil spirits still attacked relentlessly.
So close, I can't take it anymore!
Seeing the evil spirits less than two meters away from her, Miko's lips were tightly pursed, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Hold on... it's not the limit yet... "Hiss ahhh!!!"
A massive evil spirit suddenly stepped within a meter, its salivating, tearing maw aimed at Yotsuya Miko, and a snake-like tongue licked out from within.
Ah, I can't do it.
Yotsuya Miko's legs gave out, and she collapsed to the ground in tears, looking piteously at the surrounding horde of evil spirits. She couldn't take it anymore.
The next moment—
"You've done very well!"
Xia Yu's voice suddenly rang out beside Miko, and then several tentacles abruptly shot out from underground, piercing into the nearby evil spirits.
The evil spirits, pierced by the tentacles, contorted in pain, their bodies suddenly began to swell, and then—
Boom boom boom...!
It was like a balloon inflated to its maximum, and then more air was pumped in, causing the balloon, as a gas container, to reach its limit and then suddenly explode with a bang.
The surrounding evil spirits were all burst open, and ink-like ominous energy instantly spread in all directions, completely obscuring this floor. Yotsuya Miko was also plunged into darkness in an instant.
So dark!
Yotsuya Miko scanned her surroundings but saw nothing. A teeth-grinding chewing sound suddenly rang out, accompanied by what seemed to be the wails and pleas of the evil spirits.
"Mr. Xia?"
There was no answer in the dark space, so Miko could only tightly grip her phone, the heavy metal music still playing at maximum volume.
The gloomy atmosphere made everything feel long. In the pitch-black world, the passage of time was imperceptible, as if she had sunk to the bottom of a deep sea. The light from her phone was the only lighthouse.
After an unknown period, Xia Yu's voice suddenly came from the darkness.
"You can turn off the music, it's a bit noisy."
"Oh, okay."
Hearing Xia Yu's voice, Yotsuya Miko's taut nerves relaxed. With teary eyes, she lowered the music volume and then exited the music app.
At the same time, the ink-like ominous energy began to converge towards the center, and her vision gradually cleared. Xia Yu stood alone in the middle, and the surrounding evil spirits had vanished.
After absorbing all the ominous energy into his body, Xia Yu turned his head and smiled at Miko.
"You did very well, that was amazing. I didn't expect you to last this long."
"Mr. Xia..."
Yotsuya Miko looked at Xia Yu's figure with tear-filled eyes, her fear melting away quickly like snow in the sun.
"I won't pull you up. You can stand up yourself, right?"
Hearing this, Miko hummed in affirmation, propped herself up with her hands on the floor, and forced herself to stand. Her waist was still a bit weak, but she could stand.
Seeing this, Xia Yu also stepped forward. Because he had no physical form, he couldn't help Miko, so he could only let her stand up on her own.
Seeing Miko quickly stand up after experiencing a tense battle, Xia Yu praised her.
"That's very impressive. Logically speaking, after such a difficult battle, I should give you some reward."
"But unfortunately, I don't have a physical body, so I can't take anything out. So I can only praise you verbally. I'm sorry."
"That's enough." Miko smiled, tears still in her eyes. "So Mr. Xia was with me all along. I thought you had really disappeared."
"Uh... this." Xia Yu scratched his face with a tentacle, his gaze drifting. "Mainly, I was afraid that if I were by your side, it wouldn't achieve the training effect, so I had to resort to this."
"It's okay, I understand what Mr. Xia means."
Seeing Miko had recovered, Xia Yu also smiled: "That's good. Come on, let's go eat Daifuku together, consider it a reward for yourself."
"Eh? Can Mr. Xia eat?"
"No, but I can watch you eat."
Hearing this, Miko felt a little embarrassed, being watched while eating... but she didn't refuse, instead smiling and nodding... By the street, Mother God Fortune-telling Shop.
"Mother God, please teach me powerful spirit exorcism techniques!"
Niguredo Yuria stood in front of a fortune-telling shop, pleading with the ancient Takeda Mie.
In Yuria's opinion, Yotsuya Miko was so powerful, she must have had a strong Spirit Medium as a teacher, and as far as she knew, Takeda Mie was the strongest Spirit Medium she had ever met.
Since Miko also had a Buddhist bead bracelet from the Mother God Fortune-telling Shop, it was obvious that her teacher must be Mother God Takeda Mie!
Therefore, Yuria rushed to find Takeda Mie on the weekend, hoping to learn such powerful spirit exorcism techniques herself.
Looking at the high school girl in front of her who resembled an elementary school student, Takeda Mie sighed. This young girl had somehow suddenly become entangled with her.
She even wanted to become her disciple, but she had stopped taking disciples a long time ago. She originally thought that giving her a Buddhist bead bracelet would send her away, but unexpectedly, she was now pestering her again.
"Young girl... didn't I give you a Buddhist bead bracelet? Why are you here again?"
Hearing Takeda Mie say this, Yuria touched the Buddhist bead bracelet on her wrist. She had picked up her broken bracelet and restrung it.
The bracelet Yotsuya Miko gave her was taken as a challenge and put away, silently motivating herself with it.
"Because to be a true Spirit Medium, not studying hard won't do!" Yuria said first, then hesitated and added, "Besides, Miko is so much stronger than me, so I have to work even harder than her."
Hearing this, Takeda Mie asked somewhat puzzled, "Who is Miko?"
"Eh?"
Yuria looked up in shock, incredulously saying, "Mother God, you don't know Miko? Isn't she your disciple, my junior sister?"
"When did I take a disciple I didn't even know about..." Takeda Mie said, somewhat speechless. "Besides, I never said I would take you as a disciple."
"But..." Yuria couldn't hold back. "You clearly gave me a powerful Buddhist bead bracelet, I thought..."
"I never said I would take you as a disciple." Takeda Mie waved her hand, asserting firmly.
Hearing this, Yuria's face flushed red. Just as she was about to plead with Takeda Mie again, her peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure.
She quickly turned her head and saw Yotsuya Miko, who was carrying a pile of snacks and seemed to be stuffing something into her mouth.
"Look, that's Yotsuya Miko, a Spirit Medium stronger than me!" Yuria eagerly pointed in Yotsuya Miko's direction.
Hearing Yuria say this, Takeda Mie casually glanced in Yotsuya Miko's direction, but the next moment, her eyes widened, and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.
She saw a blurry black mist around the girl named Yotsuya Miko; that girl was entangled by a powerful evil spirit.
How could a girl entangled by an evil spirit be a powerful Spirit Medium?
Just as Takeda Mie was about to say something, Yuria had already run towards Yotsuya Miko, and after saying something unknown, she pulled Yotsuya Miko over.
In Takeda Mie's eyes, the evil spirit following the girl also followed her like a shadow.