Heimat der Spirituosen

Kapitel 15

Su Jueming was shocked because he was closest to the parasitic ghosts, and these things might crawl into his body at any moment and devour him completely.

He took a deep breath and shouted, "Spatial Rift!"

Suddenly, the part of him that was entangled by the child's broken body collapsed, turning into a black hole, as if he had been cut into many pieces by the child's body, yet his overall integrity remained unchanged. The tentacles made from the child's fragmented corpse missed their mark, and Su Jueming immediately withdrew.

This spatial rift is a highly difficult technique. It involves creating a random alternate dimension within the caster's body; the portion of the body enveloped in the rift enters the alternate dimension, while the rest remains in place. Of course, it's possible for the entire person to enter an alternate dimension, but that's beyond Su Jueming's capabilities.

After escaping the entanglement, Su Jueming ran backward as fast as he could. The six parasitic ghosts had now completely broken free. The six short, four-legged monsters, as small as dwarfs and with indistinguishable heads and tails, lined up in a row and began to roar in low voices.

Because he was in spirit form, Gongye's injuries had mostly healed, but the toxins injected into his body had not been completely cleared. He stood up slowly from the ground, pale-faced, and looked at the six strange things together with Luo Tianwu, who had finally recovered from the shock.

Su Jueming ran to Luo Tianwu's side, his whole body drenched in cold sweat.

"That...that thing...that thing..."

"Okay, I know." Luo Tianwu patted his head. "It's not your fault, it's just that it was time for it to change its body."

“Six in total,” Lou Lifan said in a low voice, “one for each of us, but they might also attack the weakest one among us.” Gongye’s face paled slightly. “They can reside directly in spirit bodies, so whatever you do, make sure they don’t touch your spirit bodies, understand?”

"Know!"

The six monsters growled for a while, and then one of them, which seemed to be the leader, suddenly let out a long howl, and six black shadows shot out like arrows.

However, to Lou Lifan's surprise, they did not split up to search for prey like the parasitic ghosts he had encountered in the past, nor did they attack the weakest one at the same time. The direction they rushed towards was directly towards him and Tian Jin!

"Oh no! Get out of the way!"

As Lou Lifan shouted, a black halo rose around him. Luo Tianwu and the other three dodged to the side. Tian Jin was a little slower and was suddenly pushed aside by the halo, crashing into the barrier and almost losing consciousness.

The six parasitic ghosts were repelled the moment they touched the light wheel, scattering in six different directions. But the parasitic ghosts had no concept of retreat; the moment they touched the ground, they immediately turned around and used the force of the rebound to charge at the light wheel again. The force of the second impact on the light wheel was extremely heavy; Lou Lifan felt he could almost hear the light wheel make a loud "bang!"

Deflected, they charged at Lou Lifan's light wheel for the third time, and Lou Lifan held his breath, waiting for them. However, this time their target was not him, but Tian Jin, who was resting against the barrier!

"Tianjin! Watch out!"

Tian Jin looked up sharply, and six dark figures were already before her. To be honest, she possessed no combat spiritual abilities; her only powers were precognition and telepathy. But at this moment, no amount of precognition or telepathy was of any use. Was she really going to die here today?

Gongye, who was closest to her, suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "Defense Shield!"

A hand reached out from the side, emitting a blinding white light, and the six parasitic ghosts were all bounced back with a few thuds.

Tian Jin looked at Gongye in surprise, then chuckled, "Hehe...at least I'm not so useless after all...hehe..."

A talisman fell from his hand, and he tripped and fell to the ground.

Yue Sui shouted: "Gongye!"

The toxins from before hadn't been cleared out, and now he'd used his abilities again; no wonder he couldn't hold on.

Just as Yue Sui was about to help Gongye up, Lou Lifan suddenly said, "Never mind him! Yue Sui, what level is your water purification now?"

Superpowers are also graded, but they are generally on par with spiritual power, so most of the time no one will ask this question.

Le Sui was taken aback: "Level C, go!"

"So, it's a natural superpower?"

"Yes." Innate superpowers have an excellent foundation, so it's not surprising that they are higher than spiritual power. Just like that strange Tang Xin, although her spiritual power is not as good as Pei Linhai's, she has strong mental power to materialize and enter dreams, and she can still imprison him.

Even as they exchanged those words, the parasitic ghosts continued their attack, relentlessly ramming into Lou Lifan's halo. Although the ghosts' offensive power had gradually diminished, cracks had begun to appear on Lou Lifan's halo, indicating it wouldn't last much longer.

"I don't understand why they keep attacking me..." Lou Lifan muttered to himself, "But it seems they can't see you at all... You come into my barrier from behind, gather all your power, and when they attack, I'll remove the barrier. At that moment, you use Water Purification on them!"

"What!?"

"You can't do it? Then just wait to die! After they eat me, they'll come back and eat you."

"...I'll do it!"

A gap appeared behind the halo, and Le Sui quickly slipped inside, standing in front of Lou Lifan. He was a little shorter than Lou Lifan, and Lou Lifan's hand could just reach over his shoulder.

"When I remove the barrier later, I will set up an even stronger enhancement barrier around you to boost your power, but I myself will be completely unprotected. Remember, my life is now in your hands."

"I...I understand!" Le Sui's hands trembled with nervousness.

Six dark figures lunged forward again. Lou Lifan lowered his body slightly, placing his hands behind Le Sui's back. When the figures reached him, he roared, "Now!"

The dark halo suddenly disappeared, and Yue Sui made a Zen gesture with both hands. From the part where Lou Lifan touched him, green light emanated from his body.

"The water is clean! Ha!"

With a loud shout, countless water lines burst forth from Le Sui's body, radiating outwards. The ghosts that came into contact with the water lines screamed. One of them immediately disappeared, while the rest shrieked as they flew over their heads, crashed into the barrier, and bounced back, no longer moving.

Luo Tianwu and the others cheered, and Lou Lifan relaxed, patting Le Sui's head, who was still in a daze: "Well done! Kid!"

"I..." Yue Sui looked at the parasitic ghost lying on the ground and said in disbelief, "I can actually purify the parasitic ghost... I can't believe it..."

"That's right! Well done!" Luo Tianwu also came over and patted his head hard. "Even though someone helped you enhance your power, you were still able to completely purify a parasitic ghost. That's really impressive!"

Strictly speaking, purification is much more difficult than attack and destruction, let alone complete purification without leaving a trace.

Le Sui paused for a moment, then shouted "Yay!" and jumped onto Gongye, whom Su Jueming had just helped up, hugging him and shaking him violently: "Gongye!!! I'm so amazing, right!! Gongye!! Haha ...

Unable to withstand the power of his passion, Gongye fainted again.

"Wow! Gongye!"

"Really..." Lou Lifan muttered in dissatisfaction, "There's still one shikigami left, why are you so excited! What will you do when a bunch of parasitic ghosts come later!"

Turning around, I found Tian Jin standing beside me with a serious expression, seemingly lost in thought.

"Tianjin?"

Tian Jin looked at him as if waking from a dream: "Ah..."

"What's wrong?"

"I have a feeling... something's not right... When I was doing the calculations just now, I couldn't figure out the situation of a third shikigami, but the verification showed that there is indeed a third shikigami..."

They looked together at Tang Xin, who had been quiet for a long time, and found him floating there expressionlessly, seemingly lost in his own world.

"Tang Xin?"

Tang Xin did not respond.

"strangeness……"

At that moment, everyone heard a sound similar to the beating of a heart.

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

Tian Jin and Lou Lifan exchanged a glance and looked at Tang Xin, the voice coming from him.

"Tang Xin? What's wrong? Tang Xin? Teacher Tang Xin?"

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

Knock knock!

The sound grew louder and louder, as if it were trying to break through something, and Lou Lifan vaguely remembered something.

"Could it be..."

Suddenly someone shouted, "Li Fan! Watch out behind you—!!!"

Lou Lifan instinctively turned around, and a huge black shadow carrying a stench rushed towards him. In an instant, Lou Lifan was no longer able to reorganize the light wheel shield, and could only watch helplessly as the thing burrowed into his body.

Tian Jin and the others were shocked to discover that the bodies of the parasitic ghosts that Le Sui had just purified had all disappeared.

Even Tian Jin's usually gloomy face showed panic: "This...this is the third shikigami! The fusion of fragments of the dead parasitic ghost!"

Parasites possess strong regenerative abilities and can even combine their fragmented forms into a single, more powerful parasite.

This is the third shikigami that Tang Xin gave them!

Lou Lifan's face contorted in pain. At first, he seemed to be able to endure it, but later he lost control and collapsed to the ground, frantically scratching his chest. It seemed the possessing ghost had entered the deepest part of his spirit and begun to devour him!

"I'll clean him up!" Le Sui hurriedly reached out, wanting to touch Lou Lifan's body, but was brushed away by him.

"Are you crazy?!" Lou Lifan roared with all his might, "What state am I in right now?! I'm a spirit! And it's not outside my spirit body! Are you trying to purify me and take me to the Pure Land too?!"

Le Sui was stunned: "This..."

He looked pleadingly at Luo Tianwu and the others, but they shook their heads. Gongye had already exhausted his abilities while saving Tianjin; his talismans were no longer usable, and the others were helpless...

"If Pei Linhai were here, that would be wonderful..."

Someone said something. Tian Jin suddenly looked up: "Right! Who was the person who reminded Lou Lifan to be careful just now?"

"Huh?"

Just as that thing was about to attack Lou Lifan, a voice reminded him that although it was too late, but...

"Who is that? Luo Tianwu? Su Jueming? Gongye? Yue Sui?"

The four people shook their heads in turn.

"Of course it wasn't me!" Tian Jin said, "That voice clearly belonged to..." Her expression suddenly changed, "Su Jueming! Quickly open a spatial hole inside Lou Lifan's abdomen!"

"Huh? Where does it connect to?"

"I will guide you!"

Su Jueming knelt beside Lou Lifan, placing one hand on his abdomen, while Tian Jin placed his hand on top of it, saying, "Can you feel it? Right there!"

Su Jueming's expression changed as well. He pressed down, and Lou Lifan suddenly let out a long, sharp cry. A pale blue shadow, intertwined with a black shadow, burst from his mouth and landed on a patch of messy grass, splitting into two. The black shadow stopped moving, while the pale blue shadow knelt up and smiled wearily, "Lifan, even you have your moments of carelessness... You can't keep calling me an idiot, can you?"

"Pei...Pei Linhai!?"

Lou Lifan lay on the grass, panting heavily for a long time, then looked at Pei Linhai: "You...?"

A clear voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Lou Lifan's voice.