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The problem mentioned earlier still exists—with insects' pitiful intelligence, they struggle to complete their original tasks after being exposed to the aura of "feeding."
Even if sleep is used to counteract the effects, it can only have a weak effect.
Fortunately, the insects' contact with the outside world is short enough.
One-third of the Fire Ants still managed to self-destruct successfully, giving Ryougi Shiki a chance to catch her breath and escape danger.
At the same time, Matou Ike raised his "little helper" and pulled the trigger several times in succession.
The phosphorescent bombs sped toward Shirasumi Rio's location to avoid any unforeseen problems.
Matou Ike chose to detonate the bullet just in time to inflict damage on it.
The light and flames instantly enveloped Shirai Riyu's body.
But the next moment, just like the play that had just begun, happened.
The crimson shadow, like Shirai Rio's skin, peeled away from her body, keeping the deadly flames at bay.
"Ouch! Mr. Araya may be annoying, but he really didn't lie to me. This Mystic Eyes of Death Perception is ridiculous; it killed me three times in one go." Bai Chun's voice rang out again, "Hahaha, she truly is the woman I've fallen in love with!"
His loud laughter still lingered in the air, as exaggerated and affected as an actor's laughter on stage, yet hollow and desolate.
She considered herself the one who loved Ryougi Shiki the most, and was even willing to accept the devil's gift for her.
Blood dripped from Bai Chun's face. She plucked a few drops off with her fingers and put them in her mouth.
The situation is absolutely chaotic right now; it's a vicious cycle of killing each other.
Chapter 233 Blood Shadow Beast
Her blood-red skirt was stained with wine.
—A futile death messenger.
—A destructive force that drives out humanity.
The Magic Association's records contain some anecdotes about the Dead Apostles.
A monster that kept countless wild beasts inside its body once stained the desert with blood.
There are also different pluralistic monsters wreaking havoc in the Middle East, but those monsters seem to be being defeated by the ruthless generals of both sides.
Whether the monster was too weak at the time, or whether the generals who are remembered in history were heroes who surpassed the monster, the answer remains unknown.
However, one thing is certain: all of those monsters are messengers who regard humanity as their enemy and are there to kill it.
They are called Dead Apostles, and are quite different from evil spirits or fairies that possess people.
They are part of the Earth and also despise beings called humans.
Yes, they possess will; they are the shadow of the Earth itself.
A blood-red shadow kept emerging from Shirai Junri's chest.
They transformed into several ferocious beasts and flew straight towards us like missiles.
————!
They used long knives to cut the lines off the blood beasts, but at most only one line, and that line was on both legs.
The blood beasts' charge did not stop.
“Woo——!”
It wanted to headfirst into Ryougi Shiki's belly.
But the next moment, as Matou Ike pulled back sharply with his hand, the blood beasts seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and their figures stopped.
That's some serious force!
Seeing this opportunity, Ryougi Shiki plunged her blade into the blood beast's left abdomen, where the line of death lay.
The handle was as soft as air, and the long knife went straight into the hilt.
The blood beast remained motionless, then burst forth as foul-smelling blood, splattering all over Ryougi Shiki's body.
The mere filth and grime could not stop Ryougi Shiki's next move; she simply flashed across the ground, kicking a crack into the pile of bones.
Ryougi Shiki rushed towards Shiro Junri like a storm, mercilessly sweeping away everything in her path.
The blood beasts that should have pounced on her were instead held back by some invisible force, standing still as if waiting for her to end.
In a mere instant, the three blood beasts were torn into six pieces by her blade. The remains rolled on the ground for a moment before turning into blood, seeping into the gaps in the bones, and disappearing without a trace.
"what?!"
The voice of Shirai Junri.
Without uttering a word, Ryougi Shiki launched a fierce attack on Shiro Junri's true form.
Blood beasts kept flying out of Bai Chun's body.
The moment the lion-blooded beast appeared, Ryougi Shiki rushed in front of it and cleaved it in two with her sword, head and face splattering everywhere.
Immediately afterward, a leopard-like blood beast pounced on Ryougi Shiki, but just before it could touch her, her blade pierced its skull like an arrow, taking its life without a doubt.
The tiger-blood beast could not escape its fate either. As soon as it took shape, it was like a fragile clay artifact, and was brutally cut in two by Ryougi Shiki, its remains falling helplessly to the ground.
The beasts that attacked one after another all met the same fate.
Whether it's an eagle swooping down from the sky, a giant grizzly bear that you have to look up to see clearly, a shark swimming on the ground, or even a giant elephant that's so exaggerated it looks like a bulldozer crushing everything in its path.
They all met the same fate in the face of Ryougi Shiki.
In the end, nothing could, or even slightly, stop Ryougi Shiki's advance.
All the beasts instantly turned back into crimson blood.
Bai Chun was running away.
However, she was trapped in place and unable to move.
She forced her head to turn, and a spurt of blood shot out from her neck.
——————Tear
The body's movements were supported by strong muscles.
But suddenly his entire body was divided into countless pieces of flesh.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
With a piercing scream, Bai Chun transformed into a bloody shadow and leaped away from his own "corpse".
As if trying to escape, Bai Chun continued to back away.
"Is it spider silk? It really hurts!" Bai Chun looked at her "corpse," shook her head, and stood up again.
The voice was perfectly clear.
"When exactly was this elaborate trap set up? It hasn't been long since you came in, has it?" Shirai Rio tilted her head, looking at Matou Ike with some confusion.
"Forget it, you can't use those spiders anyway, right, Your Highness?"
Shirai Rio is right; the spider silk cannot be re-laid.
Even the net at this moment was secretly created by Matou Ike with a lot of effort.
Resisting the pressure of "feeding" is still too difficult for insects.
Faced with Bai Chun's provocation, Matou Ike showed no emotion, simply saying:
"There was once a magician who transformed himself into a vampire through research, converting himself into a combination of the genes and lives of 666 wild beasts. Are you following in his footsteps?"
"Or is it that the broken Blood Ring of Principle that you have obtained now belongs to that person?"
"Hmm?" Bai Chun pulled a blood shadow from his body and held it in his hand. "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. If you're asking about my abilities, I can tell you, since they originally belonged to you, Holy Son."
She toyed with the blood-red shadow in her hand and said:
"This thing is the soul of the guys I've eaten. Well, actually, I shouldn't say that."
"It should be the one that gets eaten by 'feeding'."
"As for the beast form, it's just that Mr. Araya said I couldn't become a 'lion'-like person. I was a little annoyed by his underestimation, so I decided to mold these guys into all sorts of beasts."
"So the Holy Son's guess was completely wrong!"
After saying that, she smiled smugly, but when she saw that Matou Ike remained unmoved, she suddenly felt bored, lowered her head, and said as if she felt a little regretful.
“You arrived much faster than I expected. To be honest, I thought you would be here much later.”
"Is something wrong...? Can you tell me how you found me?"
Ryougi Shiki glanced at Matou Pond and silently asked herself what to do through the passage created by Matou Pond.
Things are a little tricky.
It's not that our side is weaker than the other side, but rather based on the combat abilities that Shirajun Rio is currently displaying.
With the combined efforts of Ryougi Shiki and Matou Ike, these blood beasts can be easily dealt with.
But that's not the point; their goal is to kill Shirasumi Rio or even capture her alive.
But judging from the fact that she just used brute force and didn't care even when her body was cut into pieces, this shows...
The blood shadow that can transform into a blood beast can also serve as a backup body for Shirai Rio's main body, essentially giving her a second life.
This is also a fact confirmed by Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception; Shiro Jun Rio's death was dispersed across all the blood beasts within her.
To kill her, all the blood beasts must be killed.
Now we have a problem: if Shirai Rio wants to escape, how do we keep her here?
This type of enemy is the most troublesome; Matou Ike even has a feeling of facing a difficult opponent.
Its ability to save its life is too strong.
"Buy some time, I'll figure something out." Matou Ike used magic in his mind to respond to Ryougi Shiki.
Chapter 234 Accident
Seeing that Matouchi and Ryougi Shiki remained silent for a long time.
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