"It's coming! Haruta-kun, cast Astral Vision! "
Upon hearing Summer Night's reminder, Seiji immediately cast Astral Vision.
He hadn't learned this yet, and could only use it with his bonded spirit.
Instantly, his pupils turned blue, and everything he saw turned blue as well. His vision became much clearer, as if he were wearing high-grade night vision goggles.
Astral Vision … Under this vision, the school he saw was completely different from normal.
Various spell formations of different sizes appeared on the school buildings and other buildings. Some of them were still slowly spinning, and all of them were emitting different colored halos.
The largest spell formation was on the school grounds, and it even extended to a part of the school grounds outside the school grounds. It was impossible to see everything at a glance.
Apart from that, there were also chains that linked together in midair, and decorations that resembled totems. There were pieces of paper, lanterns, dolls, talismans, and other wondrous items that danced in a certain location or swam along a predetermined path. It was a dazzling sight to behold.
But the most eye-catching were the demons and monsters that were either stationed at various locations or walking around.
There was a gigantic, green-skinned, bald, one-eyed monster that dragged a sledgehammer.
There was a pitch-black monster that looked like a clump of seaweed, but one could vaguely see many small eyes opening and closing.
There was a troop of skeletal warriors that wore tattered armor and held rusted weapons, as if they were vengeful spirits from an ancient battlefield.
There was a strange demon that was entirely white and smooth. It was tall but extremely skinny, and its long legs and hands were sharp blades. It had no facial features, and only a black talisman was stuck to its head.
…
When he first saw them, Seiji felt that it was an eye-opener.
Most of the demons matched his imagination, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with them, but there were some that he found inexplicable.
There were also a few that he really wanted to comment on — for example, the white and smooth demon. He felt that if the talisman was removed, that demon would be more suited to appear in a sci-fi thriller! And not in a fantastical school grounds.
There were too many demons and monsters, and it would be too troublesome for Summer Night to explain them to him. So, he didn't ask too many questions. He would talk about them after the duel when he had time.
In short, the school he saw with his Astral Vision was very different from the school that ordinary people saw. Only after witnessing it with his own eyes did Seiji truly understand the meaning of the "castle" that Grand Mistress had mentioned.
This was Wanhua Summer Night's castle as a Yin-Yang Master, and it was her fortified territory.
And now, the castle was under attack.
A large number of monsters approached from the ground and the air!
Most of them were monsters with red bodies, horns, and wings on their backs. They were the kind that Seiji saw when he removed the curse on Shika Kagura.
This time, the number of monsters was not as exaggerated as the battle on the soul level, but there should be a few thousand of them. They surged towards the school like a tide.
When they got close to a certain distance, part of the school's array suddenly lit up. Then, an orange light burst out and shone on the monsters, instantly destroying most of them into smoke.
The remaining few continued forward.
Another part of the campus lit up, and countless light bullets of various colors appeared out of thin air, shooting toward the remaining enemy monsters like a barrage of bullets.
After another round of attacks, there were only a few dozen monsters left.
When they broke into the school, more than half of them were destroyed by the barrier. In the end, there were only a pitiful dozen or so left, and they were all annihilated by the samurai skeletons that passed by with arrows and swords.
It felt like a tower defense game. Seiji rubbed his chin in contemplation.
Actually, this was indeed a tower defense game. The enemy had to destroy the defensive points on this side, and the enemy had to defend this side, which was the same as a tower defense game.
On top of that, if he viewed Yin-Yang Masters as summoners, and Spirit-branded Retainers as heroes … then this was basically the League of Legends!
'Come, shout "Dema O' ya! '
'Cough cough, calm down.'
Seiji was only a temporary Spirit-branded Retainer, and a noob at that. He felt that if he compared himself to a hero, he could only be compared to Gaia O.
A permanently free newbie hero with no cost to its skills and only a cooldown time. It was easy to learn and had both offense and defense, but it also had an obvious weakness, so it should be …
'Oh, I got too distracted.'
Seiji hurriedly returned to his senses.
He saw that a new wave of monsters had spawned, and they were just as aggressive as before.
How long would this attack and defense last? Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard a muffled sound from the side.
"It's Rona Kagura."
Summer Night said as she immediately jumped off the fence and ran to the right.
Seiji followed after her.
The two of them cast [Body-strengthening spell] on themselves and quickly moved around. They jumped off the rooftop and ran, and soon saw what was happening.
Rona was currently fighting against a man wearing strange black clothing.
The current Rona was different from how Seiji usually saw her. Her entire body was shrouded in dark red smoke, and her petite figure was faintly discernible. Her eyes were especially bright in the smoke, flashing green and blue. Every time she moved, two streaks of light would appear.
She was on all fours, just like a real cat. Her movements were fast and nimble, sometimes as graceful as the wind, and sometimes as fast as lightning.
The man wearing what seemed to be a special forces uniform was pitch-black and had a black hood over his head. He was dressed in standard Nightwalker attire, and he was holding two submachine guns … or rather, strange guns that resembled submachine guns. He was furiously firing at Seiji!
But it was ineffective.
Rona dodged most of the bullets, and only a few hit her. With the protection of the smoke, she wasn't injured at all.
She moved to the man's blind spots again and again, and attacked him at lightning speed.
The man barely managed to parry her attacks. Perhaps he felt that he couldn't continue like this, so he abandoned one of his guns and wanted to change his weapon …
* Bang!! *
The moment he abandoned his gun, Rona suddenly charged at him at an even faster speed, and sent him flying!
The man was obviously injured and panicked. He didn't have time to take out a new weapon, and he lost his balance …
* Bang! Bang!!! * Bang!!! *
There were three consecutive loud bangs, and three consecutive attacks in the air.
The first two attacks were too fast, so Seiji couldn't see them clearly.
But for the last attack, he clearly saw that Rona kicked the man's head with both feet, kicking him down from the air, and he smashed into the ground like a meteor!
After a loud boom, there was a large crater in the ground. The black-clothed man's entire body was inside, and only his lower body was visible.
Firstblood！ What a classic way to die … no, he wasn't dead yet.
In Seiji's [Astral Vision], the man's body was still colored, which meant that his soul was still alive.
"It's Okubo's temporary Spirit-branded Retainer," Summer Night said after observing.
"His combat uniform is a special type for scouts, which means that this Spirit-branded Retainer is a scout … he probably snuck in while the demons were attacking and the defenses were lowered. His goal was to find out the specific location of the defenses."
"Did he succeed? Er … what I mean is, is it possible that he already found out the location and sent out the information? "
"That's impossible. It's impossible for him to find out in such a short amount of time."
"Oh … then what should we do next?"
Seiji glanced at the fallen enemy Spirit-branded Retainer, and then asked Summer Night with his eyes what they should do.
"Pull him out, and then I'll seal him and leave him here."
"Will that be alright?"
"It's fine; he won't die."
Summer Night turned around to look at Rona. Rona waved her paw … whoops, waved her hand, then turned around and ran away, instantly vanishing.
Seiji and Summer Night returned to the rooftop after dealing with the black-clothed man.
They just happened to see the second wave of demons vanquished.
"Will there be more?"
"I don't think so. The scout Spirit-branded Retainer has already been defeated by us, so there's no point in him continuing to attack like this; it'll only be a waste of Mana. "
"In that case, it should be …"
Before Seiji could finish his sentence, he saw a car drive out from the corner of the street.
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