After they finished their preparations, the two of them headed out together and started the dungeon … whoops, the Inner World.
Soon, they were ambushed by several octopus monsters.
Mika used her red mist to block the monsters' attacks, and then engulfed them and instantly sliced them apart! She absorbed and fused with them.
"How is it?"
"I can feel that my power has increased slightly … but it's not that obvious."
"Maybe it's because these creatures are rather weak. At any rate, it's fine as long as you can control it well. If you feel like something's wrong, tell me immediately, "Seiji warned her.
"Yeah." Mika nodded.
The next few monsters they met were all weak creatures, so the silver-haired girl easily dealt with them and absorbed them.
Something flashed in Seiji's eyes as he looked at her.
Sakura, who had given Mika Mashiro, called Mashiro, who hadn't even hatched yet, a "Spirit Egg."
After Summer Night inspected Mashiro, she said that it wasn't a Spirit, but she wasn't sure if Sakura was lying or not.
A Spirit was a special Spiritual Creature that a Yin-Yang Master raised and personally raised to increase their own power. The Grand Mistress felt that Mashiro was a rather strange existence. She didn't know why Sakura said that she was a Spirit.
Now that she thought about it, Sakura said that Mashiro was a Spirit, which meant that Mashiro's "proper usage" was similar to a Spirit! In other words, the Spirit fused with the host and made the host stronger.
In other words, Summer Night was overthinking things. Sakura's meaning was quite direct — to raise and use Mashiro like a Spirit!
As for what exactly Mashiro was and whether or not something unexpected would happen, Seiji didn't know.
Seiji wanted to ask Yomi what she thought, but the female spirit fell asleep again and didn't respond to him.
The two of them continued walking until they reached a large space.
"Be careful, powerful creatures may appear here," Seiji warned.
He and Mika looked around, and then saw a gigantic dark-gray object descending from the water and crashing onto the ground!
It was a shell … no, a gigantic shell-like creature!
Immediately after, this shell-like creature's shell opened up slightly, and numerous black and sticky tentacles reached out!
Mika used her mist to form a barrier to block these disgusting things.
However, she immediately felt the pressure! These tentacles were stronger than all the monsters they had encountered before.
"Woo …"
Mika gritted her teeth and controlled her mist to counterattack, but … it was ineffective!?
Seiji also waved his long saber to slash at the tentacles, but even though he had slashed at them, the tentacles were still stuck together like liquid.
"The slicing attack is useless!"
He sheathed his saber and swung it with the scabbard. Only then did he manage to smash a few tentacles!
"Only then will the blow be effective."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tentacles quickly regenerated and recovered!
"… It's not very effective."
Seiji performed the Evolved Body-strengthening Technique and transformed into his golden, glittering form. Then, he raised his shield.
BOOM!! Many tentacles were smashed in an instant.
"Mika, step back. Let me handle this."
"Seiji …"
This was the first time she had seen him in such a dazzling appearance. The girl felt that he was very handsome, and her eyes lit up.
She obeyed Seiji's instructions and retreated from the path they had come from, leaving the tentacles' attack range.
After covering Mika's retreat, Seiji cast the Evolved Body-strengthening Mana Shield and began his assault!
He charged forward with his shield, smashing through the tentacles blocking his way, and viciously smashed into the gray shell!!
The shell was completely undamaged.
This monster's outer shell had incredibly high defense! Forcefully breaking through the hard outer shell would take a lot of effort, so he should directly attack the inside.
Spirit Saber, "White Lotus"!
Seiji unsheathed his saber again and added a spell to it, forming a ten-meter-long blade of white light. He forcefully stabbed through the opening in the shell!!
He didn't feel like he was stabbing anything … so he wanted to go deeper.
He stopped using his spell, and after dealing with another wave of madly dancing tentacles, he increased the Mana output for his spell, forming a blade that was longer and thicker than before, and stabbed through the opening once again!
A strange, hoarse sound came from inside, but it still didn't feel like stabbing anything. It just felt like the inside was sticky and thick, and the blade was tightly bound, making it difficult for him to swing it.
Seiji forcefully withstood the tentacles' frenzied attacks, and forcefully pulled his blade out several times!!
The giant shell monster's strange, hoarse sound suddenly became sharp, and then … "Pfft!!!"
A sticky liquid gushed out from the opening where Seiji was facing, and the powerful impact sent him flying, even destroying his protective barrier!!
"Seiji!" Mika shouted in shock.
"I'm fine …" Seiji flipped over and stabilized himself. He swiftly retreated and adjusted his posture. "This thing is rather difficult to deal with, so I'll need some time."
There wasn't much of a feeling when he pulled at its insides, but it seemed to be effective. Should he continue? Or should he use all his strength to break through its outer shell?
… Wait a minute, why did it feel rather perverted?
Seiji thought about how he had just stuck something long and thick into the opening, and even continuously pulled … even though it was just a battle, he subtly had a bad feeling about it.
'Cough, don't get distracted! We're in the middle of a battle. '
Just as he was seriously considering what he should do, Mika called out to him again.
"I should be able to break through its shell, but I need to get closer!" she said loudly.
"… Alright, I'll cover you." Seiji decisively came to a decision. He trusted in his companion.
He moved in front of her and acted as the vanguard, blocking the large number of tentacles that were constantly moving around and opening a path for her.
Mika condensed a portion of her mist into a dark-red ball. When she got close enough, she aimed at the target, activated her power, and shot the ball out!
* Boom!! *
Seiji witnessed the blood-red ball strike the monster's outer shell, instantly erasing a large part of it!
That's right, erasing.
With the ball as the center, a large area around it instantly vanished! It was as if it had been teleported away.
This was the technique that Mashiro had used before during her test … Seiji recognized it.
Erasing everything it hit was truly a frightening effect.
The giant shell monster let out a high-pitched, hoarse sound that sounded like a pitiful scream.
The black, flaky body that was exposed extended even more tentacles and furiously attacked the two of them!
Mika had a pained expression.
Seiji covered her as she retreated while he fought the monster by himself. He cast a spell to set up a spell formation.
The completely berserk monster's tentacles greatly increased their attack power, giving him a lot of pressure. The tentacles even broke his [Mana Shield] several times!
Finally, he finished setting up the spell and activated it …
Sealing spell, "Demon Suppression Bell"!!
* Boom!!! *
A gigantic golden bell appeared with a loud boom and completely covered the giant shell monster, cutting off all the tentacles that reached out!
"So powerful …" Mika exclaimed in astonishment upon seeing such an extravagant and powerful spell.
Seiji was so strong … Her eyes sparkled as she looked at his shining figure.
Most of the shell monster's outer shell was damaged by the powerful spell. It let out an incredibly high-pitched scream before gradually weakening.
When the spell ended, it transformed into a thick blue mist and was about to dissipate.
"Mika!" Seiji indicated.
The silver-haired girl understood and ran over. She used her dark-red mist to absorb the remaining blue mist.
"How is it?"
"I feel like it's much stronger than those monsters from before …" Mika paused for a moment. "But, I used up quite a bit of power when I used that attack just now. I've only just replenished it."
That attack had used up quite a bit of power … that was probably the case. Seiji nodded in understanding.
It would be strange if such a powerful attack didn't use up much power.
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