Mist filled the air, and the forest was dark. It seemed as if demons would ambush them at any moment.
Seiji and the others remained on high alert as they advanced through the forest.
This forest didn't exist to begin with. Just like the mist and cluster amaryllis flowers, this forest was formed by Seiji's Domain.
Seiji felt like the atmosphere here was even more similar to the Blood Moon Mountain.
Even though Kanzaki had fallen, Seiji's Domain hadn't been dispelled. In fact, it was still growing!
The only good change was that the demons didn't appear again.
But if this continued, it was quite possible that the demons would appear again, or something even more difficult to deal with would appear.
While remaining on high alert, Seiji's group advanced as fast as they could towards Yoshihara's location. They gradually saw many cluster amaryllis flowers. Finally, they saw a large patch of blood-red flowers with a strange gray tree in the center.
This tree didn't have a single leaf. Its surface was covered in black runes. The dense branches that reached towards the sky seemed like many hands reaching upwards. It seemed incredibly demonic under the red moonlight.
The location of this tree was where Yoshihara was.
Either Yoshihara was inside this tree, or … this tree was Yoshihara himself!
"Yoshihara-san …" Seiji walked closer to the tree and called out.
There was no response.
Seiji walked under the tree and pressed his right hand against the tree's trunk.
His arm instantly glowed gray. The tree glowed red, and the runes on the tree flashed with light.
Seiji felt his entire hand heating up. It was similar to when he signed the contract with Yoshihara. However, it was gradually becoming hotter and more uncomfortable! Seiji did his best to grit his teeth and not scream out loud.
"Ding ~" A crisp sound like the ringing of a bell rang out. It was the sound he had heard before.
Seiji's consciousness became hazy.
* Ding dong ~ * A second sound rang out.
In his daze, Seiji saw two figures appear in front of him. One male and one female, one black and one white.
Yuuzou Yoshihara … Risa Kobayakawa …
Although he couldn't see them clearly, Seiji believed that they were the two of them.
Just as he felt like he was about to see a touching scene, he saw the white female viciously kick the black male's groin!
'Damn … that was a powerful kick.
As a male, he would feel a chill down his groin, let alone being kicked like this.
Yoshihara clutched his crotch and knelt down, appearing to be in great pain.
Risa raised her foot again and stomped on his body!
'She's quite tough …' Seiji's image of a gentle woman (similar to Mayuzumi) completely collapsed at this moment.
But it was a good fight.
Towards an idiot like Yoshihara, he had to give him a good beating to vent his anger!
Lissa stomped on the ground for quite a while before she finally stopped.
Then, she squatted down and spoke to Yoshihara.
Yoshihara slowly raised her head as tears streamed down her cheeks.
Risa turned in Seiji Mukai's direction.
Even though he couldn't see the face clearly, Seiji could feel that the person was smiling.
"Thank you …"
He could vaguely hear the sound of voices.
"You're welcome."
Seiji smiled back at her.
Clink ~ The sound faded into the distance.
His vision suddenly returned to normal, the burning sensation on his arm receded, and the grayish-white light disappeared.
The flickering light on the tree turned into specks of light that rose slowly and disappeared in the brilliance of the red moon. It was a little sad but beautiful.
… That's it?
Where's the domain? Is it still unable to be dispelled?
Seiji's eyes twitched as he looked at the red moon in the sky.
The spell caster, Kanzaki, had been defeated, and the spell creator, Yoshihara, had been released. The domain still existed!
Was it something that couldn't be stopped once it was activated? Was it only a matter of time before this place truly became a Spirit World!?
No wonder it felt like Kanzaki "accepted his death" so easily. Could it be that he had already finished everything he wanted to do?
Feeling helpless, Seiji turned around and walked back to his companions.
"Yoshihara has already left. But as you can see, the domain still hasn't been dispelled," Seiji told them. "The only thing we can do now is to determine the victor."
The six people present were the only remaining tournament participants. Everyone else had already lost.
Shigure and Keimi were on the Red Team, while Seiji and the others were on the Blue Team. According to the rules, once one team defeated the other, the team battle would end and the final battle would begin.
"I'm willing to admit defeat," Keimi stated directly. "But will there still be any danger if I admit defeat now?"
"Both Kanzaki and Yoshihara are no longer here. There probably won't be any danger," Seiji answered.
Keimi glanced at him and then officially admitted defeat. She confirmed this with the Bloodwine Spirit when her palm glowed red.
No black mist or anything else came out of it.
Seiji, Little Shi, Kanna, and Izawa soon received the Bloodwine Spirit's message and entered the second round of the tournament.
Only their two teams remained. Naturally, they immediately became opponents.
"Master …" Izawa looked towards Kanna.
"Of course, admit defeat," Kanna told him. "It's impossible for us to defeat Seiji and Kagura-san."
"Haruta-kun has already used up a lot of his energy. We have a chance at victory."
"Are you really such a despicable person, Ryuuno?"
"If Master needs me, I can become despicable."
"I don't want to be such a villain. I feel like I'll die an ugly death if I do."
"Then admit defeat, Master."
Admitting defeat without even fighting would be severely punished. However, Kanna and Izawa didn't hesitate at all.
Both of them had a large amount of their spiritual blood drained from them. Their bodies and souls were both injured, and they both knelt on the ground and spat out blood!
"Kanna, Izawa-kun!" Seiji hurriedly checked on their condition.
At this moment, the Bloodwine Spirit determined that he and Little Shi were the final victors! Their hands instantly glowed red. A complex and mystical dark-red spell formation appeared in the red light.
Light flowed on the spell formation, and a bright red liquid gradually appeared in the center. The liquid was translucent, as if it was a liquid ruby. It flashed with a dreamy light.
Seiji and the others were all attracted to it.
"So beautiful …" Keimi couldn't help but exclaim in praise.
It was indeed beautiful, and Seiji could sense that it contained powerful energy.
This was the Bloodwine Spirit!
Seiji didn't know what the most beautiful red wine in the world was like. However, he felt that this spiritual wine was probably more beautiful than any other red wine.
He wondered what it would taste like … would it taste like wine?
When the bright red liquid gathered into a small ball, the spell formation shrank and transformed into a goblet. The goblet contained all of the liquid and then floated over to Seiji Mukai and Little Shi.
Seiji and Seiji were just about to reach out and catch the goblet when a black mist suddenly appeared!
"Hurry and dodge!"
Everyone cautiously retreated.
The black mist that suddenly appeared enveloped the two goblets of spiritual wine. The two sides merged together and then speedily expanded. Soon, the two goblets took on a humanoid form.
A large amount of incredibly dense mist condensed into a physical form. Bright red runes spread across the mist, quickly forming a gigantic body. It had thick limbs, a sinister face, sharp claws, long blood-red hair, and a pair of black and red horns …
Seiji's face began to twitch upon seeing such a large demon.
When the large wine gourd and blood-red axe finally appeared, Seiji's heart was filled with the urge to curse.
Seiji's guess that this realm would develop into the Blood Moon Mountain was now confirmed.
Should he say something like "We meet again?" That bastard! It felt like he was seeing someone he knew!
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