Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 280 Revisiting Lake Mikazuki
Soon, the group arrived at a mountain hollow.

Further ahead was Lake Mikazuki, but an invisible barrier blocked their way.

Uga Shoji moved slightly closer, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the flow of energy.

A moment later, pointing to a point on the left side of the barrier near the rock wall, he said, "This is the joint, which is relatively weak. I'll use a barrier-breaking talisman to open a gap just for us to pass through. Yokota-kun, be careful of the energy leakage that may occur due to interference."

"Leave it to me." Yokota Teru quickly cast a spell, and an invisible interference wave emanated from it at extremely low power, enveloping the small area.

Uga Shoji took a deep breath, took out a black talisman paper with complex silver runes drawn on it from his pocket, and quickly chanted an obscure incantation.

The talisman emitted a faint light from his fingertips. He waited quietly for a moment until the energy of the barrier in front of him reached a point of extreme chaos. Then, he suddenly pressed the talisman against the weak point he sensed.

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With a soft sound like hot oil being poured onto ice, the invisible barrier that the talisman touched rippled violently. The silver runes seemed to come alive, etching a gap on the barrier that was just big enough to accommodate the constantly twisting motion.

The gap widened rapidly, soon becoming large enough for one person to pass through.

The few wisps of energy fluctuations that escaped were immediately absorbed by the barrier that Yokota Teru had set up in advance, without having any impact on the surrounding area.

"Hurry!" Uga Shoji shouted in a low voice.

Yang Liu was the first to go inside, followed by Yokota Teru, and finally Uga Shoji.

The moment he passed through the gap, the black talisman exhausted its power and turned to ashes. The damaged barrier quickly repaired itself and returned to its original state.

After passing through the barrier, the view suddenly opened up before me.

They seemed to have arrived in a huge valley basin.

The clouds overhead had thinned out, and the pale moonlight shone down, illuminating the scene before us.

Directly ahead, a vast lake lay quietly, its surface as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the dark clouds in the sky and the silhouettes of the surrounding mountains, presenting a deathly and eerie beauty.

The lake water was so deep and unfathomable that it seemed to swallow up all light.

This is Lake Mikazuki.

Yang Liu had come to Fukuoka once before, looking for a "hunting ground".

It was still winter at the time, and the surrounding forests and mountains looked rather desolate, but even so, the lake still gave people a sense of "vitality".

But now, when Yang Liu sees this lake again, she feels completely different!
Even from a considerable distance, Yang Liu could feel the suffocating pressure emanating from the depths of the lake.

It was an indescribable feeling, a mixture of boundless resentment, extreme pain, maddening killing intent, and a power that was almost divine but cold and twisted.

From a distance, the entire lake appears to be the respiratory organ of a giant, sleeping monster, with each silent "breath" causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly.

Uga Shouji's body stiffened the moment he saw the lake, and his face turned even paler.

He subconsciously tightened his grip on the prayer beads, gazing at the lake that symbolized his father's tragic fate with a complex mix of emotions: pain, longing, fear, and determination... all intertwined in his eyes.

“Father…” he murmured, his voice barely audible. Yokota Teru also looked solemn. Although he didn’t have the same personal experience as Uga Shouji, he could vaguely sense the terrifying power at the bottom of the lake.

He quickly looked around and whispered, "This is bad. We can already see traces of man-made structures along the lake... Look over there!"

Following the direction of his finger, one could vaguely see the outlines of some large machinery on the southeast shore of the lake, as well as several temporary metal platforms, on which some kind of detection or extraction device seemed to be installed, with faint indicator lights flashing.

Some people in protective suits were busy near the platform, and several teams of soldiers were patrolling the shore.

"The authorities have already begun setting up the preliminary facilities for the drawing ceremony." Yang Liu's expression turned serious.

It seems that the reason why Lake Mikazuki has undergone such a big change is due to the influence of the official ceremonies arranged in the early stage.

Uga Shouji's voice was urgent: "We must get close to the center of the lake as soon as possible, find the core of the seal, and do it before they officially activate it..."

Yang Liu's gaze did not linger on the facilities, but instead swept towards the direction of the island in the middle of the lake—if that small protrusion could be considered an island.

In the center of the vast lake, there was a raised area shrouded in thick black fog, its shape indistinct, exuding an aura of terror even greater than the lake water itself.

"Is that... a ghost or spirit... there?" Yang Liu asked in a low voice.

Although it was a question, he already had the answer in his heart.

The aura emanating from the center of the lake was exactly the same as the aura of the ghosts and spirits he had glimpsed in a fleeting moment. It seemed that the authorities had acted faster than they had imagined, and they didn't know what method they had used to bring the ghosts and spirits to the surface of the water.

Yang Liu narrowed her eyes slightly, constantly adjusting the "power" of her extraordinary vision.

Soon, through direct observation of various rays, Yang Liu's "vision" pierced through the black mist shrouding the island in the middle of the lake and saw the specific scene inside.

The island in the middle of the lake looks like a uniquely shaped altar. Although it is dilapidated, you can still see the former glory of this altar.

Yang Liu described what she had seen to the two of them.

Uga Shoji subconsciously took a closer look, but couldn't figure it out, though his expression turned grim.

"Do you know what this is?" Yang Liu asked.
Uga Shouji nodded with difficulty: "It's a bit troublesome. That's the core area of ​​the experiment back then, and also the place where my father... was eventually devoured. Now it's completely shrouded in resentment and mutated power. It's said to have formed a small, independent alternate dimension, and anyone who gets close will be drawn into it... I don't know how these guys managed to transport this thing here."

Just as the three were observing the situation by the lake and preparing to formulate their next plan, Yang Liu's brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

His keen senses detected another faint but unique aura, quietly approaching from the dense forest behind them.

It is neither an official nor an ordinary spirit.

Others have also infiltrated this place!

"Be careful," Yang Liu whispered a warning, "a 'guest' has arrived."

Uga Shoji and Yokota Teru immediately became alert, subtly adjusting their positions, turning their backs to each other, and sharply scanning the direction from which the aura was coming.

(End of this chapter)