The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Standing in front of the horde of evil spirits, looking at the densely packed evil spirits in the sky, even Hachiman Hikigaya, who doesn't have trypophobia, felt nauseous.

Unlike any evil spirit I've ever seen before, the appearance of tonight's evil spirit is beyond description.

Suppressing his urge to vomit, Hachiman Hikigaya summoned his Demon Slayer Sword, and then eerie green flames clung to the blade, illuminating the surroundings.

"Humanity?"

As the Demon Emperor returned to reality at night, he carefully examined Hachiman Hikigaya, who was blocking his way, and then voiced his doubts.

"Sorry, this road is blocked!"

Hachiman Hikigaya, who had no intention of exchanging dreams with evil spirits under the night sky, immediately brandished his demon-slaying sword and charged towards the Demon Emperor after stating his purpose.

"Interesting. I never expected that besides the five great exorcists, Japan would produce another human as powerful as you."

Sensing that the Demon-Slaying Blade seemed to contain the power to injure him, the Demon Emperor did not choose to immediately rush up and fight Hachiman Hikigaya.

Its body quickly floated backward, and then several general-level evil spirits that had been following behind it rushed forward and engaged in a fierce battle with Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Before I went to this other world, these guys might have given me some trouble, but now..."

Looking at the four general-level evil spirits charging towards him, Hachiman Hikigaya took a deep breath and raised his demon-slaying sword in front of him.

"Martial Arts Technique - Aria of the Virgin Mary!"

Like a flash of lightning, Hachiman Hikigaya instantly crossed the distance between them and rushed in front of one of the general-level evil spirits.

Before he could make any move to defend himself, Hachiman Hikigaya thrust his demon-slaying sword directly into the evil spirit's body, instantly churning and shattering its core.

He then went to the second evil spirit and repeated the previous actions.

Then the third, the fourth...

Watching his trusted subordinates being easily dispatched by Hachiman Hikigaya, the Demon Emperor, who had retreated to the center of the evil spirits, had a somewhat gloomy expression.

However, it has no intention of retreating at this moment.

After all, to advance to the Ghost Emperor level, it had to go through countless battles with humans or its own kind.

Unless one of the five great exorcists personally intervenes, it is absolutely impossible for it to flee without a fight!

Not only that, high-level psionicists are a great tonic for these evil spirits who are about to ascend to godhood.

The reason it marked Yui Yuigahama was because she accidentally immersed the bracelet in the stream, which made it sense a huge amount of spiritual power and mistakenly believe that she was a high-level psychic.

"You can continue."

As if unaware that his subordinates were no match for Hachiman Hikigaya, after Hachiman Hikigaya dealt with the four general-level evil spirits blocking his way, the Demon Emperor Evil Spirit waved his hand and ordered another group of his subordinates to charge forward.

I will never act rashly.

This is one of the key reasons why the evil spirit of the Ghost Emperor has been able to live from the day it was born until now and become the Ghost Emperor.

While its kind were being killed by various psionicists for destroying cities and absorbing human life force, it had already fled to the mountainous areas where psionicists were scarce.

After hundreds of years of waiting, it finally ascended to the status of Ghost Emperor. However, it did not openly reveal its existence, but instead chose to continue its lurking, slowly approaching the threshold of Ghost God status...

If it hadn't sensed Yui Yuigahama's spiritual power, equivalent to a top-tier level, and been certain that its Demon Emperor strength was enough to easily handle her, it wouldn't have come out at all, much less have encountered Hachiman Hikigaya, this powerful human...

Chapter 312 Equipment Update

Several evil spirits roared towards Hachiman Hikigaya, but were instantly wiped out of the world by the demon-slaying sword.

A space was cleared up in the field, but it was quickly occupied by a new evil spirit that continued to pounce on Hachiman Hikigaya.

Looking at the dark mass of evil spirits before him, Hachiman Hikigaya felt no panic whatsoever.

On the contrary, he was thoroughly enjoying the constant stream of enemies at this moment.

"Defeat a high-level evil spirit and receive 500 spirit coins."

"Defeat a top-tier evil spirit and receive 1000 spirit coins."

.............

In his mind, the system notifications kept refreshing, and correspondingly, Hachiman Hikigaya's spirit coins were rapidly increasing at a fast pace.

After being besieged by evil spirits for only a few minutes, his spirit coins had already returned to over five figures, and the number of evil spirits he had eliminated was less than one-tenth of the entire group!

With burning eyes gazing at the evil spirits around him, Hachiman Hikigaya swallowed hard, his excitement palpable.

How long has it been since we last met?

Since he killed that ghost king, he hadn't encountered such a large group of people collecting spirit coins in a long time.

More than ten minutes passed.

Hachiman Hikigaya's spirit coins have increased to 50,000, and the wall of evil spirits surrounding him has become much weaker.

Panting heavily and feigning exhaustion, Hachiman Hikigaya deliberately broke away from the camp, creating the impression that he wanted to escape.

Seeing Hachiman Hikigaya's actions, the Demon Emperor, who was already on the verge of making a move, once again restrained his urge to attack.

Centuries of experience have taught the Ghost Emperor that every human psychic possesses a hidden life-saving ability.

Since Hachiman Hikigaya is showing signs of exhaustion, it might as well wait a little longer. Once its subordinates have forced Hachiman Hikigaya to reveal his last trump card, it will then strike and devour him at minimal cost.

Furthermore, we cannot rule out the possibility that Hachiman Hikigaya deliberately feigned this appearance to lure it into attacking...

Under the cold watch of the Ghost Emperor, dozens more evil spirits perished under the Ghost-Slaying Blade.

Among them are some high-level evil spirits, including generals and special-level ones, and one of the general-level evil spirits is even close to reaching the level of a ghost king.

However, the Ghost Emperor remained unmoved in the face of such losses.

After all, as long as it is alive, given enough time, it can always gather enough subordinates on this land.

Moreover, its original purpose in gathering so many subordinates was to use them as cannon fodder to deplete the spiritual power and physical strength of high-level psionicists.

It would be more than willing for its subordinates to die, to weaken Hachiman Hikigaya's fighting power, so how could it possibly care about the loss of its evil spirits?

Hachiman Hikigaya lured the Demon Emperor and his subordinates slowly into the deep mountains.

Finally, when the number of spirit coins exceeded 100,000 for the first time, Hachiman Hikigaya stopped running away, removed his disguise, and stood in front of the evil spirits with renewed vigor.

"Confirm spending 5 spirit coins to upgrade the Demon-Slaying Blade?"

The system notification sounded in his mind, and looking at the Demon Emperor Hikigaya Hachiman in front of him, he nodded without hesitation.

"confirm!"

As Hachiman Hikigaya finished speaking, the demon-slaying sword in his hand, which was gleaming with a blue light, was instantly enveloped in a layer of dark light.

Immediately, the entire blade of the Demon-Slaying Blade began to lengthen and deform...

Three seconds later, as the dark light faded, a brand new katana radiating a pale blue glow appeared in Hachiman Hikigaya's hand.

Did they skip the green section entirely?

Seeing that the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand emitted a blue light, Hachiman Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the upgrade to the Demon-Slaying Blade was not what he had feared.

If it really turns green, he will definitely not use this weapon again until he has accumulated enough spirit coins to upgrade it again!

With his worries relieved, Hachiman Hikigaya began to carefully experience the changes after the Demon Slayer Sword was upgraded.

First, there's the sharpness that's easily noticeable.

Holding the sword in his hand, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but think that there was nothing in this world he absolutely couldn't live without.

To verify his suspicions, Hachiman Hikigaya casually waved his hand at the horde of evil spirits before him.

A pale blue arc of sword energy appeared instantly, then swept past the evil spirits standing in front.

Without the slightest struggle, the evil spirit that was slashed by the sword energy vanished into thin air before it even realized it had been attacked.

"Not only the sharpness, but even the weight of the blade has been reduced?"

The moment the sword energy was unleashed, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately noticed the weight of the Demon Slayer Sword.

If the Demon Slayer Sword before its upgrade required Yui Hihama and Yukino Yukinoshita to barely lift it, now even elementary school student Rumi Tsurumi can easily lift it.

However, even though the Demon Slayer Sword has been reduced in weight so much, Hachiman Hikigaya did not experience any discomfort when using it, as if the Demon Slayer Sword would automatically adjust to the user's experience.

"I'm much more confident now!"

Hachiman Hikigaya tightened his grip on the Demon Slayer Sword and looked at the Demon Emperor with confidence in his eyes.

At this moment, the Demon Emperor's expression turned serious upon discovering that Hachiman Hikigaya's previous weakness was all an act.

There are currently two possible theories.

One possibility is that Hachiman Hikigaya was genuinely acting, and in reality, his strength wasn't diminished much by his subordinates.

The other possibility is that Hachiman Hikigaya is already at his limit, but he is pretending to be at his peak in an attempt to scare it away.

Which possibility is more likely?

The Demon Emperor squinted and looked at Hachiman Hikigaya as well.

Although it doesn't care how many of its minions have died, it's not an easy task to regroup the evil spirits to the same size as before.

It was really unwilling to leave empty-handed.

However, if Hachiman Hikigaya is still strong, then not only would I not gain an advantage but I would also be injured by him, which would be a loss.

Hachiman Hikigaya didn't give the Demon Emperor much time to think.

Just as the Demon Emperor hesitated about whether to make a move, Hachiman Hikigaya had already formed a hand seal, and spiritual power surged from his body, forming a magic array that isolated the space within a 300-meter radius of himself.

[Spirit Locking Array]

Price: 5 Spirit Coins

[Function: Consumes a large amount of spiritual energy to separate the space within a 300-meter radius of the user from reality. Unless the user actively cancels the separation or is killed, no other creature within the space can leave in any other way!]

Chapter 313: Death of the Ghost Emperor

"what?!"

Realizing that he had lost contact with the alternate dimension he used to escape, the Ghost Emperor's originally calm face finally showed a hint of panic.

The reason it was able to think in Hachiman Hikigaya is because it could use its mastery of the power of time and space to instantly send him back to another dimension.