Yes, I did all of this!

The trident was incredibly fast, but Duanmu Mo reacted just as quickly, catching it, spinning his body along its momentum, and then throwing it towards Cangyuan.

The trident he had thrown was thrown back at him, but Cang Yuan's expression remained unchanged. He smashed the sharp trident to pieces with a single punch.

But instead of simply dissipating, the shattered trident released a bone-chilling cold, turning the surrounding area into solid ice along with Cangyuan.

Bang!

However, the ice did not freeze Cangyuan for long before shattering in the next moment.

"These abilities..." Looking at the surrounding ice, Cang Yuan finally spoke.

"—Your power is more than this, and you know that, don't you?" Duanmu Mo began to drift deeper into the seal as she was frozen.

"It's just that you prefer to use direct power, while I prefer its unpredictable aspect."

Duanmu Mo raised his hand and beckoned to her with his finger: "Want to fight again? If not, I'm running away~"

"Humph."

Water surged around Cang Yuan and rushed towards him again.

. . . . . .

Meanwhile, after the magical girls threw Neville into the vortex for Cang Yuan to deal with, they began their attack on the zombie monster.

The zombie monster had already absorbed the green orb, but it was too late to leave. The four magical girls attacked it relentlessly, giving it no chance to retaliate.

"Focus your attack on the Key to the Underworld within your body!"

Cangyi shouted, and the crowd quickly bombarded its body.

"Tsk, it's even harder than before."

After delivering a powerful punch to its body, Yuhi looked at its body with a look of disgust.

"Watch out! I sense another presence approaching!"

As Huangyi slashed at its side, it suddenly sensed something and shouted in a certain direction.

Not everyone possesses Neville's ghostly ability to hide. The next moment, they saw the hanged ghost appear in a corner not far away, with a large number of tentacles growing behind it, which it used to move quickly.

"How annoying..." Yuhi's face darkened, revealing annoyance: "I should have thrown this weirdo into the seal as well."

“But we don’t have that time anymore.” Huangyi stroked the wrist guard in his hand, frowning.

"..." Cangyi remained silent, dodging the zombie monster's attacks while glancing at the hanged ghost.

The hanged man still bears the marks from a few days ago, so Leviathan probably couldn't create this monster so frequently.

"...Everyone, let's abandon this zombie monster for now and kill this hanged ghost monster."

"What?" Xi Ri looked displeased and glanced at Cang Yi. "Why?"

"We can't keep it with the help of other strange people, so let's just get rid of this hanged ghost."

Others might not understand it too deeply, but Cangyi had her own considerations. Besides the fact that what she said was true, there was another point.

Killing this hanged ghost would create a gap in Leviathan's fighting force, so if they want to keep the Key to the Underworld next time, they can only turn to Neville for help.

Regardless of how Neville fills the gap in combat power, I believe that guy will definitely give the sea monster a good slash.

Therefore, all everyone needs to do is kill this hanged monster, and the rest can be left to Neville.

"...Okay, that works too." Xi Ri was convinced by Cang Yi's decisive decision, nodded, and looked at the hanged ghost.

Chapter 454: Suffering a Setback

boom!

Two violent forces erupted in the sea. Cangyuan floated motionless in the water, his body standing firm like a high mountain.

Meanwhile, Duanmu Mo, his body crackling with electricity, struggled to retreat a short distance.

"Hmm..."

Duanmu Mo was breathing heavily; his body had reached its limit, and he hadn't been this disheveled in a long time.

“When the strength is equal, a battle cannot be decided in a short time, you should know that, Neville.”

Unbeknownst to him, Cang Yuan had grown several feet taller and was looking down at him from above.

They're so cute in everyday life, how come they become so fierce when they're fighting... like an orca.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Mo chuckled, then coughed a few more times:

"Cough cough cough... But even so, I'll be leaving your waters soon."

“At this distance, stopping you would be an instantaneous matter for me.” Cang Yuan raised his hand and grasped the trident formed from flowing water.

Neville's combat intelligence was indeed superb. After fighting her for so long, Cang Yuan only belatedly realized that Neville had brought her to this location.

"That's hard to say."

Duanmu Mo raised his hand and touched the slot on his waist.

His body was nearing its limit in utilizing the power of Cangyuan, but in the end... Duanmu Mo still had other options.

"...People always have to push themselves, right?"

He placed his hand on his belt and pushed or pulled it, and the driver immediately emitted a deep sound:

"Nevil Finish!"

"Forehead!"

An even denser current spread to Duanmu Mo, who immediately took action. A vortex platform condensed beneath his feet, and he stomped down hard.

boom!

— "Neville's End" is a powerful move that concentrates energy into a single point before unleashing it. This move can be used for attacking, or for traveling, as it is being used now.

Although it was too extravagant, it was still determined according to the situation. At this time, if Duanmu Mo didn't run away, would he have to fight head-on?

Cang Yuan's expression changed as he watched Neville fly away.

She hadn't expected this guy to dare compress his power again, which would undoubtedly damage his already battered body even further, and even risk his energy exploding.

Such a massive explosion of energy would kill even ten people outright.

But whether Neville is alive or dead, there is only one thing she needs to do: keep him here.

Cang Yuan immediately raised his hand, and the water flow transformed into golden chains that shot towards Duanmu Mo.

But before he could even touch him, Neville's body vanished from the spot as if it had touched something.

"...It was still too late."

His expression darkened, and Cang Yuan stared at the space before him in silence for a while.

In the end, she turned around and left.

. . . . . .

Bang!

Duanmu Mo suddenly appeared in the air and collapsed onto a pool of blood.

After rolling around on the ground a few times in a disheveled manner, he finally deactivated his transformation.

"Hmm..."

Duanmu Mo, in his freak form, lay on the ground, breathing heavily.

Beneath him lay the blood of all the ancient monsters' corpses, and above his head floated star-like specks of light—the remnants of monster souls torn apart in battle. However, it would take years for them to coalesce, and Duanmu Mo was too lazy to bother with them now.

With a thought, the motorcycle flew out of the card and stopped beside him.

Duanmu Mo, supporting himself on the motorcycle, collapsed onto it, completely exhausted.

The motorcycle, on autopilot, carried Duanmu Mo away from the spot.

He dared not relax yet. It was true that Cang Yuan's domain was outside the seal, but that did not mean she could only exist inside the seal. If she wanted, she could rush into the seal and wreak havoc.

However, her domain exists on the outermost layer of the seal, which, even with the seal cracked open, traps any monsters who want to leave.

As for whether she thought Neville or those strange people posed a greater threat, Duanmu Mo dared not gamble at all and could only keep a distance from that sea area.

After traveling for a while, Duanmu Mo sat down inside.

"Sigh..." Duanmu Mo sighed helplessly, recalling the words he had spoken to Cangyi yesterday, feeling a sense of reaping what he had sown.

He raised his hand, and his body in his monster form was covered with cracks, as if he would collapse if he held on any longer.

Duanmu Mo took out the card from the past and inserted it into his sharp-toothed belt. Golden flames slowly ignited around him, healing his body.

"call......"

A feeling of comfort spread throughout his body, and Duanmu Mo leaned back in the chair with his eyes closed.

He suddenly sensed something and took out his flip phone from the shadow of his trench coat.

"Hey?"

Duanmu Mo answered the phone without even opening his eyes, and Cang Yi's intermittent voice came from the other end of the line.

"How are things on your end?"

"We suffered a setback against Cangyuan." Duanmu Mo's answer was concise and to the point. The other person remained silent for a moment before replying:

"So you plan to... go to the sea monster?"

"I don't want to run into Cangyuan again next time." Duanmu Mo shook his head weakly. "We've come all this way, we can't just leave empty-handed, can we? What about you over there?"

"The hanged ghoul of Leviathan...we have killed him."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Mo immediately perked up:

"That's good, I feel relieved to hear that."

"Heh... what are you planning now?" Cangyi let out a muffled chuckle, his voice devoid of emotion.

"While we're at it, we'll give it a body and see if we can leave a mark on it—after all, I've seen resurrections a few times before."

Duanmu Mo quickly grasped the underlying logic. Bathed in golden flames, he stroked his chin, pondering all sorts of wicked ideas:

"This is good news, thank you Cangyi. Was the plan to kill the hanged ghost yours?"