On how PhDs become human evil

"Boom—!"

The shockwave and blazing flames swept out suddenly, and the scorching storm directly crushed everything around it. The already dilapidated street was immediately ripped away, leaving behind a huge crater in the earth, as if it had been struck by a meteorite.

Bai Jie frowned as he glanced at the rainbow giant's arms, which were gradually recovering. "Although it didn't use its full strength, it was able to block an attack. That familiar looks pretty good."

"Such a terrifying attack wasn't even your full strength?"

The blond, muscular man said with lingering fear, then ripped off the black robe he was wearing. A dazzling holy light suddenly burst forth, revealing a magnificent suit of armor hidden beneath the robe.

That's definitely not an ordinary item!

Bai Jie realized this immediately. Although the magic power contained within that armor couldn't compare to that of a True Ancestor, it was definitely at the level of an Elder-level vampire from the old era. During this year, Bai Jie also gained a deeper understanding of the world's structure and developed a rough assessment of its combat strength.

After summarizing, Bai Jie concluded that he was not the strongest in this world; if ranked from the top down, he was probably around sixth or seventh.

This doesn't mean that Bai Jie's strength is inferior to the people before him. Just like the top ten strongest people in the world of High School DxD, there is actually no clear difference in strength between the top ten. Even the four True Ancestors ranked in the top four can be easily defeated by human powerhouses if they are not taken seriously. The reason they can rank so high is firstly because of their immortal regenerative power, and secondly because of the existence of their familiars.

The so-called elder-level vampires of the old era are beings whose bloodline is slightly inferior to the true ancestors. In terms of combat power, they are on par with the highest-level demons. This was certainly not a problem for the original Bai Jie, but now it will inevitably take some effort.

Leaning on his giant axe, the blond, muscular man displayed his well-honed physique and roared, "My name is Rudolf Ostakh! To reclaim the sacred relics of our church! I will use the holy light of this fortress armor to clear away all obstacles in my path!"

Fortress Clothing.

That was the technological achievement of the Church of Lotanlingia in Western Europe, capable of enhancing the wearer's physical abilities by tens or even hundreds of times, surpassing even high-ranking demons, and even possessing a protective barrier that could resist most magic and spells. It was known as the "Holy One" within the church.

Now, wearing this Saint-Berg armor, Rudolf raised his crescent-shaped battle axe high and lifted his right foot high.

"Boom--!"

The earth trembled violently, and a fierce storm suddenly swept towards Bai Jie. In the midst of this storm, Rudolf's crescent-shaped battle axe was already aimed at Bai Jie's head, and it slashed down with the force of splitting a mountain!

"clang!"

The battle axe was firmly held in mid-air by a steel spear.

"what?!"

Rudolf's eyes widened in shock, and in his vision, Bai Jie's arm, devoid of any muscle, swung the steel spear with a single arm, unleashing a Crescent Sweep!

"boom!"

The battle axe shattered into countless fragments in an instant!

"Boom!"

The gun barrel slammed heavily into Rudolf's chest, shattering all his ribs and even rupturing his internal organs under the pressure, causing bright red blood to gush from Rudolf's mouth.

With a single shot, Bai Jie sent Rudolf flying and slung his steel gun over his shoulder: "[Since you're an Onmyoji, your close-combat ability must be lacking,] that's probably what you're thinking, right? But sorry, I'm a dual practitioner of magic and martial arts."

With a surge of spiritual energy, the nearly three-meter-long steel spear transformed back into a talisman, which then transformed into a pure silver steel sword, emanating a chilling and menacing sword aura from Bai Jie's body.

Struggling to his feet from the ruins, Rudolf looked at Hakuge, clad in a fiery robe and wielding a silver sword, and a bitter smile crept across his lips: "Truly, heroes emerge from among the young. So this is Itogami Island... But my long-cherished wish will not end! Go, Astarothie! Reclaim the sacred relic of my faith!"

"You think you have that chance?"

Bai Jie's voice, like that of a grim reaper, echoed eerily in his ears—

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

The light of the Big Dipper descended from the sky, and seven sword beams fell from the sky with the force of falling meteors, directly piercing through the rainbow giant. Seven huge holes pierced through the giant's body at the same time, causing it to be torn to pieces on the spot.

Descending rapidly from the sky to stand before Rudolf, Bai Jie held his sword in one hand, the tip pointing directly at Rudolf's chest.

"Goodbye."

With a flick of his wrist, the silver blade instantly swung upwards, the moonlight-like sword light accurately cleaving Rudolf's brain in two.

Section 377, Chapter 14: It's not like I can't beat them.

"You really caused quite a stir, Ashiya."

Less than three minutes after Rudolf was cut in two by Bai Jie's sword, Nangong Nayue arrived at the scene. Looking at the Foundation Gate, which had been completely transformed into a volcanic area, Nangong Nayue sighed and said this.

Scratching his hair, Bai Jie said helplessly, "I didn't want to make a big fuss, but the other side slightly crossed my restricted area, and before I knew it, it turned out like this. But it's still within my control, I guess."

You're saying this situation is still under control?

Nangong Nayue glanced around at the situation.

More than 80 percent of the streets were completely burned down, and more than half of the surrounding buildings were also burned down. Some buildings were even completely burned down. The green belts also suffered heavy losses, and the spiritual veins were also damaged to a considerable extent.

To put it bluntly, this is enough to send Bai Jie to prison for decades, and the compensation is definitely more than 1.5 billion yen. In the entire history of Itogami Island, there has never been such a serious loss.

“But compared to what might have happened before, this is actually a good outcome,” Nangong Nayue said.

Rudolf Ostach's goal was the relic within the Keystone Gate, which was arguably the most important item supporting Itogami Island's existence in the ocean and even the dragon veins.

When Itogami Island was first built, to cope with the fierce ocean currents and the impact of the spiritual energy flowing from the dragon vein, its builder, Senra Itogami, borrowed the concept of the Four Gods from Feng Shui, dividing the island into four regions: east, south, west, and north. This was indeed a wise approach, but even so, there was an unavoidable problem: the leader of the Four Gods, the Yellow Dragon, residing in the center of the island—the connecting point—required a foundation stone as its key element. However, with the technology available at the time, it was impossible to create building materials strong enough to support it.

Therefore, Chira Genjin turned his attention to magic and obtained a part of the body of a saint from the Western European church to serve as the cornerstone of Itogami Island.

For the Western European Church, this was tantamount to allowing their saints to be trampled by countless demons, a complete insult to their faith. That's why Rudolf Ostach came to Itogami Island alone, with the aim of retrieving the holy relic, even if it meant Itogami Island would sink.

Of course, with the assistance of that rainbow giant, the possibility of the relic being stolen is still very high, because the familiar's ability is to absorb magic power, which is far too effective against the special zone guards like Nangong Nayue, who rely primarily on magic power. If it weren't for Bai Jie, who uses spiritual power, taking action, the relic might really have been stolen, and then all 560,000 residents of Itogami Island would have been submerged by the sea.

That's why Nangong Nayue said, "The current situation is already considered good."

"Anyway, thank you for your hard work. Leave the cleanup to me. Now you can focus on how to solve the women's problem."

"Women's issues?"

Bai Jie was a little confused. Seeing this, Nangong Nayue pointed behind him with her folding fan as if she was disappointed in him. Bai Jie quickly turned around and saw that Lan Yu Qiancong and Himejiro Yukina had been standing behind him at some point.

Helplessly rubbing his forehead, Bai Jie sighed, "Fine, it seems the real trouble is on this side."

"What do you mean 'trouble'? I'm the one feeling completely overwhelmed!"

Lan Yuqian rushed to Bai Jie's side in three quick steps.

"Not long after you went out, a fog suddenly appeared and almost made me faint. Luckily, Himeko protected me. After I followed her out, I saw you fighting with that old man and the giant. That's fine, it's not the first time I've seen you fight, but you didn't have to burn everything around you to the ground!"

"Senior, I agree with Senior Lan Yu on this point. You've really gone too far!" Even Himeragi Yukina started criticizing Bai Jie. "Although I don't know why you're so angry, Senior, Onmyodo is all about etiquette. As an Onmyoji, you should control your emotions better!"

"No, no, no, I can only say that I am a user of Yin-Yang techniques. The qualities that Yin-Yang masters should have have absolutely nothing to do with me. Please make sure you understand this."

Bai Jie is not an Onmyoji in the end; he can only be said to use Onmyoji techniques. He has never received systematic Onmyoji training. The reason he has such skills is simply because he has reached the pinnacle of the demonic path.

The saying goes, "If you understand one method, you understand all methods." Whether it's incantations, magic, or Yin-Yang techniques, they all originate from the same source. For Bai Jie, Yin-Yang techniques are just another form of magic. So, talking to him about the basic etiquette of Yin-Yang techniques is like casting pearls before swine.

Looking at Bai Jie like this, Himeragi Yukina couldn't help but sigh: "But even so, you shouldn't have killed him, senpai. Even though he was a terrorist, you should have subdued him and handed him over to the law."

“The transfer student is right about that. This person’s behavior has violated the Sanctuary Treaty. You don’t need to kill him at all,” Nangong Nayue said as she walked over. “Well, although I think the Sanctuary Treaty would also sentence him to death.”

Listening to the two men's accusations against him, Bai Jie sighed helplessly: "I say, have you misunderstood something? I was very careful, okay? Everyone knows I'm a law-abiding citizen, how could I kill someone so easily?"

"Don't give me that. You split his head in two, and you're still saying he's not dead?"

"It's just that the head was split open. Can't we just glue it back together?"

"......"

Nangong Nayue realized that this kid was planning to deny everything. If it were anyone else who said this, Nangong Nayue would definitely teach him a lesson from society. But she couldn't do anything about Bai Jie. After all, Bai Jie's strength was simply too much. Apart from the four True Ancestors and the Three Saints, Bai Jie was undoubtedly the number one.

This strength already destined Bai Jie to be invincible, and those who could overpower him would never lower themselves to do so. This incident will likely end the same way. The Church of Lotanlingia is indeed a large church in Western Europe, but its influence is limited to Western Europe. Even under the prestige of the First Ancestor, the church's role is similar to that of a city management brigade.

Therefore, Rotanlingia neither had the guts nor the ability to make things difficult for Bai Jie.

"That's probably all there is to it this time. Be more careful next time and don't make such a big fuss again, or it will be a real hassle to deal with afterwards."

"It's fine. Let them come if they want to hold me responsible. I'll fight one by one, two by two, and a whole bunch by a bunch. It's not like I can't beat them."

Interlude 378: Exia is here!

While Bai Jie was fully immersed in the virtual world, some things were also happening at the Narumi Agency.

In Bai Jie's laboratory, Chen and Cecilia led the way, and Kal'tsit, Skadi, Exusiai, Talulah, and Frostnova all gathered there.

Chen and the others would occasionally hold meetings behind Bai Jie's back when he wasn't around. These meetings would discuss things like future family expenses, the order of their weekend dates with Bai Jie, or who would sleep with him that night. Although they were all like a harmonious family of sisters, they still had some competitive spirit when it came to these kinds of details.

Who wouldn't want to be with their loved one?

However, they have gathered here today not for any of the above reasons, but for another important matter.

"Tell me, Exusiai, why the sudden call for a meeting? The regular meetings aren't until tomorrow, are they?" Talulah asked.

"..."

"Why aren't you saying anything? Don't tell me Exusiai suddenly lost her voice."

“It’s much more serious than that…” Exusiai said, trembling, her emerald eyes looking at her sisters. “Don’t be afraid of what I’m about to tell you.”

“Exusiai, we have the Crimson Dragon Emperor, the Holy Maiden of Destiny, the Queen of the Ark, the Outer God Hunter, the King of Calamity, and the Eternal Princess on our side. What do you think we could possibly be afraid of?”

Chen sighed and said.

"Tell me, what difficulties have you encountered, and how can we help you?"

After adjusting her breathing, Exusiai took out a stick from her pocket. Chen and the others were very familiar with that stick, and there were two red lines on it.

"Everyone, I'm pregnant."

Exusiai's words struck Kal'tsit and the others like a heavy hammer, causing them to shout in unison, "Eh?!?"

Kal'tsit, who was closest to Exusiai, snatched the object from her hand and examined it repeatedly with an expert's eye before letting out a heavy sigh: "It's true, Exusiai is indeed pregnant."

"No way..."

"It's Exia?"

"The number of times is clearly the same."

"Ugh... I got robbed again."

Whether it was Chen, Talulah, or Skadi, their faces all showed a uniform expression of resentment. Chen, in particular, had shared a bed with Bai Jie the most times among all of them, but so far there was no sign of pregnancy. Meanwhile, Exusiai had only slept with Bai Jie a few times, and she was already pregnant!?

Kal'tsit put down the pregnancy test and breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's why you haven't been eating lately, you're pregnant! How many months along are you?"

"It's been about two weeks." Exusiai touched her lower abdomen. Although it wasn't visible because of her clothes, she felt that it was starting to bulge. "Hehe~~~ Darling and my child, I wonder if it's a girl or a boy?"

Seeing Exusia's blissful expression, Chen glanced at Cecilia and said, "Although I'm very unwilling, this means Kiana will be the older sister. I thought it would be my and Bai Jie's child."