On how PhDs become human evil

Of course, Xiao Gucheng didn't think it was just a simple pet, after all, it exuded an extremely large amount of magic power. In addition, for some reason, he felt that this yellow-haired pet looked very familiar.

"Ah, you mean this thing? It's the Lion Gold."

"...What did you say?"

If Kojou Akatsuki remembers correctly, Lion of Gold is one of the familiars of the Fourth Progenitor, an incarnation of calamity, and its true form is a huge lightning lion, the kind that can be ferocious at the slightest provocation.

But the creature perched on Bai Jie's shoulder right now is clearly a pet cat, at most with golden fur. You're telling it that this adorable little thing that could melt any girl's heart is the familiar of the Fourth Progenitor? Who are you kidding!

"Awooo—!"

Seemingly sensing Kojou's thoughts, Lion of Gold roared and several bolts of lightning shot towards him, causing him to quickly jump away.

(That temper...it must be one of those familiars.)

After all, there's no other familiar with such a bad temper besides the Fourth Progenitor's familiar. But it's really a wonder that Bai Jie was able to turn the Fourth Progenitor's familiar into such an adorable chibi form.

"It's really astonishing that they actually turned the Fourth Progenitor's familiars into their own shikigami."

Nearby, the two observers, Kirasaka Sayaka and Himeragi Yukina, were watching Hakuge and Akatsuki Kojou. Looking at the shikigami-transformed Lion of Gold, Kirasaka Sayaka couldn't help but sigh.

"I was also shocked at the time. To actually turn familiars into shikigami, only my senior could come up with such a fantastical idea." Himeragi Yukina said with a wry smile, "But in the end, we succeeded. Although only Lion Gold was willing to listen to my senior, the other familiars seemed to refuse to work unless they were given blood."

"Are all the familiars of the Fourth Ancestor so disobedient?"

"If it weren't for my blood, the Lion King probably wouldn't have obeyed."

Perhaps because Himeragi Yukina's blood suited its taste, Lion of Gold was very close to Himeragi Yukina, and sometimes even disobeyed its master, Hakuge.

In a sense, Yukina Himeragi has already surpassed the True Ancestor.

After teasing Xiao Gucheng for a while, Bai Jie also stopped playing around: "Gucheng, have you read Teacher Nangong's document?"

"Uh, I've read about it, it's called 'The Masked Parasite,' right? If we just catch that guy, everything will be fine, right?"

"To be precise, we should capture both [Mask Parasites] together."

"The Masked Parasite" is the name given to the mysterious monsters that fight in the skies above Itogami City.

Based on past eyewitness accounts, the masked parasites often appear in pairs and then fight each other until one of them falls.

Scratching his hair, Kojou Akatsuki said with a troubled expression, "Even if you say you want to catch one, I don't have a single familiar right now. All I have is an immortal body and immense magical power. How can I help you?"

"Don't worry, the management of the commune has already taken this into account, so starting tomorrow you will receive training as a professional magic user and practice the use of magic."

"And tonight?"

"Just watch, and by the way, I might use you as a human shield for my defensive descent."

"You're a demon, aren't you? I want to cut ties with you."

"Don't say that, aren't we best friends?"

"A true friend wouldn't use a friend as a human shield!"

Xiao Gucheng was truly impressed with himself for not being driven mad by Bai Jie after all this time.

After waiting on the rooftop for a while, around 11 p.m., the target finally appeared.

An object shrouded in a menacing light danced in the dim night sky; its irregular movements could not possibly be those of an airplane. Strange, almost humanoid figures were engaged in a fierce aerial battle.

Meanwhile, in the exact opposite direction from where the masked parasites were fighting, fireworks rose into the sky, drawing the attention of pedestrians on the street.

This is why the night market is held at this time; the loud noise and dazzling lights of fireworks are indeed perfect for concealing the actions of the masked parasites. Even if someone notices the explosions and flashes from unexpected directions, they won't be particularly suspicious.

"Well, now that we have a target, let's get to work—Kojo, you stay here. Kirasaka, please keep an eye on him. Yukina, let's go, let's go fight some monsters."

"Senior, can you not make things sound so easy?"

Faced with Yukina Himeragi's accusations, Bai Jie smiled indifferently, then picked up a golden shikigami talisman: "Lion of Gold! Please lend me the power of thunder!"

"Awoo!"

The golden lion perched on Bai Jie's shoulder suddenly leaped into the air, instantly transforming back into its massive lion form. The next moment, it disintegrated into streaks of lightning that plunged directly into Bai Jie's body.

"boom!"

Like a Super Saiyan transformation, golden flames covered Bai Jie's entire body, even turning his pale hair golden and standing on end. If it weren't for the fact that Bai Jie had no muscles at all, he would really look like a Super Saiyan!

After stretching his body, Bai Jie let out a comfortable breath: "Phew, that feels good."

"Ashiya, what's going on with you?!"

"Ah? As you can see, the familiars have merged into one, which is similar to a deity possessing another."

Bai Jie spoke with an easy expression, saying things that would make 99% of sorcerers blush with shame.

While theoretically feasible, vampire familiars are not easy to deal with; in fact, controlling them requires sacrificing one's life force. Just controlling them is already such a challenge; allowing a familiar to possess one is practically suicide, as the familiar's power would instantly overwhelm and destroy the possessor.

But Bai Jie did it. With his near-absolute control over magic and spiritual power, he successfully mastered the power that was enough to burst this body apart.

In other words, Bai Jie is now a humanoid familiar!

"Then, let's go!"

P.S.: I've been watching Orb recently, and I have to say the plot is pretty good. I just wonder when he'll pay back his debts.

Lesson 402: Tomorrow is a math quiz; I'm taking the night off to study.

As the title suggests, I have a math quiz tomorrow that affects my participation grade. To avoid failing, I'm currently studying hard and doing practice problems, so I won't be updating today. Please understand.

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Section 403, paragraph 35. Commemorating Nanjing

In the sky, two masked parasites are engaged in a chase!

Beams of light shot out from their wings like laser cannons, hurtling towards their target with a series of sonic booms. However, the two masked parasites seemed to possess some kind of defense, like a protective shield that kept them in place, deflecting the incoming beams one by one.

Undoubtedly, if this scene continued, the battle would never end. However, the two masked parasites did not consider this at all. They continued to wander around and exchange fire, only launching their projectiles at each other at certain specific times.

And it is at this time that the defenses of the masked parasites will show a flaw!

The figures flashed past each other like shooting stars. The two seemed to be evenly matched in combat, but upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the silver-haired masked parasite was stronger, because her attacks were effective far more often than the black-haired one.

However, all of this was interrupted by Bai Jie's sudden intrusion.

Lightning gathered in his hands, forming two lion claws three or four meters long, like external armor. Bai Jie swung them down with all his might against the two masked parasites without any mercy!

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two pillars of sand rose from the ground with a muffled thud, and the two masked parasites, who were originally engaged in a fierce chase in the air, simultaneously created craters of the same size on the ground.

As they rose from the swirling dust, the two masked parasites looked at Bai Jie, who had knocked them down from the sky. Then, the wings of light behind them unfolded to their maximum extent, and orbs of light gathered on the surface of the wings.

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

The holy light rays shot out like a torrential rain, nearly a hundred rays densely sealing off all the corners of space around Bai Jie, completely eliminating all his room for escape.

(Why does this look like the Moonlight Armor's wings unfolding?)

Silently complaining to himself, Bai Jie's body burst with lightning. The lightning that was roaming around him expanded to be thicker than an arm in an instant, supported by excessive spiritual power, and formed a lightning barrier around Bai Jie.

Then, the barrier expands!

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The lightning barrier and light wings expanded rapidly like balloons... I mean, the rays of light collided violently, and countless sparks and points of light immediately mixed together and scattered, with crackling and popping sounds of electricity resounding wildly.

"Chichi!"

The two-masked parasite flapped its wings of light as it broke free from the raging lightning, its lifeless eyes beneath the masks fixed intently on Bai Jie's location—

Where are you looking?

Someone's voice rang out leisurely behind him. Before the masked parasite could turn around, Bai Jie's fist, covered in lightning, had already slammed into the black-haired parasite's face, smashing the mask to pieces and even shattering the bridge of the nose that was being covered!

"Go away!"

Turning around, Bai Jie kicked the black-haired girl into the ground. Electricity crackled beneath his feet as his right leg, carrying an ultra-high voltage current, swept towards the silver-haired girl with the power to shatter steel.

"boom!"

A barrier of holy light stood between Bai Jie and the silver-haired girl. The burning sensation from his leg made Bai Jie hurriedly retract his right foot, while simultaneously unleashing a full-force punch with his left fist!

"boom!"

This time, it was the Light Wing that blocked the attack. In terms of combat ability, the silver-haired one was obviously much stronger than the black-haired one from before. After blocking Bai Jie's two attacks in a row, the silver-haired girl finally found an opportunity to break away from the intersection with Bai Jie's domain. With a flap of the Light Wing, she flew back nearly a thousand meters away. In an instant, a destructive light sword tens of meters long condensed in her hand and slashed out!

The lightsaber struck with incredible speed, almost instantly after it was formed, bridging the nearly 1,000-meter distance between Bai Jie and the silver-haired girl in a mere second.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

At the critical moment, the lightning barrier blocked the path of the lightsaber. Unlike the previous deployment of the light wings, the energy infused into the lightsaber was almost five times stronger. The lightning barrier was almost pierced through at the moment of collision!

“WWWWRRRRAAAAA!”

Suddenly, a sharp shriek rang out behind Bai Jie. The black-haired girl who had just been kicked into the ground by Bai Jie had actually flown up, and a Destruction Light Sword of the same size attacked Bai Jie like a laser cannon that shot out!

Two lightsabers, one in front and one behind.

"—Nangmo...."

"Snowy Wolf!"

Just as Bai Jie was about to chant the Fire Realm Spell to summon divine flames, Himeragi Yukina leaped up from the building next to her, her Snow Wolf streaking across the night sky like a silver meteor, colliding violently with the black-haired girl's lightsaber!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two booming sounds rang out simultaneously in the night sky, and the impact of the lightning immediately spread outwards.

He caught Himeragi Yukina, who was thrown back by the impact, and glided to land on the roof of a building: "Weren't you being a bit reckless, Yukina? You just jumped over like that."

“Because I believe you’ll catch me, senpai,” Yukina Himeragi laughed. “More importantly, senpai, those two masked parasites…”