Curse Reply: After choosing Nawa, the cursed spirit cursed me for being cruel.

Immediately afterwards, the entire woodland began to tremble violently.

Countless level-three cursed spirits, each the size of a large dog, swarmed out of the ground. Their forelimbs were as thick as shovels, and their claws gleamed coldly.

These were level-three cursed earth tigers that lurked underground, their numbers numbering at least a hundred, densely covering the entire forest clearing.

Chapter 213 Special-Grade Cursed Spirit of Natural Disaster

Higashido Aoi punched away the two ground tigers that pounced on him, then turned around and gave Sinji a thumbs up: "Mechanical Maru, well done!"

Kamo Kenki had already drawn his arrow and aimed it at the several ground tigers that had emerged from under Nishimiya Momo's broom.

Nishimiya Momo jerked the broom up, patting her chest in shock: "Next time, could you at least give me a heads-up before firing?"

Singi turned the cannon towards another direction from which cursed spirits were pouring out, her voice light and cheerful: "There's no time to say hello. Didn't you always say you wanted to see how I fight? Here I am!"

The four quickly formed a battle formation and began fighting against the hundreds of ground tigers.

These cutworms posed no threat to the group, and in no time, hundreds of them were wiped out.

Just as the group breathed a sigh of relief, an immense pressure of magical energy descended from the sky, making it difficult for them to breathe.

Higashido Aoi suddenly looked up and saw a figure with huge wings sweeping across the desolate forest, its massive wings gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

Those eagle eyes looked down at them condescendingly, as if they were examining a few insignificant reptiles.

Special-grade Calamity Curse Spirit: Yao Ji.

She, who should have been stationed in the core battle zone, actually appeared in the middle of the encirclement.

Yao Ji hovered in mid-air, coldly looking down at the four young sorcerers below, and said condescendingly, "Boys, where are your medical department and command center? Tell me, and I'll spare your lives."

In response, Toudou Aoi picked up a piece of broken wood from the ground. With a thought, Yao Ji cleaved the broken wood into several pieces in mid-air with invisible wind blades, and wood chips fluttered down.

Higashido Aoi looked up at her, clapping her fists together: "Don't even think about prying any information out of us, you ugly freak!"

Kamo Kenki drew his blood bow, aiming the arrow at Yoruhime in mid-air, and his mechanical arm switched to cannon mode along with Yukichi's.

Nishimiya Momo quickly lowered the broom and landed on the ground. Toudou Aoi turned her head and whispered to her, "Go behind the boulder. What happens next is not your business."

Then he raised his eyes again, his fists clenched at his sides.

Yao Ji's face turned cold, and with a sudden flap of her wings, a gale uprooted the surrounding trees: "Since that's the case... then you can all die."

Dongtang Kui attacked first. He picked up a pebble from the ground, infused it with his magic power, and threw it upwards. Yao Ji easily dodged the harmless pebble by tilting her head, a hint of disdain flashing in her eagle eyes.

The next second, a crisp clapping sound rang out in the wasteland, and Dongtang Kui's figure appeared out of thin air in front of Yao Ji, while the pebble that had been dodged by tilting her head had not yet hit the ground.

His fist had already landed squarely on Yao Ji's cheek.

"This punch is for the people who live here!"

He grinned and clapped his hands again before Yao Ji's claws could strike, instantly returning to his original position.

Taking advantage of this opening, Kamo Kenki drew his blood bow to its full extent, and dozens of blood arrows were released simultaneously, transforming into a dense rain of arrows that poured down on Yuuki.

Yao Ji snorted coldly, her wings overlapping in front of her, and her huge feathers spread out like a shield, blocking all the blood arrows.

This level of attack couldn't even break through her defenses.

"Is that all you've got?" She shook her wings dismissively.

At the very instant the blood arrow was blocked by the feather, a cold, metallic touch pressed against her back.

With Kokichi. He swapped places with one of the blood arrows that had been deflected by a feather. Not only could Toudou Aoi swap places with others, but he could also do so.

Before the battle, Singi had asked Todo to replace him with Singi whenever he saw an opportunity on the battlefield.

His mechanical arm had switched to cannon mode, with the muzzle pressed against the center of Yao Ji's back, and a burst of magical light suddenly shone from the depths of the cannon hole.

"Power Cannon, fire!"

boom--

A massive explosion erupted in mid-air, sending thick smoke and shockwaves spreading in all directions, ripping the surrounding tree canopies off the ground.

Using the recoil, Kokichi flipped backward and landed steadily on the ground.

He knelt on one knee, his mechanical arm supporting him, and stared intently at the huge cloud of smoke in the sky.

"Did it work...?"

A gust of wind exploded around Yao Ji, tearing the smoke into pieces.

She remained suspended in mid-air, her wings intact, her feathers glossy, and not a single strand of hair disheveled.

The only mark left on her by that point-blank spell cannon was the lingering smell of gunpowder on her back.

She glanced at the group and said sarcastically, "You're nothing but a bunch of ants. With such low skill, you dare to be so insolent in front of me."

Her figure flashed in the air and disappeared from the spot.

Higashido Aoi's pupils contracted sharply. She only had time to cross her arms to protect her chest before a terrifying impact slammed down from directly in front of her.

Yao Ji didn't even use any magic; with just a single dive, the wind pressure generated by her wings sent him flying.

As it landed, it casually swung its claw at Singi, sending him flying.

Dongtang Cai crashed into a thick cedar tree that would take three people to encircle. The trunk broke in half, and wood chips and leaves rained down on him.

This is a calamity-level cursed spirit, which even Dongtang Kui, who is already comparable to an ordinary level one cursed master, would find difficult to deal with.

"Toudou!" Kamo Noriyuki's blood arrow had just been nocked when Yuuki turned around.

She didn't even look at him, but simply flicked her wing in his direction.

Dozens of invisible wind blades crisscrossed and slashed towards him. Noriyuki Kamo had no time to dodge and could only hold the Blood Bow in front of him to take the hits head-on.

The moment the wind blade struck the blood bow, the bow was torn to shreds, and he was sent flying, rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop. His school uniform was ripped open with seven or eight cuts, the deepest one on his left rib, and blood was seeping out from the torn fabric.

"Kamo!" Momo Nishimiya hid behind the boulder, covering her mouth with her hands. She wanted to rush out, but her legs felt like lead and she couldn't move at all.

Kokichi and the robotic arm recalibrated the cannon barrel as Kokichi got up from the ground.

His forehead was cut by flying shards of rock, and blood trickled down his brow bone. His left eye was blurry, so he could only use his right eye to lock onto Yo-hime through the scope.

The cannon bore recharged, and the blue light continued to expand.

He had to hit her... even if it was just to hold her off for a few seconds, to give Todo and Kamo time to get up.

Yao Ji slowly turned around. Her gaze fell on the mechanical arm facing her, a hint of curiosity flashing in her hawk-like eyes.

She took a step forward. Her figure vanished again.

Before Yukichi could even launch, a cold, icy wind pressure pressed against his right side.

He turned his head sharply, and Yao Ji was standing next to him. She looked down at the mechanical arm that was still charging, her expression a mixture of scrutiny and disdain.

"Is this what human technology is like? It's so fragile."

She reached out and gently tapped the outer shell of the mechanical arm with her fingertips. At the same time, wind blades erupted from between her fingers, tearing the mechanical arm apart.

With a muffled groan, Yukichi staggered back a few steps from the force, falling to his knees on one knee. He clutched the broken end of the mechanical arm with his right hand, cold sweat mixed with blood dripping onto the soil.

Yao Ji flung away the metal parts in her hand and kicked away the scattered pieces at her feet.

"This is your last chance. Tell me the locations of the command center and the medical unit, and I'll let one of you leave."

Chapter 214 Mechanical Pill

Yao Ji turned her gaze to the boulder, her eyes landing on Xi Gong Tao.

Her enormous figure slowly approached, and the shadow enveloped the girl huddled behind the rock.

"Hand over your position, and I'll spare your life."

Nishimiya Momo's back was pressed against the cold rock, a broom held horizontally in front of her, and she was trembling with fear.

She took a deep breath, abruptly stepped out from behind the rock, and shouted at the spirit looking down at her, "How could I possibly give it to you! I'm a sorcerer too!"

She raised her hand and fired a spell bullet, but Yao Ji casually slapped it away, scattering the spell bullet into a few streaks of light. The residual force of the slap sent Nishimiya Momo flying. She tumbled several times in mid-air before crashing heavily next to Toudou Aoi and Kamo Kenki.

Yao Ji slowly withdrew her hand, her gaze sweeping over the four wounded young sorcerers on the ground.

"Human sorcerers, apart from those two, are a bunch of useless trash. You are worthless... Die."

With a sudden flap of her wings, a fierce gust of wind surged from the tips of her wings, carrying countless tiny wind blades, and rushed towards the four people.

Wherever the wind pressure passed, the pebbles on the ground were crushed into dust, the tree trunks on both sides were uprooted, and the entire barren forest cried out in agony in the face of this terrifying force.

Dongtang Kui got up from the ground and spread his arms to shield the three people behind him.

He was going to use his own body to take the hit.

Kokichi scrambled to his feet, slapped the ground with his only remaining right hand, tilted his head back, veins bulging on his neck, and roared with all his might, "Mechanical Maru Zero, come out!"

The ground trembled violently, and a huge metal wall rose from the ground, enveloping the four people from six sides.

Immediately afterwards, a giant robot, thirty meters tall, burst out of the ground, its fists slamming into the earth, and its massive body absorbed the four people into its body.

This is Kokichi's trump card.

For sixteen years, he stored up magical power day after day in the basement, condensing every bit of excess magical power into this steel giant.

Mechanical Maru Zero is the culmination of all his suffering, and also the qualification for him to stand in front of his comrades and protect them.

Sitting in the cockpit with Kokichi, he turned to look at the still-dazed Momo Nishimiya and said, "There are medical supply kits in the alley next door. Quickly treat Toudou and Kamo's injuries. Leave the rest to me."

Kokichi pulled a new mechanical left arm from the spare slot on the side of the driver's seat, bit the clip, and pushed it against the broken end. The joint engaged, the wiring automatically reconnected, and his mechanical left arm was successfully restored.

He placed his hands on the control panel, his ten fingers embedded in the grooves, and all the screens in the cockpit lit up at the same time.

The dark golden eyes of Machine Maru Zero lit up in the night.

Yao Ji hovered in mid-air, looking up at the steel giant that was dozens of times taller than the humans from before, her eyes showing no emotion.

"You're nothing but a pile of scrap metal, yet you dare to stand in my way. I'm just letting you live a little longer."

With a flap of her wings, she transformed into a blur and charged straight at the mechanical ball's face.

With a sudden push to the left by Kokichi, the mechanical ball dodged to the side.

As Yao Ji's claws grazed the shoulder armor of the mechanical ball, several dazzling sparks were scraped off the metal surface, leaving deep scratch marks.

Her attack missed, but she gracefully turned around in mid-air instead.