Inner Destroyer

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　When I looked around the hall, I heard a strange sound——

　"Boom...boom..."

　It was a knocking sound coming from the wall of a ward, extremely faint, but with a regular rhythm.

　Is the patient asking for help? Or is the equipment malfunctioning?

　He took advantage of the medical staff's inattention and walked to the door of the ward, but the door was locked tightly.

　Liezhen was considered one of the most gifted and perceptive people in the Guitou family's generation. So just standing next to the door made his heart skip a beat.

　He felt an imperceptible fluctuation of dark spiritual power.

　Is someone locked in there?

　He instinctively wanted to draw his knife and break the door, but reason stopped him. Blatantly drawing his knife and breaking the door in the hospital would only alert the real mastermind.

　So, Liezhen chose to sneak in.

　He found a passage used by cleaning staff, leaped up with the help of his spiritual power, flipped into the ventilation duct, and began his exploration deep into the underground of the hospital.

　——However, less than ten minutes after climbing down, he began to feel a little regretful.

　Because of this hospital, the atmosphere underground was clearly not right.

　The air grew increasingly oppressive, a suffocating feeling like it was pressing down on my chest gradually intensifying, as if the entire space had become gloomy and cold. The upper floors of the hospital were a bright, clean white world, but here... it was like a dark abyss swallowing up all the light.

　Liezhen narrowed his eyes and looked down through the gap in the ventilation duct.

　At first glance, the first underground level looked like an ordinary hospital laboratory, filled with medical instruments and petri dishes. Several staff members in white lab coats were busy, occasionally chatting in low voices. But strangely, their aura made Lie Zhen frown.

　——Those people didn’t have the slightest aura of a “doctor” about them.

　He reached out and gripped the hilt of the knife, his heart beating a little faster.

　His intuition told him that further down was where he was looking for.

　Holding his breath, Liezhen moved his body carefully and slowly crawled deeper.

　The air began to grow hazy, and a faint sandalwood scent filled the pipes, like the incense offered in a temple. Lie Zhen couldn't help but frown. He had noticed that the surrounding pipes were engraved with tiny patterns. His spiritual training as an exorcist allowed him to see even in the dark. A quick glance revealed that these were not ordinary maintenance markings, but ancient Sanskrit symbols, faintly luminous.

　That is the seed syllable of the Buddha Mother Maurya Vairocana.

　Why would something like this end up in the ventilation ducts of a hospital?

　Unfortunately, Lie Zhen didn't have time to think about it. Because a relatively large ventilation hole finally appeared in front of him. He quietly crawled to the exit and carefully looked down through the gap.

　The scene before him made his heart stop.

　To avoid violating good customs, this scene can only be described as follows:

　Below the vents was a spacious laboratory. The cold light cast a pale glow, making the entire room appear dead silent and eerie.

　The spacious room held two rows of enormous glass tanks, each filled with an inexplicable potion, soaking twenty or thirty non-male humans, all aged thirty or younger, who fell under the gender binary narrative. The potion within the tanks shone with a strange, subtle sheen.

　Even more horrifying was the fact that those █ ...

　Something was being slowly but steadily pumped in through the hose, causing the men's penises to swell enormously.

　Whenever the hose is ██, these people will also experience subtle tremors similar to those stimulated by high-frequency electric currents, but the intensity varies depending on the individual's tolerance.

　The few who were still sane would instinctively widen their eyes, showing a brief but absolutely genuine reaction of resistance. However, soon, the flame of rationality would dim again under the onslaught.

　The bottom of each sink is engraved with intricate and interwoven esoteric spell patterns.

　Above the room, you can see a huge mural - the Buddha Mother Maurya Vairocana sits on a green peacock, with six arms holding six kinds of magical instruments, overlooking everything.

　Bronze mirror, rice ears

　magatama, bow and arrow

　Sword, Gourd

　His compassionate face was as calm as water, but it only made the scene more horrifying.

　——This is something even more terrifying than what Kito Retsujin had imagined before.

　There were several girls, even a demon-slaying girl from the Northeast whom Lian Liezhen had known, who were magicians from aristocratic families like him.

　This scene made Liezhen's head buzz and even his breathing stopped for several seconds.

　He had to do something.

　Liezhen clenched his teeth, adjusted his breathing, and his eyes gradually became firm.

　——He wants to save people!

　He would break the sink glass and rescue one of the girls. She would thank him in a weak voice and tell him the truth. Then he would take her away and expose the dark secrets here to the outside world.

　He will become the hero of the Kito family, and even Kamigorin will have to acknowledge him!

　"Drink!"

　His heartbeat quickened as Lie Zhen drew out his magic sword, which made a sound of tearing silk as it cut through a water tank in front of him!

　Instantly, the sink shattered, glass splattered everywhere, and the hose was severed with a single blow. The girl, soaking in it, fell out helplessly, and the foul, evil energy thickened like black mist, spreading in all directions like an uncontrolled raging wave.

　Then, a charred arm slowly emerged from the black fog.

　It was a huge hand.

　The palms are engraved with cracked golden scriptures, as if

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　It looks like fragments of an ancient Buddha statue, or like scorched earth burned by a raging fire.

　With a dull clicking sound, the hand slowly opened, and the five fingers clenched the air, as if to crush everything in front of it.

　"What a joke."

　Liezhen gasped and stared at the outline that was constantly condensing in the black fog.

　He was secretly surprised, because it was actually a huge figure wearing tattered armor, slowly emerging from the filth.

　Its face was a distorted human face, with empty eye sockets and a mouth split to the ears, revealing a mouthful of sharp white fangs.

　Six arms extended from the charred body, and each hand held a different magical weapon - a vajra, an iron chain, a broken scripture, and even a head that had just been crushed.

　This is a Vajra.

　This evil demon King Kong just stood there, but the astonishing spiritual pressure made Lie Zhen's body feel heavy and his breathing difficult.

　"Buddha!"

　With a deafening roar, it suddenly stretched out its six arms, and the force of the hurricane shook the entire laboratory!

　"The mountains and rivers remain motionless, the earth suppresses evil, protecting me, and I will act as ordered!"

　Lie Zhen raised the knife in his right hand and raised his left hand. The talisman immediately flew out burning, exploded into a light curtain in the air, and turned into a protective barrier; with a step, the blade in his hand gathered power, he condensed the spiritual energy to the extreme, and rushed directly towards the evil spirit!

　The Demon King Kong immediately swung out his three arms, and his magic fist, whose destructive power was even comparable to that of a tank, blasted towards Lie Zhen.

　Just being exposed to the wind from the punches would cause a concussion, and any hit from any of the punches would leave the body unrecognizable.

　Lie Zhen gritted his teeth and suddenly rolled forward, barely avoiding the first punch. The next punch followed, about to smash his forehead.

　But it didn't matter! This desperate forward roll had already brought him into a sufficient distance!

　"Submission! Universal! Buddhas!"

　With a loud shout, Lie Zhen roared, holding the knife in both hands, his spiritual power suddenly surged, and the whole person turned into a stream of blue light, and instantly killed to the side of King Kong's waist!

　"All demons are lurking together!"

　Exhaling the blazing energy in his body, he took a step forward, and the spirit sword instantly burst into a dazzling brilliance, slashing straight down!

　This single strike had imbued him with his entire will. The pressure of the sword tore through the air, and he could almost feel the blade touching the demonic King Kong's flesh, ready to completely cleave it in the next second.

　Victory is at hand!

　However, just as the blade was about to hit, accompanied by a ringing sound like a bell, Lie Zhen saw it.

　He saw the demon Vajra holding the vajra tightly in his hand, and smashing it down hard to meet his blade!

　The tip of the spirit sword just touched the pestle—Crack!!! An irresistible force rushed along the blade and rushed straight to Lie Zhen's arm, causing his knuckles to explode instantly, and blood splattered!

　The spiritual light was shattered by the violent evil energy, like a piece of paper torn apart; the blade was like fragile glass, shattering into pieces!

　The vajra was not hindered at all and hit Lie Zhen's head hard!

　He tried his best to strike, but it was as fragile as paper.

　He didn't even have time to think before he flew out like a cannonball, smashing several metal cans in succession. His internal organs seemed to be stirred up, every bone was protesting, and his head was buzzing.

　Pain!

　Unspeakable pain!

　Liezhen still wanted to struggle, to resist, to stand up again, he couldn't just give in like this...

　But, he couldn't move.

　His body no longer obeyed him.

　The figure of the demon King Kong was blurry and huge, like a black tower oppressing the heaven and earth, stepping forward with a rumbling sound.

　lost.

　Guitou Liezhen has been defeated.

　—Don't be fooled by the fact that Lin and Qi Xing seem to be beating these evil creatures with one punch. In fact, they are very powerful. Even a well-born exorcist may not be able to defeat them. At least one must be at the level of the magical girl Artemina to consistently defeat them.

　Liezhen is at least one or two levels away.

　"I thought there was something wrong with the equipment, but it turned out to be just a little mouse that got in."

　The laboratory's automatic door opened, and the elegantly dressed shrine maiden with white hair and golden eyes, "Ise," walked into the room. She glanced at the struggling young exorcist lying on the ground and raised an eyebrow. "The kid from the Kito family."

　Who is she?

　Liezhen didn't know her, so why could she recognize Liezhen at a glance?

　Liezhen, who was in so much pain that he could hardly move, found it difficult to think carefully about this problem. He could only wait in fear, not knowing what the white-haired witch was going to do to him.

　He now only hoped that he could recover some strength and find a loophole to escape - but fate was very cruel to him.

　As if the situation wasn't difficult enough, two more people walked in from outside!

　The first one was a girl with black hair in a high ponytail, with two long and short swords hanging on her waist. She stood straight and walked steadily.

　Although Lie Zhen's bones were aching as if they were crushed by a heavy hammer, he could still see that this girl, who was about the same age as him, was probably far more skilled in swordsmanship than himself.

　Even though she hadn't drawn her sword yet, and hadn't even looked him in the eye, her smooth and natural posture, the look that seemed ready to kill at any moment, was enough to make Lie Zhen feel despair.

　There was another person following the samurai girl, a girl with a very faint presence, wearing a light purple Onmyoji hunting robe. She looked particularly uneasy when she entered the room, her steps clearly hesitant, her hands tightly clasped around her sleeves, as if she was afraid of seeing something she shouldn't.

　Lie Zhen didn't recognize the white-haired, golden-eyed witch at all; he seemed to have seen a photo of the tall samurai girl somewhere - but the last one, the Onmyoji girl...

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　Boy, I do know Lie Zhen. I did see him a few years ago.

　He was stunned for a moment.

　Because these three people... are all stronger than him.

　And this is not the worst case scenario.

　The worst case scenario is that he has no idea what will happen next.

　"It's so miserable."

　The warrior girl "Gion" glanced at Retsujin's injuries, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

　"Boss, is this 'Vajra of the Vajra' really reliable? Don't let that Modora fool us."

　Even so, her tone remained calm, even a little nonchalant. Clearly, she didn't understand or care much about such roundabout techniques.

　Instead, the little Onmyoji girl had quietly approached Liezhen and whispered a healing spell. Her gaze swept over the women in the surrounding tanks, including the Evil King Kong who had appeared and knocked Guitou Liezhen down with a single punch. Her eyes clearly held even more fear than the samurai girl's, along with a complex sense of guilt.