The demon monk in the second dimension

"Is this the knocking ghost? I'm not in the room right now, so what will he do?"

Xia Zhi scrutinized the knocking ghost and suddenly noticed a pocket on the front of his long robe.

The bag is bulging, as if it contains something.

Upon discovering the summer solstice, the knocking ghost walked directly towards him.

His cloth shoes made a very crisp sound as they stepped on the ground.

pat, pat.

Gray mist emanated from the knocking ghost, instantly enveloping Xia Zhi and the surrounding area.

Outside this residential area, the Kobe branch of the exorcism syndicate, which had already set up surveillance, immediately reported the incident.

"President, a knocking ghost has appeared! Contact with spirits has begun!"

Mishima was also worried for Xia Zhi.

"Your Excellency, you must succeed!"

……

Xia Zhi watched as the knocking ghost stretched out its right hand and placed it heavily on her shoulder.

It was just a hand, but it felt incredibly heavy, as if it were pressing down on the entire body, or even several bodies at once.

The knocking ghost had large patches of lividity on its hands, emanating a terrifying power of decay that quickly stained the bandages on Xia Zhi's shoulder with a grayish-black color and began to spread outwards.

"This corrosive power is the same as my Ghost Hand, but it is much stronger."

Xia Zhi's eyes flashed as she stared at the knocking ghost in front of her.

"This ghost looks perfect as a puzzle piece for me!"

The next moment, Xia Zhi directly opened her six-layered ghost domain.

The drifting black light rapidly eroded the ghostly domain of the knocking ghost, turning the surroundings pitch black and suppressing the knocking ghost.

From the outside, the gray ghostly domain of the knocking ghost quickly dissipated, swallowed by a large expanse of dark light.

Seeing this, Mishima breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that Lord Ghost God's Ghost Domain is of a very high level, even able to suppress the Ghost of Knocking! Even if we can't imprison the Ghost of Knocking this time, we can at least restrain him."

Within the Ghost Realm, the flow of time is slowed down considerably.

But the terror of the knocking ghost itself was even greater than that of its ghost domain. Even within the six layers of the summer solstice's ghost domain, it was not completely suppressed, but moved slowly, as if in slow motion at five times the speed.

Xia Zhi took two steps back, broke free from the hand that the door-knocker was holding tightly on his shoulder, and removed the bandage from the door-knocker's hand.

But the knocking ghost, braving the drifting black light within the ghost realm, slowly moved forward and continued its attack on Xia Zhi.

Using the power of the six layers of ghost realm, Xia Zhi analyzed the knocking ghost and discovered some things.

"This ghost was probably a ghost tamer like me, using 'puzzle pieces'! He controlled three ghosts: one with the ability to knock on doors and kill, one with a ghostly aura resembling mist, and another with powerful corrosive corpse spots. Or perhaps these corpse spots were the ghost's true form!"

Summer Solstice's eyes lit up.

"This is the perfect puzzle piece for me! If I master it, maybe I can control the seventh level of the Ghost Realm!"

Immediately, Xia Zhi pulled out the ghost rope from under her gray cloak and swung it out.

The dark yellow hemp rope was automatically and precisely guided, looping around the door-knocking ghost's neck and pulling it into a tight knot.

If it were an ordinary ghost, its body would immediately stiffen and it would be unable to move, just like the female ghost that crawled out of the ghost well.

Even though it was bound by the ghost rope, the knocking ghost continued to move, only at a slower pace.

Then, Xia Zhi stretched out her right hand and used the ghost hand to stop the knocking ghost.

However, this ghostly hand posed very little resistance to the knocking ghost. In fact, it soon began to grow a few livid spots, which were then invaded by the knocking ghost's power, only affecting a very small portion of the knocking ghost's strength.

Xia Zhi felt that this ghost hand might still be a piece of the puzzle of the knocking ghost, and that he could gain some enhancement after obtaining it.

After using the Ghost Hand, controlled by the black mud in the center of her body, Xia Zhi's bandages unfurled layer by layer.

These bandages, like sentient serpents, took the initiative, wrapping around the knocking ghost again and again, binding him tightly.

At the same time, the ghostly shadow beneath Xia Zhi's feet also entangled the knocking ghost's feet, casting a shadow over the knocking ghost and beginning to erode him.

Finally, Xia Zhi even used two bandages to remove the ghost eye that she had installed on the skull.

The two bandages pierced through the knocking ghost's eyes like sharp swords, forcing those dark eyes into their sockets.

Faced with the six layers of suppression—ghost domain, bandages, ghost rope, ghost hand, ghost shadow, and ghost eye—the knocking ghost had no way to resist, and its movements gradually came to a standstill.

Within the self-contained six-layered ghost realm, the black mud within Xia Zhi's body began to move.

The clump of black mud covered the knocking ghost's head with the bandage, then crawled into the knocking ghost's body through his ears, nostrils, and mouth.

The knocking ghost's body trembled incessantly, as if trying to break free of the ghost ropes and bandages binding it and escape.

Patches of bluish-black lividity appeared on the knocking ghost's body, almost covering his entire body, trying to penetrate the bandages and turning the snow-white bandages grayish-black.

Despite being restrained by various forces, the knocking ghost was still able to slowly raise its hand, laboriously and extremely slowly trying to tear off the bandages covering its body.

But the hand stopped abruptly halfway up, and the trembling figure of the knocking ghost also ceased.

The lividity on his body was brought under control and quickly receded, and the bandages that had been stained gray-black gradually returned to white.

The ghostly shadow beneath the door-knocking ghost's feet successfully invaded his body, replacing the original shadow. A ghostly hand also merged into the door-knocking ghost's right hand, turning the entire hand bluish-black.

The bandages on the head of the knocking ghost came undone, revealing the appearance of an old man with pitch-black eyes.

But the next moment, the skull that Xia Zhi had left behind suddenly flew up and crashed into the skull of the knocking ghost, replacing his original head.

Soon, the knocking ghost's face changed, and the muscles below trembled.

The wrinkles on his face disappeared, and after continuous subtle adjustments, he finally transformed into Xia Zhi's own appearance.

After half a year in this world, Xia Zhi finally had a face that was presentable to others.

After controlling the knocking ghost, Xia Zhi realized that his guess was indeed correct.

This knocking ghost is actually composed of three ghosts.

Originally, these three ghosts would have escaped after the ghost tamer died, but this black jumpsuit possessed very powerful supernatural abilities, which forcibly trapped the three ghosts.

With the mutual influence of the three ghosts and the help of the long robe, the knocking ghost should have crashed and stopped moving.

But for some reason, there was a large, not very noticeable tear in the back of the robe, from which the power of the ghost realm leaked out, causing the vengeful ghost to revive.

The knocking ghost has a very good physique and is also very strong.

After mastering it, just as Xia Zhi had expected, she awakened the seventh level of the Ghost Realm.

After activating the seven layers of the Ghost Domain, within its range, one can reverse time within their body, restarting to a previous point in time.

The longer the time reversal, the greater the consumption.

This is practically the ability to reload a save file; it's a life-saving skill.

Within the seven layers of the ghost realm, Xia Zhi can also influence many supernatural objects.

For example, he would mix his gray cloak with the long robe, transferring the robe's supernatural power to suppress evil spirits to his cloak.

When the long robe disappeared, Xia Zhi's body, wrapped in bandages, was revealed again beneath the cloak.

However, at this moment, the area inside the bandage was no longer empty, but contained a complete physical body.

Only the head was left unbandaged by Xia Zhi, who did not wrap it with bandages again.

With the matter settled, he dispelled the ghost realm and walked outside.

……

At this moment, in Tokyo.

The exorcism club is currently in chaos due to the sudden death of President Maeda.

Although Mishima was promoted to president, he was just an ordinary person. Many exorcists in the exorcism club did not respect him and felt that they could kill him with a wave of their hand.

They even said it with great seriousness.

"President Maeda led us through life and death, while Vice President Mishima hid in a safe place and watched us fight our way to the top? People like that don't deserve to be the president of an exorcism club!"

Without Maeda suppressing them, these demon tamers saw the possibility of "rising to the top" and wanted to gain more power.

In an island nation that reveres the idea of ​​"subordinates overthrowing superiors," these demon tamers are like sharks that have smelled blood, and they all become restless.

Amid this chaotic situation, the ongoing training course for city officials was also temporarily suspended.

The training program gave the city leaders who had been gathered there a holiday, allowing them to travel around Tokyo and enjoy the vibrancy and excitement of this international metropolis.

Chapter 434 Conflict

During the training course, Yuzan Kirigaya met two other demon tamers, Sakai and Ishida.

The three of them were all exorcists from a small town. Today, they left the exorcism society together and agreed to go out for drinks.

"Sipping sake and eating dishes costing several thousand yen each in a high-end restaurant in Ginza," Ishida remarked.

"Tokyo is such a wonderful place! Before becoming a Demon Slayer, I never imagined I could eat in such an expensive hotel!"

Sakai gulped down bottles of alcohol worth tens of thousands of yen, his extravagance as if it were water.

"Yes. How wonderful it would be if we could stay in Tokyo!"

"How can it be!"

Ishida shook his head with amusement, not holding out any hope.

"Our strength is quite average; we can only return to our respective small cities and live as local tyrants. Those who can guard Tokyo are all powerful individuals who have at least two demons under their control or possess a demon domain!"

Those who control ghosts cannot get drunk; they can only pretend to be drunk.

They are inhabited by ghosts, and the food they eat is consumed by the ghosts.

Therefore, those who control ghosts will not feel whether they are cold or hot, hungry or full, and their sleep time will be greatly reduced.

In a sense, the demon tamer is no longer human, but a monster.

After finishing their meal, Yuzan Kirigaya and his group planned to buy some things here to take back with them.

Ishida and Sakai both have their own families, but only Kirigaya Yuzan has enough to eat, and his whole family is not hungry.

But Yuzan Kirigaya also wanted to buy some game consoles to play at home.

His family was too poor to afford it when he was a child, so he has decided to fulfill his childhood wish.

As the three strolled through the streets, Yuzan Kirigaya suddenly spotted several somewhat familiar figures in the crowd.

"Is this the girl I saw when I first arrived in Tokyo?"

After Mishima visited Xia Zhi, the Exorcism Society also told Kirigaya Yuzan about it.

According to the exorcism society's analysis, the person who made him feel warmth was not Yurikawa Hana, but Yotsuya Miko, the exorcist.

Moreover, the other party knows a ghost tamer with a ghost domain, someone I can't afford to offend.

Nevertheless, this warmth still draws many people to Mount Mizutani.

Upon seeing Yotsuya Miko and the others again, he instinctively followed behind them.

Sakai and Ishida, seeing Kirigaya Yuzan's blank stare, and then looking at Yotsuya Miko, Nigurodo Yuria, and Yurikawa Hana, each with their own unique characteristics, teased him.

"Misty Valley, do you like... what's this feeling like?"

When Sakai and Ishida approached Yurikawa Hana, who was selecting accessories in a jewelry store, they immediately felt an indescribable warmth.

This warmth was like the sun, giving life to everything, and even the vengeful spirit within his mother's body seemed to have stopped.

"How is this going?"

The two were taken aback, and at the same time, they showed eager expressions and asked Wugu Yuzan.

"Mist Valley, is this feeling brought about by these young girls?"

"Ishida said excitedly."

"If things continue like this, I feel I can live for several more years!"

However, the simultaneous depletion of Baihechuan Hua's life energy by the three demon tamers caused Xiao Hua to quickly feel unwell.

She touched her belly and said to Miko Yotsuya and Yuria with a slightly nervous expression.