But even if that's the case, it's no big deal, how fresh, aren't there enough monsters in the shrine looking for trouble all day long?
So based on this reason, and Reimu's own lazy dog principle of "procrastinate when there is work to do, and lie down when there is nothing to do", it took her a long time to find any trace of Xiangbei.
However, Xiangbei had already gone to hell at that time. Even if Reimu had a vague idea of it, hell was a very large place and not so easy to find. Moreover, Xiangbei had not caused any harm to Gensokyo like an anomaly, and the environment of hell was indeed torturous... Therefore, Reimu finally returned to the shrine and lay down, ready to wait for Xiangbei to cause an anomaly so that she could go find him.
Unexpectedly, Xiangbei came here on his own.
Reimu's intuition kept telling him that today's Xiangbei was absolutely different from the past, and he had to be careful in dealing with it.
So she forced herself to cheer up, holding the imperial coin in one hand and taking out three talisman papers from her sleeve with the other hand, looking at Xiangbei with full readiness.
Xiangbei, however, put his hands in his pockets and slowly explained to Reimu Hakurei.
"It's better to explain it in advance, so that you can prepare yourself."
"The move I'm going to use next is called Field Expansion. It's a relatively advanced barrier technique. It creates a barrier that traps the enemy. Within this barrier, the user can imprint an ability onto it, enhancing its power, precision, and control, and achieving a 'guaranteed hit' effect."
"Will be in?"
"Ah, it's a sure win."
"Hmph?" Reimu raised an eyebrow, speaking in a questioning tone. "According to what you said, this is a very advanced barrier technique. But the so-called guaranteed hit effect is only the properties of the barrier technique itself. So, if we directly use the barrier technique to counter it, it will also be able to offset it... You're giving away information about your moves."
As expected of the Hakurei shrine maiden, she was very proficient in barrier techniques. She immediately determined the countermeasures of the territory based on Xiangbei's words.
This is indeed the case. The expansion of the domain can indeed be resisted by using special barrier techniques, such as the simple domain and the Sumeru cage, which are all barrier techniques set up to deal with the expansion of the domain.
Hakurei Miko is extremely proficient in all kinds of barrier techniques. Even if she has not learned the simple field barrier technique that is specifically used to fight against the field, it is not impossible for her to use advanced barrier techniques that can fight against the field.
"However, even if you can use barrier magic to counter the domain, it is still a problem whether you can maintain the barrier in the fierce battle."
"And after these two months of research, I have also made some improvements to my field..."
As he spoke, Xiangbei took his hands out of his pockets and placed them on his abdomen, one palm above and one below.
"The domain expands—all things in the universe."
As he spoke, a tremendous amount of cursed energy erupted violently, and the pitch-black barrier shell enveloped the two of them in an instant.
From the outside, the black sphere, which originally had a radius of at least tens of meters, suddenly became the size of an ordinary basketball in the blink of an eye.
But the area that looked only the size of a basketball from the outside was actually a completely different world inside - on the vast white platform, Reimu and Xiangbei were standing on each side of the platform.
"The expansion of a domain requires the use of a barrier technique as a framework. Only after imprinting one's own life-giving technique can it be considered a complete domain. However, no matter whose domain is being expanded, only one life-giving technique can be imprinted."
As he spoke, a dark shadow spread from Xiangbei's feet, and Moxu Luo's tall body appeared behind him. At the same time, long swords gradually emerged and filled the entire platform.
"And my domain can imprint multiple spells... ten types of shadow spells, as well as construction spells. These are the spells I have currently imprinted into this domain."
Putting down his hands that were in seals, Xiangbei casually pulled out a long sword from the platform and pointed it at Reimu Hakurei, who was confused by the changes in her surroundings.
"Come on, let's start the second round of the battle."
Volume 3: Return to Fantasy: Chapter 176: Not a Moment of Mourning for Reimu's Failure
"Ow!"
Howling wildly, Makholo brandished the sharp blade on his arm and rushed towards Reimu Hakurei.
Perhaps because of the coordinated summoning of domain and binding, the body of this Moxu Luo became taller, and each of the four newly grown arms held a weapon pulled out from the ground. The eyeless face was replaced by the mask on the face of the Shikigami Nue, making it look even more ferocious and domineering.
Four sharp blades cut through the air, like a torrential downpour, but Reimu was light and nimble, like a two-colored butterfly dancing in a storm. Every step and turn she took was just right to avoid Mokhtar's violent attacks.
As if performing a carefully choreographed dance, each of Reimu's steps followed an invisible rhythm, perfectly staggered with Makholo's attacks.
It's more like martial arts than dancing.
"You're the type who spends all day in a shrine doing nothing, and you actually know how to dance?"
Hearing Xiangbei's shouting from a distance, Lingmeng couldn't help but frown and said viciously.
"Wait till I finish this guy, and you'll see. I'm going to beat you until you cry!"
“Ouch, I’m so scared~~( ̄▽ ̄~)~”
Xiangbei listened to Lingmeng's threatening words with indifference, and he did not join Moxu Luo in attacking her.
"Humph! And you, you bastard..."
She narrowly avoided a slash from Makholo, and a strand of her hair was taken away. While struggling to avoid Makholo's attack, Reimu Hakurei shouted to Xiangbei.
"You better obey the rules of the barrage!"
"Ah... to be honest, the rules of the barrage are pretty boring."
Xiangbei rested his chin on his head and explained, "It's not that it's inherently meaningless or uninteresting, it's just that for someone like me, the usual bullet hell rules games just can't satisfy me... Only this kind of real, flesh-and-blood combat is more interesting to me."
"The rules of danmaku are designed to prevent battles between youkai from spilling over into Gensokyo. My domain happens to be the perfect place to solve this problem... How about you just turn a blind eye this time?"
Reimu no longer had the energy to reply, as Makoto's attack became increasingly fierce—it seemed to have mastered Reimu Hakurei's attack rhythm.
Reimu continued to grit her teeth and passively dodge Makkulu's attacks, but she did not cast any spells or spiritual arts.
The battle had already started for a while. In fact, at the very beginning of the battle, Reimu had already set a demon-sealing formation on Mokhuluo.
But how terrifying was Moxu Luo's physique? A single magic-sealing array naturally couldn't defeat him. On the contrary, it triggered Moxu Luo's adaptability, so that after this blow, none of Reimu's spell attacks could cause much damage to him.
Later, Reimu released attacks such as "Eight-Direction Ghost Binding Formation" and "Yin-Yang Ghost Jade" on Moxu Luo, but no one was spared. Although it could cause certain damage to Moxu Luo at the beginning, after the damage was caused, the phenomenon of adaptation would appear and all the injuries would be recovered.
By the time Reimu realized that something was wrong and relied on her intuition and combat experience to detect Mokhura's abilities, most of her attacks had already been adapted to by Mokhura, and even if she attacked again, she could not cause any damage.
The battle situation was almost one-sided, but it was also true that the one on the battlefield now was the Super Mokhura who had gathered the power of fifty Mokhura. It was more accurate to say that the fact that Reimu could hold on until now was far beyond Xiangbei's imagination.
However, this should also be because Reimu discovered the essence of Mokhura's ability. After fighting for a while, she relied on maneuvering and fighting instead of confronting Mokhura head-on. If she really insisted on a head-on confrontation, she would probably have been defeated by now.
But even if they had managed to get this far, what would it matter? In Xiangbei's eyes, Reimu was doomed to fail.
The defeat is set.
"Tsk!"
Moxu Luo raised the Soul-Releasing Sword in his hand... These weapons were pulled out from the ground by Moxu Luo, and expanded to the north using the field released by the construction technique. The result was similar to the inherent barrier of a certain righteous partner next door. They were all materialized weapons that he had rubbed before. In addition to being able to pull them out and chop people, he could also control these weapons to automatically fly up and chop people.
However, Xiangbei did not do so, because his purpose, in addition to defeating Reimu once, was to allow Makoto to adapt to Reimu's Hakurei power.
Although it seems that Makkura has adapted to Reimu's attack, he has adapted to ordinary spiritual power and has not adapted to the so-called power of Hakurei.
It would be better to say that Xiangbei is not quite clear about what the power of Hakurei is. After all, the definition of the power of Hakurei in the two works is different. One is the power emitted by all monsters collected through the Hakurei Great Barrier, and the other is the unique power of the Hakurei shrine maiden herself.
Does it mean that Reimu needs to use Dream Talent to mobilize the power of Hakurei, and the other moves are just ordinary spiritual power?
But can the Reimu here really use dream talent?
It seems that both Little God and Reimu Hakurei among the players are unable to use this innate ability of dreams for various reasons... The former may be due to insufficient practice, and the latter is probably caused by the lack of exclusive props.
The specific situation is still unclear, but judging from Reimu's performance, she does have a trick up her sleeve...and whether this trick is a natural dream or something else will be revealed soon.
As Moxu Luo's attack became more and more fierce, Reimu realized that if she didn't counterattack, she would have no chance, so she stomped the ground hard and flew backwards quickly, trying to escape from Moxu Luo's attack range.
But what makes the fifty Moxu Luo stronger is not only his adaptability, even his pure physical strength is far beyond that of most monsters. Even among the ghosts of the old hell, the only one who can challenge him is probably the Ghost King.
So the moment Reimu retreated, Moxu Luo also rushed forward suddenly, and the four soul-releasing swords swung out sword energy all over the sky, like a giant net, blocking Reimu's retreat.
"Om..."
However, when Reimu retreated, she scattered invisible hidden talismans from her sleeves all over the ground. The talismans took effect at this time, emitting a light golden light, as if they were alive and wrapped around Mokhtar's ankles.
This could only hold Moxu Luo back for a moment, but it was enough.
Having gained some breathing space, Reimu flew into the air immediately. More than ten Yin-Yang Jades appeared around her, emitting colorful light.
"Dream Seal!"
As Reimu finished speaking, the dozen or so Yin-Yang Jades gathered together in an instant, turning into a Yin-Yang Jade that was even larger than the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and smashed towards Makoto with unstoppable force.
It can easily destroy more than ten Scarlet Devil Mansions. The power of this dream seal should not be underestimated... Unfortunately, if Reimu had used this attack at the beginning, she might have had a chance of winning.
Moxu Luo, who was under the giant Yin-Yang Jade, did not dodge or evade. He dropped the Soul-Releasing Sword in his hand, raised the Demon-Repelling Sword tied to his right arm, and stabbed it directly into the Yin-Yang Jade.
Then, layers of cracks suddenly appeared on this giant Yin-Yang Jade, and after a moment, it suddenly exploded.
Looking from afar, he saw an expression of disbelief on Reimu's face, and sighed softly to the north.
It seems she still hasn't adapted to the so-called Hakurei power... Anyway, perhaps Reimu still needs that Yin-Yang Jade buried in her backyard? I'll find it for her later, and after some training, maybe she'll be able to use Dream Born and become a glorious boss?
Just as Xiangbei was thinking, he suddenly felt a sense of being watched, and at the same time, the area he controlled also sent out a signal of "being invaded".
Turning his head, he saw a gap that cut through the boundary of the area, and appeared on a white platform.
Volume 3: Return to Fantasy: Chapter 177: The one who immediately rushed to the battlefield was——
After figuring out who had broken into the barrier, Xiangbei calmly pulled the Soul-Releasing Sword from the ground. At the same time, all kinds of weapons within a radius of two hundred meters began to tremble slightly, as if with just a command, these sharp blades would fly into the air and stab towards the gap.
But Xiangbei didn't do that. He just watched the familiar blond monster emerge from the gap with a bow, leaning his upper body on the gap, and raised his white-gloved hand to wave towards Xiangbei.
"Yakumo Yukari?"
Reimu Hakurei in the air naturally also saw the situation here. When she saw Yakumo Yukari appear, she couldn't help but exclaimed.
Moxu Luo, who possessed a certain degree of intelligence, smashed the giant Yin-Yang Jade with one sword, and then returned to Xiangbei, holding a sword as a guard.
Even from Moxu Luo's perspective, the suddenly appearing Yakumo Yukari was a very threatening guy. Without Xiangbei's greeting, it returned to Xiangbei and waited for his orders.
"Hi~ Long time no see, Mr. Xiangbei."
Yakumo Yukari maintained her calm smile and greeted Xiangbei who was in front of her.
"I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been, Mr. Xiangbei?"
Xiangbei made a polite response, nodded and replied.
"This is none of your business, Miss Yakumo."
"Oh my, how could it be that you have nothing to do with me? After all, I am the Sage of Gensokyo..."
She pulled out a folding fan from behind her... This guy really likes folding fans. She covered half of her face with the folding fan, and there was a hint of unclear meaning in Yakumo Yukari's eyes.
"Gensokyo is everything to me, my treasure... I won't let anyone cause even the slightest damage to it."
Feeling the hostility in Yakumo Yukari's tone, Xiangbei was not afraid, but on the eve of the mission to resurrect Yakumo Hong, he did not want to have a dispute with the controller of Gensokyo.
"If you're worried about the impact I might have on Gensokyo, you can rest assured. I'm used to living here and treat it like my home. I won't do anything to destroy it."
"But I don't believe it..."
The gap under Yakumo Yukari began to move, constantly approaching the north.
"A human suddenly appearing in Gensokyo, possessing such powerful strength, is something I've never heard of even in the outside world. Furthermore, there's a familiar aura about you..."
Familiar smell?
Xiangbei felt a little confused, but he suddenly remembered... it seemed that there was indeed an acquaintance of Yakumo Yukari around him.
Huo Baigui, there is a soul that is suspected to have been brought back by the disaster still in his body!
If Yakumo Yukari meant that she was familiar with the soul aura of Yakumo Hong, then perhaps there would be no problem... But now it seems that Yakumo Hong's so-called kind trait that attracts monsters has never worked?
Maybe it’s because disaster is the main factor at the moment, which causes the characteristic aura of kindness to not be emitted... But judging from the current situation, this makes Yakumo Yukari even more wary of herself?
"Didn't I tell you before? I'm Feng Jian Youxiang's disciple. I understand everything you said..."
"Just try to lie to Reimu with these words. Can't I tell whether it's true or not?"
Of course, Yakumo Yukari didn't believe this. Even a fool could see from the situation at that time that it was an excuse made up by Kazami Yuuka to prevent her from doing anything to Xiangbei.
But what she didn't expect was that Xiangbei didn't stay in the sunflower field for long before he started running around. And because of this guy's extremely high mobility and Yakumo Yukari always needed a lot of sleep and couldn't keep an eye on him all the time, she could only let him stay in Gensokyo, and even run to places outside Gensokyo from time to time.
After that, there was no news of Xiangbei for a long time, which made Yakumo Yukari even more upset... Now that she has finally caught this guy, Yakumo Yukari will definitely not miss this opportunity.
But the more you sense this guy's power, the more you can feel how powerful he is. Since this guy can sneak out of the sunflower field unscrupulously, it can also be said that this is allowed by Fengjian Youxiang... And since the Flower Tyrant allows Xiangbei to come out casually, doesn't it mean that Youxiang thinks Xiangbei has the power to fight against her?
It's not impossible, because this guy Xiangbei is indeed full of mysteries.
Yakumo Yukari is different from other monsters. She doesn't have the outdated idea that "Monsters are nobler than humans! Humans are just inferior food!"
As the monster sage who created Gensokyo, she naturally understood the power of humans. After all, the monsters that once dominated the world can only hide in this Gensokyo now, right?
If Xiangbei really possessed power beyond her imagination, she should give it more consideration.
Therefore, during this period of time, Yakumo Yukari was not alone in searching for traces to the north.
She also found an "outsider".
"You said you didn't have any special thoughts about Gensokyo, but I'm not a Yokai, so I can't know your true thoughts. On the contrary, your strange whereabouts and your strength are enough to threaten Gensokyo."
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