78: Chapter 78 The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and the Situation in Various Countries
"An interesting ability?" Bai Yuekui asked, slightly puzzled.
"Let's find a quieter place." As Ye Qingxuan spoke, his Divine Sense spread out, shrouding the entire world.
He discovered that this world was simply experiencing a Hyakki Yagyo. Aside from Sadako, there were also Yuki-onna, Shuten-dΕji, Slit-Mouthed Woman, Tengu, Tamamo-no-Mae, and so on.
Other countries only had a few, while almost all the rest were on the island of Japan.
"This Japan really is crawling with ghosts and monsters." Looking at the images fed back through his Divine Sense, Ye Qingxuan muttered a complaint.
Taking Bai Yuekui with a flash of movement, he arrived at the rooftop of a hotel.
"This place isn't bad; no one will disturb us." Ye Qingxuan looked around; it could be considered a relatively quiet place.
"You still haven't said, what is this interesting ability?" Bai Yuekui asked.
"Teleportation, telekinesis, cloning, physical immunity, and it can also magnify people's sense of fear."
Ye Qingxuan said, pointing at a glass window.
"In a moment, she will crawl out from the mirror. It's up to you."
"Not very strong, but she has so many abilities? I understand."
Time passed minute by minute as the two waited.
"3, 2, 1, she's coming out." Bai Yuekui watched the glass window.
Bullet Comment Section ββ
[What a stark contrast! Daoist Ye is as relaxed as if he's on vacation over here, while other Chosen Ones are as tense as if facing a formidable enemy.]
[I'm more curious about what on earth that thing is. It can crawl out from a mirror?]
[It'll be revealed soon enough.]
[Holy crap, look at that glass window!]
National Destiny Space ββ
The normal glass window suddenly changed, resembling a movie screen. An abandoned well appeared within the image.
The abandoned well occupied the absolute center of the screen and remained unchanged for a long time.
Just as the viewers felt both strange and eerie, a pale hand suddenly grabbed the rim of the well.
Then came the second hand.
Following that, a head with excessively thick, long hair stretched out of the well's mouth.
This was a woman wearing a white dress stained with water marks and filth.
Her entire head was covered by dense, long hair, making it impossible to see what she looked like.
Soon, this woman crawled completely out of the well.
She did not stand up, but instead continued to crawl slowly toward the camera.
CCTV Livestream ββ
"Three Seniors, what is this thing?" Sister Qing felt an inexplicable discomfort as she watched Sadako's entrance.
"This is an Earth-bound Spirit. It's too weak; any of my foolish disciples could easily destroy it." Celestial Master Zhang muttered a complaint as he looked at Sadako.
"An interesting ghost and monster. Only the one Qingxuan is facing has the strength of the Early Stage Golden Core, while the rest are merely at the strength of early Foundation Establishment."
Master Yuanxin used his Divine Sense to perceive it. Although it had been strengthened quite a bit, it was still too weak.
"Sigh, it's just a ghost. The Daoist sect is best at commanding deities and driving ghosts, not to mention Immortal Master Qingxuan's cultivation..."
Master Kongming no longer wanted to say anything. With a ghost this weak, even they had hundreds of ways to toy with it to death.
Bullet Comment Section ββ
[What on earth is this thing?]
[Is this that monster? It's a woman, right? Why is she crawling, and why are her movements so slow?]
[Why am I feeling a bit creeped out?]
[An Earth-bound Spirit? Isn't that just a ghost?]
[The Daoist said she has the strength of the Early Stage Golden Core?]
[Wait no, Daoist Ye is a Daoist priest! Isn't getting rid of ghosts his specialty?]
[Haha, Celestial Master Zhang is complaining about his disciples again.]
[When does the Celestial Master not complain?]
[emmm, it seems he always does?]
[Holy cow, I just checked the livestreams of all countries, and they all show the same scene: a woman crawling out of Aoi... bah, Jikong... ah no, crawling out of a well.]
[The person above is acting suspicious.]
[Say what you will, Japan's main contribution is their teachers.]
[Baka yaro, damn Chinese people!! That is art!!]
[Oh ho, is this stray dog still not gone yet?]
[Alright, ignore him. Look quickly at Daoist Ye's expression.]
[Huh? This? Is Daoist Ye getting impatient from waiting?]
[Holy crap, can it even be done like this?]
National Destiny Space ββ
Looking at Sadako's slow crawling speed, Ye Qingxuan wore a look of impatience.
"Dilly-dallying, come out."
Ye Qingxuan couldn't be bothered to wait any longer. He directly turned his Divine Sense into a hand, plucked Sadako out from inside, and tossed her onto the ground casually.
"Yuekui, go play with her."
"Okay!" The white-haired woman was somewhat happy. 'What did he just call me? Yuekui? Why does my heart feel a little sweet?'
Although she was feeling blissful inside, Boss Bai was a warrior who had fought her way out of the apocalyptic wasteland; when it was time to act, she never dropped the ball.
Looking at the female ghost on the ground, Bai Yuekui drew Alaya with a clang.
Swish! A flash of saber light swept past, passing through Sadako's body in an instant, leaving Sadako completely unharmed.
"Interesting." Bai Yuekui was slightly surprised. Although it was just a casual strike, this female ghost was actually able to be immune to it.
Ye Qingxuan, watching the battle from the side, gave a reminder:
"This is a ghost and monster, and it can immune a certain degree of physical damage. You should either use your full strength, use your Saber Intent, or use a mental attack directly."
The viewers in the bullet comments exploded.
[Holy crap, why is this thing so creepy?]
[Boss Bai has the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage; a casual strike of hers probably has the strength of the Late Stage Golden Core, right?]
[I'm more curious about what Daoist Ye just called the young lady.]
[It seemed to be... Yuekui?]
[Holy crap, this is some major gossip!]
[Watch out for Daoist Ye settling accounts after the autumn harvest.]
[Ahem, I didn't hear anything, nor did I see anything.]
[Ahem... didn't Daoist Ye say this thing can withstand physical damage to a certain extent?]
[To put it bluntly, the force still wasn't big enough.]
[Haha, I don't even want to say anything. A Daoist priest against a ghost, and such a weak ghost at thatβDaoist Ye has plenty of methods to deal with it.]
[If it weren't for letting Boss Bai practice her skills, Daoist Ye could crush it to death with a single thought.]
[The little sis is going to use her full strength too.] Bai Yuetian looked at his younger sister in the picture, feeling somewhat excited.
[Haha, go take a look, the foreign Chosen Ones are in deep trouble.]
[Really? I'll go take a look.] Well, Bai Yuetian directly had his attention diverted.
ββ United States Livestream
As soon as Bai Yuetian entered, he saw Changwei... ah no, it was Sadako beating the Hulk to a pulp.
[This Hulk really has thick skin and a tough hide.]
[Captain America is not bad either; with this physical fitness, he can actually withstand it.]
[Shit, the Chinese are here making sarcastic remarks again!!]
[Get the hell out of our livestream!]
[Hulk and the Captain will definitely complete the mission!]
As soon as Chinese netizens spoke, they were snapped at by people from the United States.
National Destiny Space ββ
The Captain and Hulk ran for their lives the moment the mission started, running to an abandoned warehouse, and then began building defensive fortifications.
Next, they placed bombs sponsored by the military and a certain playboy, along with various firearms, everywhere, leaving only a single path.
Then came expressions as if facing a formidable enemy; the zombies from the previous world still gave them lingering fears.
This time's mission was to survive for 12 hours, a shorter time than the previous world, which definitely meant an even more terrifying monster.
"Clang clang"
The midnight bell rang, and the two braced themselves, watching their surroundings.
However, the monster did not appear from the path as the Captain imagined, nor did it descend from the sky. Instead, it slowly crawled out from the phone screen in the Captain's pocket.
"Oh shit!!" A curse slipped out of the Captain's mouth.
The moment Sadako appeared, the Captain immediately felt unprecedented fear.
He felt his heart stop beating instantly, and his body became incomparably rigid.
He felt unable to breathe, his brain spun with dizziness, his vision went dark, and he was unable to move.
However, the enhancements given to him by the Super Soldier serum prevented him from being scared to death directly like an ordinary person, but he still collapsed to the ground instantly like a dead dog.
Watching the Captain struggling like a fish hauled ashore, the Hulk let out a sudden furious roar.
"Hulk!!!"
Unable to help, he could only target Sadako's excessively dense hair.
The Hulk pulled Sadako's hair, preparing to give her a Loki combo.
But his hands grasped empty airβthis was the basic ability of a ghost: etherealization.
The Hulk swung his fist angrily at Sadako, but it passed right through her body. Sadako remained completely unharmed.
Then, with a shake of Sadako's head, countless hard objects like stones and bricks nearby flew up and smashed toward the Hulk.
The Hulk was knocked flying, but he wasn't particularly injured. With another roar, he charged over again.
After that, he was smashed flying repeatedly for five or six minutes. The thick-skinned and tough Hulk bought time for the Captain.
The Captain felt the pressure lighten, and his heart resumed beating. He gasped heavily for air, having never felt that breathing could be such a blissful thing.
Those five minutes had made him feel like every second was like a year.
"Hulk, come back!"
The Captain, having returned to normal, let out a loud shout, making the Hulk retreat.
Then he threw his shield out. Before it even got close to Sadako, it was bounced back by her telekinesis.
Whether it was a coincidence or the United States' national destiny making negative times negative equal positive.
While the shield was tumbling, Sadako directly activated her fear-magnification ability, which happened to be refracted back by the shield's reflection.
"Ahhh!!!" With an immediate loud cry, Sadako vanished.
"This!?" The Captain and the Hulk looked at each other in dismay.
Following that, neither of them dared to relax, throwing away all electronic products on their persons, such as phones.
Then they just stared at their surroundings back-to-back in the warehouse, remaining on guard at all times.
On the other side, the Britain Livestream β β
The vampire Alice and the werewolf were the same, having learned their lesson from the previous mission.
They similarly found a fortification and similarly littered the surrounding area with explosives.
Sadako was the same, crawling out from Alice's mobile phone.
However, both the vampire and the werewolf were dark creatures, possessing a certain degree of resistance against the Yin Qi of ghostly entities.
Mainly because the Sadako they faced was not very strong, possessing only the strength of the Early Stage Foundation Establishment, putting her on par with them.
Just like that. A vampire, a werewolf, and Sadako fought back and forth like this.
Inside the livestream β β
[ It seems this monster is just so-so, Your Highness Alice is truly amazing ]
[ This monster can't do anything to Your Highness Alice and the others; making it through 12 hours won't be a problem ]
[ It looks like they won't have any problems completing the task ]
[ Indeed, this ghostly entity's strength is about the same as this vampire's, and since they both belong to dark creatures, they have a certain immunity ] Zhou Wei, who was garrisoning the Monster Forest, was also lurking.
[ Huh? Daoist Zhou??!! ]
[ Daoist Zhou is garrisoning the Seal in the Monster Forest and can only watch the livestream with his Divine Sense; his profile picture is even himself ]
[ Daoist Zhou, as the only person who has ever defeated Daoist Ye, do you have any thoughts ]
[ Hahaha, Qingxuan Stepping on Dimensions Map!! ]
[ Damn Chinese, Your Highness Alice is of the noble Kindred ahhhhhh!!! ]
[ There are ghosts in the Western Ridge, resembling humans, with red eyes and growing fangs, hiding by day and coming out by night, fond of human blood, consuming which prolongs life ]
[ Good fellow, this vampire even has this effect? ]
[ No wonder China doesn't have vampires; were they eaten into extinction by our ancestors? Did the rest run abroad? ]
[ A bunch of bastards!!! ]
Zhou Wei, who was silently lurking, exited the livestream without saying a word.
Meanwhile, Sect Head Wang far away in Wudang had a gloating expression; towards his disciple Zhou Wei, he felt both affection and hatred.
His talent was beyond reproach, and his Comprehension Ability was not bad either, ranking in the top five of the cultivation world, yet his lazy temperament made him constantly suck through his teeth in exasperation.
Scold him? Useless. Beat him up? Once the beating was over, his enthusiasm would only last three minutes.
While others were cultivating, he was sleeping; while others were practicing martial arts, he rode an ox running all over the mountains, specializing in never making things difficult for himself regarding cultivation.
If it hadn't been for him using his identity as a Master to forcibly command him to participate in the Grand Ritual of Luotian, he could have slept on Wudang Mountain until the end of time.
Simply taking advantage of the hype of national cultivation, he exposed his dark history to make him feel ashamed and brave, and the result β β the effect was not bad.
British National Destiny Space β β
Seeing that she couldn't take down the two of them, Sadako silently retreated.
"Alice, she seems to... have left?" Werewolf Alan's tone carried uncertainty.
"Phew, she's gone, we're safe." Alice sensed it with the secret arts of the Blood Clan and relaxed.
Danmu Section β β
[ It's over here, let's go, didn't get to see any fun, switch to the next one ]
[ Boring, they actually made it through ]
[ Damn Chinese!!! ]
[ Why isn't Ye our person!! ]
[ God will bless us! ]
Russia Livestream β β
Alyosha and Kolov (another Chosen One) did not run around; staying in the room, holding a few yellow Talismans in their hands, they nervously watched their surroundings, the scene extremely out of place.
This was exchanged by the Great Emperor with Number One; no one knew what chips were used, they were just casually drawn by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
This was the inspiration brought to them by the previous mission. When dealing with zombies and ghosts, Chinese practitioners still had better methods, so they asked the Great Emperor to find Number One and exchange for a few Talismans.
Sadako crawled out from the television set, ran headfirst into the Talisman, and shrank back with a cry of "ah".
The room instantly quieted down, and the two of them did not dare to relax, standing back-to-back to be on alert against their surroundings.
At the same time, the prompt tone of the National Destiny Space rang out.
"Ding, the Chosen One of Australia has died. Do you wish to resurrect?"
"Ding, the Chosen One of France has died. Do you wish to resurrect?"
"Ding..."
Prompt tones rang out one after another. Apart from a limited number of countries, the Chosen Ones of over a hundred countries died one after another.
Looking at Sadako's abilities, leaders of various countries were all considering whether to give up the mission. Sadako was not as strong as a zombie; perhaps they could handle her.
Quite a few countries gave up the mission because they discovered that even if their country's Chosen One was resurrected, they had no means to cope with it.
They couldn't even last five minutes, and they wanted to survive 12 hours? How much National Destiny was there to squander?
Might as well accept the punishment for mission failure.
China Livestream β β
[ I've watched them all; only the Chosen Ones of the United States and Britain made it through ]
[ Upstairs, you missed a few people ]
[ You mean the people from Russia and Pakistan? ]
[ The Great Emperor and the others are quite farsighted; they bought quite a few Talismanic Incantations from us ]
[ The vast majority of people were played to death by that female ghost ]
[ This female ghost's strength seems ordinary; even with a tenfold descent, she shouldn't be like the zombie last time ]
[ They're all barely resisting; might as well watch Daoist Ye slaughter all directions ]
[ Makes sense! ]
β β National Destiny Space
Hearing Ye Qingxuan's prompt, Bai Yuekui directly condensed her Saber Intent.
Sadako also felt a sense of unease, screaming frantically and continuously flickering and shifting her form, but she could only appear within a square inch.
No matter how hard it tried to teleport, it couldn't leave the scope of the rooftop.
"Don't waste your effort; this poor Daoist has sealed off the surroundings. If you weren't still somewhat useful, this poor Daoist would have pinched you to death long ago."
Watching Sadako's form flickering endlessly, Ye Qingxuan knew it wanted to teleport away, but Ye Qingxuan had already used his Divine Sense to Seal off the surroundings the moment it appeared.
If he hadn't wanted to let Bai Yuekui practice her skills and withdrawn the rebound force and his own Dao charm, Sadako's operation just now would have turned herself into ashes.
"Ah ah!!"
Sadako launched psychokinesis against Bai Yuekui, and all movable objects around were thrown towards Bai Yuekui.
But before they even got close, they were chopped into dust by the Saber Intent surrounding Bai Yuekui.
Then it activated the ability to amplify fear, and after that, it became even more miserable.
This was equivalent to a low-level Cultivator launching a mental attack against a high-level Cultivator; Bai Yuekui only felt a breeze blow past, while Sadako was clutching her head and screaming.
CCTV Livestream β β
"This earthbound spirit's messy abilities are somewhat interesting, but the gap in hard strength is too huge, making them completely useless."
Master Yuanxin saw through Sadako's abilities, and they were just so-so.
"Not to mention Qingxuan, even this White girl can play it to death." Celestial Master Zhang also shook his head; people of the Dao Sect were best at dealing with ghostly entities, and this thing posed zero pressure.
"Just putting Duyuan inside and chanting a few scriptures would be enough to transcend it." Master Kongming also saw through Sadako's true capabilities; it was too weak.
"..." Sister Qing speechlessly watched the three big shots evaluate Sadako. It might be very weak to you guys, but to ordinary people, Sadako was a big shot.
Danmu Section β β
[ What a miserable female ghost! ]
[ Daoist Ye and Boss Bai are just toying with it ]
[ That's not right, Daoist Ye said he wanted to give Boss Bai some practice ]
[ This female ghost is no Genius; Golden Core strength against Nascent Soul strength Boss Bai? ]
[ This is completely a dimensional reduction strike ]
[ Don't forget, there is still a Void Return big shot suppressing the array nearby ]
[ Really can't think of how they could lose ]
[ Haha, it's the first time hearing Master Kongming praise his own disciple ]
[ Isn't that so? Whether it's the Dao Sect or the Buddhist Sect, when it comes to dealing with ghosts and monsters, who else is more professional than them? ]
[ Makes sense! ]
Inside the National Destiny Space β β
Bai Yuekui released her Saber Intent, and amidst a burst of screams, Sadako turned into ashes. Saber Intent, just like Sword Intent, specialized in slaying falsehoods, and very unluckily, ghostly entities belonged to this category.
Moreover, the gap in strength between Sadako and Bai Yuekui was too massive; basically, to touch was to die.
"Its abilities are very interesting, but unfortunately, its strength is mediocre."
The white-haired woman slashed Sadako and even spat out a complaint, making all the viewers in the livestream grind their teeth. Big sister, it's not that she's weak, it's that you're too strong!
"Nascent Soul against Golden Core, and you still want a hard-fought battle?" Ye Qingxuan looked at the white-haired woman, his tone strange.
"That's true, what should we do next?" Bai Yuekui thought about it and decided to listen to this Daoist for the next steps; when it came to dealing with ghosts, he was more professional.
"I found an interesting person, do you want to go take a look?" Ye Qingxuan looked into the distance, saying something that made everyone curious.
There weren't many people who could make Daoist Ye find them interesting.
"I'll listen to you."
Boss Bai's words made Daoist Ye a bit unable to hold his ground.
"Let's go." Ye Qingxuan waved his hand to take the white-haired woman along, instantly flashing above another building.
On the rooftop's terrace, a fierce battle was taking place.
"This is?" Bai Yuekui looked at the battle below, curiously looking at Ye Qingxuan.
"Kayako, but our target is that glasses-wearing Expressionless Man."
Ye Qingxuan pointed at the bespectacled man who kept firing his gun.
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