"It seems that your companions have always been at a disadvantage! It's all my fault!" Li Yang sat on the ground and watched the battle in the barrier, feeling more and more hopeless.
"This is not your fault alone. If you have to say who is at fault, it is also the fault of the monster who confused you and took the opportunity to occupy your body." Xia Qiu patted his shoulder and comforted him.
Li Yang remembered that this was the first time that someone was willing to comfort him when he felt painful and helpless. Moreover, he could not hear any pity in her tone, and there was no dodge in her eyes.
Although he had just met this girl, he found a feeling of healing in her, which might be a power from her soul. It wasn't until this moment that he realized that if he was just a soul now, then she...
"Are you...?!" he blurted out.
"My name is Xia Qiu. I am in the same school as you, but one grade below you." Xia Qiu replied without thinking, still staring unblinkingly at Ouyang Xiaoleng's figure in the battle.
"I'm not asking this, I mean I didn't react just now. Since I am a soul, what about you?" Li Yang continued to ask incoherently.
"Oh, you're talking about this. I have the ability to leave my body, so what's around you right now is just my soul!"
Her answer did not reduce the doubts in Li Yang's heart. On the contrary, as the fear of losing his body gradually faded, his curiosity increased. He asked again: "And... who are you?!"
This question stumped Xia Qiu. How to explain to him what they did? Even if he knows the answer now, after seeing her, Ouyang Xiaoleng and Ran Mingzhu's various abilities that are different from ordinary people, his and Kong Xin's memories are destined to be erased.
She was silent for a moment, feeling that since his memory would soon be erased, instead of struggling to explain to him, it would be better to give him a casual answer, so she said: "Actually, we are... monster hunters."
"The Demon Catcher, are you just here to deal with monsters like the one that's controlling my body now?! It turns out there really is such a group of people! I thought you were just legends!" Li Yang nodded in understanding. He said, feeling a little excited.
Xia Qiu sighed and returned his attention to the battle within the barrier.
Just now, Ouyang Xiaoleng had another great opportunity to go around the opponent's back and capture him, but the opponent once again took advantage of his inability to hurt Li Yang's body and launched a closer personal attack, so he had to give up this opportunity. , but turned to defend while retreating.
Ran Mingzhu, who was not far away, could no longer stand it because his opponent was so despicable. Now she had to admire Ouyang Xiaoleng's patience. If it were her, she might have made a mistake due to impatience. She took out her string of copper bells from her pocket and wrapped them around her hands. While moving her arms to make the bells ring rhythmically, she silently recited a spell.
This is an advanced spell passed down from generation to generation in the Ran family. Its function is to slow down the opponent's attack speed. The effect of the spell is directly related to the level and concentration of the caster. Although she is not very clear about the power of the parasitic spirit that controls Li Yang's body, it uses a human body after all, so it should not be that difficult to restrain. If it were a monster's body, with her current strength I'm afraid it's not possible yet.
As the mantra continued to be repeated in Ran Mingzhu's mouth, Xia Qiu, who was in a state of soul separation, saw the mantra gradually materializing along her arm. The strange symbols seemed to be one ring after another, and finally connected into a chain that she held tightly in her hand.
The chain rotated, rushed towards Li Yang's body controlled by the monster, and tied up his arms. The monster said contemptuously: "Your companion is really naive, she thought she could tie him up with such a small skill." I?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the monster broke the chain transformed by the spell with just a slight effort.
But Mingzhu didn't give up. If it didn't work once, she decided to try again.
This time her energy is more concentrated than before. One of her characteristics is that the more she faces a stronger opponent than herself, the less willing she is to give in easily, and it is easier to bring out her own potential. Her grandfather Ran Tianqi once told her when he was still alive that he was very optimistic about her abilities because she, like her aunt Ran Mingzhu, had rare talents. In response to her grandfather's expectations, she had to prove herself.
The sound of her incantation continued to grow louder, and the strength and strength of the bell in her hand also changed. As the magic power from the monster hunter increased, static electricity was generated and exploded in all directions. The chain formed by the spell this time was much thicker than before. It rushed towards Li Yang's body, which was freed by the monster, at a faster speed, and bound his arms here.
"Damn it!" The monster tried to break free, but failed to break the chain.
Ouyang Xiaoleng took this opportunity to knock the sword out of his hand, and went around behind him to hold down his body. Although the monster was still struggling, it was not so easy to move as it was bound by the chains formed by Ran Mingzhu's spell and its body was held down by Ouyang Xiaoleng.
"Since there is such a move, why didn't you use it earlier?!" Ouyang Xiaoleng complained expressionlessly.
"Hey, it's obviously your own weakness, so I helped you, okay?! You didn't even say thank you, but instead you blamed me?!" Ran Mingzhu said angrily through the barrier.
"Don't talk about it yet, you should have a way to get this guy out of Li Yang's body. Although your level is not very good, you are still a monster hunter." Ouyang Xiaoleng shouted to Ran Mingzhu, He pulled the monster's arms behind him and laid him face down on the ground.
"Are you ordering me?! Since you think I'm not strong enough, then find a way on your own!" Ran Mingzhu said and turned her face to the side.
"Uh, I really don't have any spirit of cooperation at all! Forget it, I can't count on you, I really don't understand why you are following me!" Ouyang Xiaoleng had no intention of taking care of Ran Mingzhu's mood, and just said whatever came to his mind.
"Now is not the time to quarrel, you two! If you don't let Li Yang return to his body quickly, it will cause harm to his soul!" Xia Qiu was secretly worried at the side. She vaguely felt that when Qian Qi just joined them last year, , the same is true with Ouyang Xiaoleng. Although he has made progress in getting along with others, Ran Mingzhu is a girl with a more individual personality, and it is inevitable that she will argue with him.
"I finally got this body, and it's not that easy for me to get out of it." At this time, the monster held down by Ouyang Xiaoleng spoke.
"You're not responsible for your nonsense!" Ouyang Xiaoleng was angry for a moment, and suppressed the monster with more strength, but he heard a click.
"Hahaha, you almost broke his arm! Am I right? Your true nature will be revealed so soon! By the way, you may not know, right? As a parasitic spirit, this I can't feel the physical pain at all, so you have to think carefully about how to force me to leave." The monster laughed happily.
"Mingzhu, stop arguing with Xiao Leng and think of a solution!" Xia Qiu shouted to Ran Mingzhu.
"Well, let me think about it!" Ran Mingzhu searched for ways to deal with parasites in the knowledge stored in her brain. Although she learned a lot, she had relatively few practical applications, so when she really encountered the situation At that time, the reaction seemed a little slow, "Yes! Whoever you are, bring him from the barrier to me!"
Although Ouyang Xiaoleng was quite dissatisfied with Ran Mingzhu not calling his name, he still tried his best to control his emotions, picked up the monster from the ground and walked towards Ran Mingzhu's direction.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the monster got a chance to get up from the ground, he suddenly called back his sword coiled with poisonous snakes. The poisonous snake bit hard and broke the chain formed by Ran Mingzhu's spell. He took the opportunity to kick Ouyang Xiaoleng hard and escaped from him by relying on the rebound of this force.
"This monster is really cunning!" Ran Mingzhu said angrily, but she didn't expect that her own thoughts gave it a chance to escape.
She thought that Ouyang Xiaoleng would blame her this time, but he did not do so. He just dusted off the clothes that were soiled by the monster and said, "I always hate it when others dirty my clothes. Since you have to If he doesn’t let go of that body, then I’ll kill him too!”
"You...how could you?!" The monster's voice began to tremble.
It originally did not believe that Ouyang Xiaoleng would harm the body it was using, but from his eyes, it clearly saw murderous intent. He is a different person now than he was just now. His patience may have reached its end. If that is the case, it may be dangerous.
"Will I know it?! Let's try it!" Ouyang Xiaoleng said and stabbed the opponent in front of him with his sword. Without any hesitation, the sword was aimed directly at the heart of Li Yang's body.
"What is he going to do?! Make him stop!" Seeing that his body was about to be seriously injured, Li Yang's soul couldn't help but ask Xia Qiu for help.
"Are you really going to kill him?!" Ran Mingzhu was also frightened.
But Xia Qiu still had a calm look on her face, because she trusted her blood pact partner Ouyang Xiaoleng from the bottom of her heart, so she knew that Li Yang's body would be fine.
"It seems that you really want to kill him." The monster was frightened by Ouyang Xiaoleng's powerful aura. While resisting his attack with the sword in his hand, he retreated back. This time, it was his turn to be completely suppressed. , Ouyang Xiaoleng's moves were deadly, and let alone fighting back, it was even difficult for him to defend.
"I'm tired of playing this game with you. Originally, I didn't want to end the game this way, but unfortunately you insist on forcing me to change the rules of the game."
Ouyang Xiaoleng's attack became even more fierce. First, he used Ye Shenbing's plan to slash horizontally, causing the sword in the opponent's hand to almost drop. Then he followed with another thrust, but his target was still the opponent's heart.
"Ah!" The monster hurriedly dodged to the side. Although it barely escaped the blow, its left arm was still scratched with a gash.
Even if it doesn't feel the slightest pain due to injuries to the body it uses, its strength will become weakened because of this. When its strength is insufficient, it is likely to be caught by the opponent. Therefore, it knew that if it wanted to escape, it had to do so now.