The encounter ended with unexpected speed.
Zuiyue Junsuke's shikigami were utterly overwhelmed by Luo Zhen's shikigami. One after another, they were bound to the ground, unable to move.
"All right, let's go."
Luo Zhen did not even glance at the Niō and Yaksha lying all over the ground. He merely said this to Kyoko.
"Y-yes!"
Only then did Kyoko come to her senses and hurriedly respond.
But just then...
"What is this...?"
Luo Zhen, who was about to leave with Kyoko, suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Kyoko was slightly startled.
Then, in the very next instant, an abnormal phenomenon occurred.
"Vmmm—!"
The air suddenly trembled, making the earth roar along with it.
Terrifying Spiritual Energy radiated from the earth, rose into the sky, and finally gathered together.
Under this astonishing Spiritual Energy, barrier after barrier appeared throughout Tokyo, as though rising from beneath the ground, gradually linking together.
Luo Zhen stared intently at the scene and uttered a single word.
"A ritual array..."
----"A ritual array."
This referred to a large-scale curse technique formed from groups of barriers or spells.
Its effects were usually no different from those of ordinary barriers and spells, but its power was vastly greater.
Just as one plus one was certainly greater than one, a ritual array combined spells with the same effects or properties and used them in parallel. Through mutual support and an expanded scale, it could increase the power of the spells several, dozens, or even hundreds of times, unleashing terrifying strength.
Now, a ritual array had been spread across the surrounding area, even the entire region. Barrier after barrier rose from the earth, eventually connecting with one another and transforming into a colossal barrier of immense scale—so immense that it was impossible to tell whether it had encompassed the entire