Arieser's process of stripping away the grudge seemed so painful and difficult to onlookers.
Perhaps it used the "difficulty of the process" as a restriction, thereby enhancing the strength of the exorcism.
Moyu walked into the main hall and gently set aside the water he had brought over.
He had originally intended to use the excuse of preparing food to stay in the kitchen for a while, and then send a shadow person outside to observe the situation, but the moment he went out, he saw Cheadle directly enter combat status.
This raised his vigilance, and he casually grabbed two cups of water and hurried back to the main hall.
In order not to affect Arieser's exorcism, Moyu stepped back.
"Are they people from the Qinglin Squad?"
While paying attention to Arieser's exorcism, Moyu thought of the Qinglin Squad that Cheadle had mentioned when explaining things to him.
Thirteen years ago.
Strictly speaking about the inducement, the death of his predecessor's mother was indeed caused by the post-mortem entity that Hawk brought out from the tomb, but it was actually related to the Qinglin Squad as well; it was their intervention that accelerated the death of his predecessor's mother.
At that time, if his predecessor's mother hadn't made a decisive judgment at the critical moment, I'm afraid his predecessor would have died in the womb.
Let the shadow person go check out the situation first.
Moyu controlled the miniature shadow person in his consciousness to head toward the mountain forest.
As he gradually grew familiar with his ability, he could freely adjust the real-time images focused within his field of vision without even closing his eyes.
Moreover, after setting a restriction, the effect of the basic ability was multiplied; originally, the shadow person could only move freely within a range of one hundred meters, but now this figure had soared to over two hundred meters.
This was the benefit of decisively setting a "Vow and Restriction"; if a Specialist's own ability wanted to produce outstanding effects, it inevitably had to deal with "restrictions".
While controlling the shadow person's movements, Moyu kept watch on Arieser's exorcism.
The exorcism opportunity granted by Perception possessed the characteristics of being "cost-free" and "instantaneously purifying".
Its value could not be measured by money, and at critical moments it could even play the role of saving one's life.
Since Arieser could help Hawk with the exorcism, Moyu would, on the premise that circumstances permitted, lean toward retaining this exorcism opportunity for a rainy day.
Mainly, he wasn't sure if he could obtain this extremely precious exorcism opportunity from "Perception" in the future.
Yet the sudden change outside...
Moyu's expression turned slightly grave, and with the aid of the "Vision Sharing" ability, he took the situation in the mountain forest into his eyes.
At this moment.
The forest was permeated with the scent of blood, and fully armed corpses lay scattered near the trees.
The palm-sized shadow person controlled by Moyu carefully threaded its way through the forest, paused, and then climbed up along a trunk.
After some effort, it barely managed to find a suitable angle to take in all five conspicuous bundles of aura in the forest that shone like lightbulbs.
One of those auras belongs to Cheadle, so the other four must be the enemies...
The real-time imagery transmitted back by the shadow person made Moyu's expression grow increasingly grave.
With his current experience, he could barely judge that the "manifestation aura" on Cheadle was stronger than that of the four opponents, but compared to two of the enemies, Cheadle's "manifestation aura" advantage was not particularly prominent.
Although "manifestation aura" was only one factor in judging overall strength, it was also enough to indicate that the opponents were at least experts.
And in battles between Nen users--
Once multiple Nen users possessed a foundation for cooperation, the combat power they could unleash was not as simple as 1+1.
Can Cheadle handle it?
Unfamiliar with the attributes and abilities of the four enemy Nen expert users, he inevitably felt concerned for Cheadle.
If there was a Manipulator among the enemies who specialized in a "one-hit kill" type of ability, they could more easily achieve the conditions for a "one-hit kill" with the coordinated cooperation of their companions.
This was the advantage of multiple Nen users in combat.
Just as Moyu was worrying about Cheadle, the battle in the mountain forest broke out instantly.
Ken and Sivir stood separately in the front, facing Cheadle.
The former had his long saber unsheathed, while the latter had knuckle dusters embedded on her hands along with a strange wheel-shaped weapon.
Meanwhile, Genbul and Cole stood on either side, eager to make a move.
"So it's the Dog of the Zodiac, long time no see."
Ken radiated abundant Nen all over his body, holding his saber horizontally across his chest as he looked at Cheadle with a smile:
"Your ability should have the effect of amplifying your field of vision. I originally thought you would use In or Zetsu to sneak over after clearing out the cannon fodder, and then pick us off one by one... What, did you judge that there is a Manipulator among us? Or perhaps..."
At this point, Ken's eyes narrowed into slits, and his voice, cold as a viper, radiated undisguised malice after being rendered by his aura.
"You have a reason to have to move away from your 'current location', is it because that 'rat' that tried to steal something a few days ago got injured? No, I should say probably not that much, then, is it to protect that baby who stubbornly came to life thirteen years ago under the erosion of the 'post-mortem entity'? Mhm, completely understandable, after all, from your perspective, you wouldn't let that baby touch Nen, right?"
"..."
Cheadle wore a blank expression, not taking the bait, and her emotions showed no fluctuation whatsoever.
Using words as a weapon, he attempted to disrupt Cheadle's emotions.
But after all, she was one of the Zodiacs, so the effect was almost zero.
Seeing that Cheadle had no reaction, Ken smiled indifferently.
The battle began from this very moment.
Gambler's Rhapsody
Genbul, positioned on the left, suddenly conjured a slot machine.
The strong Nen fluctuations generated during the conjuration process inevitably diverted a portion of Cheadle's attention.
And at this very moment--
Ken and Sivir, standing at the front, seized the opportunity, kicked off the ground with one foot, and attacked Cheadle with an extremely fierce posture.
Conjurer, and... tentatively judged to be an Enhancer.
All the people and objects presented before her, down to the static and dynamic, transformed into information within a split second, gathered into Cheadle's head for processing and analysis.
Medical Ledger
Observation, exceptionally enhanced observational power, strong information-gathering capability, and finally, processing--
Instantaneous thinking power erupted!
As if threading a needle, Cheadle found a route with the highest fault tolerance amidst lightning speed.
Swish!
Evading the attacks, the transition between advancing and retreating, she danced as if leaping upon a tightrope.
Cheadle's movements were smooth and continuous, simply and calmly shaking off the frontal combined attack momentum of Ken and Sivir.
"Hm?"
Surprise flashed in Ken's eyes.
The set of counter-measures displayed by Cheadle suddenly made the word "foresight" flash through his mind.
Sivir, who had launched the frontal attack at the same time, did not think as much as Ken and directly pursued and attacked Cheadle.
An oppressive atmosphere filled the forest.
Inside the temple's main hall.
Hearing is not shared, I can't hear what that man is saying...
Hm? Such strong aura, such fast speed!
Moyu furrowed his brow tightly.
Having ascertained the situation, he did not hesitate at all, abruptly walking quickly toward Hawk and Arieser.
The developments outside were unexpected, and in this situation, he had to decisively use the exorcism opportunity.
"Mr. Exorcist, step aside."
Moyu spoke up to stop Arieser's difficult and painful swallowing action.
"?"
Arieser and Hawk looked over at the same time.
The former was interrupted in his exorcism, slowly revealing anger.
The latter was surprised yet somewhat puzzled.
"You must give me a satisfactory explanation."
Perhaps because the swallowing process was a very painful matter, Arieser hated most when others interfered with his exorcism.
He stared at Moyu, his zombie-like face utterly indifferent, yet his gaze grew sinister.
Moyu had no time to explain, directly reaching out and pressing his hand onto Hawk's body.
"Moyu?"
Hawk was full of doubt.
Moyu did not speak.
Exorcism--
Initiate!
The post-mortem entity residing within Hawk's body seemed to receive some kind of strong stimulation, instantly emerging and covering Hawk's body like countless black ghosts struggling and roaring.
"This is...!"
Hawk wore a look of shock, while Arieser instinctively retreated, looking in disbelief at the massive amount of post-mortem entity on Hawk's body.
"There was still this much?!"
That quantity meant he would have to swallow a great many times to completely strip away the post-mortem entity residing within Hawk's body.
And at the very next moment--
This post-mortem entity, exuding extreme malice, suddenly shrank entirely into the palm of Moyu's hand, and then disappeared without a trace.
At the same time.
Hawk's body instantly returned to normal.
All of this happened too fast and too suddenly.
Hawk wore a dazed expression.
Meanwhile, that Mr. Exorcist widened his eyes as he looked at Moyu, his zombie face like withered tree bark regaining its facial expression function, overflowing shock evident on it.
"Y-You are also an exorcist... But, but..."
"How is this possible...!!"
"I must be dreaming, I'm definitely dreaming!!!"
The scene unfolding before his eyes violently subverted the exorcist's understanding.
Moyu
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