Ghost Cultivation Mountain completely ignored the Black-Skinned Monsters attacking it from all sides. With heavy steps, it slowly made its way toward Machine City.
In the blink of an eye, Asaka Akie had flown over and was hovering in front of it.
The flying monsters nearby spotted her and swarmed in from all directions. But as soon as they came close, they fell into hallucinations and plunged toward the ground one after another, like rain falling from the sky.
Asaka Akie paid no attention to the monsters around her. Instead, she stared at the two black holes in Ghost Cultivation Mountain's turtle-like head.
They should have been eyes, but there was no hint of emotion or color in them.
"Stop!"
Asaka Akie made her voice ring out like a loudspeaker. "Don't come any closer."
Ghost Cultivation Mountain was unmoved by her shout. It kept walking forward on all fours.
Asaka Akie bit her lower lip, hesitating.
Machine City was short on high-level combatants. With the Black-Skinned Monsters threatening them, she didn't want to provoke another Great Demon.
But Ghost Cultivation Mountain was only two or three kilometers from Machine City. It wouldn't take long for it to reach them.
With its size, it could easily breach the city's defenses and trample the whole place flat.
So she had to stop it here.
"Stop! This is your final warning. Otherwise, I'll treat you as an enemy!"
Ghost Cultivation Mountain ignored the warning, showing no reaction whatsoever to Asaka Akie's words. It kept moving toward Machine City without wavering.
Asaka Akie didn't hesitate any longer. She immediately attacked Ghost Cultivation Mountain.
A female figure, faintly glowing, appeared behind her. Holding a longbow, she fired a light arrow at Ghost Cultivation Mountain.
Unlike Tsukimi Mei, Izanae excelled at mental attacks. She could subtly