Next, Nameless and Xu Qinqin had no choice but to join the fight.
Hikawa Kyoko alone could never hold back the monsters' assault. If they put out the flames on the gate, they would have to start all over again.
The Mountain Ghosts themselves were weak. Though they were immortal, once they revived, they did not return to the fight. Instead, they knelt on the ground and supplied power to the heads flying overhead.
If too many Mountain Ghosts died, the heads in the sky would grow vastly stronger, and Nameless and the others would face the true final battle.
Nameless and Xu Qinqin avoided the Mountain Ghosts and targeted the flying heads instead, striking whenever one came close.
Hikawa Kyoko had also realized that killing too many Mountain Ghosts would cause trouble. She focused on defense, killing only those that posed too great a threat.
"Why isn't that huge head in the sky attacking?" Nameless kicked a flying head into the distance, then looked up at the enormous head, which was on the same level as him.
Xu Qinqin held a miniature longsword. She sent out a slash of Sword Qi and answered without looking back, "I don't know. I've never seen Mountain Ghosts like these."
"What exactly are Mountain Ghosts?" Nameless asked, glancing at the densely packed Mountain Ghosts in the courtyard.
"There are many Mountain Ghosts throughout the All Heavens and Myriad Realms," Xu Qinqin replied. "They come into being in different ways. I'm not sure what kind these are."
"..."
Nameless stopped asking. If he kept going, Xu Qinqin probably would not know the answers to nine questions out of ten.
In truth, he wondered whether she really knew nothing. Perhaps she saw him as a rival and was withholding information so she could set him