Nue X Exorcism X The End

Inside the sealed, reinforced cargo container, thick steel plates blocked out all outside noise. In the center of the compartment, Jiang Ye sat cross-legged.

The internal energy was gradually replenished, and the soreness in the body subsided completely. All preparations for the Exorcism Ritual were now complete.

Jiang Ye slowly opened his eyes, turned to look at Gray Beak waiting outside the cabin door, and gave the order in a deep voice.

He should clear the outer perimeter and seal off the entire area!

Soon, the heavy container door slammed shut, completely cutting off the daylight, leaving Jiang Ye alone in the huge cabin.

"It's time to begin."

He slowly raised his hands, backs of his hands facing outwards, his two thumbs hooked together, and the remaining fingers spread out, mimicking the outline of a bird's wings.

A bird's shadow was cast onto the shadow on the inner wall of the steel plate.

The pent-up energy within him flowed down his arms and into his fingertips.

Jiang Ye's deep voice echoed softly within the sealed cabin.

"X!"

The moment the words fell, the vast expanse of black shadow beneath their feet suddenly surged, expanded, and rose violently.

The black shadows, like an ink sea stirred up by a gale, spread in all directions. The airflow inside the cabin suddenly became turbulent, and the steel walls trembled faintly.

The next moment, a giant, strange bird, slightly larger than an adult human, emerged proudly from the churning shadows.

It wore a grayish-white, skeletal mask that completely covered its eye sockets, revealing only sharp, outward-facing, pale teeth beneath the mask. Its true face, beneath the flesh, was entirely concealed by this bony mask.

Through the gaps in the mask, a pair of narrow, yellow pupils glowed eerily, their cold gaze fixed intently on Jiang Ye in the center of the cabin.

Thick, unruly reddish-brown wild mane spread wildly over its head and neck, extending down its neck to its shoulders.

A pair of enormous wings spread out to the sides, the feather roots jet black with a dark red sheen at the edges. Strong, sharp black claws gripped the steel floor of the cabin tightly, tearing several fine cracks into the metal plates with their claw tips.

Nue!

Among the Ten Shadows Technique, it is a unique, dedicated flying Shikigami!

The instant it was fully revealed, a powerful and overwhelming sense of oppression swept over and filled the entire enclosed container.

With just a slight flap of its wings, a violent storm suddenly arose, swirling dust and gravel from inside the cabin and tearing the hem of Jiang Ye's coat backward with the strong wind.

Jiang Ye frowned slightly, clearly sensing the terrifying power contained within this flying Shikigami.

If it were placed on an open wasteland, its high-altitude maneuverability and dive attack would make it difficult for Divine Dog: Totality and Toad to deal with it, and they would have to pay a considerable price.

The nymph's yellow vertical pupils narrowed slightly, instantly locking onto Jiang Ye.

Its broad wings flapped violently once more, and its massive body, propelled by the airflow, transformed into a streak of reddish-brown, swooping down directly towards Jiang Ye. Its sharp claws, accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through the air, aimed straight for his heart.

Jiang Ye's expression remained unchanged as his hands moved swiftly, palms outward, thumb and forefinger forming a ring, the other three fingers raised, and the Toad's hand shadow taking shape on the wall's shadow.

"Toad!"

With a muffled boom, the massive gray-brown toad body leaped out of the shadows on the ground, its thick hind legs pushing off the steel plate, and its huge body stood firmly in front of Jiang Ye.

The Toad's enormous mouth suddenly opened, and its long, dark red, sticky tongue, like a spring launched from a bow, carrying foul-smelling saliva, stabbed straight at the swooping nue!

Seeing the long tongue approaching in an instant, the Nue showed no sign of panic.

The flying Shikigami was incredibly agile. Its wings suddenly veered to one side, and its massive body forcibly changed direction in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the tip of the long tongue and narrowly escaping this fatal Binding Vow.

But just as it narrowly avoided the attack of the tongue, behind it, within the shadows stirred by the gale, a massive black and white figure had already quietly lurked in position.

Divine Dog: Totality!

The pheasant's yellow vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and it instantly sensed the danger behind it.

The surface of its broad wings was instantly wrapped with crackling purple lightning, and its body crackled with electricity, as it tried to use the impact of the lightning burst to teleport away from the attack.

However, the space in this container is ultimately limited; the towering ceiling and thick steel walls effectively restrict its movement.

As Shikigami that fights at high altitudes, the confined and narrow environment directly locks in most of its maneuverability advantages, making it impossible to fully unleash its flight speed and explosive power.

Before the lightning teleportation was fully completed, Divine Dog: Totality's pair of sharp claws imbued with Nen had already slashed down.

Sizzle!

A piercing tearing sound suddenly rang out as the claw blades ripped a deep wound open on one of Nue's wings, and dark red Shikigami blood dripped continuously from the gaps in the feathers, splattering onto the steel plate floor.

The excruciating pain caused the nue to let out a sharp, piercing cry.

Jiang Ye stood behind the Toad, taking in the entire battle situation before him, and understood everything.

The nue is extremely powerful, but its weaknesses are equally glaring.

Once forced into a small, enclosed space, the advantage of high altitude is lost, high-speed maneuverability is restricted everywhere, and it is easy to be broken through at close range.

"Hun, keep holding it back! Toad, block its escape routes!"

Jiang Ye issued the order in a deep voice.

Upon receiving the order, Divine Dog: Totality lowered its body again, bared its fangs, and continued to pounce and close in on the Nue.

The Toad's massive body moved sideways, completely blocking most of the cabin space, its long tongue flicking back and forth at its mouth, ready to strike again at any moment.

Caught between two Shikigami, Nue's situation instantly became extremely dangerous.

But it did not give up; a fierce glint flashed in its yellow vertical pupils.

The injured wing trembled violently, and the purple lightning surrounding its body suddenly surged, the crackling sparks illuminating the entire cabin in an intermittent manner.

The next second, Nue abandoned its maneuvering and charged straight at Jiang Ye with its massive body crackling with lightning!

It moved so fast that it was almost just a reddish-brown afterimage, trying to get past the two Shikigami and kill the sorcerer performing the Exorcism Ritual first.

Jiang Ye had anticipated this.

Faced with this thunderous attack, the shadow beneath his feet surged, and his body dissolved like ink, instantly sinking into the darkness beneath his feet, activating Shadow Stealth.

In the next instant, Jiang Ye's figure appeared behind the Toad's enormous body. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped into the Toad's gaping maw.

The Toad's mouth instantly enveloped him completely, its closed lips sealing him shut and effectively isolating him from all external attacks.

Seeing its target suddenly disappear, Nue abruptly stopped halfway through its charge. Its yellow vertical pupils swept across the entire cabin, quickly locking onto the Toad crouching in place.

It instantly understood Jiang Ye's hiding place, its cries grew increasingly furious and shrill, its wings crackling with purple lightning, and it turned to charge fiercely at the Toad's head.

They've fallen right into their trap!

Jiang Ye, inside the Toad's mouth, coldly watched the rapidly approaching Nue and immediately issued an order.

"Now!"

"Toad, Binding Vow!"

"Attack its wings!"

Upon receiving the order, the Toad's enormous mouth suddenly opened wide again.

The long, dark red tongue shot out like an arrow, its surface churning with viscous saliva, precisely wrapping around and binding the nue's body and the base of its wings.

"Squeak!!"

The nue flapped its wings desperately, and purple lightning exploded wildly on the surface of its tongue, trying to burn away the Binding Vow.

But the Toad's tongue was far more resilient than anyone could imagine, locking it firmly in place.

In the very instant the Nue struggled, Divine Dog: Totality seized the fleeting opportunity.

With its four legs stomping on the steel plate ground, its massive body leaped high into the air, its claws gathering immense Nen as sharp claw blades slashed down heavily from above.

Pfft!!

With a muffled thud as flesh was torn apart, a huge gash was ripped open on the other side of the Nue's intact main wing.

Under the double blow, it could no longer maintain its levitation. Its huge body lost its balance and fell heavily from mid-air, crashing into the hard steel deck with a loud thud, sending debris and dust flying everywhere.

At the very moment the Nue crashed to the ground, the Toad's mouth slowly opened, and Jiang Ye stepped out.

He raised his right hand, his fingertips pointing at the Nue that had fallen to the ground. The shadow beneath his feet surged violently, and several dark and sharp Shadow Spike burst forth from the shadows on the ground, stabbing straight toward the Nue's body.

Just as the Shadow Spike was about to strike, the Nue's last remaining tattered wing flapped violently, and the raging airflow deflected all the incoming Shadow Spike.

Ignoring the fatal wounds from its torn wings, it unleashed all the remaining power within its body, and purple lightning gathered wildly around it.

Using the force of the airflow, and with its last remaining strength, it fearlessly pounced on Jiang Ye, determined to fight to the death.

"Not good!"

The speed of the Nue was beyond imagination. Jiang Ye didn't have time to sink back into the shadow. In his haste, he could only raise his arms and mobilize his Qi to cover his body.

Boom!!

The massive bird's body slammed into Jiang Ye's chest.

The immense impact was like being hit head-on by a speeding truck; Jiang Ye was thrown backward, his back slamming heavily against the steel wall of the cabin.

The dull thud echoed and reverberated within the sealed cabin.

"Cough...!"

Jiang Ye coughed up a mouthful of blood, a glaring crimson dripping from the corner of his mouth. Waves of excruciating pain surged through his chest, spreading throughout his body, and dull ache emanated from his bones.

In the past, this impact would have been enough to knock him unconscious on the spot.

But after this period of continuous physical training and weightlifting, the body's resilience and endurance are now vastly different, allowing it to withstand this fatal blow.

Jiang Ye raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, his eyes showing no sign of backing down.

"Damn it, end it!"

Taking advantage of this opening, Divine Dog: Totality charged forward, its massive black and white body leaping high into the air. Its claws, imbued with Nen, slammed heavily into Nue's body with a whistling sound.

With a series of heavy claw strikes, the Nue suffered devastating damage. Its feathers shattered, and its massive body crashed heavily onto the steel floor, no longer able to struggle or move. The light in its yellow vertical pupils also dimmed rapidly.

Jiang Ye stood there, slightly out of breath, raised his arm, and pointed his fingertips at the Nue on the ground again.

The shadows on the ground surged again, and several dark and sharp Shadow Spike rose from the ground, hurtling through the air and piercing the Nue's body.

The sharp cry gradually faded and dissipated.

The massive body of the Nue began to transform into streaks of reddish-brown interwoven light, like countless stars in the sky, gradually melting away and slowly flowing and converging into the shadows on the ground.

The raging winds and crackling purple lightning inside the cabin gradually subsided as the Shikigami dissipated.

The cabin returned to silence, with only Jiang Ye's slightly heavy breathing remaining.

He looked down at the shadows at his feet, which had returned to calm, and saw a new, enormous bird silhouette lying quietly in the depths of the shadows.

The Exorcism Ritual is complete!

Ten Shadows Technique, the fourth Shikigami.

The pheasant is to be used by him!