I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 279

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕𝟗

Five taoists appeared from the giant Rock.

However, since each of them was as powerful as the generals of the Hawon Clan, as expected, I smiled and shouted at them.

“Take care of Xue Laifu, and we’ll take care of the other enemies!”

“Good to hear you! We are the five Taoists of Yonggo! We will repay this debt someday. Hwap!”

A middle-aged Taoist priest with a long beard and a loud voice cast a spell, throwing a yellow talisman at Xue Laifu.

Then, the talisman emitted light and turned into a huge rope, grabbing one of Xue Laifu’s arms and pulling it.

Kwang!

“Keugh! You, you guys! I clearly gave you a bait to distract you. . . . . . .”

“Yes, Xue Laifu! I almost fell for your little trick!”

Having fought several times already, Xue Laifu frowned noticeably as soon as he saw them, his face pale.

And as his feet were tied, Arietta and Echinacea Lianqi, who had been playing for time, naturally joined in and began to intercept the remaining enemies.

“Blood Mist.”

Swish!

Bang!

“Ack! My, my eyes. . . . . . !”

“Dammit! The fog is clinging to my body! Jegal-yun! Hurry up and write the characters!”

While the generals were panicking over the red fog summoned by Arietta, the party in charge of them and Echinacea Lianqi continued their attack in one breath.

Gyeonggang was preoccupied with the divine beast led by the taoists, and Twin-Headed Ogre Gong-dal, who was the only one with any energy left, was also blocked by me and the shikigami, unable to move.

In the end, Seon Pyo-wang and Heo Pyung-su, who failed to withstand the fierce waves of attacks, were subdued first.

“Keugh. You guys. . . . . . .”

“Oppa, what should we do?”

Han Seo-ah, who had restrained the two fallen men, asked me, and as I was about to step forward, Nachal, who had been killing the yokai, asked for a favor.

“. . . They were members of the same group as us. If possible, can you let me finish them off myself?”

“Yes. Do as you wish.”

Nachal took a heavy step forward and approached the two generals, and Heo Pyung-su and Seon Pyo-wang began to plead desperately, even in their clouded minds.

“N-Nachal. Think carefully. If we hadn’t done this, what kind of future would we have had.”

“We had no choice! Do you really not know that?”

Although they had been comrades for many years, Nachal responded coldly to them.

“So, you guys were going to take all the members of the group outside?”

“T-That. . . . . . .”

“You didn’t have any intention of doing that at all. You even killed your lord, and you were going to get rid of me because I would be a nuisance.”

As he said this, Nachal took out the small sword hanging from his waist and cut the throats of Heo Pyung-su and Seon Pyo-wang.

Swish.

Thud!

Bang─!

The two generals who had turned their backs on the group and abandoned their subordinates met a vain end, and Nachal, who had brought it upon them, turned around and walked back into the midst of the yokai.

“Thank you for giving me my turn. As a reward, I, Nachal, will take care of as many of these little yokai as I can!”

Thanks to his efforts, the number of yokai brought by Xue Laifu began to decrease significantly.

After all, two of the generals who had been holding back the strong ones on this side were dead.

As the situation that had been in their favor turned against them, the expressions of those who had sided with Xue Laifu turned sour.

“. . . Did we really pick the wrong side.”

Jegal-yun was the first to react.

In the first place, he had only shared interests with Xue Laifu’s group, and as soon as he realized that the situation was unfavorable, he left the battlefield as it was.

As Cheong Juhwa, who had become free, turned her gaze to Gyeonggang, Gyeonggang, who had been pushing back the giant Rock, also began to look around, pondering.

“Xue Laifu, this is not what we agreed on!”

“. . . Tsk. Shut up and just deal with the enemy in front of you. There’s no need to act rashly.”

“No, it seems hopeless for you. I’m going to move separately from now on.”

As Gyeonggang showed signs of leaving, Xue Laifu, who had his head down, began to let out a creepy laugh.

“. . . Heh, heh. There are only idiots everywhere. Now it’s done. You guys are useless.”

“What!”

Gyeonggang was furious at his words, but for some reason, he froze as if he had become stiff and fell into the ground in an instant.

And then, he began to tremble in pain, writhing violently.

“Ugh! Keugh! What did you do to me. . . . . . .”

“I joined forces with you for the opportunity, but you were one of my targets from the beginning. Didn’t you even notice?”

The huge and intimidating body of Gyeonggang began to shrink gradually.

His flesh and spirit were slowly being absorbed by Xue Laifu.

“Kwaaak! This is. . . . . . impossible!”

“Heh. It’s a trick. I had a hard time engraving the mark for a long time.”

It seemed likely that Gyeonggang had fallen victim to the forbidden technique that Xue Laifu had used when he was still human.

At the same time, the yokai that had been attacking us fiercely also began to writhe in pain.

Kiiiiiek!

Gooooo─!

Now it was beyond the realm of sensation and could be confirmed with the eyes. That much intense energy was gathering and being absorbed by Xue Laifu.

At that sight, Arietta seemed to recall Shin Do-hoon, who had previously used the forbidden technique, and frowned, stretching out her arm to summon the energy.

Whoosh!

Bang!

Some of the energy flowing into Xue Laifu was taken away by Arietta’s hand, but it was less than 20% of the total.

Arietta, who soon hardened her expression, warned everyone.

“. . . It’s a very vicious forbidden technique. Even though I can handle a similar power, I can only control a part of it.”

As she said, Xue Laifu’s body swelled up in real time and began to evolve into a larger form.

Xue Laifu, who was enjoying it, raised his hand with a somewhat subtle expression.

“To be able to interfere with my consciousness directly is amazing. Heh. Thanks to that, I’m a little short on power.”

And the place to make up for that shortage was as good as decided.

Whoosh!

Bang─!

“Kwaaak! X-Xue Laifu-nim! Isn’t this against our promise!”

Gong-dal, who seemed to be his loyal subordinate, writhed in agony, filled with a sense of betrayal.

“Xue Laifu, you bastard! Don’t tell me you put a mark on me too. . . . . . !”

“Be absorbed obediently, two-headed. If you become one with me in this way, you will eventually achieve your goal, won’t you?”

“Keuheueueuk!”

As Gong-dal was also deprived of all his strength and became like a mummy, there were no more enemies left except Xue Laifu.

I carefully reused my emotional function and confirmed that the change in such a guy was not just a superficial one.

【Xue Laifu】

▶Level 81

「. . . . . . .」

Level 81.

It is a level close to the limit that can be reached by conventional means, and a number that signifies the power to destroy a country single-handedly.

In fact, except for the battle with Baekryeo, which was concluded in a slightly different way, it could be said that he was the greatest enemy I had encountered since I woke up in this world as Han Kang-yoon.

Perhaps sensing the changed momentum of Xue Laifu, the Yonggol taoist priests, who had been moving confidently until then, began to hesitate.

They, who had been confronting Xue Laifu all along, also meant that they were encountering the current state for the first time.

“Cunning yokai. . . . . . You didn’t use all your power before!”

“Heh. Think as you please. I also put everything on the line for this great plan.”

Come to think of it, Baekryeo also said something like that.

After realizing the existence of the outside, she said that she had thrown her all into taking over Yoo Ha-on’s body.

Like that, it was clear that the current Xue Laifu was also pouring all his energy into it without thinking about the future.

In other words, it meant that we could definitely repel the great yokai Xue Laifu if we could only overcome this crisis.

「However. . . . . . He’s really strong.」

The fact that I didn’t know his tricks very well amplified my anxiety.

Against a superior opponent, the pattern is also unknown.

Even in a game, I would have to go through trial and error several times, but this place was a reality where I had to bet everything at once.

As we hesitated like that, the Yonggol taoist priests were the first to shout and jump at Xue Laifu.

“No matter how strong you become, your nature will not change! We will definitely beat you!”

The taoist  who called himself Hong-gyun was the first to throw a net that seemed to be a high-ranking spell, and the other four priests responded to it and unfolded a binding technique together.

I felt it before, but the breathing of those five is really excellent. Xue Laifu couldn’t shake them off for a while, as if they were reading each other’s minds in perfect coordination.

But this time it was different.

Xue Laifu, who instantly summoned his power and tore the net, puffed out his mouth and spat out a lot of pitch-black blood.

Hooeup!

Poohwaaaak!

And, surprisingly, the priests’ spells that had been completed the moment they touched the blood began to melt away.

Cheeeik.

Chijijijik.

“Hu, huh! What the hell is this. . . . . . !”

“It’s so pathetic! You were able to use a forbidden technique of this level!”

The bewildered taoists regained their breath and re-established the connection of the spells, but the result did not change.

Xue Laifu, who had melted the entire structure of the spell, soon jumped high and slammed down on the ground where the taoists were standing.

Kwaaaang!

Jjeojeojeojeok─!

“Ugh!”

“Keuheuk!”

It wasn’t a simple slam.

Red demonic energy struck the bodies of the taoists who had lost their footing as the ground shattered.

Shocked by it, two of the taoists spit out blood and hurriedly backed away.

“S-Simple release of demonic energy? To have this much power. . . . . . !”

As they said, Xue Laifu had now become an existence that was practically a weapon with his whole body.

We couldn’t afford to watch any longer, so we exchanged glances and lined up side by side, surrounding the injured taoists as if to protect them.

“Heh. That’s right. Now, it’s not even exciting with only five.”

“. . . . . . .”

“Is there anything you want to talk about? That wouldn’t be bad either.”

Whoosh!

As Xue Laifu stretched out his hand, the net-shaped spell that had been broken before was forcibly reconnected through the demonic energy and glared at us.

“Hundred Flower Heat Wave!”

Boom!

Han Seo-ah quickly intercepted it, but the impact was minimal. Xue Laifu’s demonic energy was now far beyond its original realm.

In the end, it was only possible to shake off the net that was closing in by combining the forces of the generals, including Cheong Juhwa and Ha Sa-dam.

“Everyone, be careful!”

Xue Laifu, who had already prepared his next move in the meantime, thrust his arms, which were full of blood vessels, into the ground and chanted an ominous spell.

Kwadduk!

Whoosh!

The ground gradually cracked, and a strange red light emanated from it.

Ggong-sam-yi, who had received my instructions, emitted flames from behind Xue Laifu, but Xue Laifu, who had protected his body with demonic energy, completed it without even flinching.

“Heh, let’s all go to hell together.”

Grand spell, Blood World Array.

The crimson demonic energy spread out as if it would explode, and soon filled the world.

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