Chapter 198: The Eighth Chapter – This is How Curse Energy is Used
“What’s wrong?”
“Why do you have such an expression? Weren’t you not interested in being a superhero?”
“Even if no one saves him, it’s fine. After all, he’s just a homeless man, and the only ones who would care about him are the sanitation workers who will clean up the park early in the morning.”
The mocking voice that provoked the reader, emerged from Yukinoshita Yono’s mouth, sounding like the devil’s laugh, agitating her heart.
The short-haired girl tightened her cheeks, biting her teeth so hard they ground against each other, the voice sounded as if forcibly squeezed out: “You were the one who brought me here, right?”
Yukinoshita Yono, who believed she had seen through all the adults’ false words, finally witnessed their further despicable tactics.
Although she had no interest in being a hero and didn’t want to be like Spider-Man, living next door to the citizens of Chiba, if she could save a person right before her eyes from a monster with her ability, she wouldn’t stand idly by.
“You’ve won. Remember to think of a way to compensate me when you go back.”
Seeing the Strange Class Cursed Spirit approaching the unfortunate homeless man, Yukinoshita Yono realized that there was no more time to hesitate. She sighed deeply.
This was her first encounter with a Cursed Spirit, and she had no idea how to fight. She could only act on instinct for now.
She summoned a clone, with shadows separating from the short-haired girl to quickly leap down from the owl guardian deity, dragging out a series of white trails behind her.
The clone suddenly solidified in mid-air, landing on the Strange Class Cursed Spirit. Even though Yukinoshita learned aikido for self-defense from her mother, it didn’t mean she didn’t know how to inflict effective or fatal damage.
Clone Yono half-crouched on the Cursed Spirit’s shoulder, hugging its head, able to snap its neck with only a twist!
Her arms tensed, exerting force!
But…not only did it fail to twist off its head, the clone was instead grabbed by the Cursed Spirit with a large hand and thrown to the ground, shattering.
The clone dissolved into glowing particles, dispersing into the air.
Seated atop the guardian, the real Yukinoshita Yono froze.
She didn’t expect her certain attack to be entirely ineffective.
“Use Curse Energy to strengthen your body. Otherwise, with those skinny limbs, how could you possibly beat it?” Lin Qi said lazily.
“Hmph! If you don’t like it, you should try yourself!” Yukinoshita Yono sneered.
Though her clone hadn’t inflicted much damage on the Strange Class Cursed Spirit, it had surely captured its attention. It abandoned pursuing the unfortunate homeless man and stopped to look up at the floating guardian deity and Yukinoshita Yono.
The homeless man ran desperately, too afraid to look back and see if the monster continued chasing him, and thus missed seeing the guardian on the owl deity above.
“Since that unlucky soul escaped, shall we leave as well…ah!”
As Yukinoshita Yono spoke, her words abruptly turned into a short, startled whimper.
The ground below suddenly turned into a shadow. Her body lost its foothold, passing through the shadow and falling towards the ground below.
Fortunately, the height wasn’t high, and there was soft grass on the ground. Apart from some soreness from the fall, the short-haired girl wasn’t hurt.
“Tsk! Lin Qi, you really deserve to die!”
Yukinoshita Yono faced downwards, her small hands unable to resist rubbing the tight curve of her jeans-clad buttocks.
While she was displeased, the cursed spirit seemed to almost burst into laughter.
Previously, while Yukinoshita Yono sat atop the Nue, the cursed spirit could only watch from below. But now that she had fallen down, the strange class immediately approached her with eagerness, drooling uncontrollably onto the grass, which instantly corroded small patches.
The monster’s shadow enveloped the short-haired girl, who unconsciously lifted her head in fright. Her body trembled uncontrollably.
It looks like this guy is hell-bent on making me face this monster alone. He even brought me to this place to make me watch a poor soul being chased by a cursed spirit. I wonder what he has in mind!
To strengthen oneself with curse energy…how is that done? I don’t know!
Regardless, Yukinoshita Yono was still just a girl.
If a twenty-year-old Yukinoshita Yono were here, she would probably feel scared and tremble. Let alone the current middle school version of Yukinoshita Yono, who had a slightly fierce young ghost demeanor.
She retreated immediately, and white shadows kept flickering around her, soon dividing into five Yukinoshita Yonos. It left the cursed spirit dumbfounded, unsure which one to attack first.
Strengthen oneself using curse energy…that must be how it works, right?
Forget it, I’ll just try!
Including clones, six Yukinoshita Yonos flared with blue-green curse energy, encircling the cursed spirit.
Yukinoshita Yono initiated righteous group attacks.
The Strange Class Cursed Spirit, disoriented by the clones, launched a counter-attack on its prey, regardless of whom it targeted — striking whomever was closest!
For the clone, the attack from the Grade 3 Cursed Spirit was effective indeed.
A fist larger than a pot hit a clone’s body, smashing it into fragments that dispersed into light particles.
Fortunately, the cursed spirit’s movement was extremely slow. It had barely pulled back its punch before being struck by another clone on its waist, leaving a hole the size of a bowl.
Subsequently, the back, abdomen, and head were targeted by the clone, which launched suicide attacks heedless of personal harm. Even if struck back by the cursed spirit, it only depleted Yukinoshita Yono’s own curse energy.
The cursed spirit, staggering from a sweep kick from the short-haired girl, lost balance, and fell backward, a two-meter-tall figure collapsing to the ground with a huge crash.
The sound echoed through the night park, startling birds roosting in tree branches.
“Has this been enough?”
Observing the cursed spirit lying motionless, Yukinoshita Yono retracted her clones and asked breathlessly.
“Why not finish it?” The short-haired girl hesitated to pursue the fallen spirit, leaving Lin Qi puzzled.
“Finish…how can something this big be finished merely with fists?” Yukinoshita Yono remarked.
“It seems your use of curse energy stems purely from instinct.” Lin Qi’s eyes widened, “Let me show you.”
Lin Qi took control and approached the struggling cursed spirit, raising a tiny fist engulfed in blue-green flames.
Without resorting to any force beyond her capabilities, Lin Qi’s fist struck the cursed spirit’s ugly head, blasting it into pieces upon exploding with curse energy.
“Curse energy is used like this.”
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The noisy summer:
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