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"Yuji, you don't look very well? Has anything happened recently?"

Class monitor and good friend Ike Hayato asked with concern.

The young Yuji Sakai looked exhausted, always looking very tired, as if just standing there, he was already exhausted, and it wouldn't be strange whenever he fell down.

And the temperament on his body also seemed to have undergone an inexplicable change, no longer so lazy, but with a bit more hardness and conciseness.

Classmates could occasionally see strange black rigid lines flash by on his face when he turned his head, and the art style of the whole person seemed to have changed.

He shook his head a bit sluggishly, his face full of regret and pain.

"I want to be able to help, I want to fight the Crimson Realm with you."

Why did he have such a brain cramp that day to say such things? Now every night has become a tense and exciting hell training.

"Little cup!"

Such an evaluation seemed to still be echoing in his ears.

Boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

Flame bullets and fireballs the size of a palm circled in the Barrier, some fast and some slow, with blurred trajectories, setting off transparent ripples in the void. Although there was not much momentum and the damage was not high, that was for Flame Haze warriors.

Even the light bullets summoned by the most ordinary Unrestricted Spell could easily knock Yuji Sakai away when they hit him. Although not fatal, the pain brought was not a bit less.

And he could feel this kind of pain hundreds of times in one night.

—Barrage battle.

That man who inexplicably had some vague malice toward him and looked very much like a devil, called this training method with a grin.

"I'm actually still alive..."

The vague voice carried a trace of pain. Yuji Sakai struggled to get up. He lamented more than once that a Torch could actually survive being knocked away. If he were still human, he would probably have died from internal organ rupture by now.

"What is the use of this?"

"Grazing is also a part of Unrestricted Spell-socializing. You have to play even if you are unhappy... Kid, this is all for your own good."

A few seconds later, the red rain swept past with a buzzing sound, breaking through the air. They all surged toward the young man Yuji Sakai, who was an ordinary human not long ago.

And what was even more amazing was that he actually controlled his body to avoid most of the barrage in the dense offensive, and occasionally some hits only grazed his arms and legs.

The chaotic Power of Existence stirred the air, and the whistling of the gale mixed with the high-temperature and high-heat fluctuations, all entering Yuji Sakai's perception. The occasional pain made his spirit quickly return to normal and concentrate, becoming clearer than ever before.

In that fleeting, tiny period of time, the flow of time seemed to fall into a quagmire, and everything in front of him became clear. Yuji Sakai tried his best to deduce the trajectory and landing point of every barrage, so that he would only suffer the minimum damage.

"Okay, this is very good."

As expected, there will be progress under pressure.

Although his posture was a bit embarrassed, in terms of Yuji Sakai's reaction and the capability of his movements, he was already a qualified gymnastics monkey. Now it was barely enough to join some street dance team.

After enduring the pain and making progress, he also underwent an amazing transformation.

At least he had reached the point where he wouldn't be taken away by a passing Denizen of the Crimson Realm in one move. Plus, with the 'Pet' ring of the fire-avoidance Barrier, before being captured by the Masquerade and having the 'Snake of the Festival' possessed, his safety problem could basically be assured.

Of course, within this short month, training Yuji Sakai to this extent naturally couldn't be separated from frequently using the Power of Existence to heal his injuries severely.

And those Powers of Existence were also taken from his own body. Anyway, it would automatically recover at zero o'clock. If yesterday's Power of Existence wasn't used, wouldn't it be a waste?

"Next, training in killing intent perception."

Jia Ji grabbed a steel giant sword from the side that looked like it weighed over a hundred kilograms. This giant sword was integrated, the hilt was golden, and it had dull patterns on it. It seemed to be a practice prop that sacrificed everything else for weight.

He swung the giant sword in his hand, and suddenly, a violent wind pressure driven by pure strength without any technique grew a crack about ten meters long on the ground, making Yuji Sakai, who was watching from the side, twitch his face, his thin and skinny body swaying.

Although it looked like only the weight was worth mentioning, this giant sword with an exaggerated shape was actually the magic treasure 'Vampire, Blutauger.' After injecting "Power of Existence" into it, blood-red patterns would emerge, and it had the ability to make the opponent it came into contact with suffer injuries without needing to directly cut them.

It was a trophy Jia Ji seized from them that day when he was walking on the road and bumped into two Denizens of the Crimson Realm, who seemed to be called the Aizen siblings or something, while helping Shana buy pineapple buns.

Beside them was a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses and a suit, smoking, who belonged to one of the top Denizens of the Crimson Realm acting as their bodyguard, 'Schuddenai,' one of the three pillars of the Masquerade.

The "Chi You" in the ancient myths of this world refers to Schuddenai. If he didn't hold back, he could easily take on two thousand Flame Haze warriors alone.

At that time, when Jia Ji brushed past them, he suddenly exploded, punched them both, and sent this pair of bone-orthopedic Aizen siblings to hell. Schuddenai reacted accordingly and transformed into a Chimera.

After clashing head-on with Jia Ji for two punches, Schuddenai, whose arms exploded into a ball of purple fire, showed the expected expression of "Who the hell are you" and "What the hell is this."

"The 'Zero Hour Lost Child' you are looking for is in our hands, inside a Mistess named Yuji Sakai."

This news was actively revealed by Jia Ji. And after glancing at him deeply, Schuddenai actively retreated. Even if he didn't know whether it was true or false, he needed to return to the Starry Palace headquarters to discuss such important news with the 'Strategist.'

"So, are you ready—" Jia Ji twisted his wrists, holding 'Blutauger' with both hands, aiming at the midline of Yuji Sakai's body, who was forced to face the difficulties.

With a gulp, Yuji swallowed hard and nodded, his eyes as firm as if he were heroically going to his death, like a real man.

Because he knew that no matter whether he was ready or not, that exaggeratedly large giant sword would slash at him in the next second.

"White Emperor Holy Sword! Eat my giant sword Lion Slash!"

"Wait... what is that?"

This New Year's sword technique that could split a building finally didn't slash down.

An incredible spectacle was reflected in the eyes of the two.

In the gloomy, dark blood-colored sky, a phoenix rose from the ground, like a shining sun, spreading its majesty into this stagnant Barrier.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 148 =====