Chapter 348

Step!

Step!

Step!

Step!

Entering the forest, where sunlight could not penetrate, in the quiet environment within, the sound of footsteps seemed especially quiet.

While continuing forward, Aizen added casually.

"Since this Otherworld Fragment is connected to the Monu Sect, given that they hold the advantage, the enemy should already be ahead of us."

"If you encounter ordinary cultists, deal with them quickly—don't delay."

"But if you run into a Dazuisi Sect, try to avoid combat. Over the past thousand years, the Monu Sect has also mastered all sorts of strange powers called Witchcraft Factors."

"Those who possess Witchcraft Factors have all kinds of bizarre abilities—they can even kill you without you ever realizing it."

Just as Aizen was speaking

"Help me!!"

A sudden scream shattered the quiet atmosphere.

The only ones in the group, Gray and Erza, both had their expressions change, and in the next instant, their figures flashed as they rushed toward the direction the cry had come from.

While charging over, magic power enveloped their bodies.

They had already discovered earlier that the fog could not be dispelled; aside from Natsu's flames, their own magic power could likewise shield against the fog's intrusion.

It's just that covering themselves entirely in magic power consumed more of it, but at this moment, the two of them, bent on saving someone, could not spare the thought.

Within a few breaths, the two had already reached the spot where the cry had come from, yet when they arrived at the scene, they froze in place.

Because they saw a person floating in midair, their body seemingly being crushed, constantly constricting, scarlet blood continuously spraying from their mouth—the scene was especially bizarre.

"This is……"

Erza looked at the person in midair, and for some reason felt a vague sense of familiarity with the scene before her.

"Never mind that, save the person first……"

"Erza, retreat now!"

However, before Erza could act, a voice suddenly rang out from a distance nearby!

And the owner of that voice was unmistakably Aizen, who had entered the forest together with them.

After only a second's pause, Erza chose to heed Aizen's words, releasing her magic power as her figure shot backward.

Boom!

The next second, the spot where Erza had originally been standing—as if some invisible boulder had smashed down at some unknown moment—was blasted into a pit dozens of meters wide and several meters deep, producing a heavy thud.

"What is going on here."

Staring at the deep pit, Erza's heart trembled; if such power had struck her, even if she didn't die, she would surely have suffered no small an injury.

"Be careful—I can already sense the presence of the Daomonu Sect."

A pause of several seconds was enough for Aizen and the others to arrive, and this time, it was Gin Ichimaru who spoke.

"Monu Sect?"

Hearing that familiar name, the solemn expressions immediately surfaced on the faces of the mages present.

At the same time, Erza also recalled it now.

"This is the ability of that Monu Sect's Sloth Dazuisi Sect."

"You really are so slothful! ……"

And as Erza's words fell, from behind the trees not far away came a voice that made one's head tremble, and at the same time, the owner of the voice also walked out.

And this person was unmistakably Sloth himself, who had been missing for a long time.

"To only now remember the enemy's name—how truly slothful."

Although it had been a long time since they last met, Sloth's appearance still made it impossible to stop one's gaze from trembling.

A crazed expression, mouth (clacking) biting at a finger, fresh blood dripping from both hands, the entire person exuded an eerie madness.

But it did not end there—around the group, in every corner, several more figures appeared.

The first figure was a short man with deep brown long hair, his mouth split all the way to the back of his head, two short swords bound to his hands.

The second figure was a woman in a tattered long dress, with long hair and blood-red eyes.

The third figure was a man holding a dagger, perpetually bent at the waist.

The fourth figure was a woman who looked like a demon, demon wings sprouting from her back, eyes blood-red, dressed extremely revealingly.

The last was a woman wrapped entirely in bandages, with burn scars on her face, holding iron chains, an aura of terror radiating from her entire body.

Sloth Dazuisi Sect!

Gluttony Dazuisi Sect!

Lust Dazuisi Sect!

Wrath Dazuisi Sect!

All have made their appearance!.