Chapter 381: Vatler's Anomaly

"Ruoxi, how is Kurumi doing right now?" Lingyun asked, looking at the documents in his hand while using his Divine Sense to contact Ruoxi in the Cloud Realm.

"With your Source Power maintaining her and me looking after her, there absolutely won't be any problems!"

In the Cloud Realm, Ruoxi was sitting and continuously weaving the laws of this world; before her was the Spirit Crystal that Tokisaki Kurumi had transformed into.

"To be honest, I'm still a bit worried. After all, that seal was placed by you and me working together back then. If someone were to break my seal, I would definitely know. But now, this seal has actually shattered without me noticing, which makes it impossible for me not to worry!" Lingyun put down the documents in his hand.

"Why don't you just ask her directly when the time comes?" Ruoxi said with an indifferent expression. "Maybe something interesting will happen then!"

"That works too. Let's put this matter aside for now." Lingyun rubbed his brow slightly. "However, there have really been endless incidents on Itogami Island lately!"

For some time now, due to the influence of an inexplicable force on Itogami Island, the strength of all the Demon Race had risen slightly, and their emotions had become volatile and irritable. Consequently, the work pressure on the Itogami Island security forces had increased significantly, and Nangong Nayue often stayed at the security force headquarters for entire days at a time.

"It seems the influence of this inexplicable aura is truly growing larger and larger." Lingyun frowned as he looked at the sky. "At this point in time, Xia Yin should be taking action as well."

In the sky above Itogami Island, Yese Xiayin had already transformed into her Angel state, and countless Magic Arrays were slowly unfolding around her. Beside her, Luo Yexi and Liuli stood ready, prepared to respond to any sudden situation at any time.

"Purification Light!" The three pairs of light wings behind Yese Xiayin expanded to their maximum in an instant, and countless light feathers drifted out from the wings, making Yese Xiayin look even more like an angel fallen into the mortal world.

The Purification Light fell onto the Magic Arrays, and the layered arrays began to activate simultaneously. These layered arrays were Amplification Arrays; by utilizing them, Yese Xiayin's Purification Light could spread across Itogami Island. Most importantly, these arrays were one-time use. To set up such a set of arrays, Lingyun had shelled out quite a lot of materials. Although he felt the pinch, to temporarily suppress this strange aura on Itogami Island, Lingyun could not care about that much. Otherwise, if things continued like this, it wouldn't take long for the entire Itogami Island to fall into chaos.

At the security force headquarters, several teams of security force members had gathered their equipment and were ready to go. The equipment they wore was top-tier gear manufactured by Nina using Alchemy. Nina had been exhausted from working on the equipment for these squads during this period, and as soon as the work was finished, she ran to Nangong Nayue's Villa to catch up on sleep.

Among these security forces, there were four people who seemed out of place: one was Nangong Nayue's personal maid, Ashtarte. The other three were the half-baked Fourth Progenitor Xiao Gucheng, whom Nangong Nayue had dragged over to do manual labor, and Himeragi Yukina and Kirasaka Sayaka, who had followed because they were worried about Xiao Gucheng acting alone and were subsequently conscripted by Nangong Nayue as well.

"Everyone, move out!" Sensing the Purification Light showering down from the sky, Nangong Nayue gave the order.

As the Purification Light fell, the Demon Race on Itogami Island who had fallen into a state of irritability were simultaneously suppressed. The security force members on the scene struck at once, splitting into several teams and rushing toward different directions of Itogami Island.

"They're here!" Liuli, who had been closing her eyes, suddenly opened them. A flash of light appeared in her hand, and the Destruction Scythe appeared in her grasp.

In the sky, the ominous aura was stimulated by the power of the Purification Light and frantically gathered toward Yese Xiayin's direction. Before long, several monsters formed from black mist appeared in the sky and lunged toward Yese Xiayin.

"Six Suns Burning Night!" Luo Yexi let out a cold snort. The Nine Suns Heavenly Sword in her hand shook, and a massive amount of Nine Yang Power erupted, instantly forming six huge Light Balls around her, which lunged toward the monsters formed from black mist.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—" The Light Balls collided with the monsters, and the two mutually dissolved, continuously consuming each other's power.

"Shadow of Destruction!" The Destruction Scythe in Liuli's hand continuously swept out shadows.

Every time the monsters formed from black mist were swept by the Shadow of Destruction, their forms would shrink by a fraction. No matter how the monsters tried to block with black mist, it was to no avail; the domineering nature of the Destruction Power was once again evident.

Inside the Villa, Lingyun's Divine Sense had fully expanded, monitoring every move of the black mist monsters in the sky. At the same time, he was rapidly calculating in his heart when the right moment to act would be.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Luo Yexi once again wiped out all the black mist monsters in front of her, but the black mist in the sky churned, and several more monsters appeared in the Void again.

"These guys are really annoying. No matter how much you kill them, they won't die. They're on par with that Demon Beast from before, right?" Luo Yexi said, catching her breath.

"These monsters rely on that strange aura on Itogami Island to achieve Infinite Rebirth. Killing them also consumes their power," Liuli said, slicing a monster apart with her scythe.

"But continuing to drag it out like this isn't a solution either. I've already consumed nearly seventy percent of the Nine Yang Power in my body," Luo Yexi said, frowning.

"Hold on a little longer," Liuli said. "It should be about time."

Just at this moment, a roar came from the sky. Massive black energy formed a huge head above the three of them and lunged toward them, seemingly wanting to swallow them in one gulp.

"Go!" Nangong Nayue suddenly appeared in mid-air, throwing out her Precept Chains to encircle the arms of the three.

A flash of purple light appeared, and the four of them vanished from mid-air simultaneously. The huge head couldn't stop in time and swallowed the layered Magic Arrays in mid-air.

After swallowing the arrays, the monster's head let out a strange roar, and wisps of light shone through from within the head. The balance of the arrays was destroyed the moment they were swallowed by the monster's head, and the amplified Purification Light remaining in the arrays instantly erupted, carrying out a powerful explosion on the monster's head from the inside.

A small sun appeared in the sky for an instant; the monster's head crumbled bit by bit and finally turned into nothingness under the Purification Light.

"It seems it was a success. Half of that strange aura on Itogami Island has already vanished," Lingyun's figure stepped out from the Void.

"The timing was calculated perfectly. That detonation of the Composite Magic just now was your doing, wasn't it?" Nangong Nayue said. "Otherwise, that kind of stable Compound Array wouldn't have collapsed entirely just because its balance was disrupted."

"That's right. As it stands, the effect is not bad," Lingyun nodded. "But doing this can only delay the crisis. Next time, the same tactic might not necessarily work."

"During this time, you had better keep an eye on Vatler. His recent behavior has been somewhat strange!" Nangong Nayue suddenly said.

"Vatler?" Hearing this name, Lingyun couldn't help but frown.

This guy was purely a battle maniac, but he had appeared extremely quiet during this period, which was clearly not his style. Perhaps he had been tinkering with something that could trigger a major war all this time.

"I understand. I will keep an eye on him during this time," Lingyun nodded slightly.