Chapter 700: The Rescue Operation Begins

As Itsuka Shido bowed toward Lingyun, a faint groan sounded, and Itsuka Shido looked toward the direction the sound came from with some pleasant surprise.

Izayoi Miku had already opened her eyes, looking at the ceiling before her with some confusion.

"Miku, you're awake, that's just great!" Seeing Miku awake, Itsuka Shido threw himself in front of her with a face full of joy.

"Darling, where is this? Why am I here? I remember... I seem to have been stabbed by that fierce woman." Perhaps because she had just woken up, Izayoi Miku's memory was still stuck at the stage where she was injured.

"This place is a small shop opened by Mr. Lingyun. You were seriously injured before, and it was Mr. Lingyun who saved you." Just as he said this, Itsuka Shido's expression suddenly changed slightly; only then did he remember that Izayoi Miku was a Spirit who felt extreme disgust toward men.

Sure enough, after hearing Itsuka Shido's words, Izayoi Miku's expression changed drastically, and terrifying spiritual power erupted directly from her body, instantly causing countless cracks to appear on the chair beneath her.

"Sorry, guests are not allowed to act recklessly inside this small shop!" Just as Izayoi Miku's spiritual power was about to spread outward, Lingyun's voice rang out leisurely.

An invisible Domain instantly enveloped the entire shop, and the spiritual power radiating from Izayoi Miku was easily dissolved into nothingness within this Domain.

"You, who are you?" Izayoi Miku looked at Lingyun before her, a trace of confusion in her tone.

Although she herself felt great disgust toward men, the man before her possessed an aura that made her feel a sense of closeness.

"Mr. Lingyun is also a Spirit, and a very powerful one at that. Moreover, the wounds on your body were also healed by him." Itsuka Shido said to Izayoi Miku; although he did not know Lingyun's battle record on Mayuri Island, he had once learned some information from Itsuka Kotori, knowing that he possessed the power to crush the DEM company.

"A Spirit?" There was a trace of confusion in Izayoi Miku's tone; clearly, she had not expected that there would still be male Spirits in this world.

"Brother!"

The door of the small shop opened once again, and Itsuka Kotori ran in hurriedly.

"Kotori?" Seeing Itsuka Kotori appear, Itsuka Shido also felt some surprise.

"The Fraxinus is ready; we are leaving immediately to rescue Tohka!" Itsuka Kotori said to Itsuka Shido.

"Alright!" Itsuka Shido nodded hurriedly.

"Brother, we are ready!" Senju Kayo and Tina appeared beside Lingyun at the same time.

Itsuka Kotori's gaze fell upon the case carried on Tina's back, and she could not help but shrink her pupils. She remembered that among the wizards who died on Mayuri Island previously, quite a few had died from the attacks of a heavy sniper rifle. She had suspected at the time that the person who acted was one of the two girls beside Lingyun; now it seemed that it was a very obvious matter.

"Let the Fraxinus arrive afterward; we will take a step ahead!" Lingyun suddenly said.

"Eh?" Before Itsuka Kotori's words could leave her mouth, she closed her lips.

Only to see Lingyun snap his fingers, and Tokisaki Kurumi, Senju Kayo, Tina, and he disappeared from the room at the same time.

DEM company, Tengu City branch.

A flash of silver light passed, and Lingyun appeared on a skyscraper not far from the DEM company branch building.

"It seems they have already evacuated the crowd in advance! Was it by using the Spacequake alarm? However, doing so is no different from openly declaring to the DEM company that they are coming to attack!" Lingyun said, looking at the empty street.

"Regardless, being able to avoid harming the innocent is a good thing." Tokisaki Kurumi said.

"Hmm, looking at it this way, they have turned the entire DEM company branch into a giant turtle shell!" Lingyun's Divine Sense was released, and he instantly discovered that the entire DEM company building had already been enveloped by a powerful Territory.

"A turtle shell, huh? Just smash it," Tokisaki Kurumi said indifferently.

"Brother Lingyun, Tina and I are leaving first!" Senju Kayo said to Lingyun, then took Tina and quietly disappeared from the rooftop.

Spiritual power surged on Lingyun's body, and he instantly deployed his Spirit Dress. With a wave of his hand, a Long sword appeared in his grasp.

"Report, unknown spiritual power fluctuations detected. Analyzing the spiritual power fluctuations, it is highly likely to be the Swordsman or the Nightmare!"

Inside the DEM company, a staff member typed on a computer and spoke.

"Swordsman? Nightmare? How could they appear here?"

Hearing these names, Ellen on the side could not help but shrink her pupils. She had not expected that the DEM company's operation this time would actually attract such a terrifying guy. The fact that Lingyun had seriously injured her with only one sword strike was still fresh in her memory.

"Have they come?" As the captain of the DEM company's Third Combat Unit, Jessica Bailey gripped the Light Sword in her hand. "This time, I must surpass that woman. I will definitely make you acknowledge me, Lord Westcott!"

"Click-clack—"

Behind Lingyun, Zafkiel slowly emerged, and the crisp sound of a clock ticking rang in the ears of everyone at the DEM company branch. Although the DEM company branch building had the obstruction of the Territory, and every person in the DEM company was in a different location, the sound of the clock rang in everyone's ears simultaneously, and even the volume of the sound was exactly the same. The sound was like the footsteps of a devil approaching, gripping the hearts of the DEM company members bit by bit.

"The enemy's trail has been found!" At this moment, an exclamation rang out, and the image on the screen changed rapidly. The figures of two people were displayed on the large screen. "There are two targets, the Swordsman and the Nightmare respectively!"

Just as the DEM company staff found Lingyun's trail, countless Sword Qi suddenly shot out from before Lingyun, bombarding the DEM company building like a rainstorm. The Sword Qi instantly tore through the sky and slammed fiercely into the Territory barrier of the DEM company building.

"Crack-crack—"

In just a few breaths' time, the barrier formed by the Territory developed countless cracks and finally dissipated into countless points of light.

"Tch, this Territory isn't very useful either!" Jessica spat, then spoke loudly. "Third Combat Unit, attack with me!"

"Wait, Jessica, the opponent is not as simple as you imagine!" Seeing this scene, Ellen's expression could not help but change slightly.

"Hmph, you don't need to worry about my business! Isn't it just a Swordsman? Watch how I take him down!" Jessica looked at Ellen coldly and turned to leave directly.

"You—" Seeing Jessica like this, Ellen was also furious, but she had no way to deal with Jessica. This person, other than Westcott, listened to almost no one's words.

"There's no other way! Everyone, attack!" Seeing that Jessica and her subordinates had all disappeared, a trace of helplessness appeared on Ellen's face.

"Yes!"

"Kurumi, go find out where that silly girl Tohka is right now. If a Reversal situation occurs, just smash this thing onto her!" Lingyun flipped his hand, and a golden crystal appeared in his palm.

"I understand!" Tokisaki Kurumi took the golden crystal from Lingyun's hand, and her figure slowly disappeared into the shadows.