Chapter 2860: Origin of Wishes

While he was puzzled, the red butterfly immediately saw that the moonlight illuminated dense white vesicles on the head of the giant blue giant spirit.

This was like putting a white wig on the giant spirit that originally only had a small braid. If viewed as a wig, its image was undoubtedly ridiculous. But once discovered that it was a vesicle of insects, even in the form of a red butterfly, Xia De still felt like vomiting from disgust.

To prevent himself from seeing it wrong, the red butterfly under the moon "blinked" its eyes, and the strange magic - 【Remaining Advice】 was immediately activated. Even if it had turned into a relic, the information left by the hunters about it had not disappeared:

【Ahead is a phantom spirit, physical attacks are completely ineffective.】

【Next, it is time to use soul attacks.】

【Offer wishes and souls to make it self-restrain, do not fear sacrifice.】

【Next, the "Crystal Bottle for Catching Wind" will be very useful.】

"What is 【Crystal Bottle for Catching Wind】?"

Xia De wanted to continue watching, but once this strange magic was used, the observed object would have a very obvious perception. The giant blue spirit moving towards the city turned its head to the left. Fortunately, the distance between the two sides was too far, and Xia De turned into a young silver cat and fell from the sky. What the giant spirit saw was only the forest sea under the moon.

After landing steadily with the help of the Feather Fall spell, Xia De said quickly to the hunter and the doctor:

"Wish Demon - Za Tan Na, it seems it is controlled by the Paradox Worm and is now moving towards the city."

Then he explained that he had already completed the demon summoning this morning and planned to meet the demon tomorrow.

"Are you also trading with a demon?"

The hunter asked in surprise, but Xia De really didn't want to answer this question:

"It might have been retaliated against by that ancient evil existence. But the key now is not this. Doctor, do you have any way to defeat this demon?"

But the doctor was obviously not up to it now. He only said that he couldn't take action for a period of time after holding the ritual, but now not only could he not take action, he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness:

"Sorry, I might not be able to help much this time. I don't know what kind of power it has now that it is controlled by the Paradox Worm. I only know that when it was still a complete evil spirit demon, any attack method that did not contain elements and spirit, even a bomb that could destroy the entire city, could not hurt it.

As an existence without a form, the effect of attacks with spirit is also not very good. Even your moonlight probably won't constitute a very effective attack.

Except for using the trap of oaths to make it achieve self-restraint, only the power of the soul can truly hurt it. But it cannot be soul-infecting and soul-controlling power; its resistance is very strong. Detective, do you have any direct attack methods of the soul type?"

"This..."

【Mind Blast】, 【Soul Lash】, and 【Cupid's Thorn】 certainly count, but the former is mainly aimed at living beings with flesh, the middle one has no attack power at all, and the latter is a very obvious "soul infection" type strange magic.

Several beams of light lit up under the night sky in the distance. Xia De guessed that the sorcerers in the city had already started to intercept.

"Then Doctor, do you know what 【Crystal Bottle for Catching Wind】 is? Just now I saw from the remaining advice that this item is very effective against it."

"It is indeed effective. The Wish Demon - Za Tan Na turned into a relic because it was trapped by the trap of wishes and sealed in the 【Crystal Bottle for Catching Wind】, and then merged with the relic during the era change, and has not been a demon since."

The hunter answered this question, and Xia De sighed:

"So this information is outdated, right? Well, Doctor, I'll wait for your condition to stabilize before going back. Since I can't help much now, let the church solve the trouble. Although there was an accident this morning, the church's combat power has not decreased."

Saying this, he helped the doctor move towards the cabin that had moved its position. The situation inside the house must have been a mess, although the doctor's bottles and jars were overturned, at least most of the furniture was still in place, and the fire in the fireplace did not ignite the house.

Lighting a fire in the cabin was dangerous, so the doctor cast a spell on the fireplace, so even if the house was turned upside down, the fireplace would not have an accident.

"Compared to that blue giant spirit, I am actually more curious, the doctor's ritual has ended, why haven't you disappeared yet."

Xia De continued to support the doctor and continued to walk towards the cabin, while the expressionless hunter followed behind them:

"Newborn hunters are often still very immature. According to the characteristics of that book, I will follow the young hunter for a period of time until they grow up. This is also to prevent the inheritance from being completely broken."

He didn't persuade Xia De to go there to help, but asked:

"Speaking of which, do you know that the Wish Demon - Za Tan Na is also the most special one among all demons?"

Xia De shook his head, but the doctor knew:

"It is very ancient."

"Doctor, you have already used 'ancient demon' to describe many of our enemies. For example, the Stone Mirror Demon - Ge De, and Human Pus, have all received similar evaluations."

"But the Wish Demon - Za Tan Na might be more ancient than the two you mentioned."

The hunter said, and Xia De was very surprised, reaching out to push open the door of the cabin. The situation inside the door was slightly better than he thought. Although the doctor's bottles and jars were overturned, at least most of the furniture was still in place, and the fire in the fireplace did not ignite the house.

Lighting a fire in the cabin was dangerous, so the doctor cast a spell on the fireplace, so even if the house was turned upside down, the fireplace would not have an accident.

"More ancient? Speaking of which, the concept that 'demons can grant wishes' is indeed more widely present in fairy tales and legends. It can even be said that the Wish Demon - Za Tan Na is the demon with the widest reputation in the material world."

Xia De said, then helped the doctor to the bed, and then went to pour him tea.

The hunter stood beside the chair at the table that Xia De had just helped up, and affirmed his idea:

"Yes, and our investigation in the Third Era showed that the first demon, the most ancient evil spirit, appeared with the image of 'I can fulfill your wish'."

Xia De turned his head sharply:

"Don't tell me that the blue guy outside is actually part of the Demon King."

"Absolutely not, I can guarantee this."

The weak doctor immediately denied it, and the hunter certainly didn't mean that:

"The power and characteristics displayed by the Wish Demon - Za Tan Na are consistent with the records of the first demon. Although it is not very rigorous to say so, the appearance of the Wish Demon - Za Tan Na is very likely related to the most ancient evil spirit."

"I don't deny this idea."

The doctor lying on the bed also explained in a weak tone:

"Detective, have you ever thought about how evil spirit demons were born? We can now be sure that this group definitely did not have many individuals born together, but one was born first, and then there were more."

The hunter added:

"Although the time span of this is now unknown, there is a saying that after the first evil spirit appeared at some point in the First Era, its existence polluted the world, which led to the birth of more terrifying things in this world. And the era when those things appeared in a concentrated manner was the Third Era when I was still alive.

But there is another saying that in addition to naturally born evil spirits, the most ancient demon also used its own power to create terrifying things similar to it. If this saying is correct, then the more similar the characteristics of a demon are to the most ancient evil spirit in the rumors, theoretically, the more ancient it is."

Xia De put his hand on the kettle being heated in the fireplace, and the flame rose sharply, quickly heating the water. After doing this, he carried the kettle, opened the overturned tea canister on the side, found the teacup that had fallen on the ground, rinsed it clean, and poured tea:

"Then Doctor, when you were in Green Lake, didn't you ask it about the secret of its birth?"

"No evil spirit will talk about the reason for its birth; this question cannot be asked."

The doctor sat up with the help of the bed and thanked Xia De before taking the teacup. After doing this, Xia De turned to look at the window. From this position, of course, he couldn't see the battlefield in the distance. The church should have used illusion to cover up the sound and light. Although Xia De said he didn't need himself, he was still very worried.

"I took the initiative to talk about the origin of that demon, actually to explain one thing."

"Of course, no problem. I will cast the spell—Inner Fire."

"Even if there is ancient evil in this forest, it certainly cannot easily control it, let alone control it completely by relying on those few insects. So I can almost be sure that as long as it is given enough stimulation, it will definitely be able to wake up by itself."

"So you still want me to go there to help, right?"

Xia De asked suspiciously. The hunter was still expressionless; in fact, he had never shown any expression on his face since he appeared:

"It is almost impossible to cause stimulation to such a powerful evil spirit. A basic common sense is that evil spirit demons have no souls; they only have their own essence and shells, so ordinary soul-damaging spells, although effective against them, cannot be called very stimulating."

"You don't want to tell me that you want to teach me a new strange magic, right? Do you need me to remind you? The one who accepted the demon hunter inheritance is the person on the bed beside you; I am just here to help."

"So you still want me to go over there and help, is that it?"

Xia De asked suspiciously. The hunter remained expressionless; in fact, he had never shown any expression on his face since he appeared:

"It is almost impossible to cause stimulation to this kind of powerful evil spirit. A basic common sense is that evil spirit devils do not have souls; they only have their respective essences and shells. Therefore, although general soul-damaging spells are effective against them, they cannot be called very stimulating."

"You don't want to tell me that you want to teach me a new wonder, do you? Do I need to remind you? The one who accepted the Witcher's inheritance is the person on the bed beside you; I am just here to help."