468 Hell’s Aura (1/2)

Suddenly the black… the abnormal black being started moving.

The abnormal black being's head turned, and Seiji instantly felt like something fearsome was staring at him, causing his nerves to tense up!

*Whoosh…* The abnormal black being waved its hand in midair.

*Pu!* There was a dull sound that resembled liquid erupting after being suppressed for too long. Blue-black flames that were so powerful that they seemed almost ”sticky” due to their density suddenly erupted!!

Seiji was able to dodge the flames in time, and twisted his body while lifting his foot to stomp down once again.

There was a loud sound as his stomp missed.

The abnormal black being twisted its limbs in an unnatural, reverse fashion as it dodged his stomp and moved to the side at a very high speed!

Then, it stood up while still having its limbs distorted, which made its movements seem quite abnormal. Its actions resembled a mix between those of a robot and a zombie's.

Seiji recalled Shinobu Miaki's movements. Not the weak little demon currently residing within him, but the human puppet that he met at first!

Right now, he instinctively sensed that Zankita Juumonji was no longer in control of this abnormal black being, but rather… something else that was inhuman.

The abnormal black being waved its hands again and sent out another large spurt of blue-black flames!

Seiji dodged these flames, but suddenly saw his opponent spreading out its limbs and flying towards him!

[Bullet Time], activate!

Thanks to the sharpening of his senses and the slowing of his perception of time during [Bullet Time], he was able to clearly see… countless tiny holes on his opponent's body with blood-red jewel-like objects in them.

It was as if countless tiny eyes had grown on Zankita's body!

Seiji felt chills running down his spine at this sight.

He sensed that whatever was behind these ”eyes” had to be an incredibly terrifying existence.

'I absolutely can't touch those 'eyes!' He instinctively felt this and began retreating at top speed.

*Boom!*

The abnormal black being missed with its flying attack.

Seiji retreated to a place near the corner and prepared to counterattack with a [Mana Bullet].

”Use [Cleansing] instead!” A female voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

It was his bonded spirit, Yomi.

Seiji took her advice and speedily created the seal necessary for [Cleansing].

The abnormal black being once again flew towards Seiji.

Seiji locked on to his target and cast the [Cleansing] spell.

*Boom!*

An explosion occurred on the abnormal black being which was currently in midair. Large plumes of black smoke rose from its body, and it suddenly fell from midair as if it received a huge impact.

Seiji avoided it and put more distance between them.

Seiji speedily created another seal, and borrowed power from his bonded spirit while casting [Cleansing] again...

[Evolved Cleansing]!

A golden mystical spell formation suddenly appeared on the abnormal black being's body and glowed brilliantly.

*Boom!!*

Another deafening explosion occurred. The golden glow became mixed with thick black smoke which covered half of the entire dojo.

The strange, creepy sounds became noticeably louder now. Seiji faintly felt like the sounds resembled human speech…

”Don't stop, and repeat it several times more!” Yomi told him.

Seiji continued to cast [Evolved Cleansing].

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

After Seiji cast [Evolved Cleansing] six more times in a row, Yomi indicated that he should switch to [Sealing].

Seiji created a seal and uttered the incantation, while extending his palms towards his target...

[Evolved Sealing]!

Golden pentagrams appeared on the abnormal black being's head and feet, while squares, triangles, circles, and other polygons of various types appeared all around its body as spell formations. All the spell formations shot golden light upon the abnormal black being in unison, creating countless spell seals!

”Gulaka Walaka…” The abnormal black being started uttering strange incomprehensible sounds while dancing about in a twisted, distorted fashion. It resembled a mechanical dancing doll that had broken down.