-544- An unexpected situation

"Order!"

In the spectator seats, the students blown away by the dense miasma were on the verge of collapse, lying on the ground, unable to get up, only emitting cries and groans.

The instructors, who could still act, gritted their teeth and yelled to cast protective charms. These charms flew into the air, emanating light and forming barriers to fend off the approaching miasma.

Kurahashi Miyo also threw out several protective charms, creating barriers, but her gaze dared not leave the training ground, filled with anxiety and worry.

At this moment, the Chimera, emanating pitch-black miasma all over its body, had re-entered a battle mode with Kogure Zenjirou and Kagami Reiji, sending miasma storms towards the two.

Facing these miasmas that had fully evolved to phase 2, Kogure Zenjirou and Kagami Reiji could not ignore them either. They either swung their blades to shatter them or chanted the true words of seed characters to scatter them, engaging in a battle with Chimera.

The two were indeed national level Onmyouji of the Twelve Divine Generals grade. Even in the face of such an unexpected situation, they remained calm and swiftly engaged Chimera in battle.

As for Rozen, he was naturally completely targeted by Raven's Wing.

"——————!"

Seeing Raven's Wing diving down like a jet-black arrow, Rozen chanted the incantation for "Unmoving Golden Chains," making his jutsu, transformed into invisible restraints, become like wandering dragons, heading towards the attacking Raven's Wing.

However, all these invisible restraints were blocked by a solid jutsu barrier that Raven's Wing had opened in front of itself while diving down.

Even though this forbidden shikigami, sealed for nearly half a century, not only had the ability to fly but also could spontaneously use jujutsu and physical attacks.

Moreover, it possessed automatic defense, counter-attacks, and even enhanced jujutsu, supporting its master as a shikigami. Its abilities were strong, and even though it didn't reach the level of the true three-legged crow, it was by no means to be underestimated.

Furthermore, it was once the shikigami of Yakou, the father of modern jujutsu, who had used countless jujutsu and methods to deal with various kinds of Curses. Even relying on instinct, it could naturally respond to attacks, or else it couldn't be called automatic defense and counter-attacks.

Now, utilizing its ability for spontaneous jutsu, Raven's Wing opened a jujutsu barrier in front of itself, blocking the "Unmoving Golden Chains" jutsu that was coming towards it.

"Woosh!"

Following, Raven's Wing's speed skyrocketed again, truly transforming into a black shadow, swooping towards Rozen below, arriving at Rozen's front in an instant.

Just as Raven's Wing prepared to make contact with Rozen, attempting to possess him,

"Order!"

Rozen suddenly cast several protective charms, creating a protective barrier around himself, like a shield, keeping himself safe inside.

"Bang!"

Raven's Wing hit the barrier heavily, creating ripples of jutsuryoku.

However, the hastily erected barrier using the protective charms could not truly hinder Raven's Wing. It only momentarily stalled Raven's Wing's movement, and it immediately followed up with an attack.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Instantly, Raven's Wing seemed completely entangled with Rozen. Its entire form turned into a black shadow, constantly charging from all directions, repeatedly colliding with the barrier Rozen had set up. The barrier trembled and seemed on the verge of collapse.

From this, it was evident that Raven's Wing possessed impressive physical attack abilities.

However,

"————————"

Rozen calmly chanted a new incantation.

It was a technique that Kagami Reiji had once used, originating from the same source as the Fire Realm Incantation, a control method called Fudo Myouo's Small Incantation.

Thus, at the periphery of the barrier, flames ignited, swirling upwards like a whirlwind from beneath the barrier, resembling a snake of fire slithering upwards.

Facing the oncoming flames, even Raven's Wing didn't dare to confront them head-on and swiftly flapped its wings, retreating.

While Raven's Wing retreated, Rozen took out a stack of shikigami talismans from his waist's talisman case.

"Shikigami creation!"

Rozen raised his fingers, infused jutsu power into the shikigami talismans in his hand, creating simple shikigami. The talismans floated up like drifting birds, transforming one by one into white crows.

Upon closer inspection, these simple shikigami crows were similar to Raven's Wing, having three legs, resembling an imitation of the shikigami Raven's Wing generated. Countless white Yatagarasu crows flew up into the sky.

In fact, this was deliberately done by Rozen.

Rozen created numerous imitation white crows, resembling Raven's Wing, causing flocks of white crows to arrange in an exquisite formation.

Perhaps, to those who had just witnessed Rozen's true power with the Fire Realm Incantation, Rozen seemed to be remarkably proficient in jutsu. However, in reality, Rozen's true expertise lay in the manipulation and control of shikigami.

In this instant, using Onmyoudou to generate numerous shikigami, Rozen's mind once again revealed various sophisticated control methods of "puppetry arts."

Countless white crows, controlled by Rozen, transformed into a military formation, attacking Raven's Wing in an orderly and vibrant manner, making countless claws and pecks aimed at Raven's Wing, creating an overwhelming assault.

In the face of this assault, even Raven's Wing fell into a disadvantage, sometimes evading frantically, sometimes opening jujutsu barriers for defense, appearing quite frantic amidst the sea of white crows.

Then, as if provoked, Raven's Wing suddenly flapped its wings, causing countless jet-black feathers to shoot out like arrows.

However, under Rozen's "Heaven's Eye," the position of every feather that Raven's Wing swung was clearly observed. Coupled with the ability of the "Mind's Eye" to foresee attack trajectories, all the white crows, under Rozen's control, moved like agile swallows, adeptly evading.

This scene, seen by others, was simply stunning.

"What an exquisite manipulation technique."

Kogure Zenjirou once again looked at Rozen in awe.

"Hmph."

Kagami Reiji, on the other hand, wasn't particularly surprised, just silently reassessing Rozen in his mind.

In this situation, Rozen manipulated the crow flock, evading all of Raven's Wing's attacks and gradually surrounding it.

"You will be sealed again."

Watching as Raven's Wing was completely surrounded by his shikigami, Rozen was as if securing victory. He clasped his hands, releasing jutsuryoku from his body.

Evidently, Rozen was preparing to reseal Raven's Wing using jujutsu.

However, because of being entirely focused on Raven's Wing and the surroundings being filled with miasma and chaotic spiritual energy, Rozen didn't notice a girl hiding in a corner outside the training ground.

"Didn't expect Raven's Wing to struggle even at close range. How troublesome."

The girl murmured with a flat tone.

"No choice."

The girl chanted a few obscure incantations in a low voice.

In just a split second, the spiritual energy in the entire training ground seemed to freeze, everything coming to a halt.

This phenomenon lasted less than a second.

However, in this less than a second, all the arts rampant within the training ground lost their effects.

"What!?"

The slashing and seed characters of Kogure Zenjirou and Kagami Reiji suddenly became ineffective, causing the two of them to change their expressions.

"Barriers!"

On the spectator seats, the barriers set up by the instructors also vanished, astonishing everyone.

And the white crow flock that had surrounded Raven's Wing all turned back into talismans, disappearing.

"!?"

Even Rozen, who was preparing to use a sealing spell, finally changed his expression.

This set off an irreversible chain of events.

"Boom!"

Raven's Wing fiercely flapped its wings, blowing away all the talismans around it. It then turned into a black gust, rushing towards Rozen.

Rozen's "Mind's Eye" smoothly detected this, but due to preparing the sealing spell, he couldn't react in time.

In the next second, Raven's Wing turned into a gust of black wind and descended upon Rozen.