Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

Before, she always seemed so full of wisdom. Could it really be this easy to trick her into revealing information?

Or could it be that… Master deliberately leaked information about Yakumo Zi?

But regardless, since Yakumo Zi is right in front of us, and this incident is about to come to an end, there's no reason for Chu Bai to give up halfway.

So, he revealed a pleading look:

“Master, can't you just turn a blind eye and let us pass?”

“No.”

Master shook her head slightly, her eyes showing a hint of helplessness, but her attitude was firm and left no room for doubt.

Seeing this, Chu Bai started acting cute even more vigorously:

“Please, Master, please, please!”

“No.”

“Not even for your beloved disciple's request?”

“No.”

“Then can you at least tell me the cause of this incident?”

“No.”

“In that case, I have no choice but to fight Master head-on, Transcendent Magic - Elemental Torrent!”

Without any warning.

Chu Bai instantly changed his expression, abruptly extending his palm.

Using his multitasking skills, he silently chanted the spell in his mind while talking to his master, and instantly cast the transcendent magic.

Although this distracted chanting method would reduce the power, such a sudden attack still caught his master off guard, and her counterattack was half a beat too slow.

Taking advantage of this time, Chu Bai unleashed all his magic power and performed three consecutive spells in an instant.

“Summoning Magic - Blood Corpse King!”

“Summoning Magic - Elemental Magic Puppet!”

“Summoning Magic - Steel Giant!”

“Uh!” “Roar!” “Gah!”

Three roars came from the magic circles, and three figures appeared in front of Chu Bai at the same time, immediately pouncing towards Master's figure.

These could only be considered high-level summons. Chu Bai didn't specialize in summoning, and he could only summon these species in an instant. But with the chanting version of Elemental Torrent, he could at least hold Master back for a while.

During this time, Chu Bai began to chant the real forbidden spell, and a scarlet, evil aura began to spread around him.

“...How is this considered a head-on fight? Isn't it still a sneak attack?”

Master herself was still quietly complaining about Chu Bai's change of face.

Facing Chu Bai's successive attacks, her posture was still incomparably elegant, but the aura around her also rose to the highest level.

With a wave of her hand, golden light flashed, and the dazzling brilliance even surpassed the sun in the sky.

The unlucky Blood Corpse King was directly melted before it could even attack due to attribute restraint.

The bright golden light transformed into a giant finger, crushing towards the core of the Elemental Torrent.

“Holy crap, Great Desolate Imprisonment Palm?”

Chu Bai complained in between attacks, watching helplessly as Master pierced the core of the transcendent magic with a finger, disintegrating it completely.

As for the remaining Elemental Magic Puppet and Steel Giant, they were also smashed by Master with two punches, barely delaying her at all.

But Chu Bai was fully prepared. He suddenly pressed his palm down, and black energy dissipated around him. The surrounding environment seemed to darken, and a faint giant bell seemed to appear in the center of the battlefield.

“Chanting complete!”

“Forbidden Art - 'Lament of the Doomsday Bell'!”

With a wave of Chu Bai's hand, the giant bell swayed, and its sound echoed throughout the battlefield.

Dong————

Sound waves rippled.

An invisible corrosive force spread out.

Master's footsteps stopped abruptly, and her expression changed slightly. Chu Bai's face also turned pale, and his body swayed.

Lament of the Doomsday Bell was one of the forbidden arts that Chu Bai had mastered.

Its effect was that each time it rang, it would release a bell sound that swept across the entire field, regardless of friend or foe. Anyone swept by the bell sound would suffer extremely strong soul damage. Once they couldn't withstand it, they would suffer mental torture worse than death until their soul dissipated.

The more times the bell rang, the greater its power. With Chu Bai's current strength, after ringing the bell for the tenth time, he would lose his combat power and suffer a backlash.

Therefore, the best way to deal with this kind of spell was to fight quickly.

Either destroy the giant bell in the center immediately, or directly attack the bell ringer, otherwise, they could only be continuously disturbed by the bell sound.

Dong————

The second bell rang.

Master was attacked again, and she immediately responded.

Opening her palm, red light flashed.

A huge red energy beam spurted out from her palm, traversing the entire battlefield and completely destroying the giant bell.

Dong————

During the energy collision, the giant bell roared again.

With the third wave of soul attacks, Chu Bai's face became even paler, and even Master frowned slightly.

Fortunately, her Spirit Strike successfully shattered the giant bell, using brute force to break the spell.

Otherwise, if it continued to ring, she might not be able to continue fighting in human form.

“You lost.”

Instantly moving in front of Chu Bai, the black-haired woman reached out her palm and gently patted his shoulder.

If it were truly a life-and-death battle, she could immediately strangle Chu Bai's heart with the energy spewing from her palm.

But Chu Bai suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged the black-haired woman.

In the moment of Master's shock, he gently blew air near her earlobe.

“No, Master, you've been tricked.”

As soon as he finished speaking.

Red and white figures appeared out of thin air.

The shrine maiden, who had been lying in wait for a long time, had already transformed into her boundary form, unleashing a concentrated, long-prepared, sure-kill strike from behind Master.

“'Dream Land'!”

Chu Bai also cooperated tacitly, locking down Master while simultaneously casting the long-unused Void Concealment on himself for evasion.

Thus, the black-haired woman was attacked from both sides, engulfed by surging spiritual power.

Rumble————

……

……

From the beginning, Chu Bai wasn't the main force.

After all, in terms of explosive power, Rei's Dream, with the blessing of the Great Boundary, was superior.

Therefore, the previous transcendent magic, cannon fodder summons, and seemingly killer forbidden arts were all just to divert Master's attention and buy time for Rei's Dream.

Until the end, Chu Bai used himself to lock down the enemy, and then used Void Concealment to evade for a short time, which allowed Master to fully bear the attack of Dream Land.

However, as the smoke cleared, when Chu Bai recovered from the Void Concealment state.

Master's figure was still standing on the earth, unharmed.

“Huh?”

Chu Bai and Rei's Dream widened their eyes in unison, issuing a series of question marks.

Seriously? Are you that strong?

Although they had long known that she was strong, this was a bit too much, wasn't it?

Of course, they didn't know that Master was also reaching her limit. Her first-stage health bar was almost completely depleted, and if she exerted a little more force, she would have to enter the second-stage transformation.

Once she transformed into the second stage and went all out, her identity as the Dragon God would definitely be completely exposed, and she didn't want Chu Bai to know her identity too early.

So, she already had a plan.

With Chu Bai's current ability, and with Rei's Dream's assistance, he was already able to officially start the final main quest.

So, letting them go to see Yakumo Zi wouldn't matter much, even if they really discovered something.

But she still had to maintain her dignity as a master and couldn't compromise so easily, as if she was letting them pass only after being beaten up.

Thinking this, the black-haired woman continued to maintain a calm expression:

“It seems that this is your limit.”

“It seems you still lack a bit of strength to pass through here.”

The implication was that they were only a little bit away.

As long as Chu Bai said a few nice words like he did at the beginning and gave her a way out, she would just step aside and let them pass.

But Chu Bai misinterpreted her meaning. He thought that Master was dissatisfied with his performance.

So, he sighed quite helplessly:

“Master's power is truly strong. For the current me, it is indeed a bit lacking in foundation to want to be your enemy.”

But then, he suddenly changed his tone:

“But as the saying goes, friends are also part of strength. If the two of us can't beat you, can't we just call for more people?”

Master: “?”

She was about to open her mouth when she saw Chu Bai shoot a flare into the sky with a whoosh:

“One arrow pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet us!”

“I already sent text messages inviting many teammates before coming here, and they should be arriving soon.”

“Master, let me show you the power of our bonds!”

Master: “???”

Wait, why are you calling for reinforcements?

If they continued to fight like this, her disguise would really fall off!

Watching as the flare rose into the sky, some figures gradually appeared around them, and different auras burst out, all converging towards here.

The corners of the black-haired woman's eyes twitched slightly.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that her disciple's abilities seemed to have really exceeded expectations...

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ps1: A combined two-chapter update, thank you to all the readers for your continued subscriptions, rewards, and voting support!

ps2: There won't be too much combat. This should be the last formal battle in this volume... maybe? (The main issue is deciding where to split the volume)

Chapter 180: The Truth of the Incident? No, Yakumo Zi is still lying!

As early as on the way to the House of the Lost, Chu Bai had already sent out group text messages for help.

As the saying goes, random punches can kill the master. Even if he and Rei's Dream really couldn't win, they could still rely on the power of numbers to achieve the final victory.

So, as the flare lit up the night sky, figures flashing with different lights gathered around Chu Bai.

The first to arrive were Sakuya and Flandre from the Scarlet Devil Mansion.