The bearer of ghosts and gods who return the spell

Chapter 289 Faceless Man

"Forget it, I don't want to."

Soma Josuke stretched his body and put all these complicated things behind him.

This battle was inevitable in the first place, but now that the opponent came to his doorstep, he had no reason not to accept it.

Kazan of the Soul of the Sword is covered with red thunder.

The afterimage of Kaija, the shadow is empty.

The erosion is ruthless and strange.

The frosty Saya, the cold frosty sky.

Rakshasa of plague, cursed by evil spirits.

Carlo of the Underworld Flame, the black flame burns the soul.

John, the Explosive Flame, is in flames.

All seven shikigami appeared behind Souma Josuke.

"Souuma-kun, speaking of which, we are quite similar. After all, the Cursed Spirit Technique is actually a shikigami technique. The only difference is that I obtained it directly from the real world."

"And you are going to the illusory world of shikigami to bring it and tame it."

"Maybe you don't know, but there is will in this world."

"The will of the world will suppress the original strength of these visitors from other worlds in order to achieve balance."

"So, shikigami from other worlds can never reach the pinnacle of magic!"

Soma Josuke was unmoved and said softly: "I don't care if I can reach the top. I just need to beat you now."

"Then, bear my curse well!"

Following Soma Josuke's voice, the seven shikigami suddenly disappeared into the group of cursed spirits, and all the cursed power representing their respective identities exploded.

But the battle between two shikigami users would be somewhat boring.

It's probably a battle to see whose shikigami is stronger and has better BT abilities. Perhaps it can be imagined as a battle between Pokémon trainers.

It's just that the situation of Xia Youjie and Souma Josuke is a bit special.

To be precise, Xia Youjie cannot transform into a shikigami user.

Theoretically speaking, the spell spirits he can control are unlimited. As for why, theoretically speaking, it is just because Xia Youjie has not yet reached the limit of the spell, so no one knows whether he has this so-called limit.

But the number of curse spirits he currently controls is already beyond the reach of ordinary shikigami.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Once the number increases, you can choose the appropriate combination of abilities among all the spell spirits to reach the future that cannot be reached by a single ability.

Generally, there is only one shikigami user, and the better ones only have two accompanying shikigami.

This type of conjurer pays more attention to quality, and the method to improve their strength is also very simple. Focusing on improving the strength of a single shikigami can reach a very strong level.Yoshino Junpei is a representative of this type of magician.

Of course, there are also some special situations, such as the ten shadow spells passed down from the ancestors of the Zen Yuan family.

This is a technique that focuses on the coordination between shikigami and the strength of a single shikigami. After a shikigami dies, it can be inherited by other shikigami. It can be said to be a technique without flaws.

But in this era where Soma Josuke exists, the ten shadow spells cannot ultimately become the strongest shikigami spells.

The Ultimate Demon Control - Not only is the ability of a single shikigami greater than that of a special-level curse spirit, but it also has the same advantages as the ten shadow spells - the ability to combine between shikigami and the ability to buff allies.

Maybe after the death of some shikigami, the remaining shikigami will be inherited like the ten shadow spells.

But it is extremely difficult to kill Souma Josuke's shikigami.

At least, it's impossible with Xia Youjie's current strength.

"Josuke, your strength has really improved horribly. It's many times stronger than when Hyakki Yakou was there."

"If you were willing to help me at that time, I guess you would have had the final say in the magic world."

Soma Josuke was speechless. If I were in your place, I would have become cannon fodder. How could I still be here now?

"Stop praising me and show your true skills quickly. Do these low-level curse spirits look down on me?"

From the beginning, the curse spirits used by Xia Youjie were all very ordinary. Not to mention the special-level ones, even the first-level curse spirits were in the minority.

Although most of the quasi-first-level curse spirits have troublesome abilities through ability integration, those people obviously do not include Soma Josuke.

These curse spirits have basically been slaughtered by the seven shikigami.

In Soma Josuke's view, Xia Youjie's reason for doing this was also obvious, simply to test his strength.

"Don't worry, Shirosuke-kun. It should be almost done now. I just have a question to ask you."

Xia Youjie smiled and asked the question: "Do you remember how many cursed spirits you just killed?"

Why do I seem to have heard this sentence somewhere...

Before Souma Josuke could think too much, a blue-black cursed vortex suddenly appeared behind Xia Youjie.

A skull slowly emerged from the whirlpool.

"This is......"

Souma Josuke felt that the magic power around him seemed to begin to flow, slowly gathering in the direction of the skull.

"Yes, this is also the gift I want to give you."

It's not like Soma Josuke has never seen this kind of situation before.

In the Return of Death, the way in which curse spirits are born due to the influence of the rules of the game is exactly the same as the process going on now.

"You also have a share in the return to death!?"

Unexpected, but reasonable.

Since it is necessary to change the scorpion for the sake of learning, it is necessary to change it.

"Ah, I guessed it."

"Speaking of which, I also saw it when Soma-kun used that giant shikigami. It was really scary."

Soma Josuke: "Aren't you afraid that your colleagues from the high school will die inside?"

"That's because I trust Soma-kun."

"Not only did you liberate enlightenment, but you also ended the journey of death and destruction. You really lived up to my expectations. It's great."

Xia Youjie suddenly opened his arms, as if to welcome the arrival of something, and the skull seemed to be responding to Xia Youjie, slowly walking out of the whirlpool.

Although there was only one skull, Soma Josuke knew that it was indeed 'walking'.

The first step fell and the whole body's bones were formed.

After the second step, the dense meridians cling to each other like morning glories.

The third step fell, and pieces of bloody muscles covered the whole body.

As the figure completely fell in front of Xia Youjie, Souma Josuke also saw clearly what this person looked like.

An ordinary white-haired young man, but wearing a high school uniform manifested by the power of magic - it was Souma Josuke.

"Special-level illusion curse spirit - faceless man, faceless man with thousands of faces, strange and strange spirit."

"However, this is an advanced version imposed by me using the barrier technique. After all, ordinary special-level curse spirits are no match for Souma-kun."

With that said, Xia Youjie waved his hand, and a huge barrier unfolded directly.

"If you are afraid that I will run away, there is no need to do this."

"Also, I want to correct you, even extraordinary special-level curse spirits are no match for me!"

Kazan of the Blade Soul was the first to attack, punching the imaginary curse spirit called the Faceless Man.

The magic spirit doesn't have to just watch Kazan's fist silently.

"Boom-boom-"

With two huge explosions, the faceless man's body flew backwards and hit Xia Youjie's barrier before stopping.

But on the other side, Souma Josuke was just like the faceless man. His whole body suffered an inexplicable huge impact, and his feet drew two horizontal lines on the ground.

"This......"

"Well, that's it. The Faceless Man can reflect the damage he receives on the target he is targeting."

"Now his target is Mr. Souma. If you attack him, you are attacking yourself."

Souma Josuke stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "You are really a shameless person."

"However, it shouldn't be possible to withstand unlimited attacks, right?"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Xia Youjie clapped his hands, "That's right, that's why I need to use other dead curse spirits to strengthen it. If I am exorcised directly by you with one punch, it will have no effect."

Soma Josuke immediately understood that this guy's relationship was a war of attrition with his own.

"You should know that I have reversal techniques and attrition warfare. I'm not afraid of it."

Souma Josuke dodged and came directly in front of the faceless man, punching it again on its face that had also recovered.

I have to say, this feeling of beating myself up is really weird.

"Well, then I'll see how long Souma-kun can hold on." Xia Youjie didn't seem to care at all about what Souma Josuke said.

I saw the seal with his right hand, and the faceless man who was beaten away by Soma Josuke suddenly became blurry. When he looked again, eight other 'Sōma Josuke' had appeared in the barrier.

"Don't worry, I won't let your shikigami sit idle, but I don't know if Souma-kun can hold on to this eight-fold return?"

Chapter 2 Ninety: Broken Road

Looking at the eight 'selves' in front of him, Soma Josuke still couldn't help feeling weird.

He even had the illusion that he was still not himself.

We are not walking through a mirror maze now. The guys with various expressions standing in front of Soma Josuke are, at least from the outside, living 'people'.

"Ah, ah, ah, Souma-kun, are you really okay with taking back your shikigami like this?"