"The exorcism was done in an instant." Yotsuya Miko's last shred of fear of the evil spirits vanished.
As long as the monsters could be killed, and by her own hand at that, there was nothing to fear.
"I also have the power to protect myself now."
Thinking this, Yotsuya Miko looked at the large evil spirit in the alley next to the vending machine, clenching her small fists.
Yesterday, when she went downstairs to get canned drinks for her younger brother, she encountered a three-meter-tall evil spirit there, which scared her to the point of tears.
At that time, because she saw that the small old man evil spirit posed no threat to her and was somehow a bit cute, she wanted to play a trick on it.
"I didn't expect there to be a giant old man evil spirit in the corner."
"Even one that big can be exorcised, right?"
Yotsuya Miko couldn't suppress the thought in her heart. She took a deep breath, walked over cautiously, and looked at the information about "Divine Blessing" in her mind, which reassured her.
Yotsuya Miko walked past the vending machine and reached the corner.
"Sure enough, the giant old man evil spirit is still there."
A reddish-brown, big-headed old man evil spirit, even when curled up, was three meters tall. It opened its bulging eyes and looked down at the girl who had walked in front of it, making a questioning sound.
"Oh—"
Then, the reddish-brown big head opened its mouth, from which Black Smoke emerged, and transparent drool continuously flowed out.
"Can you see it?"
Black Smoke and yellow smoke continuously emerged from this mouth that could swallow her whole.
Yotsuya Miko's body trembled involuntarily, her lips quivered slightly, and the fear that had finally completely disappeared from her heart resurfaced.
"Sure enough, I still overestimated myself."
"Evil spirits are still so terrifying after all."
"Barrier, barrier—" Yotsuya Miko instinctively activated her ability.
A light film appeared on her body, instantly spreading out in a hemisphere, enveloping the space within a ten-meter radius of her.
"Oh oh oh oh!" A light blue film appeared on the giant old man evil spirit. It was bound within the light film, unable to move, as if time had paused, and it let out an unpleasant sound.
Its protruding red eyes stared intently at Yotsuya Miko.
"You saw it, you saw it! You saw it!"
A piercing sound came from the old man evil spirit, scaring Yotsuya Miko back two steps. She swallowed, and sweat dripped from her temples.
"Can't, can't move?"
"Eat you, eat you, let me eat quickly!" Black Smoke continuously emerged from the old man evil spirit, but it couldn't move no matter what.
"Exorcise, must exorcise!" Yotsuya Miko quickly recited the exorcism spell, and blue light emanated from her hands as she stretched them towards the old man evil spirit.
Sizzle! A sound like pig skin falling into a hot oil pan appeared on the old man evil spirit.
"Roar roar roar roar—"
The blue light continuously decomposed the evil spirit's spiritual body. The old man evil spirit also continuously shrank in the light, slowly reducing from three meters to one meter, and finally to half a meter.
At this moment, Yotsuya Miko found that the light in her hands had disappeared, and the effect of the exorcism spell had passed.
"It became so small?" Yotsuya Miko blinked, looking at the dripping old man evil spirit lying on the ground.
"One exorcism spell can only do this much? Then let's try other spells."
Yotsuya Miko muttered a new spell, extended her middle and index fingers, and blue lightning appeared on her fingernails.
"Lightning Spell."
Crackle crackle—
A finger-thick blue lightning bolt instantly shot from her fingertip and struck the small old man evil spirit. With a puff, the small old man evil spirit vanished like a popped soap bubble, leaving only some Black Smoke.
"So I really don't need to be afraid anymore." Yotsuya Miko patted her chest, looking down at her hands, and the fear in her heart disappeared again.
Her steps on the road became lighter, and whenever she saw an evil spirit, she would recite a couple of spells and strike it.
Sometimes she would shoot out a bolt of lightning, sometimes a fire ball the size of a billiard ball, and sometimes a blue light.
Each time, she eliminated those evil spirits like popping bubbles.
The more evil spirits she defeated, the bolder Yotsuya Miko became.
Even those harmless, palm-sized evil spirits, she would walk up to and slap.
"Is she too excited after receiving the Divine Blessing?" Tendo Kisara, watching Yotsuya Miko looking around the street as if searching for dropped coins from afar, muttered.
Yotsuya Miko even checked garbage cans for evil spirits.
She had truly never seen anyone so excited after receiving a Divine Blessing.
In her hometown, those who received Divine Blessing generally stuck to their duties and wouldn't excitedly rummage through everything.
"Currently, the evil spirits Yotsuya Miko can see are all ones she can deal with herself, at most some third-layer monsters."
If she were to reach the fourth layer, she would already be pulled into the Ri (Other) World.
Evil spirits from the first three layers can be dealt with even by a 'God's Grace' who has just received a Divine Blessing.
The fourth layer and beyond are more terrifying; that's the dividing line. Many places have 'doors,' and each door represents a special evil spirit. Those powerful evil spirits will enter the fourth layer through these 'doors.'
Evil spirits from the fourth layer sometimes also come out through 'doors,' but they will at most stay for a while before falling back into the fourth layer.
"Yotsuya Miko doesn't need protection, does she? Senior Doku-jima definitely wants to be alone with Lord Xia Wei. Don't think I don't know, hmph." Tendo Kisara puffed out her cheeks.
Time passed bit by bit.
"Huh, an hour has already passed?" Yotsuya Miko pulled out a long-armed evil spirit as tall as herself, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and was startled when she looked at her phone.
"Mom and Kyosuke must be worried, I need to go home quickly."
Yotsuya Miko jogged home.
Her house was a typical detached house. Although it looked large, detached houses were actually for ordinary people, while wealthy people lived in high-rise buildings.
"I'm home." Yotsuya Miko opened the door.
A woman wearing an apron, who bore a six-tenths resemblance to Yotsuya Miko, quickly stepped forward and asked with some concern, "Miko, why are you home so late? Did something happen?"
"Exactly, big sister, this is the first time you've come home so late." Kyosuke Yotsuya put down the TV remote and walked over, "Could it be that big sister has a boyfriend? Did you go on a date?"
"Boyfriend? Is that so, Miko?" Yotsuya Mama asked with a smile. There was no strange smell on her daughter, and she didn't look like she had been bullied, which slightly relieved her.
"Boyfriend—no." Yotsuya Miko quickly shook her head, involuntarily thinking of Upper God's face in her mind.
Then, remembering that she was already his shrine maiden, her cheeks flushed slightly.
"I made you worry, Mom." She said, walking into the house and towards her room.
"Miko, Mom isn't against you dating, you can bring your boyfriend home for Mom to see." Yotsuya Mama said. Just now, when talking about a boyfriend, Miko was shy, which clearly meant she went on a date with a boyfriend.
"I'm not dating, Mom." Yotsuya Miko explained.
"I know, but if you have a boyfriend, you must bring him home for Mom to see."
"—" Tendo Kisara looked from afar, then turned and left: "I absolutely cannot let Senior Doku-jima monopolize Lord Xia Wei!"