Chapter 123: Third Power Susanoo and Transformation, Sudden Rainstorm Causes Train Suspension
As Yoru called out his Soul True Name, the hem of his black coat also turned into burning black flames like the mask on his face.
Amano Hina and Yui, standing on the Ghost Hands, exclaimed in unison seeing this scene.
"So... so cool."
This was Yoru's first time calling out his Soul True Name.
Under the burning black mask were his calm and waveless eyes.
The hem of the black coat swept past, leaving a pitch-black tail flame in the air.
Just with a flash, Yoru dodged the Titan Evil Spirit's pounce and appeared behind the opponent.
He even had the leisure to explain to Amano Hina and Yui in mid-air.
"My Soul Manifestation ability isn't the type that is powerful in the initial stage."
Yui originally wanted to complain about this sentence, but thinking carefully...
It seems really so.
The appearance of the Pale Ghost Hand was after Yoru devoured hundreds of evil spirits.
When first awakened, the opponent's Soul Manifestation ability was limited to creating weapons with evil spirit power.
Even on March 20th, when Yoru first encountered an evil spirit, there wasn't a trace of evil spirit power in his body.
Killing the initial evil spirit was purely relying on bare hands.
In comparison, whether Miko's Hyakume or Rio's Hone-Onna, they possessed certain combat power from the beginning of awakening.
At least, the user didn't need to risk their own life.
Yoru's Soul Manifestation ability was completely different from Hyakume and Hone-Onna who could act autonomously.
Unable to fight autonomously, it was more like a tool in his hand.
"However."
Speaking of this, Yoru changed the subject.
"My ability has no limits."
This obscure sentence confused Yui and Amano Hina.
What does "no limits" mean?
Literally understanding...
Does Yoru mean his Soul Manifestation can do everything?
This... impossible, right?
If it were anyone else awakening a Soul Manifestation ability like Yoru's that relied entirely on the user themself, they probably couldn't exert its effect.
But the ability of Soul Manifestation depended on the user's heart and soul.
In other words.
The Soul Manifestation ability awakened by the user must be the most compatible with themself.
Yoru was no exception.
The so-called defect of his Soul Manifestation ability was also the greatest advantage.
Having no initial form meant there would be no restrictions.
For an ordinary person, it would be difficult to conceive a power system that could justify itself and convince oneself, and extend abilities that could be performed based on it.
After all, Chunibyo wasn't everywhere, and the logic constructed by Chunibyo was also prone to collapse.
However, Yoru was different.
He was a transmigrator.
"Hmm..."
Yoru looked at the Titan Evil Spirit on all fours in front of him and said faintly.
"Which ability to try first? Let's try this one."
As his voice fell, the Titan Evil Spirit roared hideously, smashing its left hand towards where he stood.
Amano Hina's heart sank, even closing her eyes involuntarily, unable to bear watching the bloody scene next.
But after a few seconds, she realized she didn't hear the expected roar of the palm hitting the street ground.
After opening her eyes carefully, Amano Hina saw an amazing scene she would never forget in her life.
A shell composed of pure black, about four or five meters high, resembling a humanoid creature, wrapped Yoru inside.
The Titan Evil Spirit's palm just touched the shell and retracted in pain as if scalded by boiling water, its mouth still emitting unwilling and resentful roars.
"This is the Third Power."
Yoru waved Onimaru Kunitsuna in his hand, looking straight into the Titan Evil Spirit's bloodshot eyes.
"Susanoo."
Let alone Amano Hina who just met him.
Even Yui, the image ambassador of the Super-Quant Club who had joined for nearly two months, was shocked.
Yoru has such an ability?
What is this thing!?
Also Soul Manifestation?
This is too exaggerated, right!?
Even the Titan Evil Spirit, looking at this Susanoo half its height in front of it, fell into confusion briefly.
Its simple mind, which only had twisted killing instincts, couldn't understand why a mere human could use such an ability.
"Time for pleasure has arrived."
After calling out the Soul True Name, although Amano Hina and Yui couldn't see Yoru's expression clearly because of the mask.
But the two girls felt...
Listening to his tone, he seems very excited and happy?
They couldn't understand Yoru's thoughts at this time.
"Great, truly great."
A blue smiley face pattern appeared on the burning black mask on Yoru's face.
His eyes were filled with heartfelt joy and expectation.
"With such a huge body, you definitely won't die so easily, right?"
Yoru encountered such an evil spirit that could be called perfect for the first time.
Huge size, high defense, and also possessing pain sensation.
What kind of evil spirit could be more suitable as a subject for experimenting with Soul Manifestation abilities than this Titan Evil Spirit fused with a "Door" in front of him?
"Start experimenting from simple ones."
Yoru dispersed the Susanoo shell.
Seeing this, the Titan Evil Spirit extended its hand without hesitation, swatting at him again.
Its heart was now occupied by twisted killing desires, never thinking about what kind of painful torture it would suffer next.
Yoru's left eye focused on the left palm extended by the Titan Evil Spirit, whispering.
"Amaterasu."
The black flames that originally constituted the mask extended out, covering the Titan Evil Spirit's left palm like maggots attached to bones.
The latter let out a deafening painful roar, rubbing the left palm entwined with black flames on the ground constantly, but still unable to stop the spread of the flames.
If it were ordinary fire, it would be just pain at most.
But Yoru's black flames were composed of pure evil spirit power, having a devastating effect on evil spirits.
"Not bad."
The power of Amaterasu manifested by Yoru using Soul Manifestation was similar to the original version.
For this ten-meter-tall Titan Evil Spirit, it indeed couldn't burn its entire body to ashes in a short while.
However, Yoru didn't care about the power of Amaterasu; after all, this was just an experiment.
He had many moves.
"Next..."
Holding Onimaru Kunitsuna in his right hand, Yoru walked step by step towards the Titan Evil Spirit in pain.
Yui and Amano Hina dared not even blink, staring intently at the scene below.
They both wanted to know what kind of move Yoru would use next.
"Chidori Sharp Spear."
Yoru extended his left hand. A black laser beam extended from his hand, piercing the Titan Evil Spirit's body.
The pain in the Titan Evil Spirit's roar even made Amano Hina and Yui in mid-air feel somewhat unbearable.
Yoru remained as calm as ever, watching the black Chidori Sharp Spear he cast cutting on the Titan Evil Spirit's body surface, producing an effect like being burned when weak evil spirits approached Yurikawa Hana, muttering to himself.
"Hmm... flexibility is enough, but power is still a bit lacking. Good as a means to clear mobs, insufficient single-point attack power."
The Titan Evil Spirit, currently suffering torture, heard Yoru's calm tone and noticed his relaxed demeanor, almost collapsing.
Mere human...
Not only hindered me from devouring that little girl.
Now dares to humiliate me like this!?
Enduring the pain of its palm being burned and body being cut by Chidori Sharp Spear, the Titan Evil Spirit opened its bloody mouth, biting towards Yoru standing there.
"Too slow."
Yoru's figure flickered, appearing more than ten meters away, shaking his head with a smile.
"About enough. Your function ends here."
"Return."
As Yoru's voice fell, the black flames originally covering the Titan Evil Spirit retracted quickly, turning back into that pure black mask.
And the Titan Evil Spirit, after such torture, also showed burn injuries on its body surface.
But within just a few breaths, it recovered as before.
"Indeed different."
Looking at the Titan Evil Spirit standing up again, Yoru nodded noncommittally.
The opponent's foundation was originally very good.
Plus fusion with a "Door," not only strength and size but even recovery power far exceeded ordinary evil spirits and ghosts.
"Dinner time."
Yoru had already thought of how to solve the problem of the opponent being too big to eat directly.
He gripped the blade of Onimaru Kunitsuna with his right hand.
Then, rubbed on it.
Bright red blood dripped on the devastated street.
Amano Hina and Yui looked at each other across the air.
Both girls' eyes showed confusion.
What trick is Yoru playing again?
Why start self-harming?
This was a part of the basic power system.
Before transforming, must get injured first.
The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing a gap.
The dim Otherworld, which had been under the scarlet moon carrying a bloody color, burst out unprecedented brightness at this moment.
Golden light like lightning descended on Yoru's body.
This dazzling light made Yui and Amano Hina in mid-air close their eyes subconsciously.
When they opened their eyes again, accompanied by a roar in their ears, appearing in their field of vision was a humanoid monster taller than the Titan Evil Spirit, with black hair and black eyes, muscle lines, black body surface, and several white patterns like spells.
The roar the two girls heard came from this giant's mouth.
"Th... What is this!!!?"
Fortunately, there were black railings; otherwise, Amano Hina and Yui would have almost fallen off the Ghost Hands in shock.
What the hell is this thing!?
Too big, right!?
Is this... Yoru?
The Titan Evil Spirit, seeing this black giant taller than itself appearing in front of it, also froze for a moment.
Immediately after, its face became even more hideous and twisted, emitting a chilling roar, rushing towards the opponent on all fours like a beast.
Wherever it passed, the earth shook and mountains swayed, gravel splashing.
Bang!
When the Titan Evil Spirit rushed close, the Black Giant finally made a move.
He extended his hands directly, pressing down on the opponent's terrifying head.
Then raised his left knee, a fierce knee strike hitting the opponent's face.
Bang, bang, bang...
At first, the Titan Evil Spirit tried to struggle.
But with the fierce knee strikes of the Black Giant again and again, its head had completely changed shape. Its dark gray body twitched, hands hanging down weakly.
Seeing the familiar madness and excitement in the Black Giant's eyes, Yui could finally confirm.
This guy...
Was Yoru after transforming!
After smashing the Titan Evil Spirit's head into deformation, Yoru transformed into a giant seemed to feel not satisfied yet.
He grabbed the opponent's two arms directly, pulled hard, and tore them off forcibly from the Titan Evil Spirit's body.
Next were the legs.
Then the head.
It could be called tearing apart by five horses (dismemberment) with bare hands.
Until doing all this, Yoru raised his left foot and stepped on the Titan Evil Spirit's chest.
He opened his mouth slightly. The opponent's body parts torn into pieces and falling on the ground turned into thick black gas and were sucked into his abdomen.
When everything ended, the scarlet bright moon in the sky disappeared. As Yui and Amano Hina were put back on the ground by Ghost Hands.
The huge body of the Black Giant transformed by Yoru also turned into smoke and dissipated in the air.
"OK, solved."
Yoru walked to Amano Hina and Yui, smiling.
"Done."
At this time, Amano Hina and Yui's minds were blank, not knowing what to say.
After a long while, Amano Hina looked at Yui and asked with a complex expression.
"Do you usually... eliminate evil spirits like this?"
Yui also had a complex expression, pursing her lips.
"No... this is my first time seeing it too."
As the person involved, Yoru disapproved.
"Then Amano-san, we'll leave first. After arriving at Sobu High tomorrow noon, I will arrange for someone special to explain these things to you."
After saying this, Yoru left with Yui.
Amano Hina stood in place, staring blankly at the backs of the two, with mixed feelings.
She originally thought that being able to make the weather clear through prayer made her an existence incomprehensible to ordinary people.
Result: Compared to Yoru...
I seem to be a complete ordinary person?
What kind of exorcist can transform!?
....
On the other side.
After leaving the street where Amano Hina lived, Yoru walked side by side with Yui, sighing.
"Truly too dangerous; in the nick of time."
Yui wouldn't be fooled again this time, pouting and complaining.
"Dangerous? Consumed one-tenth of power again, right?"
"No."
Yoru shook his head, showing a rare serious expression.
"20% left."
"20%!?"
Hearing this number, Yui's face changed first, almost exclaiming, then showed a worried look, lowering her voice.
"Then if we encounter a powerful evil spirit again now... isn't it very dangerous?"
"Not really."
Yoru replied with a smile.
"I just had an extra meal. The recovery speed of power has become much faster. About an hour or two, it will recover to peak state."
Just as Yui wanted to say something, a coolness suddenly came to her face.
Patter.
She looked up and found rain starting to fall from the sky.
At first, just drizzling rain.
But in less than five seconds, it changed from light rain to pouring rain.
Simply like a river in the sky pouring down into Kyoto city.
"Luckily, luckily."
Yui hurriedly took out an umbrella from her school bag and opened it, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I brought an umbrella."
While speaking, she held the umbrella over Yoru's head, speaking gently.
"Kyoto's Number One Exorcist cannot catch a cold."
After finishing this sentence, Yui remembered one thing.
Although she brought an umbrella...
However, only one.
This... isn't this the legendary... rainy day, man and woman, sharing one umbrella!?
Yui realized belatedly that the distance between her and Yoru, because of hiding under the same umbrella, had reached the point where their shoulders touched.
A blush appeared on her cute face. Pretending not to care, she asked in a low voice.
"Um... that, Yoru, you don't mind sharing an umbrella with me, right?"
Yoru's answer exceeded Yui's expectations.
"If I say I mind..."
"Otherwise you go out and get wet, and I hold it alone?"
At first, Yui really had the idea of going out into the rain herself.
But noticing the smile in Yoru's voice, she realized.
The opponent was teasing her.
"You guy, too nasty."
Yui blushed and patted Yoru's shoulder lightly.
"Alright."
Yoru didn't continue teasing but said faintly.
"Send you to the train station first."
Yui nodded obediently.
"Mmhmm, okay."
.....
When the two arrived at the train station, they happened to hear the content from the broadcast speaker.
"Passengers, due to heavy rain and inability to guarantee safety, all train lines are temporarily suspended from now on. Please leave the station in an orderly manner."
Yui froze, frowning.
"This is bad. If trains stop, we can only take a taxi..."
Before she finished, Yoru raised his phone screen and said faintly.
"Don't think about it. Too much accumulated water; taxis can't run either."
Not that Kyoto's drainage function was bad.
Mainly, such a scale of sudden rainstorm was rare in recent decades.
Yui sighed, looked at Yoru, pitifully.
"Then what should we do?"
Yoru asked back: "What do you think?"
Yui was silent for a few seconds. A blush of embarrassment suddenly appeared on her face. Lowering her head, she asked tentatively in a voice as tiny as a mosquito's.
"How about... go stay in a hotel?"