“You can do it, so naturally I can too.”
Lu Li nodded lightly, looking like it was a matter of course.
Baihe Chuan Hua recalled how she was stuffing her face with snacks and giving Kato Megumi buffs for her sword and eyes. She couldn’t help but wear an aggrieved expression.
“Come on, it’s all for your training!”
Lu Li reached out, performing a head patting attack, quickly calming Baihe Chuan Hua’s mood.
Yukino Yukinoshita was surprised: “A god?”
Lu Li chuckled: “Just a nickname. How about it? Miss Yukinoshita, I’ll get rid of this evil spirit for you. The reward will be as you said, one hundred million yen. Besides, if there are any more problems within the next three months, we’ll provide after-sales service.”
Yukino Yukinoshita nodded: “Alright.”
The construction site supervisor also no longer had any objections.
Having witnessed the real world, they couldn’t wait to get rid of that thing.
Gazing into the distance, they saw those pitch-black figures that towered hundreds of meters high. They felt a chill down their spines.
“Master, are those evil spirits too?”
They looked much stronger than the construction site evil spirit. They wondered just how terrifying it would be.
“Indeed they are.” Lu Li nodded. “But you don’t need to worry. They generally won’t be interested in you.”
His gaze fell on Kato Megumi and the other three.
“This evil spirit, I’ll leave it to you three. No problem?”
Yotsuya Miko pulled out her sword and said: “I’m fine. Megumi-chan, you started exorcising evil spirits only yesterday, are you really okay?”
“It’s fine.” Lu Li said. “Megumi will be in the Bystander Mode today, and deliver the final blow. After killing this evil spirit, your high-level experience will probably be enough. You won’t need to search for high-level monsters anymore after that.”
The Danmachi world system requires two conditions to level up.
First, one of their abilities must reach D-rank.
Second, they need high-level experience, or what’s also known as a feat.
“Miko, let’s go!” Baihe Chuan Hua was excited.
Yotsuya Miko reminded them: “Hua, this evil spirit is very powerful. It’s stronger than the ones we’ve killed before, don’t be careless. Megumi-chan, the final blow is up to you.”
Kato Megumi nodded gently: “Okay.”
The three of them took out their long swords and walked towards the construction site.
Lu Li also led Yukino Yukinoshita and the other four, following behind.
If Yotsuya Miko and the others couldn’t handle it, he wouldn’t just stand by and watch.
The closer they got, the more Yukino Yukinoshita and the others felt a sense of pressure.
The enormous creature, which was more than ten meters tall, had an aura that was far more powerful than any tiger or lion.
“This world is too scary!”
Yukino Yukinoshita exclaimed. Yotsuya Miko and the other three had already unleashed their sword techniques, attacking the evil spirit.
“Can you see it?”
Originally unable to interfere too much with reality, seeing Yotsuya Miko and the others attack, it let out a delighted cry, waving its hands and charging at the two of them.
Wherever its palm passed, fierce winds raged, even the steel bars that were interspersed in the floor slabs were broken like weeds.
Once it could interfere with reality, the power of the giant evil spirit was truly disastrous.
As for Kato Megumi, she had already entered the Bystander Mode, and the evil spirit hadn’t noticed her at all.
Yotsuya Miko’s figure moved, stepping on a steel bar, using the rebound force to jump up and strike towards the evil spirit’s shoulder. After a single strike, a gash appeared on the evil spirit’s shoulder.
However, this evil spirit was far beyond any she had slain before. Its defense was unbelievably strong. Her strike felt like it was hitting steel.
Thankfully, Lu Li’s forging skills were top-notch, the Spirit-Slaying Long Sword’s power was beyond expectations, and it was able to leave a mark on the evil spirit.
“Roar!” The evil spirit roared, changing direction and attacking Yotsuya Miko.
Seeing this, Baihe Chuan Hua used a kick to disrupt the evil spirit’s footing and quickly retreated.
Yotsuya Miko praised her: “Hua, good job!”
The two of them worked together seamlessly, soon cutting many wounds on the evil spirit, provoking its continuous roars.
Ten minutes later, the evil spirit’s aura had already weakened considerably.
At this time, Kato Megumi, who had been in the Bystander Mode, had stealthily moved to behind the evil spirit.
Suddenly, she raised her long sword.
On the long sword, there was the life flame that Baihe Chuan Hua had bestowed upon it.
At this moment, the life flame suddenly grew many times more intense, like a blazing inferno.
Kato Megumi’s presence also reached its peak at this moment, becoming the center of attention on the scene.
The evil spirit seemed to sense something and wanted to dodge.
At that moment, Kato Megumi threw the long sword. The sword light and the life flame intertwined, like a giant golden cannonball shooting across the sky.
Under the tenfold buff of the life flame, the evil spirit, whose body was made of steel, shattered like a bubble. It let out a wail, and its entire body began to dissipate.
Poof!
The long sword landed not far away, embedding itself into the concrete floor, still vibrating.
Yukino Yukinoshita was shocked: “This sword is so powerful? It even pierced through the floor?!”
She even began to suspect that her own home’s construction was substandard.
The construction site supervisor also looked suspicious – they hadn’t cut corners at all.
As an affiliate of the Yukinoshita family, they had their own freedom, but they were like retainers of the Yukinoshita family. They shared their prosperity and misfortune, so their loyalty was naturally far greater than that of ordinary employees.
This project’s significance was the Yukinoshita family’s first step into the Tokyo area. How could they possibly dare to cut corners on something like this?
Furthermore, to ensure the quality of the construction, their inspection frequency was even higher than that of other construction sites.
“Megumi-chan, good job!” Yotsuya Miko exclaimed. She saw Kato Megumi’s body go limp and fall backward.
Lu Li’s figure moved, catching her.
“Are you okay?” Baihe Chuan Hua and Yotsuya Miko rushed over.
“I’m just a bit drained.” Kato Megumi explained.
The tenfold final blow was powerful, but it took too much energy.
After that single attack, Kato Megumi felt as if her energy had been completely drained. She didn’t even want to lift a finger.
Clap clap clap!
Applause rang out.
Yukino Yukinoshita praised them: “You three are truly amazing. You’ve given us an incredible exorcism performance!”
She looked at the construction site. Sure enough, the black aura on the construction site began to dissipate. In the blink of an eye, it had vanished completely.
The three supervisors also began to flatter them.
Lu Li chuckled: “You’re all too kind.”
Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Lu Li, just about to ask how to close her Yin-Yang eyes, she felt the world before her change. The world returned to its normal state.
Looking at the three supervisors, she saw the same bewildered expressions on their faces. She felt even more respect for Lu Li in her heart. Even the time when the battle would end was something he had calculated. It was truly brilliant.
Yukino Yukinoshita led the group downstairs, saying: “Mr. Lu Li, give me your account. I’ll have someone transfer the money over immediately.”
Lu Li nodded, gave her the account, and rode in Yukino Yukinoshita’s car back to the vicinity of his rented apartment.
“One hundred million yen! The Yukinoshita family is so rich!” After Yukino Yukinoshita left, Baihe Chuan Hua couldn’t help but cheer.
Kato Megumi nodded: “Indeed, they are quite rich! One hundred million, many families wouldn’t earn that much even in a lifetime!”
Salaries in Japan are high, the salary of an average worker is about three to four million yen per year.
On the surface, one hundred million yen only equals about two to three decades of an ordinary person’s salary.
But Japan is a developed country, and the cost of living is very high. It is not easy to save up one hundred million yen.
While they were talking, Lu Li received a message. It was the notification of the exorcism payment being credited, a full one hundred million yen.
This was after tax, one hundred million yen. The Yukinoshita Group had already paid the taxes, so they had actually spent one hundred and ten million yen on this exorcism.
“You three, five million yen each as a reward for your hard work.” Lu Li was in a good mood and began to distribute the money. “As for the rest, we’ll use it to buy the assets for the 眷族 (眷族) base. How about that?”
Baihe Chuan Hua was shocked: “That much? We only fought for a short while.”
Yotsuya Miko nodded: “It’s indeed too much.”
Kato Megumi echoed: “We’re still students, we don’t have that much use for money.”
“That’s settled then!” Lu Li waved his hand, withdrew fifteen million yen from a nearby bank and distributed it to the three. “If you don’t need it, you can use this money to improve your family’s lives.”