"Roar!!"

The monster roared and attacked Yakumo again.

As before, these beams of light emitted by the monster were all blocked by the demonic power barrier.

And Yakumo Mo's attack again disappeared inexplicably in front of the monster.

It's as if this monster can devour its demonic power.

“…… Could it be that the reason for the evolution of deep-sea dwelling ships is here? ”

Thinking that the deep-sea ships outside had initially evolved resistance to demonic power and magic power on their shields just because of a few battles with the monsters in Gensokyo, Yakumo Mo decided to study the monster in front of him.

"It seems that the magic cannon emitted by pure demonic power will be devoured, and the barrage is useless, so ......"

A magic circle appeared beneath the monster.

Four chains stretched out from the edge of the magic circle, and at the same time, cherry blossoms suddenly began to fall on the monster's head.

Just as the magic array was about to trap the monster, like the previous attack, the magic array disappeared.

"Succubus!"

The succubus that appeared with Yakumo Mo's call pounced on the monster, and then dissipated the moment its claws touched the monster.

"I see......"

Yakumo narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the attack just now, Yakumo Mo, who had been carefully observing, found that this strange deep-sea monster had a layer of "storage zài" similar to the realm on the surface of its body.

It is a state where "tangible power" can be distorted into "nothing".

It's similar to the realm of existence and non-existence that Yakumo Mo mastered as a realm monster, but it's relatively low-level.

It is absolutely impossible to grasp the ability of the realm with such a thing as the deep sea.

That's an ability that can only be possessed as a realm youkai.

So the specious power of the monster in front of him must not come from itself.

Raising his hand, Yakumo supported the demonic barrier to resist the constant attacks of the monster, and grabbed it in the air.

The monster seemed to sense something, and writhed uneasily. The outward ships were equipped with hideous muzzles, and they were constantly firing.

In the void in front of the monster, something like an enchantment began to emerge from nothing.

That is the "quasi-realm" that distorted all of Yakumo Mo's attacks.

This nondescript thing became powerless in the face of Yakumo's true realm abilities, and began to distort, as if it would shatter at any moment.

However,

"Roar!"

With a flash of light, a golden light emanated from the body of the deep-sea monster, instantly knocking Yakumo Mo's body into the air.

Yakumo ink was hit by that force into the magma above. Barely had time to stabilize the broken barrier.

"Good ...... Risk"

After re-drilling out, Yakumo Mo's face became extremely solemn.

At that moment just now, that golden power made him feel the breath of the Tree of Illusions.

"How could it be ......"

The Tree of Illusion, that is the foundation of Yakumo Mo's existence.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Tree of Illusion that he can grow to this point in less than a hundred years.

"That's why my sister said that there is something in this sea that is extremely important to me and to her."

Shaking his head, he stared at the deep-sea monster that had become uneasy because of his reappearance.

Circle by circle, the same golden halo as the light that had knocked Yakumo into the air just now emanated from Yakumo Mo's body.

At the same time as the halo appeared, the deep sea monster fell into extreme unease.

It twisted its body, as if trying to flee the place. But the body seems to be restrained by something. Unable to move.

"Sure enough, the resonant attraction is even more obvious."

Feeling a very familiar aura coming from the body of the deep-sea monster, Yakumo came to the monster in an instant.

Reaching out, he encountered a trivial obstacle when his palm approached the monster.

That layer of the originally plausible realm collapsed in an instant under the interference of the aura of the Tree of Illusions emanating from Yakumo Mo.

Then, Yakumo Mo's hand pressed on the monster without hindrance.

A black, thin line appeared on the surface of the monster's body.

This black line draws a circle around the monster's body.

Then, the black line suddenly cracked open and became a hideous gap.

The monster didn't have time to put up any resistance, and its entire body split in half.

There was no blood splattered. There are no disgusting scenes of organs flying all over the sky.

Although it looked uncomfortable on the outside, the monster's body was separated. The inside of the body turned out to be empty.

At the same time, the body, which was divided into two halves, began to turn into points of light.

These points of light gradually condensed in front of Yakumo's eyes, and finally formed a ball of light the size of a ping-pong ball.

After stretching out his right hand and grabbing the ball of light, the Tree of Illusion in Yakumo's Spirit Sea let out an unprecedentedly high-pitched roar.

Spread out your palms, and when the light dissipated, you were greeted by a golden leaf.

"This is ......"

With his eyes wide, Yakumo looked at Jin Ye in a daze.

“…… Leaves of the Tree of Fantasy!? ”

"I see. Is that the paradoxical pseudo-realm because of this? ”

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How to deal with this leaf of fantasy, Yakumo hesitated for a long time.

If it is directly absorbed, then it will undoubtedly improve one's strength a lot.

This can be judged from Yakumo Mo's greatest reliance, the Tree of Fantasy's longing for Yakumo Mo's constant release.

Yakumo Mo's Fantasy Tree was still in its infancy, but the golden leaf in front of him must have come from a mature Fantasy Tree.

The power contained in one leaf is equivalent to all the leaves of the infant Fantasy Tree in the Yakumo Spiritual Sea.

But. If you absorb it, you can immediately take a big step on the road to becoming a big youkai, but that's about it.

After returning to the Fantasy Township United Town Guard's Mansion, after several thoughts, Yakumo still gave up this plan.

Rather than allowing yourself to use this gold leaf once to improve your strength, it is better to merge it into the Great Enchantment of Gensokyo.

In this way, it will undoubtedly make the Gensokyo Great Enchantment more stable and greatly speed up the process of Gensokyo's independence.

At the same time, it can also slowly improve the overall strength of the entire Gensokyo.

When the world itself becomes more determined, stronger, and more stable, the creatures within the world can become stronger in silence.

――After Gensokyo's underworld devoured the underworld of other worlds, this is the reason why the strength of Shikieihime in the Hall of Right and Wrong began to grow.

"If you do that, my sister will be even happier......

"And, since one such leaf can be found in this ocean, there is a possibility that there will be a second, a third."

"Not in a hurry."

Fusing himself into the Great Enchantment of Gensokyo, Yakumo thought as he released the leaf.

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On the festival number.

Purple suddenly felt something, looked in the direction of Gensokyo, and laughed leisurely.

"Silly Brother ......" (to be continued......