Lu Ke and I walked to the beach, which was a beach that was rarely visited, and Zong'an was drawing a very large circle on the sand. Today's sea is darker than yesterday, and the butterflies in the sky seem to be flying a little lower, and the waves are crashing on the beach over and over again, like the tentacles of monsters hurrying ashore.

I felt a panic inexplicably, as if there were eyes watching me everywhere.

"How long do you need it?" Lu Ke asked as he walked over to Zong An.

"Twenty minutes at least. Zong An said, "Ordinary magic circles will definitely not be able to trap it." ”

"Do you want to seal or destroy?" Lu Ke crouched down and observed the circle, "If you want to destroy, it doesn't need to be so complicated. ”

"If it can be sealed," took out the rune paper and buried it around the circle, Zong An said, "It can be used as research materials, and the birth of this kind of monster is not a good sign." ”

The deer didn't ask any more questions, but turned and walked to the closest point to the sea and observed the sea level.

"What does the seal mean—" I asked Zong'an.

"Nothing special, it's just sealing, putting it in a container, preparing for future research. Zong An didn't look up and continued to draw the magic circle.

"But why not... Just destroy it?" I said, "The seal is painful for youkai, isn't it?" ”

"Ye Ke," he pointed at me with the stick in his hand, "studying the yokai is to prevent the same thing from happening again, if we don't show up here, the Black Sea will be swallowed up by the sea one day, and a large number of people will die in the disaster one day, maybe there are your relatives and friends, are you still in the mood to think about the youkai?"

I am speechless for what Zong An said.

"This kind of monster without a heart, there is no need to pity it. Zong An finished drawing the outer part of the circle and began to draw the pattern inside.

"What about the youkai with a heart?" I asked.

"You have too many questions. He said, "They're monsters with or without hearts." Even if you get close to humans, it is a last resort or profitable, you remember, monsters are greedy," Zong An threw away the wooden stick, took out a packet of powder and sprinkled it in the center of the circle, "Youkai are wolves that can't be fed, and they won't treat you really because you're good to it." No more nonsense, here it comes. ”

I looked at the sea, the dark sea began to roll, the sea breeze had lost its docile appearance, mixed with the smell of the sea scraped my face, the sky began to darken, even the splendor of the hundred butterflies became dull, the people on the beach returned to the house one after another, and soon only the three of us were left.

"The storm is coming. Lu Ke muttered to herself, her ponytail was blown by the wind, she turned slightly sideways, her eyes still staring at the sea, "Zong'an, how are you doing over there?"

"It will take another ten minutes," Zong An glanced at his watch, "There is still one last step left, and then you can start chanting the mantra, and the circle will take effect five minutes after the spell is over." ”

"Ten minutes..."She took out a mechanical arm armor from her backpack and put it on her hand, the combination of girls and mechanical armor was really unimaginable, "No, eight minutes." I was carrying light equipment, and it lasted less than ten minutes. ”

"Eight minutes, then. Zong An casually agreed to her, "Ye Ke, I need your help, I'm sorry." ”

Before I could react, he pulled me into the circle, and out of nowhere he conjured a knife, and stabbed at my index finger, I felt a heart-piercing pain in my hand, and bright red blood dripped down my hand in the center of the circle.

"With your blood, the power of the circle will increase, and that monster will definitely rush into the circle without hesitation. Obviously gave someone a knife, but he was as calm as saying what the weather was like today, "If you're not here, I'm really not sure about sealing this level of monsters." ”

“... I'm going to bleed to death!" I thought of the person who was bled on TV, and the fear in my heart made me unable to think rationally.

"Alright. He let go of my hand and took out a piece of gauze from his pocket, "A few drops are enough, I don't need so much, I will still need you in the future, and I am reluctant to let you die." Let's wrap it up briefly, and I'll deal with it for you when I go back. Zong An stood in the center of the circle and pushed me out, "Now leave the circle, the farther away the better," he folded his hands and closed his eyes, "It begins." ”

I wrapped my bleeding index finger in gauze, my brain had stopped turning, and I ran numbly to a place ten meters away from the circle and stopped.

That's right, something came up from the bottom of the sea, it was the most dangerous breath I had ever seen, it was powerful and evil, it was coming at me with fierce eyes, the air on the beach seemed to condense, I felt like I couldn't breathe, and my legs trembled involuntarily. When the monster finally appeared in front of me, I felt like it was all over.

It was a youkai I don't know how to describe, it looked the size of a cruise ship, had no fixed form, no eyes, no hands or feet, and only a large hole like a mouth growing in its black body. It was about fifty meters away from us, it was very slow and silent, and I saw an octopus-like tentacle hanging from the mouth like a black hole, which was being swallowed by the black monster little by little.

That tentacle is the same octopus that attacked us yesterday!

I sat on the ground with my legs limp, my head blank.

"Ye Ke!" Zong An's shout broke the deathly silence and pulled me back from my stupor.

He whispered something and I could only see his lips.

"Don't worry, we'll protect you. ”

The monster in the sea suddenly accelerated, and soon left the sea and moved in my direction, and the nearby monster was more frightening than the distant one, and it exuded a terrible aura all around it, and it made people breathless, and I felt that it was about to come and eat me.

Lu Ke suddenly blocked in front of me, and said with a smile, "Didn't you say it, let you stay away," as soon as the words fell, she jumped up lightly, and hit the monster with a heavy fist, the blue light moved along the monster's body, and it writhed silently, "Don't sit still, run away, the current can make it quiet for a while." ”

I stood up and staggered to my feet, when suddenly the cry of Lu Ke sounded behind me, and I turned my head to see that she had been thrown to the ground, and the electricity on the black monster had disappeared. The current of the deer robotic arm was swallowed.

Seeing that the black monster was about to eat the deer, it suddenly stopped, slowly turned to the direction of Zong An, I looked at Zong An, he cut his fingers, and blood was dripping into the circle.

He's using himself to attract youkai to the past?

Sure enough, the black monster paused for a few seconds and quickly rushed in the direction of Zong'an, and I saw him put a wooden locket in the circle and began to silently chant something.

When the monster's mouth opened to Zong An, I ran towards him, I saw him open his eyes, provoke the corners of his mouth and show a dangerous smile, with a burst of light, when I opened my eyes again, the monster was gone, and the dangerous aura disappeared, Zong An bent down and looked at the small wooden box with satisfaction.

I looked at him dumbfounded, unable to utter a word.

"I said, we'll protect you. He walked over to Lu Ke, "It's okay Coco." ”

"Well, it's not a big deal, but it's a pity that this robotic arm is scrapped. She held up her arm, and I saw the parts of the gauntlet fall to the ground, "I didn't expect this guy to eat everything." ”

"It's okay if the person is fine, the mechanical arm is too big to do," Zong An rubbed Lu Ke's head and helped her up, it was the first time I saw him so gentle, "Let's go, we're done." ”

I also breathed a sigh of relief, standing beside the circle and watching them walk slowly, suddenly Zong An let go of the deer and ran towards me, shouting and walking away, I felt the dangerous aura around me appear again, and turned my head to see that the wooden box in the circle was cracking a little bit.