The Key of Corruption, Jizo Mitama.
An unfinished Divine Key made from the Core of the Herrscher of Corruption.
The reason it was unfinished was that the Herrscher consciousness inside it had not been removed. There was a very real possibility that the user's body would be taken over by the Herrscher consciousness during use.
However, for Levi, who was also a Herrscher and had bought off the human consciousness of the Herrscher at a small cost, this posed no problem at all.
The abilities of the Herrscher of Corruption were like a biological virus. They could invade any electronic device, and even the human body could be treated as a device to be infiltrated.
However, compared to the Herrscher of Domination, the ability to influence consciousness was clearly not Corruption's strong suit.
Corruption excelled at targeting digital programs in electronic devices.
But it was also the only ability Levi currently had at his disposal that could target souls.
If Mobius was 'ignited' by a Heliobus, then he could only try using Jizo Mitama to drive away the Heliobus that had caught fire.
That was Levi's plan.
Although the power of the Herrscher of Flame could deal with Heliobi, that was only possible before a Heliobus entered a human body.
Once it had entered, Levi couldn't exactly burn both the person and the Heliobus inside them into charcoal, could he?
At the very least, he had to separate them before he could burn it.
Everyone else was drawn to Levi's movements. Seeing the long blade that had appeared in his hand, they couldn't help feeling uneasy.
Even their breathing grew rapid.
A feeling of suffocation began to set in.
Looking at the scarlet color of the long blade, Stelle was genuinely afraid that an eye might suddenly grow out of it and stare at her.
Levi's attention was entirely focused on Mobius, so he failed to notice the reactions of those around him.
Seeing the ghostly flame collide with Mobius and disappear, Levi immediately tightened his grip on the hilt and swung the blade at her.
The Honkai energy within his body poured madly into Jizo Mitama.
But in the next second...
"Hehe, so this is a Heliobus?", Mobius spoke.
Her eyes examined the flames on her body with interest. She could clearly feel her emotions being devoured by something.
And it was happening incredibly quickly.
"Then... what about this?"
Mobius narrowed her eyes. A faint green glow appeared in her snake-like pupils. In the dark surroundings, she looked more like a ghost than the ghosts themselves.
The emotions belonging to a human were being stripped away, while the emotions belonging to a beast began to take control of her consciousness.
The Heliobus devouring Mobius's emotions was clearly taken aback. It had never seen a human's emotions undergo such a drastic reversal.
One second, she had the normal human range of emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. The next, she was as savage and violent as a beast.
"Eat! Why have you stopped eating?"
Watching as the aura surrounding her became completely like that of a different person, Levi slowly uttered a name.
"Active Honkai Eruption."
However, he wasn't sure whether Mobius had actually entered the state of Active Honkai Eruption.
After all, the enormous serpent-like Honkai beast that should have appeared around Mobius showed no signs of appearing at all.
Could it be because she was no longer in the Elysian Realm, combined with the fact that Mobius was currently nothing more than a soul?
Regardless, none of this caused Levi to stop what he was doing.
"Jizo Mitama."
The blade passed through Mobius's body, pulling out a mass of flames. That was the Heliobus that had just devoured Mobius's emotions.
Coming back to its senses after being swept up in those violent emotions, the Heliobus immediately turned around and tried to flee.
However, once it appeared, the power of Corruption seemed to have found an outlet. It surged toward the creature like mad.
In an instant, the faint blue flames turned a dark red, like dead blood.
Its interior was also revealed, showing a Heliobus with scarlet eyes that looked as though it had a painted opera mask on its face.
"Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill..."
Feeling the intense killing intent emanating from it, Levi frowned slightly and spoke, "Fried tofu."
"Fried tofu, fried tofu, fried tofu..."
That made a lot more sense.
Tail, who had witnessed everything, shuddered all over and muttered under his breath, "Where the hell did this guy get that weapon?"
The fact that it could control a Heliobus was genuinely beyond the creature's expectations.
It had originally thought that the Xianzhou people had already pushed the limits of what humans could do by sealing Heliobi inside swords.
It had never imagined that it would encounter something capable of controlling a Heliobus today.
It made up its mind that if it ever ran into the other guy on the road again while with Little Gramps, it would definitely take a detour.
Meanwhile, Cirrus, who was following Stelle, showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, it looked at Jizo Mitama in Levi's hand with interest.
'If it were in my hands...'
Mobius turned her head. Her eyes, still filled with savagery, looked at Levi without a word. Just as he thought he would have to find a way to suppress Mobius again, she slowly spoke.
"Jizo Mitama?", Her voice carried confusion, along with another, different undertone.
When he looked again, the emotions in her eyes had already returned to what one would expect from a normal human.
The beastly savagery had disappeared.
Levi nodded. Noticing the brutal aura emanating from Jizo Mitama, Mobius spoke again, "You dare use an unfinished Divine Key? Be careful not to let the Honkai consciousness take over your body."
"I don't want another Herrscher joining our group chat."
Actually, there already were some.
That was what Levi thought.
And there was more than one.
If nothing unexpected happened, that number would continue to increase in the future.
"Of course. I'll be careful.", Levi answered with a smile.
Mobius's voice was quite calm, but Levi could still detect a hint of wariness in her eyes.
That made sense.
The Elysian Realm was a massive facility designed to house the consciousness data of the Flame-Chasers. As such, it was completely countered by Jizo Mitama, which possessed the power of Corruption.
And once someone gained control of the Elysian Realm, no matter how much the Flame-Chasers inside resisted, it would be useless.
At most... they could only resort to the same thing they had done before and fight until both sides were destroyed.
Levi had already witnessed firsthand how the Herrscher of Corruption countered the Elysian Realm.
Naturally, it wasn't difficult for him to understand the wariness in Mobius's eyes.
Wooo, wooo...
Faint, mournful cries and laughter echoed around them.
There was no wind, yet the bamboo grove beside them rustled.
Having already witnessed Jizo Mitama's effectiveness against Heliobi, Levi felt no fear whatsoever.
"Ghost-Busting Guinaifen Squad, get ready to move!"
"Got it! Coming right up!"
"You guys go ahead. I'll keep watch."
"Miss Guinaifen, please take these talismans to prevent the Heliobi from possessing you."
"March 7th, let's just stay here and watch the show."
"Then can you lie on the ground and let me sit on you?"
"..."
'Still holding a grudge, huh?'
Hearing the conversation behind him, Mobius shifted her gaze away from the Heliobus controlled by Jizo Mitama and looked at Levi, who was using the Divine Key to capture Heliobi one after another.
And it seemed that all those people were here because of her.
Mobius remained silent for a long while. Only after all the Heliobi that had come to their deaths had been captured did she finally speak, "Don't tell me..."
"From the moment you agreed to let me come here, you were planning to use me as bait?"
Thinking about it now, that prisoner, Phantylia, had spoken up and described the Heliobi, arousing Mobius's interest.
And that had a great deal to do with Levi.
If he hadn't brought up the topic of Heliobi first, why would Phantylia have spoken up to explain them?
Besides...
A prisoner being allowed to speak freely, especially a prisoner with the ability to bewitch others, was suspicious no matter how one looked at it.
Unless Levi was an idiot.
Of course, if he really was an idiot, Mobius had nothing to say.
But now, Mobius strongly suspected that from the moment she applied for teleportation, everything had already been part of Levi's calculations.
This whole thing was nothing more than Levi's scheme.
"How could that be!"
Levi replied with an utterly righteous expression.
"..."
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