"Terrible, our life energy is flowing rapidly!"
"Abe no Seimei wants to squeeze all our life energy at once!"
"What to do, why isn't Ashiya Dōman stopping him, just watching without doing anything..."
"...Act, Ashiya Dōman?!"
"..."
As Seimei continuously used the barrier to squeeze the Onmyōji's life energy, they all became panicked. Some relatively strong Onmyōji, like the Twelve Divine Generals and Twelve Guardians could still endure.
Although the spiritual power in their bodies had been squeezed dry before, they still had their respective ways to resist the pace of life energy loss from being too fast. However, weak Onmyōji were completely different. Clearly visible with the naked eye, their black hair became dry and dull white, and their skin lost luster and wrinkled. It could truly be estimated that before long, these weak Onmyōji would have their life energy squeezed dry, becoming dried-up old people one by one.
Meanwhile, Doman whom they had previously hoped for, at this moment only watched them have their life energy squeezed. He showed absolutely no intention to stop Seimei like before, as if he had been completely intimidated by Seimei.
Deep despair and hatred spread in their hearts.
However, among the Onmyōji trapped inside the barrier, there were some special cases that, in the meeting of panic and despair, were ignored by most Onmyōji.
They were Utaha, Yomi, Eriri and the others.
They seemed unaffected by the barrier's life energy squeezing, or it could be said, Seimei's barrier lost its effect on them in an instant.
"Did Kanzaki Hikaru give them special treasures, or secretly carved defensive formations on them..."
Arima murmured to himself when seeing this scene, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.
Ordinary Onmyōji, with their life energy continuously flowing and as they got closer to death's endpoint, some lost reason. However, Onmyōdō's main pillars and leaders, like Genji, Yasuzumi, Arima and the others, remained calm and wanted to exit the deadly situation. If they couldn't even control themselves, then even if there was a possibility to survive, it would only be lost in vain before their eyes.
"Do you see the person behind Abe no Seimei? He seems very vigilant of him."
Although Genji desperately suppressed the pace of life energy loss, one-third of his hair had already whitened.
"That's Rizevim."
Yasaka who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.
"Yasaka-sama..."
Yasuzumi was shocked. During these days imprisoned in this barrier, this was the first time Nine-Tailed Fox Yasaka, Kyoto Yōkai's Commander-in-Chief, spoke with them. After all, this Great Yōkai had an inexplicable disgust toward the Onmyōji. Even the Keikain Family, as Kyoto's local power, also didn't get a good reception.
"Son of the original Devil King Lucifer, a Transcendent recorded in the Bible. His appearance also proves any struggle we make is useless." Yasaka sighed.
The moment Rizevim appeared, she had already resigned herself. With the existence of one Transcendent, whether her, Onmyōdō, or even all of Kyoto, were destined unable to escape today's calamity.
"Transcendent!!!"
Arima and the others were shocked. They didn't expect at all there was a Transcendent standing behind Seimei. Originally, he was already an unsolvable problem for them. Now added with one Transcendent, then...
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"Was I wrong? Was my previous sudden premonition wrong?!"
Rizevim looked at Seimei who continuously squeezed the life energy of the Onmyōji inside the barrier. He continuously used the Transcendent's extremely powerful perception ability, like without gaps, investigating every inch of space throughout Kyoto. However, the person who could threaten his plan, aside from Doman who was completely shocked by his appearance, there was no one else. More precisely, all remaining existences in Kyoto who could still move were here.
Rizevim glanced at Doman.
How could a mere Devil King-level Onmyōji possibly bring a sense of crisis to him? It seemed before that wasn't his illusion, or he would be intercepted by the Gods from the Three Realms after the plan succeeded.
If that happened, once the plan started, he had to immediately find a way to escape.
"(It's time, if not, this life energy and spiritual power will truly be absorbed and consumed by Seimei.)"
Rizevim looked at Seimei before him, who was enjoying the power increase forgetfully. A cynical smile appeared at the corner of his mouth...
"Very soon..."
Seimei was very excited. He could clearly feel his power getting closer to Devil King level's limit. As long as he swallowed all these Onmyōji's life energy, he would definitely be able to break through and advance to Devil King level's limit. At that time, he would ask those dust-like Kyoto residents to hand over their life energy, laying the foundation for him heading to the Transcendent realm.
"Transcendent, very soon... Ugh!!"
*PU-CHI!*
Just when Seimei had become forgetful, in everyone's eyes that were hard to believe, his chest was suddenly pierced. What pierced him naturally was Rizevim who had been full of calculations all along.
"Father!!!"
"Original Family Head!!"
"..."
Yoshihira, Ariyuki... and the Gokadoin family heads from every generation were shocked seeing this scene. They completely didn't understand why the helper found by the original family head turned at this critical moment.
One by one, just when they wanted to go save the original family head, Seimei. It could be seen, Rizevim's palm pressed to empty space. Extraordinarily terrifying pressure swept. The Gokadoin family heads from every generation, who could be said to be at Onmyōdō's peak, all couldn't withstand that terrifying pressure and fell to the ground.
"Is this infighting, or because of other reasons?!"
This sudden scene also shocked the Onmyōji imprisoned inside the barrier, completely not knowing what was happening. However, fortunately because of Rizevim's interruption, their remaining life energy was temporarily saved.
There were only two people not shocked by this situation.
More precisely, one person, one Yōkai.
Ashiya Dōman and Yasaka.
Dōman watched this scene with full interest, as if he wasn't surprised at all. While Yasaka, although not having much interaction with Rizevim, she knew from rumors about this son of the original Devil King Lucifer who was always fickle, especially the madness that existed in his bones.
How could such a dangerous man be kind-hearted to help a mere Onmyōji.