Esper X Family – Chapter 363 – Vengeful Spirit? Ruler Form?

Lou Wei and Fu Qi decided to put all those chaotic thoughts aside for the moment.

The information brought by the Prophet was undeniably critical.

Now that her ability had been restored, the Countermeasures Bureau could finally chart a clear new direction.

At the very least, they no longer had to blindly feel their way forward like before.

To some extent, it would increase their margin for error.

The unprecedented enemy that had suddenly appeared this time was so powerful that even Lou Wei and Fu Qi could barely hold their own against it.

They didn’t want a situation like this to occur again.

Never mind Lou Wei, even Fu Qi couldn’t accept the fact that he was unable to become a safety net.

Tu Sheng’s visit this time was definitely to explain the situation regarding the enemy.

She had already named the enemy “Vengeful Spirit”, which sounded like it had quite a story behind it.

Tu Sheng continued.

“That enemy just now was called a Vengeful Spirit. It has some connection to the Sanctuary, but not a significant one.

It wasn’t created by the Sanctuary, as it came from another time and space.”

Hearing this, the two were not particularly surprised.

Fu Qi sneered, “I knew it. If the Sanctuary could create a monster like that, they wouldn’t have needed to hide for all these years.”

Tu Sheng shook her head with a slight smile.

“Actually, the Sanctuary’s hiding wasn’t really about strength.

It’s more of an issue with their Leader’s personality.

He learned about the world’s destruction in advance and decided to hide to escape the disaster.”

The girl unceremoniously doxxed the Sanctuary Leader.

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Fu Qi wasn’t surprised.

This was just how the Prophet operated. She could be considered the world’s number one authority in intelligence gathering.

No one was more authoritative than her. What was a little doxxing?

It was just that this doxxing came a bit late.

The Sanctuary had been operating in the shadows for a long time, and it was only today that Tu Sheng revealed the nature of their actions.

Neither of them found this strange.

After all, Tu Sheng’s prophecies had always been an active skill, not a passive one.

To know something, she had to identify the key elements of the subject first.

By the time the Sanctuary started appearing in the Bureau’s field of vision, Tu Sheng’s abilities had long been crippled after prophesying the future of world destruction.

Of course, it was also possible that Tu Sheng had known about this for a while.

But the time wasn’t right to reveal it.

According to her past statements, speaking incorrectly about things at the wrong time could potentially worsen the future.

However, since Tu Sheng had brought this up now, it meant that the Sanctuary’s time was up, and they would no longer impact the future.

A cold gleam flashed in Fu Qi’s eyes.

“Miss Tu Sheng, can you pinpoint the Sanctuary’s hiding place? We must eradicate their root and branch, leaving no survivors.”

“Can’t, because Ye Tong has pretty much wiped them out. Their Leader doesn’t even have ashes left.”

A calm smile lingered on Tu Sheng’s face.

Lou Wei and Fu Qi: “…”

What did that mean?

The Sanctuary truly had the worst luck imaginable, crossing Ye Tong.

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They hadn’t expected that the one to ultimately eliminate the Sanctuary wouldn’t be the Bureau, but that troublesome silver-haired girl.

It also showed just how much she doted on Ye Yao.

Knowing that the Sanctuary might pose a threat to Ye Yao, it made perfect sense that Ye Tong would hunt them down.

Fu Qi felt a bit regretful.

It would’ve been a nice way to vent some pressure.

Using Sanctuary members as punching bags would’ve been truly relaxing.

Too bad their ashes had long been scattered by Ye Tong.

“So, what did you mean when you said the Sanctuary Leader knew about the doomsday in advance? Do they have a prophet as well?”

“Not really. It was just a remnant that had experienced a world-destruction event.”

Tu Sheng’s tone was casual, but she spoke of something extremely terrifying.

What did she mean by “remnant that had experienced a world-destruction event”?

The two fell silent.

“That Vengeful Spirit?”

Lou Wei and Fu Qi were both quick on the uptake.

The word “Vengeful” in the name made it simple enough. With Tu Sheng pointing it out, its targeting of Ye Yao didn’t seem so strange anymore.

Being so profoundly impacted by such a weighty revelation, both found it hard to digest.

Fortunately, their adaptability was strong.

The matters of alternate dimensions and remnants were irrelevant for now.

They only knew that it was their turn next.

They had to grasp everything and get back into the game.

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Tu Sheng didn’t hide anything and briefly explained the origin of the Vengeful Spirit, much like what she had told Ye Tong not long ago.

“The Vengeful Spirit that just appeared was merely an aggregate of resentment from a civilization. However, the world-destroying ability destroyed far more than just one civilization.

As long as Ye Yao exists, they will continue to come, driven by their instinct for revenge. There’s almost no possibility of reconciliation. When they appear, it’ll certainly be a fight to the death.”

Through Tu Sheng’s explanation, Lou Wei and Fu Qi finally understood the principle behind the world destruction.

The one who would ultimately decide to destroy the world might not have been Ye Yao, but the world-destroying ability within her.

In other words… was it “Ye Tong”?

That wasn’t wrong, actually.

It was precisely because Ye Tong, the ability avatar, had returned to Ye Yao’s body that the terrifying World Destruction Form had been activated.

In that state, all life was equal.

Both the Strongest in History and the Strongest of the Current Era could only struggle in vain.

They were simply not on the same level.

However, as the ability avatar, Ye Tong had replicated Ye Yao’s mind and memories. Even if she was led astray by that mysterious wriggly man, she still retained Ye Yao’s kindness and principles.

Perhaps that was how Ye Tong had managed to wake up from the World Destruction Form.

But no one could guarantee that there would be a next time.

If a large number of Vengeful Spirits tore through space and arrived, with no one left to act as a safety net, it would only push Ye Tong and Ye Yao into a corner.

Cornering them might very well lead to the world being destroyed as a side effect.

It was a vicious cycle.

Lou Wei took a deep breath.

“How can we inflict damage on those vengeful spirits?”

According to Tu Sheng, the vengeful spirits had faced an immense surge of mental power, causing their remnants to automatically develop a correspondingly massive mental power damage reduction as a result.

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No wonder their attacks had been completely ineffective.

So that was it. The enemy had evolved this survivability specifically to withstand world-destruction level damage.

Attacking them with a value of one hundred thousand would end up like a gentle scratch.

But Lou Wei refused to believe that they had no weaknesses.

Setting aside pure numerical values that could ignore damage reduction, there had to be other angles to target.

He just hoped that Tu Sheng could give them some direction.

The situation was growing increasingly urgent. Humanity didn’t have time to feel their way forward.

“Don’t worry, Vengeful Spirits aren’t without weaknesses. You’ve both been attacked by one, right? What did you feel?”

“Spiritual contamination?” Fu Qi frowned slightly.

“It severely tests one’s will. Its words and actions carry a kind of immense will, easily making people lose their combat ability…” Lou Wei said after a brief analysis.

Tu Sheng nodded.

“Vengeful spirits are essentially the embodiment of resentful will.

Because they were formerly living beings, they possess an extremely high influence over living beings, easily drawing people to their side to fight against the world-destroying ability.”

“In fact, you’ve already mastered effective countermeasures. You just haven’t realized it yet.”

Lou Wei’s eyes flickered. With Tu Sheng revealing the true nature of the Vengeful Spirit, a long-neglected form skill surfaced in his mind.

“The Ruler Form ¹ If you’re wondering why this sounds new… it’s because the author just came up with it. I was confused for quite some time until I did a double check on past chapters. The author changed all mentions of the 战魂zhanhun (War Soul/War Spirit) form to 君临junlin (Sovereign/Monarch’s Descent) form. I translated it to just Ruler Form to make it simpler. ?”

Author Note

I finished eating the Orenjis. I need a little rest… Should I buy sugar canes to munch on?

Text: I don’t want vegetables, I want McDonald’s