Splitting into two teams seems like a very foolish thing to do in any horror movie.

However, Bai Jie has his own considerations. First, this is a process that conforms to the original plot development.

Tack and Lileila, the father and daughter, are to be sent as sacrifices to the snake demon Abe Mimaru. Neither of them intends to send the snake demon to heaven, and they can't possibly bring this large group of exorcists to the third level.

In the dark passage, a few lights lit up. Led by the Ainu girl Lileila, Bai Jie and his party are walking on a spiral, long road.

Walking along this stone-paved tunnel, the surroundings hardly change, even making people feel the illusion of "going around in the same place."

"Miss Lileila, can this road really lead through?"

Ye Ming asked doubtfully.

"I think there shouldn't be any problems. This road is not a dead end. Didn't we pass several forks before?"

Lileila said energetically, "No problem, this road will definitely lead through…"

"Stop."

Before she could finish her words, Bai Jie drew out his ninja sword. At the same time, Ye Ming also noticed something, raised her sword and posed, and also raised the lamp in her right hand.

"Be careful… something is approaching quickly."

A group of objects with blue-green colors all over their bodies are slowly walking over from the other side.

"Damn… what are these things?"

This is the first time Ye Ming has seen such strange monsters. In this tunnel, there are dozens of them. They move in unison, like an army, each of their four arthropod-like arms holding a rough short sword, or a spear with a stone blade tied to a wooden pole.

"…They're ant people."

Bai Jie knows the origin of these monsters.

"These are not native monsters of the island country. They should be monsters from the Ma Han, South Korea, and Luzon Island regions, like the fierce lord Scorpion Demon King."

These monsters belong to the insect demons, like the fierce lord Scorpion Demon King, similar to humanoid ants, with their bodies covered in chitinous armor and walking on two feet.

Their heads are ant heads, the mandibles divided into left and right halves are constantly trembling, the antennae on their foreheads are constantly shaking, and the compound eyes are emitting a green light, pressing forward with their weapons.

"H-how strange!"

Lileila showed a very surprised expression.

"Ant people should be monsters located on the second level of the maze. Why are they appearing here?"

"Shall I use my arrows to solve them?"

Hiiragi Hiruko raised the bow and arrow in her hand.

"No."

Bai Jie interrupted her movements.

"Attacks that are too powerful will drag us in as well, and this is a narrow tunnel. If it collapses, everyone will be buried alive."

"S-sorry."

Hiiragi Hiruko doesn't have much combat experience. Her face was slightly red, and she apologized softly in a voice as small as a mosquito.

"It's okay."

Bai Jie said with a smile, "We need close combat in this situation."

"I'll take care of it."

Ye Ming took the initiative to rush forward. She didn't say a word in the battle, and quickly threw the True World King held in her left hand.

This dagger-like short sword pierced into the ground under the feet of the ant people. The girl swordsman raised the precious sword in her right hand, and a bolt of lightning quickly rushed out from the tip of the sword.

Ye Ming used the precious sword in her hand to release a lightning arrow. This purple lightning struck the dagger "True World King" on the ground like a poisonous snake. Suddenly, in the dazzling light, the lightning formed a wave and immediately formed an amplification under the feet of the ant people. They were electrocuted the moment they stepped, and the humanoid ants at the head convulsed all over as if they had been electrocuted, and fell to the ground in the next instant.

"Come back!"

The purple current began to flow backwards, and the dagger inserted into the ground was also sucked back into the girl's hand by an invisible magnetic force.

"Not all magical attacks cannot be used."

Ye Ming strode forward, killing into the rear ant people who had not been electrocuted. She deliberately showed her fighting stance and took a step forward.

The narrow space is not suitable for waving too long knives and swords. She chose to stab, piercing the throat of an ant person with a sword, and then kicked the enemy away with a flying kick.

Whoosh!

The ant people began to fight back, and short swords and spear points almost grazed her skin.

At that moment, Ye Ming also chose to wave her left hand and smash the head of an ant person. At the same time, she bent down to dodge, and a sharp blade quickly划过over her head, cutting off several strands of hair.

Seeing the opportunity, Bai Jie in the rear released several arrows of light from his ninja sword, blasting the chitinous breastplates of the marching ant people.

In the blink of an eye, a dozen companions were killed. If it were a human team, they might fall into turmoil. Unfortunately, these ant people are cold-blooded demons. Under Ye Ming's double-sword attack and the bombardment of Qi Luo's arrows, even if they suffered heavy casualties, they still did not waver in the slightest, stepping over the corpses of their companions with their arthropod-like legs to advance.

"Don't get in the way."

Ye Ming shuttled through the ant people's array of knives, swords, spears, and halberds, moving as fast as the wind. The blade of the dagger "True World King" held in her left hand suddenly drew a silver light and ran swiftly.

With just one blow, the tall ant soldier who served as the commander of the ant people's team was cut in two.

With a ripping sound, the slash went from the right shoulder to the right side of the abdomen. Amidst the splattering sounds of blood and organs, they scattered onto the ground.

After slaying the insectoid leader, the girl didn't stop and continued to ravage the torn-apart formation.

“Attention, a second wave of ant-men is coming from behind.”

Hiiragi Hiruko didn't participate in the battle. Her keen senses and hearing picked up the sound of footsteps coming from behind.

The second wave of ant-men troops arrived, raising their spears and short swords to stab at the girl acting as the vanguard.

The two sides entered a chaotic battle. Yaming acted as the vanguard, while Hyakusuke took on the role of rearguard.

The two cooperated very well. It should be said that through multiple battles, both had become familiar with each other's abilities, and their coordination was seamless.

“Their ability in a one-on-one fight isn't strong… However, the ant-men's teamwork isn't weak, and in this narrow passage, without the use of powerful spells, the ant-men have a great advantage.”

Hyakusuke mused to himself.

Unfortunately, this tactic was completely useless against the current him and Yaming.

The battle ended quickly. After the group passed through the fork in the tunnel, only the corpses of the ant-men remained on the ground.

“Ant-men usually stay on the second level of the labyrinth. One of their responsibilities is to guard the ant queen. Normally, they wouldn't run to the first level.”

Lileila wasn't an exorcist.

The hunter girl retreated to the second line during the battle.

She led the way while also revealing a troubled expression.

“I left marks for my father along the way. I don't know when they'll catch up…”

Her acting was quite good.

Hyakusuke had to admit that Lileila barely revealed any flaws.

Just then, the group found the path ahead blocked by vine-like things. No, it wasn't just vines, there were also many debris and rubble blocking the passage.

“W-What's going on?”

“…Looks like it's blocked.”

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Lileila also showed a confused expression.

“If that's the case, is this road completely impassable?”

Ayaka asked.

“No.”

Lileila stroked her chin.

“I seem to have some memory of this passage… I seem to have gotten lost nearby before, but I eventually found my way out.”

She pointed upwards.

“Everyone, look up there… That should be a ventilation shaft. Maybe we can squeeze through that entrance.”

Saying this, Lileila began to climb up the wall.

“Miss Lileila, what are you doing?”

Yaming asked in confusion.

“I plan to go up and investigate. Some of these ventilation shafts in the labyrinth can also serve as temporary entrances.”

Lileila explained as she climbed: “If there are no problems, I'll explore the other side. Maybe we can get through here.”

“No need to trouble yourself, we can use shikigami to investigate.”

Yaming suggested.

“It's best not to.”

Lileila shook her head.

“The ant-men's movements are strange. They seem to have run to the first level. The situation is unclear, so it's best not to use spiritual power recklessly, to avoid unnecessary conflicts… These insect monsters are very sensitive to spiritual power. I don't have spiritual power, so I'm less noticeable in this environment.”

With that, she nimbly squeezed into the small entrance that resembled a ventilation duct.

Everyone thought Lileila would return soon, but they waited for a long time without seeing her.

“Could something have happened? Should I send a shikigami to investigate?”

Yaming took out a paper doll shikigami.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind.

“What's going on… You guys couldn't get through here either?”

Everyone turned around and saw Renjō Senjūrō and the old man Matsudaira walking out of the darkness.

“Oh… it's you guys?”

Yaming was surprised.

“The path on the other fork was very long, but in the end, it was impassable.”

Renjō Senjūrō sighed.

“We followed the marks and came here. We even encountered ant-men along the way.”

He looked tired and his complexion wasn't good.

The old man Matsudaira kept smiling, saying nothing.

Suddenly, Hiiragi Hiruko grabbed Hyakusuke's sleeve. Her emotionless eyes were fixed on Renjō Senjūrō and Matsudaira.

“—Who exactly are you?”

“Huh? What's wrong, Miss Hiruko?”

Yaming didn't understand, but Hyakusuke had already drawn his ninja sword to be on guard.

‘What's going on… This part doesn't seem to be in the original game? Also, these two… the feeling they give me—’

“…These two people are not them at all.”

Trusting the slight sense of incongruity he felt, Hiiragi Hiruko pointed at them. At the same time, Hyakusuke used his ninja sword to release several arrows of light.

Under the direct attack of the Ki-Lo Arrow, Renjō and Matsudaira were sent flying.

They looked like shattered balloons.

After exploding, they turned into two cracked paper dolls.

Yaming took a deep breath.

“Paper doll substitution technique? This is… a disguise?”

After the two figures disappeared, a very fat old man appeared from the darkness behind.

“Hahahaha… I didn't expect my disguise technique to be seen through. Truly surprising.”

Behind him, there was also a woman with fox ears, who looked almost exactly like that Tsukishiro Kaoru, only older.

“Old thing, your magic is the most useless~~”

The fox woman sneered and said, “Instead of wasting time, I might as well take action myself, which would save so much time.”

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