Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 228 - 202: God Creation Plan: Forging a True God in the Furnace of the Great Trend (Part 2)

The woman was dressed in traditional Japanese Priestess attire. Her features were exquisitely fine, and her demeanor was as cold as frost. She was at least 1.8 meters tall, and her pale chin was lifted slightly, her gaze directed down at the camera at a forty-five-degree angle.

Instantly, countless netizens with... certain special tastes, watching from behind their screens, went wild.

"Yes! That’s the look! Please, look down on a piece of trash like me!"

"Please, you have to step on my face with your feet."

"I’m sorry, I was wrong. Please give me a chance to lick your toes to apologize."

"..."

All sorts of outrageous comments flooded the internet.

Fortunately, the woman couldn’t see these comments. Otherwise, who knows what she would have thought.

"This is Ms. Hei Mu Hezi, the current Chief Witch of the Heaven-Reaching Lodge. I’d like to ask you, what exactly are we and the camera seeing? Is it real?"

Muraoka Rui asked Hei Mu Hezi.

"This is our Heaven-Reaching Lodge’s ’Barrier.’ It exists by drawing on the natural magnetic field in order to isolate certain ’anomalies,’ containing them within the Heaven-Reaching Lodge so they don’t affect the outside world. You could say that once the Barrier is active, the inside and outside become two separate worlds."

Hei Mu Hezi said this with a placid expression, her tone devoid of any emotion.

"So this is the legendary Barrier? What would happen if I accidentally touched it?"

Muraoka Rui asked, his curiosity piqued.

"You can try."

Hei Mu Hezi replied.

"Will it be okay?"

Muraoka Rui asked hesitantly.

Hei Mu Hezi gave a slight nod.

After receiving Hei Mu Hezi’s assent, Muraoka Rui cautiously reached out toward the Barrier not far away, which was covered in crawling Spells.

The moment Muraoka Rui’s palm touched the Barrier...

FWOOSH!!

The camera captured a ball of intense flame erupting. Muraoka Rui let out a bloodcurdling scream, making the entire live feed tremble.

He reflexively snatched his hand back and dropped to one knee, his face contorted. Cold sweat instantly beaded on his forehead.

The reaction was so realistic that for a moment, the audience in Japan couldn’t see any sign that it was an act.

’The Barrier... just a light touch causes such severe consequences.’

PAT!

The camera captured a layer of light seeming to swirl around Hei Mu Hezi’s palm as she gently patted the top of Muraoka Rui’s head. Muraoka Rui’s intense pain seemed to vanish in an instant.

"Ms. Hezi, didn’t you say it would be okay? I felt like my whole body was about to catch fire."

Muraoka Rui’s contorted face relaxed. He let out a breath and spoke, still shaken.

"You didn’t die, did you?"

Hei Mu Hezi stated calmly.

’Not dying counts as being okay?!’

A muscle in Muraoka Rui’s cheek twitched. He decided that from now on, he would absolutely not make any rash moves.

"Normally, the Barrier is in a passive state and won’t harm ordinary people. But things are different now. In preparation to welcome that man, the Barrier is being activated. It’s difficult for ordinary people to approach it. So, when we enter the lodge in a moment, please stay close to me."

Hei Mu Hezi said nonchalantly.

"We understand. To our dear viewers, the Heaven-Reaching Lodge is truly worthy of its thousand-year heritage as a great school. This is a place of true and vast Divine Power."

Muraoka Rui stood up, regaining his composure as a host, and spoke to the camera.

"There are even more incredible things ahead. Follow me."

Hei Mu Hezi said, then turned and walked toward the Barrier. Her hands flashed, forming a series of hand seals. The Barrier, with its countless Spells cascading down like the bars of a birdcage, actually parted, revealing an opening.

"Everyone, please come in."

Hei Mu Hezi said, then stepped through into the Heaven-Reaching Lodge.

Muraoka Rui and the others didn’t dare to delay, hurrying to follow Hei Mu Hezi into the lodge.

But the moment they stepped past the Barrier, everyone froze in place.

Just as Hei Mu Hezi had said, the inside and outside of the Barrier were like two different worlds.

Inside the Barrier, the traditional, rustic buildings had changed. An inexplicable halo of light swirled around them, and mysterious Spells flickered across their surfaces, emitting an enigmatic aura.

But that wasn’t the most shocking part. What truly stunned them were the "creatures" they had never seen before, appearing among the buildings and in the open spaces of the Heaven-Reaching Lodge—it was as if legends had come to life.

A giant green snake was coiled atop one of the buildings. A single horn grew from its head, and it had only one eye.

A winged, humanoid monster over five meters tall sat cross-legged in an open space before another building. It wore traditional Japanese clothing, but its face was crimson, with sharp fangs jutting out.

A giant, crimson Firebird soared through the Sky; a tall warrior clad in ancient Japanese Armor, shrouded in black mist with crimson eyes; a dark purple scorpion, nearly the size of the house itself, sprawled across a rooftop; a white fox with three tails swaying behind it...

In addition to these large Demons, there were many smaller monsters moving in groups, seemingly on patrol within the Heaven-Reaching Lodge.

All sorts of unimaginable things had abruptly appeared before them. It was as if they had taken a single step out of the real world and into the age of Myth.

For a moment, even a professional host like Muraoka Rui was at a loss for words, stunned right where he stood, his scalp tingling.

And it seemed their arrival had attracted the attention of these Demons. One by one, the creatures that had appeared to be resting with their eyes closed opened them and fixed their gazes upon the group.