Listening to the question from the Exorcist under her command, Amita slowly shook her head. "No, our mission is to ensure the Array etching is completed. Leave matters there to Taran's team. If they can't hold on, they will send a signal."

「At that moment, on the battlefield where Taran and the others fought the Evil Spirit,」

"Samor, how are you doing?"

"Not dead yet!"

Hearing the feeble voice from the large pit, the other three sighed in relief.

"It seems this thing really hates Holy Water!" Taran's eyes lit up. She reached into a pocket at her waist, and two small bottles filled with liquid instantly appeared in her palm. Then, she threw them directly at the Evil Spirit's huge body.

CRACK!

The sound of breaking glass echoed as the Holy Water spilled out. Accompanied by a SIZZLE! SIZZLE! of corrosion, the Evil Spirit's body shuddered before it suddenly flew into the air.

"Damn you, Exorcists!"

The pain completely enraged the Evil Spirit. Its palm swept over the spot where the Holy Water had splashed. As its power surged, countless fleshy buds instantly grew from the corroded wound. The buds intertwined, and in moments, the wounds on the Evil Spirit's body healed as if they were never there.

THUMP! Taran's body was sent flying backward, but the Evil Spirit in the sky didn't move at all.

Touk, who had already appeared on the battlefield, stared at the Evil Spirit in midair and Taran, who had been flung away. For a moment, he was at a loss. I can't fly, what do I do? And what was that black shadow that just flashed by?

"It's the tumors, those tumors on the Evil Spirit's body!" Taran said in a grave voice, having flipped in midair to land gracefully. "And be careful, these tumors are alive!"

As she spoke, the Spiritual Power within Taran pulsed, shattering the tumor trying to burrow into her chest.

SQUEAK!

The sound the tumor made as it died sent shivers down the spines of Touk and the others nearby. They definitely didn't want to experience those tumors invading their bodies.

"Go, my little darlings!" The Evil Spirit's onslaught from the sky didn't stop; instead, it intensified. As its body trembled, countless tumors rained down.

"Fuck!" Seeing this, Touk and the others looked horrified and involuntarily took half a step back.

"Channel your Spiritual Power throughout your entire body! Absolutely do not let those things enter you!" Hearing Taran's warning, Touk and the others grimaced. If they had a choice, they really would have requested to fight a different Evil Spirit. But the tumors already upon them forced them to face reality.

"Damn it! Good thing I brought a lot of Holy Water." Touk thought quickly. The artifact-like ornament on his chest flashed, and several bottles of Holy Water fell to the ground around him.

CRACK! CRACK!

As the bottles shattered, the ground around Touk was completely soaked with Holy Water.

"Fuck! Touk, did you take all the Holy Water from the agency's inventory?" another Exorcist exclaimed. He was struggling to fend off the tumors' attacks with the spiritual light from the Crystal Ball in his hand and was distressed by Touk's lavish use of the precious liquid.

"Damn it, I exchanged almost all my Task Points for this stuff! Naturally, I have more than you!" Touk retorted. As he spoke, accompanied by more SIZZLE! SIZZLE! sounds from his surroundings, another bottle of Holy Water appeared in his hand. This time, he doused himself completely.

Now I'm safe! Touk finally sighed in relief, watching the tumors slowly retreat from him.

"Touk, be careful!" Taran, who had already used Crystals to form a protective Array around herself and the severely wounded Samor, suddenly cried out.

"Holy Water... all of you deserve to die!" The Evil Spirit in the sky glared intently at Touk, whose body was now radiating a sacred aura.

BOOM!

Accompanied by the SIZZLE! SIZZLE! of corrosion, Touk's muscular body was sent flying.

SPURT!

The figure spat a mouthful of blood in midair and hit the ground with a heavy THUD, then lay motionless.

"Manager Taran, call for support! I can't hold on much longer!" The Exorcist still fighting felt his Spiritual Power dwindling as he struggled to fend off the tumors with his Crystal Ball. He glanced at the battlefield where only he and Taran remained, his expression turning exceedingly grim.

"Those little rats don't have time to support you!" the Evil Spirit sneered. It had appeared beside Taran at some unknown moment. With a powerful kick of its thick leg, it shattered the protective Array around her. It wanted to eliminate this strongest Exorcist first. Once this troublesome woman was dealt with, the other two weak worms could be made part of itself at any time.

「Meanwhile, in the other two directions of the Glass Pyramid,」 Amita's and Locke's teams were indeed too busy to help. The constant flood of deformed humans pouring from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame overwhelmed them, leaving no chance to send support.

Damn it, there are just too many! How many people has this Evil Spirit killed already? And something feels off! Amita frowned after blasting a charging deformed human to ash with her shotgun. She reloaded the Exorcism shotgun with a new drum magazine, and it roared again. The dire battle left her no time for further thought.

「Elsewhere,」

Finally, it's done! Kuber's eyes lit up with delight as he inscribed the last Rune. The process of etching the Array had gone unexpectedly smoothly. The anticipated attacks from the Evil Spirit hadn't occurred, suggesting its attention was fully occupied by Manager Taran and her team. Of course, it might also be because this particular Evil Spirit from the Human World had never encountered such an Array before.

Locke and another Exorcist, having finished inscribing their subsidiary Array, immediately stood on its nodes. They placed their hands on the ground, and their Spiritual Power surged through the Array's lines, activating the subsidiary Array within seconds. Now, they just had to wait for the other two subsidiary Arrays to be completed. Then, they could activate the main Array and exterminate the Evil Spirit.

The subsidiary Arrays in the other two directions were completed around the same time.

A moment later, beams of light as thick as thighs erupted from the Crystal Stones at the center of the three subsidiary Arrays. The three beams converged in the air, instantly fusing. Simultaneously, a faintly visible membrane of light appeared, enveloping the entire Rock and Roll Hall of Fame area.

"The Array is complete!" Taran, who had just leaped out from a deep pit, looked at the light pillars in the sky, her eyes filled with surprise and joy. It was finally done! Her long endurance hadn't been in vain.

What the hell is this thing? The Evil Spirit felt its power being mysteriously suppressed and a faint sense of confinement around its body. A sense of dread washed over it. Looking at the sphere of light formed by the three converging pillars in the sky, the chilling premonition of death instantly gripped its heart.