People are in the magic card, instigating rebellion against the world.

Chapter 88 You saved the protector! You gained the supernatural power—Mysterious Formless!
But then they saw the smiles in Ye Hui and Zhi Shi's eyes.

She just reacted.

She immediately glared at Ye Hui angrily, her lips pursed.

"Ye Zi! You lied to me again!"

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +5]

"Sakura, you're so cute." Tomoyo smiled and gently brushed a stray hair from her forehead.

"Enough, enough~ Okay, let's go to the assembly point." Ye Hui clasped his hands together.

The three packed their things and headed towards the meeting point.

After counting the number of people, Mr. Terada clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention.

"Classmates, the activity after dinner later is the long-awaited test of courage!"

The voice just fell.

A cheer immediately erupted from the crowd.

Naoko's cheeks flushed with excitement as she clenched her little fists and exclaimed, "That's awesome! Is it finally coming?!"

"A test of courage." Sakura stood next to Ye Hui, subconsciously grabbing the hem of his clothes, her fingers tightening slightly.

Ye Hui turned his head and gently patted the back of her hand to reassure her.

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +6]

Mr. Terada continued to announce the rules: "Tonight we're going to a cave by the sea."

"Everyone can form teams freely, take candles, go through the cave, put the candles down at the small temple at the other end, and then return. That will complete the task."

"Now, you can form your own groups!"

Ye Hui was about to look at Sakura and Tomoyo, but before he could even speak, the two girls had already stood on either side of him in perfect unison.

"Ye, let's be in the same group!" Xiaoying spoke first, her eyes full of anticipation.

"Yes, no problem." Ye Hui nodded in agreement.

Just then, a figure squeezed through – it was Li Xiaolang.

With a straight face and a cool tone, he said, "Hey, I want to join too!"

"What are you doing here?" Ye Hui glanced at him.

"I……"

Li Xiaolang was speechless for a moment, his cheeks flushed slightly, and he avoided Ye Hui's gaze, looking away.

"I just felt something was off about the cave, so I had to stay and keep an eye on things. What if she... isn't reliable? Then I can help you."

[Li Xiaolang's Mood Value +12]

Ye Hui silently complained to himself.

Li Xiaolang's scheme to poach talent hasn't stopped yet.
"If you want to come, then the four of us can come together."

He had just agreed when another voice interrupted.

"Count me in, count me in!" Yamazaki ran over.

"Huh? Yamazaki-san, aren't you in a group with Chiharu and the others?" Sakura asked, somewhat puzzled.

She remembered hearing Chiharu say that morning that she wanted to team up with Yamazaki.

"Yeah, I just gave her a little lesson on the story of the cave, and then she beat me up again."

Yamazaki chuckled, scratching the back of his head, and said with narrowed eyes, "Chiharu said she wanted to be in a group with Naoko and Rika, and didn't want me anymore."

Ye Hui: “…”

Alright, the five-person team is officially formed.

He glanced at his teammates and suddenly had the illusion that he was leading them through a game dungeon.

—A disciple with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, a Dharma Protector, a Taoist priest, and an atmosphere-maker.

And him, the ultimate villain.

This configuration is quite comprehensive.

As night fell, a cool sea breeze swept across the beach, making it much colder than during the day.

Led by their female teacher, the students lined up and arrived at the cave entrance.

The cave entrance was pitch black, like a silent mouth, with no bottom in sight and no way of knowing what was inside.

"Alright, students, the test of courage competition is officially beginning!"

The female teacher distributed candles, her voice exceptionally clear in the night, "First group, move out!"

Two braver girls took the candles, grabbed each other's arms, and bravely entered the cave, their figures quickly swallowed by the darkness.

Then came the second group, the third group...

The students entered the cave one after another.

"The story Naoko told last night happened right here."

While still in the queue, a girl whispered something to her companion.

"Really? That horror story about testing your courage?"

"Yeah! She spoke so convincingly, maybe there really is something in this cave..."

The girls chattered excitedly, their voices filled with both fear and barely suppressed excitement.

Naoko, who was at the front of the line, heard this, her eyes lit up, and her face was full of anticipation.

“Ye classmate…” Xiaoying’s voice tightened slightly as she thought of the unknown card in the cave.

"Don't worry, I'm here for you," Ye Hui said with a smile, trying to comfort him.

Sakura nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +10]

Tomoyo watched them from the side and suddenly found Sakura's dependence on Ye Hui really cute.

However, besides that, she also had some strange feelings that she couldn't quite explain.

But when she tried to explore more closely, that feeling disappeared again.

Tomoyo paused, not giving her a chance to think further.

Soon it was their group's turn.

"It's our turn."

Ye Hui took a candle from the teacher and took the lead in walking towards the cave entrance.

Sakura and Tomoyo followed closely behind him, while Li Xiaolang and Yamazaki brought up the rear.

Yamazaki also held a candle in his hand.

The cave was damp, and the air was filled with the strong salty smell of the sea, mixed with a hint of the fishy smell of the earth.

The candlelight was very dim, only illuminating a small area around my feet.

Further away, there was an impenetrable darkness, so dim it seemed to swallow up all the light.

"Whoa—" Yamazaki suddenly let out a strange cry, the sound echoing through the cave.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Sakura was so frightened that she froze and almost jumped up, quickly grabbing Tomoyo's hand.

Even if she's not that afraid of ghosts anymore, she'll still be startled by this kind of noise...

"Haha, it's nothing, I just wanted to liven things up."

Yamazaki chuckled, flicking the candle in his hand and casting his shadow on the cave wall, making it appear larger and smaller.

"Can you stop being so dramatic?!" Li Xiaolang frowned, his fingers tightening slightly, but not completely into a fist.

—Damn it, he was scared just like that Cardcaptor Sakura!
"That's right, people can scare each other to death! — That's what Ye said!"

Sakura echoed, holding Tomoyo's hand in one hand and pressing the other to her chest to calm her racing heart.

Ye Hui wasn't intimidated; he glanced back at Yamazaki.

Seeing that he had angered everyone, Yamazaki quickly pretended to be very busy, pouted, and hummed an off-key song, not daring to cause any more trouble.

The five people continued walking forward.

The flickering candlelight cast their shadows long and short in the darkness.

After walking for about five or six minutes, a slightly more spacious area appeared ahead.

A small river lay before us, spanned by a simple wooden bridge that looked rather old.

Ye Hui said, "After crossing this bridge, we should be close to the small temple."

He knew in his heart that, in the story, the students would start disappearing one by one from here.

Tomoyo's gaze fell on the wooden bridge, and she softly reminded everyone, "Be careful, this bridge doesn't look very sturdy."

Ye Hui was the first to step onto the wooden bridge. The planks under his feet creaked and groaned, as if they might fall apart at any moment.

But after a few attempts, it was fairly stable.

He turned to the crowd and said, "It's alright, you can go."

As a long-term teaching site for Yuzhi Elementary School, this level of safety should be guaranteed.

If it weren't for the card-discarding incident, this would have been just an ordinary test of courage.

Speaking of which, Japan is really obsessed with the test of courage competition...

Is it because there are too many legends about ghosts and monsters?
Just then, a white figure suddenly darted out from the shadows beside him!

It flew right onto Yamazaki's face.

Startled by the sudden ghostly figure, Yamazaki fell to the ground with a thud, his face turning pale, and he cried out, "A ghost!"

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa——”

Sakura let out a scream and instinctively clung tightly to Tomoyo's arm, closing her eyes completely.

Although Li Xiaolang didn't shout out, he immediately assumed a defensive posture, his eyes warily fixed on the white figure.

Only Ye Hui and Zhi Shi remained calm.

Tomoyo even held up a camera, the lens steadily pointed at the chaotic scene without shaking at all.

Ye Hui smiled helplessly: "Sakura, it's Terada-sensei."

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled off the white cloth covering the room, revealing Terada-sensei's familiar face.

"Hehehe, scared you, didn't you? It feels so good to scare everyone!"

Mr. Terada wore a smug smile.

Is this the sense of accomplishment you get from scaring people in a haunted house...?

Nothing else, just pure morbid humor.

After Sakura recognized who it was, she took several deep breaths before she felt relieved. Her face flushed slightly with embarrassment, and she slowly released her grip on Tomoyo's arm.

It turns out that Mr. Terada was hiding here specifically to scare the students.
Yamazaki remained silent, simply standing up quietly.

—Actually, he already knew that a teacher might be hiding here, so he deliberately shouted loudly to scare his teammates.
But he certainly can't say that now, otherwise wouldn't he be swarmed by others and beaten up?
Unfortunately, in the end, it only scared Kinomoto.

"Hahaha, that's the fun of the test of courage competition!" Mr. Terada said with a loud laugh.

The corners of Ye Hui's mouth twitched.

These teachers are unreliable.

"You guys need to be careful from now on!"

Mr. Terada waved to them, then put the white cloth back on, shrank back into the shadows, and prepared to scare the next group of students.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Terada, the five continued on their way.

After walking for a while on the wooden bridge, Tomoyo suddenly stopped.

“Strange…” she frowned, her eyes full of doubt.

"What's wrong, Tomoyo?" Sakura asked quickly.

"We've walked for so long, we should have run into classmates who have finished lighting candles and are coming back, or teachers who are responsible for scaring people at the next spot."

Tomoyo voiced her doubts, "But we haven't encountered a single person along the way."

It's really strange.

Inside the entire cave.

Apart from their footsteps and breathing.

All that remained was the sound of the flowing river.

The silence was eerily quiet, sending chills down my spine.

"Could it be that they left quickly and have already gone out?" Yamazaki wondered, somewhat puzzled.

"impossible."

Li Xiaolang immediately denied it, "There's only one path through this cave. Even if they walk very fast, it's impossible for us not to see any of them."

Ye Hui knew perfectly well that the elimination cards were starting to take effect.

It is eliminating everything in this space, like a silent, one-click elimination game...

"Naoko, Naoko——"

Shouts, filled with obvious panic, came from the darkness ahead where nothing could be seen.

"It's Chiharu's voice!" Sakura exclaimed excitedly, quickly looking in the direction the voice came from.

"What happened?" Tomoyo asked gravely, gripping the camera tightly.

Ye Hui said, "Let's go take a look."

The group quickened their pace and ran forward.

Not long after he started running, Ye Hui spotted two familiar figures.

It's Chiharu and Toshika.

They were looking around anxiously, their faces filled with barely concealed fear.

"Chiharu! Rika! What's wrong?" Sakura ran up to her and asked anxiously.

Sakura! You guys are here too!

When Chiharu saw them, she felt like she had grasped a lifeline and rushed over, "Thank goodness! I thought it was just the two of us left!"

"What happened? Where's Naoko?" Yamazaki asked.

Chiharu's eyes instantly filled with tears, her voice trembling with sobs and her face full of fear: "I...I don't know either. We were supposed to be in a group with Naoko, but as we were walking, she...she suddenly disappeared!"

"Gone?" Sakura asked hurriedly, somewhat incredulous. "How could she just disappear?!"

"It just...it just vanished into thin air!"

Chiharu's voice trembled violently: "I don't know. One second she was talking to me, saying it was too dark in the cave and she wanted to get out quickly. The next second, she was gone!"

“Right here! Right, Rika?” Chiharu turned her head incoherently to look at Rika beside her.

Li Jia was already so frightened that her eyes were red from crying, and she just kept nodding.

However, the words just fell.

Li Jia's body suddenly emanated a transparent halo, like paper soaked in water, gradually becoming thinner.

Finally, it simply vanished from the spot before their very eyes.

It left no trace, like a pencil mark that was erased by an eraser.

"Rika!" Sakura cried out, instinctively taking half a step forward before abruptly stopping.

Yamazaki was truly dumbfounded this time.

This is wrong!

Surely this isn't part of the teachers' pranks?!
He looked around at the deep darkness, his teeth chattering with fear: "What...what's going on?"

Chiharu clenched her fists, her voice trembling: "She disappeared, just like Naoko—"

Before she could finish speaking, her body began to turn transparent, and her face was frozen in terror.

The next second, it was completely swallowed by darkness.

“Chiharu…” Sakura froze on the spot, her eyes wide open.

Even if they knew about the existence of the card elimination.

Even as she watched her friends disappear one by one, her mind went blank, and her hands and feet felt numb.

Li Xiaolang's expression turned serious.

He quickly pulled out a compass, ran his fingertips across the surface of the dial rapidly, and muttered incantations.

The next moment, the compass needle spun wildly and suddenly emitted a blinding white light, illuminating a small patch of darkness around it.

"It really is a Clow Card!" Li Xiaolang said in a deep voice, his tone certain. "A Clow Card is causing trouble here!"

"How could this be... how could this happen... let's go!" Yamazaki looked at the horrific scene before him, his legs went weak, and he turned to run back.

But before he could run two steps, his body was enveloped in the same transparent halo.

Then, like the others before him, he disappeared without a trace.

The candle in his hand fell onto the wooden bridge with a "thud," the flame licking the dry planks and quickly igniting into a small cluster of flames.

The damp air inside the cave did nothing to extinguish the fire.

The flames spread along the bridge, and in the blink of an eye, they leaped up to be half a person's height.

Thick smoke billowed, engulfing the entire bridge and completely cutting off the only way out.

"The bridge! The bridge is burning!" Sakura looked at the burning wooden bridge, and panic surged into her heart like a tide.

The wooden bridge was burned down, friends disappeared one by one, and the cloak of death still lurked in the shadows, watching with predatory intent.

What to do next?
A sense of despair instantly gripped her.

"Calm down, Sakura!" Ye Hui said. "Sense your surroundings and find the location of the Clow Cards!"

"But...but Chiharu and the others..." Sakura's tears welled up in her eyes, and she could no longer hold them back, they rolled down her cheeks.

Beside him, Li Xiaolang's tone turned stern: "Now is not the time to cry! We must find a way to capture that Clow Card, or we will all disappear!"

Yes. The most important thing now is to capture the Clow Cards.

Only in this way can we save everyone.

Sakura sniffed and blinked hard to wipe away her tears.

“Classmate Ye…” She subconsciously looked at Ye Hui beside her.

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +16]

Ye Hui felt her gaze, turned to her and smiled reassuringly, his eyes steady: "Xiaoying, don't worry."

"Everyone has simply been eliminated by the Clow Cards. If you can capture them, you can naturally bring them back."

For some reason, whenever I see Ye Hui's calm and composed demeanor...

Sakura felt like she could solve any problem, no matter how big.

She took a deep breath and nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +13]

"Hurry! Stop crying, let's find the Clow Cards!"

Ye Hui raised an eyebrow and looked at Li Xiaolang beside him: "Li, why are you so fierce to girls? It's not gentlemanly at all."

Tomoyo reached out and took Sakura's hand, using the warmth of her palm to warm Sakura.

She gently comforted her, "Xiaoying, didn't we agree yesterday? With Ye around, nothing will happen."

Hear this.

Li Xiaolang was taken aback, then his sharp gaze immediately turned to Ye Hui, carrying a questioning tone.

"You knew about the Clow Cards all along? Then why didn't you capture them sooner!"

[Li Xiaolang's Mood Value +17]

Ye Hui said calmly, "I never said that, and besides, I don't even know where the Clow Cards are."

He neither denied it nor gave a direct answer.

The card that can be eliminated is different from other cards.

After capturing it, aside from the loss of related memories, there are no other side effects. Besides, this is an important trial for Sakura, so capturing it prematurely would defeat the purpose.

Even in easy dungeons, you have to complete them to level up!

Look at Sakura, she's so nervous right now.

He was far more panicked than with any Clow Card he had ever captured before.

If Sakura gets through this smoothly, her mental state will definitely improve!

"Alright," Tomoyo said, trying to smooth things over. "Let's figure out how to deal with the Clow Cards first."

Before he could finish speaking, the card-breaking malfunction suddenly struck again.

Tomoyo's body suddenly emitted a transparent glow, as if shrouded in morning mist.

In an instant, she too vanished.

"Tomoyo!"

Sakura cried out in surprise and instinctively reached out to grab her.

However, the fingers passed right through Tomoyo's arm without touching anything.

"Sakura..."

Tomoyo blinked and looked at her palm.

Then he raised his head, looked at Sakura, his face showing no fear, still with that gentle smile, just like usual.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

In the end, he simply nodded slightly to Xiaoying and Ye Hui.

The next second, her body completely merged into the darkness and disappeared without a trace.

"No... Tomoyo—!" Sakura cried out in a heart-wrenching voice.

Your best friend disappeared right before your eyes.

But it seems like I can't do anything about it.

This feeling of powerlessness is like a huge rock pressing down on my heart.

"Why...why is this happening..."

She covered her face, tears streaming through her fingers, her shoulders shaking.

"hateful!"

Seeing Sakura crying, and glancing at the spot where Tomoyo had disappeared, Li Xiaolang was filled with rage.

He slammed his fist hard against the rock wall beside him, his fist aching, but it did nothing to ease his frustration.

Although he is usually cool, he is efficient in capturing Clow Cards and often disapproves of Sakura's hesitation.

But deep down he's still a kind child who can't bear to see his friends disappear one by one before his eyes.

Ye Hui quietly observed everything before him.

Seeing Sakura, who is usually full of energy, crying so hard she could barely breathe, I felt sorry for her but didn't say anything to comfort her.

He knew that this was a painful experience that Sakura had to go through on her path to adulthood.

Only those who have personally experienced the taste of loss can truly understand it.

Only then could she truly understand that the power she possessed was still insufficient.

In fact, he could help her capture the Clow Cards and solve all her troubles, but he couldn't grow up in her place.

Some paths, she has to walk alone in the end.

"Why do I feel like an old monster from a sect, watching a rising star suffer hardship without doing anything?"

Isn't he Sakura's nemesis?

Hearing the crying, Li Xiaolang spoke in a harsh tone, tinged with impatience.

"Kinomoto, what's the use of crying now?"

Sakura seemed not to hear, still immersed in the grief of losing Tomoyo, tears streaming down her face.

Ye Hui blinked, and waited until Xiaoying's crying gradually subsided and her sobs became intermittent.

He slowly spoke, "Sakura, have you cried enough?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a calm tone: "If Sakura, you could cry your heart out and bring Tomoyo and the others back. You could even cry until dawn."

"I..." Sakura opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but was unable to speak.

She could only bite her lower lip, her shoulders still trembling slightly.

Seeing her with her head down, her wisps of hair wet with tears and clinging to her face, Ye Hui sighed softly.

Sigh, trying to act cool in front of such a soft and cuddly little cutie is really too difficult...

How exactly did Li Xiaolang persevere?
"Sakura, I'm asking you, you're Cardcaptor Sakura, right?"

“Yes…” Sakura nodded, her voice slightly nasal.

"Since you are the Cardcaptor Sakura, what are your responsibilities?"

Sakura paused for a moment, then looked up: "It's...it's about capturing all the Clow Cards...to protect the people around me!"

Ye Hui continued, "Then why is Xiaoying still sitting here crying? Your friends have all disappeared, and they are waiting for us to rescue them."

"I..." Sakura almost burst into tears again.

She knew Ye Hui was right, but the fear and sadness of watching her friend disappear was just too heavy.

Ye Hui's tone softened, reassuringly saying, "So, Sakura, don't cry. Believe me, with our strength, we can definitely save everyone. Even if we can't, we shouldn't give up."

Sakura paused slightly, sniffed hard, and wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand.

The previously confused look in their eyes regained its determination: "Yes! We can definitely do it!"

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +13]

"Use this to wipe it."

Ye Hui took a tissue out of his pocket and handed it to her.

Sakura took the tissue, wiped her face, and then showed her usual soft smile.

"Thank you, Ye! I know you only said those things to help me!"

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +20]

Ye Hui nodded to himself as he watched Xiaoying regain her spirits.

[You and Kinomoto Sakura, a disciple of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, arrived at the eerie cave to rescue the guardian, Daidouji Tomoyo. However, Sakura was tormented by her inner demons, and you verbally abused her, gloating! You finally found a chance to mock this useless protagonist of the Heavenly Dao! You are inferior to her! No, it's she who is inferior to you!]

Ye Hui: ...Hey!
He clapped his hands, ignoring the erratic system notification: "Alright, let's hurry and find Tomoyo and the others. I think the card should be nearby! I also sensed a different aura."

Li Xiaolang looked a little awkward and said, "Let me do it!"

[Li Xiaolang's Mood Value +6]

He raised the compass and began chanting a spell.

This time, the compass did not spin randomly; instead, it emitted a bright light that pointed directly to the deepest part of the cave.

In the pitch-black distance, only this beam of light illuminated a small patch of space.

The road ahead remains shrouded in unknown darkness.

Sakura released the seal on the key, then gripped her magic wand tightly: "Let's go!"

Ye Hui nodded.

Guided by his words just now.

Sakura has completely shaken off her confusion and fear, and has instead become more determined.

If Clow Reed knew, he might actually thank him instead.

The three of them walked through a narrow passage.

The rock walls on both sides of the passage were wet, with water droplets dripping from time to time.

At the end, you'll reach the deepest part of the cave.

In the center of the pool is a small pond with crystal-clear water, bathed in the light of the compass.

Ye Hui stopped in his tracks: "This should be the place?"

The location deviates somewhat from the original storyline.

But it's unlikely that the Clow Cards themselves would remain stationary in one place.

"Damn it, it's hiding in the water!" Li Xiaolang frowned as he looked at the pool.

"What should we do? Should we jump in and look for it?" Sakura asked anxiously, her eyes fixed on the water.

"Leave it to me!" Li Xiaolang said, summoning a sword with the bead, and then taking out a talisman from his pocket while chanting incantations.

"The Thunder Emperor is coming!"

He threw the talisman at the sword, and the talisman instantly burst into flames.

A powerful bolt of lightning erupted from the sword, crackling as it hurtled towards the pool.

However, just as the lightning was about to strike the water's surface...

An invisible barrier suddenly appeared, blocking all the lightning. The lightning dissipated in front of the barrier without causing a ripple.

"What is this?" Li Xiaolang asked in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

Ye Hui observed for a moment and shook his head: "It's useless. The ability of the card elimination is to eliminate everything. Your lightning was eliminated before it even got close to it."

"So what should we do now? Ye Zi, do you have any ideas?" Xiao Ying looked at Ye Hui.

Ye Hui said, "Xiao Ying, use the buoy to bring you and Li to the top of the pool. Don't worry about me."

Sakura paused for a moment, then immediately replied, "Okay!"

As the incantation was recited, the floating talisman emitted a soft glow.

A ball of light carried her and Li Xiaolang's bodies, slowly flying towards the sky above the pool.

"Wind Control!"

A gentle breeze suddenly arose beneath Ye Hui's feet, lifting his body lightly into the air.

It was even faster than Sakura's floating cards.

"You...you can fly?"

Li Xiaolang stared wide-eyed at Ye Hui, who stood riding the wind.

Just how many tricks is this guy hiding?

[Li Xiaolang's Mood Value +15]

As soon as Ye Hui reached the top of the pool, the calm water surface suddenly churned violently, splashing water everywhere.

A blurry human figure slowly rose from the pool.

Its body is completely transparent; only when illuminated by the light of a compass can its general shape be barely discerned.

Oh wow~ the main character has finally appeared.

So, if you use it to play a match-3 game, can you climb the vines and rescue the village chief...?

An idea about a certain game called "Happy Match" inexplicably flashed through Ye Hui's mind.

"Sakura, are you ready?" Ye Hui turned and asked.

"Ok!"

Sakura took a deep breath and gripped her magic wand tightly.

She must save everyone!
"Slay the demon!"

Ye Hui tapped the hilt of his spirit sword, Qingfeng, lightly with his fingertips.

There was a clear "whoosh" sound.

The gleaming silver blade leaped from its sheath like the moon breaking through the water!

The cold air instantly forced the surrounding moisture to condense into fine beads.

He joined his index and middle fingers together, and the pale golden spiritual energy swirling around his fingertips clung to the spine of the sword like a living thing.

Following the winding cloud patterns, the originally cold sword blade, under the influence of spiritual energy, actually radiated a layer of warm jade light.

"go with!"

Ye Hui gave a deep shout, and his wrist immediately created a smooth arc of light.

The moment the Qingfeng sword slices through the air, it is not with a sharp whistling sound.

Instead, it was an extremely deep and sharp "whoosh" sound!

It was as if the sword wasn't moving, but rather the entire space was being cleaved in two by the sharp edge.

The sword energy, imbued with abundant spiritual power, left a bright golden afterimage in mid-air.

Wherever it passed, even the evening breeze was split apart, and the ripples on the surface of the pool receded to both sides by an inch.

The sign in the center of the pool trembled violently, its transparent outline fluctuating wildly.

It instinctively mobilized its magic, twisting the surrounding space into a distorted membrane of light.

The moisture and dust that tried to touch the light membrane vanished the moment they made contact.

This is precisely the "elimination shield" that the card-eliminating feature is most proud of.

He can easily destroy ordinary things with a touch, and he has never made a mistake.

But this time.

When Ye Hui's sword energy struck the light membrane, it was like a red-hot iron piercing into thin ice.

The golden light pierced through the distorted space without any hesitation.

The magic that was powerful enough to dissolve everything melted away like ice and snow meeting the sun in the face of the demon-slaying magic that specifically countered the intangible.

Then there was a soft "poof" sound.

The sword energy struck precisely in the center of the card.

The originally formed transparent outline instantly resembled shattered glass, with fine cracks appearing at the edges.

The magical energy fluctuations around it began to dissipate violently!
The once clear outline became increasingly thin, as if it would completely dissipate into the night at any moment.

Ye Hui sheathed his sword.

The residual spiritual energy in my palm was still slightly warm.

He gazed at the teetering signboard in the pool, seemingly about to collapse.

"Now! Sakura!"

Sakura was already prepared. Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately raised her wand, and a crisp sound rang out in the cave.

"Restore your original form—Clow Card—!!"

Xiaopai still wanted to resist, trying to eliminate the sealing power that was trapping him.

However, he was severely injured by Ye Hui's demon-slaying technique.

Its strength was greatly reduced, and it was unable to break free from its restraints.

Finally, the card was cleared and transformed into a single card, which slowly floated down.

Sakura reached out and caught it steadily, her tense body immediately relaxing, and she let out a long sigh of relief.

Finally... finally it's over.

Her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

Ye Hui reached out and supported her in time; the strength from his palm helped her regain her balance.

Sakura's cheeks flushed slightly, and she whispered, "Thank you, Ye-kun!"

[Kinomoto Sakura's emotional value +13]

"You're welcome. This is the result of you overcoming your fear." Ye Hui smiled slightly.

"Ye, hurry up and learn the spell from the elimination cards!" Sakura's eyes sparkled as she eagerly stuffed the elimination cards into his hand, her gaze full of anticipation.

Ye Hui took the card, but the system's task log did not refresh for a long time.

It seems we'll have to wait for Tomoyo and the others to return before we can complete the mission.

After handing the cards to Ye Hui, Sakura looked around anxiously: "Why haven't Tomoyo and the others come back yet?"

Ye Hui stroked his chin: "Don't worry, it should be soon."

He just finished speaking.

The surrounding air then rippled and undulated.

Immediately afterwards, one familiar figure after another appeared out of thin air in the cave.

—It was Tomoyo, along with Mr. Terada and the other students.

They all looked around blankly, completely unaware of what had happened.

"Huh? How did we get here?"

"Wasn't I just on the bridge?"

Where is my candle?

The crowd discussed amongst themselves, their faces full of confusion.

"It seems that the card-wiping also erased their memories."

Ye Hui thought to himself, "What if there's ever a situation where I need to use my supernatural powers in public..."

He chuckled to himself.

Perhaps Sakura could use the Elimination Card to erase their memories directly.

"Tomoyo!"

Sakura spotted Tomoyo in the crowd at a glance, and her pent-up emotions exploded instantly. She rushed over and hugged Tomoyo tightly, tears welling up in her eyes again.

"Waaah... Thank goodness... You're alright... That's so good..." Her voice choked with emotion as she hugged Tomoyo tightly.

I'm terrified that if I let go, the other person will disappear again.

"Sakura? I, I'm fine."

Tomoyo paused, a faint memory lingering in her mind.

Although she couldn't remember everything, she gently raised her hand, patted her back softly, and comforted her gently.

Looking at the two girls embracing, Ye Hui smiled with satisfaction.

He turned to look at Li Xiaolang beside him and found that the guy was also looking at Sakura and Tomoyo.

Ye Hui raised an eyebrow.

It seems that this experience has changed Li Xiaolang quite a bit.

You successfully defeated the invisible demon and rescued the guardian deity, Daidouji Tomoyo. She is deeply grateful to you!

[While Kinomoto Sakura, a disciple of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, and Daidouji Tomoyo were pouring out their sorrows to each other, you secretly hid the Immortal Talisman Sect's secret treasure!]

[Ding! You have completed the side quest for your destined character – "Slaying the Void and Protecting the Path"! You have obtained the reward divine ability "Mysterious Netherworld Formless"!]

[The Profound and Formless: Transform body and mind into the primordial chaos, dissolving form and substance into primordial chaos.]

Ye Hui glanced at the system notification and was immediately overjoyed.

Doesn't this supernatural power mean complete invisibility and inaccessibility?

In other words, when he is in stealth mode, he can not only remain undetected by anyone, but also be immune to physical attacks.

This reward is incredibly useful!
"Okay, now that they're back, how are we going to get out?"

Ye Hui raised a very practical question.

He pointed to the burned-out wooden bridge not far away, its body already reduced to charred charcoal.

The fire there has been extinguished, but now only a few broken stumps stand in the darkness.

As everyone looked in the direction he pointed, their joy at the recent reunion faded, and they all wore troubled expressions.

The others who had just returned were also stunned.

"What's going on here?"

(End of this chapter)