"Ghost energy entities!" Doctor Strange's expression changed. His hands moved fast as he formed Shield of the Seraphim. A golden hexagonal magic barrier instantly unfolded.
Almost at the same time, several ghost monsters shrieked and lunged at them. They ignored physical obstacles, passing straight through Doctor Strange's magic shield! The doctor let out a muffled grunt, feeling a bone-chilling cold pierce straight into the depths of his soul, his mind briefly going dizzy.
"Doctor!" Saitama reacted instantly, stepping forward and throwing a plain, unadorned punch!
Bang!
The air compressed with a boom, the punch wind surging. But that power—enough to pulverize mountains—felt like it struck nothing at all! His fist passed right through the ghost monster's body, only making ripples across its smoke-like form. The monster let out a sharp, mocking laugh and kept rushing Doctor Strange.
"Physical attacks don't work?" Saitama froze for a moment. This was something he rarely encountered.
"They aren't physical bodies! They're pure energy and spiritual aggregates!" Doctor Strange endured the pain of his soul being eroded, his hands rapidly shifting seals. "Vishanti no Chikara: Sokubaku (Power of the Vishanti: Binding)!"
Several chains formed of golden magical energy appeared out of thin air, instantly wrapping around the ghost monsters that had reached striking distance. The monsters thrashed and howled violently within the chains. The chains sizzled with a burning sound, clearly unable to hold them for long.
"My magic can restrain them for now, but the consumption is huge! Saitama, buy me time—I need to find their core or their weakness!" Cold sweat beaded on Doctor Strange's forehead as he maintained the magic chains with everything he had.
More ghost monsters poured in from all directions. A wailing yin wind swept the hall as the temperature plunged. Saitama looked at his useless fist, then at Doctor Strange being besieged and barely holding on—his bald head looking especially shiny in the dim light.
Then—
"What a pain…" he muttered, but his eyes turned serious. If his fists couldn't hit them, then he'd try another way. He took a deep breath, chest swelling high.
"HAA!!!"
A deafening roar exploded from Saitama's mouth! The terrifying sound wave became a shockwave with substance, instantly sweeping across the entire hall! The air trembled violently, dust shaking loose from the stone walls as it rained down. The ghost monsters that had been lunging in were struck by the sound wave infused with terrifying life energy—their bodies abruptly stalled, releasing pained shrieks. Their smoke-like forms churned violently, thinning out a little!
"It works!" Doctor Strange's eyes lit up. "They react to powerful energy impacts! Saitama, keep disrupting them!"
Saitama nodded and took another deep breath… Being unable to hit them with punches annoyed him a bit, but as long as he could help, that was enough. Like a human megaphone, he began roaring again and again at the swarm of ghost monsters surging in. The terrifying sound waves reverberated, layered, and amplified inside the sealed hall, forming a storm of sonic blasts that temporarily checked the monsters' assault and bought Doctor Strange precious time.
Saitama's "sonic cannon" had an obvious effect, making the ghost monsters suffer and their forms scatter, but it still couldn't completely erase them. These monsters, formed from pure dark energy and malignant spiritual intent, seemed to possess extremely strong regeneration—so long as their core wasn't destroyed, they could draw power again from the shadows.
The hall rang with the monsters' piercing shrieks and Saitama's roaring that made eardrums go numb. The scene was chaotic for a while.
(End of Chapter)
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