Chapter 491 Secret Sword·Tengu
The element of lightning flows on the surface of the giant scorpion, causing it to emit a purple light at night. It's not particularly dazzling but enough to illuminate its hideous appearance.
An arthropod that was larger than a human raised the poisonous hook on its back when it sensed Liu Bai and the others approaching.
Then, like the sea demons entrenched in Feimu Village, the huge scorpion approached Liu Bai and the others.
Although Ying and the others had never seen this kind of monster before, they immediately took out their weapons and prepared to fight.
"No, the aura I feel is not this thing..."
Liu Bai muttered something, but did not stop Ying and Krevi and the others, allowing them to fight with the Holy Beast in front of them.
"Traveler! Krevy! Come on!"
As a non-combatant, Paimon cleverly hid beside Liu Bai, with his hands clasped in front of his mouth, cheering for the two of them.
Although the Holy Corpse Beast is ferocious and highly aggressive by nature, it is not a particularly difficult monster to defeat except that it is extremely durable. Under the joint siege of the two, it was quickly beaten and forced to spit out the Corpse-Devouring Energy blocks in its body.
After the energy block was shattered, the defense of this holy beast dropped significantly, and obvious cracks appeared on its hard shell.
In the end, You Ying threw out the Desolate Star to smash the Holy Skeleton Beast to pieces, ending the battle.
"So... it's passed, right?"
After taking a short breath, Ying held the exhausted Krevi with one hand and looked back at Liu Bai.
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"Although you fought beautifully, this monster just broke in randomly. It is not part of tonight's assessment."
Seeing Ying's gaze, Liu Bai spread his hands and said.
"Eh?!"
Ying and Krewei were both stunned.
Then Krevi pulled her hand back from Ying's and sat down on the ground.
She had just used up all her internal energy, and coupled with the intense battle, she was extremely tired.
I was a little frustrated when I found out that this was not part of the assessment.
Fortunately, after a short rest to regain her strength, she stood up again, grabbing the gun barrel, and putting all the frustration behind her.
"Huh... I've had a good rest, Sister Liu Bai, let's do the real test now."
After brushing the dirt off his butt, Krevy spoke seriously to Liu Bai.
Although she and Paimeng learned secretly in the beginning, Liu Bai didn't care about them and had been teaching them normally. He could be called their master in internal strength.
However, Liu Bai did not agree with this title, so they still had a normal relationship with each other.
"Right away, it's just ahead."
Liu Bai closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment, then led the way.
After passing the habitat of the Holy Beast, Liu Bai soon arrived at the destination of the assessment.
It was a competition venue that looked very historical. At the edge of the venue were various tattered flags, from which one could see the triple thunder pattern.
And in the center of the venue, a huge and hideous ghost mask was floating quietly. There seemed to be something behind the ghost face, but it could not be seen from this angle.
"Prajna ghost face?"
They have been in Inazuma for quite a few days now, and Ying and the others have some understanding of Inazuma's culture, so they immediately recognized the huge ghost mask in the middle of the arena.
"Even though the one below is no longer human, the remaining sword will still clang. You only need to defeat it and make it stop moving, and you will pass the test."
Liu Bai pointed at the Prajna ghost in the middle of the arena and spoke to Ying and the others.
"understood."
Ying and Krevi nodded, took out their weapons and approached the Prajna Ghost Mask.
"Wait a minute."
Liu Bai immediately called out to them.
Under the puzzled gazes of Ying and Krewei, Liu Bai walked forward and grabbed one of Ying's hands, and put the other hand on Krewei's shoulder.
Transferring part of his strength to the latter, Liu Bai activated the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head once again, allowing them to eliminate their previous fatigue.
Since her current abilities were reproduced through the "Seduction Technique", these abilities were not displayed on the system, but if they were displayed, the effect would probably be...
[Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head: Enter the "Sword Immortal Realm" state, and can quickly clear abnormal states and injuries.]
[Sword Immortal Realm: The consciousness enters a state beyond the self, and masters a complete set of moves related to this state]
After getting rid of their fatigue, Ying and Keliwei only felt a coolness between their eyebrows, and their physical strength immediately returned to the best condition.
This made them full of confidence in this assessment, and the two of them walked into the competition venue together.
Click--click--
A sound like some mechanism being activated suddenly rang out, and Ying and the others focused their attention on the gigantic Prajna ghost mask, but were shocked to find that the ghost mask was cracked in the middle.
Behind the ghost mask was a huge blue and white samurai mechanical puppet. It seemed to sense the approach of Ying and the others. The puppet strings connected to somewhere pulled its arms, and it slowly stood up from its kneeling position.
There is a legend about the clever swordsman doll [Magic Sword Ghost] in the area of Yayu Island. It is said that it integrates the memories of the first generation leader of a sword school famous for its secret sword "Tengu Sho". Some people say that it was abandoned because it was out of control.
Being pulled by the puppet strings, the puppet sword ghost slowly stood up, drew out the huge sword from his waist, and looked at Ying and Krevi.
The Prajna ghost mask that was split into two halves was floating in the air on both sides of the magic puppet sword ghost like two huge shoulder armors.
"What a big guy..."
The Demonic Ghost Sword was at least three meters tall, which was more than twice as tall as Klevi, and naturally gave her an invisible pressure.
After observing Ying and Klevi for a while, the Demon Sword Demon immediately took an attacking stance. He placed the katana at his waist, lowered his body, and made the starting posture of Iai.
The next moment, the magic sword ghost rushed out and slashed at Ying with his sword at an astonishing speed.
Ying hurriedly raised her sword to block the sword ghost's attack, but the terrifying force almost sent her flying, and her feet left deep marks on the already solid ground of the arena.
"let me help you!"
Krevie at the side shouted softly, and with the help of the wind elemental power, she rushed out with a gun.
Although his speed is far inferior to that of a certain young wind-type immortal, it is still fast enough to launch a sneak attack.
The Puppet Sword Ghost really had no time to defend itself, but when Klevi's spear approached, the Prajna Ghost Mask beside it moved, and they combined together to form a solid shield to block Klevi's spear.
Krevy didn't expect that the blow would land on such a solid object. The position where her hands were holding the gun barrel slid forward more than ten centimeters, causing her delicate palms to rub and feel a little painful.
Fortunately, she was not a delicate person. She gripped the spear tightly and tried to pass over the Prajna Ghost Mask at a faster speed with the help of the wind element.
After blocking the attack of the Puppet Sword Ghost, Ying immediately launched a counterattack. With the blessing of the rock elemental power, he pushed away the Puppet Sword Ghost's sword with greater force, and took advantage of the moment when it was slightly off balance to slash at its chest with a sword.
When Ying encountered the Prajna Ghost Mask and was attracted by Klevi who was trying to get around him, his sword immediately took effect, leaving a wound on the chest of the Demon Puppet Ghost Sword.
It’s a pity that the Demon Sword Demon is a mechanical humanoid after all, so such wounds are not fatal.
But it obviously realized that it was outnumbered, and it retreated and flew to the rear in an instant.
Just when Ying and the others wanted to press on and pursue the enemy, the Demon Sword Ghost raised the weapon in his hand high.
boom--!
The next moment, the elemental forces of ice and wind mixed together and burst out, knocking Ying and Klevi, who were pursuing them, away.
By the time they had steadied themselves, a white ice-attributed shadow had appeared next to the Magic Sword Ghost, which was basically the same as the Magic Sword Ghost.
"It's a bit tricky..."
Ying and Krewei looked at each other and couldn't help but say this.
Even the younger Klevie can defeat large monsters in the wild alone, such as the Frost Tree, the Explosive Tree, the Formless Thunder, etc. However, this puppet sword ghost is obviously much stronger than those large monsters in the wild.
It can even use the elements of ice and wind at the same time. Multiple elemental powers used to be Ying's privilege...
The last person she saw with this ability was Young Master Tartaglia.
"It looks like a strong enemy, but if it's just a puppet, the Traveler will definitely be able to defeat it."
Outside the competition venue, Paimeng, who was watching with Liu Bai, was full of confidence in Ying.
After all, she had seen Ying defeat more powerful enemies.
No matter what, Tartaglia in the Demon King's armed state looks more oppressive than this puppet sword ghost.
"Ah."
Liu Bai on the side nodded slightly in agreement. Today's assessment was not a difficult problem at all.
The real problem would be if Ying was removed and Krewei was allowed to participate alone.
She chose the Puppet Sword Ghost as the test subject simply because during the few days in the rebel camp, she felt the faint presence of sword will here and she felt a little curious.
But the Demon Sword Demon is not the master of that will and cannot exert its full power.
Just as Liu Bai and Paimeng expected, as the battle progressed, the Magic Sword Ghost gradually suffered serious damage.
Finally, as Ying stabbed the sword into its chest, the magic sword ghost crashed and knelt on the ground again, and the cracked Prajna mask fell around it.
"Huh... I won."
Ying wiped the sweat from her forehead. Each move of this puppet sword ghost was very powerful, so she had to deal with it with caution.
"Yeah, I won..."
Although Klevi tried her best not to hold back, she was much weaker than Ying after all, so she had to sit on the ground to rest.
After calming down a little, Ying walked back to the Magic Sword Ghost and wanted to draw out his edgeless sword.
"...?"
Just as Ying grasped the edgeless sword and slowly pulled it out, she suddenly noticed that the Prajna mask on the ground around her was shaking.
Although Ying was confused, she immediately drew out the edgeless sword.
As the edgeless sword was drawn out, the Prajna Mask rose into the air again, and the sword puppet ghost kneeling on the ground also clenched the sword in his hand.
The next moment, Ying had a feeling of extreme danger surge in her heart.
Secret sword [Tengu copy]...
The Demon Sword Ghost made the opening move of [Mechanical Pseudo Tengu Copy], but the power was somewhat unbelievable, and Ying was locked in the direction of the sword and unable to move.
Everything happened in just a moment, and the sword in the magic sword ghost's hand swung and cut Ying's body.
The secret sword that was powerful enough to destroy the mountains and forests remained as powerful as ever. It slashed backwards along with Ying, breaking through the mountains along the way.
Although it was far inferior to Wuxiang Blade Xijian, he also left his own sword marks on Bayun Island.
After doing all this, the Prajna mask around the Demon Sword Ghost broke, and the Demon Sword Ghost fell to the ground and completely lost the ability to move.
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"A pitch-black monster... one that survived the beast wave?"
One day, after finishing his training, Gomyoji Doki, or Iwano Doki, felt a strong malice in the air.
He turned around and found a human-sized black monster, its body contaminated by the power of the abyss, its eyes bloodshot and it had lost its mind.
It had a broken arm and one of the horns on its head missing, but it still attacked frantically like any other dark monster.
The previous dark disaster swept across the entire Inazuma. Iwazo Doki naturally knew how terrifying it was, so he had to concentrate and deal with it with all his strength.
Although the human-sized black monster in front of him seemed to be seriously injured, each of its attacks was powerful and fierce, and its offensive was crazy and chaotic, forcing Yanzang Daoqi to fall at a disadvantage for a while.
He used the sword to block the opponent's claws, and the huge force was so severe that Yanzang Daoqi almost couldn't hold the sword.
The dark monster opened its mouth wide and bit off the sword that Iwazaki Doki used for training.
"Damn it!"
Iwazaki Doki did not expect that the dark monster in front of him would be so troublesome. He had to draw his real sword from behind and decided to end the battle quickly.
After a fierce battle, both Yanzang Daoqi and the dark monster suffered serious injuries.
Seeing that the time had come, Yanzang Daoqi no longer entangled with the monster. He swung his sword and used the remaining power to raise dust to force it back.
In the dust, Yanzang Daoqi gripped his weapon tightly.
Secret Sword Tengu!
The secret sword that was powerful enough to destroy the forest flashed by, and its speed was so fast that even though the dark monster had noticed it, it was unable to dodge it.
Finally, Iwazura Doki cut off the dark monster's head with one sword.
The head rolled to Yanzang Daoqi's side. He looked down and wanted to walk away to avoid being contaminated by the dark power of the monster.
But when he saw the monster's dim eyes, Yanzang Daoqi's heart trembled.
He couldn't help but squat down and observe carefully. At this time, the dark aura on the monster faded away, and the hideous monster showed its original appearance. The ghost girl with a face as bright as the moon had tears of regret on her face, staring at Yanzang Daoqi who had completely lost his life.
This is...my mother...
Michiyo, who betrayed the Grand Imperial Palace...
After that, the resentment of the ghost girl turned into the Prajna Demon Mask, which was taken away by Iwazaki Doki. Finally, by chance, he installed it on the mechanical swordsman doll made based on himself.
……
The power of the secret sword Tengu Chao was terrifying, but Ying raised his sword to block the move at the last moment.
Today, the Edgeless Sword is a genuine divine weapon that even the secret sword Tengu Chao cannot break it. Although the aftermath still caused Ying to be chopped and flew away, and even left huge cracks on the surrounding mountains, Ying was fine except that one of his hands was a little weak and his body was in a mess.
"This time... there should be no follow-up, right?"
Throwing the edgeless sword aside, Ying supported his knees with his hands and gasped for breath, then took a look at the fallen puppet sword ghost and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Very good, you were able to react to that move. Traveler, your strength is beyond my expectations."
"With your current fighting abilities, you two can officially begin learning my sword skills. I will teach them to you one by one."
Liu Bai walked over clapping his hands and spoke to Ying and Krevi.
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