Samsara Paradise: Shadow King

Chapter 121 Visiting Wei Ming

The pure shadow of darkness extinguished the sea of ​​fire, and Zhao Zijin's mind returned to clarity again.

He remembered that voice in the sea of ​​fire. He had heard it before when he was about to receive an emergency call for a special hunting mission!

"Things are getting more complicated!"

Zhao Zijin smiled bitterly, feeling that after this time travel, every time he stayed in this reincarnation paradise for a while, he would have more questions in his heart.

This was a very uncomfortable and terrible feeling. He was a little irritated, but there was nothing he could do about it.

All the flames in front of him disappeared, and he still maintained the posture of studying the prosthetic hand. There was nothing on it like the vision he just saw.

"Thanks, Wolf!"

Pretending to be nonchalant, he put down his prosthetic hand and quietly distanced himself from the other party.

Although the spiritual invasion he had just experienced was blocked by the mysterious voice in his mind, it was so dangerous that Zhao Zijin did not want to experience it again!

That's definitely not the power that Ninja's prosthetic hand should have!

There may be some controversy among the player community, but in this world, Zhao Zijin can confirm that the core component of the Ninja prosthetic hand is the arm and hand bone that the ape once turned into "Shura" and was chopped off by Ashina Isshin.

[The prosthetic hand of Ren is full of bad karma! The blood splattered on it is now rusty and will never go away! The more freely you use it, the more bad karma you will bear! 】

[The prosthetic hand of Ren is full of bad karma! The large and small scars engraved on it are witnesses of life and death duels! The more freely you use it, the more bad karma you will bear! 】

As the first "Shura alienated" limb of the ape, even if it is separated from the main body that contains the "Fire of Shura", that is, the individual "ape", this arm is inevitably imbued with the power of "Shura". This is also The "Shura Line" in the game is a strong catalyst that intensifies the protagonist Wolf's degeneration into "Shura".

As mentioned earlier, people who ignite the "Fire of Shura" in their hearts because of being immersed in killing will absorb the resentful souls who died on the battlefield. Perhaps it is because they have lodged too much "Power of Shura". This severed hand The bone was transformed into a ninja prosthetic hand by Dogen's hands, and it has the ability to absorb paper figures to activate ninja tools and activate thaumaturgy.

[Paper figures are phantoms that linger on the present world, so sinful people will have more paper figures attached to them. 】

The paper man "Shirakatoyo" is a paper medium that wraps the souls of the dead. Therefore, the Shinobi Prosthetic Hand can be regarded as a sacrificial tool that converts the spiritual medium into moves to facilitate understanding. The ghosts of the dead are transformed into new murderers using the Shirakatoyo. Sharp weapon, making more dead souls.

According to the ideas of Shintoism in the island country, people will become "spirits" after death, and "spirits" give birth to "souls". The latter are divided into "harmony souls" and "wild souls". Among them, the "harmony soul" of "harmony soul" "Lucky Soul" and "Strange Soul" represent luck and miracles, and both represent good parts, while "Wild Soul" mostly comes from resentful spirits who died with hatred. They will not only hurt and curse others, but even cause natural disasters and plagues. .

There are two ways to solve the problem of "wild souls", one is the "transcendence" of Buddhism, and the other is the "spiritual control" of Shintoism!

Needless to say, "transcendence" is of course familiar to everyone. In the game, the main Buddhist hall of Xianfeng Temple is where a "transcendence" ceremony is held for those who died in the immortality experiment of the monks of Xianfeng Temple.

Here we focus on the "Yingling" ceremony! There is a stone tablet in the deep cave of Ashina Underground Prison, which reads:

[Wei Mingzhong, who was executed for plundering the country, had his "Wild Soul" Yuling suppressed here! 】

The "Yingling" here is a Shinto ritual, that is, to consecrate or sacrifice those resentful spirits and let them become "Yingling". The three most famous resentful spirits in the history of the island country are also the three "Yinglings". ", that is, Taira Shomon, Sugawara Michizane and Emperor Sutoku.

Those who are interested can check the relevant literature on their own, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t know who these people are. As long as you know that they are all important people who died with hatred, they still refuse to show mercy after their death and breed chaos. It’s like a game. Those vengeful enemies among them.

In order to suppress these raging resentful spirits, people enshrine their belongings in Buddhist temples or shrines, grant them official positions, and visit them every year. As long as they do the above two things with piety and earnestness, the "Wild Soul" may transform into a "Harmonizing the soul", this is the ceremony of "controlling the soul".

After killing the "rigid body and headless" in the collapse canyon, you will get the "rigid body and the descending spirit", which is mentioned in its in-game description:

[Although there is a tomb to hold the soul, no one has visited it for a long time! 】

Here it is directly pointed out that the main reason why its head tomb has not been visited for a long time is that its "wild soul" cannot be transformed.

Since we’re talking about “the spirit descends” here, let’s mention the prototypes corresponding to each of the “spirits descending” in the game!

First of all, "hum general" corresponds to "esoteric vajra warrior", and the mouth shape in Sanskrit corresponds to "ah"; "ha general" corresponds to "Narayana King of Strength", and the mouth shape in Sanskrit corresponds to "moo".

"Strong Body" corresponds to the "Vajra Yaksha Ming King" of Tantric Buddhism; "Yueyin" corresponds to the "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" of Sutra Buddhism, and there is also a theory that corresponds to the "Moli Zhidian" of Tantric Buddhism, which happens to be "invisible" symbol of.

"Yakshalu" corresponds to the "immovable king" of Tantra. It is the first of the five bright kings. It has the meaning of being unmoved in the face of any difficulties and being able to remove evil obstacles. Because of this, the evil spirits that infest all living beings will be feared and stay away.

The reason for this lengthy discussion of "Yu Ling" is actually inseparable from the relationship between apes and Shinobi's prosthetic hands.

In the early stage of the game, the player controls the wolf to recall the memory of three years ago and comes to Hirata's mansion. In the Buddhist hall, he can get the ninja tool [Mechanism Axe] to break through the enemy's shield defense.

This murder weapon is the weapon of the ninja ape who was once called the "Flying Ape". The reason why it is enshrined in the Buddhist hall here is to use the "spiritual control" ritual to suppress "Shura" through the link between the weapon and its owner. .

Similarly, there is a temple dedicated to "Wild Souls" in the abandoned temple. Although we see it is empty in the game content, it is not difficult to guess what is worshiped here——

Ninja's prosthetic hand, or the severed limb of "Shura"!

Those who are attentive will find that there is a bloody claw mark on the Buddhist altar in the abandoned temple.

In the later stage, the Buddha Sculptor (Ape) learned that Ashina was facing a full-scale invasion by the inner government, so he chose not to suppress the "Shura" in his body, and transformed into a "ghost of resentment" to replace the dead Ghost Punishment Department to guard Otemon. Before entering the BOSS battle, we can find many identical claw marks on the ground, except that the blood on them has been replaced by "Fire of Shura".

By worshiping his severed limbs and former weapons continuously for a long time, and performing "spiritual control" rituals, he can resolve the "power of Shura" in his heart. This is the third method used by the ape to save himself.

"Oh! Here we are!"

Zhao Zijin had no intention of keeping a low profile during this trip. The giant dragon flew arrogantly over the main city of Weiming, and from time to time sent shocking roars to the Weiming soldiers on the ground below.

Nidhogg only slowed down slightly and hit the tallest building in Ashina's main city, the castle tower, like a cannonball. Due to the huge impact, part of the castle tower was crushed.

It was not that no one on Ashina's side wanted to stop them before this happened. For example, from the kite hovering on the castle tower, a "bolide" flew towards them, but it was blocked by St. Paul in the air. “Sending eagles to the crowd?”

Zhao Zijin didn't pay much attention to the other party.

Heyuan Tian Naomori was also thrown out in the impact, knocking down a pair of samurai armor placed against the wall before he stopped. It took him a while to get up from the ground.

"Kawamoto Naomori! Please convey our goodwill to your colleagues on our behalf!"

Zhao Zijin slowly walked down from the dragon's back with a gentle smile, his eyes hidden behind the blindfold staring at the stairs of the castle tower, where there were chaotic footsteps approaching.

"Good intentions? Are you trying to make me laugh?"

A large number of warriors poured out from the stairs. The leader, who was also dressed as a warrior general named Ashina, strode forward with a big gun pointed directly at Zhao Zijin.

"Who is your Excellency?"

A samurai general who uses a big spear? It's probably one of Ashina's seven spears.

"Master of the Ghost Court, Ma Yaci! Come in!"

This brother of the Ghost Punishment Department was as fierce as his elder brother. After announcing his name, he snorted coldly, and the gun point came directly towards Zhao Zijin's door.

But he never thought that the shadow soldiers had already taken precautions. Another large gun intercepted the thrust, and then opened the gun body of Oniwa Masaji, suppressing the opponent's subsequent offensive.

Many people have misunderstood Masataka Oniwa because of the name "Onigatabu" in the game. They think "Oniwa" is the name of the clan, and "Kaiobu" is his surname.

The full name "Ghost Court Xingbu Masataka" should actually be interpreted based on the background of the times and the naming format of the island country's Warring States Period. "Ghost Court" is the Miao character (Chinese surname).

"Xingbu" refers to an official position (given by the Japanese emperor, pretending to be an ancestor, or simply pretending to be called one). The "Xing" and "Xing" here are interchangeable. The Xingbu does not refer to the criminal law department, but to form people's pickets and form people's power. , without the heart of being drunk and full.

Yaxiao is Mingqian (name in Chinese).

Because the island nation paid attention to family character in ancient times, some people with status would have long names. For example, the famous military commander Kiso Yoshinaka in the Heian period, his full name was Kiso Sasumatou Yoshinaka, the court official of the Minamoto Dynasty.

"Yuan" is the clan, bestowed by the Japanese emperor, "Courtmaster" is the eight-color surname, which is the honor and inferiority set by the Japanese emperor for the family, "Kiso" is the Miao character, "Zuomatou" is the official position, and "Yizhong" is name.

What's more, for example, Takeda Shingen who became a monk, his full name is Minamoto Court Minister Takeda Daizen Daifu Harunobu and Morei Eiken Shingen.

General Ashina concentrated his mind and changed his moves, turning his waist and thrust forward with his half-short body. At this moment, his opponent had withdrawn his strength and turned the gun body. Even if he could respond hastily, he could only attack with the tail of the gun, which would inevitably result in a fall. Go downwind.

Unexpectedly, the enemy refused to dodge. Just when the two guns touched each other, a spear tip bounced out from the black tail of the gun, blocking Masaji Kiba's spear tip and cutting towards him. His wrist.

The shadow soldier Yuan Zhen uses a double-headed gun that is very rare among legendary weapons!

This gun is also called a double-headed snake or a Yin pistol. The two heads are flexible and can be used with the Yin hand to hold it, making it easy to attack and defend. In order to match the skills and marksmanship used by Yuan Zhen, Zhao Zijin specially built it for him.

Masaji Kiba jumped back away from the blow. After taking a few deep breaths, he readjusted his fighting posture.

Yuan Zhen also took a good stance, crossing his back with a horizontal spear, then flattening the spear with one hand, then twisting the spear with one hand and holding the spear flatly.

On the other hand, the samurai general's posture of using the spinning spear and dancing flowers to stand upright is a challenge to Yuan Zhen's stance of standing upright with a gun in one hand.

Masagi Onitewa stepped forward to block the gun and then kneeled down to grab the gun. He used his right foot first and kicked the ground hard to catch the ball. Then he touched the ground with his left toes, leaned over to press the gun, and ran forward.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Zhen lowered her lunge into a stoop, suddenly charged up her strength, and jumped up in an instant.

Masaji Kiba leaped forward and threw his spear at Madoka, and the spear heads collided, causing sparks to fly away.

Yuan Zhen suddenly stopped, adjusted his posture in an instant, and before the enemy landed, he swung a flat spear again and collided with the samurai general's lower spear again.

Here, Masaji Kiba played a careful trick and quickly connected with the lunge to move the gun. Before Enma could stabilize his lower body, he took a big leap and jumped down to chop the gun!

The force of this splitting spear was so powerful that it directly split Yuan Zhen into a crotch before barely catching it!

Enzhen raised his body, turned around and drew his gun. With a loud roar, Masaji Kiba raised his gun to block it, but he was still in a state of confusion when he and the gun were blown several meters away.

The third confrontation between the two sides soon came. This time the positions were changed. The ninja hunter was at the top and the samurai general was at the bottom. At this time, if Enzhen struck with a gun, the height difference could increase the strength several times.

Jump down and shoot!

Masaji Kiba turned around and took a bow to pick up his spear. Enma returned with a bow to stab the spear, and clashed with the spear again. Since the monk soldier used the skill [Dharma Protector Thrust] in this attack, its power increased a lot, making this confrontation occupy an important position. Got the upper hand.

The samurai general almost threw out the big gun in his hand, but at this time, Enzhen's double-headed gun could no longer hold back and was ready to attack again!

With a sweep of his legs, Kiba Masaji saw this and jumped up on the dry ground. He was worthy of Ashina's samurai general. The moment he landed, he crossed his grip and prepared a counterattack. With his backhand, he cleared the clouds and revealed the sun - swinging the gun diagonally upwards. go.

Yuan Zhen was not an ordinary person. When the gun bodies collided, he held down the opponent's gun head with a downward-pressing rifle, then moved towards the enemy along the handle of the gun to look for snakes.

Before Masaji Kiba could adjust his center of gravity and posture, the ninja hunter's spear struck again. The samurai general clapped his hands to deflect the gun's head, and at the same time quickly counterattacked with a flat spear with his right hand.

Madoka tried to block the gun, but unexpectedly the gun head penetrated directly from under the handle of the gun. Seizing the opportunity, Kiba Masaji quickly used his left hand to hold the gun, and Feng nodded! Intention to surrender Madoka's big gun!

Just as the big gun was about to be released, another shadow soldier, with a black rope, forcibly penetrated into the battle. He was so powerful that he was like a madman attacking and forced the samurai general back. Seeing this scene, the samurai generals behind Masaji Kiba also One after another, they are ready to move.

　Um! After May Day, the workload is still relatively heavy, so...

　　Ahem! Anyway, I would like to say sorry to everyone who has been waiting for the update for a long time! The subsequent update speed may still be slow, please forgive me!

　　

　

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