Samsara Paradise: Shadow King

Chapter 156 The old man dies and a chaotic war breaks out

That is an opponent who needs to pay attention to even when he is alive. It is not easy to win this battle.

The decline in swordsmanship is an indisputable fact, but he has also come into contact with powers from other worlds, and his vision is no longer limited by the world. After breaking through, Ashina Isshin's achievements in the future will surely surpass those of the past. Showing up is proof.

The old man chose the more conservative and safe [Moon of Fierce Change] form, intending to do the same as the previous four ghosts, first figure out the opponent's fighting method, seize the key points or weaknesses, and then kill them with thunderous force.

"clang!"

The combat consciousness that has been tempered by months of fighting and killing allows the body to react faster than the mind. After capturing the arc drawn by the enemy's blade, the [Mind Peeping Blade] moved the Immortal Slash in front of him, fighting with it. The shield formed by the moonlight blocked the severe slashes.

"Ho ho ho, ho ho ho"

The Qingxing Lantern Monster smiled, and its surroundings became darker and darker under the light of the candle in its hand. I don't know what method it used. I only saw the blade colliding with Ashina Isshin's Immortal Slash, and the aura in the eyes of the old man who was wrestling. Turning from red to purple, the blood energy on his body was also restrained, and the power mixed with the curse attached to the long knife. While increasing its power, the attack range of the blade was greatly increased out of thin air when it was swung.

Isshin Ashina sensed the danger, exerted force on his wrist, and pushed forward. The old man on the opposite side made the same move. The two long knives rubbed against each other, intertwined in the air, separated, and then launched another attack. This time, both of them It took advantage of the situation to enter the upper position. The old man chose to stab forward with the tip of the knife, while the old man chose to turn his wrist and cut horizontally, which was half a minute slower than the former.

However, while swinging the knife, the old man took a step back. This position was just right so that the force transmitted by the tip of the knife reached its limit when it stopped on the face, but his extended attack range could still land on the opponent's head. .

Isshin Ashina laughed loudly, finally meeting a decent opponent. He raised his feet from the ground, kicked away the blade, and used force from his waist to rotate his body parallel to the ground, just like an electric drill. Press the tip of the drill, which is the tip of the knife.

The rotating blades scraped off half of the old man's cheek at the moment when their bodies were intertwined. This made him, who was already undead, even more terrifying. Especially after he seemed to sense that this was a good opponent, the purple light in his eyes became more and more intense. It turned on, turned around and made another powerful and heavy straight chop from the upper section.

Isshin Ashina deflected the attack and stepped sideways to release the force. He saw the old man's sword-holding posture quickly changed from the upper position to the lower position. He thought of the opponent's extremely fast movements when they fought for the first time, and felt bad.

In swordsmanship, the most well-known lower-level attack is the Iai, also known as the draw sword slash, a quick slash!

In ancient Nararo or the early Heian period of the island country, samurai often needed to draw their swords instantly to defeat the enemy. Later, after development, Iai swordsmanship was born in the late Warring States period of the island country. The word "Iai" symbolizes the two opposing sides, and the most important thing about Iaido is to kill with one strike.

Ashina Ryu's Ashina Cross Slash is a standard Iai move. The key to this type of move is that the drawing speed is steady and slow at first, then suddenly becomes faster in the middle. When the tip of the knife is about to leave the sheath, it flashes like a gust of wind. Swift Slash, in a nutshell, is an extremely fast attack that explodes out of the sheath to understand the opponent.

[Mind Peeping Blade] is activated again, and with the perception bonus provided by [Transparent Heart], I can react to this move!

"Hey!"

Ashina concentrated on covering the wound on his chest and kept dancing out sword auras shaped like the waning moon. These saber auras stayed in the air in front of him, swirling and strangling everything within their coverage, blocking the old man's pursuit.

It wasn't a single blow. The old man's Iai Slash was more than just a very fast sword. The attack just now was too fast. If there wasn't a slight separation between the trajectories of the two slashes, I'm afraid even I would think that the other party only swung one sword, and He lost his guard and was killed by the sword with his tail.

The distance between the two sides was widened, and Isshin Ashina took the opportunity to jump up again, catching the thunder from the sky. After locking the enemy's forward charging course, [Tomoe Thunder] struck down with a "bang", hitting the center. other side.

Without thinking carefully about how much damage this blow caused to the opponent, the moment he landed, the old man once again grasped the long sword and rushed forward, returning Iai's blow with Iai! Ashina's cross cut!

Unexpectedly, the opponent attacked again with the same trick, Iai versus Iai! Iai versus Iai!

Two people, one is the soul of the past who killed countless people because of his thirst for blood, and finally had no way to kill or fight, and committed suicide with a knife; the other is a man who has regained his pride and used his shadow body to witness the broader world. Ashina Sword Master, both of them were not alive, but at this moment they felt the intense beating of their hearts for the first time in a long time.

Smiles appeared on their faces, but the offensive became more fierce! The sparks caused by the collision of the blades are clearly visible even in the thick fog!

The old man risked his shoulder being sliced ​​open, and choked the old man's knife-holding right hand, then flipped his wrist, threw him high in the sky, and then hit him down hard, then stepped on his back, constructed of the power of shadow. The musket appeared in his hand, and after seven consecutive close-range shots, a golden lightning spurted out from the muzzle.

This was the most serious injury the old man had ever suffered to the enemy in this battle. Although he also paid a heavy price, it was still quite cost-effective. However, if he wanted to achieve such results in the next battle, he would basically have to pay a heavy price. It’s impossible.

The musket was replaced by a big one. When the storm formed by the power of the curse and the blood was about to blow him up, he hooked the opponent's body with the sickle blade again, pulled the body back and poked a hole in the opponent's body, and turned over The old man finally had a chance to fight back. He fought several moves with Isshin Ashina while lying down. Each attack used 100% of his strength. Finally, with the help of the storm, he chopped the opponent into pieces. Fly out.

The injured old man seemed to have regained his bloodlust, and the attack became more ferocious. The old man took advantage of him to stand up and switched to the [Desolate Sun] form, without giving in, with full firepower.

The fighting is still going on. Under other circumstances, Ashina Isshin would be more willing to continue the battle with the opponent for a long time. Not only can he enjoy the battle more deeply, but he can also reduce the damage he suffers. , but now, no!

This position is already relatively close to the Qingxing Lantern, and victory or defeat depends on this!

The active effect of [Transparent Heart] was activated, and the flow of time began to slow down from Ashina Isshin's perception at this moment. He only had thirty seconds to find the right time.

Luckily, he found it!

After more than ten moves, Immortal Slash was like a carp leaping out of the water. It swung the long knife away from the opponent's hand and thrust the spear downwards. The tip of the spear sank into the ground at the old man's feet, but the sickle blade hooked the opponent's hand. Ankle, Ashina Isshin yelled and picked the opponent up!

For this moment, he deliberately exploited his weaknesses and suffered several blows from the opponent. After the old man spun in a circle, he was thrown towards the green lantern in the distance. Flying out with him were the spear hooked on his ankle and the arm holding the spear tightly. At the same time as he was thrown out, After a while, the old man chopped it off.

The old man stepped forward, and the strange half-body shadow of Amaterasu condensed. He pulled out the long sword composed of blazing flames, and slashed forward with all his strength. Ashina and Isshin dodge in order to block the block. The combination of the route and the dragon flash formed a "ten" shape and pushed it farther away.

"Disobedient little girl! I can't do anything more!"

Ashina looked at the old man and Qing Xingdeng who were shrouded in this "Cross Slash", murmured to himself, took out a [Shadow Crystal] from his arms, crushed it, and recovered his injuries. Zhao Zijin came out with a few when he opened the treasure chest before, and handed them all to him before leaving.

The old man had died in that blow, he could confirm it! After the undead dissipated, Zhao Zijin had power integrated into his body without using his skills, which made his condition much better again. However, to completely consume this harvest, he still needs to spend it after the battle. A long time.

Outside the thick fog, although many movements were blocked by the clouds, Zhao Zijin and the others could clearly see the falling thunder and the rising virtual image of Amaterasu. In fact, he had already used [ Hand of the Dominator secretly stirred up the cloud. Visually, it did dissipate a lot, but for a while they still couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.

But suddenly, this cloud and mist just disappeared, as if it had never existed before, disappearing without a trace.

The one-armed old man stood in the battlefield, looking up to the sky and shouting:

"I have killed all the enemy evil spirits!"

As the roar spread, the originally depressed Blade of the Unsheathed became energetic and once again burst out with a fighting force, suppressing a group of resentful evil spirits. The strength of these guys was not weak. The attacks were equipped with the 呪 attribute, and their numbers were far greater than theirs. Aoi and Hachimaru were already killed.

Ashina's eyes narrowed, and he looked back at the dusty area. An old woman with a stooped body slowly walked out.

The old man was very surprised by this result. It was obvious that Qing Xingdeng only had the ability to control the resentful souls and the undead and enslave them to launch attacks. At most, it could add some strengthening capabilities to the resentful souls and the undead. The four ghosts and the old man were good at fighting. The ghost is its guardian. It makes no sense that the old man is dead, but it is still alive!

He could feel that Qingxing Deng was not uninjured. In fact, the ghost seemed to be exhausted, but he didn't know why, but something was still maintaining its existence.

Recalling the previous battle with the four ghosts, the old man had a suspicion in his mind. Did he need certain conditions to kill Qing Xingdeng?

Thinking of this, the old man left the two apes to cut off the back of the other unsheathed blades, and the others formed an encirclement with himself and launched an attack on Qing Xingdeng.

On the inner side, Alpine Eagle saw Ashina Isshin's move, nodded approvingly, clapped his hands and said:

"It's not enough to deal with the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood and the old man so quickly, but to be able to react so quickly to the special feature of Qingxing Lantern is amazing! Isshin Ashina! If I could have a good fight with you before you were alive, How wonderful that would be!”

Admiration was all praise, he would not just stand here and watch Qing Xingdeng being killed by them. With a wave of his arm, he issued an order to the Red Bei Army in the inner palace.

Attack! Cooperate with the ghosts to kill Ashina Isshin!

Ashina Isshin is the strongest shadow under Jinka Matsuri. Killing him, Alpine Eagle, doesn't believe it will have any impact on the opponent! Kicking Ashina Isshin completely out of the next battle is the best result. Even if it is not this result, the Jinka Festival will at least cause a loss of mana or other resources!

Following the command from the mountain eagle, the first thing to descend on the battlefield was a rain of arrows from the sky! It's a hail of bullets!

The Red Guards learned their wisdom from the last battle. They first used saturated long-range attacks to consume and kill the unsheathed blades. Iguro Kobanai and Gatsuma Zenitsu died in this round of attacks. Then, The spearmen who rushed out took advantage of their numerical advantage to break up their formation, held their spears in an attempt to confine them in a circle, and then used flamethrowers to attack.

Zhao Zijin naturally did not sit idly by and gave the order for support. Nidhogg, St. Paul and Sai Yao flew out from the shadow of the mountains and directly launched an attack on the long-range fire array. Lion Ape and Cursed Ox rushed out from the left , Tone and Red Lotus Rakshasa came to kill from the right.

Led by three Orochi teeth who were transformed into shadow soldiers, fifteen elite-level shadow snake-eye gunmen carried out fixed-point sniping on the battlefield, with four people, Black Feather, Akabane, St. George, and St. Martin as guards; the Buddha statue Next, the Dread King Kong, Fazhe Luo and the Armor Warrior led fifteen shadow monks who were also elites and approached the location of the Sheathless Blade. They would respond to the Sheathless Blade's return after completing its mission. To be precise, It is said that it is connected to the treasure chest carried by the Sheathless Blade.

After Raihuang Gennosuke said, "I'll leave this to you," he rushed out with his lone shadow rebel ninjas. The places where they fought were those routes that deviated from the main battlefield. These routes were difficult to detect and difficult to detect. Tongxing wanted to use these routes to sneak into the rear and launch a surprise attack on the cave. It was the Lone Shadows and Akalis from the inner palace. Die, Jizu and other shadow ninjas had already been waiting there!

The war begins now!

Tomioka Giyu spread his wings and took off after swatting away the siege of the Red Army. In the chaos, he found Isshin Ashina, who was closest to him, and slashed down with a slash of cold water mist. Ashina Isshin suddenly felt the pressure around him loosen. After giving the order that the next target to be searched for was Qing Xing Lan, he bit the Immortal Sword in his mouth, jumped up, grabbed the opponent's ankle and was taken into the air.

Nidhogg, St. Paul, and Sai Yao successfully caused chaos in the long-range fire array on the enemy's rear, but the long-range firepower of the Red Army still targeted them as they flew up. After they approached the green lantern, another Some resentful undead collected the flesh and blood of the dead, kneaded them into balls, attached curses to them, and threw them at them.

Giyuu Tomioka used his wings to flap these clumps, trying to protect Ashina Isshin, who was already seriously injured, as much as possible. However, this also allowed him to accumulate enough gas attributes and enter a negative state that continuously deducted his health points.

Ashina noticed the panic on Qingxingdeng's face. It turned around and ran away, but its speed was just like a real old woman. A normal person could catch up with it, even if it had to take him, Tomioka Giyu The flying speed can still catch up with the opponent.

Just when he was about to let go of his hand and attack Qing Xingdeng again from a high place, he suddenly thought of something and suddenly pulled Tomioka Yoshiyu's body, and after using the force to rise a certain height, he kicked On the ghost warrior's back, kick the opponent toward the escaping ghost.

On the contrary, after he landed, he swung his sword to block the resentful evil spirit controlled by Qing Xingdeng.

(End of this chapter)