Chapter 693: Sakura of Chaos (Part 1)
At this moment, the entire space shook slightly, and the reddish-brown earth cracked open like a spiderweb, but for the three of them, this was nothing new…
“Did you find it?”
Seeing Wei’s gaze turn towards her, Su Jiu smiled, but her golden eyes revealed a trace of seriousness. The person before her was a top Intermediate Battle King, someone she definitely couldn’t contend with at her current level.
“Senior Inari God, Senior… Hey, hey! Don’t fall asleep, okay?”
She kept calling out to the gourd in her mind. Finding no answer, her smile became somewhat stiff as she raised her hand and patted the gourd again.
*Why aren’t you appearing to help me show off?*
“Heh, I didn’t expect you, a mere little girl, to dare to play tricks on me, but…” Wei narrowed her eyes, her voice sinister and filled with killing intent. Her white fox ears, now exposed on her head, clearly indicated she was done pretending.
“Little girl, you must understand one thing: being too smart isn’t always useful. In this world, only those with the biggest fists can talk.”
Immediately after, a blue halo of law light bloomed behind her head. Wei’s kimono split open as she raised her arm, unleashing an irresistible stream of dark blue external qi resembling flames towards Su Jiu.
The dark blue flames coalesced in mid-air, forming a physical “Flame Mountain” tens of feet in diameter. Even before it descended, the cracks on the ground multiplied, indicating the immense pressure it carried.
“At this level of power, I can only look for an opportunity to activate the third stage… For now, I’ll use Dream of Blossoms to evade.”
Gripping her long sword tightly, Su Jiu’s eyes were low. The airflow was constantly compressing her, and the pungent smell of burning filled her nostrils. Her green silk hair and clothes whipped wildly behind her.
As she charged and circulated [Dream of Blossoms], she could feel her own external qi circulation becoming sluggish.
“Taste my fox flames.”
A cold glint flashed in Wei’s eyes as she pressed her hand forward again. The Flame Mountain, as if controlled, surged towards Su Jiu at extreme speed.
“I need to get this little foolbird away first, otherwise she’ll become roasted bird.”
Su Jiu bent her body, glancing at Lin’s position. Seeing the latter with her eyes closed, she then raised her long sword, a white light surging from its tip…
“The fox’s head is about to be knocked out.”
Just as Su Jiu was about to face the attack herself, a helpless voice rang out. A figure appeared beside her, accompanied by the gentle rustle of a sleeve.
“I was just sensing the armor. We underestimated Fujiwara Yoshikazuemon’s alchemy. That armor isn’t completely destroyed yet. The energy contained within the feathers is ultimately too low.”
“Leave this to me. You take that little bird and leave…”
Landing beside Su Jiu, Inari God looked at the descending dark blue mountain. A red halo of law light emerged from his head. He merely extended his hand, and a stream of crimson flames erupted from his palm.
“Boom!”
The crimson flames transformed into a red fox in mid-air, poised to pounce, and collided with the dark blue Flame Mountain. Instantly, the entire space fell silent, then erupted in a blinding flash of light. With a thunderous roar, intense heat spread wildly from the point of impact!
The ground cracked, the air filled with the smell of burning, and the entire space churned. The scorching energy seemed intent on devouring everything present.
“Shape!”
Seeing this, Su Jiu quickly raised her hand, forming dozens of ice slabs in front of her before darting towards Lin, scooping her into her arms and rapidly retreating backward.
However, the intense heat soon caught up to her. The ice slabs in front of her immediately cracked, one by one… In an instant, intense heat shattered five ice walls.
“Even Class Two Extraordinary ice can’t withstand this energy. As expected, the gap is too large. I really can’t contend with this top-tier Intermediate Battle King right now.”
Su Jiu’s expression was grave as she continued to shape ice walls in front of her. Layer after layer of ice walls shattered, the fragments melting into steam. It wasn’t until the thirteenth wall that the impact force finally slowed.
“Hoo… Fortunately, I have Frost Control. If I had to resist this heatwave head-on, I’d be skinned alive if I didn’t die.”
At this moment, she glanced at the scorched ground and didn’t immediately land. Instead, she used Frost Control to create a large baby carrier behind her, then “clunked” Lin into it.
As her little backside touched the ice, Lin’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she shifted. Her small white legs stretched out towards the two openings.
Swinging back and forth.
If Lin saw herself in such a humiliating posture, she would probably want to bite Su Jiu viciously.
She could have carried her in the elegant “Zhao Yun-style baby carry,” but she chose the most awkward way to carry her.
…
“You’re… a dragon?”
Staring at Su Jiu, who had retreated a hundred meters away, Wei looked somewhat surprised. Her exquisite face turned towards Inari God, her crimson eyes radiating a sinister aura as she said,
“Your current strength is probably less than half, right? Judging by your aura, you’re barely an Intermediate Battle God. How can you think you’re a match for me?”
“Tamamo-no-Mae, one of the Three Great Ghost Generals. I’ve heard of this fox for a long time, but haven’t had the chance to fight her yet.”
As Inari God opened and closed his eyes, a dense crimson flame appeared in his palm and then rose up, the scorching heat causing the space to warp slightly.
“The scales of the Shadow Dragon King are disappearing, and the ruins will collapse soon…”
Wei narrowed her eyes, clutching her armor tightly. Then, she let out a laugh, “Outside, there are my people and greedy humans. As long as the Great Deity’s feathers replace Amaterasu’s reset, he can still revive. All your efforts are in vain, you clowns.”
Hearing her words, Inari God’s heart sank. Only more than half of the armor had been damaged. If he didn’t add his fox flames, things would indeed develop as she said…
With a sinking heart, Inari God took a deep breath and stopped wasting words. Surging crimson external qi poured out from his law halo, covering the entire sky with a terrifying pressure.
“I remember you now, Inari God, right? A yokai who once guarded the eternal human realm, now fallen to such a state. Hehe…”
Wei covered her mouth and laughed. Nine massive fox tails sprang out from behind her, spewing eerie blue flames that quickly converged into long spears in the sky. In moments, hundreds of fiery spears hung in the air.
She appeared as a demonic immortal looking down upon the human world.
For a time, the dim sky was illuminated by the flames, as if the entire small space had become their private steamer.
“Each of these spears carries the aura of an Intermediate Battle God. This is the real BOSS battle…”
Watching the two confront each other, Su Jiu’s expression shifted slightly. It was at this moment that she truly understood the power of an Intermediate Battle God. Their application of laws far surpassed that of a Beginner War God, and all their basic stats had increased significantly.
There was a chasm-like gap between them.
She even suspected that Lin, if she were to truly use her true form, would have left her with no chance to even dodge.
Wei pointed towards the void ahead, and the spears in the sky, as if receiving orders, whizzed out. Instantly, the entire sky seemed to be raining blue shooting stars.
“She’s a ranged class…”
Seeing the falling “meteor shower,” Inari God’s eyes narrowed, but he drew a crimson flaming katana and met it head-on, his figure flickering through the dense gaps between the spears as he charged towards Wei.
In just a few seconds, he closed the distance.
With only two or three meters between them, he swung his katana forcefully, the scorching external qi surrounding him following suit. The crimson flaming katana, carrying a gust of wind that could burn everything, slashed down fiercely.
As the blade descended, Wei’s butterfly fan slowly emerged. The two clashed, and ripples of tangible force spread outwards in all directions, creating muffled roars like thunder in the sky.
“Ching ching ching!!!”
As blades clashed, the two figures vanished from their positions, reappearing moments later a hundred meters higher in the sky. For a time, thunder rumbled in the sky, and figures flashed.
Every time a figure appeared, it stirred up layers of heatwaves, accelerating the process of the already crumbling space.
In the sky, heatwaves rolled, and as the battle intensified, dark cracks appeared in the black sky, as if it were about to collapse.
Still on the ground, Su Jiu looked at the fierce battle unfolding in the sky, her expression somewhat grim. There was a gap in their strength, but they were fighting to a draw, mostly due to the melee fighter facing the ranged attacker.
She could feel Inari God’s aura slowly weakening. He was sustaining himself on Amaterasu’s tail feather, but now that the feather was being used on the armor, the energy could no longer be supplied…
“Are we going to leave?”
Looking up at the “black sky” where bricks were starting to fall, a thought flashed through Su Jiu’s mind. But she was unwilling to let go of the opportunity to obtain the armor.
If she missed this chance, the little foolbird might not have another opportunity to acquire such potent essence blood.
She turned to look at Lin behind her, her eyes slightly downcast. *Should I wait a bit longer? See if I can be the mantis behind the cicada?*
High in the sky, flames of two different colors collided. The “black sky” was torn open by several feet wide due to the terrifying fluctuations of energy, and some water droplets poured in.
As the water droplets fell, the two figures clashed intensely again. Low roars erupted, and the two figures, like cannonballs, shot out and violently collided in mid-air!
“Clang!”
A thunderous metallic crash reverberated. The “black sky” in mid-air was peeled back in large sections. The accumulated rainwater poured into the crimson battlefield through the breaches, instantly turning into steam…
“Bang!”
With a huge sound, the two figures were sent flying backward. However, the crimson figure ignored his injuries, endured the opponent’s attack, grunted, and snatched the armor hanging from his waist.
“Catch this! Destroy it!”
With a loud shout, he hurled the armor forcefully towards Su Jiu and then drew his sword to face her again, clearly adopting a strategy of trading blows.
“You madman!”
Wei looked at the fearless Inari God with both shock and anger. However, being naturally cautious, she didn’t dare to truly fight him to the death. Glancing at the crumbling ruins, she decided to wait for reinforcements…
From a distance, Su Jiu quickly leaped up and caught the armor.
“Quick Draw Strike!”
She then placed it on the ground and slashed at it with her long sword. A “clang” rang out, and amidst billowing dust, faint frost turned into steam and rose.
When the mist dissipated, the armor remained largely undamaged, faintly emitting red vapor. The shiny snake head seemed to mock her.
From high above, Wei’s laughter echoed: “This armor was made by Sakura’s strongest alchemist using the Great Deity’s bones and scales. Inari God, you actually let an Intermediate Battle King try to destroy it? How ridiculous.”
“After I get rid of you, I can destroy the armor myself.”
Gripping her crimson flaming katana, Inari God’s expression was somewhat somber. She had thought the armor was mostly destroyed, but it turned out to be incredibly tough.
Then, a fiery glint flashed in her eyes. The law halo above her head made “crunching” sounds as it began to crack. Crimson flames erupted from her body, and her entire red and white kimono looked like a fiery dress…
“Even if you burn your soul, there won’t be enough time. The ruins will only last for another ten minutes before being fully exposed to the outside.”
Wei waved her butterfly fan, conjuring a blue flame tornado, and continued to laugh. Her gaze swept over the collapsing space, her expression growing smug.
Below.
Frowning slightly, Su Jiu realized she might not be able to destroy this armor. Even activating the third stage and using her strongest single-target skill, [Dream of Blossoms], probably wouldn’t be enough…
However, she quickly remembered Inari God’s earlier words: use fox fire to refine Izanami’s essence blood.
Then…
Could her fire refine it?
