Chapter 701: None of Your Business (3k)
“Yuichi, I told you not to discuss any deals with a bunch of pirates. Our lineup is enough to take away the Meteorite Iron.”
In mid-air, a middle-aged man dressed in an old-fashioned manner narrowed his eyes and looked down. His gaze swept downwards, pausing slightly on Su Jiu, but without lingering for too long.
Just an Intermediate Battle King.
On the other side, Kamishiro Fujiwara also looked at Su Jiu, his eyes sinking slightly, and he muttered to himself, “She has the aura of [Kuroshiro-kun] and [Inari God]. This person…”
A scarlet flame flashed in his eyes as he picked up his phone and made a call…
When the middle-aged man’s voice sounded, an inexplicable pressure emanated from him, causing the metal objects on the ground to tremble slightly.
“Yamanashi, I know your father. He calls himself a hero of the Great Route, a High-level War God powerhouse. More than ten years ago, he took some strong individuals to search for the so-called [Night] route and has been missing ever since. Only a mid-level War God old man—Whitebeard—is following you…” The middle-aged man looked down with a slight smile in his eyes.
“You’re just a Beginner War God. So what if you know some secret information?” Yamanashi looked up at the other party, with a hint of disdain in her eyes.
“So what if I know? We have four War God-level experts here, and Yuichi, as one of the Great Leaders of the Onmyoji, is also a mid-level War God. If you don’t hand over the Meteorite Iron, don’t blame us for taking it by force,” the middle-aged man sneered, a hint of coldness showing in the pupils of his eyes as he glanced at Yamanashi.
After speaking, he turned his head slightly and said to Kamishiro Yuichi, who was standing beside him and wearing Onmyoji attire, “Yuichi, while that Whitebeard isn’t back, let’s take action and grab it ourselves. When the Former Patriarch completely advances to the Walker realm, we won’t have to fear their revenge.”
“No rush, I seem to have found an acquaintance, Ibaraki’s aura… she’s the one who took my prey.”
Kamishiro Yuichi’s gaze swept over the crowd below, finally landing on Su Jiu. He stared intently at the gourd at her waist, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
He had discovered the person who had quietly stolen the corpse from behind the scenes. That person was hidden among the crowd. He could recognize the person with Ibaraki’s aura even if he died.
“I knew I shouldn’t have come out. Even this is discovered.”
Seeming to feel the scrutiny, Su Jiu looked up. Their gazes clashed in mid-air. Then, she withdrew her gaze, pursed her lips, and a white light flashed in her hand. She lightly tapped the ground with her three-foot-long sword and sent a text message to Lin.
“This Intermediate Battle King is difficult to deal with. I need Little Foolbird to come help.”
The next moment, a faint radiance appeared on her face, and the God-Demon Mask slowly appeared.
“Wailing Song, Second Layer, activated!”
Su Jiu knew this wasn’t enough. Her expression was as calm as water, but she clenched the long sword tightly. Then, a faint radiance slowly emerged from the Little Dinosaur’s hoodie…
“Third Layer!”
“Stealing… You Yuichi’s prey? Is it an Intermediate Battle King?”
The middle-aged man also became nervous. If the opponent had two Intermediate Battle Kings, their group wouldn’t be enough.
They would have to switch from a martial combat to a table negotiation.
“Just a mouse. If it weren’t for Ibaraki’s remnant soul blocking me, I would have torn it to shreds long ago.”
With a casual wave of his hand, six talismans began to spin around Kamishiro Yuichi. His eyes narrowed, and then he transformed into a black line, appearing not far in front of Su Jiu, causing everyone below to change their expressions.
The sudden increase in speed caused the air to crackle with sonic booms, and the talismans swirling around him shot out like bullets in the direction of his fingers, whistling!!
“You dare to attack directly?!”
Yamanashi’s pupils shrank, thinking that the other party was going to attack her. Without hesitation, she crushed the sensing Alchemical Item at her waist to defend herself. However, she didn’t have time to draw her sword and could only watch as the talismans grew larger…
This is bad! She had no way to withstand an attack of this magnitude.
Just as her heart was racing and she thought she was finished, she didn’t expect the talismans to directly brush past her face, kicking up gusts of wind, and shoot towards the area behind her, with only a few broken strands of hair fluttering down.
Lin Chujiu and the others were all shocked and quickly shouted, “Scatter!”
“Clang clang clang!!!”
Yamanashi turned her head and saw the figure that was only at Intermediate Battle King level. She quickly raised her sword and swung it, with orange-gray energy emanating from the sword. As the sword danced, sword shadows formed a dense wall.
To avoid being attacked by Redbeard, Su Jiu did not use her True Dragon Avatar, but instead used the Ghost Car Avatar. Its speed, power, and attributes were stronger than the True Dragon Avatar, but its drawback was also obvious…
With the third gear activated, she could only hold on for a while. When the time was up, if the opponent didn’t hold on, she would have to.
Yes, in that very upright manner.
Seeing her attack being blocked, Kamishiro Yuichi was somewhat surprised. Although his attack was just a probing strike, even an ordinary Demigod would be injured.
Had the person in front of her hidden their strength?
“Domain, activate!”
The talismans collided violently with the sword, sparks flying. Su Jiu chose to attack first, thrusting her long sword into the ground, and a wave of heat surged up.
“Roar!”
As if a bird’s cry sounded, the phantom of the Ghost Car emerged from the ground and fluttered. Within a hundred meters around her, the area became scorching hot, and even the air rippled slightly.
This caused the onlookers to quickly dodge. Yamanashi and Lin Chujiu were even more bewildered. They had no idea what was happening, it felt like…
A gang war was about to break out, the atmosphere was just right, but then the leader of one of the gangs went to harass a nearby takoyaki vendor shouting – it’s like that feeling when you forget to add chili.
“What a powerful domain, but… no matter how strong, it’s still just a domain.”
Sensing the heatwave around him, Kamishiro Yuichi’s face was grim. In his palm, a long sword appeared. The blade of the sword was wrapped with six talismans of different colors, and the talismans were constantly rotating.
He lunged towards Su Jiu. During this time, the talismans shot out like streams of light, and a sharp sound suddenly echoed in the space:
“Tell me where the corpse is, or you die now.”
This time, the talismans were clearly not comparable to the previous probing strikes. The talismans were imbued with dense sword energy, and essentially, each of them carried the aura of a War God-level domain. Su Jiu’s domain struggled for a few breaths before being compressed back.
“As expected, a domain is like a hundred times diluted cola to the Law; it has flavor but not much.”
Looking at the chilling aura, the girl’s face was slightly solemn. Although the opponent wasn’t as powerful as “Wei,” she still couldn’t easily deal with him.
“Fine Snow.”
Her gaze fixed on the charging figure, she then slightly bent her body, assuming a posture for a sword draw, her arms trembling slightly as she swung her sword eight times forward.
“Bang bang bang!!!”
The scarlet sword energy collided with the talismans. Each impact stirred up a wave of heat, layer upon layer, like waves crashing against the shore.
The air currents generated by the collision blew open the girl’s hood, revealing her gray-white hair swaying within the hood. The eyes on the mask glowed with orange flames, making her look like a Lord of Fire on a pilgrimage to the human world.
Majestic and cold!
“I didn’t expect you to have this ability, but… I’ve also discovered that you really seem to be only at the Battle King level.”
Arriving above Su Jiu, Kamishiro Yuichi did not hesitate. He raised his sword and swung it down in a very simple manner. A halo of Law flickered at the hilt of the sword.
This seemingly simple and effortless sword strike carried an unparalleled momentum, as if it could split mountains and cleave the earth, tearing through the air, and even leaving faint afterimages of cherry blossoms in the air.
Looking up at the sword move about to fall upon her, Su Jiu’s expression remained unchanged. The blade of her sword glowed faintly white, with specks of white flowers drifting.
“Slash!”
Kamishiro Yuichi swung his sword, and a massive sword energy broke through Su Jiu’s “body,” instantly splitting the ground. After splitting the ground, his pupils shrank, and he turned around almost simultaneously, drawing his sword to meet it.
“Clang!”
He saw a Dragon Pattern Long Sword imbued with scarlet flames suddenly emerge from thin air at the tip of his blade. As they touched, a clearer clang erupted.
Immediately, a visible ripple of force spread rapidly, and cracks began to spread from the ground beneath Kamishiro Yuichi’s feet.
*Screech!*
Caught off guard, a faint sword light passed by. A splash of blood appeared on his face, his eyes filled with disbelief and anger…
He was actually injured by a Battle King?
Meanwhile, Su Jiu in mid-air was thrown back more than ten meters. She only slowly stopped herself by using the resistance from swinging her long sword backward, panting slightly.
It was clear that even with the third gear activated, she was no match for this seasoned Intermediate Battle God. Moreover, the [Dream of Blossoms] under the enhanced state of the Ghost Car Avatar was exceptionally “energy-consuming.” Just one move depleted a fifth of her energy.
Glancing at the wound on Kamishiro Yuichi’s face, Su Jiu lowered her eyes slightly. Her left hand formed a sword shape, and a faint red glow appeared at her fingertips…
“Blood Surge!”
The brief exchange between the two completely stunned everyone present, especially Su Ze and the other. They exchanged glances, both showing their shock.
Although they had already overestimated Su Jiu’s strength, they had not expected her to be able to contend with an Intermediate Battle God.
One had to know that an Intermediate Battle God could be considered a top-tier existence in some small countries. How old was the young girl in front of them?
Nineteen!
It truly verified the saying that as a strong person, she was tired of such fighting and killing, and when she wanted to reminisce about her glorious past, she realized she had only just reached adulthood.
“Good, very good! I’d like to see how many more sword moves like that you can unleash.”
Kamishiro Yuichi sneered, stomping his foot on the ground. As the gravel splashed, an extremely blurry afterimage remained in place, while his body, holding his long sword, appeared five meters directly in front of Su Jiu.
Feeling the oppressive pressure, Su Jiu did not dodge. Instead, she withdrew her avatar and looked directly at him, using her Blood Clan body to amplify the Blood Surge technique in her hand.
After a pause of half a second, Kamishiro Yuichi felt a tightness in his chest, as if a surge of rebellious blood was blocking his chest and meridians…
Seeing that Su Jiu didn’t dodge, most of the onlookers thought she was going to repeat her previous move. A small minority thought she had given up, as they were on completely different levels.
Just as a stern look flashed in Kamishiro Yuichi’s eyes and he swung his sword forward, “Whoosh!”, an ice crystal shot down from mid-air, as light and swift as the feather of the dawn crow.
“Clang!”
It directly struck the long sword. The terrifying force contained in the arrow was instantly unleashed, causing the long sword to bend into a strange arc, shaking Kamishiro Yuichi’s arm. Furthermore, due to the “Blood Surge,” he even vomited a mouthful of blood.
“Pfft!”
While Kamishiro Yuichi was momentarily stunned, a fair hand stretched out from behind Su Jiu, grabbed her hood, and pulled her back.
“Who… who are you!?”
Wiping the corner of his mouth, Kamishiro Yuichi looked at the long-haired girl in front of him with some fear. In her beautiful little face, he only saw a disregard for life.
The long-haired girl looked at Kamishiro Yuichi quietly, a cold smile on her face. Words that didn’t fit her demeanor slowly emerged.
“None of your business.”
