indianbanksassociation 129. Chapter 129 The Decisive Battle In Sakura City! (Two In One For Subscription)
129. Chapter 129 The Decisive Battle In Sakura City! (Two In One For Subscription)
Chapter 129: Decisive Battle in Sakura Capital! (Two-in-One Subscription Request)
In the Sakura Capital, the Prime Minister's Office.
The secretaries hurriedly collected the latest information from various departments, their heads lowered as they moved back and forth.
Meanwhile, in the Prime Minister's office.
The Prime Minister, who couldn't sleep due to his concern about the Red Snake Sect, now regretted why he had paid attention to this matter.
If he had followed his original schedule and gone to the north for an inspection, wouldn't he have successfully avoided this problem?
Now, things were different. If something really went wrong, he, as the puppet chosen through compromise among various factions, would be the perfect scapegoat.
Even without ambition, the Prime Minister didn't want to shoulder this blame.
Therefore, he spoke harshly in front of lower-ranking officials, presenting himself as a strong-willed individual.
However, after dismissing the secretaries and making a video call to the Cabinet Secretary, his demeanor became much more humble, reverting to the loyal and honest politician he used to be years ago.
The Cabinet Secretary didn't find anything inappropriate about the Prime Minister's behavior.
In the Sakura Capital, the Prime Minister was the one who shook hands, gave speeches, signed documents, and so on, while behind the scenes, it was people like him who arranged what the Prime Minister should say, do, eat, and how much benefit he should receive.
They were the ones truly maintaining order in Sakura Capital.
However, the current situation also gave headaches to high-ranking officials like the Cabinet Secretary.
Finally, the network information was connected to the Prime Minister's Office, and they could see the frontline footage on their tablets without having to wait for printed materials to be delivered.
After confirming multiple times that these video materials were indeed genuine, they saw that a group of skeletal monsters was approaching the outskirts of Sakura Capital.
It would be a lie to say that they weren't alarmed.
After all, this involved mysteries and the unknown, which made every high-ranking official anxious and uneasy.
"Your Excellency, this is an unprecedented event in a hundred years. With the idea of being responsible for the country, I suggest that we go to the palace now and meet with His Majesty," the Cabinet Secretary proposed the best solution he could think of.
The Prime Minister was slightly startled but immediately understood, nodding repeatedly and adding, "Meet with His Majesty?"
"Yes, yes, yes! We must go and meet with His Majesty, personally explain this matter to him!"
"The Red Snake Sect has caused such a big mess. We should also invite the masters of the Shinto and National Protection Sects to come!"
"Now that monsters and demons have appeared, those who have received the Emperor's grace should also show their true abilities!"
As the thoughts became clear, the Prime Minister's Office issued the order.
The Prime Minister would go to the palace with the Cabinet Ministers and request that His Majesty order the sects who have received the Emperor's grace to come and assist.
Others would need to remain at their posts and serve the country faithfully!
Outside Sakura Capital.
The Red Snake Sect's giant skeletal figure had already left the temple in the mountains, accompanied by skeletal monsters.
They were now outside the formation, causing a disturbance in the spiritual qi environment.
Whether it was the giant skeletal giants or those skeletal monsters, they all felt a certain discomfort and let out painful roars.
Fortunately, the thoughtful cultivator controlled the calamity spirit pearl, quickly guiding the power of the female cultivators from the Foundation Establishment stage to follow them, providing them with a continuous combat environment. As long as the power released by the spirit pearl was not exhausted, the power of the evil arts would not diminish in the short term.
These voices echoed through the night sky, making the remote monitoring personnel who did not understand their meaning even more uneasy. Especially for some on-site personnel who had already known about the long-range curse-killing ability of these monsters.
However, it concerned the safety of Sakura City. Even if it was a deception or a trick, the military and security departments of the Sakura Country mobilized two squadrons of helicopters to take off overnight.
At the same time, several nearby military bases and security personnel bases were also on high alert.
However, apart from the rapid response teams of several security departments already in Sakura City, the other bases could not immediately take action after being mobilized.
Just as the old priest and his deputy were watching the surveillance footage from the unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky, worrying that the military would not intercept the monsters when they approached the residential area of Sakura City, they suddenly discovered that the direction of movement of this group of monsters had changed.
They were actually heading straight for another branch road, leaving the highway.
"That place... is the Sakura Slaughterhouse! One of the most important places responsible for supplying fresh meat to Sakura City!"
"Weird, hasn't anyone notified them? Where did the Prime Minister go?"
Faced with the old priest's question, the deputy next to him frowned and lowered his head, whispering, "The Prime Minister... seems to have gone to pay a visit to His Majesty with the ministers..."
"But please rest assured, the ones in charge of staying behind have always been those young officials, and they must have noticed the abnormal movement of the monsters."
After the deputy finished speaking, he immediately tried to reassure the old priest.
The Sakura Slaughterhouse.
At this moment, there was also unrest.
The workers there were working through the night when suddenly they heard the sound of alarm bells.
Then the broadcast issued evacuation instructions.
Not long after, the night shift workers who had just gathered on the playground saw armed helicopters flying rapidly across the sky and waves of rockets being fired.
Realizing that this was not a joke, the workers began to use their supernatural powers to flee in panic.
Among the group of skeletal monsters, as the vanguard was blocked by the explosions, the giant skeletal giants also stopped and pounded their claws on the ground.
Buzzing!
Accompanied by the restless cries of the livestock, black vines emerged from the broken floor of the slaughterhouse, opening their mouths and wrapping around the living creatures around them, devouring their flesh and blood.
The armed helicopters in the sky were unaware of the changes in the slaughterhouse. Seeing the effectiveness of the rockets, they activated the Vulcan cannon weapon system and began to strafe the skeletal monsters.
From a long distance away, and in the high sky...
The helicopter pilots, who had no idea what had happened before, had the idea that the other party was nothing special.
Originally, the morale, which had been low due to seeing the monsters, rose again!
"For His Majesty! Crush these monsters!"
The pilots shouted slogans on the channel, demonstrating their loyalty and continuously controlling the Vulcan Cannon to attack those monsters.
When the Vulcan Cannon was about to hit the Bone Giant,
The Bone Giant created by the Red Snake Sect's leader felt the crisis and had to chant a spell, causing the surrounding bones to condense into a giant shield in front of it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The bone giant shield was ultimately not transformed by Supernatural Power, but just an ordinary shield created by Qi Refining evil techniques. It only withstood for a fraction of a second before being shattered by the cannonballs.
But in that instant, the bone giant had already disappeared from its original position.
No matter how powerful the Vulcan Cannon was, it was useless if it couldn't hit!
"Where did that big guy go?"
The pilots were all surprised to find that they couldn't find the bone giant.
Radar was ineffective against bone monsters, and they could only rely on various visual devices for auxiliary detection.
But even the updated new generation of locking devices seemed to be ineffective against this bone giant.
It seemed like it really disappeared into thin air!
The armed helicopters, which had lost their main target, had to readjust their positions and aimed at the remaining bone monsters.
The pilots were about to continue the battle when they suddenly heard the anxious shouts of their superiors through their earpieces:
"Ascend! Ascend to a higher altitude!"
"Damn it, ascend quickly...!"
Boom!
The bewildered pilots were about to execute the order when they suddenly found that the glass had turned black and their vision was obscured.
Suddenly, in the darkness, a thick black vine broke through the roof of the slaughterhouse and shot up into the sky.
After reaching an altitude higher than that of the armed helicopters, the top of the vine split open and spewed out countless small vines, forming a circle of tree crowns that enveloped the armed helicopters below.
They were wrapped up into individual vine spheres.
"Help!"
"No, no!"
"Crack... Crack..."
As a scream echoed through the channel, several brilliant sparks bloomed in the night sky.
At the foot of the temple controlled by the Red Snake Sect, Su Ping held the Calamity Soul Bead in his right hand, guiding the released power to slowly follow the Bone Giants, providing them with a combat environment.
His figure appeared at the gate of the mountain, looking with interest at He Maojun, who was trembling on the ground and dared not even breathe.
Su Ping learned most of this guy's identity from the conversation he overheard with his Divine Sense fully activated.
Regarding his so-called identity as a Yin & Yang master of the younger generation, Su Ping was not interested, to be honest. Tricksters like him were not rare in any era. What he was curious about was why this guy was unharmed. Whether it was the influence of the Foundation Establishment female cultivator with supernatural powers or the passing army of skeletal monsters, there was no reason for them to spare this fake Yin & Yang master. Unless, this guy... possessed some kind of special spiritual body?
Su Ping summoned the fox-faced priestess Sakura. As the fox-faced priestess took small steps closer to Kamo Junichiro, the surrounding chill dissipated. It seemed that a... priestess costume was approaching from the front?
Kamo Junichiro saw the red and white skirt and, after a slight tremor, looked up. Immediately, he saw the fox-faced priestess emitting a faint white light.
"Servant of the fox... the priestess of the fox god!" Kamo Junichiro quickly knelt down on the ground, his limbs on the ground as he looked up at the fox-faced priestess, tears streaming down his face.
"Did the priestess save my life?"
"I..."
"Don't say anything, I didn't save you." The fox-faced priestess Sakura raised her chin slightly, stopping Kamo Junichiro's gratitude, and gently pricked his forehead with her white and tender index finger.
After taking a drop of blood from his forehead, she took out a Bloodline tablet for testing. Soon, the Bloodline tablet actually reacted!
Yin and Yang ghost body!
The content displayed in the immortal text that Kamo Junichiro couldn't understand made Su Ping also marvel. This was one of the most suitable spiritual bodies for learning Yin and Yang supernatural powers. And from the records of many side paths, it was also a very suitable spiritual body for learning various evil arts!
There were even records that certain thousand-year-old ghosts had been searching for similar spiritual bodies and had offered astonishingly high prices for them!
No wonder those skeletal monsters didn't bother this guy. It was probably because, in an unconscious state, they considered him one of their own.
"You saved yourself."
"I have to say, after so many generations, the Kamo clan finally has a spiritual body qualified to become a Yin & Yang master."
The fox-faced priestess said this, looking at him and saying, "Perfect, as the true heir of the Kamo family, come with me to the palace to meet the current emperor."
"To solve this trouble, we still need the cooperation of you younger generations."
"Huh?"
After hearing clearly, He Mao Chunyi's expression was stunned. He was about to admit that he was not a Yin & Yang master, just a trickster who knew a little magic.
Suddenly, he found himself soaring into the air.
He was actually grabbed by the fox-faced shrine maiden and flown to the distant Sakura Capital!
"Ah ah ah!"
The strong hurricane made this unlucky guy extremely painful.
Helplessly, Su Ping had to give him a windproof talisman to stick on his body.
Only then did they continue to fly at high speed.
A few minutes later.
Feeling no danger, the giant white bone figure of the slaughterhouse slowly appeared from somewhere in the empty space.
It looked again at the shattered white bone monsters and chanted a spell.
In no time, the shattered white bone monsters were reassembled.
And not only that.
Accompanied by the eerie power of the slaughterhouse, black vines spat out a large number of livestock bones.
With the combination of the eerie power of the slaughterhouse and the sorcery of the giant white bone figure.
These thousands of livestock bones without flesh and blood also came back to life, becoming part of the army of white bone monsters!
Their addition made the appearance of these reassembled white bone monsters even more peculiar and bizarre, worthy of being called a grand exhibition of bone art beyond the times...
"No... it's impossible!"
"These monsters... are they invincible?"
"Why do they come back to life again and again, and the number keeps increasing?"
The officers who saw the scene in the slaughterhouse on the monitoring screen were somewhat panicked.
Although the generals kept urging the troops to set up defenses.
Their confidence was shaken because of their concern about the immortality of the monsters.
However, they did not know that the attacks were always effective.
Each reassembly reduced a part of the power released by the spirit pearl.
It's just that before the power is completely depleted, unless they defeat the white bone giant who is casting the sorcery.
Otherwise, no matter how many monsters they kill, they will be restored by the other party and appear to be immortal.
The American officers who had already returned to their base secretly rejoiced after learning about the changes on the front line.
At the same time, they once again reported and requested an increase in the level of military force and attention.
And they made preparations for the possibility that these monsters cannot be eliminated with conventional weapons.
In the Sakura Capital, inside the palace.
The prime minister and the cabinet ministers had just arrived not long ago, and they saw those priests and ritualists who were favored by the emperor, standing on one side of the Great Hall like frost-bitten eggplants, each with their heads down and silent.
Seeing this scene, the prime minister and the others understood that their little expectations in their hearts had been dashed.
Originally, these bunch of guys who usually pretend to be mysterious and tricky are really useless when it comes to critical moments!
At the age of fifty, Emperor Ying, who has been in office for more than twenty years, sat on the throne, his face still showing a difficult-to-calm mood.
Although he has been Emperor Ying for more than twenty years, dealing with this kind of thing is still the first time... No experience!
Especially those officials below who are of little use, it makes him resentful.
But it's not a good time to erupt now.
"Your Majesty!"
Suddenly, a eunuch walked quickly from the side road and approached Emperor Ying, whispering softly.
Emperor Ying showed a surprised expression upon hearing this, and immediately gave a few whispered instructions.
The Prime Minister and the Secretary-General noticed this anomaly, but instead of asking, they waited for a while.
Sure enough, the news from their people came through the earphones.
It turned out that the air defense department of Sakura City had recently visually spotted a fox-faced shrine maiden carrying the Yin & Yang master of the Kamo family, Kamo Junichiro, flying quickly from the urban area towards the imperial palace.
At this time, they should have already stopped at the main gate of the imperial palace.
The main gate of the imperial palace is now under martial law.
But it couldn't stop the curious crowd and the media of all sizes on the opposite street.
Among these people, there are not a few intelligence personnel from other forces, who do not care about the authority of Emperor Ying.
They were just curious why there was such a big scene in the imperial palace so late?
Although there were fires outside the city, Sakura City was too big, and the explosion and fire in the suburbs did not reach the downtown area where they were.
Someone sent out a message, but it is still in the circle of fermentation and questioning, and there is no time to spread.
However, as they saw a fox-faced shrine maiden with a Yin & Yang master descending from the sky, they suddenly stopped in mid-air at a height of one or two meters from the ground.
Even the calmest person couldn't help but exclaim at this moment!
"I am the true Yin & Yang master of the Kamo family, Kamo Junichiro!"
"Quickly inform His Majesty, I am here as a messenger of the gods!"
In the short time that Kamo Junichiro was flying in the air, he came back to his senses and realized that his real opportunity was coming!
After landing, he found that the fox-faced shrine maiden had let go of him, and he immediately stepped forward consciously, unfolding his arms and revealing his identity.
The guards at the door were in a commotion, and the leading official was about to report and send people to surround these two illegal intruders.
They received an order from the imperial palace.
But it was after they confirmed Kamo Junichiro's identity.
They agreed to the meeting of these two people.
In addition to the fact that the Yin & Yang master and the fox-faced shrine maiden indeed fit the consistent understanding of the people of the Sakura Kingdom about their own mysteriousness.
The reason they agreed was also because the air defense department provided specific information to shift the blame, which made the royal family and ministers realize that the mobility of the fox-faced shrine maiden in the air was extremely terrifying, and it was incredible that she could catch a person and fly low in the air like a small unmanned drone.
They could only confirm it visually, and she would occasionally disappear and reappear as if teleporting.
Given the current air defense strength configuration in Sakura City.
It is difficult to prevent such an anomaly from infiltrating the palace.
Therefore, considering that the other party could have forced their way in but chose to bring someone to the main gate, we can only assume that they don't have malicious intentions towards us. It would be better to invite them in and see.
The Emperor and the Prime Minister naturally cannot escape and must be present at the scene.
However, the Cabinet Secretary and some key ministers have tactfully left the main hall and have been arranged to go to the emergency evacuation passage, preparing for the worst.
As the palace gates opened, the fox-masked shrine maiden followed behind, leading the way like an attendant, and the two of them entered the palace.
A journalist from the United States rushed out fearlessly, shouting to wait.
But they were immediately rushed by the guards and given a taste of their hometown's "I can't breathe" combo.
...
Inside the palace.
The fox-masked shrine maiden looked around curiously.
She looked like a little girl who had never seen the world.
However, none of the attendants dared to mock her in their hearts.
After all, this woman is a genuine Transcendent!
Not only did she land directly with people, but she also moved without touching the ground.
And when her gaze swept over everyone,
Even with the fox mask on,
It still made people's hair stand on end and gave them goosebumps.
Soon, without any obstacles, the fox-masked shrine maiden and Shunichiro Koma met the Emperor and the Prime Minister.
They also saw the various factions of priests and Yin & Yang masters standing in the background.
These people were somewhat surprised to see Shunichiro Koma.
Especially the head of the Koma clan, who stared wide-eyed in disbelief that this little trickster of theirs could actually be with a real fox-masked shrine maiden.
He was a little worried that this guy might have made some reckless promises to save his own life.
If that happens, their whole family will be in trouble!
"Greetings to the current Emperor."
The fox-masked shrine maiden looked up at the Emperor, without bowing or bending.
She continued in a calm tone:
"I am a shrine maiden who serves the Nine-tailed Fox God. You can call me... Sakura!"
"I have come this time because I have sensed someone practicing dark arts and unintentionally breaking the seal of the curse, resulting in the appearance of undead creatures."
"So, I have come specifically to seek your help in sealing the curse and restoring everything to normal."
After saying this, the fox-masked shrine maiden paused and added:
"This way, I don't have to report this matter to the Chief Priest, which will save a lot of trouble."
Prime Minister, ministers, and those divine officials are all astute individuals. Upon hearing, they immediately understood that this fox-faced shrine maiden came to them only to privately handle this demonic incident as quickly as possible, in order to avoid reporting it to their superiors and facing punishment.
It must be said that this reason is very suspicious... and yet, it is even more believable!
Furthermore, from the frontline battle reports, it has indeed been proven that those demons have characteristics of being undead or difficult to eliminate.
The Emperor of Sakura spoke first, and the Prime Minister agreed.
Regarding the proposal of the fox-faced shrine maiden.
Naturally, the Sakura Kingdom is one hundred percent in favor!
However, when it was mentioned that Kagema Junichiro would be designated as the one to preside over the ritual, there was a wave of unrest among the divine officials.
The fox-faced shrine maiden glanced at those divine officials and Yin & Yang masters.
A sudden electric sensation made them all calm down.
"Hehehe!"
"In a sense, you can also be considered the descendants of those adults."
"However... in this situation, except for him, none of you have the talent to be the main conductor of the ritual!"
"Talent?"
The head of the Kagema family looked again at Kagema Junichiro standing beside him.
Suddenly, he found this grandson more and more pleasing to the eye.
He secretly made a decision that if Kagema Junichiro could prove his talent, he would immediately designate him as his successor!
He might even go further and abdicate himself to make way for him.
The other factions of divine officials and Yin & Yang masters also understood and looked at Kagema Junichiro with complex expressions.
They vaguely suspected that they would never be able to cultivate anything real in their lifetime, which might be related to the Talent mentioned by the fox-faced shrine maiden!
However, what exactly is this Talent?
They are clearly the best group of people in each family's secret arts when it comes to cultivating Talent.
Why are they still inferior to this supposedly insignificant boy from the Kagema family?
Could it be... that their inheritance had problems long ago? Were the things mentioned in those secret arts based on false premises?
The high-level members of the Sakura Kingdom's sects fell into serious self-doubt.
Fortunately, despite their self-doubt, the immediate task at hand was undoubtedly the top priority.
They began to take action.
Perhaps due to the stimulation of the Transcendent, they displayed an unprecedented level of efficiency!
The park in front of the main gate of the palace was violently cleared!
The most outstanding members and disciples of each sect were awakened and gathered together.
A large amount of manpower and resources were concentrated in this park, preparing for the exorcism ritual!
I apologize for the delay in updating these past two days. I have been busy with personal matters. Please forgive me for the lack of timely updates.