indianbanksassociation 128. Chapter 128 Target, Sakura! (Two In One For Subscription)
128. Chapter 128 Target, Sakura! (Two In One For Subscription)
Chapter 128: Target, Sakura City! (Two-in-One Subscription Request)
The Land of Cherry Blossoms.
The Red Snake Church is conducting covert operations near Sakura City's temples.
From the very beginning, they fell into the eyes of some interested parties.
In the past, perhaps they only cared about whether the Red Snake Church would produce a few or even dozens of mentally ill patients again.
And they were thinking about how to phrase their words to make the Red Snake Church remember their favor.
But now...
The secretaries serving the cabinet ministers in the Land of Cherry Blossoms have secretly issued a death order to monitor every move of the Red Snake Church!
Moreover, it is rumored that there are also personnel from the United States stationed among those involved in the surveillance.
Even those unmanned drones that were never delivered to the Land of Cherry Blossoms but demanded that they bear the maintenance costs have rarely appeared in the nearby airspace, fully armed.
There's no way.
Even if everyone doesn't believe in gods, demons, and monsters.
Reality is reality.
The facts are there, and scientific reports are there.
Even the big shots who feel that something is wrong must nod and admit that some incredible events have indeed occurred in the Land of Cherry Blossoms.
And with the outbreak of this Transcendent event, the Red Snake Church in the Land of Cherry Blossoms has also begun some abnormal actions.
It is not difficult to suspect that the Red Snake Church also possesses some Transcendent abilities and is conducting some kind of mysterious ritual in preparation for a battle with the other side.
"Sigh!"
On a small hill opposite the Red Snake Church's temple, in an official temporary camp.
As an off-road vehicle stopped, an old and feeble Shinto priest got out of the car with the support of his granddaughter, panting, and looked towards the temple shrouded in darkness not far away.
The temple was brightly lit, and faint chanting could be heard from inside.
What was eerie was that these scriptures were not from any known sutra.
They sounded like Sanskrit, and the content, when analyzed, was found to be mostly about dedication, sacrifice, Samsara, and so on.
The old priest was arranged to go to a more comfortable tent, but he was refused by the old man.
Trembling, he straightened his hat, stood on the hill, blowing in the night wind, and stared at the temple ahead with mixed emotions.
On the one hand, he hoped that there would be some miracle to prove that Transcendents truly exist and have always survived on this land.
On the other hand, he hoped that this was all a hoax, that the affairs of the Land of Cherry Blossoms and the Red Snake Church were just special effects created to deceive the believers.
After all, as the leader of Shintoism in the Land of Cherry Blossoms, he himself had never learned any real spells and had never seen any Shinto priests or Yin & Yang masters who could truly summon shikigami.
They, with their long history, no longer have the lineage of saints appearing in the mortal world.
How could there be a Transcendent lineage appearing in these past few decades, clearly a group of charlatans who suddenly emerged and sought popularity?
He couldn't understand, and he couldn't accept it!
Suddenly!
Dark clouds appeared above the temple.
The strong wind suddenly blew.
At the same time, the mountains and forests began to rustle.
Someone saw a red light rushing out of the temple.
The red light rushed towards the sky and turned into a blurry and distorted face under the dark clouds.
It seemed like it wanted to roar something.
Su Ping hid on the side, quietly waiting for the efforts of the Red Snake Sect. Upon seeing this scene, he was slightly startled and immediately understood.
This red light should be a trace of Divine Sense left by the Foundation Establishment female cultivator in the storage spirit tool.
It was some kind of signal that erupted after being stimulated.
However, the Water Blue Star did not have any Spiritual Qi, so the red light could only take shape within the range of the formation. Once it flew out, it immediately became like a duckweed in water, unable to even transmit sound.
This was not good.
Su Ping smiled faintly and silently attached an amplification talisman to the red light, sending it up into the sky.
The next second.
A voice filled with resentment screamed in the sky above the entire temple.
At the same time, lightning fell from the dark clouds and struck the main hall of the temple, causing the thunderlight to jump and spread on the roof in the dark night.
Red light, screaming, lightning.
The scene was filled with mysterious implications, causing the granddaughter of the priest to scream in shock.
Several intelligence personnel from different factions also widened their eyes, their faces filled with incredulity.
At the same time.
At the foot of the temple.
Hekomu Junichiro, who was heavily hired and active in various television and radio programs, known as the most powerful Yin & Yang Master of the younger generation, had just driven his car to the mountain gate.
He noticed the anomalies around him and heard the piercing scream of a woman that pierced through the glass and entered his ears.
This Yin & Yang Master, who had just turned thirty, suddenly felt a thump in his heart.
The special effects in the programs he had done before were all added afterwards.
He couldn't help but feel the urge to retreat.
However... he remembered that his assistant had reminded him that this time, those big shots had specifically named him and he had to come.
This Yin & Yang Master couldn't help but regret that he had gone too far in pretending to be mysterious in order to make money.
He had actually been taken as someone with mysterious powers and had come to observe and deal with the anomalies before him.
If he took a step back, it wouldn't be as simple as doing nothing. Hekomu Junichiro suspected that his own life would be ruined as well!
So, with a pretense of no problem and encouragement, Hekomu Junichiro, with his assistant holding the live broadcasting equipment, walked into the mountain gate.
"What are those people doing?"
The movements of these people caught the attention of the intelligence personnel on the mountaintop.
An officer from the Land of Cherry Blossoms quickly approached and said:
"That Yin & Yang Master is the most outstanding disciple of the Hekomu family in this generation."
"Somebody from the Prime Minister's office came up with the idea of having him explore the situation, and the Prime Minister agreed."
"Explore the situation?"
Upon hearing the adjutant's words, the old priest reluctantly recalled the appearance and information of Shunichiro Koma. He sneered inwardly, knowing that this guy was usually too arrogant, so now he was deliberately pushed forward to be a scapegoat.
He had seen this young man before. He was somewhat clever, bold, and talented in cultivation, although not as talented as his granddaughter.
Not to mention that he was the true successor of the Koma family, who concealed their identity as Yin & Yang masters.
This person only knew a few tricks similar to magic and couldn't wait to show off.
Inside the temple.
Due to the thunder and screeching.
There was also a commotion within the Red Snake Sect.
The sect leader and the deputy sect leader, however, were not surprised but delighted. They stood up together and angrily reprimanded those who were wavering.
Relying on their decades-long prestige, they quickly calmed the wavering.
The chanting continued in the temple.
At the same time, the Divine Sense of the storage spiritual artifacts and spirit pearls continued to be eroded, emitting waves of magic power that were difficult to detect with the naked eye.
These ripples were similar to the previous red light, all set up as a reminder for the original owner.
But this was no longer the Immortal World.
The spiritual artifacts couldn't travel between dimensions like that.
It was destined to be useless, only able to watch as the Divine Sense belonging to the original owner was gradually washed away...
"That fox-faced shrine maiden didn't deceive us, Sect Leader. I can feel that these two spiritual artifacts seem to have come alive."
Inside the main hall.
The deputy sect leader stared at the spirit pearl, his eyes fixed.
The sect leader of the Red Snake Sect also nodded slightly. As a true cultivator, he also felt the unsettling magic power ripples.
Both he and the deputy sect leader took this as a successful performance of the ritual and realized that they had indeed come into contact with a true mysterious power.
But... was this too coincidental?
The sect leader of the Red Snake Sect had this doubt as soon as he saw the deputy sect leader return.
But... the temptation brought by the other party was too great!
The temptation of true transcendence!
Even if it was a pit of fire, this sect leader of the Red Snake Sect chose to jump in without hesitation.
Having deceived the believers for decades, to be honest, this old sect leader had long entered the realm that he himself believed in.
Many times, he truly felt that he was one of the incarnations of the savior, and he created the Red Snake Sect not only to accumulate wealth but also to be able to help the suffering in the future and become a true Buddha in reality.
The sect leader opened the silk scroll and looked at the various secret techniques in the lower half.
When he got his hands on these secret techniques, he tried them out.
Naturally, they were useless.
Even the secret rituals he had learned had no mysterious feeling.
Now, with the spiritual artifacts seemingly coming alive, they found themselves in a realm where they couldn't help but tremble.
The sect leader felt fortunate that he could now learn those secret techniques.
The materials were prepared in advance.
With a series of incantations, the sect leader successfully guided the surrounding Spiritual Qi into his body.
Then his eyes burst with a bright light.
Crack! Crack!
The deputy sect leader suddenly heard the sound of cracks beside him.
He was slightly startled and turned his head to look, immediately shocked.
He found that his respected sect leader's body suddenly swelled up into a giant.
Then the skin fell off.
A fleshless giant skeleton appeared in the inner chamber!
"Being human is too troublesome. It's better to become a skeleton and be carefree from now on."
"Do you think... it's possible?"
The skeleton giant put on the ill-fitting Kasaya and turned to look at the trembling deputy sect leader.
"Yes... yes, Sect Leader, by becoming a skeleton Buddha, we can surely fulfill our sect's grand aspirations!"
The deputy sect leader's body went limp and knelt down on the ground.
"Good, then join my skeleton lineage."
The skeleton giant's eyes emitted a faint blue flame.
In just a few seconds.
The deputy sect leader trembled all over and also turned into a smaller skeleton giant.
After becoming a skeleton, it became even more respectful towards the sect leader, and then began to chant continuously in the Lotus Position on the cushion.
More devout than before.
"Good!"
The skeleton giant that the sect leader had become turned around and looked at the silk scroll.
As a skeleton giant, it seemed to have gained a remarkable understanding of these esoteric arts. The operation of magic power was also unimpeded.
As for magic power... apart from the formation providing it.
With the last trace of Divine Sense on the spirit pearl also worn away.
Along with Su Ping's Divine Sense, which had been waiting, violently rushing in and occupying the main position.
Confirming that the calamitous spirit pearl was temporarily under his control, Su Ping's heart moved!
The calamitous spirit pearl burst into brilliance.
Within the range of the radiance.
The entire mountain peak where the temple was located.
Suddenly transformed on the surface into a gloomy underworld of Ghost Qi.
Mist emerged, and ghostly flames appeared.
Large areas of jungle vegetation withered and upgraded in an instant.
As if the burial ground had directly replaced it.
However, this is just the result of Su Ping triggering the power stored in the cursed soul pearl, which originally belonged to a masked Foundation Establishment female cultivator.
After all, these powers come from that Foundation Establishment female cultivator and involve her supernatural power.
Even though Su Ping has gained control over the cursed pearl, he is still not entirely at ease, so he decides to release it completely in this Sakura Country.
The supernatural power of the Foundation Establishment female cultivator clearly leans towards dark arts.
This turns the surrounding mountains and forests into a demonic realm.
It is extremely suitable for various evil spells to be cast.
Coincidentally, the leader of the Red Snake Sect seems to have spiritual roots and a connection to the bone necromancy.
He has unexpectedly mastered the bone necromancy as if it were a heaven-sent gift.
So, Su Ping decides to cooperate with him and hopes that he can bring some surprises.
As the cursed pearl erupts, the surrounding environment undergoes drastic changes.
The group of Yin & Yang masters on the mountain road immediately starts screaming and fleeing for their lives.
At first, it was just the trees on both sides of the steps that seemed to come alive, constantly swaying and shaking.
Then, driven by a desire for flesh and blood, the branches extend out, scaring these people into stopping and gathering in the center of the steps.
Then, it seems like a pair of slender white hands grabs the ankle of an assistant.
In the next moment, this assistant is swiftly pulled back into the dense forest.
Only the assistant's desperate screams in the air and the sudden silence remain.
"This...how is this possible!"
"Monsters, there really are monsters in these mountains!"
The silence at this moment is more terrifying than the screams.
Regardless of whether they will survive the rest of their lives or not, the Yin & Yang masters are the first to turn around and flee down the mountain.
Meanwhile, on the mountain.
The anomaly has completely erupted!
The monks in the front hall are being attacked by the blood-sucking vines.
After a futile resistance, these monks abandon their companions who are being drained of blood and rush towards the main hall.
Boom!
They push open the door.
Just as they are about to report the abnormality to the monks outside, they suddenly stop in their tracks, gaping in silence.
They see their companions who were chanting in the main hall, their superiors, all transformed into bone monsters wearing monk robes.
After the door opens, these bone monsters stop chanting and then look at the monks, their eyes filled with the temptation of flesh and blood.
"Do not fear."
Inside the main hall, the voice of the leader of the Red Snake Sect is heard.
The next second, a white bone giant emitting a faint blue light slowly bends down and walks out from the inner chamber.
"Those who believe in me shall seek liberation as bone..."
The ethereal voice echoes in the ears of these monks.
The loyal believers immediately kneel down on the ground and soon shed their flesh to become bone.
Pretending to be loyal followers, they were immediately exposed and tried to escape.
The cult leader did not make things difficult for them.
However, they couldn't escape from the temple and were captured by the blood-sucking vines, becoming fertilizer for this peculiar plant.
Buzzing!
In the underground chamber below the main hall, a large amount of meat was continuously devoured by the mouths split open by the vines.
Relying on a large amount of food and the sacrifice of some monks.
With the additional secret technique mastered by the Bone Giant, the Blood Vine Technique also grew rapidly.
At the same time, in this Realm formed by the power of the spirit pearls, they became more and more comfortable, except that their sanity became increasingly deranged due to the influence of evil arts, no longer resembling humans.
It seems... quite formidable.
"If this guy encounters a master from a side sect in the Immortal World and learns and uses it slowly, he might really become an indestructible Bone Giant with self-awareness!"
"However, I don't have the time and effort to cultivate such a side sect!"
Su Ping hid on the side and quietly took away the storage spirit artifact necklace, leaving only the spirit pearls to maintain the current Realm.
Then, not long after, he saw the cult leader of the Red Snake Sect, who had reached the limit of the Blood Vine Technique.
It, which was no longer human, instinctively prepared to choose a new source of blood for its own blood vines and the Bone Army.
The target... naturally was the brightly lit city nearby with a large population, the Sakura Capital!
"Roar!"
The Bone Giant took the lead and walked out of the main hall, howling at the dark clouds.
The bone monsters ran out of the main hall and the side halls.
With the interaction between the bone evil arts and the power of the spirit pearls.
These bone monsters initially still had a humanoid shape, but gradually mutated into various strange bone creatures.
Several bone monsters even stuck together, forming bone creatures slightly taller than the cult leader.
Ghostly flames erupted from their bodies, and even visible translucent evil spirits entangled their heads and shoulders.
Even if you only looked through a telescope.
You would feel that these monsters couldn't possibly be from the mortal world, but rather from the Netherworld.
"God... Lord Priest, what's going on?!"
"Could it be that the cult leader of the Red Snake Sect did all this to open the gate to the Netherworld?"
"Are they going to wage war in our Sakura Kingdom?"
The deputy officer from the Sakura Kingdom's officialdom was frightened by the scene before him, trembling all over.
The old priest was also in shock.
After a while, he regained his composure, looked at the deputy officer, and smirked mysteriously.
"Notify the cabinet quickly. This is beyond our control now."
At the same time, he bitterly smiled in his heart. As a high priest, he also wanted to know what was going on!
The problem was, who could tell him what exactly these Transcendent events were all about!
Why did he, as the high priest, know nothing!
Could it be that he was just a puppet in name only?
Actually, whether it's the country of cherry blossoms, the country of sticks, or the ancient country of the East, there is also a transcendent and mysterious circle... It's just that they don't play with us mortals?
"Let's go, inform the special operations team that they can take action now."
Next to the deputy, two men in American military uniforms smiled and looked eagerly at the skeletal monsters in the drone surveillance, various greedy thoughts flashing in their minds.
They planned to send a team for actual combat, on one hand to block these monsters from coming down the mountain.
On the other hand, they also wanted to see the actual combat strength of the other side. If the combat strength was low, they could apply for research funding.
If the combat strength was high, that would be even better. In addition to applying for more research funding, they could also apply for more military funding for the garrison!
Only with more military funding, these American military officers could make money along with the generals!
At the mountain gate.
Five people went up the mountain, leaving only Yin & Yang Master He Maojun and his assistant who managed to escape. They finally saw the mountain gate and thought they were about to escape, but suddenly they saw several armored vehicles stop in front of them.
And the unmanned aerial vehicle on the roof of the vehicle was pointing its gun at them?
He Maojun immediately lay down on the ground.
Then he saw, out of the corner of his eye, the bullets tearing through his assistant's body, who was a beat slower.
After that, he heard the sound of bullets whizzing through the air.
"I, I must surrender...!"
He Maojun was so scared that he trembled all over. Just as he was about to say something, he noticed an inhuman roar coming from behind him.
Panic made him forget to curse and quickly moved his body to roll to the side.
Leaning against a large tree trunk, this Yin & Yang Master was able to see clearly that a large number of rapidly moving skeletal monsters appeared on the mountain path behind him.
These skeletal monsters seemed to come from the Netherworld, and just looking at them gave people a strong sense of fear.
No wonder the soldiers in the armored vehicles chose to open fire without hesitation.
"Fire! Unlock all vehicle-mounted unmanned aerial gun platform permissions and open fire!"
The American special forces soldiers at the mountain gate, cooperating with the vehicle-mounted weapons, fired a barrage of firepower.
Even with only twenty or thirty people, their firepower was enough to block the entire mountain gate.
They plowed through the vegetation and turned the skeletal monsters into a pile of bones.
Is that it?
The soldiers felt relieved when they realized that these terrifying monsters seemed to be no match for bullets.
Then, they noticed the ground suddenly bulging.
And then, accompanied by a warning sound in their earpieces.
Boom!
The road where the armored vehicles were located was unexpectedly broken open by a black vine covered in thorns, flipping over onto the ground.
As the top of this black vine opened up, it sprayed a large amount of acid water like rain.
"Damn it!"
"My communication device is sending an alarm, they're being damaged!"
The soldiers around hurriedly took cover.
An intact armored vehicle also started up, and at the same time, the vehicle-mounted machine gun continuously sprayed flames onto the vine.
This time, the bullets that were supposed to be invincible only pierced the skin and shot out green acid water, which instead stimulated the vine, causing it to quickly retract back into the ground.
In the next moment, there was another loud noise coming from the direction the armored vehicle was reversing.
Bang!
After the armored vehicle collided with the huge body of the vine, the driver inside, Xie Te, exclaimed and was about to shift gears and step on the accelerator.
But suddenly, he realized that he and the vehicle were floating up together!
Suddenly, another black vine broke through the ground and wrapped around the armored vehicle, lifting it up.
Accompanied by the sound of cracking, the armored vehicle was forcefully crushed into a flat iron disc!
Inside the vehicle, the driver left behind a massive amount of noise and cries for help on the communication channel.
Whoosh!
The large unmanned aerial vehicle in the sky opened fire.
Two flames accurately hit the vine on the ground.
The resulting flames and fire showed that the vine had been hit and was shaking in pain.
However, before the unmanned aerial vehicle could observe the results and take further action...
On the top of the main hall of the temple, the giant skeleton stepped forward, and a glimmer of blue light flashed in its pupils.
Suddenly, the bone mountain on the mountain road trembled.
Then, more than ten translucent white spirits emerged.
These spirits were blessed with dark magic and in the blink of an eye, they flew to the unmanned aerial vehicle.
In no time, the engine and control system of the unmanned aerial vehicle encountered problems.
Then, amidst the sound of a Watt, the remote operator helplessly watched the unmanned aerial vehicle crash.
Not only that...
The American driver wearing headphones wanted to salvage the situation, but suddenly heard strange whispers in his earphones.
At the same time, while others saw a black screen, in the eyes of this driver, an evil spirit with multiple arms and a sinister smile appeared.
This driver's facial features suddenly started bleeding, and he began to continuously hit the screen with his head.
By the time others pulled him out of the cockpit...
His head was already a bloody mess...
Realizing that it was not safe on the other side of the mountain...
The American officer immediately chose to retreat.
As for the annihilated special forces team, they were beyond help.
At this time, the deputy officer was still in constant contact with the cabinet, reporting the situation.
Suddenly, the deputy officer was tapped on the shoulder by the old priest and pointed to the surveillance screen monitoring the mountain gate.
The deputy officer quickly looked over.
Immediately, he saw the previously shattered bone mountain continuously reforming, transforming into various bone monsters once again.
Then, accompanied by the spirits dancing above their heads...
More black vine monsters emerged from the ground.
These bone monsters began to descend from the mountain in groups, crossing the burning armored vehicles and heading in a certain direction.
It was none other than... Sakura City!
(End of this chapter)