novelraw Chapter 245-2: A Difficult Battle, the Death of the Palace Master (2)
Chapter 245-2: A Difficult Battle, the Death of the Palace Master (2)
[The three shikigami’s attacks grew even fiercer. They didn’t bother dodging at all, adopting a suicidal tactic of trading injuries for injuries.]
[You and the Calamity Mage felt unprecedented pressure!]
[The demon Rasasha abruptly abandoned you and turned to strike at the Calamity Mage.]
[It ignored your blows, letting your sword and club crash onto its armored back, while it relentlessly hacked at the Calamity Mage with its blades!]
[The already battered Calamity Mage had been barely holding on, but when all three shikigami focused their assault, it instantly reached the brink of collapse.]
[Just as it blocked a thrust from the Jorogumo’s limb, the Karasu Tengu tore off a massive chunk of its flesh with its claws.]
[The Ninja Master appeared in midair, swinging the Dragon Sword to intercept the Jorogumo’s venomous fangs, but when he landed, he was already coughing blood repeatedly, his expression wan and exhausted.]
[The Calamity Mage had only just managed to take a breath when the Rasasha’s pointed blade pierced straight through its chest from behind.]
[The Origin-Tracing Calamity Mage has suffered a near-fatal injury!]
“No! If this goes on, the Calamity Mage will die!”Once the Calamity Mage fell, it would immediately be total annihilation.
In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Lin Xun’s mind.
He resolutely gave the Valkyrie a command!
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie lowered her longbow, retrieving a strange lantern formed of flesh and sinew.]
[The lantern’s faint warm glow instantly captured the attention of all three shikigami. They abandoned the Calamity Mage and charged madly toward the Valkyrie…]
[The Valkyrie beat her wings and soared to the top of the colossal barrier, but she still remained within the shikigami’s attack range.]
[She flew at top speed, evading two of the shikigami’s attacks, but the Rasasha’s pointed blade scraped across the refined copper feathers on her back.]
[With a pained cry, the Valkyrie fell at an angle. You lunged forward and reached out a hand, and her small figure landed in your palm.]
[You set the Valkyrie down on the ground, then rose to your full height. The Ancient Dragonfang Greatclub vanished from your grasp, replaced by a gigantic lantern of flesh.]
[The three shikigami instantly turned their madness on you, and even the Palace Master of Iya Palace began to bombard you with spells…]
If the shikigami had gone mad and were fighting recklessly, though the Palace Master’s face showed no anxiety, it kept casting spell after spell.
This proved that the shikigami’s life force was nearly spent…
Which meant the battle had reached its final moment!
“This is it, victory or defeat!”
Lin Xun opened his inventory and clicked on an item that had long lain dormant.
[High-Energy Particle Shield Generator (Epic+ Grade Item): …Using this item grants full-body protection. Until the device’s energy is depleted, you will not take damage!]
[A silver metal wristband appeared on the giant’s arm. Facing the three shikigami’s ferocious assault, you pressed the single button on the wristband.]
[The sound of crackling electricity rose, and a visible azure shield spread over the giant’s body.]
[Countless high-energy particles generated, ionizing the air around the giant and forming an azure ion layer that could withstand all kinds of energy attacks.]
[Outside the azure energy shield, another layer of purplish-red protection emerged, making the air around the giant sear and shimmer with heat.]
[Countless high-temperature plasma surged forth, forming an intensely hot purplish-red protective layer that could instantly vaporize any physical attacks striking you.]
[Current device energy remaining: 99.9%]
[The three shikigami had eyes only for the faint glow of the Abyss Lantern. They hurled themselves at you madly, their fierce attacks raining down like a storm.]
[…]
[Current device energy remaining: 77.6%]
[…]
[Current device energy remaining: 52.8%]
[The shikigami’s frenzied assaults could not break through the superheated plasma barrier surrounding your body. Several of them were severely burned in the process, their skin charred black.]
[They ceased their attacks. Under the Palace Master of Iya Palace’s command, they began chanting yokai arts and demon spells…]
[All kinds of magic surged toward you, piercing the purplish-red protective layer only to be blocked again by the azure energy shield.]
[Current device energy remaining: 32.9%]
[…]
[Current device energy remaining: 11.2%]
[The frequency of the shikigami’s spellcasting grew slower and slower. In the distance, even the Palace Master of Iya Palace, who had been unleashing karmic fire without pause, now wore an expression of despair.]
[Current device energy remaining: 2.1%]
[The massive form of the Rasasha suddenly stiffened, its body dissolving into a frenzy of roiling black mist before vanishing completely…]
[Enemy Oni Shikigami – Rasasha has died!]
[The Jorogumo lunged forward, spreading its chelicerae wide to bare venomous fangs, but halfway through the leap, it lost all strength and collapsed.]
[The upper half of the black spider’s female body stared at you with what had once been an affectionate gaze, which gradually twisted into hatred. It let out a piercing shriek before its eyes glazed over and it fell silent forever.]
[Enemy Yokai Shikigami – Jorogumo has died!]
[The Karasu Tengu flapped its black crow wings, claws flashing with cold light. It shattered the last of your shield but could no longer muster the strength to strike again.]
[You gripped the gigantic tachi Uzuki-Kiri, and with every ounce of your strength, swept it horizontally in a great arc.]
[Blood sprayed in all directions. The birdlike head tumbled free, and the headless yokai’s body fell twitching to the ground…]
[Enemy Yokai Shikigami – Karasu Tengu has died!]
[The gigantic corpses of the two yokai dissolved into rolling black smoke and dispersed.]
[Only the Palace Master of Iya Palace, still trapped within the Absolute Barrier Seal of the Ten Directions, remained.]
[It collapsed to the ground in disbelief, eyes dull and unfocused… It knew that with its shikigami gone, even the barrier could not save it from death.]
[Behind you, the Valkyrie helped the Ninja Master to his feet, and the two of them hobbled toward you…]
[The Calamity Mage also managed to lift its body with difficulty, its swollen limbs dragging itself closer to the Palace Master…]
[…]
[…]
[After breaking through the Absolute Barrier Seal of the Ten Directions, you returned to normal human size. You stepped forward first and drove your blade into the Palace Master of Iya Palace’s heart.]
[It offered no resistance, falling onto its back as it murmured, “A mere hundred years among mortals, compared to heaven and earth, just a pitiful speck…”]
[You have defeated the Fire-Worshipping Palace Master of Iya Palace. Experience gained: massive.]
[The power within your shell began to boil. The shell of the Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association has leveled up. Current shell level: 61.]
[You have obtained Faint Spirit Essence of Profound Unfathomability x1.]
[You have obtained Exorcising Purification Wand (Epic+ Weapon)!]
[You have obtained Brilliant Killing Stone (Legendary Item).]
[You have obtained Hundred Yin Kuei Water Vessel (Special Item).]
[You have obtained Tenshukaku Barrier Talisman (Key).]
[You have obtained Letter from the Daimyo Ogiwara Clan (Document).]
[You looked down at the corpse of the Palace Master lying on its back…]
[Fire-Worshipping Palace Master of Iya Palace: The aged and decrepit Palace Master had chanced upon sinister onmyo arts, requiring it to consume the yin energy of countless maidens to ‘restore youth.’ Sadly, the dark arts could only rejuvenate its outward appearance. Within, it remained a decayed and withering collection of organs. It died from a single mortal strike to the heart. Compatibility: 126% (+55%).]
[Do you wish to possess this shell?]
Lin Xun let out a long breath.
“That wasn’t easy… At last, the big boss is down.”