Chapter 770 Swift

Chapter 770 Swift

As the Divine Master led the other priests to attack, Chen Xiaolian and Miao Yan had already stepped backwards. Their hands were placed on their backs as they observed the battle with a smile on their faces.

The priests appeared to be proficient in magic. The symbols they summoned using their gohei had varying shapes and they shone with different colours. There were ice, fire and electric, all shooting towards Sawakita Mitsuo’s team of three.

Sawakita Mitsuo had only just bowed towards Divine Master Amago. He had yet to even straighten his posture when his figure suddenly disappeared to re-appear behind one of the white-clad priests.

Before the priest could even react, Sawakita Mitsuo’s hand struck his back.

The priest cried wretchedly as the attack sent him flying, blood spraying out his mouth while his figure was still in mid-air.

Coincidentally, he flew towards another priest who had just summoned out a strange-looking symbol.

He then smashed into the symbol that his companion summoned. Instantly, he screamed in pain again as a crackling current of electricity wrapped around him.

A folding fan had – at an unknown moment – appeared in Sawakita Mitsuo’s hand.

The folding fan opened with a swooshing sound. Next, over 10 fan sticks flew out, transforming into streams of light before swirling around him.

Another priest, waving his gohei, had fired out a symbol. However, several of the streams of light split off. Like vipers, they circled around the symbol and shot towards the priest.

Straight through the heart.

Nagase Komi and the young man named Naito took action as well.

Nagase Komi’s entire body turned silvery white in colour and her right hand transformed into a blade. Evading the swing of a gohei, her body contracted before dashing straight towards the priest’s chest.

The blade swiftly stabbed into the priest’s chest. Then, with a slash, the priest, who did not even get the chance to cry, had two thirds of his chest cut. His internal organs scattered down the floor.

Naito, on the other hand, quickly retreated to the corner of the hall, where he summoned a mech.

“Eh?”

Chen Xiaolian cast a curious gaze at it.

The mech was bigger than the Sentinel mech. More, there were also complex symbols engraved upon its surface. It seemed like magic arrays.

He had never seen this type of mech before. Likely, it was not a common item that one could purchase from the system. Rather, it was a loot from some instance dungeon.

The moment Naito entered the mech, three thrusters spewed out flames and the mech immediately appeared at the top, almost hitting the top part of the hall.

The bottom plates of the mech’s hands suddenly opened and a wave of super-small missiles flew out like hornets towards the priests below.

Back then, seeing Nagase Komi slap him, Chen Xiaolian had assumed that Naito’s strength was at the same level as his status, not that high in Sawakita Mitsuo’s team.

Unexpectedly, his equipment was so strong.

Although this mech had yet to unveil all of its weapons and its defensive power, overall, it should be stronger than the average Sentinel mech. Only, it was far inferior compared to Roddy’s big one.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

While the missiles were all small, the might of their explosions was anything but small. The missiles exploded upon striking the ground, but the shockwaves shook the entire hall.

Swiftly, the interior of the hall became filled with smoke and bloodied flesh littered the ground.

The battle ended in less than one minute.

Although the gohei that the priests wielded were capable of summoning strange symbols, they were not fast. And while the symbols appeared fairly powerful, they never managed to hit Sawakita Mitsuo’s team of three, not even once.

As for Divine Master Amago, he was only able to summon more symbols that appeared bigger.

Most importantly, none of them appear to possess any defensive moves. Their bodies were that of ordinary humans. The missiles from the mech and the blades produced from Nagase Komi’s liquid metal body could easily inflict fatal damage to them.

At that very moment, Divine Master Amago was lying on the floor, his back against a pillar as he cast a resentful stare at Sawakita Mitsuo.

His chest had been pierced in three different spots and one of his arms had been severed.

“You... cough, cough! You betrayed the Emperor! And... Amaterasu!”

Sawakita Mitsuo gave him a faint smile before ignoring him. Turning to Chen Xiaolian, he said, “Then, Chen-san, according to our previous agreement, this mitama is mine.”

Next, it swung down.

Seemingly having appeared out of thin air, three bolts of lightning, each as thick as a water bucket, suddenly descended from the sky. The lightning bolts pierced through the roof of the hall and descended upon the three of them.

Boom!

The three bolts of lightning were practically fused together and the protective suits that Sawakita Mitsuo and Nagase Komi were wearing were utterly incapable of withstanding the formidable lightning attack. They were thus knocked away.

Naito’s mech absorbed most of the lightning bolt’s power and crackling sounds rang out. A cloud of smoke burst out from the mech and it abruptly fell from mid-air.

A small part of the mech’s body and one of its arms had already turned red due to the high temperature. Some parts were already melting.

There was no telling how badly damaged the components inside were.

With just one lightning strike, the mech had lost its combat power.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The cockpit hatch shook non-stop. Naito was kicking the hatch in an attempt to get out. However, part of the hatch had become deformed due to the high temperature. No matter how hard he tried, he could not open it.

On the other side, Sawakita Mitsuo and Nagase Komi had only just gotten up, their figures staggering.

Takemikazuchi, though, had already raised his hand up high, an indifferent look on his face.

His body was already full of bloody holes from all the bullets he received, but he continued to stand.

The moment Nagase Komi got up, she clenched her teeth and charged. Sawakita Mitsuo also leapt towards Takemikazuchi.

The power of the lightning attacks was simply too strong. The two of them were wearing [A] class protective suits, but even those suits were incapable of fully blocking the earlier attack.

At present, their protective suits had already lost their functions. One more of that lightning attack and they would certainly die.

The only thing they could do now was to close the distance so that Takemikazuchi could not fire the lightning attacks again.

The two of them had only taken a few steps forward when they noticed a figure standing before Takemikazuchi.

Chen Xiaolian!

“Yo, we got ourselves a God here?”

Earlier, Chen Xiaolian had been standing in the corner of the hall with his hands behind his back as he leisurely observed the battle between the two parties. He had not made a single move.

Those priests were simply no match for Sawakita Mitsuo’s team, after all. They did not even have the time to attack Chen Xiaolian.

But now, Chen Xiaolian had suddenly chosen to take action.

When Chen Xiaolian appeared before him, Takemikazuchi’s face, which had been one of indifference, suddenly flickered. His upraised hand abruptly descended and three pillars of lightning descended upon Chen Xiaolian at the same time.

Sword light!

Chen Xiaolian, who had equipped the Sword in the Stone earlier, slashed.

Sword light shone and the three bolts of lightning, each as thick as a water bucket, disappeared without a trace.

The top part of the hall had been cleaved into two even halves.

“You...”

Shocked, Takemikazuchi had been about to say something when Chen Xiaolian’s sword reached his throat.

Sword light flashed and his head fell to the ground.

“Who are you?!”

The decapitated head, having fallen to the ground, continued to speak. After that, the mouth fell silent.

That sword attack was too fast, too sharp.

“Done!”

Keeping the Sword in the Stone, Chen Xiaolian then patted his hands and turned around with a smile. Walking towards Sawakita Mitsuo and Nagase Komi, he said, “Don’t worry. I promised. If there is a need to help, I will help.”