Chapter 771

Chapter 771

There was shock and only shock on Sawakita Mitsuo’s and Nagase Komi’s eyes.

This was... simply unbelievable.

They had suffered from Takemikazuchi’s lightning attacks earlier. Thus, they knew very well just how formidable the attacks were.

Just now, however, three lightning attacks had descended upon Chen Xiaolian simultaneously only for him to utterly erase them with but one sword swing.

Likewise, he only used one swing to decapitate Takemikazuchi, the same being that had remained unscathed after taking so many attacks from them.

Both of them were aware that Chen Xiaolian was very strong. They had estimated that Chen Xiaolian’s strength was above that of this Divine Master who was possessed by Takemikazuchi and that defeating Takemikazuchi would not be hard for him.

That said, they did not think that it would be such a one-sided battle.

The strength that Chen Xiaolian displayed earlier had far exceeded their expectations.

“Chen-san.”

Sawakita Mitsuo let out a few coughs before recollecting himself. He did his best to steady his voice. “Thank you for the assistance.”

After saying that, he bowed respectfully towards Chen Xiaolian again.

As for Nagase Komi, she was so shocked that no words could escape her lips.

“Enough with that. We’re already old friends. Why stand on ceremony?” Chen Xiaolian smiled, waving it off.

“I’m just making some points along the way. Alright, hurry up and lift the seal.”

After Chen Xiaolian decapitated the head of the Divine Master, he immediately received a prompt from his system.

[You have killed Amago Kimihisa, the Divine Master of Izumo-taisha while he was in Takemikazuchi mode. You obtained 3,000 points and one Takemikazuchi’s Spirit Link Jade.]

[Takemikazuchi’s Spirit Link Jade. An [A-] class one-time consumable prop that can be used inside instance dungeons to obtain the power to control lightning. Duration: 3 minutes.]

For the current Chen Xiaolian, the number of points on him no longer held any significance in the improvement of his strength. As for the Spirit Link Jade, it was completely useless.

However, while it was useless for him, once all this was over and he returned to his guild, his guild members would be able to use it. Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

Sawakita Mitsuo nodded before giving Nagase Komi a glance, gesturing towards the damaged mech some distance away. Then, he turned and walked to the centre of the hall.

Before him was a boulder, one that rose higher than an ordinary person. A tachi sword was inserted deep into the boulder. Faint bloodstains could be seen on the surface of the blade.

There were several straw ropes haphazardly tying up the boulder, all of which were covered in white strips of paper with complex patterns painted on them.

Sawakita Mitsuo arrived before the boulder. Without any hesitation, he reached out to grab the handle of the tachi before forcefully pulling it out.

The blade of the tachi had been inserted very deep into the boulder, but Sawakita Mitsuo was a veteran Awakened. He had enhanced his strength considerably. Thus, a grating sound came from the blade and boulder as the tachi – bit by bit – moved out.

When the tachi was finally pulled out, a red light immediately shone out from the fine hole left on the boulder. With a soft cracking sound, the hole kept expanding in size, growing to engulf the whole boulder in but the blink of an eye.

The boulder shattered apart with a bang, reduced into a pile of rubble. Amidst the rubble was a red-coloured magatama that shone with light [1].

Squatting, Sawakita Mitsuo then picked up the magatama, holding it in his palm.

“Teacher Sawakita, you must have received the prompt for the second phase of the quest, no?”

Seeing Sawakita Mitsuo remain silent, Chen Xiaolian spoke up. However, a prompt popped up in his own system at the same time.

While Divine Master Amago Kimihisa was not someone from the real world, the fact that the system gave him the position of someone under the Shinto religion when creating this instance dungeon meant that Sawakita Mitsuo’s identity could be used here.

The moment the instance dungeon began, Sawakita Mitsuo had decided on what to do. He immediately brought Nagase Komi and Naito with him on the helicopter arranged by the Imperial Household Agency. They were thus able to arrive at the Izumo-taisha first.

By virtue of his status as the Vice-Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency, Sawakita Mitsuo did not face any obstruction. He was able to smoothly make his way to the main hall in the back mountain. After giving them a bunch of lies in the name of the Emperor, he managed to persuade Amago Kimihisa to lift the seal and hand over the Gods of the Land’s mitama to him.

The first phase’s quest was about to be completed without any bloodshed only for the sudden appearance of this Chen Xiaolian to wreck it all apart.

If it weren’t for his appearance, these fellows from the storyline would never have become hostile. There would have been no need for a battle and his mech would not have become damaged.

Back then, he had been trapped inside his mech. All the monitors and sensors had stopped working. So, he had failed to see Chen Xiaolian finish off Divine Master Amago. And now, right after emerging, he heard Sawakita Mitsuo inviting Chen Xiaolian into their team.

Naito could not accept it.

He was absolutely incapable of accepting it.

Pointing at Chen Xiaolian, he gnashed his teeth and said, “Great Teacher, it would not be an exaggeration to say that my mech was destroyed due to him. And now, you are actually...”

Pa!

A loud sound rang out and Naito’s figure flew several metres away before slamming into the ground. Half his face became swollen. He clutched his face in disbelief as he looked at Nagase Komi, who had helped him out from the mech’s cockpit earlier.

Nagase Komi’s right hand shone with a silvery radiance. It had transformed into its liquid metal state. That slap earlier was from none other than Nagase Komi.

At that very moment, she was looking at Naito with eyes filled with killing intent.

She jumped down from the mech, strode towards Naito and dragged him by his hair towards Chen Xiaolian.

“Great Teacher, your instructions?”

Her right hand pressed Naito’s head firmly on the ground. She had one knee half bent while her other leg pressed down on Naito’s back.

Naito did not have a particularly high level of body enhancement. Thus, in the face of Nagase Komi’s actions, he was incapable of stopping his body from being pressed down to the ground at all. All he could do was to let out some vague noises from his mouth.

He was utterly dumbfounded.

Even if he did say something wrong...

Was there a need for Nagase-senpai to suddenly bitch slap him?

“Chen-san, the young are ignorant. I think... ... there is no need to be too harsh.” Naito then heard Sawakita Mitsuo’s voice speaking slowly from behind him.

“Naturally, if Great Teacher says so, there is no problem.” Chen Xiaolian smiled and waved his hand.

“Thank you for your magnanimity, Chen-san.”

Hearing Sawakita Mitsuo’s words, Naito felt happy. He had wanted to get up only to realize that Nagase Komi was still firmly pressing him down.

Suddenly, a cold sensation swept over his left hand and a painful feeling came from the base of his pinky finger.

“Argh!”

Only then did Nagase release her grip. The blade on her left hand retracted, transforming back into her five-fingered palm as she coldly observed Naito, who was kneeling on the ground and gripping his left hand while howling non-stop in pain.

On the ground, the freshly-severed pinky finger was still twitching, a result of the instinctive response of its nerves.

1 A magatama is a religious object, usually made from jade, shaped like a comma or half of a yin yang symbol.

2 Sawakita Mitsuo’s guild is named the Fourth Shogunate Guild.