When the army of the inner government and Ashina fought in the square in front of the inner city gate, Lu Xiao revisited his hometown and came to the outer city tower where he first met Tengu Isshin.
Due to Genichiro's evacuation order, most of the people who originally escaped from the war moved into the city temporarily. Lu Xiao only felt the presence of one person in Noda's castle.
"Oh? I didn't expect anyone to come to this place that has become a battlefield."
An old woman with a stooped waist walked out slowly, looking at the heavily armed Lu Xiao with cloudy eyes.
"Young man, you came here specifically because you wanted to fight a 'ghost', right?"
All the old ladies in Ashina's country seemed to have special abilities, and Lu Xiao was guessed by the other party's purpose without even saying anything.
"Don't blame me for not reminding you."
The old woman sat down tremblingly against the empty castle wall and said, "In your current state, you have little chance of winning against a 'ghost', so take advantage of the last moment to recuperate.
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Lu Xiao nodded silently, used his hook to climb to the top of the outer tower, sat down on the spot and entered a meditative state.
The outer city tower is very close to the battlefield, but this abandoned and dilapidated castle has long been neglected. Occasionally, a few inner red soldiers came to see the old woman sleeping against the wall.
As time went by, the cries of killing on the battlefield gradually weakened, and it seemed that one side was the first to die out before the battle could be decided.
More than an hour of meditation could not completely restore Lu Xiao's lost magic power, but at least his body was basically restored to its original state under the treatment of the Shroud of Eden.
As Ashina's army temporarily withdrew from the battlefield, the red-eyed red army led by Doshun became the "protagonist" on the battlefield.
Without the enemy of Ashina's side, the irrational Red Eyes naturally turned their target to the inner palace.
The leading general of the Imperial Household, Ii Naomatsu, was puzzled by Ashina's sudden retreat, as the other side's actions were completely inconsistent with the rules of the battlefield.
Facing this group of red-eyed people who did not distinguish between friend and foe, the angry Ii Naomatsu ordered these troublemakers to be killed first.
The physical abilities of the red-eyed Chibei strengthened by the transformation into water have been greatly improved, and the semi-crazy Doshun has really eliminated the red-eyed fear of flames. The preparations made by the inner government in advance have become completely useless.
After all, Daoshun's position was in favor of the Wei Ming Kingdom. As the only leader of the Red Eyes who still retained very little sense, he led his Red Eyes Chibei to launch a crazy counterattack against the inner government regardless of casualties.
Genichiro, who was watching from the sidelines on the city wall, watched the dog-eat-dog battle between the two sides with an expressionless face. In the end, the inner palace relied on its huge numerical advantage to eliminate the last red-eyed member.
However, in this not a large-scale battle, Hongyan, who was physically strong and fearless of death, caused a lot of damage to the Inner Palace, weakening the Inner Palace's military strength to a certain extent.
"Push the big tube up!"
Ii Naomatsu, who was wearing a crimson battle armor and a jinhaori, loudly ordered: "Aim at the city gate and fire!"
"Boom boom!"
The front-loaded small-caliber artillery lit the fuses one after another and launched a continuous bombardment on the temporarily reinforced city wall by Genichiro.
Genichiro still stood unmoving on the city wall. Facing the cannonballs coming towards him, Genichiro relied on his body that had been strengthened by the perfect transformation into water to cut the non-explosive solid lead bullet in half with his sword.
Genichiro's attitude and performance boosted the morale of Ashina's army, and the first round of artillery bombardment by the inner government failed to break through the defense of the city wall.
"Boom! Boom!"
The sound of heavy footsteps came from one side of the battlefield, and Genichiro, who was about to let Ashina Kuni fight back with a large cannon, suddenly stopped all actions.
"Wait! Everyone lies down and wait for the moment to wait and see what happens!"
As the footsteps approached, the soldiers of the Imperial Household and Ashina on the battlefield simultaneously saw clearly the creature that made the huge footsteps.
Ii Naomatsu, who was standing high on the battlefield and commanding the battle, stared dumbly at the monster, which was at least 8 meters tall.
"What is this... Ashina Country still has this kind of weapon?"
The one-armed giant monster approaching the battlefield has limbs that are close to humans... a three-limbed shape, and its head is burning with blazing fire, but these flames do not harm the monster itself at all.
"Roar!"
The giant monster that entered the battlefield roared with anger and resentment, kicked its legs hard on the ground, and jumped nimbly into the center of the inner army.
An energy arm made of flames suddenly grew out of the missing left arm. The giant monster waved this energy arm and smashed into the inner army. A large number of red soldiers were turned into pitch-black coke under the raging flames.
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Seeing the giant monster wreaking havoc among the Inner Army, Ashina's side also started talking with lingering fear. The soldiers were thankful that the order to retreat came in time, otherwise they would have to face this giant monster like the poor people in the Inner Army.
"boom!"
The solid shells fired from the big tube hit the giant monster's flank, causing his movements to pause for a moment.
But what followed was an even more violent counterattack by the giant monster. He swept across with his flaming arm and ignited all the large barrels. The piled up gunpowder burned and exploded, and the siege power of the inner palace was greatly weakened.
At the same time, Yongzhen finally rushed to the scene with her sword in hand. Seeing the orangutan who was completely immersed in resentment and unable to extricate herself, she bit her lower lip hard with her white teeth and moved her feet to rush out to stop him.
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"etc."
A deliberately low male voice sounded from behind Yongzhen, who put his hands on her shoulders impolitely.
Women in this era were very conservative, and it would be considered indecent for a stranger to touch their body.
"Qiang!"
Yongzhen's face turned cold, and he quickly unsheathed his sword and slashed behind him with the back of the sword, intending to force the opponent away and teach this sloppy guy a lesson.
"Wow~"
The person who stopped Yongzhen behind her was naturally Lu Xiao, who was accustomed to the modern way of greeting.
Facing the sudden attack of the sword, Lu Xiao relied on his powerful dynamic vision to capture the trajectory of the sword, and pinched the still-moving blade with two fingers.
"Don't get excited, it's me."
Seeing Lu Xiao's slightly helpless expression, Yongzhen realized that he was a little too nervous and did not recognize Lu Xiao's voice.
"I am so sorry."
Yongzhen took back the sword and folded his hands in front of his lower abdomen to apologize to Lu Xiao: "I thought..."
Lu Xiao waved his hand and changed the subject: "That's not important, let's talk about business first."
"His Majesty the Orangutan used his last sanity to control himself, who had transformed into a ghost of resentment, and directed his main attack target at the inner palace. Let's consume his physical strength first and allow the inner palace to bear more losses."
Yongzhen gritted his teeth and retorted: "But the more people die, the stronger the Ghost of Resentment will be. If he grows to the point where no one can check him..."
"Do not worry."
Lu Xiao smiled and showed his thumbs up: "I will monitor his actions, find a balance between the physical depletion of the resentment ghost and the absorption of wronged souls to strengthen itself, and take action at the most suitable time."
"You."
Lu Xiao stretched out two fingers and pointed helplessly on Yongzhen's forehead: "I thought you were talking about the new goal. In the end, you still planned to sacrifice yourself. All my reminders before leaving were in vain?"
Yongzhen subconsciously reached out and touched her forehead. Lu Xiao's fingers did not actually touch her skin, but the breeze brought up by the movement of her fingers had already blown onto Yongzhen's forehead.
The warm body temperature seemed to be transmitted to Yongzhen through the breeze. A blush appeared on her originally tense face unconsciously, and her solemn expression relaxed a lot.
"I teach you swordsmanship just so that you can learn self-defense. I don't really want you to take on the important task of killing Shura."
Lu Xiao patted the immortal sword in his hand and said, "Leave this kind of heavy work to me. This should be the last thing I help Ashina handle before I leave."
The rosy-faced Yongzhen suddenly paused, and the blood on his face quickly disappeared.