The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 558 Making a Game
No more words needed.

Yuan Chaoliang waved his hand.

The Gu worms dispersed in the air for a moment, and then, driven by the dozen or so great shamans, they rolled towards Li Miao.

Meanwhile, the well-equipped monk soldiers charged out in unison from behind Yuan Chaoliang, their snow-white blades trembling above their black armor, like foam from ocean waves, as they surged toward Li Miao.

Li Miao... laughed.

"what."

He had been looking forward to this siege ever since he breached the Izumo Taisha Shrine.

Japan is currently in the midst of war. If breaching Hirado Castle and killing Matsuura Takanobu could not alert the Shinto Church, then breaching Izumo Taisha would certainly draw all their attention.

Li Miao's advantage is martial prowess, but his disadvantage is time. He cannot spend years searching in Japan bit by bit, and the two martial arts masters who were lost in Japan, even the most recent one, Zhang Sanfeng, has been missing for more than two hundred years.

This is far too long a period of time, enough to wear down all the clues. It would be difficult for him alone to find any concrete clues in such a large area of ​​Japan.

In that case, why not have them deliver the clues directly to us?

To deal with him, Shintoism must reveal something real, and this is the clue that has come to them.

However, he did not expect that this siege would take place at Toshodai-ji Temple, near Enryaku-ji Temple, the Buddhist stronghold that was openly fighting Shintoism to the death.

"It's not much different."

Li Miao waved his hand.

"Come."

First came the Gu worms that rolled to his side.

This was an old rival of his, and it even made him somewhat nostalgic for the days when he first started out in the martial world. However, for him now, the weak Gu worms no longer posed a threat.

hum-

The swarm of insects crashed into the transparent protective aura, exploding with a bang and splattering their bodily fluids. The remaining Gu worms landed on the protective aura, filling Li Miao's vision within moments.

Then—click-click-click.

A series of gnawing sounds rang out.

"Oh!"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow, deliberately opening a small gap to let a few Gu worms crawl in, then casually picked one off and examined it in his palm for a moment.

"It's another one of the cult leader's methods."

"It was modified from a Gu worm that can devour and store beings at the Celestial Realm. It's somewhat similar to the results of Xiao Si and Xiao Anzi, except that this thing has been specially modified so that it can't be stored and can only be eaten."

"It seems like the sect leader deliberately developed a method to deal with me after witnessing my battle with An Qisheng."

Li Miao casually crushed the Gu worm and laughed.

Although he did not deliberately raise his voice, any celestial being with exceptional hearing could clearly hear what he said.

The next moment, Yuan Chaoliang's voice came.

"The leader of the sect is indeed still thinking about you. Without her help and intelligence, we wouldn't dare to take action against you so easily."

"Your old rival has already cooperated with us and revealed all your secrets to us—how about we reconsider and work with you again..."

"Shit."

Li Miao interrupted him dismissively.

"Do you think this is the first time I've dealt with that witch? Either this Gu worm is a bargaining chip she used in a deal with you, or it's something you found in one of her hideouts. It's definitely not something she gave you to use against me."

Yuan Chaoliang's pupils contracted slightly, and he smiled.

"Why do you say that, sir? This is a method that Master Ji personally taught us and specifically instructed us to use to deal with you. It is absolutely true." Li Miao chuckled and slowly raised one hand.

"I'll tell you why it's impossible."

"First, that witch has schemed against me many times, but she never included me or anyone I care about in her schemes. In fact, she always shares the biggest spoils with me. Do you know why?"

"To say she has any feelings for me? Ha, no one would believe it. She's the kind of person who would even use her own parents to set a trap."

"Strategies, or rather plans, are like a spider web. The key to catching prey is to avoid trapping anything that could break the entire web."

Li Miao raised his hand, turned it slightly, and then slowly drew a Tai Chi symbol in front of him.

call--

Wind rises from the flat ground.

First, a gentle breeze tugged at one of the Gu worms, then within a few breaths it suddenly transformed into a violent gust of wind, forming a small tornado around Li Miao!

Tai Chi – Grasping the Sparrow's Tail!
The most fundamental inheritance of Wudang, the incomparably skillful Tai Chi power, drove the massive protective true energy, drawing all the insect swarm over and gathering them into a pitch-black mass in front of Li Miao.

Yuan Chaoliang frowned slightly, looked at the dozen or so great shamans, and after confirming that they only had a little blood seeping from the corners of their mouths and were not seriously injured, he turned his head and smiled.

"I know that with your level of expertise, and I also know that you are cooperating with Wudang, how could you not be wary of your Tai Chi strength?"

"While these Gu worms' bodies aren't as formidable as divine weapons, they're comparable to refined steel. If it were just Tai Chi force, it might not be enough to eliminate them all—"

Before he could finish speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted!

After Li Miao gathered all the Gu worms in front of him, he suddenly smiled and clenched his fist!
Bang!
Two giant hammers formed from protective true energy suddenly sandwiched the swarm of insects in the middle, and they collided with a deafening roar!

A strong wind and a loud noise swept away the gusts of wind.

The two great shamans behind Yuan Chaoliang instantly turned red in the face, spitting out a mouthful of blood. They watched as Yuan Chaoliang's lips moved a few times, but before he could make a sound, he collapsed forward, twitched a few times, and then fell silent.

The remaining high priests, though not dead, were bleeding from all seven orifices and nearly collapsed.

Yuan Chaoliang's face was as still as water.

Li Miao said with a smile.

"Oh, it's quite hard."

"Master Ji has put a lot of effort into this thing... Oh right, I've finished talking about the first one, now for the second one."

He clenched his fist again.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Just like pounding rice, the two protective true energies sandwiched the swarm of insects in the middle, causing them to collide continuously. Insect blood and the remains of the Gu insects gushed out like juice pumped out when pounding rice.

"second."

Li Miao said this as he ground the Gu worms into powder.

“If she wanted to kill me, she would never have revealed her identity from the beginning, because that would have aroused my suspicion.”

“If today was her setup, she would never have brought out these Gu worms immediately. Instead, she would have waited until she had figured out my methods, exhausted my true energy, and worn me down to the point of no return before making the final decision.”

"She wouldn't be as stupid as you. She took out something I didn't know about when I was perfectly fine. It was just a waste of my time and didn't serve any purpose!"

Bang!
The final exchange of blows.

The last great shaman fell.

Li Miao withdrew his hand inside his cloak, and the corpse of the Gu worm fell to the ground with a soft thud, its filthy juices flowing down the steps.

The monk soldiers trampled over the corpses of the Gu worms and charged towards Li Miao.

(End of this chapter)