The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 559 The details
The first wave of monks rushed up the steps, and just as they focused their attention on Li Miao, they suddenly shrank. A row of severed legs lay neatly on the steps, and before their upper bodies could even touch the ground, they were swept away, knocking down the monks behind them.

Li Miao stood still, hands in his sleeves, too lazy to even move.

The monks charged up the steps again, and the giant blades formed by their protective true energy swept across once more, slicing off another row of heads like harvesting wheat straw.

Behind the battle lines, Yuan Chaoliang's brows slowly furrowed.

A monk walked up to him and said in a cold voice.

"Your information is wrong."

He pointed to Li Miao, who was slaughtering rows of monk soldiers.

"This person cannot be defeated by sheer numbers."

"His ability to manipulate true energy is far superior to what you've told us, even surpassing the toughness of those Gu worms that are harder than refined steel. Moreover, he must have already cultivated to the point of Sumeru."

"If we don't break through his true energy with a decisive blow, the monks of Enryakuji Temple can only exhaust his spirit if they rush in."

“But he has already mastered the Xuanlan cultivation. With the cultivation of both body and mind, his spirit is complete and his energy is abundant. Even if all the monks of my Enryaku-ji Temple were piled up on him, it might not be enough to tire him out. If Lord Gongsi has any other methods, use them as soon as possible, and do not waste the lives of the monks of my Enryaku-ji Temple in vain.”

His tone was devoid of any respect; even the respectful way he addressed Yuan Chaoliang sounded sarcastic.

Before Yuan Chaoliang could react, several men not wearing monks' robes suddenly gripped their weapons and pressed towards him, fixing their gazes on the monk's vital points.

At the same time, the experts from Enryakuji Temple also went to meet them, and the two sides were immediately on the verge of exchanging blows.

Yuan Chaoliang waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, Lord Li isn't dead yet. If we start fighting now, do you want us all to die at his hands?"

Only then did both sides slightly suppress their hostility.

Li Miao, watching from afar, took in the commotion and pondered as he channeled his protective inner energy.

"It seems that these two parties are not truly cooperating."

"Yes, both sides fought fiercely in Honshu, leaving corpses strewn everywhere. It is also true that the monks of Enryakuji Temple massacred Shinto followers. The two sides are indeed enemies, but they have maintained a certain degree of tacit understanding for some reason."

"That priest just now said that they had been preparing for this siege ever since I breached Izumo Taisha... So both Shintoism and Buddhism know where Bodhidharma's body is."

"The root of their collaboration lies with the two founders."

Yuan Chaoliang looked over at Li Miao, their eyes meeting.

He narrowed his eyes.

"That witch was indeed lying!"

"If we relied solely on the warrior monks of Enryakuji Temple, we definitely wouldn't have been able to defeat him today... Fortunately, he was too arrogant, giving us enough time to prepare!"

Yuan Chaoliang said in a deep voice.

"Although our assessment of his strength was somewhat off, we are not without our advantages—his pale complexion and lack of energy indicate that he was injured by the demon sealed at Izumo Taisha, and the injury was severe."

In front of the monks of Enryaku-ji Temple, he actually referred to Daruma as a "demon." The monks of Enryaku-ji Temple, however, showed no reaction, seemingly already accustomed to and accepting of this title.

Yuan Chaoliang stretched out his hand and gestured forward.

“I have prepared a method, but I need you all to step forward and test just how tough his protective true qi really is.”

The monk who had just spoken to him snorted coldly.

"That sounds nice, but is it a test?"

He also gestured towards Li Miao.

"Why doesn't your Shinto sect test that demon? Is it because you don't want to?"

Yuan Chaoliang smiled.

"Of course I'll go."

He spoke to several of his men.

"Amaterasu is watching over you." Whoosh!
Before he finished speaking, several experts from the Shinto sect suddenly vanished from their spot, stepping on the heads and shoulders of the monk soldiers, and charged towards Li Miao.

The monk snorted coldly. The two sides were enemies, not friends, and their cooperation, brought together by a shared understanding, was inherently fragile. Since Yuan Chaoliang had shown sincerity, he could no longer refuse, otherwise the cooperation would crumble in an instant.

With the partnership broken, Yuan Chaoliang could leave, but Enryakuji Temple was nearby, and he would not be able to escape Li Miao's clutches—he did not want to face Li Miao alone.

Then he suddenly waved his hand.

"Go, slay the demons, and protect the Buddha."

"Yes!"

The remaining monks also gripped their weapons and charged towards Li Miao along with the Shintoist masters.

"Aha--"

Li Miao yawned.

"Finally, they're willing to pull out something real?"

Before he could finish speaking, a flash of cold light suddenly shot out from among the monks on the side, striking the protective aura and stopping with a cracking sound. The Shinto swordsman from Japan had a solemn expression. He had expected that he would not be able to cut through Li Miao's protective aura, but he had not expected that he would not even be able to make a crack.

Li Miao tilted her head and looked at him.

"Is there anything even stronger?"

He narrowed his eyes.

"As you wish!!!"

With a roar, he abruptly stepped back, sheathing his sword. Then, blood suddenly flowed from all seven orifices. His muscles twisted and shifted, his body drastically changing, transforming into a completely different form within a few breaths.

"Alas."

But this elicited a sound of disgust from Li Miao.

Because this swordsman was originally a burly man, after activating the Divine Sword Technique, his face transformed into the appearance of a heavily painted geisha, and even his demeanor became as coy as a woman's.

Fishing cages, flower-filled streets, drunken awakening.

In Japanese legends, sword hilts are said to have become spirits, wandering through the ruins of brothels and slaying passersby.

Please take a look.

Swish!
The katana was drawn and slashed towards Li Miao with a whooshing sound.

clang!
The katana snapped in two, the blade flying out and piercing through the head of a monk soldier.

It seemed like a defeat, but the swordsman's expression remained unchanged as he simply sheathed the remaining half of his sword.

The legendary Pokémon, who was drunk and awakened in the Flower Street, was originally a monster who used a broken blade to kill passersby!
The next instant—whoosh!

The broken blades whistled, and a cold glint flashed!
clang!
Another gap appeared on the broken blade.

Li Miao suddenly burst out laughing.

"This is decent."

He channeled the protective true energy that had been slightly breached into a giant hammer, which slammed down on the swordsman, sending him flying.

But the next moment, several Shinto swordsmen had already slipped out of the crowd while he was distracted, their figures already transformed into various gods and monsters!

Yasha Crow and Zhenxi Hachiro are in charge!
Snake Bone Woman, Qingfang Master, Mountain Lama!
These were all powerful demons from Japanese legends, and the cold light from their blades filled Li Miao's vision!

At the same time, the Amanto warriors of Enryakuji Temple leaped into the air, and five naginata slashed down towards Li Miao's head.

The lineage of Buddhism is not the same as that of Shintoism. They are more like the complete lineage of the Central Plains, with powerful internal energy circulating in their bodies and their skin and flesh shimmering with the dark light that appears when the external martial arts are practiced.

Woo!
Five-handled tachi and five-handled naginata.

In an instant, they crashed down on Li Miao from all directions!
(End of this chapter)