The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 573 God War
In the illusion, Susanoo simply plunged his arm into the dark sand. But outside the illusion, he precisely inserted his arm into the very center of the Corpse Lotus, a flower formed by the fusion of the legs and feet of countless monks' corpses.

"Roar!"

Susanoo threw his head back and roared!

His right arm snapped out!

It turned out that a giant sword was drawn from the heart of the corpse lotus!
Within the illusion, the pitch-black humanoid figure, entirely controlled by Li Miao's consciousness, frowned as it looked at Susanoo. Logically, once pulled into an illusion, without the approval of the master of Jizhao, even interaction with external things wouldn't allow it to be fully absorbed into the illusion.

But that giant sword was different.

The moment Susanoo grasped the greatsword, its hilt intertwined with the flesh of his hand, becoming inseparable. The inner energy flowing within Susanoo also traveled along the hilt, permeating the entire blade.

That sword was alive.

It was originally part of Susanoo.

Therefore, the moment it was pulled out, it simultaneously appeared in the illusion of silence.

Susanoo suddenly jerked his sword, hoisted it onto his shoulder, bent down, touched the ground with his left hand, and raised his eyes to stare intently at Li Miao.

Li Miao frowned as he examined the giant sword.

The sword is over ten feet long, with the hilt made of leg bone and several hand bones climbing up to it, the radius bone forming the guard. The spine is made of vertebrae, with ribs spreading out to both sides, enveloping countless bone fragments to form a rough blade.

At the top of the sword hilt, a skull is embedded, riddled with cracks, its jaw agape, as if emitting a mournful cry.

Li Miao laughed.

"It's your own fault."

Even after it was shattered and reassembled, even without flesh covering it, Li Miao could still tell that it was Yuan Chaoliang's head.

Moreover, that is the core where the true energy connects the giant sword and Susanoo.

Nearly ten thousand monks died at Enryaku-ji Temple. Why did Susanoo choose the broken skull of Minamoto no Asahi as the core instead of so many other skulls? It must be related to his Shinto identity.

In other words, perhaps Minamoto no Asahi didn't know that from the moment he stepped into Enryakuji Temple, from the moment he accepted the mission to intercept and kill Li Miao and left Ise Grand Shrine, he had already become a pawn destined to die.

Even if Jianzhen does not revive, Susanoo will still remove his head and use his skull to forge this giant sword.

Ten-fist sword.

Also known as Ame no Habakiri, it is a legendary weapon that is said to have slain the Yamata no Orochi, and was wielded by Susanoo.

Both sides looked at each other.

On one side is the Heavenly Demon, a being wholly formed from five elements. After being severely injured, he created a false body using the illusions of Jizhao and Xuanlan. Although his strength was slightly weaker, he was completely controlled by Li Miao's mind.

On one side is the legendary deity, Amaterasu, who personally passed down the means to stop the demons of later generations, and was formed from the flesh and blood of nearly ten thousand monks from the Ise Grand Shrine and Enryaku-ji Temple.

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

Then, in the next instant—it exploded!

Bang!
A massive amount of sand and gravel rose up, and Susanoo instantly closed the distance between himself and the black humanoid figure. His sword swept across, and the tip of the sword created a white sonic boom!
"Scared?"

The pitch-black human figure revealed its stark white teeth.

Despite the fierce attack, Susanoo maintained the distance between them at the tip of his sword, keeping Li Miao's fist attack range out of reach. In the brief exchange just now, he had already realized that when it came to close combat, even if his brute strength surpassed Li Miao's, he would only be torn to pieces by that ferocious fist technique!

His chance of victory lies between three feet and ten feet away!
But will Li Miao expose this weakness?

The masters who fell to him—the Emperor, Zheng Anqi, and An Qisheng—were all adept at fighting from a distance. If he had known this, he could have avoided them; Li Miao would have been dead long ago!
In a barely perceptible instant, Li Miao's fist pierced beneath the sword's edge and struck the blade with tremendous force!
clang!
The greatsword's horizontal sweep was deflected upwards, passing over Li Miao's head. At the same time, Li Miao raised his hand and grabbed the raised ribs on the Ten-Fist Sword.

"What a brain-dead, broken sword!" "Even a complete idiot who's new to the martial world knows not to put a handle on your sword that your opponent has to grab! With so many bumps and dents, is it begging me to grab it?!"

"A fool who values ​​style over life!"

The pitch-black humanoid suddenly swelled up, its pure black arms bursting out and slamming down!
Bang!
The sword was slammed into the ground.

Li Miao stepped onto the sword, took a few quick steps, climbed onto Susanoo's arm, and swept his leg towards Susanoo's head!

Bang!
His head exploded!

Li Miao's kick directly shattered Susanoo's entire head!

slam-la-

The sound of bones hitting the ground came from behind Li Miao; it was probably the bones clinging to the Totsuka Sword beginning to fall. At the same time, with a thud, Susanoo's headless corpse also knelt down.

It seems the struggle is over.

But the pitch-black humanoid face controlled by Li Miao grinned again, revealing gleaming white teeth. It raised its right fist and stabbed fiercely towards Susanoo's neck!
"Stop pretending!"

"If hitting your head doesn't kill you, I've already tried!"

"Get up and keep hitting!"

Whoosh!
A whooshing sound suddenly came from behind Li Miao.

Although it wasn't as powerful as the previous sword strike, it was even faster, more ruthless, and sharper!
Li Miao punched Susanoo into his cavity, rummaged around for a bit, and then leaped into the air.

The gleaming sword blade grazed Li Miao's side by a hair's breadth.

Susanoo's headless body stood up, leaped up, and chased after Li Miao.

Back when they first met, Li Miao had already pointed a finger at the body controlled by Jianzhen and successfully pierced through its skull, but Jianzhen still woke up as usual.

This body is not human.

It is not applicable to the vital points of the ordinary human body.

Susanoo wanted to use this method to lure Li Miao into a trap, but little did he know that Li Miao already knew this information before he even woke up, so how could he fall for it!

As it lunged into the air, countless bulging, sticky pieces of flesh emerged from Susanoo's cavity, roughly outlining a circle, and an eyeball emerged from within, scanning towards Li Miao.

The Totsuka Sword in his hand had also changed – the fragmented bones covering the sword had all fallen off, revealing the gleaming white blade inside.

The sand, flung into the air, swept across the sword's edge and was sliced ​​in two without the slightest pause.

Compared to its previous intimidating appearance that only made it look ridiculous in a fight, this incomparably sharp giant sword is worthy of the legendary name of the divine sword that slew the Yamata no Orochi!
"Roar!"

Susanoo let out a furious roar from his exposed trachea.

"They've finally decided to show us the real deal!"

As Li Miao's ascent drew near, his protective inner energy suddenly coiled around Susanoo's arm and pulled him away. The distance between them instantly vanished.

Li Miao raised his right fist and slammed it into Susanoo's chest. At the same time, the greatsword swept into Susanoo's waist. Just as it was about to reach his spine, it was smashed down by his left fist. It spun around, ripped out a large chunk of flesh, and then left Li Miao's body.

"Not painful enough! Not ruthless enough!"

"Hahaha—again!"

(End of this chapter)