Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 277 Mandarin Duck Five: Eight hundred it is, let the East Sea be calm, and we will slay the gods and demons!

With a deafening roar, the surrounding clouds and mist were blasted apart by the shockwave, and Amakusa Shiro flew back in a different direction.

While still in mid-air, a series of teeth-grinding cracking sounds came from my body.

The terrifying scene of this earth-shattering collision of thunder and fire came not only from the super-powerful horsepower of the high-powered [Thunderfire Cardinal], but also from the lightning-fast flight speed of the Heavenly Child as he fled at full speed.

Even if the Mirage Cloud Dragon Ship remained stationary, the outcome wouldn't change much.

The only one to blame is that the blood sacrifice shikigami's [Burning Blood Escape Technique] had no brakes!
As Amakusa Shiro flew back, the Tiangong Treasure Ship, which had been transformed into a "turreted armored ship" under Wang Cheng's control, also shook violently and took a half step back on the spot.

There were no seatbelts on the ship, and a group of children, along with the evil crew members, all rolled around on the floor.

Even Wang Cheng lost his footing. Despite being prepared for the impact, he involuntarily fell forward until he was caught in Sister A Xiao's soft and fragrant embrace.

Looking up, one could see a huge human-shaped indentation on the bow of the warship.

The thinnest part in the middle faintly lets in the sunlight from the outside, while the radial depressions and cracks in the surrounding steel material are shocking to behold.

Fortunately, the seemingly dark hull was not actually made of steel, and no deadly metal fragments swept through the cabins after the collision.

It absorbed most of Amakusa Shiro's kinetic energy the instant it was damaged, transforming back into a dreamlike mirage, and is now slowly repairing itself.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's not repaired.

Amakusa Shiro, who had been deflected back, had fallen back into the hands of Yu Longqi Hu, and there was no longer any need to take action against the unfinished Mirage Cloud Dragon Ship.

Climb onto the deck and look out into the distance.

Amakusa Shiro's ship was hit even harder than the Mirage Unryu's.

The latter is flesh wrapped in iron, while he is flesh wrapped in god.

Bang bang bang.
After being hit and thrown into the air, it skipped more than a dozen times on the sea surface, smashing countless waves and fish, turtles, shrimp and crabs that blocked its way.

The shikigami surrounding him were instantly destroyed, with most of them exploding. The [Demon God Dharma Form] was left with severed hands and feet, and a lot of golden blood with a strong incense smell flowed out.

The physical body, which was encased within the Dharma Form, also suffered a severe blunt force trauma exceeding the Dharma Form's tolerance limit.

His internal organs were severely damaged. Not only was he bleeding from all seven orifices, but his skin was also covered with countless blood spots. Judging from this, even if he was left untreated, he would die if he didn't receive timely medical treatment.

"A righteous person has actually come to the rescue? This Japanese pirate leader's death is imminent!"

Yu Long and Qi Hu had not expected that someone could be secretly lurking here, suddenly appearing at the critical moment and cutting off Amakusa Shiro's escape route.

Overjoyed, he did not forget his business and reacted very quickly.

Yu Zhifu arrived by divine sword control, so the means he can use are limited.

But Qi Yuanjing's direct Qi family army is all here. Now that the formation has been broken and the soldiers and generals are united, even if the Japanese pirate leader fights like a cornered beast, he can no longer stir up any trouble.

He pulled a military treatise from his pocket and tossed it above his head. The cover had four large characters written on it: "New Book of Military Efficiency"!
He wrote this last year, in the thirty-ninth year of the Shaozhi reign, while serving in Wuzhou.

After it spread, it was regarded as a treasure by the coastal officers and generals who were still full of patriotism and had the desire to kill the enemy and serve their country. It was so popular that "anyone who had troops to rely on worshipped it".

It naturally transformed into a unique secret manual on military strategy.

In comparison, Amakusa Shiro could only clumsily borrow Zhao Kuo's military theories from two thousand years ago, while Qi Hu had long been a renowned military master who combined theory with practice!

He shouted loudly:
Where are the temple's ghost soldiers [Yuanyang Wu]?

"General, here!"

The elite troops of Qi Jiguang's army, the Temple Army Ghost Soldiers [Yuanyang Wu], totaling eight hundred men, also caught up by boat after cutting through the fleeing Japanese pirates on land.

Maintaining 800 elite temple soldiers is already the maximum number of personal guards that the current top-ranking generals of the Great Zhao Dynasty can command.

A simple reading of history will tell you that reaching this number of core elite troops is actually not a small number; many famous battles involved eight hundred men.

Huo Qubing: Eight hundred it is! We will seal the wolf's lair and crush the Xiongnu's courage!

Zhang Liao: Eight hundred it is eight hundred! Their might shook Xiaoyao Ford, and the 100,000 Wu soldiers were terrified and retreated!
Emperor Taizong of Tang: Eight hundred it is, let's fight at Xuanwu Gate, the strongest Khan of the 7th century! Dad, eldest brother, third brother, I love you all.

Emperor Chengzu: Eight hundred it is. We are acting in accordance with the will of Heaven to quell the rebellion. I am the rightful heir. Who agrees and who disagrees?

Even if eight hundred strong laborers were sent to Wang Cheng's arsenal, they could still earn a net profit of 1,200 taels of silver per month, making it an easy win.

These "Mandarin Ducks" paid the price of "never lying for life and having no guile" in exchange for the unique skill of "Tiger's Enemy".

The Mandarin Duck Formation consists of 12 people. It can form a large formation or disperse into a small formation, making it adaptable to various terrains. It is named Mandarin Duck because of its symmetrical cooperation.

The [Tiger Warriors] allow each of them to transform the Japanese pirates they kill into personal accomplices, with a maximum of twelve pirates. Only one person is needed to form a Mandarin Duck Formation!
With the blessing of the secret military manual "New Book of Military Efficiency", the black and red military aura rolled down, and the size of this temple army ghost soldiers suddenly expanded to nearly ten times.

Behind each pair of mandarin ducks stood at least seven or eight Wokou (Japanese pirates) disguised as spies, surrounding Amakusa Shiro, who had finally managed to climb out of the water.

Yu Long and Qi Hu strode forward, with Qi Hu taking the lead this time.

The tip of the [Divine Might Raging Water Gun] in his hand drew in the military energy from all directions, illuminating a dazzling point of blazing white light.

A flash of cold light appeared first, followed by the spear thrusting out like a dragon.

Amakusa Shiro's naginata had long been knocked away, leaving him without a defensive weapon. He could only grit his teeth and draw a golden pentagram in the air to block the Dharma Image.

Yin-Yang Technique: Golden Screen!

Bang!
The central spear, the king of spears, cannot be blocked high, nor can it be taken low; the middle point is the hardest to defend against! Compared to the back-and-forth fighting at the beginning, he was now completely defeated when facing Qi Yuanjing, who was now in his "complete form" with the military formation.

As he sheathed his gun, one arm each from his physical body and his avatar flew off, followed immediately by another shot.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Amakusa Shiro tried his best to suppress his screams, and had Umibozu, who was also half-dead from the impact, stand in front of him.

Qi Yuanjing's expression remained unchanged. No matter what moves they used, he would defeat them with a single spear thrust.

Bang!
Tendouji crushed the rose rosary around his neck again, and his powerful Yin-Yang techniques and divine arts collapsed one after another under the spear. In no time, all the shikigami under his command were dead.

The Japanese pirate leader was finally driven to the brink of despair. With no way out, his face contorted in a grotesque expression and his bleeding orifices made him look like a demon.

But at this moment, the person he hated most was not Yu Long or Qi Hu, but the "passerby" who cut off his way out!
In a fleeting glimpse, it appeared to be a pitch-black iron warship, but thinking about it, it was impossible; how could iron float on water?

It must be an illusion woven for him by another living ghost or deity.

"Damn it! You really deserve to die! No matter what I just bumped into."

I curse you to never have the chance to bask in the glory of the Lord in this lifetime, and to be forever trapped in this hell on earth from which there is no escape!

what--! "

With a shrill roar, he was then pierced through the heart by Qi Yuanjing's spear.

Even the national treasure, "Talking About War on Paper," was knocked away by the latter with a single spear thrust, caught in his palm, and thus the treasure belonging to China was returned to its rightful owner.

A tattered corpse fell, but the ghostly deity transformed into a stream of light and escaped using wind magic.

In theory, if a person cultivates to the highest level of the third rank of the living ghost realm and is fortunate enough to "not perish" after death and enjoy sacrifices, they will return to their "divine position" and will not be able to directly interfere in the human world.

In the sense of the living world, he is truly dead.

He could only return to the mausoleum he had built in advance, transforming into a local deity trapped in one place.

From then on, they would be unable to leave their mausoleums and temples. Once the army attacked and destroyed the mountains and temples, they would almost certainly die. If they held on for too long, they would lose, and no matter how strong they were, there would be no way to stop them.

Even if they were to bestow blessings upon believers according to their authority during their lifetime, they could not directly manifest their divine power. Instead, they would need to use officials such as shamans, priests, Taoist priests, spirit mediums, altar attendants, and sorcerers as mediums.

Of course, in dire circumstances, they can also try to reincarnate by sacrificing themselves to fulfill their spiritual purpose.

However, compared to those demons who naturally reincarnate at the fifth rank, their souls have long been nourished by incense offerings.

Success is only possible if one abandons all conscious thoughts, that is, the memories of the previous life, and retains only the pure spirit.

However, in this situation, it is almost impossible to break through the mystery of the womb and awaken innate wisdom; after growing up, one will only become another "me".

No ghost or deity would do this unless absolutely necessary.

Therefore, when the physical body of a living ghost or deity dies, it can be basically concluded that the cause and effect in the human world has been severed, and he is truly dead.

Just like Old Wang, the Prince of Jinghai.

However, there was clearly something wrong with Amakusa Shiro. He did not fall asleep in the corpse, nor did he return to the mausoleum. Instead, he escaped normally.

This person is not only an Onmyoji (a practitioner of Yin-Yang philosophy), but also a priest of the Holy Cross Church.

The other side of [God's Name] was revealed during the escape; its appearance was that of a pure white angel.

Wearing a golden bird-beak mask, she appears as a half-human, half-bird, holding a cross sword in one hand and a cross in the other, with a pair of pure white wings on her back, giving her a truly holy air.

These Eastern converts may never have visited the Western Paradise described in the scriptures, yet they project all their beautiful imaginations and idealized visions onto that world.

It also left all the ferocity, ignorance, and backwardness to the native civilization that nurtured it, which can be considered a unique feature of the East since the Age of Exploration.

The key issue is that the Church of the Holy Cross is clearly very generous to the only high-sequence "Heroic Spirit" it has developed in Yingzhou.

The angel's face was wrapped in blood-stained linen, covering his eyes—a relic, fragments of the Son of God's Shroud.

The Holy Son's other abilities were average; even ordinary soldiers could nail him to the ground. However, his extraordinary ability to resurrect himself after seven days was unmatched.

Physical death does not mean spiritual death; there is still a chance to start over.

Wang Cheng caught a glimpse and immediately understood the treasure's true nature.

I was just about to remind the two living spirits.

"kill!"

The overwhelming military aura of the [Mandarin Duck Squad] surrounding Amakusa Shiro, along with thousands of Japanese pirates, surged down like a wave, momentarily slowing the angel's movements. Yu Zhifu, who had been guarding Qi Yuanjing's side, suddenly slashed down with his sword.

just listen
Click!

In an instant, he severed Amakusa Shiro's heavily wounded [Demon Name], causing the latter's aura to suddenly weaken, almost causing him to fall from the realm of demons and gods.

"what--!"

With a scream, it transformed into holy light and vanished rapidly.

From this point on, regardless of whether Amakusa Shiro could survive or not, the Great Zhao Dynasty could no longer be put on high alert.

(End of this chapter)