Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

The other party's reckless treatment made Taiyi feel that he had gone too far in his provocation.

This is not good for wasting time.

However, looking at the demon army around him, Taiyi felt that it was time to open up a retreat route.

Otherwise, if these demon soldiers are kept in one place for too long, they will likely attract new reinforcements from the demon army.

It's time to move to another location to delay the pursuers.

After making up his mind, Taiyi kicked Achilles into the group of demons, causing them to panic.

Then he took a few steps back and came to the horse ridden by Zhu Rong.

His fingers pinched the edge of the half-face mask.

"Zhu Rong, cover your ears and close your eyes!"

Zhu Rong did not hesitate or ask any questions. Almost the next second after Taiyi gave the order, she did as she was told.

"Minamoto, Raikou--!"

Roll the names, tear off the masks, and summon the weapons, all in one go!

Taiyi held the vajra on his shoulders with both hands and pointed one end of the vajra in the direction of the gap.

Vajra·Directional Cannon Mode·Magic power is filled to 40%...Release the magic power and fire!

The dazzling lightning blasted forward in the form of a beam of light accompanied by thunder.

All the demons present who were not caught in the terrifying lightning column had their vision and hearing destroyed by the lightning and thunder.

If you want to restore your vision and hearing, you need to wait for at least three or four minutes.

Taiyi felt his body go empty and his knees went weak.

He immediately took off his weapons, put on the half-face mask again, then jumped onto the back of the warhorse that was also startled by the lightning and thunder. He put one arm around Zhu Rong's waist, patted her shoulder with the other hand, and put his mouth close to her ear to increase the volume.

"Open your eyes! Steady the horse!"

The noise just now was too loud. Even if Zhu Rong covered his ears, he would still be unable to hear what people were saying because of the thunder.

But as the wife of a wild southern barbarian chieftain, Zhurong has an instinctive way of controlling the creatures she often has to control.

So when Taiyi reminded her of the behavior of the warhorse jumping around and neighing after being frightened, she was already doing it.

When she opened her eyes, she had already controlled the warhorse.

But she was stunned by the scene before her.

In order to prevent the ground from being affected by the lightning beam, Taiyi deliberately controlled the diffusion of the light beam to prevent the ground from being burned and the war horses from being unable to stop.

I saw a wide road ahead.

The ground was littered with the remains of demon soldiers.

What happened just now?

Chapter 22 Zhu Rong: My daughter got married too early!

"drive!"

Zhu Rong, who had recovered from the shock, swung the reins suddenly and rode his horse towards the passage opened up by Taiyi.

By the time the demon army regrouped, Zhurong, Taiyi and the war horses had already disappeared from their monitoring range.

In the foothills, Zhu Rong rode his horse at a rapid gallop, waving the flames in his hands to cut the surrounding trees in half and cover up the traces left by the evacuated troops on the ground.

And deliberately leave some traces in another direction to guide the subsequent pursuers to deviate greatly from the direction of the evacuation troops.

Taiyi had already told her the city that Guan Yu and others were going to next. She didn't have to follow the retreat route of the evacuating troops, but could take a detour and head to Xuchang from the induced direction.

"Boy, what did you do before?" When everything was ready, Zhu Rong was driving his horse and concentrating on leading the pursuers behind him to the crooked path. Finally, he could not resist his curiosity and asked Taiyi how he had managed to open up such a wide retreat route in a short time.

"I used an unparalleled skill." Taiyi replied with a curl of his lips.

Although Zhurong was wearing little cloth, Taiyi really couldn't muster the interest that a man should have.

It’s not that he had just exerted too much effort and was exhausted both physically and mentally.

But... after the two of them had fought so hard in the heap of monsters, their bodies were filled with the smell of blood and sweat. In addition, Zhu Rong, as the wife of the tribal leader, had been honing her muscles for years, and her abdominal muscles were very hard, which made Tai Sheng unable to have any dirty thoughts.

Zhu Rong, on the other hand, didn't know if it was because the experience just now was too exciting, but Taiyi felt that the parts touched by his hands were burning hot.

“Unparalleled skills? Is this a skill unique to your world? It’s incredible, just like the wrath of the gods has descended.” Zhu Rong shouted excitedly.

"Come to think of it, kid, you came to this world not long ago, right? Which country do you belong to now? Cao Wei? Sun Wu? Or Shu Han?"

"Neither. I am still a neutral person and have never joined any force." Taiyi shook his head and replied.

"Really?" Zhu Rong slowed down the horse's speed and turned to look at Taiyi in surprise. "With your strength, how could these three families not try their best to win you over?"

"Maybe they tried to win me over?" Taiyi tilted his head and said unsurely, "But the way I understand it is a little different from the way you usually use it. Anyway, no one directly invited me to join."

"Really? Then you..." Zhu Rong's face lit up with joy, but then he collapsed again, "Tsk!"

"If you had come here a year or two earlier, I would have broken that girl's legs rather than agreeing to let her marry Guan Suo!"

Zhurong and Menghuo had a daughter named Huaman.

According to the plot of the opera, she should have had an affair with Guan Suo at the critical moment when Zhuge Liang went south to conquer Meng Huo seven times, and married Guan Suo after Meng Huo was subdued.

But when they were drawn into this world, both Shu Han and Nanzhong were still far from that time point.

However, Huaman fell in love with Guan Suo at first sight during the Tono-no-chi Rebellion several years ago, and married him last year when she reached the age of marriage.

If Huaman were still alive, she could have let Huaman marry the boy behind her, and then support this boy to become the next King of Nanzhong.

With this kid helping the Nanzhong army in retreating, with the strength he has demonstrated, plus his support and Huaman's commitment, I dare not say it is absolute, but it is almost certain that this kid will inherit the throne of King of Nanzhong.

But that's how things are, never quite as we wish.

……

The horses ran for an unknown amount of time, and from afar, Taiyi and Zhurong saw a city standing among the rugged rocks and strange plants.

"Zhu Rong, do you know where this is?" When Taiyi encountered an unfamiliar city, he immediately turned to ask Zhu Rong, who had lived in this world for several years.

"Wait, let me estimate the distance first." Zhu Rong tightened the reins and glanced back, "This direction... plus the speed of the warhorse... ah, it seems to be Kyushu? The territory of those ambitious people in the Japanese Warring States Period."

"Although it's not too far from Nanzhong, I don't like their sinister way of speaking. It always reminds me of Zhuge Kongming's military advisors who like to scheme and plot, so I have never had much interaction with them." Zhu Rong explained, "But I remember that when I came here last time, Jiuzhou didn't seem to be like this."

"How about we go find a store and have a good meal first?" Zhu Rong asked Taiyi for his opinion. "This warhorse has been running for so long, it's time to let it rest and eat some grass."

Of course, Zhu Rong also wanted to go into the city and find a hotel to freshen up.

Outsiders are not like the tribes in the south who don't like to have strange smells on their bodies.

Zhu Rong had a great liking for Taiyi. If her daughter had not been married to someone else, she would even want to find a good family for her daughter and let Taiyi become the King of the Southern Barbarians.

There was no other way in an emergency, but now that she had a chance to rest, she naturally hoped to wash off the smell of blood and sweat on her body, so that Taiyi could refresh his impression of the Nanzhong tribe's untidy nature.

It just so happened that it also gave her time to think carefully about whether there was any family in the tribe that had a good relationship with her family and had a young daughter who could be adopted by her and marry to this boy so as to win him over to become the king of South China.

"Well, but it's better to be careful." Taiyi reminded, "The world is in chaos now. No one can guarantee whether the person sitting on the high seat in the city of Kyushu is a local or a general of the demon army."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Rong immediately regained his vigilance which had just relaxed.

It was because they were too lax before that the demon army approached and the patrolling soldiers at the Nanzhong Fort Gate discovered them.

The communication was not timely, and at the same time when she and the leader Meng learned about the invasion of the demon army, the three main gates of the fort were breached by the demon army.

One step late, all steps late.

Not only was the fort gate not recaptured, but even the leader died in the war.

If there is anything she should be thankful for now, it is probably that when the news spread throughout Nanzhong, many people in Nanzhong fled with only some of their luggage.

Part of the army was also taken away from Nanzhong by Guan Yu and others, leaving a spark for Nanzhong's future.

Relax this mentality, just once is enough.

Zhu Rong gently kicked the horse's belly, tightly grasped the karma fire in his hand, and slowly drove the horse towards Jiuzhou City.

At this moment, people in Jiuzhou City had received the news that "two people were riding a horse towards the city."

The head of the Mori family was not interested in this and waved his hand to let his grandson deal with it.

Chapter 23: Maori Terumoto: I have a kind heart and cannot bear to see the blood flow like a river

Mori Terumoto stood on the steps of the fortress gate, looking at the two people riding on the same horse, and his brows twitched slightly.

Let’s not talk about the strange man at the back for now, but the man in the front, judging from his clothes, should be a member of the Nanzhong tribe.

But... Nanzhong should have been invaded by now, right?

So, these are refugees who escaped from Nanzhong and planned to seek refuge in their own country?

Maori Terumoto felt absurd in his heart, and then a feeling of sadness came over him.

He tilted his head to look inside the fort behind him. Apart from the foot soldiers of the Mori family, there were more soldiers of the demon army with green skin and white hair.

But Kyushu was not conquered by the demon army. Instead, from the very beginning, Kyushu's leader, Mori Motonari, the head of the Mori family, had reached a consensus and formed an alliance with Daji, the chief of the demon army.

They fled all the way from Nanzhong to Kyushu, but ended up escaping from the wolf's mouth and falling into the tiger's den...Mori Terumoto couldn't help but shed a tear for the two people below.

Although Mori Terumoto could not understand why his grandfather formed an alliance with Daji, because he had grown up listening to his grandfather's stories and was full of admiration for his grandfather, Mori Terumoto chose to follow his grandfather.

So he waved his hand and asked the foot soldiers at the gate of the fort to prepare to open the gate, and signaled the soldiers of the demon army to lurk around. After the two men entered the fort, they would close the gate and capture the two men in one fell swoop.

This is called... catching a turtle in a jar?

Seeing the gate of the fort wide open, Zhu Rong couldn't help but hold the karma fire tighter.

My goodness! The guy on the gate tower opened the gate without asking any questions. He was afraid that he would be suspected!

"Rush in while time is running out and their main forces have no time to gather." Taiyi reminded Zhu Rong in a low voice behind him, "After you go in, don't linger in the battle, just head towards the residential area, then hide in the residential area, eat, have a good rest, and then we will change horses and escape from the city."

"But be careful not to get tripped by tripwires or anything like that."

"Ah, leave it to me!" Zhu Rong took a deep breath and then swung the reins violently.

"drive!"

The war horses, which had been taught a lesson along the way, immediately stamped their hooves, bent their necks, and rushed into the fort.

Mori Terumoto thought that the two refugees were so excited because they saw a way to survive.

After all, Jiuzhou chose to ally with the demon army from the beginning, and no battle was fought. There were no signs of fighting around the fortress gate except for strange-shaped plants.

So he didn't think that these two people had any other intentions.

Therefore, without even making a gesture to alert the demon army, Mori Terumoto turned around and went straight down the stairs and turned into the small house next to him.

He was kindhearted and couldn't bear to see what was going to happen next.

But before he could sit down on the small stool, a frightened foot soldier rushed in from outside the door.

"Young Master! Something terrible has happened! Someone has been killed!"

"Tsk! Calm down!" Mao Li Terumoto, who was so startled that he almost fell off the stool, glared at him in dissatisfaction, "Straighten your tongue and make your words clear first!"

"Yes, yes!" The foot soldier pursed his lips and replied with a panicked look in his eyes, "Those two outsiders rode into our city on horseback, killed the demon soldiers who blocked the way, and ran towards the direction of the town!"

"Hmm... Huh?" Maori Terumoto was stunned for a moment. After his brain sorted out the information, he fell off the stool. "What, what's going on! Didn't I tell those foot soldiers of the demon army to hide and wait until the gate is closed before taking action?"

"Did you give this order?" The ashigaru was even more confused than Mori Terumoto. "You just waved your hand. Didn't it tell them to prepare for battle?"

"Damn it! Those demon bastards who have no tacit understanding with me!" Mori Terumoto hurriedly picked up his own sword from the shelf next to him and rushed out of the wooden house.

But when he came out, there were only a few fallen demon soldiers and the foot soldiers in chaos around the fort gate.

"…Why were only the foot soldiers of the demon army killed?" Mori Terumoto asked with some confusion, looking at the foot soldier behind him who had reported the news to him.

"Because at that time our people were driven to the back by the demon army to make tripwires." The foot soldier explained, "But obviously, before they could do it, those two rushed in and killed people indiscriminately."

"Shut up!" Seeing the foot soldier telling lies with his eyes open, Mao Li Terumoto's nostrils dilated.

How could he not know that the people below had always been resentful about cooperating with the demon army?

Working without putting in any effort has become the basic reality for the Ashigaru of the Mori family.

But what can he do?