The fog gradually dissipated, and a mountain city could be seen ahead.
The mountain is not very high, but under the mountain city are terraced fields, and at the foot of the mountain is the town, surrounded by water-filled farmland, one after another, very fertile.
"We're finally here." Pei Ziyun stopped, wiped his sweat, looked at the faintly visible mountain city, and then looked around: "It seems that the neighborhood is quite wealthy and stable."
Along the way, Pei Ziyun killed countless monsters. Mayumi Masuda, who was originally a little shocked, became numb as the progress progressed.
The wooden knife in Pei Ziyun's hand was even darker in color. Starlight shone in the sky, and silent faces could be seen struggling above it from time to time.
"Is Gangshan Castle ahead?" Pei Ziyun asked.
Even though Pei Ziyun was sure that there was a high probability that the mountain city was Okayama Castle, he still asked just in case. In this unknown environment, no one could be too careful.
Pei Ziyun confirmed again.
"Ah, sir, it is indeed Okayama Castle. I have been here once." Mayumi Masuda looked at it and answered in the affirmative.
"In that case, let's go in!" Pei Ziyun no longer hesitated and led the way to Okayama Castle.
"Sir, there are guards in every city and town."
"It doesn't matter, just follow me and you won't be noticed." Pei Ziyun said. It was still dark at this time and the surroundings were pitch black. Since Japanese castles are actually castles and are separated from residential towns, it was much more convenient. Although there were patrols team, but avoid the lanterns, and that's it.
The closer he got to the mountain city, the darker it became, and Pei Ziyun clearly felt that his power was somewhat suppressed.
But Mayumi Masuda didn't feel it at all.
On the contrary, Mayumi Masuda, who had gone through many turmoils all the way, lost all her fatigue. The closer she got to Okayama Castle, the more excited she became. She kept looking back and looking around, feeling that everything in front of her was very beautiful. She said in her mouth: "Sir, Machi It’s beautiful and has many buildings, which I’ve never seen before in the village!”
"Is this the tomb of a samurai?" After crossing the town and reaching the hillside, he saw a forest of mossy stone tablets on the side of the road. Pei Ziyun walked over and looked at the inscription. It turned out to be: "The Tomb of Kawai Yushu"
Not only this, there are not many tombs, but there are hundreds.
In addition to this, there was also a stone tablet. Mayumi Masuda looked at it, her excitement gradually subsided, and said: "The samurai here are all wearing armor, helmets, and long swords, and they bow to the mountain city."
"Oh why?"
"The samurai missed the kindness of the castle lord in guarding the town, so they were fully armed and guarded the hillside for protection."
"Really?" Pei Ziyun moved his steps and sighed: "Is it the kindness of the city lord and the loyalty of the warriors?"
The world is not black and white. For rural areas, the city lord may not be qualified for his job, but for mountain cities and the direct leaders living under the mountain cities, the city lord is a benevolent protector and the foundation of wealth and life. It does not actually matter if there are warriors who guard him to the death. Accident.
Pei Ziyun could see in his eyes that under the tomb were corpses that had not decayed, holding long knives. It was only because of his own strength that he did not wake up.
If he had not come here covertly and the people of the castle town were alerted, it would be very normal to stage a situation of "thousands of people attack in groups".
After a moment of silence, Masuda Mayumi asked: "Sir, do you really think that the city lord and the demon are colluding?"
"I'm sure of this." Pei Ziyun glanced at her and said, "Actually, you can really see it when you get to the city."
"I understand." Mayumi Masuda took a deep breath and followed.
There is a narrow sloping path on the hillside, and you can see the blue brick and white wall from a distance, as well as the Ichinomaru Castle Gate, guarded by soldiers holding spears.
"Turn over, don't disturb anyone."
It was not difficult. Pei Ziyun pulled her and jumped up to the city gate with just one jump. Then she jumped down. At this time, a patrolman slowly came over with a light. He immediately turned around and saw nothing strange. , said: "Hey, is it a mouse?"
After turning a corner, the city was still silent. Mayumi Masuda secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly she was stunned when a person appeared in front of her.
The man was wearing black clothes and his face could not be seen clearly, but he was tall and blocked the way forward.
Pei Ziyun looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him: "Well, you finally noticed it?"
"Hey, ordinary people can't detect you. Even a samurai would have a hard time detecting you. But I, Takeo Fujiki, am no longer a mortal." Takeo Fujiki lifted up the black clothes that blocked him, revealing the truth inside. In the wide black robe, there was An empty skeleton!
"Did it turn out to be a skeleton demon?" Pei Ziyun took a look, narrowed his eyes, and smiled: "Mayumi, you saw it, you saw the demon as soon as you entered the city."
"However, when I arrived in the city, I never thought that I could do it by being sneaky."
With that said, Pei Ziyun already held the wooden knife.
A little green light appeared in the skull's eyes: "Yamada Shinichi, I admit that you are a powerful warrior, and you still don't show signs of fatigue!"
"Even I am not sure of defeating you, but victory will eventually belong to us. Your life ends here - take action!"
The skeleton suddenly gave an order in Pei Ziyun's direction.
Masuda Mayumi didn't know what was going on. After this order, she suddenly took out a dagger from her arms. The blade of this dagger had a light blue color, which seemed to be quenched with highly toxic poison. The dagger flashed with red light and stabbed Pei Ziyun.
Fujiki Takeo looked at the knife that seemed to have penetrated Pei Ziyun's body and laughed: "Haha, no matter how nice you are to them, what's the use!"
"You have to know that they are no longer human!"
The green fire in Takeo Fujiki's eyes flashed faster, and his body was in excitement. It was so beautiful for a hero to die at the hands of ordinary people.
"I know, in fact, there are no real living people in this world!"
"They appear to be alive, but in fact they are still souls."
Pei Ziyun said lightly, turned around and exposed one side of his body. It turned out that Mayumi Masuda's dagger was tightly clamped between her fingers.
The red light on the dagger became even brighter, and Pei Ziyun's hand made a sizzling sound as if it was on fire.
Pei Ziyun let go of her hand, Masuda Mayumi withdrew her dagger and attacked Pei Ziyun again, her eyes full of despair.
Just now, Mayumi Masuda tried to control her body, but she sadly found that she could not resist the order and had no control over her body. She tried hard to stop her hands from moving, but she still couldn't stop her hands from continuing to attack Pei Ziyun. , finally, Masuda Mayumi was full of sadness, with tears in her eyes, and shouted: "Samurai-sama, I can't control myself!"
"Kill me, kill me!"
"If you have a chance, tell me at Tatsuya Asami's grave for me, I never blamed him!"
Mayumi Masuda was begging as she attacked.
Takeo Fujiki was shocked when he heard what Pei Ziyun said. He really didn't expect that Pei Ziyun could see through the reality of this world!
Just when Takeo Fujiki thought Pei Ziyun had already figured out a way to deal with it and Mayumi Masuda might be able to escape from control, she continued to attack.
"Ah haha, you made me laugh so hard. You said you have seen through the world!" Takeo Fujiki breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene and laughed: "With such a tone, I thought there was nothing you could do?"
"But that's not the result? You saved them, but they turned to kill you. What can you do, kill her, or be killed by her?"
Fujiki Takeo laughed, and at the same time wind appeared on his body, blowing his black robe open.
"No, choose neither of these two options." Pei Ziyun shook his head: "You know nothing about me!"
As he said that, he waved his hand and a ray of white light hit Mayumi Masuda. She who had been continuing to attack suddenly stiffened and froze.
Pei Ziyun looked at Takeo Fujiki and said, "The set time is only one minute, but it's more than enough for a monster like you!"
"Well, how did you do this?" Takeo Fujiki was a little shocked when he saw Pei Ziyun suddenly immobilizing Mayumi Masuda. Hearing the words that it would be solved in one minute, he suddenly smiled: "One minute, even if I am the strongest among the four heavenly kings, You are so weak, is this too arrogant? Guard, get up quickly."
The ground beneath his feet shook slightly, and pale hands stretched out from the ground.
"Originally I wanted to capture you alive and torture you to learn the secret technique from you, but since you said so, I won't let you go!" Takeo Fujiki was clearly retreating quickly, widening the distance between him and Pei Ziyun: " Even if I kill you, I can still get the news!"
At the same time, the wind on Takeo Fujiki's body became stronger. With a wave of his hand, the wind blew into the ground, and the bones that were already half exposed crawled out one after another.
At a glance, the ground was trembling, with pale hands stretching out one after another, and skeletons getting up little by little.
"This is exactly what I want." Pei Ziyun pounced and entered the skeleton.
Once inside, the skeletons all instinctively attacked and stabbed at Pei Ziyun.
The wooden knife was horizontal, and at first sight, a large white light rushed over. This large fire light immediately filled the corridor with white light. Each light spot was not big, but it targeted every skeleton.
"Ah!" As soon as the white light came into contact with the spirit of demons and ghosts, countless miserable howls rang out!
In an instant, the skeleton turned into hundreds of light spots, crying and howling, trying to escape, but with a "boom", it turned into fireworks.
"Ah!" The skeleton demon also screamed, but the gray and black air filled the air, and the white light became much weaker in an instant, and it was about to be extinguished.
Pei Ziyun rushed forward without hesitation.
"Military formation!" Takeo Fujiki raised the flag. As soon as the flag was raised, Pei Ziyun noticed something was wrong. It seemed that he was trapped in a viscous place, and he could not advance or retreat!
"Ridiculous!" Pei Ziyun flashed, and the armor appeared. He rushed forward, only to hear the sound of "pop", and sparks appeared in the air. It turned out to be traces of black air intercepted in the air like steel wires. At this time, they rubbed against the armor. , each root broke.
"Wind and Thunder Slash!" Pei Ziyun slashed with the wooden sword, and there was a "pop" sound, and an arc of moon shot out from the sword, flying out with the wind and thunder in it, and the blade became darker and darker.
"Poof!" The arc moon passed through, and there was a series of cracking sounds. The skeleton and the military flag were separated instantly. Before Fujiki Takeo had time to change his mind, the wooden sword slashed hard again.
"Boom" A large ball of rich ghost energy was like gasoline meeting water. The flames rushed out of the sky and flew straight into the sky.
(End of chapter)