Chapter 229 Attack!

"Attack!"

Regardless of what was in front of them, whether it was a person, a ghost, a Buddha, or a demon, if they didn't attack now, there would be no chance! This was the feeling that Takatora Todo had at this moment. This yellow sea was calm, a scene of deathly stillness. The blood-red mist contained ghosts and apparitions, with layers of illusory shadows constantly drifting!

The warships opened fire together. In an instant, cannons and iron guns roared, and gunpowder exploded. Divine bows and angry arrows were unleashed in unison. Several rays of divine light transformed into long arcs, like sword qi, spear halos, and saber beams, turning into the power of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire—crashing towards the black-robed immortal like a heaven-covering, sea-surging tide!

"This person is definitely not simple!"

On Takatora Todo's warship, the most powerful of the military commanders was Tadakatsu Honda, followed by Yoshimitsu Mogami, the temporary commander-in-chief of the western front. Several months ago, after feigning defeat at Jishan, they were supposed to retreat to Ulsan to defend. However, along the way, Japanese troops in many places suddenly counterattacked, cooperating with the Ming army to break through the cities they were stationed in. This strange situation baffled them. After killing many of their own men, they had no choice but to flee to the eastern port and join Takatora Todo.

In the earliest war to defend the pass, although ordered to deliberately lose, Tadakatsu Honda had still fought the Ming army's Black Tiger General Liu Ting to a standstill. Relying on his treasured weapon, "Tombo-giri" (蜻蜓切, Dragonfly Cutter), he even steadily suppressed Liu Ting in the mid-range duel.

Tombo-giri, one of the "Three Great Spears of Japan," had a history closely related to Ieyasu's cursed sword Muramasa. This divine spear was also forged by a swordsmith of the Muramasa school. During the Warring States period more than a decade ago, Tadakatsu Honda had marched south and north with it, drinking countless blood, and it already possessed the "prototype of a divine weapon."

Using the blood of enemies to consecrate a demonic spear and forge it into a divine weapon was naturally impossible. Only after being refined by Emperor Jinmu, a "pseudo-immortal" who had deeply entered the realm of immortality, could it be transformed into a truly complete divine weapon.

However, even the prototype of a divine weapon was powerful enough. Using the essence and blood of enemies to evolve the weapon was Tadakatsu Honda's powerful reliance for being invincible on the battlefield.

But now, Tombo-giri, as a prototype of a divine weapon, was emitting endless sounds of fear and trembling incessantly when it sensed the black-clothed youth standing on the sea, between the waves. When Tadakatsu Honda looked over, he could even see several strands of military power soaring straight into the sky.

If he could seize it, Tombo-giri, with so much military power, would be enough to evolve into a complete divine weapon. But before that, he had to have the life to defeat the opponent.

It seemed that such a thing might only exist in his thoughts and fantasies, and would not happen so easily in the real world before him!

The bombardment of firepower, arrows, and divine light that covered the sky and sea suddenly collapsed before it could even touch the black-robed Taoist. Countless divine powers disintegrated and failed, and the gunpowder smoke stopped several feet in front of him, unable to advance, which greatly surprised Takatora Todo!

"It's fine if bows and crossbows are ineffective, but how can firearms not work!"

Even gods, demons, monsters, and immortals were not absolutely immune to firearms. Firearms were an important means for humans to fight against these strange existences, especially when attacking monsters and other strange and ferocious things. The power of firearms was enormous. The Ming Dynasty also used a large number of firearms in a wave-like attack to block the vast monster army and keep them outside the Korean defense line.

On the Japanese warships, countless samurai, generals, and soldiers were all stunned.

Ji Xiaoli stood still, without moving an inch. At this moment, when heaven and earth were silent and the smoke gradually dissipated, he took a step on the sea.

This step seemed to turn heaven and earth upside down. The sea was in the sky, and the sky became the sea. As a result, all the warships were overturned, and everyone fell into the sea of suffering!

Waves rose on the sea, and Ji Xiaoli walked on them as if on flat ground. The aura he emitted also allowed Takatora Todo, Tadakatsu Honda, and others who had fallen into the sea of suffering to perceive something clearly!

"This...."

Tadakatsu Honda sensed it for a moment, and suddenly his expression changed drastically, filled with disbelief! Then he pulled himself out of the waves of the sea of suffering, and a divine image gradually manifested on his body. Instead of retreating, he advanced, stopping three steps away from Ji Xiaoli.

At this moment, the color completely drained from Tadakatsu Honda's face, as if he had seen something incredible. He stood still, maintaining his divine image, holding one of the three great spears of the world, but without making any defensive or offensive posture, completely as if he had given up the fight!

But the other party had clearly done nothing!

He had merely walked towards him!

"Honda!"

Takatora Todo noticed that Tadakatsu Honda's condition was not right. The black-robed Taoist was about to approach him, but this number one warrior in the world, the brave general with the title of Heihachi the Demon and Peerless in the East, was standing on the sea like a fool, holding one of the three great spears, but not making any defensive or offensive posture, completely as if he had given up the fight!

But the other party had clearly done nothing!

He had merely walked towards him!

"This...this...."

Takatora Todo heard a similar terrified voice coming from behind him. He turned his head and saw Yoshimitsu Mogami appearing on the sea. But this brave general, like Tadakatsu Honda, was staring at the black-robed Taoist, trembling all over. Fortunately, Yoshimitsu Mogami was not too close, so after the color drained from his face, he still maintained a trace of consciousness!

"It's qi and blood! The other party's qi and blood, it's not something a human can possess!"

"What do you mean?" Takatora Todo quickly asked.

"Too vast! Those blood-colored mists, the blood mists floating in this strange world...they are the qi and blood emitted from his body!"

Hearing this, Takatora Todo's pupils shrank suddenly, and a huge sense of foreboding instantly surged into his heart, along with a great fear!

Yoshimitsu Mogami's expression became even more terrified: "This is bad. Firearms are effective against gods, demons, ghosts, and even immortals and Buddhas. Moreover, the more ferocious the thing is, the greater the power of firearms. But, but!"

"I once heard someone say that if a person's own qi and blood are strong enough, then they will not be harmed by swords or firearms. Think about it, a ghost can kill a strong man, but a musket may not be able to kill this strong man. But for a ghost, this shot is enough to make him vanish into thin air."

"So, the only thing in this world that is not affected by external forces is one's own qi and blood. A person who solely uses qi and blood to become the strongest in the world...I thought such words were nonsense!"

"But I also know some immortals in our country.... Since ancient times, I have never heard of anyone having such powerful qi and blood!"

The qi and blood were released outwards, so that even the firearms nearby were shattered by this vast qi and blood, and neither smoke nor flames could approach. In other words, regardless of whether the other party was an immortal, a god, a ghost, or a demon, if firearms could not harm them, then there was no need to talk about defeating him with ordinary weapons!

Use divine weapons.... But that wouldn't be of much use either!

Takatora Todo became terrified. His two dragon pearls had lost their effect in this strange sea. At this moment, Tadakatsu Honda, who had been shocked by the qi and blood, suddenly regained his senses. He was covered in sweat, and his expression was filled with fear, but he did not retreat. Instead, he roared at Ji Xiaoli despite the fear in his heart, and swung the great spear in his hand!

When the power of this spear fell, the sea of suffering was also split into a vast water line!

Bang!

The spear blade fell and was grasped by Ji Xiaoli with one hand.

At this moment, even the wind stopped. The fierce attack was resolved. With a sound of "Pure World," the scenery before Tadakatsu Honda's eyes began to change. Everything, whether it was the blood-colored mist or the yellow sea water, disappeared completely.

A sword blade appeared before his eyes.

"Damn it!"

Tadakatsu Honda's eyes were bloodshot, and his divine image was fully manifested at this critical moment!

His form was that of a Bhikkhu (Buddhist monk), wearing a kasaya (Buddhist robe), with a blood-red sun behind him, holding a six-ringed staff in his right hand and prayer beads in his left hand, and wielding Tombo-giri. Between heaven and earth, the light of gods and Buddhas intertwined, and hundreds of thousands of huge arrows appeared out of thin air in an instant!

"Hachiman Daibosatsu!" (八幡大菩薩, Great Bodhisattva Hachiman)

Tadakatsu Honda's roar resounded through the sea of suffering. The divine sword was thrust forward, but it was struck by hundreds of giant arrows and lost its trajectory. Ji Xiaoli raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this, and all the arrows in the sky shot towards Ji Xiaoli again!

Hachiman Daibosatsu has been widely worshiped as the god of war and archery since ancient times. There are more than four hundred shrines in Japan that enshrine this god, and the prosperity of his incense is unmatched by other gods. This vast incense exploded on Tadakatsu Honda!

"I have never exerted such power even when fighting Liu Ting! Burn my blood, burn my soul, sacrifice my body, and gather the incense of all worlds in one person! God and Buddha united, unparalleled in the world!"

"Shinbutsu-shūgō!" (神仏習合, syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism)

Tadakatsu Honda's appearance not only transformed into the image of Hachiman Daibosatsu. As he cast his magic, divine power and Buddhist Dharma intertwined. Behind the great god Hachiman Daibosatsu, there was even a more blurred divine form!

This surprised Ji Xiaoli, and he couldn't help but speak out.

"Most of the living beings in this world only have one form and spirit. Even if they obtain a divine position and can manifest the appearance of a god, it is ultimately borrowed and does not belong to them. But you Japanese have the art of ghosts and gods, and can borrow the form of ghosts and gods in the body. This appearance now, from the feeling, is a bit different from the ghosts and gods I have seen."

"You are a bit strange."

The two forms of god and Buddha, one of which was actually manifested on the main body. This was similar to the White-Faced Zhenwu form and spirit in Ji Xiaoli's body. It was not a borrowed form and spirit from a divine position, but a divine form and spirit that truly remained in his main body.

However, Xu Fu has been using the forms of ghosts and gods to prolong his own life. This extra divine form on Tadakatsu Honda's body is related to Tadakatsu Honda's main body. This is the first case Ji Xiaoli has seen, and he can be sure that it has nothing to do with Xu Fu, because he did not feel the disgusting aura of the ghost and god path.

In other words.....

If it wasn't accidentally taken from the outside, then was this divine form something he was born with?

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, your things are mine!"

Of course, Ji Xiaoli couldn't figure it out in this short period of time, but it didn't matter!

The Tongtian Mingyan (通天明烟, Heaven-Reaching Bright Smoke) surged out of his body!

A large amount of white smoke submerged Tadakatsu Honda. Before his spells could be cast, he heard a shout!

"Huangtian Baoying!" (皇天报应, Retribution of the Azure Heaven!)

The power of the gods and Buddhas that had already been cast was immediately interrupted. At this moment of pause, the white sea of clouds had already wrapped and swallowed him, and quickly withdrew after two or three breaths. Tadakatsu Honda had already lost his divine position, and even the divine form that appeared behind Hachiman Daibosatsu!

Lost, all lost!

"My divine power! My divine position, my....!"

Tadakatsu Honda was horrified, and a huge sense of weakness came over him the moment he was stripped of his divine power. But what followed was a sharp sword!

Ama-no-Habakiri (天羽羽斬, Heaven Feather Severer)!

The divine sword sealed the throat with blood. A huge bloody gash appeared on Tadakatsu Honda's neck, and the next moment, Ama-no-Murakumo (天業雲剣, Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven) also arrived. The two legendary divine swords, one before the other, sealed the throat with one sword and pierced the heart with the other!

Blood spurted out, and Tadakatsu Honda's primordial spirit did not escape. He fell into the sea of suffering just like that.

There was no blood in the sea, it was still a bitter yellow, and Takatora Todo, Yoshimitsu Mogami, and the others were cold at this time. Looking ahead again, a black shadow suddenly pressed down.

A large number of swords hung high, and white mist surged in all directions.

The vast qi and blood approached, and Yoshimitsu Mogami immediately bled from all seven orifices. Takatora Todo had the protection of a divine artifact, so his body did not shatter immediately, but he was also suppressed and unable to breathe. As a large number of swords turned slightly, those cold lights reflected desperate eyes!

Ji Xiaoli's breathing was as ear-piercing and roaring as wind and thunder, causing Takatora Todo's soul to collapse!

"Incapable, unwise, useless people."

"Hang your heads in the Eastern Sea, to show the enemies of Fusang!"

Takatora Todo raised his palm, his eyes mad: "Absolutely impossible...."

He tried to make a last stand! Since the divine artifact was useless, he would use swords to fight to the death.

But a large number of swords waved lightly.

The weapons in his hands had already vanished into thin air. His head remained, but his body shattered in an instant. As that primordial spirit manifested, Ji Xiaoli used his immortal path divine power for the first time in a long time.

An invisible hand locked this world, and the primordial spirit could not escape, making wails. Then he heard the last sentence before the soul perished.

"Shatter the void!"

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"The sea of suffering has swallowed these people, and the divine power has changed...."

The warship had disappeared, and the Japanese generals had all been buried in the sea of suffering. Even the world that was absolutely controlled by Ji Xiaoli had undergone changes.

The aura of fear sank into the depths of the sea of suffering. As these people died, all the seven emotions and six desires, all fears, were completed, giving rise to sprouts.

The existence that enters the sea of suffering will have their seven emotions and six desires confused, and its effect can even suppress the other party's cultivation and realm, and even damage experts at the immortal level.

After all, to become an immortal, the first thing is to cut off all worldly troubles, and once all worldly troubles make a comeback, they will become the nemesis of all immortals.

It's just that this divine power is not complete yet, and now it only has the effect of suppressing enemies and amplifying one's own power.

It still needs to continue.... Growth and devouring.