Chapter 374: Shrine 2

The thick Spirit Power on Zhang Sanfeng surged like a rushing river into the Yin Yang Dharma Sword in his hand; then, with his right hand forming a sword seal, he pointed forward, and the Yin Yang Dharma Sword grew in the wind, transforming from one inch wide and two feet long into a behemoth three meters wide and over thirty meters long.

At this moment, the Yin Yang Dharma Sword was like a black and white mountain peak, hovering above Yasukuni Shrine.

Yin and Yang Spirit Power swirled around it, with Yang within Yin and Yin within Yang, causing the Yin Yang Dharma Sword to shine with boundless light and shake the mountains and rivers.

"Break for me!" Zhang Sanfeng let out a loud shout, and the massive Yin Yang Dharma Sword smashed down violently; the compressed air emitted a series of explosions as it struck Yasukuni Shrine with unstoppable force.

When Meng Yifan and Zhang Sanfeng arrived outside Yasukuni Shrine, Abe Taimei had long since led the remaining Onmyoji and Ninja to stand in battle formation.

Watching the Yin Yang Dharma Sword descend from the sky, Abe Taimei's expression was grave as he violently waved the triangular dharma flag in his hand.

"Hum!" Following a buzzing sound, the Defensive Array within Yasukuni Shrine was activated, and a milky-white protective shield appeared above the shrine, blocking the path of the Yin Yang Dharma Sword.

"Boom!" The massive Yin Yang Dharma Sword collided with the protective shield of Yasukuni Shrine, like a comet striking Earth, producing a deafening roar that shook the ground.

Residents ten kilometers away from Yasukuni Shrine felt as if a magnitude seven earthquake had occurred; houses shook violently, and then, amidst the panic of the crowd, they collapsed one after another.

Inside Yasukuni Shrine at the center of the collision, however, everything was safe and sound; that shield, radiating a misty aura, although dented by the impact of the Yin Yang Dharma Sword, remained unbreakable, stubbornly blocking the sword's assault.

"Damn! This defense is quite formidable," Meng Yifan thought, secretly alarmed.

Judging by the destructive power, Zhang Sanfeng's full-force strike was comparable to the explosion of a small Mushroom Bomb.

Since the defensive shield of Yasukuni Shrine could withstand a strike from the Yin Yang Dharma Sword, it meant that even if the capital of Dongying were carpet-bombed by Mushroom Bombs, Yasukuni Shrine would remain unscathed.

"Hmph! A single layer of shielding wants to stop this old man? Yin-Yang Millstone, annihilate it for me! Today, I shall embark on a great slaughter to avenge the old friends who sacrificed themselves back then!"

Zhang Sanfeng shouted, waving his large sleeve, and a sky-covering Yin-Yang Millstone appeared outside the shield, spinning rapidly to crush the protective shield of Yasukuni Shrine.

"Creak! Creak!" The protective shield of Yasukuni Shrine twisted and deformed, emitting an unbearable squeaking sound, but like plasticine, although it kept deforming, it simply would not break.

The array inside Yasukuni Shrine was laid out by a great power; it could not only gather the Faith Power of all of Dongying, but the cultivators presiding over the array, sitting on the one hundred and eight array eyes within, could each bear a portion of the attack force the array sustained.

Although Zhang Sanfeng was a Fifth-grade Lower-tier Immortal Cultivator with formidable attack power, once it was divided into one hundred and eight parts, Abe Taimei and the other Dongying experts could barely withstand it.

Both sides fell into a stalemate; Zhang Sanfeng's internal Spirit Power was very thick, but facing a large group of Dongying cultivators alone, his Spirit Power was consumed rapidly, yet he remained unable to destroy the protective shield of Yasukuni Shrine.

"Master, I have come to lend you a hand!" Meng Yifan stood in the void, violently swinging the Ghost Head Blade in his hand, and a blade aura over thirty meters long slashed toward the protective shield of Yasukuni Shrine.

Abe Taimei had been prepared; he sat at the center of the array, gripping a crystalline, brilliant seal.

"Gentlemen! A great enemy has invaded; the shrine needs your help. Let us be of one mind and resist the strong enemy together," Abe Taimei shouted.

As long as they were Dongying commoners who had piously worshipped at Yasukuni Shrine, Abe Taimei's shout echoed in their minds; they froze for a moment, then one after another knelt toward the direction of Yasukuni Shrine, pressed their palms together, prayed silently, and contributed their Faith Power.

The Faith Power of hundreds of millions of Dongying commoners gathered from all directions, like an endless ocean, merging into the seal in Abe Taimei's hand.

The Faith Power of one person was like an insignificant water droplet, but the Faith Power of hundreds of millions gathered together was a surging, vast ocean.

This was a powerful force; to control this power, one needed at least the strength of a Fourth Grade High Rank or above.

"Hum! Hum!" The seal seemed to be activated, trembling continuously and shining with boundless light; holding this seal, Abe Taimei looked as if he were holding a shining little Greater Yang.

At this moment, the seal, having gathered a massive amount of Faith Power, was a heavy treasure of the nation, weighing ten thousand jin.

Abe Taimei was merely a Fourth-Rank High-Grade Onmyoji; his strength was limited, and he was fundamentally unable to drive this seal.

But with a great enemy at the gates and Teacher Kamo no Tadayuki at the critical moment of a breakthrough, Abe Taimei had to fight on, even if it meant risking his life.

No matter what, Yasukuni Shrine could not be destroyed; it housed a large number of heroic spirits who had fought for the country and was also the pillar of faith for all the commoners of Dongying.

If this place were destroyed, it would be a devastating blow to the faith of all Dongying commoners.

Abe Taimei formed a seal with his right hand, tapped his own glabella and dantian, and also unleashed a Forbidden Technique, stimulating all his potential to forcibly increase his combat power.

As his potential was stimulated, Abe Taimei's hair stood on end, his clothes fluttered without wind, and a powerful energy fluctuation emerged within his body; at this moment, he already possessed the combat power of a Fourth Grade Middle Tier.

"Fourth Grade Middle Tier, not enough, the strength is still not enough, continue to increase."

Abe Taimei formed a seal with his right hand and tapped his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys again.

The five viscera are what store the spirit, blood, Qi, and soul.

These five viscera are not only crucial for ordinary people, but for cultivators, they are also of the utmost importance, containing the cultivator's Life Source.

"Ah!" The five viscera suffered a heavy blow, and as the intense pain arrived, Abe Taimei's body trembled, and he let out a heart-rending wail.

At the same time, his Life Source was stimulated, and waves of powerful energy surged out from the five viscera, causing Abe Taimei's strength to increase once more, becoming a Fourth Grade High Rank Onmyoji.

"That's about it, I can fight now." Feeling the powerful energy surging through his meridians, Abe Taimei gripped the seal again; the seal, which originally weighed ten thousand jin, was finally lifted by him.

"Strengthen the defense!" Abe Taimei shouted, the seal in his hand flashing with light, and waves of powerful Faith Power merged into the array; the protective shield of Yasukuni Shrine thickened instantly, and diamond-shaped patterns appeared.

Originally, Zhang Sanfeng's Yin Yang Dharma Sword and Yin-Yang Millstone had kept the shield constantly twisting and deforming, but with the infusion of a large amount of Yin-Yang power, the defensive power of Yasukuni Shrine's shield increased greatly, becoming indestructible.

Not only could Zhang Sanfeng's attacks not break the shield, but the shield also emitted a powerful rebounding force, bouncing both the Yin Yang Dharma Sword and the Yin-Yang Millstone away.

Just at this moment, Meng Yifan's Ghost Head Blade also slashed onto the shield.

"Creak! Creak!" Meng Yifan's attack power was much stronger than Zhang Sanfeng's; even though the shield of Yasukuni Shrine had been bolstered, it was still slashed into a large dent.

Abe Taimei and the other experts sitting at the array eyes were all struck as if by Thunder, and they all spat out a mouthful of blood.

For this result, Abe Taimei had been prepared; sitting at the main array eye, he bore the strongest attack.

At this very moment, Abe Taimei's body was tottering; in the blood he had just spat out, there were even fragments of internal organs. He knew that regardless of the outcome of the battle, he would certainly die this time.

Knowing he would die, Abe Taimei still persisted in fighting; his gaze remained firm, viewing death as a return home, and he continued to fight.

Abe Taimei spat out another mouthful of blood, gripped the seal, pointed forward, and the vast Faith Power merged into the shield.

"Huh!" Meng Yifan was startled; that dented part of the shield actually acted like a compressed spring, rebounding violently, and a blade aura almost identical to his own rushed toward Meng Yifan.