Chapter 732: Sudden Visitors

Rumbling!

The heavy church doors fell backward in their entirety.

Four experts from the Commandant's Office entered instantly; two held blades and looked around, while the other two performed a somersault, landing in a half-crouch while holding firelocks.

With both long-range and close-quarters capabilities, they were sufficient to deal with most situations.

The people of this world were certainly not that stupid.

Drawing on his experience from his previous life, Li Yan had immediately formulated relevant tactics for the squad after the appearance of new-style gunpowder. Although the imperial court was slow to react, it was also constantly experimenting.

For instance, the Commandant's Office's Divine Gun Squad was specifically designed to deal with masters.

The interior of the church hall remained dim, torches flickered, and the pungent smell of spices masked a faint, rotting stench.

In front of the idol altar, a dense crowd of black-clad figures knelt.

Hearing the commotion, the black-clad figures were not panicked; instead, they stood up silently and turned around. Their complexions were pale, their eyes pitch-black and indifferent, and there were large areas of ulceration on their skin.

Swish, swish, swish!

Short blades suddenly appeared in the hands of several people, and they charged toward the entrance.

"They aren't right, move!"

The people from the Commandant's Office were also experienced, and they opened fire immediately.

Boom!

The firelocks roared, and gunpowder smoke scattered.

The two cultists at the very front were splattered with flesh and blood on the spot.

But the remaining people seemed possessed; their bodies twisted strangely, and they scattered in all directions in an animal-like crawling posture. Some climbed walls, some jumped onto stone pillars, and others even hung upside down from the roof, charging at the group from all sides.

Facing this eerie situation, the group from the Commandant's Office was not panicked at all.

"Retreat!"

At the leader's command, the group exerted force under their feet.

The floor tiles shattered with a crack, and they used this force to fly backward.

It turned out that the few who entered were all experts in internal strength.

As soon as they leaped out of the door, they scattered immediately, and the firelock squad outside, which had already lined up, pulled their triggers in unison.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The gunfire was continuous, and the dozen or so cultists who followed them out were also left without intact corpses.

If others had encountered such a bizarre situation, they would likely have been scared out of their wits and suffered heavy casualties, but these members of the Commandant's Office managed by Luo Mingzi were already accustomed to such things.

Not to mention, there were Daoists from the Law Enforcement Hall pressing the formation behind them.

"Dharma Lord, what should we do?"

On a wooden frame high up in the church, the samurai Zhen Tian asked in a low voice.

They had already arrived, yet they watched helplessly without providing support.

"This place is already surrounded, use the escape technique to leave first!"

Yu Yi Yuan Shi Guan gave the order without hesitation.

As she spoke, she had already bitten her thumb and drawn the "Nine-Character Cut Seal" on her palm—Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Zai, Qian—while simultaneously chanting rapidly in Eastern language: "Heaven and Earth are dark and murky, wind and dust hide the form. Earth Essence opens the path, Wood Wraith shifts the form—"

This was the escape technique mantra recorded in the Eastern "Ten Thousand Rivers Collection."

As for the samurai like Zhen Tian, they simultaneously scattered "Earth-Escaping Dust" mixed with bone ash and cinnabar, and the ground instantly surged with gray-yellow smoke.

This was the "Earth Spider Technique" of the Eastern Iga style from the "Orthodox Ninja Records."

The group coordinated with one another to perform a large-scale escape art, the essence of which lay in using filthy, baleful Qi to mask the Yang Qi of the living, allowing the practitioners to burrow into the ground like insects.

With Yu Yi Yuan Shi Guan as the leader, joint spellcasting was also their confidence for infiltrating the Shenzhou.

Whoosh~

Dust rose from the ground, and the group had already vanished.

At the same time, a puff of dust darted into the dark alley behind the church, spilling outward.

Ring, ring, ring!

Just as the gray smoke was about to pass through the street, a continuous sound of copper bells suddenly rang out at the street corner.

"Hmph!"

The Law Enforcement Hall Daoist on the street gave a cold laugh, waved his Dharma flag, and the "Soul-Startling Banner" adorned with Five Emperors coins immediately rattled.

The sound surged with Gang Qi, like a great net surrounding them from all directions.

The smoke and dust surging on the ground immediately dissipated like boiling soup poured on snow.

Pfft!

Several samurai stumbled out, revealing their forms, with black blood seeping from their mouths and noses.

This was the consequence of the escape technique backlash.

A layer of turbid black spots appeared on the blade of Vice-Leader Zhen Tian's Hundred-Ghost Entwining Blade, and the sound of wailing vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts faintly echoed in the air.

And for Yu Yi Yuan Shi Guan, the "Nine-Character Cut Seal" on her palm also turned scorched black like charcoal, and her finger bones were twisted backward strangely.

This was also a backlash; the so-called "those who perform the escape method in reverse will surely be bitten by Yin baleful Qi on their fingers."

"Foreign petty tricks, daring to come to the Shenzhou to cause trouble!"

Thousand-Household Tian appeared from the morning mist with a cold laugh.

He had been besieged and attacked by Easterners in the south, so he naturally wanted to vent his anger this time, and he waved his hand to order without hesitation: "Kill!"

Instantly, the sound of the Breaking Evil Crossbow's mechanism rang out like a sudden rain.

This was also a treasure of the Commandant's Office; all the arrows had peach wood as shafts and refined iron as blades, engraved with evil-breaking cloud patterns on the arrowheads, specifically for dealing with Mystic Sect sorcerers.

The crossbow arrows tore through the air, weaving a net of death.

The samurai leader Zhen Tian roared and drew his blade; the blade was wrapped in black-purple resentment, which was the Dharma artifact of his lineage, the "Hundred Ghost Entangling Blade."

He alternated his steps left and right, dancing his hands holding the blade into a streak of light.

Clang, clang, clang!

Where the blade light passed, the arrows shattered and flew, and the others took the opportunity to follow behind and charge forward.

These Eastern samurai were all brave people, knowing they had no choice but to fight for their lives.

"Can you leave?"

The Law Enforcement Hall not only had Daoists but also other Dharma lineage sorcerers.

A young man wearing a small cap smiled slightly, suddenly took out a King Wen drum from behind him, and began to sing non-stop while beating and jumping.

"The Old Immortal sits steadily in the Soul-Gathering Hall, Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui suppress the eight directions. At the third watch, they call me to head east, the baleful star falls on your crown..."

Not only that, but he also shook his head and stomped his feet in a bow stance, seemingly possessed by something.

"Third Master Huang bites the lamp to illuminate the soul shadow, the seven souls are nailed to the Soul-Guiding Banner~"

This singing, to others, sounded like nothing.

But falling into the ears of the many Easterners, it made them restless, with their Qi and blood surging.

Zhen Tian, who bore the brunt, had his movements stall.

Pfft, pfft!

Two crossbow arrows instantly pierced his shoulder blades.

"Cover the Dharma Lord!"

This Zhen Tian could be considered loyal; even as his demon blade fell to the ground, he didn't forget to remind them.

But no sooner had his voice fallen than he was hit by a gunshot, his head exploding with a bang.

"Dharma Lord, run!"

The remaining samurai also went mad, blocking in front of Yu Yi Yuan Shi Guan.

As for Yu Yi Yuan Shi Guan, she was also having a hard time.

She had also been backlashed by the escape technique just now, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, and the ancient sword "Moon Coffin" in her bosom was trembling violently, with frost spreading from the gaps in the scabbard, which she was trying her best to suppress.

"Break his legs!"

Seeing this, Luo Mingzi gave the order immediately.

This group of Easterners had committed many cases in the capital and naturally deserved to die, but the other party was clearly connected to the Jianmu, so it was best to capture them alive for interrogation.

But just at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

From the shattered church door, more than a dozen priests with pitch-black pupils rushed out, roaring!

They had oilcloth bags tied to their chests, which were hissing and smoking.

"Retreat!"

Thousand-Household Tian urgently ordered a change in formation. ===== CHAPTER 733 =====