Chapter 503

The first wave of monk soldiers rushed up the steps, and just as they focused their eyes on Li Miao, they suddenly became a head shorter. A row of severed legs was neatly arranged on the steps, and their upper bodies were swept away before they could even fall to the ground, knocking over the monk soldiers in the back row.

Li Miao stood where he was with his hands in his sleeves, too lazy to even move.

The monk soldiers rushed up the steps again, and the giant blade formed by the protective true Qi swept past again, reaping heads like harvesting wheat straw.

Behind the battle formation, Minamoto Choryo slowly frowned.

A monk walked to his side and said coldly.

"Your information is wrong."

He pointed at Li Miao, who was slaughtering the monk soldiers row by row.

"This person cannot be defeated by numbers."

"His method of driving true Qi is far stronger than what you told us, even harder than those Gu insects that are tougher than refined steel. And he must have already achieved Sumeru."

"If there is no decisive strike to break his true Qi, the monks of my Enryaku-ji will only be consuming his spirit if they rush up."

"But he has already achieved Profound Observation; with the dual cultivation of life and nature, his spirit is full. Even if all the monk soldiers of my Enryaku-ji were piled up, it might not make him tired—if Palace Master has other methods, use them as soon as possible, don't waste the lives of my Enryaku-ji monks in vain."

There was not a shred of respect in his tone, and even the honorific for Minamoto Choryo sounded like sarcasm.

Before Minamoto Choryo could react, several people not wearing monk's robes suddenly pressed their weapons and forced their way over, locking their eyes on the monk's vital points.

At the same time, the experts of Enryaku-ji also met them, and the two sides were at daggers drawn.

Minamoto Choryo waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, Lord Li is not dead yet. If we have a civil war now, do you want to all die in his hands?"

The two sides then slightly suppressed their hostility.

Li Miao in the distance took in the movements here, and while driving the protective true Qi, he pondered.

"It seems these two sides are not cooperating sincerely either."

"That's right, both sides have fought until corpses are everywhere in this province. It is also a fact that Enryaku-ji monks previously slaughtered Shinto believers. Both sides are indeed enemies, just maintaining a certain degree of tacit understanding for some reason."

"The Shinto priest just said that they had been preparing for this siege since I broke through the Izumo Grand Shrine... So both Shintoism and Buddhism know where the Venerable Bodhidharma's body is."

"Their alliance is also rooted in the two ancestors."

Minamoto Choryo looked toward Li Miao, their gazes crossing.

He narrowed his eyes.

"That demoness, sure enough, didn't tell the truth!"

"If we relied only on the warrior monks of Enryaku-ji, we definitely couldn't take him down today... Fortunately, he is too arrogant and gave us enough preparation time!"

Minamoto Choryo said in a deep voice.

"Although there is some deviation in the estimation of his strength, we are not without advantages—he is pale and his Qi and blood are insufficient. He must have been injured by the Heavenly Demon sealed at the Izumo Grand Shrine, and the injury reached his foundation."

In front of the monks of Enryaku-ji, he actually called the Venerable Bodhidharma a Heavenly Demon. But the monks of Enryaku-ji had no reaction, as if they had long been accustomed to and accepted this title.

Minamoto Choryo reached out and beckoned forward.

"I have prepared methods, but I need you all to step forward and test how hard his protective true Qi really is."

The monk who had just spoken to him snorted coldly.

"Sounds nice, test?"

He also reached out and beckoned toward Li Miao.

"Why doesn't your Shintoism go test that demon? Don't you want to?"

Minamoto Choryo smiled.

"Naturally, we will go too."

He said to several people on his side.

"Amaterasu will be watching you."