Chapter 536: Statue Battle

BOOM!!!

The moment Yamanaka Yukimori finished speaking, a figure descended from the sky, smashing down like a meteorite!

"My lord!"

Lu Wushuang flashed out of the smoke and dust. Just as she shouted, Nanako was thrown into Lu Wushuang's arms from the smoke and dust, screaming. At the same time, Li Miao's leisurely voice came from the smoke and dust.

"Go rest, I'll find you after I kill these people."

Lu Wushuang gritted her teeth, held Nanako, and turned to leave.

Yamanaka Yukimori glanced at them and let the two leave.

He had studied Li Miao's past deeds and knew that hostage-taking methods wouldn't work on Li Miao, but would instead make him lose his arrogant attitude and come to kill them seriously... so he let them go, saving trouble.

After Lu Wushuang's back disappeared into the forest, a loud noise suddenly came from the smoke and dust, and then a massive amount of air exploded, pushing away the smoke and dust scattered in the air.

Yamanaka Yukimori raised his hand to block his face, and only after the smoke and dust passed his side and went behind him did he take his hand down and look carefully.

In the cluster of shattered giant rocks, two people were grabbing each other's arms and wrestling.

One was Li Miao, the other... calling him a "person" was a bit reluctant.

This person was nine feet tall, his body so majestic that he could almost cover Li Miao, wearing an ancient-style divine robe. His face was solemn and kind, but it emitted a lacquer-like warm luster in the moonlight.

Rather than a person... he looked more like a statue.

And anyone in Izumo Province could tell that this was the main deity worshipped by Izumo Taisha, Okuninushi-no-Okami! Both his clothing and appearance were vivid and lifelike!

The two wrestling were one holding the dark mysterious cloak in his left hand, his posture casual. The other was holding a huge long sword in his left hand, which hung toward the ground, and the huge bow on his back was nowhere to be seen.

Although the two wrestling arms were trembling, it was clear that neither had used their full strength.

Four Venerated God swordsmen from Izumo Taisha walked slowly toward the center.

Li Miao glanced at the few people, then turned his head to look at the "statue" opposite.

"Pathetic."

He shook his head and sneered.

"Cultivating martial arts and body, cultivating nature is cultivating oneself. Rushing to cultivate oneself into a clay sculpture or wooden carving, what for? Is it cool to be worshipped and eat incense ash?"

From the eyes of the statue, Li Miao couldn't read a shred of emotion. In the process of wrestling, he also injected True Qi into the opponent's body, and although it was quickly excluded, he had roughly figured out the opponent's physical condition.

This person was no longer a person.

Not only was his consciousness gone, but his body no longer felt like flesh and blood, but rather like a mixture of wood and metal, and even the extraordinary meridians were gone. The difference from a statue was only that he could move and hit people.

By now, even Li Miao wasn't quite sure: was this Japanese inheritance a path of nature cultivation that hadn't appeared in the Central Plains, or another path completely different from Central Plains martial arts?

If the meridians were gone, could it still be considered martial arts?

If consciousness was gone, could it still be considered nature cultivation?

Even if this was really the lost path of nature cultivation, it would be the most special one among the six paths of martial arts, and its divinity would even exceed Xuanlan and Jizhao.

Back to the present.

The two wrestling right arms were vastly different, but they were deadlocked in the wrestling and didn't shift toward either side.

Yamanaka Yukimori's eyes narrowed.

"Even Okuninushi-no-Okami can't suppress the opponent in strength... This Li Miao is probably the 'Buddha-Demon' of this generation in the Central Plains!"

"Must not let him reach Izumo Taisha, must not let him see that statue! Even if I have to sacrifice this life, I must surround and kill this person here!"

Yamanaka Yukimori shouted abruptly.

"Venerated God!"

Before the words fell, the four Venerated God swordsmen who came to surround and kill Li Miao all straightened their faces, and a strange sticky sound came from their bodies.

And then, in Li Miao's cold eyes, the figures of the four swordsmen began to twist and deform, and their faces changed beyond recognition within a few breaths.

One was majestic and brave, with red hair and angry eyes.

One was wise and calm, wearing a bird hat.

One was dwarfish, with a playful expression.

One was wild and arrogant, with a ferocious face.

Takeminakata, Kotoshironushi, Sukunabikona, and the Eighty Gods.

The four gods under Okuninushi-no-Okami in the Shinto legends seemed to have walked out of mythology and stood in front of Li Miao.

Judging only from the appearance, the Takeminakata changed by Yamanaka Yukimori was the most lifelike, even the wrinkles on his face were exactly the same as in the legend, and his own characteristics could no longer be seen.

Although the other three had their own strengths and weaknesses, just from the appearance, one could see that their realm in "Venerated God swordsmanship" was far superior to Kotesashi Yasutsune.

And Li Miao also knew very well that after transforming, each of these four people was superior to those worshipped by the Imperial Court. And the statue wrestling with him was even more capable of competing with Zheng Anqi in Nanjing.

"Four two-and-a-half-path level opponents, and one three-path-combined level opponent?"

Li Miao scanned the few people, and the corners of his mouth slowly split open.

"I'm looking forward to what kind of opponents I can meet when I reach Ise Grand Shrine."

"Come!"

Before the words fell, he raised his hand and punched the statue's chest and abdomen, and the statue also raised his hand, the huge long sword held in his left hand swept out a sonic boom, slashing at Li Miao's left fist!

Li Miao smiled suddenly.

"Fierce enough, but not fierce enough."

Before the fist and sword collided, he suddenly changed his fist to a palm, sticking to the bottom of the blade like a butterfly through flowers, and lifted it up violently!

Although the statue had amazing brute force, it had no consciousness after all, and only relied on instinct to fight, so it naturally lacked flexibility in battle. The left hand followed the long sword and shifted upward, but it exposed the vital point under the armpit!

How could Li Miao spare him? He changed his palm to a claw, grabbed the statue's armpit, and tore it with a ferocious smile!

Rip!

Before the statue could defend, Li Miao took advantage of the momentum of turning and tearing, and kicked him in the chest!

Bang!

The statue's feet left the ground, and he flew backward, but his figure didn't scatter, and his expression didn't change at all. After flying out several feet, his huge weight pressed him back to the ground, and his feet drew two deep gullies on the ground.

Li Miao didn't pursue, just raised his hand to his face, carefully examining the mass of flesh and blood torn from the statue's armpit. After looking carefully, he sneered and threw it to the ground.

The mass of flesh and blood hit the stone with a thud.

And under the statue's armpit, not a drop of blood flowed out. Li Miao's claw would be fatal to anyone, but for a "person" who had no pain, didn't bleed, and weighed a thousand catties, it wasn't a big problem.

At this time, the four "subordinate gods" also killed their way to Li Miao.

The sword light was sharp, and four long swords were drawn!

"Draw!"

"Carp Mouth!"

"Rama Cut!"

"Waya!"

In the Shinto legends, Takeminakata, Kotoshironushi, and Sukunabikona were human gods. Only the Eighty Gods were similar to wild people... After transforming, they didn't even have the ability to state their moves, and could only let out a strange cry.

It sounded ridiculous, but the power was not inferior to the desperate strike of Yun Zelin on Mount Tai back then!

Four sword lights intersected.

The Takeminakata changed by Yamanaka Yukimori had cold eyes. Unlike the statue, he still had consciousness after transforming, and the formation to surround and kill Li Miao today was led by him.

Seeing Li Miao standing still, his heart shook.

"Judging from this person's past deeds, he only uses his full strength against opponents who can fight with him, and for opponents far inferior to himself, he often makes playful and teasing moves."

"This person likes to drag the battle into a tragic state, and doesn't care about his own injuries at all... So, he won't defend against this move!"

"One strike, as long as I land one strike!"