Chapter 558: Setting the Trap

No more words were needed.

Yuan Chaoliang waved his hand.

The Gu insects first dissipated in the air, and then, driven by the dozen Great Shamans, rolled toward Li Miao.

And those well-equipped monk soldiers also rushed out neatly from behind Yuan Chaoliang, their snow-white blades trembling above their pitch-black armor, like foam washed up by sea waves, rolling toward Li Miao.

And Li Miao... laughed.

"Ha."

Ever since he broke through the Izumo Taisha, he had been looking forward to this siege.

Japan was in the midst of war. If breaking through Hirado City and killing Matsuura Takanobu could not alert Shintoism, then breaking through the Izumo Taisha would definitely draw all their attention.

Li Miao's advantage was martial force, but his disadvantage was time. He could not spend years in Japan investigating bit by bit, and the two martial arts ancestors lost in Japan, even the closest, Master Zhang Sanfeng, had disappeared for more than two hundred years.

This was too long a time, enough to wear away all clues. Relying on himself alone, it was difficult to find concrete clues in such a large territory in Japan.

Since that was the case, why not—let the other side deliver the clues to his door.

To deal with him, Shintoism had to bring out some real things; these were the clues delivered to his door.

It was just that he had not expected this siege to happen at the Tang Zhaotisi, near Enryaku-ji, the base of Buddhism, which was fighting Shintoism to the death on the surface.

"Doesn't matter."

Li Miao beckoned.

"Come."

First were the Gu insects rolling to his side.

These were his old opponents, even making him miss the days when he first walked the Jianghu. It was just that for him now, the weak Gu insects could no longer pose a threat.

Hum—

The swarm hit the transparent protective true energy, exploded with a bang, and splashed body fluids. The remaining Gu insects landed on the protective true energy, and within a few breaths, they filled Li Miao's line of sight.

And then—click, click, click.

Dense gnawing sounds rang out.

"Oh!"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow, took the initiative to open a tiny gap, let a few Gu insects crawl in, and then casually picked them off and placed them in his palm to observe for a moment.

"Another method of Sect Leader Ji."

"Modified from Gu insects that can swallow and store the Heaven-Man realm, it's somewhat similar to the results of Xiaosi and Xiao Anzi, but this thing has been specialized; it cannot store, only gnaw."

"It looks like a method Sect Leader Ji deliberately developed to deal with me after seeing my battle with Zheng Anqi."

Li Miao casually crushed the Gu insects and smiled.

Although he did not deliberately raise his volume, any Heaven-Man's hearing could hear his words clearly.

The next moment, Yuan Chaoliang's voice came.

"Sect Leader Ji is indeed thinking of you constantly. Without her help and intelligence, we would not dare to easily make a move against you."

"Your old opponent has already cooperated with us and has told us all your details—how about it, can you consider again whether to..."

"Bullshit."

Li Miao interrupted him disdainfully.

"Do you think this is my first day dealing with that demoness? Either these Gu insects are her bargaining chip for trading with you, or they are items you searched from one of her hideouts; they are the only things that couldn't possibly be methods she gave you to deal with me."

Yuan Chaoliang's pupils shrank, and he smiled.

"My lord, why do you say that? These are methods Sect Leader Ji personally gave us, deliberately instructing us to use them to deal with you, absolutely true." ===== CHAPTER 559 =====