Chapter 559: Details

The first wave of monk soldiers rushed up the steps, and just as they focused their gaze 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 in place 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 energy swept across again, reaping a row of heads like harvesting wheat stalks.

Behind the battle formation, Yuan Chaoliang's brow slowly furrowed.

A monk walked to his side and said coldly.

"Your information is wrong."

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

"This person cannot be defeated by numbers."

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

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

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

There was not a hint of respect in his tone, and even the honorific for Yuan Chaoliang sounded like mockery.

Before Yuan Chaoliang 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, Enryaku-ji's experts also met them, and both sides were at daggers drawn.

Yuan Chaoliang waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, Lord Li is not dead yet. If we fight among ourselves now, do you want to all die in his hands?"

Both sides then slightly suppressed their hostility.

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

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

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

"The Shinto official just said that they had been preparing for this siege since I broke through the Izumo Taisha... So both Shintoism and Buddhism know where Master Bodhidharma's corpse is."

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

Yuan Chaoliang looked toward Li Miao, their gazes crossing.

He narrowed his eyes.

"That demoness, sure enough, her words are not entirely true!"

"If we relied only on Enryaku-ji's warrior monks, we definitely wouldn't be able to take him down today... Fortunately, he is too arrogant, giving us enough preparation time!"

Yuan Chaoliang said in a deep voice.

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

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

Yuan Chaoliang reached out and beckoned forward.

"I have prepared methods, but I need you all to go up and test how hard his protective true energy is."

The monk who spoke to him earlier snorted coldly.

"Sounds nice, test?"

He also reached out and beckoned toward Li Miao.

"Why doesn't your Shintoism go and test that demon? Is it that you don't want to?"

Yuan Chaoliang smiled.

"Naturally, we will go too."

He said to several people on his side.

"Amaterasu will be watching you." ===== CHAPTER 560 =====