Chapter 561: Pitiful

"That's about enough, Palace Master."

The Enryaku-ji monk soldiers had all pressed onto the steps at the entrance of the Tang Zhaotisi, and only Yuan Chaoliang and that Enryaku-ji monk remained behind the battle formation.

Watching the experts in the temple being killed by Li Miao one by one—although there were two fewer than the Shinto side, Enryaku-ji's foundation was not as good as Shintoism's, so the monk sank his face and said to Yuan Chaoliang with a sinister tone.

"That person's condition has been explored."

"He is seriously injured, his body cannot move violently, and he has to pay a price for both moving and attacking. His protective true energy has been weakened quite a bit; you and I are enough to break it, but we might not be able to hurt him. But if he doesn't disperse his protective true energy to attack, he can't hurt you or me."

"I don't know how many more moves he can make, but it's estimated that it won't exceed five moves, but these five moves are enough to pose a fatal threat to you and me... Knowing so much, Palace Master."

He stepped forward and stuck to Yuan Chaoliang's face.

His figure was already much larger than Yuan Chaoliang's. At this moment, he looked down at Yuan Chaoliang, a pair of triple-white eyes without any Buddhist compassion staring at Yuan Chaoliang's eyes.

"Can you take out your 'means' now?"

Both sides were only cooperating temporarily; after killing Li Miao, both sides would probably have to fight again immediately. The monk was angry on the surface because of the death of his own warrior monks, but in reality, he wanted to force out Shintoism's means.

He bent down slightly, put his face in front of Yuan Chaoliang, his true energy surged, and the naginata in his hand paused on the ground a few times.

"Can you?"

Yuan Chaoliang seemed not to have felt his hostility at all, his face still maintaining a leisurely smile, and he nodded.

"Of course I can."

He raised the round fan in his hand slightly and pointed to the side.

"In fact, I'm already using it, look—"

The monk's gaze subconsciously shifted slightly in the direction he pointed.

Pfft.

"?"

The monk heard a sticky sound.

He instinctively turned his head to look at Yuan Chaoliang, and then looked down at his abdomen, where a hand was inserted. Listening carefully, one could hear the sticky "gurgling" sound made by fingers groping between internal organs.

He looked up along the arm and saw Yuan Chaoliang's cheerful smile.

"See it?"

Yuan Chaoliang's tone remained unchanged, as if he had done nothing, and even the folding fan was still pointing to the side.

The monk frowned.

"Did he attack me?"

"But why didn't I feel pain? There is no hostility on him... Is it my illusion?"

The monk should have exploded in counterattack, but at the moment he only felt his mind sinking, thoughts rising and falling one by one, but none could leave a trace in his heart, let alone drive his body to make a move.

Suddenly, he felt his throat sink violently, a buzzing in his ears, and a rust-like smell surged up his nasal cavity along his esophagus.

Whoosh—

A sound of splashing water.

Yuan Chaoliang raised his blood-stained hand, held a twitching red fleshy fruit in front of him, and the folding fan pointing to the side also drew a circle, pointing to the heart that was beating.

"See it?"

He smiled and asked again.

The delayed severe pain and the feeling of emptiness between his chest and abdomen surged into the monk's mind at this moment. He instinctively raised his hand to grab the heart in Yuan Chaoliang's hand, but was easily dodged.

"Ah, that won't do."

Yuan Chaoliang took a step back, watched the monk's face twist, cover the gap between his chest and abdomen, and slowly fall down, smiling gently.

"It was hard to steal it while you were distracted, so I can't let you take it back."

The monk glared at him angrily. The abundant blood and energy brought by the Heaven-Man realm and the profound Shaolin inheritance allowed him to still have the ability to act even if his heart was pulled out.

"No, there's still a chance!"

"As long as I drag it out until I use healing techniques to restore my heart, kill him, and then kill Li Miao!" ===== CHAPTER 562 =====