Chapter 590: One Person, One Book

The laughter of the woman in the priestess's robes lasted only for an instant.

"You—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Kurama Heihachi, who was already like a candle in the wind, found strength from somewhere, dragged his broken body, and fiercely tackled her to the ground, covering her mouth tightly.

"Mmph, mmph, mmph!"

If she had been in a normal state, Kurama Heihachi should not have been a threat to her. But now she was gradually losing control of her body and could not mobilize her True Qi, and was actually suppressed firmly.

She could only glare at Kurama Heihachi in anger.

But Kurama Heihachi gave a ferocious smile.

"You won't be able to leave anything behind!"

"Including your last words!"

He covered the woman's mouth with all his might. The woman in the priestess's robes naturally struggled violently, her hands pushing wildly at his chest, but suddenly—pfft.

The palm of the woman in the priestess's robes stabbed into his wounds.

The woman in the priestess's robes was struggling wildly when she suddenly noticed Kurama Heihachi's face turn pale and the strength suppressing her weaken significantly. Coupled with the wet, slippery, and soft sensation coming from her palm, she immediately understood the situation.

She hurriedly reached into Kurama Heihachi's body and tore around.

At the same time, she bit down hard on the hand covering her mouth and nose.

Flesh and blood kept sliding out from the wounds.

Kurama Heihachi lost more and more strength, but he still desperately covered the woman's mouth.

The shrine maidens who watched over the various shrines of Shinto were women of the Emperor's lineage who, after visualizing the divine painting of Amaterasu Omikami, formed a false personality absolutely loyal to Shinto and Amaterasu Omikami.

And through the previous experiment with Ji Tianrui, they discovered that this should be a sword move originating from Master Zhang Sanfeng, which could suppress this false personality.

Yes, suppress, not destroy.

She would be forever trapped in this body, observing and feeling everything, but would never be able to take any action again.

Thus, Kurama Heihachi set his plan for revenge.

For a fanatic, the most terrifying thing is definitely not death, so he would not kill her. But he would make her watch as the most terrifying things happened.

Kurama Heihachi's body was hollowed out.

The eyes of the woman in the priestess's robes became increasingly chaotic.

At the last moment, Kurama Heihachi finally lost his strength, suddenly collapsed onto her, and at the last moment before completely losing consciousness, he leaned against her ear.

"..."

"!!!"

It is unknown what Kurama Heihachi said, but the woman's eyes, which had already been dim, suddenly cleared for an instant, and anger and fear as deep and surging as the sea erupted!

"Bastard! You—"

She shouted half a sentence in anger.

Her expression suddenly changed, becoming blank and at a loss. Her hands instinctively pushed forward, flipping Kurama Heihachi's corpse to the side. After seeing the situation around her, she suddenly let out a scream.

"Ahhh!!"

She supported herself on the ground with her hands and kept retreating. After retreating a few steps, she slipped on the blood, the back of her head hit the ground with a thud, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.

The surroundings finally quieted down.

In the middle of the corridor, the illusion suddenly dissipated, revealing Li Miao and Ji Tianrui, who had watched the whole drama.

Only, unlike before, Ji Tianrui's light laughter had subsided, and she revealed a trace of solemnity instead.

"Lord Li, we're in trouble."

"The Yin Flow is lost."

She reached out and pointed at the fainted woman in the priestess's robes.

"I originally received news that the inheritance of the Yin Flow was at Hachimangu, which is why I brought you here. On one hand, to see what secrets Hachimangu was hiding, and on the other, to find this last Original Intent Sword Art."

"You and I would join forces to deduce it, master the True Constancy realm, and then go to Kyoto and the Ise Grand Shrine."

"But if what she said just now is true... then we are in trouble."

Ji Tianrui looked at Li Miao.

"The Original Intent Sword Art left by Master Jianzhen is just a key; every part is indispensable. Even for you and me, if we haven't collected all four sword arts, it will be very difficult to deduce the full secret manual for a while... Lord Li, didn't Master Jianzhen tell you anything before he died?" ===== CHAPTER 591 =====