Chapter 604: Gods, Arriving One After Another

*Creak—creak—*

The tooth-aching sound intensified, finally becoming deafening.

The youth only felt his eardrums buzz, and sharp pain came. He instinctively raised his hands to cover his ears. It was precisely this action that saved his hearing.

Because as the harsh creaking sound became more dense and urgent, finally, at the moment they overlapped—*BOOM!!!*

The hemispherical shape composed of countless monsters in priest robes exploded.

Countless monsters were thrown into the sky, repelled into mid-air, or simply spun and collided with other monsters in mid-air.

The dense, terrifying, painful screeches also erupted together.

But this was not the end.

Following the explosion came the sudden disappearance of the hemispherical sphere, and—like raindrops... no, it could no longer be called raindrops, because they were too dense and had eliminated the gaps—countless sword Qi, like a streak of white silk, was unleashed.

*Swish!*

The sword Qi cut through the air and disappeared from sight.

After a breath, the monsters in mid-air began to disintegrate.

In the hands of the Emperor, who had combined the Four Paths, it could easily kill the Emperor Jianwen Emperor; now, used by Li Miao, who had combined the Five Paths and viewed the Two Paths, it was no longer the same.

These priests who had turned into monsters could not withstand this move.

Drip.

Like a curtain of rain descending, the first drop of blood rain fell, seeping into the ground. Then, within a few breaths, more scarlet raindrops fell one after another, along with scattered flesh and blood cut into thumb-sized pieces by the sword Qi.

It was truly a good rain.

Suzaku Avenue, which had been dilapidated for decades, should become lush and green within a few months with the nourishment of this blood rain.

The youth was dizzy and took a long time to come to his senses. He had forgotten to flee and just looked forward eagerly.

He wanted to know what happened to that man who had slaughtered so many monsters from myths with his own strength, whether he would, like the heroes in stories, unleash a life-risking strike and then leave with a smile?

The answer was naturally negative.

That heroic man in profound black just raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed a few times, his complexion slightly paler, and then walked forward, stepping on the blood without pause.

Behind him, a luxurious sedan chair, carried by several swordsmen and Sai Seimei, who was already shocked to numbness, followed Li Miao forward.

As for the other soldiers, officials, and warriors brought by Sai Seimei, Li Miao had no spare energy to protect them all, and they had long since died in the priests’ attacks.

Fortunately, the Emperor’s Palace had already appeared in sight.

Walking along Suzaku Avenue for another cup of tea’s time, they would reach the Emperor’s Palace. Nanako would accept Li Miao’s investiture there, receive the allegiance of the ministers, and formally succeed as Emperor.

But, whether it was Sai Seimei or the other swordsmen, their expressions did not relax in the slightest; instead, they became even more solemn.

Those priests could not kill Li Miao.

This was beyond doubt, indisputable.

The Shinto sect was the inheritance of Amaterasu; they must know what Li Miao, who had combined the Five Paths, could do, and they must also know that those priests could not hurt Li Miao, let alone threaten Nanako, who was under Li Miao’s protection.

Then... what effect did the Shinto sect want to achieve by sending so many imperial descendant priests?

"If it’s not to test Li Miao’s limit, then it’s to pave the way for some means... Yanli Temple disappeared just like that. The Shinto sect’s means are definitely not limited to sending a group of imperial descendant, Venerable God swordsmen to die!"

"The next cup of tea’s journey, and the time before entering the Emperor’s Palace and completing the investiture, is where the real danger lies today!"

Sai Seimei keenly noticed that after using the "Black Pole Buddha," the hemispherical protective true Qi that Li Miao had been maintaining disappeared, which exposed them to the air as well.

This meant that before Li Miao adjusted his state and raised his protective true Qi, they were exposed to the Shinto sect.

This was very dangerous.

Sai Seimei looked at Li Miao’s back, wanting to open his mouth to advise him to walk slower and prepare before facing the means set by the Shinto sect... but after hesitating for a moment, he closed his mouth.

Did Li Miao look like someone who would listen to advice?

All he could do was to fill in the gaps.