In an instant, the beast in the cloud covered Xu Yang's whole body, forming a dense armored stomach. He jumped back, and its sharp claws swept over his right shoulder, grabbing a large piece of meat, dripping with blood.
Falosa slashed the magic blade down with a sharp movement, as violent as chopping a fish. Before being injured by the magic blade, the phase demon disappeared from the place and appeared in the middle of the steps, wandering back to spy on them. Women's actions.
At this time, a shout came from behind the torii, and the sound came from above the mountain road, near the entrance of the shrine. A man shouted, like some kind of spell, and the phase demon immediately disappeared from the place, and it was unknown where it went.
Xu Yang used the lights on the shuttle to observe his wounds. The pain fell on his shoulders like a soldering iron, quickly spreading along the nerves, as if hundreds of needles were flowing along the blood vessels, pricking every place they touched. He didn't dare Moving his right arm, for fear of disturbing the wound, the nanorobot acted independently, repaired the damaged parts completely, covered the wound with the intact armor, and then rushed to jump down, blocking the blood flow with its body, while constantly repairing the flesh and blood tissue.
"Are you okay?" Falosa flicked the magic blade, looked straight ahead, and looked at the mysterious man at the entrance of the shrine, "Do you need magic power?"
"Small injury." Xu Yang activated the first aid function. On the back of the armor ridge, the injection close to the skin quickly inserted the treatment needle. A cool and numb feeling followed. He improved the pain suppression function of the digital mind and weakened the nerves. Conduction Pathway, "Keep moving forward."
His eyes captured the entire process of the phase demon's attack, and he could clearly recall that when it launched its claw attack, the claw part appeared from the void state and briefly appeared in reality. It looked like a black lizard with scales. Arranged in detail. When it attacked, the magic blade displayed by Falosa obviously frightened it, causing it not to exert all its strength, otherwise Xu Yang's entire arm would be removed with one blow.
The phase demon was summoned away by the mysterious man at the door of the shrine, and his presence seemed particularly weird.
Xu Yang observed carefully and saw a middle-aged man in his 40s standing in the darkness. His face was covered with wrinkles and his weird smile was vaguely discernible. He wore a bamboo hat, held a long tin staff in his right hand, and wore a light purple Gebu monk robe. Wearing leggings and straw sandals, he looked like a simple shrine monk.
"This place is too dangerous." Xu Yang said loudly, "Why are you not attacked by the phase demon?"
"They are the signboard of Hyakuyou Shrine," the mysterious man said with a smile, "I am deeply sorry for accidentally injuring you! I am the abbot of the shrine, Matsuyama Yoshihara. The two of you have come a long way, and it's been a long journey... Hehe... Why don't you go to the mountain gate to say something? ?”
Falosa and Xu Yang communicated with each other through their eyes, almost feeling connected.
"Let's go, I can destroy as many as you want." Falosa whispered, "I won't let you get hurt again."
"There's no need to alert the snake," Xu Yang returned to the shuttle, "I don't know how many similar phase demons there are inside."
Falosa followed closely behind on foot. Xu Yang drove the shuttle all the way off the ground, drove to the entrance of the shrine, and landed in the parking lot outside the wall. There was also an off-road vehicle covered in green military armor plates. There was no one inside, and the doors on all sides were open.
According to Xu Yang's observation, about eight crew members got off the armored vehicle and never returned to the vehicle.
Where did they go? Xu Yang stopped the Anonymous, turned off the engine, locked all systems, packed the supplies into a suitcase, left the shuttle carrying the suitcase with his left hand, and cautiously approached the abbot of the shrine.
Abbot Matsuyama Yoshihara still greeted them with a smile. When Farossa also walked to the door, the smile on Matsuyama Yoshihara's face became even brighter, as if the previous attack had never happened.
"Please come in, please come in." He led Xu Yang and Falosa into the shrine.
Xu Yang wore a ghost mask, a black poncho and a windproof jacket. Farosha wore a black veil and a long-sleeved black robe. They walked together. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are both ghosts, but Matsuyama Yiyuan looked calm. It was as if he wasn't frightened by them at all.
As soon as you enter, you will see a wide courtyard with a withered cherry tree in the center, wooden benches placed around it, and red paper lanterns hanging everywhere. A rocky walkway connects the surrounding wing rooms, and the walls of the wing rooms are plastered. The houses are in disrepair and have holes on all sides. When the strong wind blows in at night, they will chirp like the wind pipes used by monsters. The trees are covered with wooden prayer signs, but because all the flowers have withered and fallen, these empty brown hanging signs are The gray little sign looks particularly weird. It's so dilapidated that it's hard to imagine that the other end of Mingka Mountain is the gorgeous Tsukozakura Shrine.
"Mr. Abbot, there is a spring in the back mountain." Falosa got straight to the point, "There is a small Buddha statue near the spring. We want to move it."
"Only appropriate spells can move that Buddha statue." Matsuyama Yiyuan led them through the courtyard, the end of the tin staff hitting the ground with a sound.
Xu Yang noticed the gazes in the surrounding rooms. He followed the gazes back and saw nervous men and women.
They had all fallen asleep before. When they heard the noise, they got up from the side room where they were living. These people walked to the window and stared at Xu Yang and Falosa through the paper window. They did not dare to open the window or door to come out, as if they had entered It seemed like there would be some danger in the courtyard, so he just stayed in his room silently without saying a word.
There are phase demons, abbots, company armored vehicles, and living people in the shrine. Xu Yang secretly thought. What kind of weird place have we entered this time? He tried to move his right shoulder, and the pain subsided. Nanobots have stitched up the wound.
"I know the spell." Falosa has roughly understood the relevant secrets through collecting information and deciphering the ancient secret texts. "Just take us there."
Xu Yang heard the vibrating music and the sound of a woman talking loudly, which came from a side room in the inner courtyard of the shrine. Farosha also heard the movement.
"What are you doing?" Falosa looked towards the place where the music was coming from.
"A few live broadcasters are live broadcasting," Matsuyama Yiyuan said in a friendly tone. "They went up the mountain to visit the shrine, and then decided to stay here and keep filming videos. They can boost the shrine's economy and can also handle the sales of many small souvenirs and tickets. , Hee... more and more pilgrims and visitors will come to the mountain."
"Who else is willing to come to such a shabby place?" Farosha sneered.
"Heh." Matsuyama Yiyuan smiled, but did not argue too much.
The noise and rhythmic shouting of Yiyi kept coming from the side room, which was so unbearable that even the crows and insects at night were drowned out.
Mosquitoes were flying next to the paper lanterns, and there were low stone lampposts on both sides of the road at night. Xu Yang and Falosa followed the abbot through the entire shrine to the back mountain area.
Here, the mountain spring meanders down and merges into a hollow. The huge crack is filled with light, as if a pool of colored paint has been poured into it, which is dazzling. All colors and light are isolated behind the crack, as if in the middle. There is an extremely thin barrier that just blocks all these lights and shadows on the other side. The barrier keeps shaking and can be broken by a blow.
About 10 men and women stood next to the crack, shouting and pointing at it. Both their actions and words were quite awkward. Some were cursing, some were screaming, and some were making exaggerated praise. , obviously not out of intention.
"Tell them to go away." Falosa frowned.
"These are loyal visitors to the shrine." Matsuyama Yiyuan said kindly, "The shrine has not been so lively for a long time."
"They should be free to leave," Xu Yang said.
"Once they leave, the shrine will become as deserted as before." Matsuyama Yiyuan said with a smile.
A huge phase demon appeared at the top of the shrine. It was twice the size of the one encountered on the mountain path before. It was as big as an entire room and its appearance was even more ferocious.
It disappeared from the place like smoke. Farosha held the magic blade tightly and saw it instantly appear at the other end of the crack, pushing a man into the crack. He disappeared without a trace in an instant, while other people standing there The people next to the crack tried to remain calm and acted out lively scenes.
Xu Yang checked the environment and saw two people wearing the uniforms of a security company, with anti-riot sticks and pistols on their waists, steel helmets, and large shields on their backs. At this time, he could only pretend to be calm like other ordinary men and women. There was a phase. Due to the existence of demons, this shrine will be difficult to deal with no matter how misbehaving it is.
"What's on the other side of the crack?" Falosa asked.
"Nangiyajima, aren't you two here for this?" Matsuyama Yiyuan clasped his hands together, "However, Nangiyajima has completely sunk into another world, a domain belonging to Yama."
"Yama?" Farossa has never heard of it, "A local monster in the Island Continent?"
"The most powerful one, Enma, has been sealed on Nangiya Island," Matsuyama Yoshihara explained. "Hyakuyou Shrine and Tsuneo Shrine originally worked together to control Yama, but the Sakura shrine maiden of Tsuneo Shrine left her. The responsibility...leave us here to support ourselves."
"... Kirino Reiyo never told us about Yama." Xu Yang said.
"Of course, Enma is a terrifying evil beast on Nangu Island, a taboo monster." Matsuyama Yoshihara chuckled, "Sakura Miko was taken away by the fox monster and got everything she wanted, leaving behind the Hyakuyou Shrine. It gradually declined."
Fox monster? Xu Yang secretly thought. This is a new concept again.
Another phase demon crawled out from the crack. It moved through the air through teleportation, completely unhindered. The phase demons came out one after another. More and more phase demons appeared near the back mountain. The men and women beside the crack also He stopped making a sound and was frightened.
"You hand people over to phase demons and let them be your killers?" Xu Yang observed.
"I need you." Matsuyama Yiyuan hit the ground with his tin stick, "Behave!"
"Do you think of us as fish belly?" Xu Yang looked around, and the phase demon was looming, never having a definite shape.
"There is also a peaceful way," Matsuyama Yoshihara explained with a smile. "If you two are willing to stay at the shrine and play the role of tourists like everyone else, of course you can live a little longer. You know, Momoyou Shrine It’s been a long, long time since it’s been this lively.”
"No one can negotiate terms with me." Falosa injected more magic power into the magic blade.
On the verge of breaking out.
"Roar!" The largest phase demon instantly appeared above Xu Yang and Falosa, pressing down on them. The other phase demons also moved quickly, preparing to tear them into pieces.
"Run!" Seeing the fighting, the people at the cracks fled.
Falosa grasped the magic blade tightly and slashed through it. The magic power was concentrated and released, like a pillar of flame. It exploded in an instant, lighting up half of the night sky. The long blade danced in the air. Even though the phase demon was in a state of nothingness, it still remained. It will be killed by the scattered magic power. The largest phase demon is the most severely injured, and its size shrinks rapidly, as if its own mass has been evaporated during the confrontation, and it is deflating like a balloon.
"This, this..." Matsuyama Yiyuan saw the roaring giant phase demon being vaporized instantly and shrinking rapidly under the attack of the magic blade. His expression suddenly changed. He could no longer maintain his smile and turned De was particularly angry, "——How dare you——"
Falosa swung the sword with her right hand, and the approaching phase demon disappeared like an ice cube meeting a high-temperature steel blade.
"Roar!" Countless phase demons launched a combined attack.
Her body was hit, but she could recover in an instant. The trauma seen by the human eye seemed to be just an illusion, and it seemed that all the attacks fell on her phantom, unable to cause substantial harm to her at all.
Xu Yang stood back a little and saw how Farosa violently waved her weapon. Naturally, she had no sword skills or powerful moves, but just like wielding a god-killing weapon, her attack power was large enough, and her defense power was also sufficient. It is impressive, that is to say, with the law of recovery, she can make countless mistakes, and as long as she hits once, the opponent will be torn apart.
"It's your turn." Falosa chopped down all the blind phase demons and pointed the magic blade at Abbot Matsuyama Yoshihara.