Fried Salted Fish

Chapter 318 First Kill: A Great General

“Gui Tiansang is dead!”

“A cultivator without martial virtue, boo!”

Seeing Gui Tiansun Bingwei being riddled with bullets and dying so humiliatingly without even touching the hem of his opponent's clothes, the retainers and warriors were filled with rage!

“Swearing on the title of 'Thirty-Six Under Heaven'! We must kill this thief here!”

“Lord Kato, please give the order! We will fight him to the death!”

“Such a person without martial virtue, we must cut off his head to offer as a sacrifice to Gui Tiansang!”

The crowd was in uproar. Kato Kiyomasa, dressed in gorgeous clothes, as the "First General of Defense" on the Japanese side, possessed the glorious title of Shizugatake's Seven Spears, and at the same time was the largest and most skilled castle construction engineer under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

At this time, he deeply understood that he must not be provoked by the other party. If he were to rush out of the city simply because of something like martial virtue, then he would not have enough people here to withstand the opponent's gunfire.

“Everyone, don't be impulsive! His firearms can penetrate Gui Tiansang, and they can also kill everyone present! Relying on the city, with the numerous demons and gods as our help, and with the manifestation of national prestige, even if he is powerful, he cannot fight us in the midst of an army!”

“Minna-san! This is war! War is not a battle situation that can be decided by one person's bravery! Even immortals cannot exist in national prestige and military formations for too long, let alone the fact that the Ming Dynasty has no immortals!”

“As long as we hold the city, victory will belong to us!”

Kato Kiyomasa deeply knew the importance of Haizhou City. There were 20,000 troops stationed here to cut off the sea援armies from Korea. He didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would really gather a large number of troops in a short time and rush to this place.

They really want to attack this place!

Now that the Eastern Kingdom's army has joined, Japan's strength has greatly increased, and the original nine legions have been expanded to twenty! As the commander of the Second Legion, Kato Kiyomasa himself was also sent to these important locations for defense. After all, he was the number one castle construction master, building castles into bunkers, turtle shells, not seeking to win against the opponent, but just to delay long enough!

"Hmm? What is he doing...!"

“!!!”

Kato Kiyomasa was still thinking about delaying, when he suddenly discovered that in the thunderclouds over the sea, the divine position of Gui Tian, who had died, had not returned!

He could see a wisp of white smoke appearing, and then a divine light was taken away from the sea!

Kato Kiyomasa was shocked and hurriedly warned those around him, "Not good! Do not engage! From now on, anyone who dares to leave the city to meet the enemy without authorization will be killed without mercy!"

"That man has the supernatural power to strip divine positions!"

Divine positions are the only capital for these mortal-level combat forces to exchange blows with cultivators. Each country has its own unique methods of elevating mortals to the position of divine generals, but the operating methods in the eastern region are basically copied from the successive dynasties of China. Therefore, the nature of the existence of divine positions is also similar, and this method is the highest secret of each country, and is protected by the rules of heaven, so even if it is changed to another country, it is impossible to get this kind of information from their royal family, and even if it is obtained, without the orthodox emperor's pardon, it is equal to not being recognized by heaven, and it is still useless.

Therefore, seeing Ji Xiang actually being able to forcibly take away the divine position of a foreign country at this time, how could Kato Kiyomasa not be shocked!

His subordinate, Kimura Yoshikura, also known as one of the Thirty-Six Under Heaven, also widened his eyes at this time, saw the scene just now, and muttered to himself, revealing an incredible expression:

“What a joke!”

“He can just take away our country’s divine position if he wants! Is he His Majesty the Emperor, or Lord Kampaku!”

This was obviously an operation that exceeded common sense, but Ji Xiang would not give them too much time to react.

"Move!"

The Tongtian Mingyan manipulated the divine position, and this Yanzan Jinjian god immediately transformed two mountain auras, turning them into mountains, and slammed them towards Haizhou City!

Kato Kiyomasa's face changed drastically. This was not because he was afraid of these two mountains, but because Ji Xiang could not only forcibly take away other people's divine positions, but even manipulate them!

“Shimata!!!”

This is really bad! A person with this kind of supernatural power is simply the nemesis of their side! Eight million gods, although most of them are grass gods and monster gods, at least have folk offerings. Although most of them do not have divine positions, they also have divine power! And the other party can take away divine positions, so they must be able to seize divine power!

“Mushan Jinjian!”

“Dazang Jinjian!”

Two warriors waved their katana, and two illusory figures of gods appeared from them, and even their appearances changed. At this time, several warriors around them all used their divine power, and the two mountains that slammed across the sky were swallowed and annihilated by them with equally powerful mountain aura!

“Kuso! How dare you insult Gui Tiansang's divine power! Using his divine power to do this kind of thing! Do you still possess benevolence and martial virtue!”

The warriors roared, but the next moment they couldn't speak anymore, their spirits tense, and they raised their aura to the extreme!

Then sounds of "Baga!" were heard incessantly!

Because the thunderclouds they saw in their eyes were getting bigger and bigger!

“It's thunder magic!”

Someone recognized it, making the others not to relax! The mages from the Ming Dynasty are best at thunder magic! Demons and ghosts, including the eight million gods, suffer a lot at the hands of thunder magic!

“Kuso! If only General Tachibana were here! Those Ming people who died in his hands, who fell under the sharpness of that treasured sword 'Thunder Cutter,' were all mages who were good at using thunder magic!”

“Don't relax, it's coming!”

The divine power of many mountain gods surged, and Ji Xiang also observed their power from a distance.

“National prestige, wishes, incense power.... The ranks of these mountain gods are not high, but their divine power has been so greatly improved... Is it because of the dual national prestige? They devoured most of Korea's national prestige, so they were strengthened?”

“It is unwise to collide with national prestige. Thunder magic may not be able to destroy them. After all, they are righteous gods, not ordinary demons and ghosts without protection....”

"In that case..."

Ji Xiang summoned thunder magic, and five light clusters appeared on his five fingers, and five thunder gates opened in the sky!

“Five Thunderbolts!”

Five thick pillars of thunder fell from the sky, sweeping towards Haizhou City with the势power of subduing mountains and destroying seas!

Above Haizhou City, the great serpent transformed by Japan's national prestige rose into the air, and all the gods stood up at the same time to meet the heavenly thunder!

“Formation, arise!”

Just as the pillars of thunder fell, Ji Xiang turned the Five Thunderbolts into the Shangqing Sect's Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Formation. Suddenly, the entire Haizhou City was trapped in a vast ocean of thunder. This scene made the retainers and warriors lose all color in their faces!

What a vast thunderbolt!

“Impossible! In the past, no Ming Dynasty mage could display such powerful thunder magic!”

“This is a great formation! A great formation displayed with the help of heavenly thunder!”

Kato Kiyomasa roared, "Don't panic! We have the protection of national prestige, and you are all bodies of mountain gods. Lightning can burn trees, but I have never heard of it being able to split mountains!"

"Then today, you should hear it."

A ghostly voice suddenly sounded in Kato Kiyomasa's ears!

Not having time to react to why the other party could understand his Japanese, Kato Kiyomasa seemed to see death beckoning to him!

Danger!

Taking advantage of the thunder sea as cover, Ji Xiang fell from the sky, broke through the blockade of firearms, kicked down a corner of the mountain castle, and then Tongtian Mingyan rushed out from his body!

“Emperor Heaven Divine Light!”

The supernatural power obtained from the immortal artifact, the Imperial Heaven Banner Staff, interrupted everyone's spellcasting in an instant, including the giant serpent condensed from national prestige, which also stagnated for a moment!

After this moment!

The white sea of smoke surged out, completely wrapping everyone! After the next breath was completed, all the divine positions on their bodies were stripped away!

Kato Kiyomasa's body also suddenly became weak. After the huge power was drawn away, he raised his head and looked at the falling lightning in horror, gritted his teeth fiercely and shouted, "Ghost God Dharma Body!"

His body suddenly became like a wraith, shrouded in black mist, trying to escape from the thunder, but in the next moment he was smashed to the ground by Ji Xiang with one palm, and his mana could not be circulated, even more horrified than before!

Ji Xiang said lightly, "If it were the Supreme of the Heavenly Gods, I would have to think of a way to deal with it."

“But how dare a ghost god show his head in front of a celestial demon?”

“I don't know what you are, but it seems that you, this ghost god, are no match for me either!”

Kato Kiyomasa's teeth chattered, and in his fear, he realized the cultivation level of the person who came, and was even more shocked and unable to hold on:

“You are... an immortal!”

In Kato Kiyomasa's horrified gaze, a scarlet divine banner pierced through his head!

Afterwards, Ji Xiang picked up the firearm, and the revolving cannon aimed at the national prestige serpent.

After a while, the smoke cleared.

The Ming Dynasty navy landed and came to Haizhou City, horrified.

They saw the mountain castle destroyed, the boulders charred, and there were no living creatures in the city, only patches of charred ashes, telling the later arrivals that there had once been flesh and blood falling here, and even the serpentine national prestige had completely disappeared without a trace!

Ji Xiang, carrying the firearm, stood in front of the wide-open city gate and nodded to Chen Lin and the others who had rushed over in a panic:

"Everyone, the enemies have been completely wiped out.... Enter the city!"

Chen Lin looked up and saw a flag that had not yet been completely burned. His pupils suddenly shrank!

He recognized the banner with "Namo Myoho Renge Kyo" painted on it.

"The city defender, Kato... Kiyomasa!"

......

The fall of Haizhou and the recovery of the coastal areas of Hwanghae Province also shocked the Japanese vanguard under the transmission of information from those escaped demons, forcing them to immediately retreat to defend!

At the same time, those near-death false immortals, exuding a decaying aura and the aura of wraiths, were also alarmed.

“The Ming Dynasty actually sent immortals into Korea? Kato Kiyomasa is dead!”

“That's one of Shizugatake's Seven Spears, and he has the power of heavenly gods and ghost gods. How could he be defeated like this! Even the army was slaughtered!”

“We received news that Celestial Master Zhang cannot leave the Forbidden City for some reason. This should be a great opportunity. How could there be a second immortal?”

“Could it be that Ishida Mitsunari is hiding something from us? It seems that that guy has done so much business with the Ryuu Trading Company that his brain is broken. He didn't even bring back such important information!”

“It's time to let those onmyoji go to the battlefield. We must kill him immediately. This level of master is a great enemy. Speaking of which, can we kill him with a curse?”

In a large city, a group of people gathered in a dark house to discuss this important matter.

The demons who escaped were far away, otherwise they would have been trapped in the thunder formation, so they did not know that Ji Xiang could take away divine positions. They only told the vanguard that a great mage suspected of being at the immortal level had arrived.

“The ultimate curse of exchanging a life for a life, the 'Mount Tai Prefecture Lord Sacrifice'. If he is a false immortal or a banished immortal, it should be successful, but if he is a true immortal....”

“According to ancient books, at least ten pure yang realm people are needed to arrange the sacrifice, and three of them will die as a result.”

“However, if we use thunder magic, we can let 'Unparalleled Under Heaven' Tachibana Muneshige go to intercept him. He has the famous sword 'Thunder Cutter' and holds the position of 'Takemikazuchi'. So far, countless thunder mages have died at his hands. His subordinate samurai general, Toki Iehisa, even has the divine position of 'Marishiten'.”

“Let Date Masamune, who has newly come to support, lead 3,000 soldiers to cover him.”

“Then, on the ghost god side, are there any great gods who can be dispatched?”

“Ah.... The Jinjian gods don't seem to be a match for that immortal. In that case..... contact that person and let him immediately go to join up with Tachibana Muneshige. To be on the safe side, we still have to bring the artifact that specializes in killing immortals and gods.”

“Ame no Habakiri?”