There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

Li Nian's eyebrows jumped, and he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying aura appearing behind him.

——Flash.

The moment Li Nian disappeared from the spot without hesitation, a long sword engulfed in black flames chopped heavily at the place where he was standing. From the extension line of the sword tip, the ground cracked with a loud bang.

"...Tsk."

The attacker missed his attack and uttered a smacking sound.

Li Nian appeared at the other end, looked up silently, but first glanced at the posture of the dead person.

The monster revealed its true form, transformed into a mantis as tall as a human. It had a terrifying appearance, but had been shot like a sieve, riddled with holes, by the bombardment of countless light cannons.

It is worth mentioning that he kept his two sickle-like claws open, as if he was protecting something before dying.

“…I thought this was a mean guy.”

Li Nian was very surprised.

The monster over there also revealed its true form, still maintaining its basic human form, except that its body had grown to three meters tall, with two horns growing on its forehead. The mask on the upper half of its face turned into a ferocious and angry picture of an Asura ghost, and black air was crawling on its body.

It was obvious that it was the gloomy man from before, with the classic image of two horns. Li Nian then realized that his true identity was actually a ghost.

Then the one who died was the one with white hair...

The ghost's aura was obviously weakened, with cuts all over its body, blood gushing out. Its right arm was missing, so it was holding a knife in its left arm, looking extremely miserable. The one eye that was not covered by the mask looked at Li Nian fiercely and gloomily.

Obviously, even if he was not directly killed by Li Nian's eighty-six laser cannons, it would not be much different from being half dead.

But he did survive.

In the saturation artillery attack, his partner saved half of his life at the cost of his own life.

"The Cricket Clan has always been a fool." The ghost replied hoarsely, "Perhaps he thinks that death is just a sacrifice for the greater good and returning to the arms of his Lord."

Mole crickets... The knowledge in Li Nian's memory was triggered by this term. He remembered that it was a bug in Japanese folklore that specifically reported human evil to God.

His behavior is admirable, but...

"Terrorists like to label their stupid actions as righteousness." Li Nian sneered, "Little do they know that true righteousness will turn into a rolling wheel and crush them... Trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm is a way to die for people like you who overestimate your own abilities."

"...It would indeed be foolish of us to underestimate you, but this time, I will use all my strength to kill you."

"The last person who said that to me was your Kidomaru. Now the grass on his grave is as tall as you."

"Let me guess, how much mana do you have left, even though you're so stubborn!"

With that broken body, the ghost raised the knife again. His aura suddenly rose, and black air came out of his body. Most of it was wrapped around the blade, and the rest spread around with all his might, eroding the surrounding space. Then, carrying the crawling black air, he stomped on the ground and rushed towards Li Nian.

The ghost forced himself to gather his strength, and came forward with a fierce and sharp edge. He released the little strength he had left, but he held it in until he was close to Li Nian. The black energy around him would erode the space and lock Li Nian's means of instant movement. That would be his chance. He slashed with his sword, and Li Nian had to take it even if he didn't want to.

If you can't catch it, just kill it!

Li Nian was fully aware of this. The other party was sure that his spiritual power was exhausted, and instead saw it as an opportunity. He had no intention of dodging, because he really did not have much spiritual power left and could barely maintain the seal. He knew that Jianshan had come and was waiting outside. If he let this guy escape before his spiritual power was exhausted, Jianshan would have to face the opponent who still had some strength left.

Li Nian has not yet developed the habit of pushing his own tasks onto others!

Li Nian was waiting right there, lowering his body and pressing down the ice blade, silently accumulating his limited spiritual power, waiting for a close-range moment. At that time, he would give up maintaining the seal and completely burst out his remaining strength - he did not intend to fight the ghost head-on with a killing move. Even if he knew more spells, the little spiritual power he had left would not be enough to fight head-on, so he would use himself as bait here, or use the tactic of exchanging knives, with the idea of ​​killing the enemy completely!

If I were completely cut in half, I might really die... Li Nian thought casually while preparing a killing move.

The ghost had already rushed in front of Li Nian, and darkness enveloped Li Nian, locking the space around him.

Li Nian decisively gave up maintaining the seal and recovered the last bit of spiritual power. The world line instantly returned to its original position, the cage disappeared, and the figures of the two people appeared in front of the outsiders at the same time - but it didn't matter anymore, no one intended to retreat here, this was the moment to decide the victory.

The ghost that rushed in front of Li Nian laughed cruelly and swung his sword with tremendous force.

Isayama stared blankly at the two people who suddenly appeared, and did not react immediately to provide assistance.

But Li Nian didn't care. He had already made up his mind, so he had to carry it out. He knew that when attacking, defense was the weakest, and he had calculated this moment, so he ignored the incoming slash and swung his sword directly through the gap, slashing at the enemy's neck, using the super-speed slashing he learned from Kidomaru.

He had very little spiritual power left, but killing people never required too much effort. The little spiritual power he had instantly flowed through his body, but it burst out at one point. He had been accumulating it for a long time, and when he swung it, the speed was unparalleled. The ghost focused all his attention on the attack. Li Nian used the same trick again, not as fierce as before, but well prepared, much faster, and the timing was even more ruthless. Even if the ghost barely noticed it, his full-strength attack had already been launched fiercely, and he had no time to parry.

The light flashed across his entire neck!

Li Nian succeeded in killing.

But the ghost's attack had already cut down, and Li Nian could no longer defend himself. The knife would definitely cut him in two, but his heart was empty and he didn't care much.

"——Red plum blossoms under the snow"

Just as Li Nian was about to be cut in half, a cold voice suddenly rang out. Along with the voice, an extremely cold breath, wrapped in ice and snow, a long knife had already slashed out from the side and took the blow for him. Without the urging of the owner's consciousness, the frost easily crushed over, and in the blink of an eye it actually froze all the darkness along with the ghost's body.

In addition to Jianshan, there were other masters present, and they helped him in time to save Li Nian's life. Li Nian did not expect this and was stunned.

A helpless voice sounded beside him.

"You are such a reckless person."

Li Nian turned her head to look. It was a tall man wearing a kimono, wooden clogs, and a haori. His long hair was strangely sticking up high. He had a very handsome face and a strong aura.

The man swung his knife, and the ice and snow wrapped around the knife flowed out, turning into a cute girl in a snow-white kimono who fell behind him and looked at Li Nian curiously.

Isayama rushed over: "Are you okay?"

Li Nian ignored them, stared at the man and asked in confusion.

"Who are you……?"

"Nura Rikuo." The man casually stated his identity and sheathed his sword.

"…Who is Nurarihyon to you?"

"Grandpa." The man put the knife on his shoulder and replied to Li Nian with a smile: "I am the third generation leader of the Nura Group."

The current boss of the Nura group.

It seems that Isayama invited them here... Li Nian thought quickly in his mind, remembering what Nura Nagisa had said before, that the Nura group was the enemy of Yuyuko. He quickly figured out the situation and simply said it.

"I'll remember that you saved my life. I, Li Nian, owe you Nura clan this debt."

"It's just a piece of cake." Nura Rikuo waved his hand nonchalantly, looking at the ghost on the ground and the corpse of the mantis over there, he sighed: "But it's a pity that you can handle the two of them by yourself..."

He had already learned about the story of Yuyuko from his grandfather Huapiao, and also understood who the Kidomaru was, whom Li Nian had killed, and what kind of hatred he had with Yuyuko because of it.

When he heard the noise and rushed here, and heard Jianshan say that it was Yuyuko's subordinates who came to look for Li Nian, he already understood that he was being sought for revenge.

From the previous battle with the demon, Nura Rikuo had already felt what a terrifying guy was who came looking for Li Nian. If Li Nian had not killed the demon at that time, Nura Rikuo felt that he would not be able to take the next attack so easily. What's more, seeing that there were two more people coming to kill him, they seemed to be determined to win. Under such circumstances, these two people were killed by this man named Li Nian, which really surprised him.

If he knew that Li Nian was seriously injured at the beginning and had wasted most of his spiritual power, he would probably be even more surprised.

"No wonder Grandpa praised you so much. He said that Yuyuko had hit a hard rock and was going to suffer a great loss."

But Li Nian thought of the short old man who had defeated him, and became very worried. He felt that even now, he was not sure of defeating the old man, so he shook his head.

"I can't bear your grandfather's praise."

"What are you saying about being modest? However, your final move is really unacceptable."

Nura Rikuo was talking about the incident where Li Nian exchanged his life for another's.

“…It’s a helpless act.”

Li Nian looked helpless.

This attack was truly dangerous and murderous at every step.

He was seriously injured by the sneak attack at the beginning. If it weren't for the fact that Yuyuko seemed to have ordered the two men to persuade him, he might have been killed on the spot instead of being attacked.

Even if he gave Li Nian time to recover and then started the battle, most of his spiritual power was wasted, and there was not much left, which resulted in him being unable to use various means. He had to try his best and use extreme tactics. If he made a wrong bet in any of these links, he would lose everything. Even if he successfully turned the situation around for him, something went wrong. The ghost was not successfully dealt with, which led to Li Nian having to kill him with a life-for-life tactic. If Nura Rikuo had not rescued him, he might have really died.

Of course, there must be a reason why he never considered the option of retreat...

Isayama walked over and looked at the frozen ghost, who remained with his eyes wide open without making any movement, as if he was frozen in time. Seeing this, she nervously opened her mouth to ask.

"He's still alive?"

But Li Nian simply answered: "He's dead."

Isayama saw that Nura Rikuo blocked the sword, looked over in confusion, and asked him: "Did you kill him, Sandaime?"

Nura Rikuo shook his head: "Both of them were killed by your friend. Look at the neck of that demon."

Jianshan looked carefully and found that there was a red line on the ghost's neck. The head had been separated from the body. He was suddenly speechless.

"What should we do next?" Li Nian suddenly asked, bringing Jianshan back to his senses. Now that the battle was over and the matter had come to an end, she really shouldn't think too much about complicated things. She immediately said in a serious tone, "Officer Takasaka has set up an encirclement outside. You will go and take a statement from him later..."

"Of course I will do this, but that's not what I'm asking." Li Nian looked at the corpse on the ground with cold eyes: "These two people are Yuyuko's subordinates. They are very involved, right? I think things will become very troublesome later."

"...You're right." Isayama understood what he was saying and sighed, "The Onmyoji Agency has been unable to catch Yuyuko's tail. We suspected that she was still hiding somewhere in Kyoto, and all our attention was focused there. Now that you've caused such a big incident, it's likely that some big shots in the agency will come to question you soon. You should be prepared."

Li Nian thought about it and said, "It should be just a personal grudge..."

"It may not be a personal grudge." Nura interrupted him and said thoughtfully: "They sent two cadres here, not just to seek revenge on you. If they want to kill you, what will they do after killing you? Remember Kidomaru from before? He should have been sent to cause trouble for my Nura Group. Perhaps these two people plan to take over this matter after killing you."

Li Nian thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed possible. It was a coincidence that Kidomaru approached him in the first place. Not to mention that he was killed by him because he didn't know the details, Kidomaru's original purpose was probably to be arranged to this place by Yuyuko to cause trouble for the Nura Clan. It can be seen that Yuyuko's main target is actually this organization...

"…What grudge do you have against each other?"

When Li Nian asked this, Nura Rikuo laughed.

"It's about my grandfather who was involved in sealing Yuyuko."

Chapter 138 Nura Rikuo

That old man participated in the battle to seal Yuyuko 400 years ago?

This huge time span and the symbolic meanings it contained made Li Nian's pupils shrink slightly, and he was a little bit unbelievable for a moment.

When he heard Isayama talking about the sealing of Yuyuko, he subconsciously thought that it was purely organized by the exorcists at that time.

If what the man in front of him said was true, then Li Nian knew that his idea was a little too naive. What happened back then might be more complicated than he thought, and there might be monsters involved.

Li Nian thought about it carefully. First of all, he felt that his strength was understandable. He had fought with that old man before. His strongest attack was broken from the front, but the enemy was unscathed. It was the most complete defeat Li Nian had ever experienced. Even though things are different now, Li Nian still remembers the power of that fierce sword. He knows very well that there is still a gap between him and him... It can be seen that the old man is indeed very strong. Although Li Nian does not know the specific strength of Yuyuko, he thinks that the old man played a vital role in the war to seal Yuyuko.

No...it shouldn't just be him, but also the Nura Group he belongs to.

If it is true that the Nura Group participated in the Sealing Battle, it is no wonder that the old man said "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". In the eyes of Yuyuko, the Nura Group might be a thorn in his side that is more annoying than Li Nian.

Li Nian thought of more and couldn't help but speak.

"…Maybe I know too little about your Nura group."

Nura Rikuo was stunned when he heard this, but shook his head.

"Really? That's different from what I heard from the old man at home."

"...Oh? What did he say?"

"He spoke highly of you, saying that you are someone who can see through our true nature and is a rare wise person among young people." Nura Rikuo extended his hand again and said with a smile: "He also said that you are a talented person who can judge the situation and give me a chance to make friends with you. What do you think? Are you interested in getting to know each other?"

Li Nian looked at the hand he stretched out and heard his intention to make friends, but she lowered her brows and thought about it, a little hesitant.

Li Nian once received an olive branch from Nura Nura, but he rejected it on the spot. At that time, he did not want to get too close to the Nura group. Although he did not think that all monsters were evil and did not see the full picture of this organization, he still clearly understood that he had the position of an exorcist, and it was absolutely right to draw a clear line. To be honest, he has not changed his mind now.

But no matter what, this person blocked the crucial blow for him, which saved his life...

Li Nian still stretched out his hand and shook hands with Nura Rikuo.

"I should introduce myself. My name is Li Nian. I am a new exorcist of unknown origin. It's our first meeting... But it doesn't seem to be the case. It seems that the Sandaime of the Nura Clan already knew me before?"

"...The fact that you like to be cunning and show weakness is just like what grandpa said." Lu Sheng sighed.

Li Nian had nothing to say.

"I dare not underestimate you." Nura Rikusei said pointedly, "Yes, this is the first time you meet me, but it is not the first time I meet you. It should be the third time. The first time I met you, I witnessed the death of Kidomaru in your hands."

Li Nian originally thought that he had only heard it from someone, but now that she heard that this person had appeared at the scene, she immediately cast a questioning look at Jianshan. She nodded and explained, "I went out to get help from him, but when we arrived, the battle was over. You were unconscious, so you didn't meet this person."

Li Nian was relieved at this moment, and then he remembered something: "So what you said is that besides the police and the high-ranking officials of the Onmyoji Bureau, there are people who know the secret that I killed Kidomaru..."

"it's him."

Li Nian looked at Nura Rikuo again, and he answered simply: "Don't worry, I only told Grandpa... If you don't believe me, ask Miss Bingli next to me."

The girl in kimono, who had been standing obediently behind Lu Sheng, was immediately at a loss when she saw the topic suddenly shift to herself. The big shot (she thought) who was chatting with the young master suddenly looked at her.

"This... I, I, I, I don't know anything! I didn't hear anything! I didn't see anything!"

Obviously, Miss Bingli, who was trembling as if she was afraid of being killed, was listening carefully to the conversation and following the topic. It can be seen that she did not know about this matter before, but knows it now.

"Hahaha, sorry, one more person knows your secret. You don't mind, do you?"

"..."