A Knight's Journey Begins in Faiz

When ixa in burst mode and ixa in preservation mode teamed up to fight, even though the Grizzly Fang Blood Demon was larger and stronger than the ordinary Fang Blood Demon, it still couldn't gain any advantage over the two of them.

Instead, they were forced to retreat by the combined efforts of the two. With things temporarily settled, Jiang Yang ran straight to the prison cell.

He had lost contact with Hanzo since the beginning. Hanzo was good in every way, except that his health bar was too short, and he would die very easily.

Inside the prison passage, the walls had been broken open, revealing the entrance to the ruins behind.

Jiang Yang's heart skipped a beat.

He didn't know why things had turned out this way. According to their plan, things shouldn't have turned out this way. Hisashi Kambara wouldn't have been taken hostage, the Fang Blood Demon wouldn't have appeared, the walls wouldn't have been destroyed, and the ruins wouldn't have appeared.

But now, everything is in chaos.

Looking at the rubble on the ground, Jiang Yang felt like cursing.

"and many more."

He noticed something was wrong; the distribution of the rubble on the ground was off. It didn't feel like it had been hit and broken off by a projectile, but rather like it had been damaged from within the wall.

The prisoners in the cell have all had their life energy drained.

Jiang Yang's mind was in a mess. What on earth had happened?

He stepped into the ruins.

Inside the ruins, he saw Sugimura Takashi sitting obediently, and the stone coffin behind him that had been opened.

"Tsk."

As expected, it has come to this point. The lord's soul has already possessed Sugimura Takashi's body, and he is just waiting for the right moment to take over the body and resurrect.

"Now."

Now, is it possible to eliminate the opponent directly?

Sugimura Takashi currently possesses the lord's soul; theoretically, killing Sugimura Takashi now would also kill the lord. This is likely the easiest opportunity to kill the lord.

Moreover, the lord's soul could very well be considered a legendary puppet beast, and by killing him, one could complete the quest.

Gripping the blade in his hand, Jiang Yang hesitated. Should he make a move?

He had already killed someone once; should he do it now?

Sugimura Takashi can no longer be considered human, so, should we take action?

After questioning himself three times, his eyes suddenly hardened, and he raised his knife.

While he wasn't entirely without his own agenda, he wasn't entirely acting out of self-interest either. Now that his plan had failed, he could have easily retreated and chosen a safer approach, but the thought of killing his opponent here made him want to take a gamble.

But at that moment, a sense of impending death enveloped Jiang Yang. At the same time, he saw Sugimura Takashi slowly raise his head, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. As if he had been hit by a high-speed train, Jiang Yang was sent flying backward.

His body slammed into the inner wall of the ruins, almost embedding itself in it. The enormous impact caused the ninja buckle to fall off, and Jiang Yang was reduced to his bare body.

Upon landing and reverting to his original form, Jiang Yang knelt on one knee and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Looking up at Sugimura Takashi, he was calmly looking down at Jiang Yang as if he were looking at an ant that didn't know its own mortality.

"Cough cough cough..."

After coughing violently a few times, Jiang Yang secretly took out a coin and held it in his hand. At the same time, he collected the ninja tokens.

He deactivated his transformation, took out the Sengoku Driver, and was certain that this guy was no longer human. He had to deal with him here; he had that chance.

Although he was rendered powerless by a single blow, how many times could the newly awakened opponent use an attack of that magnitude?

The other party did not make a move while Jiang Yang was taking off his clothes, either because they disdained it or because they were unable to. Jiang Yang leaned towards the latter.

Gaim, in orange armor.

Raise the peerless saber, charge it, and fire.

The bullet flew out, but stopped abruptly less than a foot away from Sugimura Takashi, then ricocheted to the sides and landed on the stone coffin behind.

The attack failed, but Jiang Yang's lips curled into a smile.

"It didn't bounce back. What, is it because you didn't want to?"

As he spoke, he combined the Great Orange Maru and the Peerless Saber into a naginata, then removed the Lockseed and inserted it, accompanied by a sound effect as energy was replenished.

The Naginata Musou Giri!

He unleashed two energy slashes, but the slashes seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand, stopping a foot away from Sugimura Takashi. Jiang Yang got into position, ready to charge forward and slash.

But then several gunshots rang out, and several bullets landed on the armor of the armored warrior.

He only turned his head to glance at them; they were two armed prison guards.

In the instant Jiang Yang was distracted, the two slashing energies were deflected by some kind of energy and flew directly towards the two prison guards.

Jiang Yang failed to unleash his final strike, charging towards the two jailers and slashing with all his might to sever the energy he had unleashed.

Before the two jailers could say anything, Jiang Yang gave each of them a blow, knocking them unconscious.

Then, turning around, I saw Takashi Sugimura already standing at the entrance of the ruins.

His eyes flashed again, and then the ceiling suddenly shattered.

"grass!"

In an instant, Jiang Yang reacted. He disassembled the naginata into two swords and slashed wildly at the falling ceiling. The weapons left afterimages as they were swung, and he finally shattered the ceiling before it hit the ground.

The sudden burst of power left Jiang Yang feeling like he was about to be completely exhausted. He glanced back and saw that the two guys lying on the ground were half-buried in rubble, but they seemed to be alright.

Looking at Sugimura Takashi again, he had already reached the surface through the broken ceiling.

After being repeatedly outmaneuvered, Jiang Yang lost his temper and jumped to catch up and kill the attacker, but he was too late.

Takashi Sugimura, who had just appeared, was immediately surrounded by a group of prison guards. In this situation, Jiang Yang had no way to harm Takashi Sugimura without hurting others.

This time, I lost.

Jiang Yang vaguely saw the corners of Sugimura Takashi's mouth turn up, and then he saw his expression change, becoming bewildered and fearful, turning back into Sugimura Takashi himself.

"grass."

Cursing under his breath, knowing he had no chance to strike, Jiang Yang jumped back into the cave, where prison guards were already surrounding him.

He immediately deactivated his transformation after returning to the bottom.

Then they dug out the two guys who were covered by rubble.

Jiang Yang really wanted to punch those two guys.

When the prison guards came down the tunnel, they only saw Jiang Yang digging at people, but they didn't see the guy in the armor.

"He ran off that way. We need to save him first."

Then, while the prison guards were rescuing people, Jiang Yang left.

To summarize this operation briefly, I was too presumptuous. Unexpected events always happen unexpectedly. If I had missed the opportunity just now, he really wouldn't have had a chance to make a move.

They couldn't possibly kill the prison guards too, could they? Not to mention whether Akane and Yuri would stop them, Jiang Yang himself couldn't get over that mental hurdle.

"Could it be that the future is really predetermined?"

The predetermined future, even if disturbed by external forces, will self-correct and move towards that future. What word is it? Fate, destiny, divine will.

Jiang Yang wanted to say, "Bullshit!"

Screw the predetermined future.

But what can he do?

With a sigh, the plan ultimately failed.

What can I say? Plans can't keep up with changes.

However, Jiang Yang remembered that mocking look. This time the other party won, but next time, Jiang Yang was determined to get his revenge.

Jiang Yang wasn't one to hold grudges, because he usually preferred to settle scores on the spot. The fact that he started holding grudges meant the other party was powerful enough that he couldn't get revenge now.

But this grudge remains, and he will never forget it.

Revenge should never be delayed overnight; if it is delayed, it will become a deadly feud.

Well, it's not actually that extreme.

But he remembered this grudge.

He waited outside the prison, and not long after, he saw Akane and Yuri walk out of the prison.