Vanguards of the War of Resistance! Let's travel back in time together, classmates!

334 Journey to the East, Part 24

Shangguan Yun was so busy that he was lying on his back with his eyes wide open when suddenly, with a "crack," the Golden Spirit Sword in his hand, which had been hit by the sword energy formed by the formation multiple times, finally reached its limit and shattered into several pieces that fell to the dust.

"Ah... bastards, you're forcing me... Kusanagi Sword... come out..." Shangguan Yun was furious and forced the system to wake up the sleeping Kusanagi Sword.

Kusanagi Kenshin jolted and jumped out of the system space, still trembling all over.

"Buzz..."

As if in protest, the Kusanagi sword circled Shangguan Yun twice, and was greatly shocked to see the chaotic scene of the heaven and earth's energy outside.

However, it was overjoyed at the same time, as if it liked something among these energies. It showed a happy look, and then flew around in a large circle like lightning, actually absorbing all the attacks transformed from these violent energies.

Then the Kusanagi Sword trembled, and black and white mist swirled around it, forming a protective shield about ten feet in size, protecting Shangguan Yun. Attacks from the outside were only absorbed, but could not harm Shangguan Yun in the slightest.

Shangguan Yun was completely confused. What? Am I Angela? Why do I have an extra shield?

Regardless of all that, he reached out and grabbed the Kusanagi sword, seeing that he was full of energy and also had an indescribable sense of maturity and composure.

It must be a change that occurred after merging with the Yata no Kagami, but there's no time to study that now; we just need to escape first.

With this in mind, Shangguan Yun mobilized the system's energy, preparing to break the formation.

Unexpectedly, he only needed to use 10% of his energy to meet the requirements. Shangguan Yun was secretly delighted and mobilized his magic power to prepare for a surprise attack.

The Kusanagi Sword absorbed enough energy and erupted with black and white spiritual energy. Shangguan Yun shouted, "Mysterious Heaven Sword Technique, First Form: Heaven and Earth Splitting..."

"Aww... Buzz..."

A black and white sword aura rode the wind and waves, heading towards the Asama Shrine ahead.

Why attack Asama Taisha Shrine? Because according to the system's calculations, that's where the core of the entire formation is located. So no matter how many swords you slash at the sky, it's useless. To break the formation, you must find the core to have a chance to break it.

On the other side, the two brothers, Renye and Lieshan, were wreaking havoc, launching wave after wave of attacks at Shangguan Yun as if he would die at any moment.

Suddenly, the three-foot-sized white spiritual energy ball that formed the array's core trembled violently, and all the images within it vanished, interrupting the two people's spellcasting.

The two were stunned. What was going on? Had the formation short-circuited, malfunctioned, or was there not enough energy? No way, this was a formation set up by drawing on the energy of heaven and earth. What was a little energy expenditure?

Takeda Inoun frowned, checking the condition of the formation. Suddenly, Takeda shuddered and looked into the distance outside the door.

"Ah...no good...Junior brother, run..." Takeda Ion shouted, ignoring the stunned Oshino Retsuyama, stomped his foot and soared into the air, crashing through the roof to reach the outside world.

However, he was a little late. He had just flown out of the barrier when he saw an enormous black and white sword aura, like a giant yin-yang dragon, with an aura that looked down on the world, opening its huge mouth to swallow him whole.

The next second, Takeda Ion was swallowed up by the dragon without even uttering a sound. Both his body and soul were reduced to nothingness.

The sword-qi dragon did not stop, but crashed directly into the barrier of Asama Taisha Shrine. The barrier was as fragile as paper and was instantly broken through, then struck the still-rotating array eye.

"boom……"

After a deafening roar, a dazzling white light erupted from the northern foothills of Mount Fuji, shaking the heavens and earth.

Fifteen minutes later, the fog dissipated, leaving only two broken torii gates and scattered Asama Taisha Shrine buildings; no other complete buildings remained.

The eight sacred mountains had all ceased their activity, lost their vitality, and returned to their original positions, looking no different from ordinary mountain ranges. The formation naturally dissipated.

It's a pity that this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation didn't even have the power it was meant to unleash. It was broken by Shangguan Yun, and the core of the formation was destroyed. I don't know if it will ever be usable again.

"Cough cough... Hmph..."

Shangguan Yun sneered, fanned the dust with his hand, and roared:

"This is what happens when you oppose me. What Oshino Faction? What Asama Taisha? They're nothing but chickens and dogs, utterly pathetic, a waste of my time."

"Red Water Chestnut... Kusanagi... Hey... I said, damn it... you two went into hibernation again, so weak... Forget it, I'll just walk away myself..."

As he spoke, he quickly cleaned up the battlefield and found another storage bag, which he guessed had been dropped by Takeda Ion. Without waiting for him to pick it up, Shangguan Yun rode a paper crane to leave.

Suddenly, Shangguan Yun felt a jolt, as if every pore on his body had contracted, and a tremendous sense of crisis descended upon him.

Unlike before, this sense of crisis felt somewhat familiar, but whether it was or not, the feeling was very bad, as if being hit by it would surely lead to death.