Inazuma swordsmith named Senko Muramasa

Muramasa's words suddenly rang in his mind, causing his heavy heart to beat anxiously again.

What kind of?

...Going to the sea to fish every day, what else can that be?

"That's why I told you not to mess with him..."

Seeing his expression that said "don't mess with me", the friend who had advised him shook his head.

Seeing that he was still unhappy, he sighed again:

"If it doesn't work, you can use mine when I can't move anymore."

"No need." The anxiety in his heart and his companion's words combined with each other, making him unable to help but scold.

"Okay, okay," his friend said, patting his shoulder without getting angry. "Fighting is breaking out in other places now, so I have to go on patrol. As for you, go check the Floating Spirit storage tanks and make sure they're ready for use at any time."

Lan snorted, didn't argue, and turned to walk towards the rear of the camp. Dark red and deep purple wooden barrels were neatly arranged, emitting an ominous glow.

Compared to ordinary explosives, although the power of this wooden barrel that seals the floating spirit cannot be controlled, its advantage is that the elemental force released after the explosion will attract similar spirits to gather around like a lighthouse.

Use the catapult to hit the hull of Tianling Fengxing's ship, and those flying elemental creatures will be enough to give the enemy a headache.

"Enemy attack——"

The shouts of his companions outside the camp were so sharp that they broke his voice, and Lan suddenly looked up.

The outline of a huge warship pierced the hazy morning light. The figure standing at the bow of the vanguard ship was as tall and straight as a pine tree. Although the black wings were not fully spread, the iconic Tengu mask and the cold gaze showed that it was none other than the general of the Tenryo Bugyo - Kujo Sara!

Following closely behind were two murderous Tianling warships.

"Don't panic! Hold steady! Prepare the thrower--!"

Lan's friend's voice rang out again, a roar of forced composure. He was the first to draw his bow, and while the enemy ship was still out of effective range, he decisively fired three low-lying signal arrows and one high-rising signal arrow into the sky behind him.

Three enemy ships... and one wielder of the Eye of God...

Lan quickly recalled the sporadic signals from other directions and found that the four holders of the Eye of God that Tianling Fengxing had been following seemed to have appeared.

His friend calmed down after shooting the arrow, but before he could hide, an arrow wrapped in lightning hit him in the back.

"What……"

The arrow that pierced his back paralyzed his limbs, forcing him to barely cast a last glance back.

For the first time on the battlefield, the Tengu spread its black wings behind it, but in an instant, the distance was reduced to the minimum range for shooting.

Her sharp eyes scanned the entire rebel camp like a hawk, looking for the next valuable target.

In the corner of the camp, a thrower that had barely adjusted its angle suddenly exerted force and threw a heavy dark purple floating spirit barrel towards the Nine Sara on the bow!

Lan's heart nearly stopped, but a faint glimmer of hope rose in his despair—if only he could hit...

However, the flame of hope was ruthlessly extinguished just as it was ignited!

As if foreseen, another arrow, blazing with flames, shot out from a warship behind the Kujo Sara! It traced a scorching trajectory in mid-air, accurately intercepting the flying barrel!

boom--!

The floating spirit barrel exploded violently above the sea, still several feet away from Jiu Tiao Sha Luo! The purple-red shock wave spread out with a piercing scream, but failed to harm Jiu Tiao Sha Luo in the slightest.

The second holder of the "Eye of God".

Lan's pupils contracted, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

Why, is there another holder of the Eye of God in Tianling?

Of course, he didn't know that the so-called Eye of God could be "forged". As long as the glass beads that had not yet been cast into the "Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed Statue" were sent to the battlefield, any of the Tianling followers could possess the "Eye of God".

But he understood one thing very clearly - if the front line was breached, those ships would have to anchor, and Tenryo Bugyo would be able to gain a foothold on Kaigi Island.

There were not only Kujo Sara and the archer, but also two more behind him! Two more holders of the Eye of God!

Almost instinctively, with a last glimmer of hope, he suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the Coral Palace.

Where the sea and sky met, there was complete silence. No familiar colorful bubbles floated out, signaling a change of command or reinforcements, and no new signals were raised.

He had no weapons on him, only explosives without launchers, and no "safety" on his chest.

No, I can't do that, I don't have that thing...

"If that's the case, then what are the ten years you lived before this?"

"...Tsk."

With a short and decisive click of his tongue, he didn't know what he was, but he wanted to know, so he had to try.

No longer looking at Kujo Sara, no longer paying attention to the chaotic battlefield, Lan just glanced at his fallen companion for the last time. He could not help him, nor could he "borrow" him "insurance".

Then, Lan's gaze was fixed on the sea where he could swim freely with his eyes closed and where he had spent more than ten years.

He summoned all his remaining strength and lunged towards the nearest floating spirit barrel. The fire elemental sensed the violent vibrations within his arms and began to stir restlessly, causing the barrel walls to emit a dull hum.

"Be quiet……"

Lan turned and staggered, using his last bit of strength to run towards the rocky coast behind the camp!

"Ok?"

Kujo Sara subconsciously raised his bow and aimed, but only saw an unknown soldier running away with his head in his hands.

Deserter?

She was not surprised; this was perfectly normal.

With a splash, Lan fell into the sea and was swallowed by the icy waves.

He didn't panic; this was how he had lived for the past decade. He followed the familiar current, letting his body be enveloped by the icy water as he sank deep beneath the surface.

Relying on his amazing swimming ability and familiarity with the tides, he remained submerged for nearly ten minutes. Then he raised his head, took a breath, and sank again, approaching the leading ship without even the admiral noticing.

Lan stomped his feet hard on a protruding reef! Holding the crimson barrel, whose walls were already cracked from the violent impact of the elemental creatures within, he crashed into the waterline of the Tianling Fengxing Vanguard warship!

Crack! Bang—

The violent impact caused the wooden barrel, which was already on the verge of breaking, to shatter instantly!

A dazzling orange-red fireball suddenly expanded between the sea surface and the hull!

The hard wooden planks of the hull were torn, carbonized, and thrown away like pieces of paper! The scorching elemental force, carrying the unique pheromones of the floating spirit, spread across the sea.

The cold sea water immediately found an outlet and poured into the cabin with tremendous pressure.

"The bottom of the ship is damaged! Water is coming in!" The exclamations of the Tianling Fengxing people immediately came from below the deck, with obvious panic.

"It's that guy..."

Kujo Sara caught a glimpse of Lan, who seemed to be unconscious in the sea and was carrying a floating spirit barrel to launch a suicide attack, and felt a headache coming on.

Are all the soldiers on Haigi Island such lunatics?

The original intention of this operation was to use confusing tactics on other routes and then make a straight breakthrough in this direction. However, this sudden change once again interrupted the pace of the attack.

"It's that guy..."

Kujo Sara's sharp eyes instantly locked onto the unconscious figure floating on the sea.

A mixed feeling of irritation and emotion surged in my heart.

Another such self-destructive attack at all costs!

She had received reports before that the people on Haige Island had a method of sudden self-strengthening, and always launched a self-destructive attack at the cost of draining one person's life when they were about to make a successful advance.

"Hold the ship steady! Management team, block it with all your strength! The rest of you, resume your combat positions!"

Her voice was heard as the hull tilted and seawater poured in, but the speed of the ship had dropped sharply and the bow even began to sink slightly.

The face beneath the Kujo Sara mask was as tense as iron.

She clearly saw that the two warships behind had to make an emergency turn to avoid colliding with the out-of-control vanguard ship.

The originally unstoppable formation of three ships charging forward was disrupted in an instant, and the precious raid window was closing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

What’s even more terrible is the elemental creatures standing between Haiji Island and them!

"Tsk!"

Her carefully planned lightning attack was unexpectedly interrupted by an unknown person. The arrows that the other party shot into the air after reacting spoke volumes - time was falling towards Haigi Island with every passing moment.

Many failures have caused many of the soldiers who followed Tianling to want to retreat. This retreat is another heavy blow to their morale!

There was no more hesitation in Kujo Sara's eyes, and the jet-black wings behind her fully unfolded with a "swish":

"Send the order!"

"Abandon the vanguard ship! Everyone abandon ship! Target—the rocky beach ahead! Use the wreckage as a springboard and force a landing!"

As soon as the order came out, even the soldiers behind her gasped. Abandon the vanguard ship? Forcefully land on a beach full of reefs? Are there still floating spirits there ready to make a move?

"But General, the reef area..."

"No buts!" Jiu Tiao Sara interrupted sharply, his bow already fully strung. The lightning elemental force condensed into a dazzling ball of light at the tip of the arrow, transforming into streams of light that shot towards the elemental creatures flying towards the soldiers:

"I'll lead the way, you just go ahead."

"The Way of the Ordinary is magnificent, the Mingshen is eternal—"

Then she flapped her wings and pounced towards the group of almost crazy floating spirits with her body, interpreting "Follow me" with her body.

"Charge! Clear the way for the general!"

On the warship to the side and rear, the one with a ray of hot fire responded first, and the blazing arrows shot towards the beach like meteors, suppressing the rebels' firepower points.

"Abandon ship! Land!"

The soldiers on the vanguard ship had no way to retreat, and they jumped into the icy sea or climbed onto the sinking hull, struggling to rush towards the beach covered with sharp reefs.

"Guard the gap in the reef! Don't let them get up! Aim all the remaining throwers at the reef area!"

The remaining leaders of the rebel army shouted at the top of their lungs, while touching their hearts with their hands. The same power had been ignited in many places in the formation, intending to make a final desperate resistance.

At the moment when both sides risked everything—

"Projection, start."

Chiko Muramasa's cold declaration echoed throughout the battlefield.

His body was suspended high in the sky, and before anyone could figure out what was going on, the long sword in his hand had already transformed into a cold light that could tear through space, and it slashed down towards the surging sea!

boom--! ! !

A huge silver-white sword arc instantly vaporized the seabed! Even the floating spirits above the reef area were instantly evaporated by this sword.

The remaining sword pressure forced the sea water to be pushed aside, and a short-lived and terrifying strait was created in the center of the reef area, reaching directly to the mud on the seabed!

The turbulent sea water seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, causing huge waves on both sides of the crack, pushing all the soldiers on both sides backwards.

Immediately afterwards, the gentle power of water element spread from the back of the battlefield like a tide.

The Heart Sea, who had been sitting in the Coral Palace, had quietly appeared at some point, accurately enveloping every fallen figure on the battlefield - whether it was the resistance fighters paralyzed by lightning arrows, or the Tianling Bugxing soldiers injured by the hull explosion and the collision with the reef.

Or maybe it's a dying young man who blows the horn of counterattack with his life.

"It took some time to get to the other battlefields, so we arrived a little late."

After a brief hover, Mura regained his footing above the sea, avoiding falling. Behind him was the artificial trench meticulously maintained by his heart. He looked at Arashi, who was encased in a bubble of water, his life or death uncertain. A smile that said, "I can't do anything about you," "You're more courageous than I thought," crossed his face, and he turned to the distant Tenryo Bugyo.

"The one who is protected by the Thunder God's followers—Muramasa Chiko."

The sea surface fell silent due to this uninvited guest, and the air almost froze. Until Kujo Sara was the first to break the stagnant air, his voice carrying a chilling question:

"Can I interpret this as you betraying the trust that the Son of God placed in you?"

She did not regard Yae Shinko as the main culprit, at least not here.

"How could that be?" Muramasa had a relaxed smile on his face, but his words were laced with obvious cunning. "I came here to convey the will of that... that Lord Palace Administrator."

"Ridiculous," she retorted sharply, "Yaeguya has been missing for some time, how could he have contact with you on Umijima?"

Muramasa's expression did not change at all, but instead he looked a little teasing:

"That Son of God is very capable. You should know this better than I do, right?"

"Humph……"

Seeing the other party's words, Kujo Sara realized that it was pointless to dwell on it, and turned his attention to a more direct accusation:

"So, intervening in the war and aiding the rebels. How do you explain that?"