Lord of the Earth

"Man proposes, God disposes! The original layout is still a step short of the mark..."

Looking at the "sky curtain" that had been broken by the people of the Qianxia Dynasty, Tokugawa Ieyasu frowned deeply.

As a genius of the Sakura Country, he dared to attack the Qianxia Dynasty and try to "fish in troubled waters". Naturally, he had certain "trump cards"!

Under normal circumstances, relying on the power of this "shogunate", they could still hold out for a period of time, which was enough to complete the "layout" they had originally prepared and give them a chance to turn the tables!

But the "secret move" from the sea clan made him lose the opportunity again... Could it be that the will of the earth and even the eternal will favor this Chinese person?
Even Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but feel a little shaken.

"Tokugawa Ieyasu... It's already come to this, are you still hoping for the best and unwilling to cooperate with us? Do you really think that this 'shrine' can suppress us forever?"

"You are a smart man. It is best for you to release us now... As long as you can defeat the Qianxia Dynasty, you will be the greatest contributor to the protection of the Sakura Kingdom!"

"By then, those few stains will not count for anything... In the myriad worlds, which emperor ascended to the throne without using some tricks?"

And as if sensing the wavering of his emotions, the "black mist" emerging from the scroll held in the statue's hand condensed into several figures, and the voices in their mouths became a little sharp!
"Let us out, let us out... I want to eat people, I want to eat people... Haha, man, I want you to pay the price... Children's hearts and livers are so delicious... Gurgle, Gurgle..."

Then, more black smoke rushed out and transformed into monsters of different shapes.

Some have female faces but spider bodies, some have eyes and noses that look like a wriggling mass of rotten meat, and some have heads that fly alone in the air...

All kinds of shadows were showing their fangs and claws, like a dance of demons. In the process, they swarmed towards the shadow of "Tokugawa Ieyasu", showing signs of "swallowing" it!

"Noisy... cough..."

Tokugawa Ieyasu stroked his chest with his hand and shouted loudly!

The next moment, the statue of "Eastern Star God" suddenly emitted endless fluctuations of divine power.

At the same time, Tokugawa Ieyasu was like a "god descending to the earth". The golden light emanating from his body condensed into a scorching sun, floating above his head.

"what……"

Those "ghosts" that tried to besiege it were like mice seeing a cat. They turned into black gas and returned to the scroll one by one.

Only the three figures that appeared at the beginning, although the light was dimmer, still existed, but they did not dare to get closer, and the light became even dimmer!
"Asshole, Tokugawa Ieyasu, are you looking for death?"

The sound of the crow became more aggressive.

"You are just a tool. What qualifications do you have to negotiate with this general?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was grim, and the golden light on his body condensed into a ball of "scorching sun", which was about to further suppress the three figures and make them return to the scroll together!

"No, be careful..."

However, at this moment, a loud voice of "Sakai Tadatsugu" came from above his head.

"Chance……"

It was the saint of the sea clan who seized the gap in the battle and suddenly attacked Tokugawa Ieyasu, releasing an extremely powerful blow.

The "holy palace" floating above his head pressed down on Tokugawa Ieyasu like a mountain, almost destroying the entire shrine!
Boom!

This is a full-force attack from the peak of the Seventh Realm, which is difficult for ordinary saints to resist.

Even though Tokugawa Ieyasu was in a state of "divine power" at this time, he was caught off guard by this blow and his golden light dissipated on the spot, and he even vomited blood...

If it weren't for this "Tosho Jingu Shrine", he himself wouldn't have been "dead" by this blow and might even have lost his life...

However, as a result, the golden light that was originally intended to suppress the "ghost" had to be immediately changed to a huge "Statue of Light" to resist the opponent's attack...

"Whoosh..."

And right now.

A figure suddenly jumped up from beside Tokugawa Ieyasu, seizing the moment when the golden light emitted by the "statue" was insufficient for his own strength.

He suddenly snatched the scroll from the statue into his own hands!

"Hattori Hanzo, what are you doing?"

This sudden change made all the people from the Sakura Country present look shocked, and Sakai Tadatsugu, who had tried again to stop the Sea Clan Saint, had his eyes widened!
This was because the person who seized the "scroll" was Hattori Hanzo, who had just killed Watanabe Morinaga.

"I'm sorry... General, I need this thing to survive..."

Hattori Hanzo spoke in a faint voice, and a black aura emanated from his body, blending with the aura of the "scroll".

Afterwards, the essence of his body that was originally damaged due to the injury actually recovered to a certain extent, and his aura was also getting stronger!

"Haha... Tokugawa Ieyasu... You don't think that you are the only ones we can contact, right? These days, you have been very careful and would not let ordinary people enter the shrine to come into contact with us..."

"But you still made a mistake by allowing Hattori Hanzo to enter this shrine for treatment while seriously injured..."

"His mindset is quite firm... Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for us to use him... However, he was injured by the Qianxia Dynasty man before, leaving a flaw in his mindset that allows others to take advantage of it..."

"But this is still not enough... After all, this shrine is too powerful to restrain our power... In addition, this shrine can make you immortal, so it is difficult to get this scroll..."

"Fortunately, the sea tribe did provide assistance. Watanabe Moritsugu's assassination of you forced you to mobilize part of the power of the 'Shrine' to heal your injuries. In addition, the seventh-level sea tribe saint and the people of the Qianxia Dynasty helped to involve the strong men under your command..."

"Now, we are finally given a chance... Tokugawa Ieyasu, you are indeed a great hero, but you should never, ever think that you can control us. Now is the time for us to be free, and it is also the time for you to die..."

One by one, the ghosts reappeared, their tone becoming extremely excited, expressing their joy of being able to "see the light of day again".

"It turns out that it's not that the ninja didn't find out, but that Hattori Hanzo concealed the information..." And Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was obviously a little gloomy.

You know, for any emperor, the person in charge of intelligence is his absolute confidant. Now Hattori Hanzo has betrayed him. All this can be regarded as a "blow" to any outstanding person!
"The Shogunate Dynasty is about to end..."

Of course, the reason why Tokugawa Ieyasu felt so heavy in his heart was that once the scroll was opened, it would be a huge disaster.

[One Hundred Demons Night Parade (Xuan Huang)]

[Type] Strange object

[Features] Sealed Catastrophe (this item can forcibly seal the 'catastrophe creatures' and turn them into 'ghosts'), Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (it can release the sealed ghosts to create a large-scale 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons'), Key to the Secret Realm (this item is associated with a 'Secret Realm of One Hundred Demons'), Gate of Catastrophe (opening and releasing it will accumulate a large amount of catastrophe aura, and to a certain extent it will create a 'Gate of Catastrophe', causing great unrest)

[Description] A treasure preserved in the ancient legend of the Sakura Country.

[Note] Risks and opportunities coexist. Once the forces using this item fail to resolve the "Gate of Catastrophe" after it is opened, they will be punished by the Eternal Will and face "divine punishment"!
Yes, Tokugawa Ieyasu also has a powerful Xuanhuang weapon in his hands!
Moreover, the power of this object is even greater than that of the "Natural Disaster Battle Flag" of the Qianxia Dynasty.

This is because each of the hundred ghosts on this “One Hundred Demons Night Parade Scroll” possesses powerful cultivation and strength, and at least has the combat power of a quasi-saint level!
It can be said that once released, it will be enough to destroy the world.

That's why Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't dare to use it.

This is because these ghosts are "unruly", and this thing can only "suppress" them but cannot completely "control" them!
In particular, these ghosts hold a lot of resentment towards the "human race" that sealed them.

Once released, they will "eat people" first. Tokugawa Ieyasu once used it before in order to rule the "world".

At that time, the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" created a lot of killing karma, and at one point more than a million people died...

Tokugawa Ieyasu relied on the contract he had signed in advance with the "Head of the Hundred Demons" to "resolve" the crisis of the Night Parade of the Hundred Demons, thus successfully establishing the image of a "savior".

It was also relying on the threat of these "hundred ghosts" that forced a large number of Sakura Country lords to agree to "alliance"...

But this also means that such means cannot be used lightly, otherwise it will easily expose one's own "conspiracy".

Otherwise, if it had been taken out and released in the "Divine Capital" at the beginning, even if the Qianxia Dynasty had Wang Yangming in charge, it would have been difficult to resist the terror of the "Night Parade of a Hundred Demons"!
However, the purpose of the Sakura Country sending troops to try to capture the Divine Capital was to obtain the entire "Divine Capital", especially the alien races in the Divine Capital, so as to "hostage" these people, replace the status of the Qianxia Dynasty and rule these alien races!

If this "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" is really released, those alien races will not be able to resist, and a large number of alien princes and nobles will die. The final result is undoubtedly something the shogunate does not want to see at all!

This "scroll" has been placed here and only he can access it. Anyone who wants to take it will be blocked by this "statue"...

Only at this moment, because he mobilized the power of this "shrine" for "self-defense", he was lax for a moment, which allowed the other party to succeed.

"Hattori Hanzo, put down the Hundred Demons Scroll..."

The holy form of the "Eight-Tails" on Sakai Tadatsugu rushed out of his body, and the breath exhaled from his mouth made the space of heaven and earth seem to be shattered. It wanted to rush down and take back the "Hundred Demons Scroll" from Hattori Hanzo!
"Haha! Interesting. The human race is still fighting among themselves under such circumstances. Of course, I will lend you a helping hand..."

The seventh realm sea saint laughed and waved the shell in his hand, creating a large sea area around him out of thin air to stop Sakai Tadatsugu and prevent him from interfering with Hattori Hanzo from opening the "Hundred Demons Scroll"!
He was not clear about the effect of this "scroll", but he keenly felt that the creatures in the scroll were full of malice towards the human race.

Therefore, the human race naturally had no concerns about opening this scroll...

After all, even if the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" only affects the human race, even if all the people in the city are eaten, it will only mean that he will have fewer "puppets" in the future!
On the contrary, it can be used to weaken the power of the human race.

This is very important!

You know, the sea people are a truly "supernatural race" in the universe, and are fully qualified to compete for the title of "supreme" race!

Originally, in the minds of most alien races, the human race was special only because it could provide a large amount of "power of faith" to the gods, so that with the support of the gods, it became the "supreme race"!
However, the existence of this "supreme" is too exaggerated and does not represent the true strength of the human race.

After all, they were just mortal creatures in the beginning. Even the babies of the sea clan were more powerful than most humans!

Therefore, regarding the so-called "supreme race" of the human race, the sea race does not put it in the same position as the demon race, dragon race and other former "supreme races".

Only after entering did I realize that the human race’s innate ability of “improvement and learning” is too powerful and must be curbed!
Moreover, in the current situation, their personnel have been exposed, and compared with the Qianxia Dynasty and the Shogunate Dynasty, they are the weakest among the three parties.

In this way, it is natural to introduce more changes so that we can "fish chestnuts from the fire"!
"Hattori Hanzo, don't open it. Do you want to become a sinner of my Sakura Country?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu scolded in a deep voice, but facing Hattori Hanzo, who was steaming all over and seemed to be "possessed by a demon", such an order had no effect!
"Haha, it's too late! He has now become one of our 'Hundred Ghosts'... Although he is ranked below 50th, it is still very good..."

That crow-like voice, with a smug laugh, echoed throughout the entire shrine!
Hattori Hanzo is also known as "Ghost Hanzo".

Now, this name has become somewhat true to its meaning!
"General, whether this person is a criminal or not is not important to me. What is important is that... this city will be transformed into a real 'ghost den'..."

Hattori Hanzo unfolded the scroll filled with black air thoroughly in a blink of an eye.

The next moment, the moon in the sky suddenly turned into a scarlet color, and the moment the sealed scroll burst, it was as if thousands of years of resentment turned into a rushing torrent of black mist.

A large amount of black mist rushed out from the scroll, sweeping towards the entire "Shogunate Dynasty" and even the Qianxia Dynasty military camp outside the city.

And in this fog that covers the sky, there are hidden "ghosts" emitting a creepy aura, one after another, with all kinds of strange shapes!
Boo!
Wrapped in green flames, the skeleton of a bird similar to a "Phoenix" flapped its wings and screamed, its tail feathers dragging charred chains.

At the end of the chains were the headless bodies of hundreds of warriors, and the deathly aura was rising like beacon fires and wolf smoke...

"The Buddha said, all living beings are sinners, the Brahma fire purifies the world..."

Some of them look like a burning wheel, with the axle embedded with the mummified head of an old monk with messy hair, constantly chanting "scriptures". Wherever it passes, the tiles along the way are melted into glass by the ghost fire...

"Zheng, Zheng, Zheng..."

Some wore beautiful and gorgeous kimonos, but underneath the robes were just a pile of bones. The bones inside the gorgeous lapels plucked the thirteen-string konghou made of twisted human tendons with their fingers. As the music passed, the people of Sakura Country who heard the sound followed and danced...

But he suddenly didn't realize that as he jumped, all the flesh and blood on his body fell off, leaving only a skeleton still dancing! (End of this chapter)