Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 59 Is this a chicken? !

The map-clearing work was blocked when it reached the Tiger's Mouth Stairs, not because of encountering a strong enemy, but because the road was blocked.

The Tiger's Mouth Stairs is the last barrier to the main city of Ashina Castle. In order to prevent the inner court from breaking through the Tiger's Mouth Stairs and entering Ashina Castle, Genichirō ordered the bridge leading from the Tiger's Mouth Stairs to Ashina Castle to be destroyed.

There is a very wide canyon between the main city of Ashina Castle and the Tiger's Mouth Stairs, which can usually only be connected by a wooden bridge, but the wooden bridge has been destroyed and this main road is no longer accessible.

Another road goes around the valley under the bridge. There are some platforms between the cliffs for people to stand on. If you have three-dimensional mobility, you can reach the city area outside the main gate through these platforms, and then all the way to the main city of Ashina Castle.

But the requirements for taking this route are very high. If Liu Mang had props such as three-dimensional maneuverable devices and grappling hooks, he could have given it a try, but he didn't have any.

And there is also a huge white snake swimming here!
The White Snakes were once the most powerful gods in Ashina. After the Sakura Dragons came and seized the power of the local gods, they actually survived with their powerful strength, but their strength was also greatly damaged. Not only did their divine power almost completely disappear, their mental state also became the same as that of wild beasts.

But even so, the White Snake God is still a terrifying existence that cannot be resisted by human power. A white snake that is several meters thick and hundreds of meters long is still an extremely terrifying existence even if it can only attack with its body.

Not to mention the current Liu Mang, even if you call over Ashina Isshin in his prime, he will be dead if he is touched!
The White Snake has extremely high attack power and a very fast attack speed, but its defense is not so impeccable. The defense of its head is relatively low, and the wolf can pierce it with the wedge ball, and Liu Mang can also solve it with one sword if he finds the right opportunity.

However, this opportunity cannot be waited for now. In this valley, the white snake is in a constantly active state. If Liu Mang wants to attack its head, he has no better way except to fly. It is better to hide.

The Thunder of Ba can deal with the White Snake, but in order to condense the Thunder of Ba that can kill the White Snake, even if he exhausts all his physical strength, it is not enough.

The power of the Thunder from the Tiger's Mouth Stairs was incredible, but it used up two-thirds of his physical strength, and that kind of power was still far from enough to kill the White Snake.

When launching the Thunder of Ba, Long Yin himself does not consume any energy. He only acts as a medium, as a bridge connecting Liu Mang and the thunder element, providing a channel to consume other forces to unleash thunder. What is consumed in condensing thunder is his own physical strength.

Unless he is above level 100, he won't have enough physical strength to kill the White Snake with the Thunder of Ba.

Moreover, there is a secret passage in the dilapidated temple that leads directly to the upper level of the Ashina Castle Tower. He must be crazy to take this hellish road!
After a bloody battle along the way, Liu Mang's level finally broke through the 60 mark and reached level 62, but the huge experience gap required for the upgrade has made Liu Mang hesitate.

Player: Liu Mang

Rating: 62
Life: 1340/1340
Attack: 119-122 (+240)

Defense: 480 (+120)

Free attribute points: 0
Experience: 200000000/72639487
Equipment: Tachi (excellent)*1, Nodachi (excellent)*1, Tachi (excellent)*1, Armor and Breastplate (excellent), Katana*4, Armor and Breastplate*2, Armor and Leg Armor*1, Armor and Shoes*1
A piece of excellent breastplate dropped from Yamauchi Norizen at the Tiger's Mouth Stairs, replacing an ordinary katana, and the defense power has reached 600 points!
As for the upgrade experience, Liu Mang counted it carefully, 8 zeros, million!
My goodness, he's only level 80. He can hardly level up after killing monsters across more than ten levels. What should he do next? He has killed at least one-fifth of Ashina's soldiers. Even if he kills all the rest, can he reach level ?

The average level of the soldiers in Ashina main city is close to level 90, which accounts for less than half of the remaining people. If you want to upgrade to level 100 or above, you can't just rely on Ashina soldiers. You must let the inner court feel the warmth of hanging on the wall!
There is a small Buddhist temple along the road to the right of the broken bridge. Liu Mang picked up an important prop on the stone next to it - the God's Flying Snow!
This is a consumable item. After using it, you can give yourself a buff, making your attacks effective against vengeful spirit-like enemies.

Without divine power, humans cannot harm vengeful spirit enemies no matter how strong their attacks are. The Flying Snow of God is a high-level item handed down from the Palace of Origin. It is formed by using the water of the source to make paper and grab a certain amount of divine power. Then, tearing it into pieces and throwing it up, the pieces of paper containing divine power will cover you with flying snow, breaking the characteristic of vengeful spirits that are not affected by physical attacks!
Since there are such props, there are naturally vengeful spirit-like enemies that are targeted by the props, named the Seven-Faced Warrior and the Headless!
These two types of enemies are very difficult to deal with. Not only do they have super high attack and defense, they also have special attribute attacks, can teleport, can release waves, and have very strong martial arts. The surrounding space is also filled with an unknown element of fear. If you are eroded by this element for a long time, you will have a mental breakdown and die!

Even with the divine flying snow and even divine power, Liu Mang did not dare to cause trouble to such an enemy at this time.

This is a ghost, so it is normal for it to have some incomprehensible methods. Recalling the movies he watched in his previous life, such as The Grudge, The Ring, and Village Ghost, Liu Mang shook his head and shuddered!

I returned along the same route and remembered that there seemed to be a merchant from a memorial service gang somewhere who had a ninja tool for sale. It was called Robert's firecracker, which could be added to the Wolf Ninja prosthetic arm. I decided to look for it along the way.

Liu Mang really couldn't remember the exact location, and the real map was not quite consistent with the game map. He jumped up and down all the way and finally found the merchant on a cliff.

Firecrackers cost five hundred yuan, but Liu Mang didn't have that much money on him, so he could only turn around and touch the corpse.

It didn't take Liu Mang long to fight his way from the dilapidated temple to the Tiger's Mouth Stairs, only two or three hours. Before the corpse collectors even received the news, Liu Mang had already turned back, and the corpse was still there. But the soldiers of Ashina were too poor, with less than one yuan per person, and it was not enough to search all the corpses nearby!

Hmm. Are we going to rob them? Liu Mang looked at the honest and hungry merchants and couldn't bear to do that.

So, Liu Mang proposed a barter, exchanging a chicken for this ninja tool.

As a result, the businessman was horrified because Liu Mang brought over a chicken that was almost as tall as a human, with muscles all over its body, and its claws could twist off a person's head with one hand!
This, this is a chicken?!
The businessman couldn't believe it, but this thing did look like a chicken, just a "little" bigger.

What else is there to say? They brought the fighting chickens here. With their physique, they are enough to eat for more than ten days. 500 yuan is not as cost-effective as this!

The ninja tools were obtained. Now Liu Mang has two gourd seeds and two ninja tools in his hand. He will go back and give them to the wolf to use, and he can directly pass the novice period!
He also stopped by to see Grandma Ueno and Inosuke. They looked no different from when he left, half dead. There was really nothing he could do.

All the extraordinary medicines in this world are ineffective on ordinary people, and non-extraordinary medicines cannot cure their injuries. Madame Butterfly's illusion is so powerful that the harm has not disappeared even after three years!
He intended to move the two back to the dilapidated temple, but it was not a safe place either. The Buddhist sculptor's killing karma could erupt at any time, and once the resentful ghost appeared, the surrounding people and buildings would be the first to bear the brunt.

Let's just leave them here! After finding some blankets to cover the two of them, Liu Mang returned to the dilapidated temple.

In the past few hours, Liu Mang's strength has increased countless times. His evil spirit had dissipated before entering the temple to prevent the aura from irritating the Buddha sculptor and making him go crazy on the spot.

The wolf is still sleeping. Its external injuries have almost recovered. The only thing left are the complicated internal injuries, which will probably take another two or three days.

Liu Mang did not plan to continue gaining experience these days. First, all the enemies nearby had been killed. If he wanted to kill more, he would have to kill them from the castle tower outwards.

This is very dangerous, as the main city area is guarded by three big bosses: Ashina Genichirō, Ashina Isshin, and Owl. If he starts killing people indiscriminately, he may be stopped by Isshin. It will be very troublesome for him to use his remaining fighting strength against himself.

The reason why Wolf killed his way to the castle tower and killed Genichirō without being targeted by Isshin was that he was lurking all the way and only killed necessary people, instead of rushing forward. His purpose was clear, which was to save the young master. His loyalty was evident to all, so Isshin not only did not target him, but also taught him his martial arts.

But Liu Mang is different, his purpose is to kill people, and it is obvious that he wants to wipe out all the combat effectiveness of Ashina Country. This is definitely the way of Shura. If Yi Xin can ignore this, he would not be the sword saint who can control the inner court alone!

During his peak period, Isshin single-handedly forced the Uchifu not to invade Ashina, and this lasted for twenty years. When Isshin could no longer defeat the Uchifu, the Uchifu would immediately invade. Obviously, in the eyes of the Uchifu, the combat power of Isshin alone was greater than that of the entire Ashina country!
This is actually true. This sword saint is as extraordinary as his name suggests. He can use his pure human body to slash out sword energy that is dozens of meters long and wide. If he really wants to be ruthless, it is not a dream for him to kill all the people in Ashina by himself.

In other words, it was just bad luck. The grandson offended the master and servant Miko who possessed divine power, which resulted in the high-level combat power of the entire Ashina country being slaughtered by wolves, and he himself could not avoid death at the hands of wolves. It was truly a tragedy.

According to Liu Mang's estimation, even the currently old and sick Ashina Isshin is a big shot with a level above 100. His martial arts may not be inferior to his, and his use of strength is most likely far superior to him who has just started researching. His fighting style is also quite despicable. In short, he cannot beat him.

Knowing the gap, of course one must make up for it. Since the effectiveness of killing enemies in terms of level has been reduced, one might try practicing on his own. He has initially mastered the power of Dragon's Heritage and can directly plunder the free energy between heaven and earth. The effect may be good.

This is indeed the case. Refining the energy of heaven and earth is also regarded as experience gain by the panel, and the efficiency is quite high. The experience gained from refining is hundreds of millions per hour. It is not as good as killing monsters, but it is really not slow!

Liu Mang sat cross-legged in front of the ghost Buddha in the courtyard to practice, during which time he saw Yong Zhen coming to see the Buddha sculptor.

Yongzhen is the little girl picked up by a Buddhist sculptor on the battlefield 20 years ago. She became a disciple of Daoxuan and learned medical skills. Under the guidance of Yixin, she also developed extraordinary swordsmanship, and her strength is even better than that of Genichirō.

She had a very good relationship with the Buddhist sculptor. After all, he was her adoptive father. She always secretly came to visit him and affectionately called him "Orangutan".

Emmm, maybe it's friendly?
She was also surprised to see Liu Mang in the yard. She didn't expect that Yu Zi, who was caught by Genichirō in the morning, would run here in the afternoon. With your efficiency, I'm afraid Genichirō hasn't received the news yet!
In Miko's room on the upper floor of the castle tower, Genichirō looked at the empty room and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)