The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

"interesting."

Gu Xu's lips curled up slightly, a smile so cold it could freeze a fly: "The Chuyun Ghost Domain exploded, it's our problem, I'll handle it, I admit it."

"But these bastards, they clearly knew how dangerous the things in this secret realm were. They dumped this land on us to get rid of us, and now that the secret realm has rioted, not only do they not help, they even set up a barrier to watch the show?"

Gu Xu chuckled, a laugh that sounded particularly jarring in the night wind: "You're quite the convincing coward, aren't you?"

Su Qiong's heart skipped a beat when she saw his expression.

She was all too familiar with Gu Xu's state.

Every time this guy shows that smile, it means he's about to do something incredibly unreasonable.

really.

The next second, Gu Xu raised his hand and pressed it into the void.

Om-!

Space suddenly distorted before him, and a chilling wind howled out from the void rift, carrying an eerie aura that sent shivers down his spine.

The black gap widened as it was torn, revealing an ancient sedan chair.

The Styx Ghost Carriage.

The sedan chair was entirely black, shrouded in a faint black mist, and the curtains fluttered in the still air.

Around the sedan chair, a dozen or so shadowy ghostly figures were silently swirling and drifting.

Like a guard of honor ready to be deployed at any time.

The moment this sedan chair appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees.

The soldiers still on guard on the distant defensive line turned their heads to look, each shrinking back and their expressions changing slightly.

Su Qiong raised an eyebrow, her gaze falling on the strange sedan chair before shifting to Gu Xu's increasingly smiling face.

"What are you trying to do?"

Gu Xu glanced back at her, his eyes radiating an arrogance that made one's teeth ache: "Sister Qiong, you just said that the Kyoto Great Barrier can withstand an attack from a demigod?"

Su Qiong nodded: "That's right, that's what I said."

"very good."

Gu Xu stepped onto the Styx Ghost Carriage, lifted the curtain, turned around, and gave Su Qiong an extremely irritating smile.

"Those bastards like to cower like turtles, so today I'll tear their turtle shells apart."

"As for the reason... it's simple, I'm unhappy!"

The words fell.

The Styx Ghost Carriage suddenly soared into the air!

The sedan chair drew a dark arc in the air, and the dozen or so ghostly figures around it simultaneously let out a silent shriek.

The sedan chair didn't move along the ground; instead, it disappeared directly into the shadows beneath its feet.

Then it disappeared.

Together with Gu Xu.

Su Qiong stood there, staring in the direction where Gu Xu had disappeared, her lips twitching involuntarily.

She turned and glanced at Jiang Shu, who was equally dumbfounded.

"I've got it."

Su Qiong took a deep breath and said calmly, "When making combat plans in the future, always prepare an extra one—called the 'Legion Commander Suddenly Loses His Temper' plan."

Jiang Shu nodded mechanically and silently created a new folder on the tablet.

……

Above the Kyoto Great Barrier.

A blue curtain of light stretched across the night sky, enveloping an area of ​​several hundred square kilometers below.

The surface of the light curtain gleamed with a warm luster, like a huge sapphire dome, quiet and solemn.

Beneath the barrier, millions of citizens of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom are experiencing an unsettling night.

Although the Kyoto Great Barrier has been activated, isolating all threats from the direction of the Izumo Ghost Realm, the blood-red light that covers everything in the sky is still clearly visible.

Pedestrians hurried along the street, and occasionally someone would look up at the sky with unease on their face.

"It's alright, the barrier has been activated, Lord Yamamoto will protect us."

"Yes, the Kyoto Great Barrier is so strong that even demigods can't break through it, so don't worry."

"Eat when you're hungry, drink when you're thirsty. If the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up."

Similar conversations could be heard everywhere on the streets.

Although people say they feel at ease, their steps unconsciously quicken.

Just when everyone thought the night would pass peacefully under the protection of the barrier.

Om-!

A pitch-black shadow appeared out of thin air directly above the barrier's light screen without any warning.

The barrier was not broken.

It didn't fly in from outside.

It emerged directly from nothingness, like bubbles rising from the surface of water.

The Styx Ghost Carriage ignored all spatial barriers, passed through the shadows, and descended directly to the highest point of the Kyoto Great Barrier.

The sedan chair hovered directly above the blue dome.

The sedan curtain was lifted by a corner in the wind, revealing a young face inside, with a hint of coldness.

Gu Xu sat in the sedan chair, looking down at the blue light curtain beneath his feet.

And the brightly lit city beneath the light curtain.

He could see the crowds moving like ants on the street, and he could see several antique buildings in the distance.

He could also sense an extremely powerful aura watching him from a certain direction deep within the barrier.

That must be Yamamoto Furukawa, or one of his companions.

Gu Xu didn't pay any attention.

He simply looked down at the land protected by the barrier, his expression indifferent as if he were looking at an insignificant sand table.

And below.

The first person to notice something amiss was a young man smoking in front of the convenience store.

He glanced up unintentionally and saw the black outline above the barrier.

The cigarette fell from the corner of his mouth.

"What...what is that?"

His voice wasn't loud, but several passersby around him also looked up.

Then more people raised their heads.

One by one, as if being pulled by the neck by some invisible rope, almost everyone on the street looked up at the sky at the same time.

There was a black sedan chair there.

A dozen or so shadowy ghostly figures swirled around the sedan chair.

There was a person sitting in the sedan chair.

The man had a young face, wore a dark military uniform, and carried two gleaming gold general stars on his shoulders.

He sat there atop the Kyoto Great Barrier, looking down at them.

His expression was as calm as if he were looking at a group of ants that had nothing to do with him.

The street was quiet for about three seconds.

Then someone screamed.

"It's a person! There's someone above the barrier!"

"Who's that? What's that sedan chair? How did it get above the barrier?!"

"Wait...that military uniform...that's a Sherlock Holmes uniform!"

"Isn't that the general from Sherlock?"

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

"A Sherlock Holmes?! What's he doing there? How did he get up there?!"

"Baka yarou, what is this bastard trying to do?"

Panic began to spread like ripples.

Just then, Gu Xu moved. He slowly raised his right hand and poked two fingers together.

Then, accompanied by a crisp "snap" sound!

The Domain of Calamity is activated.

In an instant, the pitch-black mist beneath Gu Xu's feet, thick enough to swallow light, suddenly exploded.

The black mist surged outwards from beneath him like a tidal wave.