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Leaving aside the 'elites' who were stopped by the bridge princess, Xu Ming walked for a short while before arriving at the gate of the castle tower.

Unexpectedly, a small group of people had gathered in front of the gate.

However, the number of people was far fewer than those gathered at the bridgehead.

Those who were able to pass the Bridge Princess's test must be the most elite among all those participating in the festival.

Xu Ming glanced around and surprisingly spotted Taisho Seijiro's figure.

Akimiya Shrine is merely a subordinate shrine of Suwa Taisha, and its historical significance is naturally far inferior to that of the Taisha or major sects.

Regardless of the method he used, Taisho Seijiro's ability to get here is a testament to his strength.

Xu Ming secretly became wary of him.

Just then, a quarrel broke out from ahead.

"You Onmyoji, quickly break through this 'Rashomon'!"

"This door is cursed. Attacking this door will trigger the curse."

"Then you should lift the curse first. Aren't you Onmyoji very good at lifting curses?"

"I've already said that to break the curse, we must first destroy this door!"

"Then break down the door!"

"There's a curse on the door!"

"Then lift the curse!"

"Only by breaking down the door can the curse be broken!"

……

The two people arguing were a simple-minded monk named Huijing and a very young-looking Onmyoji.

Because of the stubbornness of a certain bald man, the two's argument has fallen into a vicious cycle.

Chapter 328 Rashomon

Xu Ming shook his head and ignored the fool.

He focused his attention on the main gate of the castle tower ahead and began to examine it carefully.

The main gate is entirely purplish-black, and in the very center of the gate is a huge ghost face relief.

This grotesque face is so lifelike that when you look at it, you get the illusion that it's alive and staring right at you.

This must be what they call Rashomon.

It certainly looks majestic and imposing.

Xu Ming looked the gate over.

From the outside, the door seems to have only a unique design, and nothing else is particularly remarkable.

Perhaps only by launching an attack can we show any difference?

Xu Ming was hesitating when it seemed that the monk Huijing had completely broken up with her.

He shoved the Onmyoji aside, rolled up his sleeves, and headed for the door, cursing under his breath.

"You stupid bastard, it's just a door, I'll smash it down for you!"

The senior monk arrived at the door, shouted loudly, and his whole body was enveloped in gold.

Then he lowered his stance, threw a powerful punch at the door, and it hit the ghost face right in the mouth.

clang!

A loud bang, like the sound of a bronze bell being struck, rang out.

Visible transparent ripples spread outwards like a tsunami.

The deafening noise made everyone cover their ears.

Just then, the giant ghost face on the door seemed to come alive, its eyes suddenly darting around as it looked down at the monk Huijing.

Hehehe~!

The grotesque face suddenly opened its mouth and let out a strange laugh.

Immediately afterwards, a large plume of black smoke suddenly spewed out of its mouth.

The thick smoke seemed to be alive, rushing directly towards the head monk in front of him!

The monk was immediately enveloped in black smoke.

Many people who saw this scene showed mocking sneers on their faces.

This plume of black smoke is the curse emanating from 'Rashomon'.

Many people have suffered great losses because of this.

Many people with dark hearts are like this; when they are unlucky, they hope that others will suffer along with them.

For example, when people see offensive images online, or watch anime or games that have been poisoned by the production team, some of them will try their best to get others to be poisoned as well.

Cough!

As the thick black smoke slowly dissipated, the monk Huijing suddenly began to cough violently.

The golden light emanating from him began to dim, and the Sanskrit characters on them flickered, as if his energy supply was insufficient.

The monk Huijing's face turned ashen, even somewhat black, and his aura weakened to the extreme.

He looked as if he were seriously ill and nearing the end of his life.

This curse is indeed terrifying; no wonder these people are all waiting outside the door, not daring to cross the line.

But we've already come this far, it's too late to turn back now.

Those who didn't reach the summit continued to hunt monsters to increase their demonic energy.

We must break this deadlock, otherwise if we keep lingering here, someone might actually overtake us.

Taking all this into account, Xu Ming has already made a decision.

He pushed through the crowd and arrived at the gate, where he examined the lifelike, giant ghost face.

Upon seeing Xu Ming's actions, some people immediately began to whisper among themselves.

"Look, another idiot has appeared."

"It's good to have more idiots like this. Maybe after a couple more times, the curse on this door will be completely worn away."

Xu Ming ignored these malicious words and looks.

He raised his phone and pressed his thumb on the shutter button, keeping it pressed until it was ready to shoot.

He suddenly released his thumb after three seconds.

Click!

A soft sound, yet as loud as thunder!

A storm of purple-gold lightning instantly silenced everyone.

The blinding light made them involuntarily stop talking and instinctively shield their faces with their hands.

Aww!!

A faint, loud scream came from the direction of the gate.

After a while, the light gradually faded, and when everyone opened their eyes again, they saw countless cracks appearing on the huge Rashomon gate, spreading out in all directions like a spider web, with large amounts of black gas gushing out from the cracks.

Immediately afterwards, the enormous Rashomon gate, measuring 4 or 5 meters square, shattered into countless pieces right before everyone's eyes.

Rashomon, who had held off a group of elites, fell to Xu Ming's single blow.

At this moment, everyone looked at Xu Ming differently.

The initial mockery and ridicule turned into vigilance, and a hint of fear that they themselves did not even realize.

"put!"

However, at that moment, a hoarse command suddenly came from inside the collapsed gate.

Immediately afterwards, countless arrows made of bone rained down on the crowd from inside the castle.

Xu Ming seemed to be stunned, standing there motionless.

But soon the cross on his chest suddenly lit up.

All the bone arrows that touched him were burned to ashes by the golden flames.

'The Saintess's Prayer' is indeed powerful.

However, the people behind Xu Ming were not so lucky.

Caught off guard, many people fell victim to the disease.

The magical artifacts on some Onmyoji immediately activated, forming various protective shields that firmly protected the wearers.

Although occasionally some Onmyoji's magical artifacts couldn't withstand the attack and broke through, they quickly used various Onmyo techniques to block the bone arrows.

But samurai and ninjas weren't so lucky.

Some samurai swiftly drew their katana from their waists and slashed at the incoming bone arrows.

However, there were simply too many bone arrows, and some samurai were hit by them immediately because they couldn't swing their swords in time.

Ninjas are prime examples of high-damage, low-defense characters; many ninjas are taken down by bone arrows before they even have a chance to form hand seals.

For ninjas skilled in assassination and stealth, a well-organized army is a formidable enemy.

Even more terrifying, the bone arrow seemed to be covered with a horrible curse or corpse poison.

Anyone hit by it immediately turns green and black, clutches their throat, falls to the ground, and soon bleeds from all seven orifices and dies.

But then, they slowly got up from the ground and rushed towards their companions.

Some people were caught off guard and were immediately tackled to the ground.

After they were bitten, they quickly reverted to their original form, got up, and started biting others.

It's like a zombie movie come to life.