The Warrior of Love

"Young men and women? I thought they would look stronger, but I am really disappointed. Give up your resistance. Out of mercy, I will leave you with a beautiful remains."

"You're so arrogant..." Tsuda frowned slightly, "But it doesn't look like you're just bluffing."

So strong!

It’s not on the same level as the monsters I encountered before!

If Tsuchigumo has reached the Servant level, then this guy is considered to be relatively outstanding among the servants, and his ability value can even be compared to the top three riders.

"Brother Yuanshan, what should we do? It doesn't look like the other side will let us go. We can only fight to the death."

"That's right..."

The demon armor has been reattached to Jiang Liu, and the Immortal Slash Bailei also appears in his hand, so he can be said to be fully armed.

“Is this posture… a Tengu?”

Chapter 109: Thunderous Taiko

Tengu can be said to be a well-known monster among Japanese folk. The legends derived from it are also widely known. Many heroes have a connection with it. The most famous of them is probably Minamoto no Yoshitsune, whose nickname is Ushiwakamaru.

However, Tengu does not refer to an independent monster, but a group. Among them are mountain gods who act as heroic guides, as well as real monsters that wreak havoc on the human world. They cannot be generalized.

The prototype of this monster is probably a combination of a crow and a monk, and its origin can even be traced back to the Age of Gods described in the Kojiki. In terms of its "mysterious" nature, it has surpassed the scope of ordinary monsters and has become a kind of anti-heroic spirit.

As for the one that appeared now...it doesn't look like a "mountain god" at all, so it should be just a simple monster.

Looking down at everyone from the sky, Da Tengu's voice turned cold as he scanned Jiang Liu and the others through his mask.

"It seems like you are determined to resist to the end. I'm really sorry. Even for me, there is a limit to how much I can tolerate!"

He waved the staff in his hand, making a clanging sound, and pointed downwards.

"Guys, kill them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the lead-gray clouds rolled up and strange-looking monsters fell from the sky.

It is worth mentioning that not all of these monsters can fly. Most of them are of the type that do not have the ability to fly. The reason why they can descend from the sky seems to be that the Great Tengu cast some kind of magic to roll up the black clouds.

"Hey ah!"

"kill!"

"Leave that woman to me!"

"Hey, I want the one with black hair, don't let anyone snatch it from me!"

"Get lost, that woman is mine, she looks delicious!"

"I'm talking about that guy!"

"what?"

There was no formation to speak of. Nearly a hundred monsters of all sizes surrounded them from all directions. Although most of them were very weak in Jiang Liu's eyes, their number should not be underestimated. Among them were guys like the Tsuchigumo that were close to the Servant level.

"An emergency has occurred! Senior, please come to me!"

Mashu summoned a large shield to protect Ritsuka, and smashed it hard at the monsters that were rushing towards him. Each blow was enough to split mountains and rocks, and the monsters broke bones and tendons.

Even without a sharp weapon, Mashu's basic attributes are not weak. Because of her job, her ability value is relatively strong among the servants. With her strength, even her fists are enough to deal with most monsters.

——The premise is that they come one by one.

When they swarmed over, Mashu's defensive counterattack became stretched to the limit, not to mention she had to protect Ritsuka, and she soon fell into an extremely embarrassing situation.

At this extremely critical moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed out, wielding a greatsword and cutting a monster in half.

"Thank you Jiang--ah?" Mashu subconsciously wanted to thank her, but when she looked up, she realized that the armor in front of her was stiff and not as flexible as when Jiang Liu wore it.

Looking again, Jiang Liu had already charged into the enemy group with his red sword. It turned out that the situation had changed and Jiang Liu was worried that Mashu could not protect Ritsuka properly, so he separated his armor again and sent troops to support this side to act as another shield for Ritsuka.

Although this choice weakened Jiang Liu's combat power, it cannot be said to be wrong. With his strength, he can easily deal with these small fry even without the support of armor, and separating the armor can greatly relieve the pressure on his side.

At least, with the demon armor protecting the flanks, Mashu can be more relaxed.

"Matthew!"

Ritsuka shouted, and the sub-servant girl came to her senses. She swung her large shield like a battle axe and immediately knocked a bull-like monster away.

They were not considered strong individually, but there were too many monsters. Even though Mashu had no means of group attack and had amazing endurance, she couldn't help but gasp for breath after defeating dozens of enemies in a row.

"Master skill o emergency supply!"

The ceremonial attire of the young Master flashed with light, and pure magic power was input into Mashu's body through the connected circuit. The sub-servant girl was immediately refreshed, and she continued to slap the enemies away with even greater momentum.

On the other side, Jiang Liu and swordsman Tsuda were not willing to fall behind.

Even though Tsuda is just a mortal, his sword skills and body movements have reached perfection. The monsters can't touch him at all when he moves around, his skills are as magical as magic.

But every time he swung his sword, he could kill the enemy accurately, almost always with one strike, with extraordinary speed and accuracy.

The only drawback is probably that his weapon is not some magical weapon. Apart from being relatively sturdy, it has no other attributes or mysterious bonuses. If he had a legendary sword or ancient knife, perhaps he could kill all the enemies by himself.

As for now... when he encountered a monster that looked like a pangolin but was as big as a penis, he fell into a passive position due to the limited performance of his weapon.

The pangolin seemed to be even stronger than the earth spider, and was particularly good at defense and counterattack. The scales on its body were not only extremely strong, but also had no visible gaps. No one knew how it moved like an iron ball.

Putting aside Tsuda who encountered obstacles, Jiang Liu was truly invincible. With his sword, he had killed no less than thirty monsters in a row, including two small leaders at the same level as the Tsuchigumo spiders.

For him, who possesses the Observation Haki and the state of transparency, launching a siege based on numerical advantage is meaningless. Perfectly controlling every move on the battlefield means that these monsters will never be able to seize the initiative.

Even if the Immortal Sword in his hand has not been sublimated into a treasure, it can still be said to be a famous sword, or even a "demon sword", which is much stronger than the wild sword in Tsuda's hand.

Even if he is as hard as a turtle, Jiang Liu still has the "Insight Fruit" that can see through his fatal weaknesses.

The physical abilities of a Servant, the Observation Haki that allows him to sense all things, the Immortal Slash that rivals a demon sword, and the swordsmanship that can penetrate the realm of ghosts and gods - when added together, he becomes a being far superior to these monsters, and he has no pressure even when fighting alone against many.

Facts have proved that even without wearing armor, Jiang Liu can crush these small fry!

There were only four people in Jiang Liu's group, not to mention Li Xiang who had basically no fighting power. However, they managed to beat hundreds of monsters until they were crying out in pain and struggling desperately on the verge of being wiped out.

Only ten minutes into the battle, most of the monsters were killed - this was already very slow for speed-type players like Jiang Liu and Tsuda.

However, this battle is destined not to end smoothly, because there are more than just small fry among the monsters.

"boom!"

A flash of lightning appeared, and a lightning as thick as a python fell from the sky and struck Jiang Liu, but he dodged it in advance as if he had predicted it, and instead burned the little monster standing in place into charcoal.

"Hu-hu-"

Da Tengu flapped his wings and slowly fell from the sky, stopping about ten meters above the ground. A small taiko drum with a magatama pattern on it appeared on his waist, and the staff in his hand was inexplicably shortened to only one foot long, which could be used as a drumstick.

"You're very agile, human."

The great Tengu wearing a long-nosed mask looked down at the river and beat the taiko drum at his waist with a staff in his hand.

"But can you still avoid the lightning at this distance?"

Chapter 110: Thunder and Lightning Return

"Ten meters...sly fellow."

It’s not that Jiang Liu can’t reach the height of ten meters, but once he tries to jump up and attack the big Tengu there, he will definitely reveal a flaw and invite the opponent’s attack.

This distance doesn't make Da Tengu invincible, but it gives him enough buffer so that he won't be killed by Jiang Liu's surprise attack.

From this we can see that compared to those small monsters who can only rush forward while shouting, the wisdom of Daitengu is close to or even exceeds that of ordinary people.

"Thunder o-1!"

Boom!

The tin staff struck the drum, and a deafening thunderous sound immediately spread out. A thick flash of lightning shot out from the vibrating drum and blasted towards the river.

Jiang Liu's pupils shrank slightly, his body did not move, but his observation Haki had been triggered, and the flow of time suddenly slowed down in his eyes.

Although lightning in nature cannot reach the theoretically highest speed of light, it is definitely not something that humans can avoid, not even Jiang Liu.

However, he doesn't need to be faster than lightning, he just needs to be faster than Daitengu!

1.5 seconds into the future - this is the limit of what Jiang Liu can currently predict.

It seemed that he was moving at the same time as Daitengu, but in fact his actions were one step faster, which was the choice he made after anticipating and analyzing the enemy's movements.

"call out!"

In the blink of an eye, lightning flashed across the place where Jiang Liu was, and Jiang Liu appeared out of thin air in another place five meters away.

His fine hair could almost feel the tiny electric current rushing through his body, but he finally dodged the attack.

"Ok?"

Daitengu's expression was hidden behind the mask, but the aura he exuded was undoubtedly heavier.

A distance of ten meters can almost eliminate the processing time of lightning, which is definitely faster than human nerve reflexes. It stands to reason that this is a blow that cannot be avoided by speed.

If Jiang Liu could just hold on, or perform some strange magic, Da Tengu would be more likely to accept it.

"Double Dragon!"

Boom, boom!

The drums sounded continuously, and two bolts of lightning shot out from different trajectories, striking the river from the left and right.

However, even so, Jiang Liu still used the "Shaving Flame" technique, and with the help of his observation Haki, he escaped from the gap in the lightning and avoided the attack again.

The Great Tengu was neither discouraged nor angry. He continued to hit Taigu without giving up. For a while, lightning flashed continuously in the air.

"Mikazuki!"

"Five rounds!"

"Seven stars!"

Jiang Liu was like a phantom, constantly shifting his position as the lightning flashed. Every time he seemed to be in great danger, but he was able to escape danger every time. His movements became more and more skillful and calm, giving people a sense of ease.

After a long time, Daitengu couldn't help but become annoyed. His drum only had one side, and even if it could trigger lightning, it was just a sorcery. Its power could not compare with the real lightning in nature, and it could not be compared with the divine power controlled by the legendary Takemikami Raijin.

At present, he has exerted this power to the extreme, but still cannot force Jiang Liu to death, and he is becoming more and more impatient.

"ten--"

Just when Daitengu was about to give it a try, he suddenly heard a heavy sound of wind behind him. An ominous premonition came to his mind, and he quickly turned his head, only to see a set of ferocious black armor rushing towards him.

The ferocious demon armor could not be blocked by a mere ten-meter height. The big sword transformed from his right arm was swung down at the Great Tengu!

"Not good!"

Daitengu abandoned the original technique and quickly turned to target the demon armor.

"But the real killer move is you!"

The giant monster wearing a long-nosed mask suddenly turned around and saw Jiang Liu who had rushed towards him.

The face under the mask seemed to sneer?

"Shifang!"

Da Tengu slapped his palm directly on the drum surface, and dazzling lightning suddenly surged out, submerging everything around him, including the demon armor and Jiang Liu.

The demon armor was knocked off balance by the almost tangible lightning, and was easily knocked down by the wind pressure released by the Great Tengu's waving crow wings. However, Jiang Liu on the other side had already wrapped his body in armed color domineering in advance, and after dodging the flapping of the wings, he danced the red blade against the lightning.

The divinity greatly increases Jiang Liu's resistance to elemental attacks. In addition, with the blocking of the armament color, even the lightning that can burn monsters can't do anything to him for a while.

"Come--"

The blinding lightning was attracted by the blade, and as the blade swung, it rolled up a myriad of whirlpools, which were instead controlled by the river flow.

This is not a supernatural power, but swordsmanship!

"Baru o Thunder and Lightning Return!"

With a loud bang, lightning flashed like a dragon, and was struck down by the Immortal Slash with thousands of lightning bolts, starting from Daitengu's left shoulder and slashing diagonally across his entire body.

"what!"

The lightning dissipated, and two figures fell from mid-air. However, Jiang Liu landed steadily on the ground, while Da Tengu awkwardly created a shallow pit.

"Hoo...drink!"

Jiang Liu was breathing heavily, and arcs of electricity flashed across his body from time to time, but he eventually returned to calm.

There were many burn marks on various parts of his body and some burns on the exposed skin, but overall there were no serious injuries that would affect his movements.