Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

As for the Koshi Castle where the evil snake lived, Taira no Kiyomori naturally went there alone.

As for bringing guards, the conspicuousness is too big, and it might attract the attention of the other party, and then be blocked halfway.

Taira no Kiyomori had a good idea, but Taichi and his men were fighting such a fierce battle for the first time, so their troops were dispersed around Jianye City early on and were always monitoring the direction of the city.

Some blind spots were even designated as monitoring areas by the ninjas.

Therefore, the fact that he set out alone was quickly reported to Taiyi.

Chapter 56: Reality is not an elementary school math problem

"Taira Kiyomori ran away?" Taichi looked at Ayane who was reporting the situation with a confused look on his face. "It's come to this point, it's normal for him to run away, but he only led the demon army out of the city, and after leaving the city, he let the demon army split into several groups and left, but he left alone. I can't understand this."

"It's possible that he didn't escape." Taigong Wang was fiddling with a map, trying to figure out Taira no Kiyomori's intentions. "Ningning reported that the defenses in Jianye City have become much stricter, and the city gates are closed. No one is allowed to enter or leave. It seems that they are going to keep the city under siege until the end."

"This should be an attempt to fight a war of attrition with us and delay time."

"So, I speculate that Taira no Kiyomori must have come up with some idea to bring back reinforcements."

"Reinforcements? Now Daji is being entangled by the immortal army in the Tongguan area. Who else can Taira no Kiyomori ask for reinforcements? Mori Motonari from Kyushu?" Taichi came to the table and looked at the map. "But none of the directions that Taira no Kiyomori and those demon army troops are heading towards lead to Kyushu."

"Is he planning to ask Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao for reinforcements, or simply use puppetry to control these two groups of troops?"

"...Koshi Castle." Tai Gong Wang drew a line on the map with his finger, and finally stopped at a convex point, "Demon snake! Taira no Kiyomori is planning to wake up the demon snake!"

"Can the demon snake listen to him?" Taiyi raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Taigong Wang and asked.

"He must have found some sorcery that can temporarily control the demon snake... or he is thinking of a desperate struggle." Tai Gongwang frowned and traced his fingers on the map, and finally looked up at Taiyi, "At this moment when people's hearts are against it and the fighting force has not gathered, it is not the time for the demon snake to wake up. Raikou, can you go and kill Taira no Kiyomori?"

"That's not a problem." Taiyi nodded and said, "But how can you be sure that the demon snake's habitat is Koshi Castle?"

"It's its nature to return home." Tai Gong Wang replied, "After all, the demon snake is the incarnation of Yuan Luzhi's power. It returned to Guzhi City when it was resting. This was my previous point of view, but I haven't had time to verify it yet."

"...In that case, after I get rid of Taira no Kiyomori, I'll stop by Koshi Castle to see if the demon snake really lives there." Taiyi squinted his eyes and looked at the map, then raised his head to look at Taigong Wang, "Find me someone who is familiar with the direction to Koshi Castle to guide me."

"Then let Ningning accompany you." Taigong Wang nodded and agreed to Taiyi's request.

……

After so much training, Taiyi has become able to ride a horse skillfully.

However, his riding skills cannot compare with those of the generals who have been fighting on horseback all year round.

"That's pretty good." Ning Ning praised from the side, "In just a few days, Lord Raikou's riding skills are already as good as those of generals with two or three years of riding experience."

After all, Taichi always has Minamoto no Raikou and Achilles, who are good at riding, to guide him on the correct movements.

"I'm still not proficient enough." Taiyi was not satisfied with his progress in riding.

"There are another ten miles ahead, and we will almost reach Koshi Castle." Ningning looked at the phantom in the distance, and then reminded Taiyi, "We are already ten miles behind Taira no Kiyomori. Although we have been catching up all the way, we still haven't caught up with Taira no Kiyomori. I'm afraid that by the time we reach Koshi Castle, Taira no Kiyomori will have awakened the demon snake."

"I admit that my lack of riding skills held me back." Taiyi scratched the back of his head and sighed helplessly, "But is it really that easy to awaken the demon snake?"

"If it were really that simple, shouldn't Daji and her people have taken action long ago?"

"Because what Daji and the others care about is not the demon snake, but they want to revive the real Yuan Luzhi." Ning Ning explained, "So although they will cooperate with the demon snake's actions, they will not take the initiative to disturb the demon snake."

"Just like Date Masamune and Maeda Keiji, those two guys are even more obsessed with Enrochi than Daji, and because they are humans, they are ignored by the Immortal Army, so they are quite free to move. But even so, those two have never approached Koshi Castle." Ningning continued to add.

"...There are people like this in every world who only wish for the world to be in chaos." Taiyi sighed helplessly.

The ancient branch city is already in sight.

But Ningning and Taiyi tightened the reins and stopped their horses.

"Such a strong evil aura..." Ningning muttered as she stared at Gu Zhicheng in a daze.

"Tsk, it's just like the devil's land." Taiyi curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "I'm still a step too late."

"What should we do?" Ningning turned her head and looked at Taiyi and asked.

"Back off a bit." Taiyi estimated the distance to Guzhi Castle and shook his head before replying, "Otherwise, once the miasma spreads, you will most likely die in it if you get too close."

Taiyi, on the other hand, will survive because of his physical strength and the fact that he had previously absorbed the power of the demon snake.

"That's exactly what I meant." Ningning breathed a sigh of relief.

She was really worried that under such circumstances, Taiyi would still rush into Guzhi Castle.

That could really kill people.

They had not retreated a mile when a huge and strange noise was heard from inside Guzhi City.

Taiichi remembered this voice.

The demon snake had hissed like this before being slaughtered.

"The demon snake has woken up." Taiyi said in an affirmative tone.

"Ningning, you must act according to circumstances and protect your own life as a prerequisite." Taiyi placed his hand on the mask that half covered his face and said to Ningning, "If the demon snake appears, I will be responsible for fighting it."

"Yes!" Ningning nodded nervously, and finally reminded Taiyi with some worry, "You have to be careful too, Master Lai Guang."

"Minamoto - Raikou!" The mask was torn off, and the weapons instantly materialized on Taichi's body.

This time Taichi has to face not just one snake head, but the remaining seven snake heads, plus Taira no Kiyomori.

No, to be more precise, after killing the seven snake heads, Taichi still has to face seven incomplete Enryuchi.

If the luck is worse, the seven snake heads might even condense into an enhanced version of Enryuchi.

"I'm getting a little nervous." Taichi murmured while holding the Doujikiri Yasunari.

Unfortunately, Achilles' powers cannot be used in the real world yet, and he can't even condense the mask.

Otherwise, he could have driven the chariot to catch the demon snake or fly a kite with Yuan Luzhi.

It is unknown whether Enrochi's "divine power" can have any effect on Achilles.

Taiyi was a little curious.

Chapter 57 It's time for a strategic retreat

Thunder and lightning are roaring.

This is not a description, but a realism.

Ningning rode the horse far away, and when she looked back, she saw a scene that looked like a punishment from heaven.

The ones who suffered the punishment from heaven were naturally the seven gigantic demon snakes.

"It's just like the legendary Takemiya Thunder God descending to the world..." Ningning murmured as she looked at the sky made up of thunder and lightning, "No, maybe it's Susanoo defeating the Yamata no Orochi?"

"Compared to this, the Susanoo who led the Immortal Realm Army before... is like a joke."

The movement in Guzhi City was too shocking, and coupled with the lightning that shot straight into the sky, the dazzling visual effect spread instantly.

Taigong Wang, Guan Yu and others who were leading their troops to attack the city saw it.

Yukimura Sanada, the female ninja and Momiji, who had just escaped from Wancheng, which was occupied by the demon army led by Jiao, and had regained consciousness, saw it.

Susanoo, who was confronting Daji's army in Tongguan, saw it.

Almost all alert people in the world noticed this abnormal change.

After the smart people realized that the place where the thunder curtain was located was in the area of Guzhi City, they chose to suppress their curiosity and watch the changes in the world.

People with straightforward personalities would call their friends and head in that direction to try to find out what's going on.

At this time, Taiyi, who was fully armed and at full strength, felt that the situation was not good.

Fighting seven evil snakes together seemed a rash decision.

The power exerted by the seven demon snakes working together far exceeds Taiyi's impression of the capabilities of a single demon snake.

Unless Taiyi was prepared to suffer a serious injury, he would not be able to kill even a demon snake in this besieged environment. For a moment, Taiyi could not find a way to break the impasse.

It is true that two fists cannot defeat seven snakes.

"As long as the number of these demon snakes is reduced by three, the Master will have a chance of winning." Minamoto no Raikou was also a little distressed about the current situation. "The Master can only guarantee a certain chance of winning if he can deal with four demon snakes at the same time."

"What a pity! If I could use my power, even if I can't break the current situation for the time being, I can still be invincible... The speed of that demon snake can't catch up with me." Achilles sighed with some regret.

"Master, change into my mask and use my power to retreat first." Jeanne suggested in a worried tone, "The power of the seven demon snakes combined is beyond your ability to deal with alone... Or, release another of my treasures. Although you may lose the power of my mask afterwards, you can wipe out all the enemies present in one go."]

"It's not time to give up on anyone yet." Taiyi curled his lips and climbed up from the ground.

Just now he was careless for a moment and was whipped away by the snake's tail and fell heavily to the ground.

"However, the cooperation between these seven demon snakes is too tacit." Taiyi rubbed his shoulders, trying to suppress the severe pain.

"It's a good thing that we got rid of one demon snake before, otherwise if the eight demon snakes gathered together, it might be really bad."

Doujiqi Yasugano disappeared, and the Vajra Armor was materialized by Taiyi.

While dodging the snake's pursuit, Taiyi raised the vajra.

Of course, the target is not the demon snake.

Because Taiyi now has no time to charge the vajra.

The rapid-fire mode does not require energy storage and can be used at any time, but its attack performance is unable to penetrate the demon snake's scale defense.

The target he wanted to shoot with this mode was Taira no Kiyomori.

That guy's physical strength can't withstand the rapid-fire mode of Vajra.

In order to avoid the possibility of him escaping if he missed with one shot, Taiyi planned to use continuous rapid-fire.

The demon snake's attack pattern had been seen through by Minamoto no Raikou, Jeanne d'Arc and Achilles. The three of them helped Taichi to create a gap where he would not be attacked by the demon snake within three seconds.

Vajra·Continuous rapid-fire mode·Fifteen rounds per second...rapid fire!

He raised the vajra and aimed it in the direction of Taira no Kiyomori. After a second, he launched the attack... In a little over a second, he fired twenty rounds.

At this time, the snake's tail was less than one meter away from Taiyi's back.

As the vajra dissipated instantly, Taichi put his hands on his face.

While dodging, he pulled off the second mask that had been replaced.

"Joan of Arc—!"

When Taiyi was whipped away by the demon snake's tail, a faint golden fluorescence emanated from his body.

In this wave, Joan of Arc's power at least reduced 60% of the snake's strength.

But the remaining 40% still made Taiyi feel uncomfortable.

After all, he had just endured a severe blow from the demon snake's tail in the masked form of 'Minamoto no Raikou'.

The sweet liquid with a hint of bitterness almost spurted out of Taiyi's mouth.

But Taiyi's goal has been achieved.

Taira no Kiyomori has fallen.

Although less than half of the twenty bullets hit him, two holes were made in his head.

Waving the flagpole in his hand, Taiyi was successfully knocked away by the force of the demon snake's tail to a place not far from where Taira no Kiyomori's body was.

He cut off Taira no Kiyomori's head, picked it up with the tip of his gun, and ran wildly in a certain direction.

Now he was feeling pain all over his body, and his body's reaction speed was not as fast as before. He was no longer fit to continue fighting with the snake demon.

So...it's time for a strategic retreat!

The disappearance of the thunder curtain, coupled with Taiyi's desperate run, successfully put the demon snake into a situation where 'the enemy disappeared and there was no responsive target'.

However, there was a demon snake that, due to a deviation in its previous attack, caused its head to be closer to Taiyi's location. The moment its tongue stuck out, it vaguely captured Taiyi's direction.

Due to its lack of rationality and bad temper, the snake left the group and chose to chase alone.

The other six demon snakes continued to go crazy in Guzhi City, frantically destroying everything around them.

Taichi also realized this as he retreated.

With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, Taiyi began to consciously control his speed.

He could not escape the perception range of the demon snake that was chasing him, but he would not be sensed by the other six demon snakes that were moving erratically due to madness in a short period of time.

[“Raikou, Jeanne, Achilles, with my current physical condition, can I kill the demon snake and then kill Enrochi’s body?” Taiyi asked the three people who had sensed his battle with the demon snake outside Luoyang City in his mind.

"It may be a little risky," Jeanne replied, "but the chances are pretty good."