Master and Knight

A lively yet somber midnight.

On the rooftop of a tall building, Si Nianhua stood in the shadows behind a neon sign and said, "Aren't you going to complete your task?"

Ji Guanya stood beside her and sighed, "When I received the mission from Boss Li Changqing before I returned, I never expected it to cause such a commotion. I thought I only needed to protect him."

Si Nianhua thought for a moment and asked, "If this person is just someone who needs protection, wouldn't that be boring? Let's get started. I'll go find the secret training ground of the Mysterious Affairs Department, and you go find those people in A02 Base. This ruthless guy is using himself as bait to buy us space to cause trouble. If we fail, once we get to the Inner World, we can go find our respective bosses and commit suicide to atone for our sins."

Ji Guanya curled her lip. "We're not that strict here."

But despite saying that, he still turned and left.

Qing Chen ordered them to destroy two places. One was a place used by the Mysterious Affairs Department to secretly detain Time Walker. For example, if Jingūji Maki were captured, she would be detained here before her brainwashing was completed.

It is estimated that at least two thousand Time Walker are imprisoned in this place.

He and Yi had already launched an online propaganda campaign, and now they need these two thousand witnesses to come forward and testify...

In another place, another group of people gathered, voluntarily swearing allegiance.

According to intelligence, although this group of people has not shown their faces, they are undergoing secret training by the intelligence system at A02 Base. In just one more month, they will be able to become warriors of the Mysterious Affairs Department.

If Qing Chen were to travel through time again and a bloodbath were to break out, this group of people would inevitably get involved.

Since we couldn't kill them in the Inner World, let's kill them in the Outer World.

From beginning to end, Qing Chen knew what he was about to face, so whether it was killing people or taking on disciples and raising children, there were some things he had to do.

At that moment, Si Nianhua, holding binoculars, saw through the neon sign a young man dressed in a white hunting robe standing on the rooftop of another building several hundred meters away.

Just as she looked over, the young man seemed to notice her and turned around with a smile, giving Si Nianhua a slight nod.

Si Nianhua felt a jolt in her heart!

This sixth sense—the ability to sense gazes from hundreds of meters away—is something only an A-level individual can possess!

The next moment, Si Nianhua suddenly bent over, feeling as if a blade had sliced through her back.

Without further hesitation, she leaped off the rooftop, not even daring to look back at who had ambushed her!

That's too dangerous!

In the distance, from the rooftop, Kamishiro Yunluo saw Si Nianhua jump off the building, after which a grappling hook flew out from his sleeve and hooked onto the building.

The young woman swung back up the stairs and then climbed down like a gecko in an instant, her movements extremely light and agile.

Kamishiro Yunluo smiled, "Interesting, quite a few helpers. He greets everyone in broad daylight... quite imposing, too bad they're the enemy."

On the rooftop where Si Nianhua was, the ATS-013 shikigami, the Mezu Raksha, stood on the edge, holding a nine-ringed sword. Its horse-faced, human-bodied body was exceptionally robust, seemingly over three meters tall, with bulging muscles.

With each breath, flames spewed from the horse-faced creature's nostrils.

Below the night sky, Si Nianhua, still shaken, pondered why such a powerful figure didn't go down and participate in the hunt for Qing Chen.

Instead, why not watch a spectacle in this deserted place?

Heading towards Dotonbori, Qing Chen didn't linger in the fight but turned and left.

"Keep up, call in the other two teams to surround him. We can't let him leave alive tonight," said Kamishiro Yunwu over the comms.

Qing Chen sped south along Dotonbori Avenue.

Kamishiro Yunwu, Kamishiro Yunye, and Kamishiro Yunjue followed behind in a triangle formation.

However, Qing Chen escaped at an extremely fast speed, and they couldn't catch up with him for a while.

Kamishiro Yunwu said, "Unye, Unjue, you two are fast, flank them from the side."

Of the seven Chosen One of the Age of Gods, only four are Onmyoji: Yun Yi, Kong Yu, Yun Luo, and Yun Wu.

The remaining three all received another inheritance, "Kishare Gomen": Yunxiu, Yunye, and Yunjue.

This Kishare Gomen uses the Kamishiro family's unique Breathing Technique as an aid, and primarily focuses on swordsmanship.

The three most famous moves are the first is the drawing sword, the second is the iaido, and the third is the Kishare Gomen.

There was no regular parrying training, no set moves, just these three strikes.

Most ordinary superhumans of the same level couldn't even stop the first move, let alone the way the Kamishiro Family behaved, their swordsmanship was already at its peak.

Those who inherit the "Kishare Gomen" technique possess powerful physiques and are naturally faster than Onmyoji.

At this moment Kamishiro Yunwu did not want to reveal his trump card Onmyoji, so he sent Unya and Unjue to catch up, only needing to help him hold off Qing Chen for one minute.

In just one minute, he could kill the Lord of Daybreak on the spot!

Kamishiro Yunjue and Kamishiro Yunye exchanged a glance and then leaped onto the low rooftops on either side of the street. They moved nimbly and swiftly across the rooftops, displaying extreme agility.

The long katana at their waists swayed incessantly in their scabbards.

Qing Chen ran down the long street at such a speed that it seemed as if the crowd was receding behind him.

Everyone thought he was running away, but no one knew he was just choosing the most suitable battlefield for himself.

Get out of the sniper's range, shake off those Mysterious Affairs Department members who can't keep up, and then find a place to kill.

Escape? Why bother escaping again?

A sword is drawn to draw blood.

Many people are wondering why the Lord of Daybreak went on a killing spree in Osaka. Was it to avenge Qing Chen? Or to resolve Qing Chen's predicament?

Nobody knows.

What exactly is the purpose of Qing Chen's fierce battle here?

So that success doesn't have to be achieved by me?

For that "It's okay"?

Qing Chen suddenly turned around.

This is the place.

Right now.

Only Qing Chen and three Chosen One remained on the battlefield. The pursuers behind them couldn't catch up, and the surrounding forces hadn't arrived yet.

The atmosphere was tense amidst the interplay of neon lights and shadows.

No one expected Qing Chen to turn around.

Those who saw him turn around didn't even realize they should feel fear.

On the rooftop, Kamishiro Yunye and Kamishiro Yunjue leaped down, their thumbs snapping open their scabbards. The gleaming katanas, like moonlight, shone down upon Qing Chen.

The lone boy on the long street looked at the sky full of sword light, stretched out his hands and flicked his fingers at the same time towards the void in front of him!

It bounced off the side of the knife!

Broken!

Two clanging sounds rang out almost simultaneously, and everyone saw the blades of the two katanas snap in two.

Under the horrified gazes of Kamishiro Yunjue and Kamishiro Yunye, Qing Chen used his finger bone, regenerated from Dragon Fish, as a blade and infused it with Knight True Qi, actually managing to break their katana in two!

But Qing Chen's hands were stained with blood, his skin cracked from the force of the recoil.

But that's not important. What's important is how ingenious the power transfer was, how precise the calculation of the knife's speed was, and how powerful the physical strength was.

Kishare Gomen has been defeated many times since its founding, but never before has the blade been so humiliated as to be snapped in two with a finger!

The Knight True Qi uses all things as his blade.

Yet very few people would use their own body as a knife.

"Not good!" Kamishiro Yunjue the mercy of others?

The Lord of Daybreak before me is hardly a B-Class -B-Class; how could he be so ferocious?

At that very moment, a wooden boat materialized above Kamishiro Yunwu's head.

The wooden boat was three stories high, like a palace, and was brightly lit.

Upon closer inspection, a huge scallop was found beneath the hull of the wooden boat.

ATS-127 Shikigami, Shinkirou!

As the scallop shell opened and closed, the buildings and neon lights surrounding the long street disappeared, transforming into a completely different scene.

Yun Jue and Yun Ye, who nearly lost their lives, also vanished without a trace in this mirage.

"So it was you," Qing Chen sneered.

Back in Luo City, a master from the Kamishiro Family, skilled in illusions, appeared. He intended to cover his companions' escape, but his companions were killed by Qing Chen.

However, this master of illusion escaped.

After that, Qing Chen was cautious for a long time, fearing that this expert from the Age of Gods would take the opportunity to retaliate against Bai Zhou. Unexpectedly, the other party had already fled back to the island nation.

Perfect, let's settle both old and new scores at once.

In this illusory mirage, everything Qing Chen saw was an illusion, even the ground was fake; what should have been a speed bump was now flat.

Fighting in this environment is no different from being blind for a superhuman.

Kamishiro Yunwu walked over slowly. He gave Yunye and Yunjue a wink, but they were completely unaffected.

Qing Chen stood quietly in place. In a flash, he heard the sound of wind coming from his left, but he couldn't see anything.

He quickly retreated, his clothes on his chest were cut open by the broken knife, and bright red blood flowed from the half-centimeter wound.

Kamishiro Yunwu chuckled. Sure enough, as long as someone could keep this Lord of Daybreak at bay, he could manipulate him at will.

However, at the very moment he laughed, he saw Qing Chen close his eyes.

Qing Chen cannot see the real environment, but he has memories, memories that no one can match.

He couldn't see the incoming knife, but he could hear the sound.

The next moment, Kamishiro Yunye arrived, wielding his sword.

A shocking scene unfolded: Qing Chen, with his eyes closed, merely turned slightly to the side and narrowly avoided the blade's edge.

But that's not all.

Qing Chen closed his eyes, as if standing in darkness. He breathed in the world. When the blade passed by him, he moved faster and arrived first.

He magically produced a playing card between two fingers, and cleaved the knife-wielding man's arm from bottom to top, close to the blade.

The gray Joker on the playing card was also dyed red.

Kamishiro Yunye retreated with a wail, his long arm split in two by the playing cards, which had cleaved his forearm's radius and ulna like firewood.

Qing Chen didn't chase after him.

This "sword" was so exquisite that even Kamishiro Yunjue saw it.

This thug with his eyes closed seemed to be able to ignore the mirage and the darkness, sensing everything in his mind.

Just as Kamishiro Yunwu was in a panic.

Qing Chen suddenly tilted his entire body down like an arrow released from a bow.

He bent his legs and, like a sprinter in a 100-meter race, unleashed a powerful burst of energy, propelling himself straight toward Kamishiro Yunwu as if launched into the air.

Kamishiro Yunwu's face was contorted with rage.

From the shadow behind him, a slender woman dressed in black emerged. The shadow of Kamishiro Yunwu was like a well, and this woman was the one who came out of the well.

ATS-046 Shikigami, Shadow Woman, moves through the shadows and kills in the night.

Immediately afterwards, a woman dressed in a white kimono, her entire body as white as snow, descended from the sky, as if blown by a heavy snowfall.

ATS-089 Shikigami, Yuki-onna!

Whether it was genuine courage or just a way to bolster his own, Kamishiro Yunwu Ungo roared, "Kill!"

The three shikigami had already gathered, but Qing Chen could only listen and not see.

Kamishiro Yunjue watched silently, as did Kamishiro Yunluo was also watching silently from the high-rise building.

The shadow woman had already drawn a black thorn from the darkness.

Thirty-six ice spikes were already suspended in front of the Snow Woman.

But Qing Chen still didn't stop.

No one could understand why he kept going.

Kamishiro Yunluo, standing beside Kamishiro Kongxu, calmly said, "What a pity."

Kamishiro Yunluo remained silent.

As Qing Chen felt the chilling killing intent ahead, he suddenly remembered what he had fought for.

For myself.

For Jingūji Maki!

He had already entered the shikigami's killing intent, yet all he uttered was, "Kneel!"

The voice was loud and firm!

A wake-up call!

The Kamishiro Yunluo above the sky frowned, because Qing Chen's words were like a divine decree, and the shikigami actually knelt down when he ordered them to kneel!

The shadowy woman gracefully bent down, the snow maiden flying in the sky slowly landed, and even the mirage tower extinguished the lights on the wooden boat.

Kamishiro Yunwu's pupils suddenly contracted. Before he could react, Qing Chen brushed past him without a second thought, leaving the Joker image etched in his heart.

In this battle, Qing Chen fought for Jingūji Maki.

When Kamishiro Unichi made the satellite phone call, he only said that the killer could intimidate the shikigami, but he didn't say who it was.

So Qing Chen smeared Jingūji Maki's blood on his wrist, making everyone believe that he was the one who could command the gods.

Not Xiao Zhenji.

In that case, all of God's attention will be focused on him, and the little girl can continue to live a carefree life for a few more years.

No one cares about a worthless little girl anymore, and therefore no one cares about her mother.

This is dangerous.

But it's okay.

As a master, one should naturally bear all of this for one's disciple.

Just like Li Shutong once sheltered him from the wind and rain.

This is what a knight is.