"Let me tell you first, I don't want to get involved in your troubles. I already have enough troubles of my own."
Upon hearing this, the maid's expression changed.
"How could you do this?"
Shion stretched out his hand to stop her. Shion looked at Chiya, his face still expressionless.
"I understand, but if this is fate, you can't escape it."
Chiya sneered.
"Fate? I don't believe in fate the most. Stop fooling me with your arguments."
After saying that, Chiya turned around and walked out of the temple.
The maid wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Shion.
"Shrine Maiden Master!"
"No need to chase him, fate will bring him back."
At this time, a guard suddenly broke in.
"Master Shrine Maiden, it's not good!"
The guard said breathlessly.
Shion frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"Outside the city, a large number of stone statues suddenly appeared outside the city. Our city defense troops can hardly stop them!"
As soon as these words came out, Shion and the maid's expressions changed.
The maid exclaimed.
"What?"
Shion calmed down quickly.
"Have the people we sent for help not come back yet?"
"The report has come back, but other countries said they can't spare their manpower... and there is no support."
There was silence in the temple for a while.
Shion was silent for a while and then said.
"Send an order to mobilize some of the city defense troops and recall all the temple guards!"
"What? Master Shrine Maiden, what should the people in the city do?"
"This is an order, go quickly!"
"Yes."
The guard turned and rushed out.
The maid stood there, her face still a little pale.
She looked at Shion and couldn't help but said, "Master Shrine Maiden, if you pull back the city defense troops, the city will be unable to stop them."
Shion has no answer.
She turned and looked at the mural on the wall.
On the mural, Moryo's body is sealed in the belly of the mountain, surrounded by dense runes. Those runes are placed in circles, as if the entire mountain is locked up.
After a while, Shion spoke.
"Moryo's soul has awakened."
The maid was startled.
Shion continued, "But its body is still in the ancestral hall. As long as they are not united, it is not a true resurrection."
"So, we must go to the ancestral hall to seal him now."
"If we fail, not all the people in the city will die."
Shion withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked deeper into the temple.
"Ready to go."
The maid bit her lip and finally lowered her head.
"Yes."
Outside the temple.
Chiya has walked down the long steps.
When he reached the street corner, the royal city was already in chaos.
There were constant rumbling sounds in the distance, and the ground shook.
Many people were dragging their families and running toward the temple. Some were holding children, some were carrying old people on their backs, and some were stumbling into the street without having time to put on their clothes.
Chiya stopped and glanced in the direction of the city gate.
There's a lot of smoke and dust over there.
The next moment, a group of guards ran past him.
The leader ran and shouted.
" Lord Shrine Maiden has an order! All temple guards return to defense immediately!"
"The third city defense team, allocate half of the manpower and rush to the temple immediately!"
Several guards who were rescuing people on the street stopped immediately when they heard the order.
People on the street were in an uproar when they heard the news.
The guards gritted their teeth, put down their hands, turned and rushed towards the temple.
Chiya stood there, his eyes turned cold.
Kaguya spoke at this time.
"Are you angry?"
Chiya looked at the guards running towards the temple.
"Hmm."
Chiya sneered.
"Shrine Maiden, hum. It seems that every country is the same."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden loud noise from the city gate.
Boom!
A wooden building collapsed, and debris and rocks rolled into the street.
The crowd exploded instantly.
"The stone statue is coming in!"
"Run!"
"Help!"
Chiya looked up.
In the direction of the city gate, I saw stone statues walking stiffly towards the city.
They were still covered in mud, and debris was constantly falling from the cracks in the rocks.
Several city defense troops rushed forward and slashed at the stone statue with their long knives, causing only a string of sparks to fly away.
The stone statue raised its arms.
Bang!
Several soldiers were swept away and crashed into the wall next to them.
A man fell down in the middle of the street with his child in his arms. His ankle seemed to be twisted, and he couldn't get up even after crawling twice.
The stone statue raised its foot and stepped on him.
The man was so frightened that he hugged the child and froze.
Just then.
Whoosh!
A white shadow rushed past from the street.
Chiya stepped on the leg of the stone statue and jumped up using the force. Futsu no Mitama was instantly unsheathed.
Ding!
The blade struck the stone statue at its knees, and sparks suddenly exploded.
The stone statue moved for a moment.
Only then did the man react, crawling and holding the child to the side.
Chiya fell to the ground,
This stuff is much harder than ordinary stone.
The stone statue looked down at him, raised its arm and smashed it down.
Chiya stepped forward and stepped back.
Bang!
The stone arm hit the street and the floor tiles cracked instantly.
"This thing is pretty strong."
Chiya raised his head and looked outside the city gate.
At this sight, his eyelids twitched.
Outside the city gate, there are densely packed stone statues.
They are walking this way from the smoke and dust, their movements are stiff, but their speed is not slow at all.
Boom.
Boom.
Boom.
With each step, the city wall shook.
The soldiers near the city gate could hardly hold on any longer.
Chiya put the knife back to his waist and quickly Hand Seals with both hands.
His chest suddenly swelled.
"Fire Release, Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
Boom!
Large flames erupted from his mouth.
The fire wave instantly covered the entire street and rolled out along the city gate.
The stone statue at the front was suddenly engulfed in flames.
The temperature on the street rose sharply, and many people around were forced to retreat.
Someone shouted in surprise.
"It's burning!"
"Burn them!"
"It burned well."
But when the flames dissipated, everyone was stunned.
I saw that those stone statues were only burnt black and the stone skin was cracked, but they were still moving forward.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The footsteps got closer.
Chiya clicked his tongue.
"You're not afraid of fire."
Kaguya said, "They are not living creatures."
"I see it."
"It can't be cut with a knife, and it can't be burned by fire. It's really hard."
Chiya raised his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth, and cyan lines quickly appeared under his eyes.
Sage Mode.
Everything around him became clear instantly.
He could sense the crying crowd in the distance, the panicked soldiers on the city wall, and the chaotic power within those stone statues.
"Sage Art! Fire Release, Calamity Fire Cascade!"
Phew!
The next moment, a huge wave of surging flames rushed over!
With a bang, the stone statues were rushed back a few steps.
"If it doesn't burn, then increase the fire!"
After saying that, the temperature of the flame suddenly increased, and the originally red fire wave suddenly lit up and turned into an incandescent color!
The people around him couldn't stand the fire and retreated far away.
The stone statues were also burned with crackling sounds, and were continuously pushed back by the waves of fire.
After the flame disappeared, most of the Stone Man were still not burned out, but turned into a reflective bright color.
Chiya holds the handle of the knife and sinks slightly.
Futsu no Mitama's blade lit up with bluish-white light.
The soldiers on the city wall and the people on the street all looked at him.
They don't know who this young man in white is.
I only saw him standing in front of the city gate, his clothes rustling in the wind.
The next moment.
Chiya drew the knife suddenly.
"Sage Art, Wild-Draw Flash!"
Zheng!
A blue-white sword energy swept out.
The sword energy surged instantly after rushing out of the city gate, like a slender ray of light, directly cutting into the group of stone statues.
Boom!!!
The stone statue at the front was cut into two pieces with a single knife.
Immediately afterwards, cracks exploded on the second row, third row, and a large piece of stone statues at the back.
Click!
Click click click!
Countless cracking sounds joined together.
The next moment, the stone statue outside the city gate exploded to pieces.
The porcelain pieces rolled to the ground.
Outside the city gate that was originally crowded with stone statues, a large area suddenly became empty.
The soldiers on the city wall were stunned.
The people on the street were also stunned.
After a while, someone finally knelt down with a plop.
"Thank you, sir!"
"Thank you sir for saving me!"
"The stone statue is broken! The stone statue is really broken!"
Chiya There is no looking back.
He looked further away.
There are still stone statues in the distance heading towards the royal city, but the number is much smaller.
At least this place won't be breached for the time being.
Behind the crowd, a black-haired boy stood in the shadows of the alley, staring at him.
He looked at the knife in Chiya's hand, then at the gravel on the ground, and slowly grinned.