After Leng Yue left, she threw down a Samadhi True Fire talisman, and together with the talismans she had scattered earlier, the ground was quickly covered by a great fire.
Once outside the main building, Leng Yue ran desperately towards the outside of the base. Finding that Qian Chen had already arrived, Leng Yue shouted as she ran, "Hurry, get out of here!"
Qian Chen recognized Leng Yue and told Jiang Nan to take his men away, "Retreat five miles and wait for orders!"
Jiang Nan has gone mad! What is she doing? She rushed here overnight, only to be confronted by a crazy woman who then tells them to go back. Could she be any more unreasonable?
Seeing that Jiang Nan didn't move, Qian Chen frowned. "Lieutenant Jiang, this is an order!"
"Yes!" Jiang Nan said, and then led the team of several thousand people back.
Qian Chen went forward to meet Leng Yue, asking, "Why are you here? What happened?"
"There's no time to explain, let's go, let's go!" Leng Yue said, then grabbed Qian Chen's hand and continued running.
"Friend, no one who offends the Kamikawa family ever gets away unscathed!" Kamikawa chased after them with the monster.
The monster grew even larger, making Kamikawa Rin appear particularly small standing on its shoulder. The monster, now resembling a mountain, surged forth, leaping across the gate of the base, like a disproportionately large toy world.
The monster tried to trample Leng Yue and Qian Chen step by step, and Leng Yue could only hold onto Qian Chen and keep dodging. The soldiers who hadn't gone far saw this and retreated in fear.
"Don't panic, maintain formation, and retreat faster!" Although Jiang Nan felt somewhat sorry for Qian Chen, he still chose to carry out the order.
The soldiers, who had initially harbored resentment, instantly understood the young marshal's good intentions upon seeing the enormous monster. At the same time, their retreat speed increased once again.
Following Qian Chen's orders, Jiang Nan led his troops to retreat five miles away. He then rearranged the troops, moving the artillery to the front and setting up battle formation, ready to assist Qian Chen and Leng Yue at any moment.
Jiang Nan was unaware that Leng Yue and Qian Chen dared not run towards them. They knew that given the monster's size, this army would probably be nothing more than a mouthful. They only hoped that the soldiers could escape as far away as possible!
"Hiding like this isn't a solution. Do you have any weapons?" Qianchen and Lengyue asked Lengyue for weapons while they were desperately dodging.
Qianchen had just run out of bullets, and they were completely useless. So, he had no choice but to ask Lengyue for a weapon.
Leng Yue didn't hesitate; she immediately enlarged the dagger and tossed it to Qian Chen. Qian Chen caught the dagger, which had actually become a sword by then. He weighed it a few times and found it particularly comfortable to handle.
However, no matter how he slashed, he could only injure the monster's toes. There was no real damage. It wasn't that he didn't want to, nor that his dagger wasn't sharp enough; it was simply that the monster was as big as a mountain, and they couldn't reach its vital points at all.
Seeing that they were all outside the base, Leng Yue asked Zero if they could use the Anywhere Door from here. Since Zero had previously said that the base was like a shield, Leng Yue figured that now that they were outside, it should be usable.
"Isn't this distance too short?" Zero asked somewhat embarrassedly. "I've never operated in such close proximity before."
"Try it, quick!" Leng Yue was at her wit's end. She had a bamboo dragonfly, but it was incredibly slow. They'd probably be slapped away before they even got a chance to fly up and start attacking anyone.
Zero took a deep breath and quickly positioned them all around the monster.
Once Ling was ready, Leng Yue led Qian Chen through the Anywhere Door repeatedly. Sure enough, this greatly increased their destructive power.
With the Anywhere Door, they could fly even if they couldn't. Because the paths were flexible and varied, they could wage guerrilla warfare against the monsters.
The monster waved its large hands, trying to shoo them away like mosquitoes. But it was always unsuccessful. Enraged, the monster roared, its voice like thunder.
Kamikawa Rin was the closest, and he was the first to react to the monster's roar. He raised his arms, and his clothes, scorched by the Samadhi Fire, tore to pieces, revealing the Onmyoji attire underneath. A hat had also appeared on his head sometime during the night.
Leng Yue Qianchen changed tactics, and so did Shang Chuan Lin. He took out talismans and summoned other shikigami. These shikigami were of various kinds, and they guarded the monster's body, waiting for an opportunity to attack Qianchen and Leng Yue.
"You deal with this monster, I'll handle the rest!" Leng Yue said simply to Qian Chen with a slightly cold expression.
Qian Chen nodded; he had also realized that only this dagger could harm the large monster. Therefore, he focused on dealing with the larger one. He trusted Leng Yue to handle the smaller ones.
Leng Yue touched the storage bag beside her and found that most of the talismans inside had been used up. If each of her talismans could eliminate one shikigami from now on, they would still have a chance of winning. However, this was the first time Leng Yue had faced so many shikigami at the same time, and she didn't know if she could manage it.
Qianchen seemed to sense Leng Yue's hesitation and took her hand, saying, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
Leng Yue and Qian Chen exchanged a glance and finally nodded. After all, worrying now was useless; instead of overthinking, they might as well take a gamble.
Next, wherever they went, they were attacked simultaneously by several shikigami. Leng Yue used her Taoist magic to its fullest potential in the shortest amount of time. She threw talismans, formed hand seals, and constantly traveled through the portals.
Gradually, only a few large shikigami remained of Kamikawa Rin's forces. The smaller ones were almost entirely wiped out.
Before they could even catch their breath, another person appeared beside Leng Yue and Qian Chen. Before they knew it, Shang Chuan Lin had appeared between them.
"I told you, no one who offends the Kamikawa family will have a good end!" Kamikawa Rin said, chanting the binding spell, and sitting on a shikigami, he pulled Leng Yue towards the giant monster's mouth.
Qian Chen was shocked and tried to rush over to save Leng Yue, but it was too late. Qian Chen opened the Anywhere Door and chased after her. However, when he arrived, Leng Yue had already been thrown into the monster's belly by Shangchuan Lin.
Kamikawa Rin laughed loudly, and Chichen raised his dagger and slashed, cutting off half of his ear.
Kamikawa Rin's laughter abruptly stopped as he covered his ears and yelled, "Bastard, how dare you touch someone from the Kamikawa family? You deserve to die! Lord Shuten-dōji, eat him up!"
Perhaps due to a misunderstanding, when Kamikawa Rin ordered him to eat Chiyo, the monster flicked its finger, bringing Kamikawa Rin in with it. Meanwhile, Chiyo happened to pass through the portal to the monster's heart and plunged a dagger deep into it.
The monster's chest exploded, spraying blood mist several meters away. The monster roared again, its roar interspersed with the screams of Kamikawa Rin. But Leng Yue remained silent, as if she had vanished from the beginning.
Qian Chen didn't have time to think further; he only wanted to quickly dissect the monster's body and find Leng Yue. However, the remaining shikigami of Kamikawa Rin were still causing trouble for Qian Chen. Qian Chen had no interest in them; he only wanted to find Leng Yue.
The shikigami pounced on Qianchen, biting him and covering his clothes in blood. Ignoring the danger, Qianchen continued his frantic search for Lengyue.
However, the monster did not die. While Qian Chen was focused on searching for Leng Yue, it took the opportunity to devour Qian Chen and all the shikigami on his body.
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