Tengu Sweeper.
This skill, acknowledged even by the System, bloomed with its own brilliance in that instant.
With nowhere to hide, Bai Luo was instantly submerged in the flashes of blade light.
BOOM—
Amidst the gleaming swords and shadows, the stone floor of the small courtyard was instantly shattered into pieces.
Looking at Bai Luo, who had utterly lost all signs of life amidst the dust, Mikoshi Douin sheathed his AmenomaKageuchi and turned to walk towards the house behind him.
Upon closer inspection, the so-called small house wasn't an ordinary farmhouse, but a branch shrine of Mt. Yougou.
What is a branch shrine?
Also known as a sessha or *massha*, it is a smaller shrine under the administration of a main shrine, located outside the main shrine's grounds.
Simply put, it's a subsidiary of the Grand Narukami Shrine.
However, this branch shrine appeared to have lost its incense offerings long ago. It bore no trace of the Grand Narukami Shrine's prosperity, which was one of the reasons Bai Luo had mistaken it for a farmhouse courtyard.
Placing the AmenomaKageuchi back on his lap, Mikoshi Douin sighed and sat in seiza in front of the branch shrine, lost in thought.
Schlk...
The sound of sharp blades piercing flesh rang out. Mikoshi Douin felt a chill in his back as two daggers plunged into his heart and lower back, one high and one low.
Bai Luo, who had seemingly lost all vitality, had appeared behind Mikoshi Douin like a ghost.
Did Bai Luo dodge it?
No.
Having been Battousai for so long, Bai Luo had his own understanding of the Way of the Sword.
So he knew better than anyone that the [TenguSweeper] was unavoidable.
Since it was unavoidable, then don't avoid it!
Just like the best way to counter his own Nine-HeadedDragonFlash was to tank it with a robust constitution.
The TenguSweeper could be withstood in the same way.
Just as the TenguSweeper was about to hit him, he used his Ultimate, [Quantumization], entering a brief state of invincibility.
The instant [Quantumization] ended, he used ShadowTrack, which had just come off cooldown.
ShadowTrack concealed all his aura. Coupled with the passive effect of Beater (Cheater) that applied to all his classes, it gave Mikoshi Douin the illusion that Bai Luo had died under his sword.
It wasn't that Mikoshi Douin was overconfident; it was purely that Bai Luo was too devious.
Who would have thought this guy had a [Quantumization] ability that even Gods were helpless against?
Mikoshi Douin lived up to his title as a "Child of the Era"; even with such severe injuries, he still had the strength to draw his sword.
But Bai Luo's two strikes had hit vital points. Even if Mikoshi Douin had the strength to hold a sword, he was definitely not as ferocious as before.
Bai Luo didn't take the opportunity to toy with his opponent. He pressed the attack, every strike landing on Mikoshi Douin's vitals.
The final slash across the neck gave this Child of the Era a dignified death.
The AmenomaKageuchi fell to the ground with a clang, and Mikoshi Douin slowly collapsed, thoroughly lifeless.
[First Trial Completed]
[Drawing Reward...]
[Congratulations, you have drawn Exclusive Equipment: Lake Toya (Bokuto)]
[System Error... Error Code 651.]
[Detection: Class "White Yaksha" not acquired.]
[Resetting Reward...]
[Reset Successful!]
[Reward Acquired: Elucidator.]
[Reward distributed successfully. You have ten minutes of rest time. Please use these ten minutes wisely to arrange your class for the next round.]
[Note: Class cannot be changed during the trial.]
As the System's voice faded, a fresh breeze blew past. The branch shrine, which had been messed up during the battle, was restored to its original state. Even the stoic man in the courtyard came back to life.
"Uh..."
Seeing Mikoshi Douin's strange gaze, Bai Luo felt slightly awkward.
After all, he had just stabbed the man in the kidney, and more than once at that.
Probably... seven or eight times?
"judging by your attire, you do not seem to be a native of Inazuma."
Perhaps to alleviate the awkwardness, Mikoshi Douin spoke first.
Looking at the daggers in Bai Luo's hands... his kidneys throbbed with phantom pain.
"Let's just say I am a Snezhnayan Liyuean who came from Mondstadt and is temporarily residing in Inazuma."
"..."
This somewhat convoluted introduction left Mikoshi Douin in silence.
He really couldn't tell where this person was actually from.
"What year is it now?"
Under the power of the System, Mikoshi Douin knew he was long dead, and he also knew the state in which he had appeared.
Even knowing he shouldn't inquire about the current times, he couldn't help but ask.
Actually, what he wanted to know most was about that...
*Sigh*, never mind. Their fate had ended. Whether it could be passed down was no longer something he could influence.
"Hmm... The year 2022?"
"???"
"Actually, everyone has long since put down their swords and blades. The world has become peaceful. Although there are frequent minor frictions everywhere, let's just say it's peaceful."
Stabbing two daggers into the ground, Bai Luo wove a small stool out of steel wire between them. After sitting down, he started spouting nonsense.
*Hmm... it cuts into the butt a little, but it's more comfortable than squatting.*
"In other words, swords are useless?"
"That's right. Nowadays, a type of firearm called a 'gun' is popular, along with all sorts of tanks, airplanes, missiles... and even nuclear weapons comparable to divine miracles."
At first, Mikoshi Douin scoffed at Bai Luo's words.
Could humans really create weapons comparable to divine miracles?
Even he, having trained to the limit, could only cut a feather from that Tengu maiden's wing.
But as Bai Luo continued his story, his expression began to turn serious.
Because this seemingly lying... Mon-Ina-Snezh-Liyuean described everything in meticulous detail.
The principles of firing firearms, the sensation of flying in a plane, the terror of a torrent of steel...
Under his eloquence, everything was depicted vividly.
Especially the so-called nuclear weapons.
After hearing Bai Luo's description of the scene, he sucked in a breath of cold air.
Those so-called nuclear weapons—weren't they exactly the divine punishment sent down by the Gods?
Humans... had they finally grasped power that humans should not control?
"By the way, does Mr. Mikoshi know who my next opponent is?"
After dizzying this ancient Inazuman with his blathering, Bai Luo tentatively fished for intel.
He had said all that earlier purely to make this stoic-looking Inazuman samurai forget about the kidney-stabbing incident and give him some hints.
Unexpectedly, after Bai Luo asked this question, Mikoshi Douin suddenly fell silent.
Bai Luo thought he wouldn't be able to extract any useful information, but just as the time was about to run out, Mikoshi Douin finally spoke.
"If I am not mistaken, your next opponent should be her."
"Her?"
"The Tengu of Yougou — Teruyo."
[A/N: Teruyo Lore is at the end of the chapter]
As soon as Mikoshi Doukei finished his sentence, black mist enveloped the small courtyard once again.
[Rest time over. Start the Second Trial - Ill-Fated Relationship?]
"Start."
[Second Trial started successfully. Please kill, injure, cut down, or touch the Tengu of Mt. Yougou — Teruyo within five minutes.]
[Note: The better the challenger performs, the higher the quality of the item obtained.]
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[A/,N: Teruyo was born to the Great Tengu Reizenbou some time before the cataclysm and was raised in Mt. Yougou. After the Kitsune Saiguu disappeared and died during the cataclysm, Reizenbou, who had been serving as the Kitsune Saiguu's protector, went into self-exile out of shame and rage. Teruyo remained on Narukami Island.
Around the same time of the Kitsune Saiguu's disappearance, the oni maiden Chiyo was corrupted by an abyssal beast and turned her blade against the Raiden Shogun. This stained the reputation of her family, the Mikoshi Clan, and caused her eldest son Mikoshi Michihiro to abandon his clan and go into self-exile around Konda Village. An unknown amount of time later, Teruyo met him there and learned his story. She bestowed him with the name "Iwakura Michihiro," and challenged him to become a worthy opponent to her.
Thirteen years after Teruyo first met Michihiro, he finally managed to best her in their duel by grazing her wing. As promised, she granted him the title of "Tengu Victor," but afterwards announced that she had to stay true to her duties to the tengu and bid farewell to him forever, asking him to forget about her.]
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