204: Chapter 204 Susanoo, broken bridge?

Lu Cheng watched the eight snake heads slowly rising in the distance, the smile on his face fading bit by bit.

"So it really is this thing?"

His voice was not loud, but the members of the Dragon Kingdom Team all heard him.

Heavenly King Lin carried his axe, his eyelid still twitching.

"You recognize it?"

Lu Cheng stared at the colossal giant snake without answering immediately.

The Yamata no Orochi from the myths of his past life.

Eight heads and eight tails.

Its body spanned eight valleys and eight Peaks.

It was slain by Susanoo.

And now, this thing had appeared before him, alive and real.

Lu Cheng took a deep breath.

"I suppose I recognize it."

"Not that we're close."

Heavenly King Lin: "?"

You want to be close to this thing?

The moment the Yamata no Orochi completely raised its body from the center of the island, the fog surrounding the Initial Island began to dissipate.

The white fog that had originally enveloped the sea surface was driven away by some force, spreading outward in layers.

The other islands were mostly obscured by the fog, revealing only faint outlines.

Just after the Yamata no Orochi appeared, a section of the Broken Bridge lit up.

A dark red light traveled along the cracks of the bridge, then quickly faded away.

The eight heads of the Yamata no Orochi lowered simultaneously.

The Blood Head sprayed red mist from its mouth.

Gray-green mist floated around the Poison Head.

The Dream Head reflected blurry figures in its eyes.

The neck of the Regeneration Head was still constantly writhing, and the wounds previously torn by the altar were healing.

Xu Xinglan's hands operated quickly on the terminal, and a pale green Source Array projection unfolded before her.

"I have locked onto the positions of those cores from just now."

"The cores have a special resonance."

Lu Cheng looked at her.

"They're still there?"

Xu Xinglan nodded.

"After the eight cores were absorbed by the altar earlier, they didn't completely disappear."

"They scattered."

"Their positions are right around the Yamata no Orochi."

She zoomed in on the map.

Eight points of light appeared near the giant snake.

They corresponded to Blood, Scale, Poison, Bone, Tooth, Snake, Dream, and Regeneration.

Xu Xinglan spoke quickly.

"This should be the key to defeating it."

"Regardless of whether this ruin has been truly modified, it is impossible for them to release a monster that has absolutely no chance of being defeated for us to fight."

"Otherwise, this wouldn't be a competition; it would be an accident."

Tang Zhiwei smiled lightly.

"What if it really is an accident?"

Xu Xinglan glanced at her.

"Then we withdraw."

She looked down to check the terminal.

"The forced withdrawal function is still there."

"But if it's just a mechanism battle, withdrawing now means giving up the biggest hidden reward."

Heavenly King Lin grinned.

"Then we certainly can't withdraw."

"We've already summoned it; we have to at least take a few swings at it."

Lu Cheng said:

"Split up to get them."

"Don't tank the snake heads' attacks."

"Regroup immediately after getting the items."

The group didn't waste any words and instantly scattered.

The Yamata no Orochi seemed to have sensed their intentions.

The Poison Head suddenly opened its mouth, and gray-green poison mist sprayed toward the direction where Xu Xinglan was.

Tang Zhiwei raised her hand and scattered medicinal powder; the silver-green medicinal mist collided with the poison mist, forcefully opening a gap.

"Go!"

Xu Xinglan stepped on the Source Array and rushed out, reaching out to grab the Poison Core light point.

On the other side, Heavenly King Lin faced the head of the Scale Head that was smashing down, and the pale gold King Marks on his body lit up.

"Immovable King Body!"

Boom!

The snake head slammed into the ground in front of him, shaking the entire hillside until it cracked.

Heavenly King Lin slid back several meters, but he held his ground.

Gritting his teeth, he reached out and grabbed the blue-black light point from the crack.

Gu Changqing was the fastest.

His sword light flashed along the ground, directly cutting through the bone spurs blocking his path, and he obtained the Bone Core.

Ye Beihan rushed into the attack range of the Tooth Head, his cold Qi freezing the ground, and before the fangs could descend, he flipped over to retrieve the Tooth Core.

Jiang Xuance rode the Red-Armored Zheng, sprinting all the way.

The Red-Armored Zheng was yelping as it was chased by the Snake Head.

"Brother, stop yelping! Run faster!"

Red-Armored Zheng: "Awoo!"

Jiang Xuance scooped up the Snake Core, and the next second, the tail strike of the Snake Head slammed down behind them, causing the ground to collapse directly.

Lu Cheng headed straight for the Regeneration Core.

The Regeneration Head seemed to react the most to that core.

New flesh was constantly growing on its neck, and its snake eyes were locked onto Lu Cheng.

A pale white liquid sprayed from its mouth.

After the liquid hit the ground, countless pieces of granulation tissue immediately grew out.

The Yueyao Pulse in Lu Cheng's eyes lit up, he dodged the entangling granulation tissue, stepped on the ground, and instantly rushed in front of the core.

Snow Spirit flicked her two tails, and the Ice-Fire Star Shield blocked the second wave of the Regeneration Head's attack.

Lu Cheng reached out and grabbed the pale light point.

The moment it was in his hand, the light point suddenly transformed.

It wasn't a crystal core.

It was a mask.

A white mask.

A lightning pattern was carved on the forehead of the mask, and there were broken marks on the edges, as if it had experienced a battle from a long time ago.

The others also gathered one after another.

The cores in their hands had all turned into masks.

Blood-colored mask, Green Scale mask.

Gray-green mask, White Bone mask.

Tooth pattern mask, Snake pattern mask.

Mist pattern mask, Regeneration white mask.

The eight masks each emitted different auras.

Xu Xinglan looked at the masks and whispered:

"This is it."

Tang Zhiwei frowned.

"Can we wear these?"

"They don't look like anything proper."

Lu Cheng held the Regeneration mask.

The feeling given by Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Bad Luck was very clear.

There was no danger.

He looked up at the Yamata no Orochi.

"Wear them."

Heavenly King Lin was stunned.

"Are you sure?"

Lu Cheng nodded.

"Sure."

The next second, a pop-up window appeared on everyone's System.

[Obtained temporary blessing: Power of Susanoo (Fragmented)]

[Effect 1: Damage dealt to Yamata no Orochi increased by 300%]

[Effect 2: All attributes increased by 30%]

[Effect 3: Damage taken from Yamata no Orochi · Regeneration Power reduced by 95%]

[Duration: Until the Yamata no Orochi subjugation ends]

Lu Cheng looked at the prompt, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Power of Susanoo?" "Susanoo?" A deity in the myths of Sakura Island, whose divine status is destruction and heroism...

After everyone put on the masks, they discovered that their own combat abilities had improved by a notch.

Lu Cheng said:

"Each mask corresponds to different effects... they each restrain a snake head of the Yamata no Orochi."

The Yamata no Orochi didn't give them much time to discuss.

The eight snake heads opened their mouths simultaneously.

Blood mist, poison mist, bone spurs, fangs, snake swarms, dream shadows, and regeneration granulation tissue all pressed in at almost the same time.

The group immediately took action according to the masks they were wearing.

Xu Xinglan unfolded her Source Array.

"Disperse!"

The battle erupted completely.

After putting on the masks, the auras of the group clearly increased by a notch.

The gold marks on Heavenly King Lin's body deepened, and he smashed an axe into the lower jaw of the Scale Head, actually shattering a large patch of green scales.

"It's effective!"

Gu Changqing's sword light pierced through the rain of white bones sprayed by the Bone Head, slashing into a bone crevice with one sword strike.

Cold Qi erupted around Ye Beihan, forcefully freezing half of the Tooth Head's mouth, causing its fangs to close a beat slower.

Tang Zhiwei's poison needle pierced into the flesh of the Poison Head for the first time.

Her eyes brightened slightly.

"Its poison resistance has been reduced."

Jiang Xuance and the Red-Armored Zheng coordinated with the Snake Pattern mask, their speed increasing significantly as they constantly circled the Snake Head, forcing the snake head to miss several attacks.

Xu Xinglan stood in the back, the Mist Pattern mask glowing faintly; the illusion released by the Dream Head was intercepted by her Source Array the moment it approached.

Snow Spirit leaped into mid-air.

Her ice and fire tails unfolded simultaneously.

The blood mist sprayed by the Blood Head was frozen by frost and then ignited by star flames, causing a large expanse of blood energy to explode in the air.

The little one landed back on Lu Cheng's shoulder and chirped proudly.

"Ying!"

Lu Cheng raised his hand to press on the Regeneration mask.

The lightning pattern on the white mask glowed slightly.

The next second, the Source Power on his body suddenly sank.

The Regeneration Head let out a low roar, and pale white granulation tissue surged over like a tidal wave.

Lu Cheng did not retreat; he took a step forward and punched into the tide of granulation tissue.

Boom!

Large swaths of granulation tissue exploded directly.

The Regeneration Head let out a painful shriek for the first time.

"It really works."

Without these masks, they wouldn't have been able to break through the Yamata no Orochi's defense at all.

But now it was different.

Although the Power of Susanoo was only a fragmented version, it gave them the qualification to fight...

This battle was not easy.

The Yamata no Orochi was, after all, at the Peak of the Battle General level.

Every time a snake head's attack landed, it would cause the ground to crack.

Every time its tail swept across, it would send the trees and rocks on the island flying.

The Dragon Kingdom Team constantly retreated, dispersed, and regrouped.

Xu Xinglan's Source Array was shattered several times.

Heavenly King Lin tanked the impact of the Scale Head, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Gu Changqing's sword blade was cracked by the Bone Head.

Ye Beihan's chest was grazed by the Tooth Head, and a large piece of his Profound Frost Armor was shattered.

Tang Zhiwei's arm was scorched with blue-black markings by the poison mist in order to seal the Poison Head.

Jiang Xuance and the Red-Armored Zheng were chased by the Snake Head for half the hillside.

But the Yamata no Orochi was also constantly being injured.

One snake head after another was being suppressed.

The Blood Head had half of its skull shattered by Snow Spirit's Frost-Flame Fox explosion.

The Scale Head had its lower jaw smashed through by Heavenly King Lin's axe.

The Bone Head had its eye socket pierced by Gu Changqing's sword.

The Tooth Head had its fangs frozen and then smashed by Ye Beihan.

The Poison Head had its poison sac sealed by Tang Zhiwei.

The Snake Head had its neck torn open by the combined efforts of Jiang Xuance and the Red-Armored Zheng.

The Dream Head had its illusion forcibly locked by Xu Xinglan's Source Array.

Finally, only the Regeneration Head remained.

It let out a sharp shriek, and the wounds of the other seven snake heads simultaneously began to wriggle.

Black-red blood flowed back from all over the island.

It wanted to rely on its regeneration power to repair all the snake heads.

Xu Xinglan's expression changed.

"We can't let it recover!"

Lu Cheng had already moved.

He no longer held back.

Holy Dragon Armament, activate.

Gold-white dragon scales covered his arm all the way to his shoulder, and the Dragon's might instantly pressed down.

Immediately after, black-red flames ignited from the gaps in the scales, flame horns grew on his head, and his pupils turned into molten gold!

Flame Demon Transformation. Activate.

Lu Cheng's aura skyrocketed at this moment.

Snow Spirit stood on his shoulder, her two tails simultaneously entwined with ice and fire starlight.

Lu Cheng looked at the Regeneration Head, his voice very low.

"You're quite good at growing, aren't you."

The Regeneration Head opened its mouth, and a pale white stream of light sprayed out.

Lu Cheng rushed up towards that light.

The two-tailed Star Shield unfolded in front, blocking the first wave of impact.

The next second, Lu Cheng shattered the ground, and he was already in front of the Regeneration Head.

"Holy Dragon Roar!"

Boom!

The head of the Regeneration Head exploded from the middle.

The black-red blood was burned dry by the flames, and the pale white granulation tissue wanted to reorganize, but it was completely suppressed by the lightning pattern on the Susanoo mask.

The massive body of the Yamata no Orochi twitched violently.

The other seven snake heads let out shrieks simultaneously.

Subsequently, they fell to the ground one after another.

The terminal prompt sounded.

[Killed hidden target: Yamata no Orochi]

[Obtained points: 10000]

[Wanhai Archipelago main storyline clue has been unlocked]

The white mask on Lu Cheng's face cracked with a thin fissure.

It then dissipated into faint points of light.

The masks of the others also did the same, gradually fading away.

Heavenly King Lin sat on the ground, panting heavily.

The others hurried toward where Lu Cheng was.

Lu Cheng looked toward the center of the island.

After the corpse of the Yamata no Orochi disintegrated, a sword slowly rose from the center of the originally cracked ground.

The sword body was slender, and the whole body glowed with a pale green light.

The terminal popped up a prompt.

[Obtained quest item: Kusanagi Sword]

[Description: Key quest item for the Wanhai Archipelago]

Jiang Xuance's eyes lit up.

"Divine Artifact?"

Lu Cheng walked over and reached out to hold the hilt.

It was very light to the touch.

There was no terrifying pressure either.

There was no aura sharp enough to tear space.

It didn't even make him feel any danger.

Lu Cheng frowned.

"Doesn't look real."

"It should be a simulated imitation."

Heavenly King Lin was immediately a little disappointed.

"Huh? I thought it was a real Divine Artifact."

Lu Cheng looked at the Kusanagi Sword in his hand.

"If it were a real Divine Artifact, it wouldn't be our turn to get it."

Xu Xinglan nodded.

"But to be able to simulate it to this extent is already very exaggerated."

Lu Cheng looked at the mist gradually dispersing in the distance.

"With such strong simulation ability, which big shot made this?"

No one answered.

The next second.

The Black Lake began to flow backward.

Not downward.

But upward into the sky.

The black lake water in the distant Dream Sacrifice area shot up into the sky, along with the snake blood, broken scales, and bone fragments scattered by the Yamata no Orochi, all being swept into mid-air.

Those things rotated and compressed in the air.

Finally, they condensed into a black-red bridge spike.

The bridge spike hung in the sky, with snake patterns and lightning patterns carved on its surface.

Then, it flew violently toward the Broken Bridge in the center in the distance.

Clang!

A heavy sound spread throughout the entire sea area.

The spot on the Broken Bridge that had originally lit up was pinned by the bridge spike.

The distant sea surface trembled.

Light pillars of different colors emerged simultaneously from the five islands, including theirs.

Red.

Cyan.

White.

Black.

Gold.

At the same time, at the edge of the island where they were, the seawater slowly parted, and a new bridge extended from the edge of the island.

The bridge body was made of dark cyan stones, and snake patterns of the Yamata no Orochi still remained on the surface.

It led all the way to another island where the fog had just dispersed.