414: Chapter 414 The Valkyrie Reappears

With Liu Jing and the other three working in perfect harmony, they actually managed to suppress over two hundred Japanese invaders, forcing the group into a steady retreat.

Once the Sword God Possession skill effect ended, Liu Jing switched to her battle saber and charged directly to the front, growing more excited the more she killed.

Whether facing Japanese invaders' samurai, Onmyoji, or monks, she dealt with them all with a single slash. Relying on the thickness of her armor, she abandoned defense entirely, focusing solely on fierce, relentless attacks.

For a time, Liu Jing was like a Valkyrie, suppressing the Japanese invaders single-handedly and forcing them to retreat step by step.

Yang Jinyuan and the other two could only stay to the side, carefully guarding the flanks and preparing to provide backup.

However, Liu Jing only grew more ferocious, even as the Japanese invaders spread out to use dharma instruments and spells for their attacks.

Yet, they simply could do nothing to Liu Jing.

Those spells and weapons landed on her like a gentle tickle, failing to even break the defense of the Pixiu Battle Armor, let alone any other defensive items.

The group of Japanese invaders chattered incessantly at the sight, unleashing every trick they had, yet they remained unable to deal with Liu Jing.

Meanwhile, the number of Japanese invaders was decreasing at a visible rate.

There had been over two hundred when they went up the mountain, but now there were less than a hundred left.

Retreating all the way to a small plaza, the Japanese invaders finally caught their breath and used the relatively wide terrain to attempt to surround Liu Jing and the three others. After paying the price of twenty more lives, they finally succeeded in surrounding the four.

However, while they had surrounded them, they still could not do anything to the four.

Instead, it allowed the four to form a formation.

With their backs to each other facing the surrounding Japanese invaders, they fought while covering one another. The battle actually became easier; though they appeared surrounded, they were effectively blossoming from the center.

The old man on the outermost perimeter saw this, his face turning ashen and his eyes cold as ice. He looked up at Xingguo Zen Temple just one kilometer away, then turned and left.

His two loyal guards followed silently, whispering as they walked: "Why are these people so strong? Even our divine artifacts and shikigami cannot injure them?"

"The land of Huaxia is blessed with outstanding people and talents. This is also the main reason we have been trying to conquer them for hundreds of years. Our island nation is too small. The talents that appear once in a few decades in our island nation are common in Huaxia. As long as they do not suffer from war or produce monsters, our situation will become very difficult."

"This is also why we people strive. If our generation cannot complete it, the next generation will. One generation after another working towards it, and one day we will succeed in occupying this fertile land."

"Our wish will definitely be realized."

"Yes! It definitely will!"

The next second, the old man walking in front suddenly stopped.

The two guards hurriedly stopped as well and peered ahead to see three figures: a young man, a woman, and a monk.

This combination...

The two guards were shocked: "Han Jingyang—"

The next second.

The heads of the two guards flew into the air.

The remaining old man touched his neck with lingering fear and bowed to Han Jingyang: "Mr. Han, a pleasure—"

Han Jingyang sneered and jerked his head toward Shi Xiaoya.

Shi Xiaoya swung her saber and rushed forward.

Just as the Japanese old man was about to order his shikigami to attack, one of his arms was already severed. Before a scream could even escape, his head likewise flew off.

Clean, efficient, and merciless.

Han Jingyang nodded: "Well done. Continue up the mountain!"

But his mood had relaxed significantly.

The fact that Japanese invaders who clearly held high status were coming down the mountain early meant what?

It meant the situation was not good, perhaps even very dire.

However, only one old man with two guards coming down early meant the battle was still ongoing.

Therefore, he still dared not fully relax.

Five minutes later.

Han Jingyang arrived on the mountain, only to see corpses and wounded soldiers all over the ground.

Liu Jing and the other three were resting, covered in blood but in good condition.

Impressive!

Han Jingyang gave a direct thumbs-up: "Great job. I was thinking I might be able to pick up a kill, but I didn't expect you all to wipe them out in one go."

Liu Jing breathed a sigh of relief: "The combat power of these people doesn't seem very strong."

"No, it's not that they aren't strong; it's that you are too strong."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

This was the truth.

Originally, everyone was of mortal flesh and blood, and there wasn't much difference in race. Combat power was also roughly the same. Aside from those top-tier experts, the strength of others was roughly on the same level—they couldn't be that much stronger, nor that much weaker.

But Liu Jing and her group were equipped with several dharma instruments, which instantly broke the balance of power.

Especially Liu Jing, who was equipped with relatively top-tier dharma instruments, creating an overwhelming force.

Plus, the Japanese invaders were completely caught off guard and likely never expected Liu Jing and the others to join the fight, leaving them completely blindsided.

So, at first glance, it seemed absurd.

But thinking about it carefully, it felt quite reasonable.

If Liu Jing and the four others couldn't achieve a great victory or were even defeated, that would be the unreasonable part.

The Japanese invaders didn't have hacks enabled.

Of course, winning is all that matters.

As for how they won, that's irrelevant.

This world only recognizes the final winner.

Losers, especially dead losers, have no say.

Not to mention that the ones who died were Japanese invaders.

The monk Kongyun was also deeply shocked to see the Japanese invaders all over the ground. He looked at Liu Jing, then at Xu Xin and the others, and joined his palms in a salute: "Many thanks to the four benefactors for your righteous assistance. Thank you."

Zhou Changzhu scratched his head in embarrassment.

Xu Xin also hurriedly returned the salute, his attitude quite respectful. Because someone like the monk Kongyun could be said to be famous in the Quancheng underworld—he had a lineage, backers, strength, money, was good at making friends, and had extensive connections. He was an existence not to be trifled with.

Yang Jinyuan also returned the salute very politely. After all, she was an outsider, and being polite to local big shots was the proper thing to do.

Only Liu Jing's expression was indifferent, as she did not have a very good impression of the monk Kongyun. Because when Kongyun first visited Jiguang Zhai, he came with malice, and later repeatedly helped He Dingkun. In her eyes, this monk was a villain just like He Dingkun; even if he didn't commit evil directly, he was an indirect accomplice.

Therefore, after a slight nod, Liu Jing said to Han Jingyang: "Boss, there are still some spoils on the mountain path behind waiting to be collected."

"No rush, collect them slowly. There are also a large amount of spoils at Xipo Village waiting for us to pick up." At the thought of the harvest at Xipo Village, Han Jingyang couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

Sure enough, if you want to wear the golden belt, you have to kill and set fires.

Of course, his was righteous killing and setting fires.

No one could find fault with it.

Although he hadn't seen the spoils from Xipo Village yet, he knew without thinking that there would be many. If there weren't enough dharma instruments, Liu Cheng and Huang Jianshe wouldn't have been able to pull off such a large-scale operation.

Especially the final wave of channeling Qi to rush the barrier.

It sounds simple—dig a few canals, store a lot of water, and open the floodgates when the time comes.

In actual operation, it was extremely difficult.

Whether it was storing Qi or guiding Qi, it could be counted under Feng Shui arrays, and only a Feng Shui formation could achieve such a purpose.

To successfully set up a Feng Shui formation of such scale in a short time, one could only pile up dharma instruments, and it required several high-level dharma instruments. Low-grade dharma instruments could not support such a large-scale Feng Shui formation.

Therefore, at Xipo Village, there must be many high-quality dharma instruments waiting for him to pick up.