76: Chapter 76 The Great Xia's elite troops are invincible!

"They're here, Tuaner." Mia and the soldiers of the 32nd Army were hiding in the vast expanse of dense weeds, each taller than a person, that she had asked Loran to accelerate the growth of north of the church yesterday.

The probing attacks from a few Japanese ninjas were sent to meet their gods by Tuaner, who was waiting for work at the high point of the church.

The rest scattered like birds and beasts. Concealing their presence was their specialty.

But when the first genin's machete got stuck in a soldier's collarbone and couldn't be pulled out, and after our soldier, with a grin, slit the ninja's throat despite a dagger having pierced through his own chest, the ninjas' morale wavered.

"Don't panic, they must have taken some kind of painkiller!" another ninja shouted, encouraging his side while entangled with the soldiers. The Bihe Mountain ninjas had never suffered such a huge loss before.

For a moment, the situation tilted in our favor. Watching his subordinates fall one after another, the chunin felt anxious and drew his famous sword, slashing directly at Mia.

Mia dodged to the side, and as she brushed past him with an intoxicating fragrance, she delivered an upward strike that sent him airborne. Then, she decisively gripped the chunin's head with both hands and gave it a twist, snapping his cervical vertebrae.

But Mia felt that the sensation in her hands wasn't right. Landing with a roll, she narrowly avoided a slash aimed at her shoulder and back.

The corpse from a moment ago had turned into a wooden log, falling to the ground. "This is… the Body Replacement Technique?"

The chunin knew well that villains die from talking too much, so he continued to pursue and slash without saying a word. Fortunately, the weeds helped block some of his vision, preventing Mia from being in too much of a sorry state.

During the pursuit, the opposing chunin repeatedly formed hand seals, and it seemed like some danger was wriggling toward Mia from the dark corners.

The pollen and toxins from the Blood Rose scattered around due to the battle had already reached a certain concentration. Calculating the time, the opposing ninjas should be succumbing to the poison soon.

The soldiers, having already taken Mia's special potential-stimulating potion, didn't need to worry about the pollen at all. They fought with increasing bravery.

The battle was nearing its end. After the chunin spat out a Great Fireball Technique, his Qi was basically exhausted. Mia landed a kick with her delicate foot on his temple, crushing his head and killing him.

A beautiful ambush!

"These Japanese devils aren't even good at hand-to-hand combat. And they call themselves ninjas? What kind of mountain?" Several soldiers, knowing their time was running out, turned to look at Mia.

"Why don't we make one last charge? With our current physique, a bullet or two won't kill us," one soldier suggested.

"Sure. Should we ask Nurse Mia?" The leading lieutenant cast an inquiring look at Mia.

"Sister Loran, detonate the explosives on the beachhead. Let's drive the Japanese devils into the river together!"

"Before we die, come fight a winning battle with me!" Mia's voice stirred the soldiers' fighting spirit. They had been fighting constantly, but there hadn't been many victories.

"We are the elite troops of Great Xia, we are invincible!"

A unit of the Ishihara Detachment on the beachhead turned into headless flies amidst the massive explosions, scattering in all directions.

Mia led these dozens of veterans, whose bodies were already nearing their breaking point, into the flames...

At first, the dozens of heroic soldiers and Mia and Loran didn't encounter any decent resistance after charging into the enemy lines. This was because Firing Pin's explosives were too overpowered. The entire beachhead had become a purgatory of blood and fire.

But later, a huge figure appeared at the position where the Ishihara Detachment was close to the Gan River. Mia's eyes tightened; it was the muscular Ninja Group member who appeared later in the Tang Clan arc. Although he didn't get a name in the story, he was an expert who could crush Li Ding in every aspect—strength, speed, defense, and endurance were all top-tier.

The giant, just like in the original work, was shirtless and held a thick black rod that looked like it was of good quality. He walked towards Mia in a leisurely manner.

"Are you the Rose Demon they've been talking about?" the giant asked to himself, not caring whether Mia could understand him.

"Whether I am or not, you're going to die." Mia quietly stuffed several [Class B Explosives: Sticky Bombs] into the arms of the soldier beside her. The veteran soldiers naturally understood what was going on. After receiving them, they scattered, preparing to trade their lives for a big shot's life in the less than one hour they had left to break even.

"Eh? You understand?" The giant looked as if he had seen a novel toy. "Then I don't need to kill you with one blow; I can hit you a few more times. That's much more fun." After speaking, he leaped up, and the giant rod in his hand swept diagonally toward Mia at an astonishing speed...

Mia pressed her temples with both hands, and her heterochromatic eyes simultaneously activated [Gaze of the Dead Lv5] and [Painful Gaze Lv5]. She then leaned back, pressing her hands against the ground, and her legs, wrapped in [phantom silk stockings · Rose Form], swept horizontally in a spiral, striking the giant rod the giant was swinging.

With two "bangs," although Mia's ocular techniques caused damage to the giant, making his eyes and ears bleed, they did not reduce the power of his giant rod swing. In a head-on collision, Mia was sent flying backward by the recoil, crashing into the ground behind her, sending dust rising everywhere.

Mia quickly got up and instantly rushed in front of the giant. A wave of rapid instant strikes, with the poisonous [Abyss Banquet Gloves · Final Form], left strange-colored spots on the giant's defensive arms. The giant, however, didn't care at all and unleashed another swift and fierce vertical slash at Mia. Mia blocked with both hands, only to be knocked flying again, rolling in the dust once more.

Loran's vines caught her in mid-air, and the spring-like combat stance helped Mia dissipate the residual impact. Mia slapped the [Healing Spell Lv5] stored in her gloves onto herself, restoring health points to support her subsequent battle. Then, visible pink Qi ignited on her body, and [Seven Deadly Sins · Lust Bone Scraping Knife] fully erupted!

Her flowing hair was lifted upward by the power of the Qi, and Mia's strength and agility were enhanced to a certain extent by [Seven Deadly Sins · Lust Bone Scraping Knife]. The few moves she exchanged with the giant didn't put her at a clear disadvantage like before. Her [Mimicry Lv2] skill projected her image into the air. At this moment, in the giant's eyes, two identical Mias were attacking him simultaneously. He didn't hesitate and simply swung horizontally, intending to smash both indistinguishable enemies. When Mia's mirror image was hit by the giant rod and shattered, the real one elegantly stepped on the giant's arm and stood on his shoulder, her feet planted on the giant's shoulders.

[Ultimate: Mia Typhoon] activated!

The giant had his neck locked by Mia's legs. Her waist erupted with immense power, and she flipped backward, throwing the giant onto the ground. The earth seemed to tremble. The cervical vertebrae were not snapped as expected. Mia's heart tightened, and she rolled backward. A rod swept right into Mia's shoulder, and she was knocked flying to a distance and fell, life or death unknown...

Several veteran soldiers had crept up to the giant when he fell and was distracted. They rushed up to grab his limbs and quickly stuck several [Class B Explosives: Sticky Bombs] onto his body, arms, and legs. With a slight exertion of force, the giant sent them flying, spitting blood. Their internal organs were shattered, and it was clear they wouldn't survive. One of the soldiers grinned with his stubbly mouth, spitting blood while saying, "I just slaughtered six Japanese devils. Back in the unit, that would have been enough to get promoted to second lieutenant. I've liked Nurse Mia for a long time, and you hit her just now, so you have to die!!" After saying that, he pressed the detonator Mia had given them, and the others followed suit.

A dense series of explosions, similar to the previous one, resounded across the beachhead again. This time, it completely destroyed the morale of this unit of the Ishihara Detachment. The giant's endurance was, after all, far inferior to the demigod that the bombs had been used on before. He fell unwillingly into the sand and gravel on the beachhead amidst the flames.

The few remaining soldiers also felt their strength rapidly fading. They glanced at Mia, who was struggling to get up in the dust, supported by Loran, and felt their worries ease a little before smiling and slowly closing their eyes.

A moment later, roses covered the ground beneath them. They passed away peacefully in a sea of flowers. Years later, a monument was erected here, with their stories written all over the stone tablet, and beneath the tablet was the sea of flowers they had turned into...

"Let's go. The flower seeds are planted. When the Blood Rose grows later, we'll have to explain it to the Tang Clan disciples who come to investigate. It's quite annoying." Tuaner's urging voice pulled Mia back from her memories to reality.

"Okay, let's go. Let's go get a free meal together." Mia lowered her head, and no one could see the sorrow in her heterochromatic eyes.