Chapter 68: The First Step of Revenge

“Heh heh, a big move is coming! I remember Big Dog’s ultimate ability is super cool, and today, I’m going to personally unleash one myself!”

Great Tengu giggled foolishly, fanning out razor-sharp wind blades from their fan to attack the minions.

“Feather Blade Storm! Hahahahaha!”

Indeed, among the five Shikigami present, only Great Tengu’s and Pipe Fox’s ultimate abilities were truly effective at clearing out the minion waves.

Small wonder Great Tengu was swelling with pride, the nose of the mask on their waist seemed to point straight to the heavens.

“What are you so smug about? This is a team game, and weak teammates aren’t exactly good for you, are they?”

Mountain Rabbit couldn’t bear to see Great Tengu’s smug, ‘petty person’s triumph’ (TL Note: ‘xiaoren dezhi,’ meaning a petty person’s moment of triumph, often implying undeserved success or arrogance) expression, and remarked jealously, “You’d better be careful; something is definitely about to appear!”

“What could possibly happen? You’re always so jumpy and prone to exaggeration around here. If this were the army, you’d be demoralizing the troops, you know that?”

Black Child seemed determined to argue with Mountain Rabbit; no matter what Mountain Rabbit said, Black Child would contradict them.

“Oh dear, we’ve leveled up, we’ve leveled up!”

Kiyohime suddenly cried out, as a flash of white light enveloped all five Shikigami, revealing that they had simultaneously reached level six.

“What’s all this shouting about? Who gave birth? To what?”

Mountain Rabbit grumbled discontentedly, misunderstanding ‘leveled up’ (升了, shēng le) as ‘gave birth’ (生了, shēng le) due to their similar pronunciation.

Little did anyone expect that simultaneously with the five streaks of white light, five streaks of black light also appeared.

These five streaks of black light, fired from the opposing side, moved with blistering speed.

The players, caught completely off guard, were all struck by the black light, with not a single one escaping unscathed.

It was as if these five streaks of black light had been aimed with deadly precision.

The five Shikigami had taken up positions without any discernible pattern; their stances were entirely random.

Black Child and Mountain Rabbit, due to their constant disagreements, even stood a considerable distance apart.

Yet, the black lights still struck each and every one of them with perfect accuracy.

This surely wasn’t a matter of pre-determined trajectories, but rather a continuous lock-on, tracking each player individually.

“100000!”

A blinding white number—”100000!”—flashed above each of their heads, instantly annihilating every Shikigami present.

The color white signified true damage, capable of bypassing all defenses.

Even with ten thousand points of both physical and magical resistance, one would still be forced to endure a hundred thousand points of damage.

The battlefield of Heian-kyo fell silent in an instant.

The group, who had been clamoring moments before, had all been sent back to the Seimei Well to “soak in the hot spring.”

“Seimei, this is the first step of my revenge! Look how utterly fragile your subordinates are!”

From a distant opposing side, a man’s voice echoed, brimming with viciousness, as if everyone owed him a million coins.

“Black Seimei, if you have something, come at me! Why inflict such cruelty upon innocent people!”

Within the players’ Seimei Well, another man’s voice resonated.

Though it sounded gentle, a closer listen revealed that the vocal timbre was identical to that of the vicious man!

“You may cower there all you like, Seimei! This is merely the first step of my revenge!”

The vicious man stated once more, “I shall personally shatter your barrier, making you taste the agony of losing everything!”

Level six minions surged forward, rushing towards the players’ high ground.

Their numbers were overwhelming, a stark contrast to previous waves.

If no one stepped out to defend against them, the Main Camp Barrier would soon be in grave peril!