Chapter 109 Hidden front and defensive position
Unlike the previous two ambushes, the Onmyoji on this island had the least number of people, but they had the most advantages. Nearly a hundred Shikigami surrounded them, each with their own special abilities, making them really tricky.

Sect Master Chu and Hall Master Gu, who were in charge of resisting the pressure head-on, became serious after seeing the large number of ugly creatures that looked like mountain spirits. They did not slow down their pace and continued to approach, stopping when they were about a hundred meters away.

At the same time, among the three teams on the left, Lu Yue's skinny hands like eagle claws were emitting a green aura that was so rich that it was almost tangible. He squatted down and pressed his hands on the beach.

In an instant, countless light green ripples, like bat sonar, penetrated the ground and covered the front at an extremely fast speed.

"boom!!!"

Once they tried, countless dust flew up. There was no hidden weapon shooting out, but only a violent aura spreading out. When they saw the object hidden underground, everyone looked wary.
The pitch-black vines with thorns are often more than ten meters long. It is impossible to count how many there are, and they are intertwined with each other. The source is clearly at the feet of the old man in the center of the Onmyoji.

Those vines that looked like living creatures slowly squirmed, secreting dark purple pus on their surfaces. When they dripped onto the beach, they made a sizzling sound and corroded the sand, causing it to dry and blacken and break into pieces in an instant.

The thorn bushes made of vines seem like a forbidden zone of life, difficult to cross.

"It's time to teach these monkeys a lesson."

A strong sense of sarcasm emerged in Ueno Shimotsuki's old and sinister eyes.

It didn't matter even if they were detected in advance. With the advantage in numbers, he had great confidence in being able to wipe out the pursuers, bypass the coastal defenses, and successfully land on the war-torn land.

"kill--!"

Ueno Shimotsuki shouted loudly, and more than 20 Onmyoji began to control their own Shikigami to encircle and kill the two factions in front and the three on the left.

Naihui led ten of his trusted men and commanded more than thirty shikigami to stop the three men from Tang Clan.

Faced with this impregnable defense, Tang Bingwen was not in a hurry to break through. Instead, he secretly instructed Tang Jian and Yang Lie:
"No need to fight hard. I can seize the opportunity in a split second. Before that, you should find a way to survive."

Yang Lie, who was tall and slender and wearing a white suit, frowned slightly. He could feel that the enemy was extremely troublesome. The huge, ferocious eyeballs staring at him from a distance made him very uncomfortable.

After a moment's thought, he replied, "Okay, then you should be careful too."

"Ah."

Tang Bingwen's heart was not as calm as he appeared. If the duel with Bihe Ren in Toutian Cave was like walking on the edge of a knife, then the current situation was no different from having one foot halfway into a coffin.

"Here, Moncho, the Hyakukai Pill."

"There are so many vines, even on our side."

Tang Jian handed over two black pills and gave them to Tang Bingwen and Yang Lie. In fact, he was not sure in his heart. Baijie Pills could detoxify, but the vines had corrosive and toxic effects that were fatal.

"Do it."

After swallowing the pill, Tang Bingwen took the lead and deliberately showed weakness. He threw out a sharp spike less than five inches long, hitting the purple-clothed Yin-Yang master's head directly.

“Sizzle——!”

Yang Lie's wrist vibrated, and a transparent silk thread instantly swept through the void, like a cold blade slashing towards the strange eyeball creature.

"Gulu——!"

A pool of flesh leaped up high, swallowing up the spike like a quagmire. The sharp hidden line completely cut through its flesh and blood tissue, but it was ineffective and was restrained by nature.

The successive failed attempts instantly made several people alert. Their Tang Sect was not good at head-on combat. In order to ensure the success of the assassination of the leader, they could only keep dodging and looking for opportunities under the siege of many Shikigami.

"Wow——!"

Tang Jian's left arm had been cut off in the battle at Touten Cave. With only his right arm left, he released dozens of green shadow qi snakes from his palm to restrain the attacking Shikigami.

"boom!!"

Yang Lie dodged a hammer attack from a shikigami and used his right hand to perform the famous Tang Sect skill 'Instant Strike'. With a dull explosion, the gravel he grabbed at random burst out with amazing force, penetrating the shikigami's chest and creating hundreds of holes.

"Swish!" An arrow suddenly shot towards him. Yang Lie quickly dodged it and retreated more than ten meters.

Whether it was him, Tang Bingwen or Tang Jian, they were all in a moderate stalemate, protecting their own lives while waiting for a breakthrough on the front battlefield.

"boom!!!"

Violent golden flames shot up into the sky. Sect Master Chu and several elite members of the sect opened fire at full force to clear a path for everyone.

The pitch-black vines were burned, but there was no sign of death. Instead, they launched a fierce attack, with their tentacles sweeping across the sky.

The other shikigami couldn't withstand the golden fire and howled in pain. The shikigami with a human head and a shark body waved his scepter, causing the sea water to surge and wash away the flames in the sky, but he couldn't extinguish the flames.

Masters from Yanwu Hall and the three families arrived together and charged into the battlefield. The main force of the ancient hall was terrifyingly huge, with red energy waves lingering around it, like a mountain. It crashed into the group of shikigami, and its defense was abnormal, not afraid of weapons.

"Oh!"

At the same time, the emerald green Ruyi Force was exerted by Lu Yue, moving freely and blasting several Shikigami who tried to launch a sneak attack on Master Gu.

"call out!"

The Lu family's bodyguard Qiao held a Tang Dynasty sword in his hand and exuded a murderous aura. Wherever he passed, the shikigami would have their bodies cut into pieces by his fierce blows.

A bloody battle broke out, the two sides were evenly matched, and the shouts of killing resounded through the lonely night sky of the island.

"Pfft!!!"

The Wang family's expert fighter, who was under siege, was knocked down by a shikigami that looked like a combination of a giant lizard and a vicious tiger before he could release the scroll in his hand. He let out a shrill wail and his entire head was bitten.

"Evil beast!!"

Lu Ci gathered his strength and punched down, piercing through the tiger's head. The Ruyi power that was enough to shatter rocks spun wildly, causing the skull to collapse, blood and flesh to splatter, and the Shikigami dissipated on the spot.

At the same time, even with the suppression of gold and fire, the strange vines still entangled several people from the three families one after another, and corroded them into white bones before they could even provide support.

Dozens of shikigami rushed forward, and Master Gu had a hard time moving. He was unable to defeat these monsters in a short time.

"Brother Gu, step back!"

At this moment, an angry roar was heard, and Sect Master Chu rushed over, holding a blazing fireball in his hand and smashed it forward fiercely.

"Roar!!!"

Without even a moment's stalemate, the six-headed Shikigami turned into ashes.

Seeing this scene, Ueno Shimotsuki's eyes turned cold, and he controlled a large number of black vines to stab at the man.

The palm of the ancient hall master, which was as big as a palm leaf fan, made the air explode. The palm print was so terrible that it broke the vines prematurely.

"It's rare to find a monkey that would cause me trouble."

Ueno Shimotsuki was fearless. He used ancient talisman paper to summon the shikigami again.

The breath of death swept across the entire place like a tsunami. The shikigami that walked out of the black fog behind the old man was wearing blood-stained armor, with a rotten head, and a tall figure carrying a bloodstained battle axe on his shoulder. The terrifying feeling of oppression made Master Gu and Master Chu feel as if they were falling into an icy cave.

"Damn it!"

The situation was gradually getting out of control. Even the master of the Gu Hall, who had achieved great success in horizontal training, was not sure he could withstand the attack of this monster.

"Boom!!!" The Blood-Armored Shikigami swung his battle axe and charged forward, like a brutal evil spirit, launching a violent and heavy attack on the ancient hall master who was protected by the strong energy.

"boom!"

The battle axe came down with tremendous force. Hall Master Gu tried his best to block it. He used his hands, which were protected by the Qi, to tightly grasp the two sides of the axe blade, but he was still knocked back several meters.

"Hoo ho ho!!!"

Sect Master Chu shot a stream of golden flames at the shikigami, which hit the shikigami, splashing sparks. The blood armor was burned without even the slightest reaction.

"Bang!!!"

The shikigami was furious and his strength surged, and with a roar, he actually threw the wrestling master Gu Tang away.

The two men who were temporarily repelled had sweat dripping down their foreheads. Their peripheral vision swept to the right. The three members of the Tang Sect were in danger under the siege of many Shikigami and they could not hold on for long.

The masters of the three families were fighting with the rest of the Onmyoji and Shikigami, and both sides suffered casualties.

"If we don't kill that old bastard, we'll all die here tonight."

Master Gu was panting as he spoke. His hands were trembling slightly and his knuckles were almost cracked.

The two-headed shikigami of the enemy leader are very different from the other shikigami. It is no exaggeration to say that they are like rock and eggshell. If he is asked to deal with them alone, he will die.

Sect Leader Chu also had a solemn expression on his face, his broad chest rose and fell constantly, and he continued to emit golden fire, which even he could not bear.

"I can burn the vines, but I can't do anything about this blood armor."

The elite troops of Huode Sect and Yanwu Hall, working together with the three families, broke out of a corner of the encirclement, leaving only thirteen people, all with scars and blood-stained clothes.

More than half of the sixty or seventy Shikigami were killed, but the Onmyoji who controlled them hid behind Ueno Shimotsuki and was unharmed. Dense black vines blocked the way in front of them, forming a desperate line of defense. Anyone who could escape would surely die.

The Blood-Armored Shikigami walked towards them, dragging its battle axe, like the god of death who was about to reap lives. It was cruel and brutal, with deep, rotten eye sockets, moving stiffly towards the position of Lu Yue, Qiao Yue and others.

“Get out of the way!!!”

"Don't get caught up in it!!"

Master Gu was so frightened that his scalp went numb, and he shouted hurriedly that his companions, whose strength had been nearly depleted by half, had no chance of winning against this monster.

"call out--!"

However, it was too late. Under the command of the operator, the Blood Armor Shikigami started hunting. Its afterimage swept across the beach and it swung its fierce axe to chop at several people.

"clang!!!"

"boom!!!"

The two strongest ones, Qiao Yue and Lu Yue, attacked at the same time to resist. Ruyi Jin and Tang Hengdao were shattered instantly. The two men vomited blood and their faces turned pale.

"Uncle!"

Lu Ci was so furious that his heart almost stopped and veins appeared on his gloomy face.

“Old Qiao!” The two remaining elite members of the Lu family stepped forward to help.

"Quick, take them away!!"

A disciple of the Huode Sect stood up at the critical moment. He activated his gold and fire and submerged the Blood Armor Shikigami, but he didn't know that death was coming.

"boom!!!"

Before the battle axe fell, Sect Master Chu and Hall Master Gu rushed over and restrained the Blood Armor Shikigami. A violent whip kick hit its abdomen, which only made it retreat a few steps.

"Go help the Tang Clan."

It was impossible to intervene in the frontal battlefield. The weaker beings could not even withstand a single move from the Blood Armor Shikigami. Master Gu did not want them to sacrifice in vain, so he urged everyone to move to the right side.

Then, Sect Master Chu used his killing move. Deep red fire pounced on the Blood Armor Shikigami and transformed into chains, imprisoning it and nailing it to the ground.

"boom!"

Hall Master Gu chased after the monster and punched it in the heart with a powerful fist surrounded by Qi light. The hard armor made his fist bleed. His face changed slightly and he was in a very bad mood.

The good times didn't last long. The chains of lava and red fire were forcibly torn apart, and the runaway Shikigami poured out his rage on the two men, beating them back step by step. They were covered with wounds and were almost in despair.

"Bang!!"

After another confrontation, Master Gu was completely defeated. His hands twitched, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and he flew backwards like a broken sandbag.

"Boom!!"

Sect Master Chu was not spared either. The monster attacked him with an axe. He condensed a fire shield and compressed it madly until it was almost a solid body, but it was still shattered.

"Da da da."

The rustling sound of footsteps sounded like an ominous death knell. The Blood-Armored Shikigami raised his battle axe, ready to deal the final blow to the two.

"Wait! If you don't want him to die, stop!"

At this moment, a cold voice rang out from the battlefield on the right.

With the joining of more than a dozen people, in the chaotic fight, Yang Lie patiently lay dormant, relying on the illusion barrier to capture Nai Hui, with his sharp hand dagger against the latter's throat, ready to penetrate at any time.

Hearing the angry rebuke, Ueno Shimotsuki had a bad premonition. He stopped controlling the machine and slowly turned his head. Even when he saw the captured Nahui, his emotions remained calm.

"What do you want me to do, Naki-kun?"

It was just a plain question, but it made the captured hostage lose control on the spot, as if triggering a psychological suggestion. Before Yang Lie could stop him, Nai Hui suddenly pierced his throat with the thorn, and blood gushed out like a fountain, cutting off his life.

"Hehe, very naive."

Ueno Shimotsuki said to Yang Lie with a mocking and pitying tone:
"I have been prepared since we left our hometown. Do you think you can threaten me?"

"Enough with your annoying little tricks. Let me send you off. As for you, you are such a coward, I will torture you to death."

The strange words echoed throughout the beach. Yang Lie's heart was pounding. He realized the unprecedented danger. The enemy leader's murderous intention towards him was extremely strong.

The next moment, Ueno Shimotsuki performed a secret technique in front of everyone, and actually melted and combined the two strongest shikigami under his command.

The vines wrapped around the Blood Armor Shikigami, constantly shrinking and seeping into its body. Its strength surged unprecedentedly. It roared towards the sky, venting its twisted emotions.

Everyone present felt as if they were on the edge of an abyss when they witnessed the birth of this monster. It was too strong, so strong that no one could think of any way to deal with it.

If there was still some possibility of victory before, it was now extremely difficult. Even the intuition of Master Gu was warning him that the monster in front of him already had the strength to dominate the whole place. If he took another hit, he would surely die even if he used all his internal energy.

"As the biggest trouble in this bloody fight, you are indeed opponents worthy of respect."

Ueno Shimotsuki stared at the two people panting in panic not far away, and pronounced indifferently:
"But let's stop here. It won't be a bad thing to be buried here in pulp. After all, this is the only fate for you pathetic monkeys."

(End of this chapter)