Mo Shuying casually waved his hand, sending the old man sprawling to the ground. He'd simply knocked out the two bodyguards with a tap. As for the female secretary, Mo Shuying had suddenly appeared and tapped her, which was enough to make her faint from fright—she was pathetically timid.
"You! You, you, you!"
The old man lay on the ground, struggling to get up. If this had happened before, he would have tried to extort hundreds of millions from Mo Shuying, but Mo Shuying's glare had made his heart feel like it stopped beating, so he didn't dare say another word. He scrambled back into his car, shouting for the driver to go, but there was no response after several calls.
He looked up and realized there was no driver; the person who had driven him earlier seemed to have gone into the inn.
"Useless! All of you are useless!!"
The old man trembled as he crawled over the car seat, started the engine, and sped away.
Mo Shuying watched the car speed off, then realized it was going too fast to make the turn.
The old man frantically stomped on the brakes, but all he saw was a flashing red 'T' symbol on the small screen beside him. The car wouldn't stop. It went straight off the road at the bend and plunged into the valley.
*CRASH!*
That was the sound a few seconds later.
Mo Shuying secretly clicked his tongue. For mountain roads, a Wuling or an AE86 is still the best.
Ignoring the old man, Mo Shuying walked straight into the inn.
He saw a large amount of ice condensed at the inn's entrance, and each block of ice encased a soldier with a surprised expression.
Mo Shuying approached one and found that these people still had vital signs; they hadn't been frozen to death. Clearly, Qing Nü had shown mercy.
"Qing Nü, come out. I want to see you."
Mo Shuying walked inside and called out.
After a brief silence, Mo Shuying extended a finger, and a幽blue flame bloomed at his fingertip.
"Ah! M-m-m-master! I'm here!!"
A cold wind swept through, and Qing Nü materialized from the ice and snow, instinctively kneeling before Mo Shuying.
"Get up."
Mo Shuying's eyes fixed on Qing Nü, making her feel a chill run through her.
"How do you plan to deal with these people?"
Mo Shuying pointed to the ice sculptures behind him.
"This…"
Qing Nü looked troubled, unsure how to answer.
She didn't want to kill. She wanted to be a good demon, so she would definitely release these soldiers eventually.
But if these soldiers, once unfrozen, still intended to cause harm, Qing Nü would no longer tolerate it. She would make the perpetrators experience what it felt like to have even their blood frozen.
"Never mind, I won't ask you about them. Their lives and deaths have nothing to do with me."
Seeing Qing Nü's confusion, Mo Shuying waved his hand and said.
Immediately after.
"Qing Nü, do you know Tamamo-no-Mae?"
Mo Shuying asked Qing Nü, who was also a demon, to see if she had any clues.
"Tamamo-no-Mae? That golden-furred, nine-tailed fox with a beautiful face? I've heard of her legends, but why do you ask, Master?"
Qing Nü was puzzled as to why such a legendary being was suddenly brought up.
"She's not just a legend anymore. We fought two days ago. As expected of her, she's very strong."
Mo Shuying said with a serious expression. Although he was already preparing countermeasures against Tamamo-no-Mae, it wasn't a victory until the very last moment.
"What! How could this be! Tamamo-no-Mae has appeared?"
Qing Nü was astonished. She hadn't expected the great demon who once shocked Nihon to reappear in the world.
"Yes, her Illusion Technique is very powerful. I'm looking for someone who can counter her Illusion Technique. Do you have any good ideas?"
Mo Shuying looked at Qing Nü. Qing Nü lowered her head, her eyes hesitant. She was deliberating, but when she looked up and saw Mo Shuying's "amiable" smile, she understood! She needed to be firm, at least for now, so she wouldn't get beaten!
"Ahem… Master, I don't have any methods to counter Illusion Technique, but!"
Qing Nü said, adding a "but."
"But! I once heard a legend that if you use a special method, you can revive Tamamo-no-Mae, who transformed into the Sessho-seki. However, according to the legend, the Sessho-seki was shattered into three pieces by an arrow, and all of them are missing. Even if Tamamo-no-Mae is revived, her power cannot return to its peak unless all pieces of the Sessho-seki are gathered. Moreover, because she was originally shattered by an arrow, she should fear arrows. If there's a skilled archer, perhaps they could suppress her."
Qing Nü said a lot, but there wasn't much useful information.
Mo Shuying nodded. For now, he could look for the Sessho-seki. If he obtained both pieces, it would definitely be a blow to Tamamo-no-Mae.
As for archers.
He was already arranging it.
One day ago, after leaving a magic circle in Nihon, Mo Shuying returned to Chaldea.
Tomoe Gozen was also an Archer, so she was naturally counted. When she heard that Mo Shuying almost brought Ashiya Doman back but was attacked by Tamamo-no-Mae, the anger in Tomoe Gozen's eyes seemed to spew flames, and she declared she would assist him with all her might.
Then Mo Shuying went to perform another Summon.
Mo Shuying had originally intended to summon Gilgamesh, so he chanted that same serpentine incantation again.
However, this time, not only did Gilgamesh not appear, even Child Gil was absent. Instead, another archer, linked to serpents, emerged.
She was also an incredibly powerful archer, one who, had it not been for various circumstances during her life, might have even been a contender for Grand Servant status.
With this archer joining him, Mo Shuying felt a renewed surge of confidence. He then summoned Groudon, gave Tomoe Gozen a few Philosopher's Stones as fuel, locked onto Nihon's location, and had his Servant board the flying vessel and fly towards Nihon.
Mo Shuying himself, however, simply used Flash to return and soon arrived at Kisuisō.
"Yes, I understand. I'll handle things from here. As for you all, it's not safe outside right now, so guard this place well. Once the battle is over, I'd like to enjoy the hot spring again."
Mo Shuying turned to leave after speaking, but paused abruptly as he reached the doorway.
"Did I just jinx myself? Bah, bah, bah!"
Mo Shuying spat three times before walking out of the inn and soaring into the sky, unfurling massive smoky wings as he flew away.
The Sessho-seki. To be honest, Mo Shuying didn't even know what it looked like, making it quite difficult to find.
So, Mo Shuying decided to "borrow a chicken to lay an egg," letting others do the searching for him.
Currently, people were searching for stones all over Nihon, clearly acting under some instruction.
This led to large quantities of stones being discovered, excavated, and transported.
However, this transportation usually involved entire cartloads, only moving once a substantial pile had accumulated.
Mo Shuying flew to the nearest city and quickly located a convoy preparing for transport.
Large quantities of stones had already been loaded onto the vehicles, ready to be moved.
Mo Shuying dismissed his wings and entered stealth mode. With just a passing glance, a large number of stones were drawn into his personal space, only to be expelled the next second.
This was the quickest method of identification Mo Shuying could think of; if it were the Sessho-seki, the System would provide a prompt.
But while Mo Shuying's approach was correct this time, the outcome surprised him.
Just as Mo Shuying was about to identify the last truckload, he waved his hand, and most of the stones inside the vehicle were absorbed into his space. However, one stone, a meter tall, remained completely still.
Mo Shuying paused, then his eyes lit up as he jumped forward, reaching out to caress the smooth, massive stone.
As he caressed it, Mo Shuying could feel a faint Mana within the stone, and a subtle sense of longing!
This is ridiculous. Chapter 395 was censored, even though there was nothing written in it.
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