“Exactly as expected! The previous head being refined was just a diversion. Ye Bai is indeed cunning. His Yuan Shen is also mysterious and strange, actually managing to secretly attach his divine consciousness onto the Ba Snake…”
Listening to the voice from the Main Shrine, a faint smile surfaced on Wu Ming’s face as he calmly withdrew his hand.
No matter how Ye Bai tried to conceal himself, it was unfortunate that the Main Shrine could not be hidden. Even without the Main Shrine’s warning, following the principle of thoroughly eliminating evil, Wu Ming would have cleaned out the entire Su Hou Pearl anyway.
“After years of entanglement, it’s finally completed!”
Wu Ming stopped at the spot, his face showing a trace of sentimentality, then turned his gaze to the prompt newly displayed by the Main Shrine:
[Main Quest Completed!]
[Reincarnator Number Geng Shen 69, Esteemed Apostle of the Main Shrine! You have obtained Reincarnator Number Jia Zi 11, transferring the authority of the Apostle of the Main Shrine, increasing the privileges of the Apostle of the Main Shrine!]
[Your Apostle of the Main Shrine authority has reached its peak!]
In an instant, a mysterious transformation occurred. Wu Ming’s consciousness extended infinitely, and within his sea of awareness, he actually sensed the phantom of the Main Shrine!
Previously, even as an Apostle of the Main Shrine, he could only receive a response when he actively called upon it.
But now, a magical connection firmly linked him to the Main Shrine, a perception that even transcended the limits of the world!
Wherever he went, Wu Ming could sense the light of the Main Shrine, seemingly standing above countless worlds, representing “transcendence”!
Moreover, there was even a slight sense of “control”!
This instantly stirred his heart profoundly, making him realize that his previous decision to abandon a great temptation, forsaking the position of a Tian Di of a small world, was not a mistake at all!
The omnipotent Main Shrine was indeed masterless! His status as an Apostle of the Main Shrine had truly reached the point of possibly controlling the Main Shrine!
…
[You have obtained a new exclusive title – Master Controller of the Main Shrine!]
[For specific information, please explore on your own!]
…
Two lines of prompt appeared, then all fell silent.
“Hehe… Explore on my own? Or has even this rigid program been unable to touch the Master Controller’s authority?”
Wu Ming smiled.
He now knew that the missions were now a joke to him! A certain degree of control over the Main Shrine allowed him to leave missions at any time, with no concept of mission success or failure, and even the ability to stay indefinitely in a certain world without executing missions.
“This ‘explore on my own’ is indeed worth pondering…”
Wu Ming touched his chin: “I feel like I can change missions to a certain extent, but not too much, and I can definitely stay in the Da Zhou world forever without any death missions haunting me…”
“However… Merits are still useful, and item exchanges cannot be unlimited either!”
“Ultimately… I have only acquired ‘a trace’ of control over the Main Shrine, not complete mastery!”
This sensation was truly enigmatic, akin to an ordinary individual stumbling upon an innate treasure, successfully marking it with blood, yet lacking the power to wield it.
“I’m still missing something… but I don’t know exactly what it is?”
Wu Ming felt a bit troubled, after all, this was the immense temptation of mastering infinite worlds.
“Perhaps… only by returning to the Main Shrine space can I understand it more clearly…”
Wu Ming’s expression was blank as he remained silent for a long time.
“Of course, I should still clean up the battlefield…”
Normally, upon mission completion, the Main Shrine would set a deadline for returning, requiring a timely return.
But for Wu Ming, this was something he could change with just a thought.
In fact, if he wished, he could stay in the Fusang world indefinitely, or leave at any time to return to the Main Shrine space.
The rain had stopped, clouds parted, sunlight poured down, accompanied by a beautiful rainbow.
“This time’s gains have truly exceeded my expectations…”
Wu Ming gazed at the distant Yoshida Gakuzan Castle.
…
“The rain… the rain has stopped!”
The accumulated rain clouds were transformed from the magical ability of the Teng Snake, but now that even Ye Bai was finished, naturally the sorcery could no longer be maintained. The sky cleared, and large patches of sunlight poured down.
“Haha… truly the sun! Heaven protects our clan!”
Sakenokami Kamanosuke breathed heavily, throwing aside his already chipped katana and looking around.
The surroundings were muddy, with corpses of men and horses scattered about. Several Ashigaru of the Mouri family were watching hungrily nearby, momentarily at a loss due to the recent dramatic changes.
“My lord… Sakenokami Kamanosuke can only repay your kindness in the next life…”
Sakenokami’s armor was covered in mud and bore multiple wounds, yet it attracted even more attention.
Such a magnificent armor signified an enemy high-ranking general! If they could take his head, it would immediately be a great achievement, enough to promote an Ashigaru to a samurai!
“Kill!”
Several Ashigaru’s eyes glowed with wolf-like green light as they rushed forward.
Bang!
A loud noise, and then one Ashigaru fell to the ground with a hole in his chest, disbelief on his face.
“Teppo (firearms)!”
Sakenokami turned abruptly and saw a cavalry unit charging, led by none other than Amakusa Jyushiro, his long-barreled teppo still emitting white smoke.
“Counterattack immediately! Counterattack!”
Behind the cavalry came densely packed armed Ashigaru, along with a teppo unit!
Gunfire erupted, accompanied by the roar of large cannons. This fierce attack, combined with the fear of losing the mandate of heaven, immediately caused the Mouri family’s Ashigaru to retreat continuously, crying out in terror.
…
At Hidakuchi.
“Kill!”
A small fleet composed of pirates desperately attacked the anchored navy of the Ouchi family.
“Kill! Kill all the Ouchi family members; they’ve all gone to Yoshida Gakuzan Castle, there aren’t many people left on the ships. Seize the ships! Seize the ships!!!”
Murakami Takehisa, a former great pirate and current general of the Kihon family’s navy, waved his katana and roared.
Previously attacked by the Ouchi navy, he had narrowly escaped death but was broken through by the enemy, who landed at Hidakuchi. Now he had gathered some old subordinates to desperately seize ships, seeking to redeem his failure.
“Ha ha! Murakami, you’re late!”
From the largest of the Anji ships, the laughter of Musashibo Benkei came, followed by the display of a general’s head: “The Ouchi navy’s commander has been defeated by me!”
To be honest, both Musashibo Benkei and Murakami Takehisa led remnants of defeated armies, a rabble of poor quality.
However, the Ouchi family had hastily rushed to rescue Yoshida Gakuzan Castle, leaving few foot soldiers behind, allowing them to seize the opportunity and conquer the ships!
“What should we do? Should we sail all the big ships away?”
Murakami Takehisa found himself in a happy dilemma: “I don’t have enough manpower for that!”
“Sail away whatever you can, and burn the rest!”
Musashibo Benkei said indifferently.
“Burn them?” Murakami Takehisa opened his mouth wide: “Do you know how much these ships are worth?”
“I only know that the Ouchi family is currently rushing to aid the Mouri family. Tell me, if they see the thick smoke from the port and hear the news that their big ships are burning and their retreat is cut off, what do you think will happen?”
Musashibo Benkei smiled, exuding the demeanor of a wise general.
…
At Yoshida Gakuzan Castle.
Mouri Motonari, the current head of the Mouri family, gazed at the great defeat below the castle walls, his temple bulging with anger: “Those fools! Even though the rain has stopped and the enemy has the advantage of firearms, they shouldn’t retreat so easily!”
Turning to an elder retainer, he asked: “What about the Ouchi family? Have they reached the designated location?”
The elder’s face turned pale, hesitating to answer. A ninja quickly ran over, kneeling on one knee:
“Reporting!”
“Lord! The port of the Ouchi family has been attacked, all the large ships have been burned, the foot soldiers panicked upon seeing this, and were then ambushed by the vanguard of the Kihon family. Ninja have also been spreading unfavorable news about our clan. The Ouchi forces have already fled back to Hidakuchi!”
“Fools!”
Mouri Motonari’s temple bulged with anger as he kicked the ninja to the ground: “Don’t the Ouchi temple know that Hidakuchi has become a death trap, and that Yoshida Gakuzan Castle is the only path to survival?”
“The only choice for the Ouchi family to maintain their clan name after this incident is to join us in defeating the Kihon family!”
Although this statement was correct, under the circumstances, with various relationships and complex causes and effects, unless one is a sage, who could possibly sort them all out clearly?
“Watch out! My lord, be careful!”
Suddenly, several samurai quickly tackled Mouri Motonari to the ground, followed by an earth-shattering explosion!
Boom!
On the city wall, a scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.
“It’s the enemy’s large cannon! This place is dangerous, quickly escort the lord back to the keep!”
An elder immediately shouted: “And… close the city gates!”
“But… my lord, our troops, there are still thousands outside!”
The warrior who received the order hesitated for a moment, then received a loud slap.
“Fools! Look!”
The elder pointed down the city wall with his finger. Behind the retreating Mouri soldiers, dense ranks of black-armored foot soldiers emerged, surging forward like black flames.
“If we don’t close the gates, Yoshida Gakuzan Castle will fall today, and we’ll have to prepare for seppuku!”
“Yes!”
The warrior now realized the severity of the situation and immediately went to urge the closing of the gates.
“Don’t close it! Our lord is still outside!”
“Brother!”
“My son is still outside, we can’t close it!”
As expected, this order immediately caused chaos, with even samurai drawing swords against each other. This hesitation caused the fleeing foot soldiers to block the city gate in an instant, making it impossible to close.
Bang bang!
The arriving teppo unit immediately opened fire. After a volley, dozens of foot soldiers gathered at the gate fell to the ground. The Kihon samurai grinned maliciously and charged forward…
“Reporting to the supreme commander, Matsushita Ken’ichi, the senior commander, reports that the outer city of Yoshida Gakuzan Castle has been taken!”
In the main camp, Kihon Yoshitsune rode on horseback, gazing at the distant mountain fortress, a cruel expression on his face: “Issue my orders! Prepare the fire ninja unit, immediately set fire to this city!!! Burn down the keep!!!”
This time, the Kihon family had suffered heavy losses, nearly collapsing their entire enterprise, which greatly matured Kihon Yoshitsune.
“Let me become the lotus of purification, sweeping away this chaotic era!”
Moments later, fierce flames roared from within Yoshida Gakuzan Castle as Kihon Yoshitsune’s face turned solemn, murmuring inwardly.
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