Chapter 888: The Myriad Faces of the Manly Immortal
After bidding farewell to Li Zhuyu, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu set off for Hisai Castle.
Neither of them wore the Daoist hechang. Instead, Zhang Yuelu was dressed in the Taiyi Cloud Robe, while Qi Xuansu wore the Youyi Cloud Robe, forming a perfect contrast of white and black.
It would be far too conspicuous for them to descend directly into Hisai Castle from the air. Therefore, after some discussion, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu decided to infiltrate the city using the Five Elements Escape Method.
Generally speaking, a battlefield teeming with vigorous blood qi would be a forbidden zone for the Five Elements Escape Method. However, Hisai Castle had already been bombarded repeatedly by Spirit Guard Jia Shen’s heavy artillery, leaving more dead than living. Thus, the blood qi on the battlefield had dissipated and could no longer block these techniques.
In principle, the Five Elements Escape Method was a Diviner’s technique, requiring magical power to activate. However, the true essence of a Banished Immortal had no fixed form and could transform into anything. This was considered one of the divine abilities that came with reaching the Five Elements Origin Realm.
The two of them tunneled into Hisai Castle using the Earth Escape Method. To their surprise, they emerged inside an underground city.
This was far beyond their expectations. They had never imagined a hidden world beneath Hisai Castle. If they had entered from above, it would have been almost impossible to find the entrance amidst the ruins.
The underground city was not large—certainly not enough to house over forty thousand men—so only a small number of Sonno-joi ronin were hiding here, along with the Shinkan-dan that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were seeking.
It turned out the Shinkan-dan had been hiding underground.
Their sudden appearance alarmed the ronin and shinkan present.
One shinkan shouted something in the Wa language and formed a seal with both hands. A bright flame gushed forth, condensing into a massive fireball of vivid yellow and deep red.
Qi Xuansu struck out with a single punch, his fist intention surging like turbulent currents and dousing the illusory fireball.