"Hehe, you big reptile, we'll definitely come back and eat you up someday," Old Eight mocked as he watched the creature flee.
Seeing this, Lin Qing knew he was in trouble; it must be the power released by the one who hadn't made a move earlier.
Lin Qing immediately clenched his claws tightly, and then saw the black light on Lao Ba's head be crushed.
And the eighth serpent's head was also crushed, and then it disappeared; the entire body of the eight-headed serpent vanished.
The only remaining blood on Lin Qing's claws indicated that one of the Yamata no Orochi's heads had been crushed to death by Lin Qing.
"Huh? Where's the snake? It's gone!" Lin Qing was furious.
"Dragon King, it seems that Orochi has escaped using a secret technique," Yan Chixia said as he flew up.
"Damn it, find it, we have to find it. It must still be in our country, it can't escape."
"It's lost a head, and it'll definitely go on a killing spree to recover. We can easily find it with a quick search." Lin Qing wouldn't be so careless next time.
"The divine dragon has appeared! The demon has been vanquished! The Yamata no Orochi has been captured by the divine dragon!"
"My God, I never imagined that the Yamata no Orochi was actually inside Mount Fuji."
“There used to be a village here that was several times larger than ours. The survivors said that it was eaten by the Yamata no Orochi. I never thought it was true.”
In the village at the foot of Mount Fuji, all the villagers knelt on the ground, gazing upon the majestic figure of the dragon.
"Hey, look, the Yamata no Orochi is gone. Did the Dragon God destroy it?"
"I saw it flash with black light and then disappear. Did it escape?"
"Impossible! How could someone as powerful as the Divine Dragon let the Yamata no Orochi escape?"
At this moment, an elderly man with a cane slowly approached the crowd, put down his cane, and knelt down.
"I heard that this Yamata no Orochi has eight heads and eight tails, and each head has a special ability. Judging from the situation, it seems that one of the heads used its special ability to escape."
"Oh no, what do we do? The Yamata no Orochi has escaped. What will we do if it comes back?"
"Why don't we just move?"
"Relocation is also a death sentence. Lord Shenlong will definitely kill Yamata no Orochi."
"Yan Chixia, you go that way to look, I'll go this way. Even if we have to go around the whole island, find it for me."
"With your abilities, killing this Yamata no Orochi shouldn't be a difficult task."
"Alright." Yan Chixia didn't waste any time and immediately flew away on his flying sword.
Lin Qing released his divine sense, covering a radius of twenty miles, and then began to search.
In at most an hour, Lin Qing will be able to search the entire small country thoroughly. When he finds the Yamata no Orochi, he'll have to give it a good talking to.
Chapter 115 Kyoto (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)
A massive figure appeared near Kyoto, a small country.
"Finally escaped. How are you? Are you all alright?" The leader looked around and, finding no danger, asked.
"fine."
"Very good."
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"Ah, where's Eighth Brother? Eldest Brother, Eighth Brother is missing." Seventh Brother noticed that Eighth Brother's head was gone.
"Huh? Damn it, it must be the dragon who killed Eighth Brother."
"Waaaaah, my eighth brother died such a terrible death!"
"What are you crying for? Have you forgotten? As long as one of our heads survives, the rest can be resurrected."
“We just need to eat a little more so that our eighth brother can grow back,” the fourth brother said.
“Yes, Fourth Brother is right. Let’s hurry up and eat. There seems to be a city nearby,” Second Brother said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go." After saying that, the leader's Yamata no Orochi headed towards the distant city.
The current emperor of this small country is the Emperor of the Back Garden. Although the small country is ruled by the emperor, that is only on the surface.
The actual ruler of this small country was Ashikaga Yoshinori, the shogun of the Muromachi shogunate.
The Emperor is merely a puppet, completely manipulated by Ashikaga Yoshinori. Just moments ago, Ashikaga Yoshinori reprimanded the Emperor of the Back Garden.
Although it didn't amount to physical violence, the rhetoric was essentially saying that if you didn't listen to me, I would remove you from your position.
"Alas, when will our imperial family regain power?" Emperor Go-Gazette sighed as he sat in the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, we will surely regain power," Empress Fujiwara Sanjo encouraged the Emperor from the side.
"I really feel bad for the Empress. I had to make you serve tea to that bastard Ashikaga Yoshinobu," the Emperor said with self-reproach.
"It's alright. As long as His Majesty is by my side, I'm not afraid of any grievances," the Empress said gently.
Just as the Emperor was about to say something, suddenly, the entire earth shook.
"Baka! Is it an earthquake?" The Emperor hurriedly grabbed the Empress and tried to run out of the Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The legendary Yamata no Orochi has destroyed the city walls and is now devouring civilians throughout the city!" A samurai rushed over to report the situation.
"What? Yamata no Orochi?" The Emperor was somewhat incredulous.
"My God, this...it's so big? Baka! Quickly call the ninjas to stop the Yamata no Orochi!" The Emperor rushed outside and saw the enormous Yamata no Orochi.
"Yes! I'll go and inform them right away."
"Ah! Help! I don't want to die!"
"No, please don't eat me!"
"My God, it's Yamata no Orochi! Ahhhh!"
In Kyoto, a 500-meter-long Yamata no Orochi roamed the streets, its seven heads biting a person with each first strike.
With a single swallow, seven humans entered the belly of the Yamata no Orochi, and more and more people were swallowed as well.
The people who stopped Orochi finally arrived, and these people were dressed exactly like the four great ninja clans inside Mount Fuji.
"Why? Why is Yamata no Orochi here? And why does it look injured?"
Ashikaga Yoshinori stood in front of several hundred ninjas and roared at the heads of the four major clans.
"Didn't they devour 100,000 people in the Ming Dynasty ten years ago and are still sleeping on Mount Fuji? Why are they here now?"
"Where are the people from your family who were guarding that place?"
"General, we don't know either. Maybe the Yamata no Orochi suddenly woke up and ate all our ninjas."
"Yes, yes, the Yamata no Orochi was originally ferocious and cruel. If we hadn't lured him to the Ming Dynasty ten years ago, we might not exist anymore."
"Hmph! I don't want to hear your explanations. Now, immediately, deal with Orochi."
Ashikaga Yoshinori would not allow the Yamata no Orochi to wreak havoc in Kyoto and threaten his rule.
"General, please hear me out." An Onmyoji wearing a tall black hat and a white hunting robe stepped forward and said.
"Oh? What advice does Master Abe have?" Ashikaga Yoshinori immediately suppressed his anger and spoke respectfully.
"I wouldn't presume to offer advice. Regardless of why the Yamata no Orochi ended up in Kyoto, it has now lost a head."
"After careful observation, I realized that the missing head was the one that represents 'food'."
"Without this head, I am confident that I can control the Yamata no Orochi and use it for our purposes," Master Abe said confidently.
"Is what the master said true?" Ashikaga Yoshinori immediately perked up. Controlling the Yamata no Orochi, maybe they could even invade the Ming Dynasty.
"Of course, we had considered controlling Yamata no Orochi before, but that method could only succeed when Yamata no Orochi was severely injured."
"In the past, there was a creature that could eat people and recover quickly."
"If we send too few people, we won't be able to fight; if we send too many, we'll be devoured by the 'eating' head and then recover from our injuries."
“Now things are much better. The ‘food’ head has somehow disappeared, and now is our opportunity,” Master Abe explained.
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble Master Abe. Now all of you must obey Master Abe's orders, even if it means your death."
"Yes, sir!" all the ninjas responded.
"Clan leaders, please take your strongest members to stop the Yamata no Orochi. We cannot allow it to continue eating people and regain its 'food' head."
"I'll take a group of Onmyoji to set up the formation," Abe instructed.
"Yes!" the four clan leaders said in unison, and then selected a total of one hundred ninjas, including the four clan leaders, to bravely fight the Yamata no Orochi.
Before long, one hundred of the strongest ninjas and four clan leaders arrived near the Yamata no Orochi.
The ninjas were very well-trained, and not one of them retreated in the face of the powerful Yamata no Orochi.
"Boss, look over there, don't those dark-skinned people smell much better than these people?"
"It seems so. These people must taste even better. Let's go eat them," the leader said, sniffing the air.
"Hey boss, look, those guys are coming over! Wow, they can breathe fire too! Wow, they can even spit water!"
“Look, look, they even threw out some black stuff.”
Then, Orochi watched as all the ninjas' attacks landed on him, and then, that was it.
"Baka! I didn't expect Orochi to be so powerful. Even my Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique couldn't be used."
"Even my Water Release: Water Dragon Wave was useless against you, so what's your Great Fireball?" The two clan leaders almost started arguing.
"Big brother, are they attacking us?" the seventh brother asked timidly.
"We'll wipe them out. They dared to attack us!" the second brother said, spitting out a mouthful of flame.
Instantly, more than a dozen ninjas were engulfed in flames before they could react, and were eventually turned into charred corpses.
Chapter 116 Annihilation (New Group: 521040565)
Lin Qing had been searching for over an hour but still hadn't found it, though he had found quite a few other strange things.