Zombie Bodyguard

Chapter 2101: Chapter 2098: The New Barrier

With the emergence of the purple flame, who can compete? Even the sun in the sky cannot steal its splendor. The seductive expression on Oda Manaka’s face froze in an instant, turning into horror as she retreated repeatedly in fright.

Yasuo, who had fallen under the bewitching technique, also came to his senses. He was about to get angry, but then he sensed an aura of destruction, and a purple flame blossom entered his sight.

Just like Oda Manaka, he was shocked and quickly retreated. The masked man and another Black Robed Man did the same, with only Xu Feibai remaining unfazed.

"Lin Tian, you scared them." Xu Feibai said calmly.

Lin Tian snorted coldly, withdrawing his hand, making the purple flame vanish. Only then did Oda Manaka and the others slightly calm down. However, this Gu Cultivator did not dare to tease Lin Tian again.

"What did you call me here for?" Lin Tian got straight to the point without any fuss.

Xu Feibai didn’t pay attention to his subordinates but instead turned around and pointed to the hillside, "Last time, the Shrine barrier was broken, but for some reason, the barrier reappeared and became stronger. A few days ago, an earthquake occurred near Kyoto City, with the epicenter not far from the Shrine."

"Our Onmyoji..." Xu Feibai pointed to the person still wearing a hood and continued, "indicated through formation guidance that we found this place and discovered this new barrier. The barrier has cracks, and the aura captured by the formation should be leaking from the barrier’s crevice."

"Another earthquake..." Lin Tian frowned. In this place, Japan, earthquakes are really common.

Back then, Nu Ba also broke free due to an earthquake. The power of heaven and earth has always been the most destructive to barriers.

"Our formation was inspired by Zhang Lingyu’s ritual formation, using Jiang Chen’s body, Qiong Gou Jade, and the imitation Heavenly Cloud Sword as the formation core. The three eyes combined to find this place, and those leaking auras most likely come from the True Heavenly Cloud Sword."

"And the Heavenly Cloud Sword suppresses Jiang Chen’s head. So, as long as we find the Heavenly Cloud Sword, we can find the head. This is why I asked you to come," Xu Feibai spoke quickly, but his meaning was clear.

Lin Tian understood too. It’s a sign that Jiang Chen’s head is about to emerge, which is why Xu Feibai is so anxious. Missing this opportunity would make finding the head even harder if the barrier is repaired again.

"Do you need me to help open the barrier?" Lin Tian guessed this possibility.

Xu Feibai didn’t answer but gestured behind him. The hood-wearing person stepped forward two steps and finally removed the hood, revealing a face without wrinkles but with gray hair, making it unclear whether he was middle-aged or elderly.

"I am Yuan Liuming, and I admire Mr. Lin’s Daoist skills. I was worried that even with the combined strength of us few, we might not be able to open the barrier. But after seeing your Daoist skills, such worries are clearly unnecessary." The Black Robed Man courteously saluted, mistaking Lin Tian’s earlier display of purple flame for Daoist arts.

Lin Tian did not explain, he simply said blandly, "There aren’t many people with the surname Yuan in Japan. It’s said that your ancestor Yuan Boya was a close friend of Abe Qingming. Unexpectedly, his descendants are also Onmyoji."

Yuan Liuming was slightly surprised and then nodded, "Mr. Lin is knowledgeable, admirable."

This Onmyoji spoke Huaxia (Chinese) fluently, making Lin Tian take a slight liking to him. If it was someone else using plain Japanese, Lin Tian wouldn’t have even bothered to look.

However, this liking was limited to just that. Lin Tian had no intention of continuing idle chat and directly asked, "How are you going to open the barrier?"

"Before Mr. Lin arrived, I had already set up a formation at the foot of the mountain. As long as the three of us work together to activate the formation, we can open the barrier," Yuan Liuming explained.

"Alright, let’s begin then." Lin Tian said calmly. Although this matter would delay some time, as he had already promised Xu Feibai, he wouldn’t go back on his word.

Yuan Liuming walked a few steps toward the foot of the mountain, then pulled out a short staff, waving it with a point towards the hillside, causing water ripple-like waves to appear in the air, slowly revealing a translucent barrier.

This barrier enveloped the entire mountain, but there was a trace on the barrier, appearing and disappearing from time to time. Lin Tian furrowed his brow slightly; this trace was nine out of ten times the crack they mentioned.

Yuan Liuming chanted, and three light circles appeared on the grassy field at the mountain’s base. He then turned to Lin Tian and Xu Feibai and said, "Mr. Lin and Mr. Xu, please enter the circles."

Xu Feibai walked in first, then looked at Lin Tian. Lin Tian was not afraid it might be a trap and walked in as well, leaving the last position for Yuan Liuming.

Once the three stood firm, Xu Feibai beckoned, and Oda Manaka walked over to Lin Tian, then took out something from behind her and handed it to Lin Tian.

It was a sword, a bronze sword. The blade was ancient and unadorned, looking not particularly sharp, but symmetrical patterns that seemed like designs or runes covered its surface, emitting a mysterious aura.

Lin Tian examined the bronze sword and noticed the three characters engraved at the base of the blade: Heavenly Cloud.

"Is this the imitation Heavenly Cloud Sword?" Lin Tian flicked the blade, and the bronze sword rang out with the sound of sword singing, making him recall what Xu Feibai said about this sword.

"That’s right, later you will use it to attack the barrier, and the rest will be up to Yuan Liuming," Xu Feibai said, while also pulling out the Tang Blade Flowing Light, assuming an attack posture.

Lin Tian waved the bronze sword with a light smile, "Let’s see if it can withstand my power."

These words sounded somewhat arrogant, and Oda Manaka and the others looked at each other, but Xu Feibai understood, as he too had past troubles of not having a handy weapon due to his own overpowering attack strength.

He didn’t look at Lin Tian, only gave a light chuckle, "You can give it a try. If it breaks, you don’t need to compensate."

Lin Tian, naturally, would not hold back. Holding the sword in one hand, pointed diagonally toward the ground, suddenly, a purple flame ignited on the sword and burned fiercely, seemingly about to set the air aflame, but the bronze sword remained unscathed.

Oda Manaka was astonished again, retreating repeatedly; even so, she still felt uneasy, the fear in her eyes revealing itself, as the destructive aura of the current purple flame was even more concentrated than the previous flame blossom, as if just gazing at it would reduce her to ashes.

She couldn’t comprehend why, in less than a year, Lin Tian’s power had grown to such a terrifying level.

Xu Feibai was also somewhat surprised. It was his first time seeing Lin Tian in action since emerging from the Netherworld, with strength even subtly surpassing his own.

"Go ahead, don’t be dazed." Lin Tian lifted the Heavenly Cloud Sword and spoke in a deep voice.

"You all, launch attacks on the barrier’s crevice. The formation will guide and amplify the attack’s power. The Heavenly Cloud Sword is highly likely to trigger a counterattack from the True Heavenly Cloud Sword. At that time, internal and external attacks will break the barrier in one strike." Yuan Liuming instructed quickly.

Xu Feibai lifted the Flowing Light as well, blood-colored light flowing over the blade, icy and bloodthirsty.

"Kill!" Xu Feibai slashed out, and a streak of blood light shot forth.

Lin Tian moved as well, a sword strike from the west, purple flames sweeping out.

The light circle on the ground flickered suddenly, a black hole appearing in the attack path, instantly swallowing the purple flame and blood light.

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