Chapter 161 News from the Arctic
"Sir, we're here." Ryoma Genichirō said to Lu Mingfei while carrying the mikoshi palanquin.
Although they did not leave the city of Tokyo at this time, they came to the center of a huge square.
"Well, I'll open a way for you to leave later, so be prepared." Lu Mingfei pondered for a moment and nodded.
"Sir, do you really want to stay here alone?" Sakurai Akira next to him said anxiously.
"You staying here will only hold me back. I'm afraid I'll hurt you when the fight starts." Lu Mingfei said.
After hearing what Lu Mingfei said, Sakurai Ming was obviously unwilling, but he knew that Lu Mingfei was right, so he could only lower his head, bite his lips, and stop talking.
Ryoma Genichirō and Miyamoto Shio beside him glanced at each other with complicated expressions on their faces. They knew very well that the young man in front of them was not an ordinary person, and they also knew that he possessed power beyond that of ordinary people. But even so, facing tens of thousands of hunters, Lu Mingfei fighting alone still made them feel uncontrollable uneasiness.
"We understand." Ryoma Genichirō bowed his head slightly, his tone revealing a trace of awe and reluctance, "But no matter what, my lord, please take care of yourself. The mission of the Snake Eight Clan... has always been to assist the true emperor."
Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment, his eyes swept over the people kneeling on the ground, and his tone was somewhat self-deprecating as if joking: "The real emperor? Haha... If I am really your 'emperor', then I am really a very useless emperor."
"My Lord, please do not underestimate yourself!" Ryoma Genichirō suddenly raised his head, his expression somewhat excited, "My Lord, you are willing to use your own blood to lure away all the hunters, and fight alone. This is the true way of a king! It is our honor for us, the Eight Snake Clan, to be able to serve you like this!"
Lu Mingfei shook his head: "Don't make me sound so noble. Maybe I did all these things just to survive... or to prevent the people around me who trust me from dying."
He raised his head and looked around the square. Under the night sky, the ruined streets were eerily quiet, but he could feel that thousands of hunters were pouring in from all directions. Their golden eyes flashed with cold murderous intent, and their low roars were like the prelude to death, approaching little by little.
"Sir..." Sakurai Akira opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.
"Remember my words." Lu Mingfei did not look back, but said calmly, "No matter what, when I open the way to leave, you must evacuate immediately. Don't hesitate, and don't look back."
Ryoma Genichirō and Sakurai Akira bowed their heads and said, “Yes, sir!”
The square looked empty and desolate at this moment. Lu Mingfei sat upright on the imperial sedan chair, raised his head slightly, and looked through the broken night sky, as if he saw the end of the darkness in the distance. His eyes were deep and calm, as if everything was under his control, but hidden in them was endless loneliness.
Ryoma Genichirō and Sakurai Akira slowly retreated to the back of the Shinto portable chariot, holding their weapons tightly, ready to act at any time when Lu Mingfei found a way to escape, but their eyes never left the thin but determined figure on the Shinto portable chariot.
Time seemed to be stretched to an infinite length, and the silent square was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere. Suddenly, a low roar came from a distance, and the earth began to tremble slightly, followed by a metallic roar, which was getting closer and louder.
"They are coming." Lu Mingfei said softly. His voice was surprisingly calm, but it carried a reassuring power.
At this moment, the dark night was lit up by golden light, and thousands of hunters poured into the square, surging like a tide, and the sound of their fluttering bone wings gathered into a frightening gale. Their golden eyes stared at Lu Mingfei on the imperial sedan chair, as if they could tear him apart completely if they got any closer.
The buildings around the square collapsed under the impact of hunting, smoke and dust rose up, and the fire illuminated countless hideous figures on the ground. The whole scene was like the end of the world.
"The show is about to begin." Lu Mingfei's mouth curled up slightly, but there was no trace of relaxation in that smile.
He slowly stood up and stepped down from the imperial sedan chair. Blood was still dripping from his wrist onto the ground, attracting all the hunters' attention.
"I'll save your lives for now." Lu Mingfei turned to look at Ryoma Genichirō and Sakurai Akira, his eyes filled with unquestionable determination, "Now - let's go."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge force of gravity descended from the sky and pressed all the hunters around to the ground, making them kneel down, and their bones made crisp sounds.
The pupils of Ryoma Genichirō and Sakurai Akira suddenly shrank. Although they had already witnessed Lu Mingfei's strength, the scene before them still shocked them. In an instant, thousands of hunters were pressed to the ground by some invisible force, as if they were kneeling to worship a god who had come to the world.
The hunters that had been roaring just now were now lying motionless on the ground, their bone wings spread out stiffly, and a kind of instinctive submission and fear was faintly revealed in their golden pupils, as if they were facing their natural enemies, or worshiping their monarch.
There was a suffocating feeling of oppression in the air. The deafening roars all around suddenly stopped, leaving only the whistling of the night wind through the ruins and the creaking sound of bones being compressed by gravity.
Lu Mingfei stood in front of the divine sedan chair, his figure elongated by the pale moonlight. His eyes were calm and deep, and the blood from his wrist was still dripping onto the ground, as if outlining some ancient and mysterious rune, and each drop of blood seemed to be issuing some kind of command to this space.
"Now let's meet the God." Lu Mingfei spoke lightly. His voice was not loud, but it seemed to overwhelm everything. The tone was neither sarcastic nor arrogant, but an unquestionable statement, as if all this was supposed to be this way.
Sakurai Akira felt that his breathing was about to stagnate. He could hardly believe his eyes. Those hunters that had taken them great efforts to kill a few of them were so fragile in front of Lu Mingfei.
"Sir...you..." Sakurai Ming opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. Shock and awe made his words pale and powerless.
Ryoma Genichirō was also stunned, but his eyes were more complicated than Sakurai Akira. Besides being shocked, he felt an indescribable pride. The person in front of him was the one he worshipped as the emperor, or even a god.
Lu Mingfei did not look back, nor did he seem to care about the two people's reactions. He slowly raised his hands, and the two long swords appeared in his hands again. The light of flames danced on the blades, reflecting his face. He was terrifyingly calm, but with a sense of loneliness that was incompatible with this doomsday ruin.
Budu Yuhun, Tianyu Yuzhan
The air in the square became hotter with his movements, and the invisible gravity also strengthened, making the hunters' bones make even more harsh and crisp sounds. They were still unable to move and could only crawl on the ground, as if waiting for judgment.
“All your noise, slaughter, and atrocities…” Lu Mingfei spoke slowly, his tone calm as if he was describing a trivial matter, “From this moment on, it ends here.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly thrust his long sword into the ground. A blazing red light quickly spread out from him, instantly covering the entire square. The bodies of the hunters crawling on the ground began to tremble violently, and their golden bone wings and pupils seemed to be ignited, emitting dazzling light, and then they let out painful and sharp roars.
“Get out of here!” Lu Mingfei shouted in a low voice, his voice was like thunder, carrying an irresistible force.
The scarlet light surged like a wave, and the bodies of the hunters were violently blown away by the impact of the light. Their bone wings shattered in the air, and their golden eyes revealed unprecedented fear. They fled madly to the surroundings of the square like a receding tide.
The entire square became empty and silent in an instant, with only Lu Mingfei standing in the center. His figure, against the backdrop of moonlight and flames, looked like a lonely and proud god of war, facing the even more terrifying enemies in the distance alone in the night.
"Sir!" Sakurai Akira was so shocked by the scene that he almost forgot to move, until Lu Mingfei turned back coldly: "Why don't you leave? Are you waiting to die?"
Sakurai Akira shuddered and lowered his head quickly: "Yes, sir!"
Ryoma Genichirō looked at Lu Mingfei deeply, his eyes full of complicated emotions, but in the end he said nothing. He just lowered his head slightly, and took Sakurai Akira and other members of the Snake Eight Families to quickly evacuate to the escape passage opened by Lu Mingfei.
The night was dark, and the moonlight shone through the gaps between the destroyed high-rise buildings onto the square. Lu Mingfei stood quietly in the center of the square. The long swords in his hands were like two burning blades, piercing the darkness and casting his shadow on the ground. He looked lonely and solemn. The stench of hunting lingered in the air, but the silence around him seemed so strange that it was suffocating, and the world seemed to hold its breath at this moment.
"Brother, it seems that you are about to completely control the power and authority." Lu Mingze's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and the casual and somewhat teasing tone was incompatible with the doomsday atmosphere at the moment. Lu Mingfei slowly turned his head and looked at the figure who appeared out of thin air beside him. Lu Mingze still looked calm and composed, with his hands in his pockets and a smile on his lips, as if this was not a battlefield of life and death, but a leisurely afternoon cafe.
"Where have you been for so long?" Lu Mingfei's tone revealed a hint of impatience, but more of a suppressed doubt and worry. He knew clearly that Lu Mingze was not as casual as he seemed. Every time he appeared, it often meant some new crisis.
"Something happened in the Arctic. Someone is feeding the guy in the sea." Lu Mingze sighed, with a rare hint of irritation in his tone. "Originally, it would take a long time for that guy to wake up, but looking at the current progress... it may not be long."
"The thing in the Arctic Ocean..." Lu Mingfei frowned, his eyes showing a trace of contemplation, "You mean, the real egg?"
“Yes, it was supposed to be the most important egg.” Lu Mingze nodded, his tone somewhat complicated, “But now it seems that thing can only be regarded as a big catfish. After all, the Heart of the Dragon King has awakened in you.”
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei tightened his grip on the knife, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes: "Even if it's just a big catfish, the power it controls should not be underestimated, right?"
The smile on Lu Mingze's lips faded slightly, and he looked into the distance with deep eyes, as if he could see the cold and endless ocean in the Arctic through the night and the ruins. "Yes, although that thing is not a complete king, the domain it controls is still an existence that the world cannot ignore. For humans today, it is still a disaster."
Lu Mingfei was silent. The long sword in his hand trembled slightly, and the flame on the blade made a low humming sound, as if echoing a certain uneasiness in his heart. He knew that Lu Mingze would not mention these things for no reason. The potential crisis in the Arctic was obviously closely related to everything that would follow.
"Someone is accelerating its awakening. Do you know who it is?" Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice. His tone was calm, but his eyes revealed an unconcealable murderous intent.
"I'm not sure yet, but there are probably some people who believe in Ragnarok." Lu Mingze spread his hands, looking somewhat helpless. "These people keep talking about Ragnarok all the time, and they probably don't even know what they are doing. But what is certain is that their goals are not consistent with our general direction."
Lu Mingze pondered for a moment, then said softly: "Don't worry too much about what's happening in the Arctic for now. After all, it hasn't fully awakened yet. We still have time. Right now, you should be more concerned about the upcoming battle. According to the information I received, there are at least three Dragon Kings in Tokyo now."
Lu Mingfei raised his head and looked around. The ruined square was like an isolated island, surrounded by the endless darkness of the night. Deep in the darkness, more hunters were stirring, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
"They won't let it go." Lu Mingfei said calmly, without a trace of emotion in his tone, but the hand holding the knife tightened a little more.
"Yes, they have realized that you are the only threat." Lu Mingze nodded slowly, with a hint of complicated emotions in his eyes, "Besides, your blood is too tempting for them."
Lu Mingfei did not answer, but slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The air around him became hot and heavy, as if the entire space was responding to the power surging in his body.
There is nothing more to say, all we have to do next is fight.
The golden light lit up again in the darkness. The roars of the hunters coming from all directions were like a tsunami, gradually engulfing the square. Lu Mingfei stood in the center, as if in the eye of the storm.
His hands tightly grasped Butsu Yuhun and Ame no Habakiri, the flames on the blades flickered more violently, reflecting his calm and aloof face. He took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes. Those eyes were like burning flames, suppressing all the anxieties in his heart.
In the darkness, those golden pupils lit up one after another, like stars falling from the sky, but this was not an embellishment to the night sky, but the glory of death.
A huge dragon-shaped hunter slowly emerged from the darkness, its bones gleaming like metal. Every time its claws touched the ground, the ground would tremble. Two deep golden pupils were embedded in its ferocious head, locking onto Lu Mingfei's figure.
"The first wave seems to be a big guy." Lu Mingfei muttered to himself, his eyes calm as water. He slowly raised the knife in his hand, and when the two knives crossed, flames and air waves surged out from the blades, turning into two red fire dragons, surrounding him.
At this moment, the first dragon-shaped hunter suddenly roared and pounced, its huge bone wings spread out, bringing up a strong wind that tore through the air. Following closely behind were more hunters, who surged towards the square like a tide, piling up layer by layer and completely submerging the land.
"In that case, I will begin." Lu Mingfei said in a low voice. His voice was not loud, but it echoed clearly in the ears of every hunter, like an irresistible declaration.
Before he finished speaking, Lu Mingfei suddenly moved!
Butu Yuhun drew a dazzling arc of light in the air, and flames burst out along the blade, directly slashing towards the dragon-shaped hunter. The red flames instantly engulfed its body, and the scorching heat turned it into ashes in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, Tianyu Yuzhan swept out with a cold blade light, and dozens of predators that rushed over were cut in half in an instant. The broken limbs and bones scattered on the ground, and the black blood splashed with a dazzling light.
The square seemed to have turned into purgatory, with fire and sword lights interweaving into a symphony of death. Lu Mingfei's figure shuttled through it, his movements as swift as a ghost, and every time he swung his sword, he took away the life of a hunter.
His two swords seemed to have life, dancing in the air in gorgeous arcs, cutting through the thick night and illuminating the battlefield shrouded in death.
“Nothing more than that.” Lu Mingfei sneered, and his body suddenly rose into the air. As his two swords crossed, two giant flaming dragons roared out and rushed straight towards the swarming hunting groups.
Giant fire dragons circled and tumbled in the air, tearing apart any creature that stood in their way. Painful roars and wails suddenly rang out on the ground.
However, the number of hunters was too large. Even though Lu Mingfei showed almost invincible combat power, he was still unable to completely suppress these enemies that were like a tide.
More and more hunters poured into the square from all directions, their golden pupils connected into one in the darkness, forming a huge encirclement.
A little sweat seeped out of Lu Mingfei's forehead, but his eyes remained calm. He took a deep breath, and clenched Butu Yuhun and Tianyu Yuzhan in both hands. The flames burning on the blades suddenly became more intense, and even the air was ignited.
"Since you want to die so much, then let it be as you wish." He whispered, and suddenly exerted force on his feet, and rushed towards the hunting group like a meteor.
Every step he took brought up a blazing flame, and every swing of his sword caused a rain of blood. His movements were swift and sharp, and as he wielded his two swords alternately, no hunter could last more than a second in front of him.
His figure shuttled among the hunting pack like a sharp sword that broke through the darkness, and every charge could take away a life.
Suddenly, an extremely terrifying pressure came from a distance. Lu Mingfei paused slightly, his eyes turned to the other end of the square, and his brows were tightly furrowed.
A larger figure slowly walked out of the darkness. Its size was almost several times that of the previous dragon hunter, and it exuded a strong dragon aura. When its bone wings spread out, they covered the sky and the sun. Its golden pupils were deep and cold, like a demon from the abyss of hell.
"Here comes a bigger guy..." Lu Mingfei whispered.
The huge dragon-shaped hunter slowly lowered its head, its golden pupils fixed on Lu Mingfei, and it let out a deafening roar. Along with its roar, the surrounding hunters seemed to be encouraged, and they all let out low roars and pounced on Lu Mingfei again.
“But it doesn’t matter.” Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, crossed his two swords in his hands, the flames glowed brighter again, and his eyes became colder, “You are all going to die here today, this can be considered as a relief for you…”
He leaped up suddenly, and the sword light and flames intertwined in the air to form a huge vortex, engulfing all approaching enemies. The battle once again entered a white-hot stage.
Further away, Lu Mingze stood quietly in the shadow of a tall building, watching everything with complicated eyes. A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he whispered to himself:
"Brother, brother, you really surprised me... However, the next enemies will not only be these small fry."
(End of this chapter)
