Kujou Sara looked at Qiu Bai and his companions who had arrived, frowning slightly.
"We meet again..."
"This time, I won't let you leave."
said Kujou Sara as she faced the three.
"To be pierced through the body by the Shogun herself, yet able to recover completely in such a short time... I'm becoming increasingly curious about your identity, Mr. Qiu Bai."
Kujou Sara said with a furrowed brow.
"I'm just an ordinary person."
Qiu Bai replied with a smile, arms crossed over his chest.
"Pierced by the Raiden Shogun sword?!"
"And able to recover quickly? This Mr. Qiu Bai is truly incredible!"
The resistance soldiers behind Gorou exclaimed excitedly.
"That's nothing. See my legs?"
"They were restored by Mr. Qiu Bai himself."
Kiji said respectfully, addressing the surprised resistance fighters beside him.
"My goodness, you're Kiji!"
"Your legs are healed? Mr. Qiu Bai did this? That's absolutely incredible!"
The surrounding resistance fighters exclaimed in shock at the sight of Kiji fully restored legs.
"However, Mr. Qiu Bai mentioned before..."
"Any power comes with a price, and he cannot intervene carelessly."
Kiji explained to the surrounding fighters.
"But this is enough!"
Kiji declared spiritedly, gripping his weapon as he faced the Shogunate forces.
"Is this how you boost your troops morale?"
"Restoring severed limbs? How childishly absurd."
Kujou Sara said with a frown as she looked at Gorou.
She naturally wouldn't believe that Qiu Bai could restore severed limbs—such a feat was unheard of.
"Soldiers, attack!"
"Eternity prevails, the Almighty Narukami eternal!"
Kujou Sara commanded loudly, arms crossed over her chest as she faced the resistance army.
"Charge!!!"
With Sara order, hundreds of footsteps merged together, accompanied by intense killing intent.
Over a thousand Shogunate troops, weapons in hand, charged toward the resistance fighters!
"Seems war can't be avoided... Stand your ground!"
"Everyone, stay close to me!!!"
Gorou shouted loudly to those behind him.
A bow materialized in his hand as he charged toward the approaching Shogunate forces!
"Kill!!!"
With Gorou command, the many resistance fighters behind him also shouted out loud.
Following Gorou lead, over six hundred resistance soldiers charged toward the Shogunate army!
The two forces collided, creating instant chaos.
Screams, battle cries, and the clashing of weapons all resounded amid the jumbled noise!
"Qiu Bai, I'm going in first!"
The Traveler rushed forward, wielding the Dull Blade!
"War..."
Qiu Bai sighed, picking up a halberd from the ground.
"Since I've joined the resistance..."
"I suppose... I should contribute something."
Qiu Bai muttered.
He then suppressed his divine power until it was nearly imperceptible, and removed the metal tip from the halberd.
Holding what was now essentially a long wooden staff, he charged toward the Shogunate troops.
A figure in white, swinging the long staff, took down several Shogunate soldiers in just a few moves.
The Shogunate troops fell unconscious to the ground—Qiu Bai had spared their lives.
"Argh!"
Suddenly, a cry came from not far from Qiu Bai.
A resistance fighter collapsed to the ground before him.
"Let me face you!"
A burly Shogunate soldier with an Electro Vision hanging at his waist raised his tachi in a fighting stance, staring at Qiu Bai with a face full of battle spirit.
"Don't you dare harm Mr. Qiu Bai!"
"Your opponent is me!"
A resistance fighter stepped forward from beside Qiu Bai, a Hydro Vision hanging at his waist.
With iron halberd in hand, he charged toward the muscular warrior!
Seeing this, Qiu Bai frowned slightly.
He rushed toward the intense fighting nearby, but before he could get there, an Electro arrow flew past his eyes.
Qiu Bai flipped backward, then turned to look at the source of the attack.
The attack had come from Kujou Sara.
"Mr. Qiu Bai, let me see just how capable you truly are."
Sara said with a frown, before shooting several more Electro arrows!
Qiu Bai smiled, then twirled the wooden staff in his hand.
The radiance of fire from the Five Elements flickered on Qiu Bai staff. With a casual swing, he dispersed all the Electro arrows.
"A Pyro Vision?"
Kujou Sara frowned, muttering as she looked at the staff in Qiu Bai hand.
"This..."
Before Sara could finish her thought, the wooden staff in Qiu Bai hand gradually transformed into metal.
He then charged toward Sara!
With a swing of his staff, one of the Five Elements—water—rippled toward Sara like waves!
"Pyro element, Hydro element..."
"And the ability to turn objects into metal? How is this possible?"
Sara looked at the approaching elemental water, dodged to the side to avoid the attack, then stared at Qiu Bai in shock.
"Tch..."
"Eternity prevails, the Almighty Narukami eternal!"
A black feathered fan suddenly appeared in Sara hand, and a pair of black wings emerged from her back as she swung the fan toward Qiu Bai!
"Hmm?"
Qiu Bai looked up to see several lightning bolts strike down from the sky in an instant!
The wood element of the Five Elements gathered in his hand, forming several tree trunks that blocked Sara's attack!
After blocking the attack, these trunks dissolved into green particles and disappeared.
"Hydro element, Pyro element, Dendro element."
"No Vision at all—how is he doing this?"
Sara looked Qiu Bai up and down in amazement, unable to spot any Vision despite careful inspection.
Just as Kujou Sara was about to probe further, her gaze suddenly shifted to a spot on the ground.
Many water bubbles had risen from the ground, and a dreamlike figure resembling a fish descended to the surface.
With pink-blue gradient hair complementing her purple-blue eyes, wearing white stockings, a Hydro Vision hanging at her chest—amid the rising and falling dreamlike water bubbles surrounding her, she was beautiful yet with a touch of cuteness.
She was Sangonomiya Kokomi, the Divine Priestess of Watatsumi Island.
"I've kept you waiting, my ambush troops."
"Now is the perfect moment!"
Kokomi gathered Hydro elemental power in her hand, then with a small wave, a bright blue swirling current appeared before her.
Under the enhancement of this water bubble, many resistance fighters regained their strength.
With this command, the ambush troops hidden in the grass all rushed forward!
"You really are patient, Lady Strategist."
Commented Kaedehara Kazuha, crouching in the grass and looking at Kokomi.
He then charged into the battle, wielding his Fillet Blade.
"I hope you can afford the price of a mercenary!"
Beidou shouted, raising her greatsword and knocking down several Shogunate troops.
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