I haven't touched it, so I can't speculate. ”

Uma replied cautiously.

"Did the Mountain Maiden contact you again?"

"Not yet."

"You need to be a little stronger......"

The seductive voice penetrated into both ears.

Automatically blocking Uma's next words, Roger immersed his mind in the understanding of swordsmanship.

Sunrise's swordsmanship system is exquisite and complex, each genre has a different emphasis, and the more you study, the more you understand, and the deeper your perception becomes.

The feeling of being powerful all the time is intoxicating.

When the night receded, Roger pushed open the door, the snow turned the whole world silvery white, and when he looked up, Roger saw a silver-haired woman in a white robe floating on the eaves covered with savings.

Her hair and outfit blended in with the world around her, and the woman's eyes glistened with an icy blue glow, and she nodded to Roger.

"Are you ready to go?"

"You've been waiting here all night?" Roger looked strange, but Nao Yuuki didn't answer Roger's question, she flicked her fingers slightly, and the flying snowflakes converged into a palm-sized ice butterfly.

Ice butterflies swirl around the two of them, and they take them into the air with Roger.

When I went down the mountain, I was not riding in a horse-drawn carriage, but a bird with a wingspan of more than 7 meters.

In the fluttering snowflakes, the bird crossed the sea of clouds, and when his vision returned to normal, Roger found that the two of them were already in the air of a huge city.

He looked back into the distance, and in the clouds was a snow-capped mountain looming.

It was still early, and the first rays of sunlight were shining on the bluestone-paved streets, but pedestrians could already be seen on the road.

The way this world works is different from any other time in human history, and the pressure from the monsters to survive allows this world without the concept of a state to function harmoniously.

Before he could get closer, Roger could feel the defensive power that hung over the city.

"In the eternal world, every city is a part of the huge magic circle, one city after another, countless ordinary lives, full of vitality gathered together, and then through the amplification of the yin and yang magic circle, it formed the key to fighting against the power of the eternal world."

Yuuki Nao said.

"The reason why this world exists and is not devoured by monsters is not because of us, but because of thousands of ordinary people who are struggling to survive."

"If it weren't for these huge cities, without the vitality that these gatherings, even if the number of cultivators doubled several times now, there would be no way to resist the erosion from the power of the eternal world."

"Once the balance is broken, this power will soon invade reality, and then the last pure land will disappear, and everyone will become food for monsters."

"Every city is guarded by a large or small lineage school, and cities can move between them through the Yin and Yang Circle."

"This is the city closest to the Sword Lu, and it has only expanded to this extent after development and growth in the last few decades."

"Let's go down."

After saying that, she landed on the streets of the city with Roger, and the strange thing was that the people around seemed to be ignoring the two, and Yuuki Nao took Roger through the streets and alleys.

Soon they came to a courtyard in the middle of the city, and looked at the decoration style, which was somewhat similar to the black tower that Roger had seen on the top of the furnace hill.

As the two approached, Roger noticed that the badge he was wearing exuded a black sheen, and the air spread out like water waves, and when he stepped out, the scene around him had changed by the time he came back to his senses.

In the dark cylindrical room, Roger looked up, what appeared to be the interior of a tall tower with no edge in sight.

The surrounding walls were plastered with yellow runes filled with indecipherable runes written in black liquid, which dried up and left a mark, from which Roger seemed to feel a strange fluctuation.

"That seems to be the Black Spirit Water ......"

Roger muttered something in a low voice, but Nao Yuuki, who was standing on the side, nodded, and she opened her left hand and drilled an ice butterfly out of her palm.

The butterfly fluttered its wings and then shattered into mottled points of light, all of which converged and formed a circular pattern about 30 centimeters in diameter in mid-air.

At the same time, the talismans on the walls lit up one by one, and a powerful force rose from the ground, and then passed through the transmission to the sky.

"Wait!" Roger said suddenly.

"Although there are orders from above, I don't know anything about this world, so let's take you as the master."

Roger didn't know why Yagashi Jianjiao would give an order that seemed a little ridiculous, but he didn't want to pay attention to these tedious things, and it was better to devote the time and energy to the practice of swordsmanship.

A hint of surprise flashed across Yuuki's beautiful face, but she quickly returned to normal, and nodded.

"It's fine."

"What we're going to next is a mid-lineage school, and Daisuke Kishio is a fourth-order at the same stage."

"Their guardian spirit is a green toad......"

Roger nodded.

Here, the fourth order and above are roughly divided into four stages, and the onmyoji and guardian spirits who have just entered the fourth order are fused together, which is the same.

The tacit understanding between the Onmyoji and the guardian gradually improves from weak to strong, and when the perfect fit is reached, it will enter the next stage.

The first three stages basically correspond, the three levels of beginner, middle and high, when they reach the peak, the onmyoji with terrifying power will be called the god master, and the sword house corresponds to the sword master.

As for the monster, they will be called the Lord.

After coming here, most of the Fourth Order that Roger had seen were in the same stage.

As for the Yagashi Jianjiao, Roger overheard him mention it once, and it seemed that he had reached the peak of the middle stage of the fourth order, and if he took another step, he would enter the high stage.

As for the Yachi celebrity mentioned by Michihiro Morita, the so-called quasi-sword master, his strength must be very terrifying.

Roger's own physical fitness, coupled with pale blood, should be in the early stage of the fourth order, but he has many hole cards, and under the blessing of spiritual power and the most important thing is the increase of the sword seal, Roger guesses that his actual combat power should be able to reach above the middle stage.

If the spiritual power can go further, then the combat power will definitely soar!

Of course, the current Roger hid the power of pale blood, and the fluctuations of qi and blood were also covered up by him, just looking at the spiritual power fluctuations displayed on the surface, at most, it would only be regarded as an ordinary third-order peak by others.

Roger took the initiative to let Xian, and Yuki Nao's attitude towards him was obviously much better, and even a smile appeared on his lips after taking the initiative to introduce the situation.

"My master, do you like such a woman?"

Uma's voice rang out abruptly in the bottom of my heart.

"It looks a little more glamorous than that Tamara, and most importantly this cold feeling, you men...... Gee. ”

"When are you going to do it?"

Uma urged.

"Your current strength can completely affect her?"

Roger asked rhetorically in his heart.

Uma was silent, but quickly regained her senses, "We can do the same as we did last time, like we did with Tamara. ”

Roger didn't hesitate to veto Uncensor's suggestion, the situation was different, he did it rashly at this time, and he couldn't say that he would cause any trouble.

Besides, there was no obvious conflict between the two, and there was no need for Roger to do it.

Walking to the center of the tower, at this time, the energy was stored to the limit, and the dazzling light filled the entire vision, and the next second Roger felt his consciousness gradually raised.

He couldn't feel the presence of his eyes, but he could see some blurred scenes.

At his feet, as far as the eye could see, Roger saw large and small points of light, each representing a city, all connected to form a woven web.

There was black smoke at the edges and crevices of the web, but elsewhere, Roger could see complete darkness.

Suddenly, a powerful attraction came, and before consciousness could break out of this strange state, Roger felt as if he had seen something.

In this chaotic world, in a higher place, there seems to be a pair of eyes that are indifferently observing.

It's like a butcher looking at a chicken in a cage.

Swish!

Everything in front of me was back to normal, the same tower, the walls covered with talismans, but it was clear that the texture of the ground had changed.

Roger felt a rush of heat.

The badge glowed, and the two of them took a step forward, as if through a diaphragm, and then the damp and slightly fishy smell penetrated into their nostrils.

Roger saw towering trees that were more than 100 meters tall, and houses built on top of them.

At the place where the two appeared, about 30 meters ahead, was a middle-aged man with a shy belly, watching the two appear, especially noticing the badges on their bodies.

The middle-aged man greeted him with a flattering face.

"Welcome, messenger from the Sword House......"

Roger looked around boredly, and for the next few days, Roger pretended to enjoy the warm welcome of the other party.

As for what Nao Yuuki talked about, Roger didn't care, and he even used his power to get the low-level swordsmanship inheritance of this genre.

【Toad Swallower】

A kind of swordsmanship created by the fierceness of drawing water, when it reaches the third order, with the guardian spirit, the sword technique released will carry considerable toxic damage.

The combat effectiveness is remarkable, but in terms of specific application, it seems that the reference to some shrine inheritances is not so pure.

Five days later, the two left Zelin Castle under a farewell send-off, and then Yuuki Nao took Roger to the three surrounding cities non-stop.

The scale of the city is smaller, and the power of genre inheritance is not strong, and here, Roger has become even more unscrupulous, absorbing and evolving, and comprehending his own essence from it.

There is no specific direction, but the progress of the five sword seals is slowly rising, and Roger, who is in the midst of forgetting to sleep and eat, has even given up everything around him, if it weren't for Yuki Nao's reminder, he probably wouldn't know where he was.

"There's something special about where we're going next."

"The Ishii family's Western Desert City, it is said that they are especially mainly due to the geographical location where the Western Desert City is located, which is not too far from the area controlled by the Arashikage Shrine."

"Because of the need to be consistent with the outside world, there is no direct contradiction between the shrine and the sword house, but there are still occasional small frictions."

Yuuki Nao still said something to Roger as usual, but the latter's attention was not focused on it at all.

"The guardian spirit of the Ishii family is Sha Baizu, which is a huge centipede, and the power of this guardian spirit is very strong, and it can be regarded as the strongest family in this mission."

"Uh-huh." Roger nodded nonchalantly, but he suddenly came back to his senses and noticed what Yuuki Nao had just said.

"Sand hundred, centipede?"

Roger remembered the strange man he had met in the cave not long ago, and in this world, the guardian spirit is more important than blood, does this mean that the guy is a member of the Ishii family?

Thinking of this, Roger briefly described his original experience.

"I know this man, he was expelled from the Ishii family many years ago." Nao Yuuki sighed.

"His name is Taro Ishii, and his father is the master of the Ishii family, Miji Ishii."

"But it's a pity that although Taro Ishii came from a good background, his mother's body was unexpectedly infected by the power of the world when she was pregnant."

"This power also acted on Taro Ishii's body at the same time, causing his body to be distorted, so from the day he was born, he was despised by him."

A flash of sympathy flashed in Yuuki's eyes.

"It was even rumored later that he was not the son of Miji Ishii, but was born to his mother and other men."

"But all this will only lead to him being despised but not expelled from the Ishii family, no one knows exactly what happened, but according to rumors, it was because of a woman."

"True or false, the truth is only known to the person concerned, but I didn't expect him to join the Arashi Shadow Shrine."

"Is it just a coincidence?"

Yuuki Nao frowned.

"Be cautious." She reminded.

"If you encounter danger, try to hide behind me, and if you can, I will protect you."

"Okay."

It seems that Yaga didn't tell her everything that happened in the cave, and it may be because of this that she was resentful that Yaga Jianjiao appointed Roger to take charge of this operation.

The light dissipated, and the figures of the two appeared in an unfamiliar tower, stepping over the barrier, and the scenery in front of them suddenly changed.

The yellow sand is long, and the air is too hot and dry.

Roger frowned slightly, there was no mezzale to welcome, and more importantly, the silence of the whole city was a little excessive.

The streets were empty, with not half a figure in sight.

"Where have all the people here?"

Yuuki Nao and Roger enter a shop next to the street, the door wide open, and the yellow sand fills the house.

The table and chair fell to the ground, and in the corner of the room, Roger saw a figure lying on the ground, which seemed to be a shivering man.

But he has too much sand and dirt accumulated on his body, not to mention his facial features, and even his gender is surmised by Roger through his body shape.

"What's going on here?"

Roger took a step forward, the distance was closer, and the angle of observation also changed, and he only then noticed that the man lying on the ground did not shake at all, and it was not his body that was undulating, but the clothes he was wearing.

and something underneath the shirt.

"Smack!"

At this moment, a soft sound came, and then a hole suddenly broke in the back of the man's hanging head, and the next second, as if causing a chain reaction, the man's entire body suddenly collapsed like a sand dune.

At the same time, countless red centipedes poured out of the man's body, then twisted and tangled together, and pounced on Roger like a pile of slimy rotten meat.