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Chapter 599 - Chapter 599 Chapter 441 Righteousness Descends from Heaven_1

Chapter 599: Chapter 441: Righteousness Descends from Heaven_1 Chapter 599: Chapter 441: Righteousness Descends from Heaven_1 Oda’s Castle, or rather, Japanese castles aren’t really different from Western ones. If you insist on distinguishing them, we can say Western castles are more streamlined while Japanese ones are squarer. But there’s one thing that’s always the same: the boss is always at the highest place.

If it were a typical invasion, the invaders would have to get through moats, bridges, break through the main gate, then fight their way into the castle, continually battling countless enemies, and gradually struggling to the top… essentially exhausting themselves in the process.

The approach of Duanmu Huai is much simpler.

Why not just parachute in and smash through the ceiling?

Skipping all the other steps entirely.

Of course, it’s not like everyone else could parachute in like Duanmu Huai, but luckily, Duanmu Huai had thought about this beforehand.

“Um… what is this??”

Looking at the thing hanging on the edge of Sky City, which looked like a large metal box, Ling’Nu blinked curiously.

“A drop pod. We’ll be riding in this to get down there.”

“From here… huh??”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s response, Uesugi Kenshin furrowed his brow slightly. While she could maintain her composure in the face of enemies… there were some things that instinct, not reason, could overcome.

“Correct. Let’s get in.”

Duanmu Huai opened the pod door, gesturing for the others to enter. Ling’Nu cheered and darted in eagerly, her excitement mirroring a child’s first roller coaster ride at an amusement park. She took a seat. Uesugi Kenshin hesitated for a moment, but eventually joined them reluctantly. Duanmu Huai entered the drop pod after them. Then, the heavy steel door swung closed,

“Don’t speak. Close your mouths.”

Duanmu Huai left it at that before the sudden sensation of freefall took over. The drop pod then plummeted straight towards Oda’s Castle!

“————–!!”

Uesugi Kenshin’s face was deathly pale, gripping the metal frame tightly. Ling’Nu, on the other hand, was thrilled, her eyes glowing with excitement. If it hadn’t been for Duanmu Huai’s explicit instruction to stay quiet, Ling’Nu might have started screaming with joy.

The altitude of Sky City is about 10,000 meters. It doesn’t take too long for the drop pod to fall from such a height. It hurtled down like a cannonball, only braking to a halt after reaching the castle’s airspace. The pod smashed through the lavish dome of the Oda family’s castle and stormed right in.

“Boom!!!”

The drop pod smashed through the dome, landed on the tatami-covered floor, and then with a hissing sound, the iron door was flung open. Duanmu Huai was the first to rise and walk out in large strides. Behind him, Ling’Nu leaped out with Uesugi Kenshin trailing, staggering unsteadily.

“Who are you?”

The first thing Duanmu Huai saw when he stepped out was a stout man with a firearm in his hand, angrily glaring at him. Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows at the sight of the man and glanced at Uesugi Kenshin, who after a brief assessment of the man, shook her head.

“Not him.”

“Oh.”

Acting faster than he spoke, Duanmu Huai pounced, bringing his war hammer crashing down on the stout man no sooner than Uesugi Kenshin had answered. The stout man hadn’t expected such brash action, his facial expression not even having time to change as Duanmu’s hammer connected to his face.

“Thud———-!!”

The stout man was smashed away like a baseball hit by a homerun just as his face met Duanmu’s hammer. Duanmu paused for a moment before giving an answer.

“Angel Envoy.”

Truth be told, having brawled with so many demons and angel envoys in this world, Duanmu had figured out a general pattern.

Those who die from a single punch are ordinary humans.

Those who survive a single punch are angel envoys.

Those who require a little more effort are demons.

As for the Demon King… based on current observations, no different from demons.

Strictly speaking, in Duanmu Huai’s view, demons and Demon Kings don’t hold up to hits as well as Angel Envoys. This makes sense, as the Demon King and demons are so arrogant because they have the Invincible Barrier cheat code and aren’t afraid of damage. Because of their Invincible Barrier, many of them haven’t been wounded for hundreds of years, so their pain tolerance is low. They’re the type that Duanmu can reduce to crying for their mother with a single punch.

On the other hand, angel envoys, serving under demons, do not have an invincible barrier and often partake in battles, hence their slightly higher pain tolerance.

Then again, it’s only slight.

Like that stout man, half of his head was now collapsed. If he were a regular human, he’d have been dead by now.

Even as an Angel Envoy, he was now whimpering like a hog ready for slaughter.

Duanmu Huai, of course, wouldn’t leave things be. He directly strode towards the chubby man, already brandishing the War Hammer in his hand again.

“Crack!!”

However, right as Duanmu Huai was about to approach the chubby man, the floor in front of him suddenly collapsed. A woman wearing a bikini, with one hand transformed into a metallic claw, sprang out and reached directly towards Duanmu Huai’s chest.

A sneak attack of this caliber didn’t even deserve a glance from Duanmu Huai. He didn’t pause his steps; instead, he simply swung the War Hammer held in his hands, smashing the upper half of the bikini woman’s body into a bloody pulp. The remnants of her body scattered around, carried by the howling gust. At this moment, Duanmu Huai had already reached the chubby man, grabbing him by the head and hoisting him up.

“Where is your master?”

Duanmu Huai stared at the chubby man, his gaze serious and cold. The latter’s corpulent body was like a 300-pound pig in front of Duanmu Huai, trembling like one about to be slaughtered, unable to resist.

“My, my master is not here…!”

The chubby man answered with effort. He hadn’t expected the man in front of him to be so terrifying, taking him down so effortlessly… Was this even a human being?

“Where did he go?”

“I don’t know, the master said he had to break the seal…”

“Seal?”

“………..”

“Speak! Or do you prefer death?!”

Gripping the chubby man’s head, Duanmu Huai’s Fearful Aura fully unleashed. Both Uesugi Kenshin and Ling’Nu involuntarily took steps back, staring at Duanmu Huai with serious expressions. The chubby man was now like a cornered pig with a butcher’s cleaver at his throat, struggling desperately… But in vain.

“I, I’ll tell you…!!”

Eventually, the chubby man couldn’t bear the fear that threatened to crush his very Soul itself and started talking.

Following the chubby man, the current Oda Nobunaga was no longer himself. His body had been taken over by a Demon named Zabiele. This Demon had a long history, having existed during the reign of a Demon King preceding Jill. At that time, Zabiele reached O.J to unfold his ambitions, but was defeated. His Demon Blood Soul was then sealed away.

Zabiele eventually found an opportunity to resurrect, but was defeated again. His Demon Blood Soul was divided into seven parts by the Tenchi Sect and sealed within seven gourds. These gourds were kept by seven Daimyos under the watch of the Tenchi Sect. The Sect would occasionally send someone to check if the gourds’ seals were intact.

During the reign of this head of the Oda Family, his gourd was broken by a monkey nurtured by Nobunaga, leading to the lifting of Zabiele’s Demon Blood Soul’s seal. After that, he attached himself to Oda Nobunaga’s body and started manipulating his Angel Envoys to seek out the other gourds sealing his Demon Blood Soul.

Looking at the current situation… Zabiele seems to have successfully accomplished his purpose.

As for where Zabiele currently is, the chubby man didn’t know either. He only knew that Zabiele was presently working to lift a seal… and was not located within Oda’s Castle.

“Hmph!”

After hearing the chubby man’s explanation, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, immediately crushing his head in his grip and tossing the body aside.

Then he turned and looked at the other two.

“Nobunaga isn’t here. We’ve made a wasted trip… Where’s Ling’Nu?”

“Yo, I’m right here.”

As Duanmu Huai was wondering where Ling’Nu had gone, she reappeared at his side, giggling, with an addition of a girl on her shoulder this time.

“What is your meaning?”

Duanmu Huai looked at the unconscious girl slung over Ling’Nu’s shoulder and asked, frowning slightly. Ling’Nu responded with a giggle.

“I was wandering around out of boredom earlier and found this little girl imprisoned in a room. If I’m not mistaken, she should be Oda Kaoru, Demon King Nobunaga’s sister.”

“So she should know where Demon King Nobunaga is?”

“Possibly? However, her body is very weak, and she seems to be sick. We should perhaps treat her first.”

“Then let’s move.”

After considering for a moment, Duanmu Huai said nothing more and opened the portal leading to Sky City. At this moment, Uesugi Kenshin also approached and asked.

“what should we do about that big iron box?”

“It will have its use”

Duanmu Huai glanced at the air drop container not far away, then turned around and entered the portal. Although Uesugi Kenshin was a little puzzled, he followed Duanmu Huai in.

Right when the portal disappeared, the air drop container suddenly exploded with a deafening roar, transforming into a huge red mushroom cloud that shot into the sky. The massive explosion and shockwave tore everything in its vicinity to pieces. Even the thick cloud cover in the sky was swept away by the blast, revealing the clear blue sky.

As for Oda’s Castle, it had completely vanished, leaving nothing but a gigantic pit a few hundred meters wide.