The dozen or so martial arts experts who had dared to come from all over the country to offer their assistance, along with Kashiwajiro, the foremost of the Five Great War Gods, were still at Kiyomizu Temple!
If they opened fire now, given the immense destructive power of these heavy weapons, Kashiwajiro and those dozen martial arts experts would surely not survive!
Kujo Shinkei found this outcome difficult to accept.
Of course, Kujo Shinkei was trying to be too clever by half, underestimating Mitsui Kenji and Banjo Shinkei.
The reason he was speaking anxiously now was simply that he felt the other two had not yet realized the gravity of the situation.
Upon hearing Kujo Shinkei's words, Banjo Shinkei couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
Shaking off Kujo Shinkei's hand, Banjo Shinkei said coldly,
"They are no longer important!"
The moment Banjo Shinkei uttered these words, Kujo Shinkei's heart immediately grasped the seriousness of the matter!
The gap between people was immense. Kujo Shinkei, at this moment, could not comprehend Banjo Shinkei's reasons for acting this way!
Therefore, after a few seconds of shock and disbelief, Kujo Shinkei once again quickened his steps, hurrying to catch up with Banjo Shinkei, and said with great urgency,
"Wait! How can this be? Kashiwajima is our excellent combat force!"
Since Mitsui Kenji was present, Banjo Shinkei could not explicitly state certain things to Kujo Shinkei.
However, if he didn't explain, the stubborn Kujo Shinkei might very well prevent his plan because of Kashiwajima.
His plan absolutely could not be stopped!
Banjo Shinkei had waited for a long time for such an opportune moment, one that would kill multiple birds with one stone, with the right timing, location, and people!
Thus, in his haste, Banjo Shinkei's eyes darted around, and he came up with a foolish plan!
It was called a foolish plan because he couldn't think of a more perfect excuse at that moment.
So, upon hearing Kujo Shinkei's extremely anxious voice, Banjo Shinkei stopped, turned around, and adopted a very serious demeanor.
However, what he said was something he had just concocted in his mind.
He said, "Our combat force? Heh! Kujo, you've misjudged him!"
"Do you know why the military exercise a few days ago failed? It's because Lord Kashiwajima betrayed us! He leaked the information to that Chen Tianjiao!"
If Chen Fan and Kashiwajima were present at this moment, their expressions would have changed drastically!
Although Banjo Shinkei had merely fabricated an excuse on the spur of the moment, it was astonishingly accurate!
Upon hearing Banjo Shinkei's words, Kujo Shinkei froze on the spot.
In such a short time, Kujo Shinkei's emotions had fluctuated drastically.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, his face was filled with grief and anger.
He stood there, his expression complex yet relieved, muttering to himself in disbelief that Kashiwajima would betray them.
"What! Kashiwajima actually..."
However, the rows of heavy weapons not far away were about to open fire.
At this time and in this place, it was completely unsuitable for Kujo Shinkei to vent his emotions.
Therefore, before Kujo Shinkei could utter half a sentence of his muttering, Mitsui Kenji, who was behind him, impatiently reached out and pushed him forward.
"Get out of the way! Don't block the muzzles!"
Then, Mitsui Kenji grabbed Kujo Shinkei by the collar and dragged him to a safe zone.
Soon, the person in charge of this operation had issued the order, calibrated the coordinates, loaded the ammunition, and ran to Banjo Shinkei and the others, reporting the situation.
"Reporting to Banjo Shinkei, all firepower is ready! We can open fire at any moment!"
Upon hearing the report from this person in charge, both Banjo Shinkei and Mitsui Kenji wore tense expressions.
Although they both harbored their own secret intentions, it was now the moment before opening fire, and both of them couldn't help but feel a sense of tension and emotion.
The reason for their tension was self-evident.
But their emotion was a sense of pity for Chen Fan's impending death.
No matter how strong his cultivation, or how powerful his divine weapons, wouldn't he still be blasted into a sieve by a round of their formidable firepower!
There was no need to say this out loud; just thinking about it in their hearts made Banjo Shinkei and Mitsui Kenji feel deeply moved.
However, this emotion lasted only a few seconds in Banjo Shinkei's mind.
Soon, he nodded to the person in charge and said,
"Very good! Open fire!"
"Hai!" Upon hearing Banjo Shinkei's words, the person in charge responded, saluted again,
Then, he picked up the walkie-talkie clipped to his chest and said, "All departments, attention, open fire!"
At this command!
All the heavy weapons in this hidden clearing opened fire in an instant!
Rumble!
Bang!
Boom—
The immense firepower caused the earth to tremble violently!
And Kiyomizu Temple, the target of these heavy weapons, was instantly engulfed in continuous explosions, billowing smoke, and raging fires!
Looking at Kiyomizu Temple in that state in the distance, Mitsui Kenji's face broke into an extremely arrogant laugh!
He had waited for this moment for far too long!
After all, the provocateur who had recently bombed his headquarters and branches was about to be blown to smithereens!
The thrill of revenge made Mitsui Kenji laugh heartily and say,
"Hahaha! What about the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi? What about unparalleled combat power! Wasn't it still unable to withstand the bombardment of my heavy weapons! Haha! Die! Die for me!"
Then, Mitsui Kenji became more and more excited, eagerly returning to his car, impatiently waiting.
He was now waiting for this bombardment to end!
He couldn't wait to go to Kiyomizu Temple after the bombardment to see what Chen Fan would be reduced to!
Would he be a pulp of flesh? Or scattered into pieces? Or, like Atsuta Musashi, who died by his own hand, be vaporized by the heavy bombardment? Or be burned to ashes?
Mitsui Kenji was now impatiently eager to see Chen Fan's appearance after death!
And as Mitsui Kenji got into his car, Kujo Shinkei, who had calmed down somewhat from the sound of the artillery, rolled his eyes and realized that something was wrong.