Tokyo Sword Saint Online Dealing

"Your coordination is also needed here. Once it's mostly cleared out, have the association's containment team come down. They're professionals at cleaning up these things."

"And Ah Lin—keep an eye on her for me."

Seeing Dongwen Zhenxi nod silently, Uesugi Kiyoshi turned to Qinglian and said in a deep voice, "If anything unexpected happens and I'm unable to get out in time, contact Fuyao."

"Only she can help me."

After saying this, Uesugi Kiyoshi no longer hesitated and closed his eyes.

"Professor Edward, let's begin. Liu and I will be there. Please take your positions."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a sudden dizziness.

When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in that dimly lit underground reservoir.

All around him was the boundless, surging sea!

Chapter 228 Snake Eyes

The word "Dream Mirror" is a combination of the characters for "dream" and "mirror".

This also contains profound meaning.

Dreams represent fantasy, and also the transformation of dreams by ghosts and gods.

A mirror represents the reflection of the present world. No matter how much it changes, its essence remains the same. Even if ghosts and gods possess great power, their dream mirrors are still based on the present world.

In other words, if you want to manifest a unique environment in your dreams, you must be extremely familiar with the environment you are manifesting.

Mount Ōe of Shuten-dōji, the Arakawa River Kingdom of Arakawa no Kami, the Yomotsu Hirasaka of the Eight Thunder Gods, and even the Hyakki-chō in Tokyo Bay of Uesugi Kiyoshi, and the Mirage Tower in Hyakki-chō, are all inseparable from this "rule".

However, in this Hydra dream, all that comes into view is the vast expanse of seawater.

A crescent moon hangs in the sky, the sea stretches endlessly, with no islands, no land, only an endless ocean, and in the distance, a huge mass of black mist.

The massive mass of black mist resembled a slowly moving tornado, forming a huge vortex that even swept up seawater, yet it was completely silent and extremely quiet.

Uesugi Kiyoshi stumbled, his footing faltering, and his body sank. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, gathering his mirage energy beneath his feet, which allowed him to barely float on the surface of the water and avoid sinking.

He now relies on his martial prowess and has many trump cards up his sleeve. He can even draw his sword fiercely in the face of gods, but there are still some thresholds he cannot cross.

At its simplest, he cannot "fly".

He can use the burst of mirage energy to achieve a temporary hovering effect, but he cannot move freely in the air.

Then, although he was a good swimmer and had excellent physical attributes, making him a top-notch swimmer, he couldn't swim as easily as a fish.

He can gather mirage energy and collect it under his feet to walk on water, but this is only a temporary measure and does not mean that the water is as flat as the ground to him.

The most practical reason is that he can hardly exert force on the water, so the power of his sword moves is greatly reduced.

Therefore, his brows were always furrowed. In terms of timing, location, and people, he was likely to suffer a great loss just in terms of location.

However, Liu Longren behind him was not bothered by the sea.

In the dream, Liu Longren was no different from the real world. He was dressed in a black suit, with a cold expression, and held a sheathed Japanese sword. However, frost flowers kept blooming on the soles of his feet, freezing the sea beneath his feet and giving him a foothold.

Yuki-Douji is a famous Japanese yokai. He is not very powerful and lives in a remote snow country. When winter comes, he will come to the homes of lonely people and bring them laughter, and he will disappear when spring comes.

Their lives were short, and they were not known for any famous deeds. Even Onmyoji rarely tamed Yuki-Douji as shikigami.

However, the Snow Child's soul within Liu Longren seems to be different.

Uesugi Kiyoshi was certain that his ability to control frost and snow was no less than that of those ghosts and gods.

"This dream is a bit strange."

"It gives me a very dull and oppressive feeling."

Liu Longren walked up to stand shoulder to shoulder with Uesugi Kiyoshi, looking solemnly at the dark tornado not far away, and said softly.

Uesugi Kiyoshi glanced at him with some surprise.

"From what you're saying, it seems you're a frequent visitor to ghostly dreams?"

"Has the Kowloon Group become so powerful that it can turn the Dream Mirror of Ghosts and Gods into an amusement park?"

Liu Longren shook his head and explained, "It has nothing to do with Kowloon."

"It might be my problem. Ever since I was five or six years old, I have often entered the dream world of ghosts and spirits after falling asleep. I don't know where it is. I can only see a dim yellow sky, a sky where the sun and moon shine together, dry and endless grass and trees, and countless skeletons."

"That must be the dream of some great demon, but I don't know where it is."

"However, I found that cultivating there would rapidly improve both my physical and mental strength, so I enjoyed cultivating there."

"When I was fifteen or sixteen, one time when I entered the dream again, the scene changed and enemies appeared."

"It's a ghost-like creature, extremely aggressive, but no match for me."

"I used him as a training target and chopped him a few times. Who knew that after killing that ghost, I suddenly gained the power to control frost."

“Since then, every few days, I would fall into the dreams of different ghosts and gods, fight with them, and over time, I developed my current skills.”

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked somewhat surprised. After a moment's thought, he realized that Liu Longren's experience seemed to be similar to his own.

What he has more of than Liu Longren is probably just the "golden finger" of the Hundred Ghosts Scroll.

Considering his previous speculations, could the owner of this Snow Child's demon soul also be a "reincarnation"?

Shaking his head to suppress these thoughts for the time being, he said in a deep voice, "This is, after all, the divine kingdom of the gods, so it's normal to feel a sense of oppression."

"Liu, think of a way. I can't use my full strength at sea."

Liu Longren raised an eyebrow and, without hesitation, drew his sharp blade and plunged it straight into the ice beneath his feet.

“I felt I could help you. I’ll use my abilities to freeze this part of the sea.”

"No, this isn't really the sea. I feel like the water here is stagnant. Freezing this layer of water wouldn't be difficult for me."

"However, this will consume a lot of my strength, and I may not be able to help you deal with that big guy."

As Liu Longren spoke, countless frost flowers spread from his feet, and the seawater within a radius of several miles seemed to freeze, quickly forming a thin layer of ice. Although it looked somewhat flimsy, it was already much better than the surface of the water.

Uesugi Kiyoshi stepped on the ice; it was a bit slippery. However, the boots he was wearing were high-quality products from the Collectors Association, with anti-slip features, so they didn't really hinder his movement.

"Thank you for keeping your distance from me. Please look after each other and prioritize your own safety."

"This has already been a great help."

"I'll go check out that so-called Outer God's lair."

With one major concern resolved, Uesugi Kiyoshi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although it's not as good as land, the ice surface is much easier to use for leverage than water.

At least it won't affect his swordsmanship too much, otherwise he'd have trouble even leaping and bounding, so what would he be able to kill?

Uesugi Kiyoshi exerted force with his feet, keeping pace with Liu Longren, and quickly approached the dark tornado in the distance.

As they approached, Uesugi Kiyoshi gradually frowned.

He could now see the entirety of the tornado vortex.

It's a hydra.

A nine-headed serpent that is almost identical to that nine-headed serpent statue.

The nine snakes were all pitch black, writhing like tentacles, just like the pillar that supported the statue he had seen in the reservoir.

The snake's skin was covered with seemingly solid scales, and its eighteen eyes were tightly closed. Meanwhile, tumor-like protrusions would occasionally appear on the surface of its skin.

Upon closer inspection, they were shaped like human faces, their expressions filled with despair and sorrow, like prisoners trapped within a snake's body, desperately trying to break free of their shackles, only to be tightly bound by a layer of scales, unable to escape.

The surface of the hydra's body was covered with these emerging human faces.

At the same time, Uesugi Kiyoshi felt a bone-chilling cold.

It wasn't caused by Liu Longren's ice layer, nor by the terrifying aura emanating from those eerie faces, but by a chill that seemed to originate from nowhere and pierced the very soul.

A thick, dark gray fog swirled around the snake, mixed with murky seawater, making the nine-headed monster appear hazy and indistinct. Yet, under the reflection of a blood moon, it seemed both eerie and illusory.

"The Moon with a Thousand Faces. So that's why it's called the 'Moon with a Thousand Faces'?"

"These must be the [souls] that Hydra devoured, all of which are now imprisoned within its body?"

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"Putting everything else aside, this body type is not easy to cut. I'm afraid we'll have to use the god-like body of the Inugami again, right?"

"Humph"

"It's alright, I still have a killer move up my sleeve, I'll use you as a test!"

Uesugi Kiyoshi got into the zone quickly; all he could think about was how to dismember the behemoth in front of him and physically send it to its doom.

His current plan is to first cut off those nine heads and see if his Hundred Demons Scroll can also wipe out this outer god, just as he wanted to eliminate Tosho no Shinjun.

Just as his thoughts were gradually becoming clearer.

Suddenly, all eighteen snake eyes snapped open. The bright yellow, vertical snake eyes, carrying a hint of dangerous amusement and an undisguised malice, stared intently at Uesugi Kiyoshi.

Uesugi Kiyoshi was not frightened. He just grinned, waved his hands, and obtained two "Onikiri" swords.

He raised his head slightly, and subconsciously grinned as he uttered a question that only he himself could understand.

"What are you?"

Chapter 229 Tiger's Roar

The enormous hydra monster was as tall as a building with more than ten stories, and each of its scales was probably the size of a human child.

The upright snake eyes were filled with a dull orange-yellow, and the inky black of the pupils was as deep as an abyss.

When Uesugi Kiyoshi met the eyes of the nine-headed serpent, even as he uttered harsh words, an uncontrollable sense of dread surged from his heart, only to be abruptly cut off by his "heart of clear and still waters" that he had long since submerged.

Having experienced so much fighting and been taught by his master to meditate and cultivate his spirit, he was mentally resilient and steadfast. Even a glance at this thing would cause him to be momentarily distracted. What would happen if an ordinary person saw it?

I'm afraid my fragile nerves would snap instantly, and a wall of faith would rise up in my heart in an instant, turning me into a puppet to be manipulated by others—it would only take a moment.

This was a strange quality that Uesugi Kiyoshi had never seen in any of the ghosts or spirits he had encountered. The existence of this enormous creature before him was like a poison to humanity, an unstoppable spiritual pollution.

Uesugi Kiyoshi reacted quickly, his mind and body aligning perfectly. With a wave of his hands and a swift movement, he held both katanas upside down, his body already arched, like a cannonball ready to be fired.

He had already outlined his battle plan in his mind—to use the giant serpent's body for leverage, and incidentally test the hardness of its scales with his Onikiri sword. He would spiral upwards, gather his strength in the blade, and use a single Evil Slash to first cleave the seven-inch spot of one of the serpent's heads, thus probing the depths of this Outer God.