Fists that can subdue mountains and rivers, martial arts that can lead to immortality!

Rumble!

Four enormous figures were locked in a chaotic battle.

Jiang Wangzu was brimming with energy and had a wealth of combat experience. Every move he made possessed the power to shatter gold and split rocks. He punched a shikigami to the ground and then used the Myriad Manifestations Heaven-Reaching Fist to sweep it into the water.

Another shikigami wielding a huge battle sword slashed fiercely at him, sending sparks flying.

Click!

He slammed his fist into the battle sword, shattering it into pieces!

Then he delivered a flying kick, striking the shikigami directly in the heart, causing its chest cavity to collapse and sending it flying backwards into the water.

The last remaining shikigami wielded a giant axe and swung down, but Jiang Wangzu easily dodged the attack using the Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada technique.

Then, he came up behind it and thrust out with both fists, unleashing the Dragon-Elephant Combined Strike Technique, using the supreme Dragon-Elephant Force to send it flying!

"You cowardly rats who've been hiding yourselves, we've finally found you!"

Jiang Wangzu looked around and finally spotted the three Onmyoji hiding in the shadows, causing trouble.

The three guys broke out in a cold sweat when they saw Jiang Wangzu, who was even more terrifying than the shikigami they had raised.

However, Jiang Wangzu plunged into the icy river water and swam quickly towards the three Yin-Yang Masters hiding on the shore like a powerful dragon crossing the river!

"Run!"

"Run! Run! Run!"

"He's spotted us!"

The three Onmyoji fled in a shameless frenzy, but they were no match for Jiang Wangzu, who had mastered the Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada to its fullest extent, making him as swift as a whirlwind!

Boom boom boom!

After three punches, all three Onmyoji died under his iron fist.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Wangzu's eyes glazed over.

He realized he had no idea when he was on the ship.

Zhang Shanfeng was still waving at him.

"Brother Jiang, I've already driven that Japanese martial arts master away."

"I've discovered you've fallen under the illusion spell of those three Japanese Onmyoji. Are you alright?"

Zhang Shanfeng said with some lingering fear.

Eastern illusion magic kills without leaving a trace.

Although he was a Taoist priest, his understanding of sorcery was actually quite limited.

After all, not everyone is as monstrous as his master, Xuanxiaozi, who can be both a sorcerer and a martial artist!

"I am fine."

"I can't believe I've fallen for an illusion! I thought everything that just happened was real!"

"After I dealt with those ninjas, three ferocious-looking shikigami suddenly appeared on the deck. After defeating the three shikigami, I found the three onmyoji."

"After he blew them apart with a single punch, he headed back."

"I felt a moment of mental confusion, and when I opened my eyes, I realized that I hadn't left the passenger ship at all."

"As expected of a sorcerer's methods, they are truly impossible to guard against!"

Jiang Wangzu spoke with a serious expression.

"You mean you not only killed the Onmyoji's shikigami in the illusion, but also destroyed those three Onmyoji?"

"You're such a bullshit!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shanfeng was at a loss for words.

It's as fantastical as beating up the owner of a dream that's being controlled by someone else.

However, since Jiang Wangzu broke through the illusion of the three Yin-Yang Masters with his strength, it is estimated that the three Yin-Yang Masters were also mentally injured.

Even if you don't die, you'll be badly injured!

"Damn those Japanese devils, they've actually come to kill me!"

Jiang Wangzu thought to himself.

If Zhang Shanfeng hadn't been with him today, he probably would have had to flee in a sorry state.

In fact, if that Japanese martial arts master had joined forces with the other ninjas and the three Onmyoji, he might have really died here today!

The martial artist's skills are indeed remarkable, and his external martial arts are even more powerful!

However, his orthodox martial arts skills were too low; he had not even mastered true internal strength.

He hasn't even reached the Great Perfection of the Qi and Blood Realm yet.

The methods of dealing with the enemy are far too simplistic.

In martial arts training, the lower three stages—standing meditation, strength training, and skin polishing—are ordinary and commonplace.

Only when one reaches the three realms of Qi and Blood, Strength, and Innate Power can one be said to have begun to display divine might!

The skills of a martial artist at the Qi and Blood Realm are already extraordinary and far surpass those of ordinary people.

However, only when one reaches the Strength Realm, especially the later stage of the Strength Realm, can one's martial arts skills truly be considered divine.

Reaching the Innate Realm, one can reverse the innate state through acquired means and condense innate true energy. Only then can one truly swallow a mouthful of true energy and declare that one's fate is in one's own hands, not in the hands of heaven!

When Jiang Wangzu and Han Qiao sparred, Han Qiao would never really go all out.

But the enemy doesn't care whether you're a Qi and Blood Realm martial artist or a Strength Realm martial artist.

Their sole purpose was to kill!

Therefore, he must become stronger as soon as possible!

We must become stronger!

Three crew members died and two were injured on the passenger ship, but fortunately the captain only suffered minor injuries and the ship was able to continue sailing.

Jiang Wangzu had the passenger ship cleaned up, and then it sailed downstream along the Longjiang River.

Two days later.

They have officially arrived in Shanghai.

Upon learning of Jiang Wangzu's return to Shanghai, many people remained calm, but some high-ranking officials in the Japanese concession were quite unsettled.

In a secluded meeting room somewhere in the Japanese concession.

"Jiang Wangzu is back."

"I heard there were bloodstains on the passenger ship he was on, and several people were carried off the ship."

"Miyamoto must have made a mistake."

"The consul from the Japanese embassy said in a deep voice."

"How is this possible?"

"Miyamoto-kun is a martial arts grandmaster, while Jiang Wangzu is merely a Qi and Blood Realm martial artist. How could he possibly survive against a martial arts grandmaster?"

"Moreover, he was accompanied by over a dozen highly skilled assassination-level ninjas at the Power Realm, as well as three exceptionally skilled Onmyoji!"

"I can't believe it," said Tachibana Kuro, a member of a prominent Japanese zaibatsu family.

Nobody knows how Jiang Wangzu survived.

"But the fact that he is still alive is undeniable."

"However, the woman who left Shanghai with him did not return with him."

"I don't know if he was killed or if there was some other reason why he didn't return to Shanghai."

"But there was another person with Jiang Wangzu, a tall middle-aged man."

"I suspect that Miyamoto and his men's failure might be related to this person."

Toyotomi Toshihide, a direct descendant of the Japanese nobility, pondered for a moment before revealing the intelligence he had obtained.

"Jiang Wangzu has returned alive."

"But Miyamoto and the others haven't returned yet."

"If it's just a failed assassination attempt, it's not a big deal."

"But if Miyamoto-kun, along with a dozen or so powerful ninjas and three Onmyoji, were to die, that would be a true loss for our Eastern Empire!"

Kameda Taiken, the military representative of the Eastern Empire, glanced at everyone and sighed deeply.

As an island nation in the East, with a weak cultural foundation, every practitioner is extremely precious.

Although times have changed drastically, martial artists can no longer decide everything as they did in the past.

However, powerful martial artists are certainly very useful.

Martial arts masters like Miyamoto Kojiro are strategic resources!

"Send men to search for Miyamoto-kun and the others. We need to find them alive or dead!"

The consul of the Japanese concession spoke up.

"Hey!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.