Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

The battle had just ended not long ago, and people from below had already come to notify many people to call or come directly to consult and sign up to join.

The subsequent matches became quite normal again. It cannot be said that they were not exciting, and the dazzling skills were indeed pleasing to the eye. However, compared with the previous performances by Kotonoha Katsura and Shiki Ryougi, it was a bit lacking.

The next person to compete was Miyamoto Gojo of Niten Ichiryu, who defeated the players of Hokushin Ittoryu and Yagyu Shinkage-ryu to take the last spot. The two people who got a place before him were Ryougi Shiki of the Ryogi family and Katsura Kotonoha of the Shinkage-ryu.

Ryougi Shiki changed out of the clothes that Li Xuan gave her. With her newfound strength, she defeated all her opponents and secured a spot without even using her magic eyes.

Katsura Yanye played steadily and did not use overwhelming force to win. Instead, she worked hard to hone her battle awareness and finally defeated her opponent.

Ryougi Shiki and Katsura Yanye faced off first, and they instantly sensed the strong aura that belonged only to Li Xuan in each other's bodies. Katsura Yanye smiled under her protective gear, and she knew that the person opposite her could see her smile.

Just as Kaede Yuki thought, Ryougi Shiki also felt Li Xuan's breath from Kaede Yuki's breath, which was much stronger than her own body. She was only inside, while Kaede Yuki was from the inside out. She could clearly see Kaede Yuki's smile at her, and Ryougi Shiki felt her kindness. Her cold and pretty face had the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"Let's have a contest?" Ryougi Shiki didn't intend to admit defeat, at least not like this. She wanted to measure whether the person she liked was strong enough to be loyal to her.

After hearing what Ryougi Shiki said, Katsura Kotonoha nodded and said, "That's right, but be careful not to cause too much noise."

"I see"

The Shinkage-ryu sword-drawing slash appeared again. Katsura Kotonoha and Ryougi Shiki only used the third level of internal energy cultivation, and internal energy threads appeared on their wooden swords at the same time.

Gui Yanye used the third level of internal energy cultivation, and the speed of drawing the sword was increased by a level. The speed of drawing the sword was as fast as lightning, almost escaping the speed captured by the naked eye.

The reporters who had been paying attention to the stage only felt that the wooden sword on Katsura Yanye's waist seemed to blur for a moment, and then there was a "clang" sound, and Katsura Yanye's wooden sword collided with Ryougi Shiki's wooden sword.

What was even more shocking was that the reporter saw another knife mark on the ground, and this time the knife mark was five or six centimeters deep.

Faced with a scene that he could not understand, the reporter was planning to ask the judges including Toudou Hua. Unexpectedly, Toudou Hua and the others on the judges' panel were shocked when they saw the aura revealed by the fight between Katsura Kotonoha and Ryougi Shiki. They all looked at the two people who were fighting fiercely with great concentration.

There was one exception, that was Li Xuan who was half-supporting his chin and looking at him below with a slight smile on his lips.

When the reporter saw this, he had been planning to interview this young man, so he immediately pulled the cameraman over. After walking in, the reporter looked at Li Xuan's unparalleled appearance and suddenly felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him a few months ago.

But this is a tense moment, and the reporter did not have time to think about these things. He came to Li Xuan and asked questions.

"Dear judge, the fight between the two contestants below is very intense, especially the two of them who are supposed to be powerful warriors with chi. Mr. Miyamoto and the others are paying close attention, but you seem to be a little relaxed. Which of the two below do you think has a better chance of winning?" The reporter had not yet remembered the identity of the young man, so the question he asked was a bit conservative.

Although he is bold, he is also a smart guy and will not ask random questions and offend people whose identities he is not sure about.

When Li Xuan heard the reporter's question, he turned his eyes, saw his work ID, and said lightly, "It's a draw, but if there must be a winner, the Liangyi family may be stronger, and the Shinyinryu will hold back."

Chapter 351: The Land of Demons

"Can you tell me the reason?" The reporter continued to ask after hearing Li Xuan's speculation.

Li Xuan tapped the table with his finger, as if thinking for a moment, and then said, "It should be the reason for getting along with them and understanding them."

"Hmm? Is this judge familiar with the two people fighting below? Are you also from the Demon Exorcist Family?" The reporter was a little confused when he heard Li Xuan's words. The two daughters of the Liangyi Family and the Shinyin Ryu, the former is from the Demon Exorcist Family, which is usually difficult to interview and very mysterious; the latter is a new kendo dojo, although it is not difficult to interview, it is not easy either. Taken together, if Li Xuan is from the Demon Exorcist Family, it can explain why he knows the two of them.

Hearing the reporter's words, Li Xuan chuckled, "The Demon-Exorcist Family? They are not qualified. As for my identity, you can think about it yourself. The outcome will be revealed soon."

The reporter who was about to ask something immediately turned his eyes away after hearing Li Xuan's words, and the photographer's camera also turned back to the arena.

At this time, the figures of Ryougi Shiki and Katsura Kotonoha on the field had become a little blurry. Even though their bodies transformed by internal energy had not yet burst out with full force, they still showed signs of trying to break free from the upper limit of ordinary people's naked eye capture.

The movements of the two were extremely smooth and swift, and the wooden swords made bursts of breaking wind sounds when they were swung. Under the guidance of Li Xuan, Gui Yanye's sword skills became more sophisticated, and with her extraordinary body and powerful internal energy, every swing of the sword seemed to be in heaven. Ryougi Shiki's side was much simpler. She directly opened her magic eye, and Gui Yanye's attacks had flaws in her magic eye, and she hit them all accurately, giving the impression that she could break all attacks with one force.

Moreover, as time went on, the internal energy of the two people began to materialize slightly in the last two minutes, and the surface of the arena was completely cut through by the sword energy of the two wooden swords.

"It happened again... again. Without any contact, the marble arena showed signs of cutting. This is another realm of martial arts, the aftermath of destruction caused by the fight between martial artists." The reporter did not dare to get too close to the arena. He was nearly five meters away from the arena, and his hair was standing on end. A careful observation revealed that there were faint knife marks on the ground not far from the reporter.

The two people on the stage were also paying attention to the countdown. In the last ten seconds, Katsura Kotonoha used her sword to distance herself from Ryougi Shiki, and then sheathed the wooden sword. She was going to use the sword-drawing technique as her final announcement.

"Kill!" Gui Yanye shouted, and the movement of drawing the sword in her hand blurred in an instant. Like lightning, she completed the process of drawing the sword in a few tenths of a second.

At this time, Ryougi Shiki's Demonic Eyes showed a huge advantage. At the same level, her Demonic Eyes directly captured the powerful and lightning-fast sword-drawing slash of Katsura Yanye. With a shake of her body, she cheated a little, instantly improving her physical fitness to her full strength. Her body turned into a stream of light to avoid the sword light of the sword-drawing slash, and the wooden sword in her hand hit the back of Katsura Yanye's blade.

"Time is up, game is over," the referee blew the whistle.

Seeing Ryougi Shiki's final move, Katsura Yanye was stunned for a moment, then she smiled, looked at the wooden sword with broken blade, and put it back.

"Ms. Kotonoha, I'm sorry, I broke the agreement in a hurry..." Ryougi Shiki felt a little embarrassed.

However, Katsura Yanye shook her head, stretched out her hand and made a gesture of reconciliation.

When Ryougi Shiki saw the hand stretched out in front of her, she stopped what she was going to say and stretched out her hand as well.

"It doesn't matter. Since you are the one recognized by Xuanjun, then I recognize you too. You are Miss Shiki from the Ryogi family, right? I have seen you a long time ago, but your face was always cold at that time. Now, let's go shopping together when we have time." After the reconciliation ceremony, Katsura Yanye took off the protective gear for the kendo competition, revealing a delicate face. She reached out and took the initiative to hold Ryogi Shiki and walked down the arena.

Ryougi Shiki's final burst of energy allowed her to win with a slight advantage.

After that, after a short rest, Ryougi Shiki and Katsura Kotonoha had a round of competition with Miyamoto Gojo of Niten Ichiryu respectively, and finally defeated Miyamoto Gojo and won the victory. At this point, the top three of this kendo competition have been decided.

After accepting interviews with reporters and sharing their own training experiences, people from many kendo schools exchanged greetings for a while and then left one after another.

Finally, three families remained, namely Hokushin Ittoryu, Shinkage-ryu and Ryogi.

To be precise, the top three were left. Hokushin Ittoryu and Ryogi were the families that had won the top three and entered the Demon Sealed Land, so they had very clear information about the Demon Sealed Land. As for Shinkage-ryu, Miyamoto Nobuya just explained the final chapter of the Kendo Tournament to Katsura Kotonoha's father.

Under the gaze of everyone, the heads of the Ryogi family and the other three demon-exorcising families, the Nanaya, Jyomu and Asagami families, walked out and came to the building next to the cherry blossom pond where Li Xuan and Ryogi Shiki were at noon. There was a very abrupt torii here, and under the torii was a killing stone surrounded by many white "blessings".

Judging from the scene, it seems that this is the place where demons are sealed.

The Killing Stone is a sealing tool that Sakura often uses. The "blessing" wrapped around it is used to strengthen the seal.

"Get ready. Once the sealed passage is opened, go inside. You have three hours to conduct the trial. Kill the demon you think is the most valuable, take the evidence from them, and then come back. If you don't come back after three hours, we will close the passage directly," the head of the Liangyi family said calmly, and then nodded to the heads of the other three families. The four of them formed four different hand seals.

Four beams of spiritual power emerged from their hands and projected onto the Killing Stone, instantly covering the entire Killing Stone.

The "blessing" on the killing stone covered by the spiritual power beam melted automatically like ice and snow falling into water.

After all the blessings disappeared, the Killing Stone shook, and then a portal formed by blue light suddenly appeared.

"Trial-taker, come in," the head of the Liangyi family spoke again.

Miyamoto Gojo, carrying the Miyamoto family's famous sword, Kiri, walked in first and disappeared in the blue light of the portal. Ryougi Shiki, Katsura Kotonoha, and Li Xuan kissed each other before walking into the portal with a fighting look on their faces.

With the blessing of their men, they are full of strength. Gui Yanye holds a fiery red sword in her hand. This is a weapon tailored by Li Xuan according to her knife-using habits - Qingxin. The blade is forged with special materials and finally blessed by Li Xuan with the sun god fire.

She and her sister Saionji Sekai each have a sword, hers is fiery red and Saionji Sekai's is aqua blue. However, in this duel, Saionji Sekai did not have the chance to be a substitute, so now she could only hold Li Xuan's arm and cheer for her sister.

Chapter 352: Strange Fish in the Sealed Demon Land

Ryougi Shiki held the Doujikiri Yasunaga that carried her oath to Li Xuan, smiled at Katsura Kotonoha, and walked into the portal at the same time.

There was a flash of blue light.

Kotonoha Katsura and Shiki Ryougi have appeared in a town. This town is similar to the one in ancient times of Sakura, but there is no human presence here. This is also the demon-sealing place that has been passed down for many years by the four major demon-exorcising families. The evil spirits that cannot be completely killed in reality will be thrown here by them.

In the center of the town, a faint golden light was spreading.

"The whole town is filled with malice." Ryougi Shiki's magic eyes opened instantly when he came in, and he could clearly see the malice in the Demon Sealed Land that was almost covering the sky. This meant that there were powerful evil spirits in the town.

"Let's go. We'll head forward. The people from Ertianyisu have already left. We have three hours. Hopefully we can meet a suitable target." Gui Yanye scanned with his mental power and led the way in another direction. Ryougi Shiki didn't say anything, but followed.

Roar! ! An evil ghost that had lost its mind and was formed by malicious invasion, its head fell off in an instant under the flash of Qingxin's sword. Gui Yanye did not hold back here. He drew his sword and slashed with Qingxin's sharpness. The evil ghost that had just reached the internal energy stage lost consciousness before it could even see who killed it.

"Are all the ghouls here this kind? Are ghouls of this strength worthy of being placed in the Demon Sealed Land?" Ryougi Shiki swung her sword, and the several-meter-long blade of energy cut off several ghouls in front of her. If the situation was not very urgent, she did not want Doujiki Yasuna to come into contact with these dirty evil spirits.

After cutting off the last ghoul in front of her, Katsura Yanye sheathed the pure and bloodless blade and frowned. She and Ryougi Shiki walked a few hundred meters to the center of the town, close to the light of pale golden color. At this time, dozens of ghouls suddenly rushed out from the tightly closed doors nearby. After dealing with them casually, Ryougi Shiki was very confused.

According to the Liangyi family's intelligence about the Demon Sealed Land, the evil ghosts with internal energy levels of three to five should be imprisoned here, and there should not be many of them. How could such miscellaneous soldiers as corpse ghosts appear here in such large numbers?

"Hehehe, two more delicious humans?" A malicious laugh sounded.

Katsura Yanye and Ryougi Shiki instantly caught the source of the sound. Katsura Yanye did not hesitate and drew his sword and slashed. The sharp blade light instantly cut through the more than ten-meter-high building in front of him.

"Dodged?" Gui Yanye used his mental power to scan and did not sense any fluctuations of life where the knife passed.

The severed buildings began to collapse, and a sinister voice sounded again, "Oh, that was a close call, I almost got killed, are humans so dangerous?"

Hearing this voice, Gui Yanye turned the Qingxin sword in her hand and used the Jingtao sword technique. Unlike the delicate sword light of the sword-drawing technique, the sword energy of the Jingtao sword technique was huge and majestic. Gui Yanye danced with the sword, and hundreds of sword energies bombarded the place where the sound came from. This time she sensed the change in the breath of life.

"Found you," Gui Yanye had not retracted his mental power. The evil ghost who was emitting malicious voices in the dark was instantly startled by Gui Yanye's hundreds of huge sword energy attacks. He instantly activated his own technique and retracted his body into a jade pot. However, his actions were very hasty and he could not hide his breath again, so his location was found by Gui Yanye's mental power.

The Jingtao sword technique was activated again, and hundreds of huge sword auras flew out.

"Ding, ding, ding, clang". The buildings collapsed in the place that was continuously bombarded by sword energy, stirring up dust all over the sky. The sound of hard objects colliding came from the dust.

Gui Yanye felt the sudden momentum, which was even stronger than his own True Person Realm, and his face instantly became solemn.

"Miss Shiki, the enemy seems to be a little beyond the description of the Demon Sealed Land, right? Have your four major families ever produced a strong man in the Earth Realm?" Feeling the aura of that man, although countless times weaker than her own man, but indeed a man of the Earth Realm, although Gui Yanye looked solemn, there was no fear in her eyes. Instead, she asked about Ryougi Shiki.

"No, the person with the highest level of cultivation in the Liang Yi family's records is only at the Wu Leakage Realm. Legend has it that he has already touched the next realm, but unfortunately his lifespan has run out," Liang Yi Shiki responded very affirmatively.

"Then how did this evil ghost appear? It wouldn't have come out from some other place, right?" Gui Yanye pointed with Qingxin in her hand at the strange fish that appeared dozens of meters in front of her after the smoke and dust dissipated.

Gui Yanye's own sword energy hit the body of the strange fish, causing sparks but failing to cause any significant damage.

"I don't know. This strange fish is not recorded in the Demon Sealing Scroll." Ryougi Shiki saw the dust dissipate and the real body of the strange fish was revealed. She went over it in her mind but couldn't find the corresponding evil spirit.

The strange fish continued to laugh maliciously, allowing Katsura and Yanye to confirm that this was the evil ghost that had been hiding in the dark.

"Two very powerful humans, it seems that I should be able to complete Master Muzan's mission very well."

"You two, don't resist. I will be gentle. As long as you tell me everything I want to know, I will let you die happily with a smile. Chirp, chirp," said the strange fish, and more than ten tentacles grew on its back, quickly approaching Gui Yanye and the others.

Seeing the tentacles extending from the back of the strange fish, Katsura Kotonoha and Ryougi Shiki frowned at the same time.

"That's great. I also want to know how you got here." The Qingxin sword in Gui Yanye's hand slashed out in an instant. More than a dozen sword lights flashed and cut off the tentacles.

Unexpectedly, these broken tentacles fell to the ground and actually turned into monsters with half of their bodies inside a jade pot. The upper body was in the shape of a human, with strange facial features, a mouth where the eyes should be, and eyes where the mouth and eyebrows should be. It looked disgusting no matter how you looked at it.

Seeing this scene, Gui Yanye changed his sword technique again and used the Spirit Snake Sword Technique. Dozens of snake-shaped sword qi over one meter long flew out and hit the monster that was still flying towards him, instantly tearing the monster into pieces and leaving behind more than a dozen pools of black blood.

"If you have some skills, take my Thousand Needle Catfish Killer!" The strange fish shouted, and two goldfish came out of its mouth. The goldfish opened their mouths and sprayed poisonous needles all over the sky.

As for why it was a poison needle, it was because Ryougi Shiki, who was beside Katsura Kotonoha, punched the ground, and her fist, which was wrapped in internal energy, directly smashed the ground. A huge stone several meters long was picked up by her and blocked in front of the two of them. The poison needle hit the stone and pierced into it, and green poisonous smoke rose.

"Huh, Miss Shiki, please block these poison needles for me for a while, it will only take two breaths." Gui Yanye connected his mind to the sun mark on his hand, his aura instantly surged, he stepped into the Terrain Realm, and the blade of the Seishin Taidao was wrapped in light golden flames.

Chapter 353: Two Strike Beheadings

"Damn it, you actually have the power of the sun, you are Lord Muzan's enemy, kill, kill", although the strange fish could not see Katsura Kotonoha's actions because of the obstruction of the huge rock, it still keenly felt this power the moment the Sun Divine Fire appeared.

Because this power is the fear that comes from the blood of the adult who gave it power, and this power, like the small grass emitting a light golden light in the center of the town about a kilometer behind, makes it feel disgust and fear from the bottom of its heart.

"Blood Demon Art: Water Hell Bowl," the strange fish roared, and actually took out a jade pot of several dozen centimeters from its mouth. It shook the jade pot, and a huge stream of mucus rushed like waves towards the boulder where Gui Yanye and the other person were. The strange fish wanted to use the super acidic mucus to melt the two humans, especially the one with the breath of the sun.

The dilapidated buildings around were washed by the acid and were directly corroded and melted. Even the ground began to dissolve where the acid flowed. It can be seen that the acid shaken out of the jade pot by the strange fish is extremely corrosive.

"Shiki, it's ready," Gui Yanye had also completed a short period of accumulating energy. A shadow of fire appeared in his pupils, and he spoke to Ryougi Shiki. On the Seishin Tachi, the golden internal energy and the sun divine fire intertwined. As Gui Yanye drew his sword quickly, a gap seemed to appear in the space.