The Warrior of Love

“Wuwuwu… Ahahahaha… It’s all my fault, Master! But, but, because of that hero, I no longer have the confidence to use the sword!”

Chapter 361: The Essence of the Ashina School

The whole story is very simple. The brave man guided by the healing goddess Lista came to the realm of gods to find the God of War for training, and then he met the God of Swords by chance.

At that time, Celseus had already "graduated" from Jiang Liu's wing. On top of his original swordsmanship, he had learned a lot of new techniques and even created more than one or two skills. It was a time when he was full of ambition and wanted to teach others.

The brave man's visit really hit the spot for him, so he agreed without thinking too much.

After all, the previous hero (Jiang Liu) destroyed his self-confidence, or to be more precise, taught him a direction. Now that he meets a novice, isn't this a great opportunity to find psychological balance?

With this thought in mind, the Sword God regained his courage and began to practice swordsmanship with the hero.

And then I was beaten into autism!

It's not that he couldn't beat him right from the start. At the beginning, there was still a big gap in strength between the hero and him, and he was able to defeat the opponent easily.

But as his practice deepened, the opponent's terrifying growth potential began to show up. In almost every sparring match, the hero's progress could be clearly felt, and it was getting faster and faster, like a wild horse without a rein.

After about three days, the brave man had almost mastered the Sword God's original skills. From the fourth day, he began to learn the "Ashina Ryu (upgraded version of Jiang Liu)" passed down from Jiang Liu. This slightly hindered the opponent's progress, but it was perfectly copied after five days.

From this time on, the Sword God finally realized the problem: he was beginning to lose the battle against his opponent!

Of course, gods are definitely stronger than humans in terms of power level, but the unified divine world stipulates that gods cannot easily use all of their divine power. They even need to apply for full release, and this limitation is even more obvious when fighting humans.

Even martial gods such as the Sword God and the Fighting God do not possess power that exceeds the limits of human beings.

However, even if they do not have the advantage in strength, they are still real gods, and their technology completely crushes humans.

Even if the skills were passed on to humans, the difference in proficiency between the two sides was so great that the gods would still win in a battle.

Although they are not from the same worldview, the speed of Heber's progress can also show how great the advantage of the gods is.

There has never been a person like Jiang Liu who relied on his skills to defeat the gods and even accepted disciples... to unify the divine world.

The Sword God felt that he had already encountered a monster like Jiang Liu, so no matter how unlucky he was, he would be able to encounter another one? So he was very confident when teaching the brave man.

It's too late to regret now.

The opponent's learning ability and fighting talent are extraordinary, even the Sword God has to admit defeat. Once you understand the skills, you can use them flexibly and make it impossible for the Sword God to attack.

Gradually, the opponent's basic attributes caught up, so that the Sword God could not gain any advantage in the battle and was repeatedly defeated.

But this is not the worst... The worst thing is that guy is a robot and he never rests!

All he does all day is eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and practice. He doesn't need any entertainment or relaxation at all. He is as precise as a clock that is wound up. When the time comes, he will come and drag the Sword God out and give him a good beating. He has obviously learned all the skills he should learn, but he still repeats this behavior.

When asked, the answer was: You can gain a lot of experience points.

——That day, the Sword God Celseus finally recalled the fear of being dominated by Jiang Liu and the humiliation of being trampled under the feet of humans.

The psychological shadow from the past broke out again. The image of the brave man in the Sword God's mind became closer to that big devil (Jiang Liu). His self-confidence was inhumanely destroyed. He finally decided to give up the sword and survive as a chef.

People like me are not worthy of using a sword—words of the sword god.

Jiang Liu naturally sympathized with such a pitiful Sword God - but that was strange!

Can't win? Is that a reason? No!

If you can't defeat them head-on, use a roundabout approach!

If you can't defeat me with a sword, use a spear!

Bows and arrows, traps, grapples, blowguns, and if all else fails, use a musket!

You don’t even understand this, you’re really embarrassing for our Ashina school!

What is the basis of Jiang Liu's swordsmanship?

In the final analysis, it was the "Ashina-ryu" that he learned from Feng in the Demon Slayer world, but he later improved it to a higher level and became the "Mushin-ryu", but they essentially have something in common.

What is the Ashina-ryu?

Just swordplay? No!

Rather than calling it swordsmanship, it is more like a "method of winning."

This school of thought is not restricted by the type of weapons, and does not even care about decency and form. As long as it can win, it is fine to use spears, swords, or even muskets.

Jiang Liu is the same, he is not obsessed with using the sword, his swordsmanship has reached the current level, which feels a bit like a coincidence, it is an accidental achievement.

It's just that at this stage, his swordsmanship and physical skills are the strongest, so he only uses the sword in close combat. In Tiga's world view, he is stronger when he transforms into a giant, so he doesn't use the sword much.

If you don't understand that "everything can be a sword", you won't be able to comprehend the true meaning of Ashina Style.

Look at him, he not only uses swords, but also fists, flare cannons, drives Gundams - he uses everything he can, but this is undoubtedly the Ashina style!

For a true sword master, everything he uses is a sword!

Jiang Liu had clearly taught the Sword God that the Ashina style was "obsessed with victory" rather than "obsessed with the sword", but now it seems that he did not truly understand.

No wonder, he is the "Sword God" after all!

"You are useless. Don't say you learned Ashina-ryu from now on." Jiang Liu sighed deeply, "But I am still half a teacher after all. I can't watch you degenerate like this."

"master……"

"If you are still a man, if you still have a bit of courage left, then muster up the courage to hold the sword! From today on, I will teach you a more advanced secret. You have to overcome your fear and defeat that brave man on your own!"

“Master! Wuwuwu…”

"Okay, baby, don't cry."

Jiang Liu curled his lips after touching the head of the Sword God who was half-kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly.

Anyway, there is plenty of time in the divine realm, so it doesn’t matter if I take this moment off. I might as well treat it as extra training.

Just as he finished speaking, a steady and penetrating male voice came from behind.

"Why, are you hiding here?"

"Ugh!"

The Sword God subconsciously shuddered all over and uttered a cry that was totally unmanly. Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly, and he had already guessed the identity of the visitor.

He turned around slowly and saw a man and a woman standing not far away.

One is a beautiful girl with beautiful blonde hair, presumably the healing goddess Lista, and next to her is a tall, handsome and tough guy.

Oh, and a handsome guy?

Jiang Liu nodded secretly: This appearance does look like a "hero".

In comparison, Jiang Liu looks like a minor now, with no dignity or heroism at all... Alas, I really miss the muscles I had in the past!

Although Heber seemed to like the way he looked now, to be honest he preferred a bigger body - in every way.

"Still hiding here? That's outrageous. Come with me quickly, today's training is about to begin!" The brave man spoke directly to the Sword God without any politeness, ignoring Jiang Liu who was standing between them.

“This…this…can’t do!”

Celseus's expression was distorted: "I refuse--"

"You must be kidding! How can you call yourself the Sword God? Your godhead is crying!"

The black-haired brave rebuked the other party righteously, as if the miserable appearance of the Sword God had nothing to do with him.

"Come with me quickly, how long do you want to hide?"

"No... Master!"

The Sword God subconsciously looked at Jiang Liu, with a look as if he was about to collapse.

The brave man then noticed Jiang Liu's presence: "Well, who is this kid? You call him master? It turns out that gods also have master-disciple relationships..."

"Little brat? That's too rude. Although I look young, I am a hero who saves the world just like you."

Jiang Liu grinned: "And he is also the swordsmanship master of this worthless fellow."

"Brave man? Swordsmanship master?" The black-haired young man looked a little confused.

"Don't believe it?"

Jiang Liu's mouth curled up slightly: "Then let me replace Celseus and train with you, how about it?"

The black-haired hero calmly asked, "Who is stronger, you or the Sword God?"

"what?"

Jiang Liu thought about it and smiled: "Maybe I am just a little bit stronger."

Chapter 362: His name is Ryuguin Seiya

Ryuguuin Seiya, with black hair and black eyes, has the appearance of a standard East Asian tough guy. He is over 180 cm tall, and his well-trained body has the most enviable proportions. No matter how you look at him, he looks like a kingly protagonist.

That's what it looks like!

But in fact, this guy is far from the "traditional hero". His personality is neither sunny nor gentle. He treats his companions with a sharp tongue and does not hide his dark side. He basically ignores the goddess's advice and saves the world at his own pace.

The most unbearable thing is probably his inflexible style of treating everyone as tools.

The ultimate in pragmatism!

as well as--

Incredibly cautious!

"That's already morbid, Aria-senpai!"

The blonde goddess Lista desperately complained to Aaliyah, "This hero is sick. He is so powerful, but he treats a slime as a formidable enemy. He won't be done until he completely blows up the surrounding ground. And he has just walked out of the Novice Village!

And he killed the Four Heavenly Kings in the village before, which was supposed to be a good thing, but he insisted on bombing the remains of the Four Heavenly Kings over and over again until they were completely destroyed. The whole village was almost burned down by the aftermath... Just apologizing is enough to make me almost unable to straighten my back."

"That's really... thank you for your hard work."

When faced with such a situation, Alia didn't know how to comfort her, but she also had her own opinion on the matter.

"However, this man is not a bad person by nature. I believe he is actually a very gentle person. You have to learn to adapt to his style and then guide him as a goddess. Then you will find that getting along with him may not be that difficult."

"Hmm... Aria-senpai is so mature. When can I grow up to be a goddess who is as calm as you?"

"Lisda is already very good now. She was born less than a hundred years ago. It's amazing that she can achieve this level."

"Only a hundred years old? So young."

"Senior Alia, who is this kid?" Alia pointed blankly at Heber who was drinking tea nearby.

"Oh, she is the hero's companion."

"How rude! I am older than you. I should be the one calling you kid."

"Sorry, sorry, is it an elf? They look very young from the outside, I made a mistake in judgment."

Lista smiled with a hint of "honesty".

For some reason, Heber felt that this smile was very friendly and somewhat familiar...ah, it was similar to the smile of a water goddess he met a few days ago!

"The hero you follow is the one in the field, right?"

Lisda asked worriedly, "Is it okay?"

"what?"

“Is it really okay to just let him fight Seiya like this?”

The blonde goddess pointed at the two people facing each other in the training field and said, "Well, although it's a little weird for me to say...but, Seiya is really strong."

"Oh……"

"Don't act like you don't care!"

Lista was a little anxious: "Maybe his personality is terrible, but that person probably converted all his social skills and gentleness and consideration into ability points, resulting in him becoming a guy who is useless except for fighting."

The black-haired hero in the distance glanced over here silently, but the healing goddess didn't notice at all and was still persuading Heber on her own.

"Even though he's such a bad person, he's the strongest hero who's invincible in combat! Even that sword god has lost his confidence. If he also casts a shadow on your hero... that would be too embarrassing!"

Although her words were not measured and sounded like a provocation, Lista really did not have that thought. She was kind by nature and was a true goddess. She was reminding Hebe out of good intentions.

During the time she spent with Ryuguuin Seiya, her biggest impressions of this hero were two things: his sharp tongue was really annoying, and -

This guy's fighting ability is really scary!

"Oh, thanks for the reminder...but it should be fine."