I'm having fun in Tokyo

He should rest today, of course, but he also wanted to use his free time this afternoon to apply his experience and advance to the Sword Saint realm.

The sooner I become stronger, the sooner I can feel at ease, and at the same time, the sooner I can help Hiizuki and Mitsuko.

His gaze swept over Asaka, who was lying on the side of the sofa.

After Asaka finished helping Erii change her clothes, she lay there listening to the conversation between Hiizuki and Mitsuko, glancing at Erii every now and then with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

"Come on, Asaka, come out with me for a bit."

Asaka paused for a moment, then turned to him: "Going out? Didn't you just get back? Where are you going now?"

“Let’s go outside the manor,” Morikawa Yu said.

Asaka hesitated for a moment: "Then what...what are you going to do?"

Morikawa Yu: "It's nothing, I just wanted you to practice kendo with me so I could see how much I've improved."

"Is that all?" Asaka breathed a sigh of relief.

She stood up, walked from the sofa to his seat, looked up at him, and said, "Well, let's go then. I'll use my demon form this time to show you how powerful I am."

Chapter 485 The Realm of Sword Saint

Morikawa Yu nodded with a smile, as if to say, "You're absolutely right."

He released Feiyue's hand and turned to walk towards the entrance.

Asaka immediately followed in his footsteps, and together they left the living room entrance and headed out of the manor.

Stepping out of the barrier and onto the outside of the manor, Morikawa Yu walked a little further away.

He looked at the surrounding buildings, reached out, took out a golden amulet from the space of the Imperial Seal, released his divine power, and opened his domain. The dazzling golden ripples spread outwards, enveloping the surrounding space and the distant buildings.

Asaka watched him unfold his domain, her tail swaying slightly behind her: "What exactly are you trying to do, expanding your domain so much, human?"

"Stepping into the realm of Sword Saint," Morikawa Yu said softly.

"Huh? Reached the level of Sword Saint?" Asaka's eyes widened as she looked him up and down, her gaze suspicious. "You're not kidding me, are you?"

"Although your swordsmanship has improved a lot since you came back, do you really want to reach the level of Sword Saint so quickly?"

"Are you still dreaming or dreaming?"

"Do I look like I haven't slept yet?" Morikawa Yu raised an eyebrow.

Asaka approached him, looked closely at his face, circled him once, then leaned closer and shook her head: "It doesn't seem like it, but what you said is too outrageous."

Do you know how many sword saints emerged during the entire Warring States period?

"one!"

"Among you humans, there is only one swordsman who can truly be called a sword saint!"

Morikawaha: "Tsukahara Buden?"

If we're talking about the only true swordsman of Japan's Sengoku period, then it has to be Tsukahara Bokuden.

The other party was considered the teacher of another "sword saint," Kamiizumi Nobutsuna.

Although Kamiizumi Nobutsuna was also known as the "Sword Saint" like Tsukahara Bokuden, he was more skilled in military strategy, and the title of "Nation's Number One" was bestowed upon him by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, his apprentice who was serving as the Shogun at the time.

Of course, the history of the past life and the present life are different, so it depends on the circumstances of this life.

"Tsukahara Bokuden?" Asaka paused for a moment.

She frowned: "Who is that?"

"It's nothing, just a guess. Asaka, please continue." Morikawa Yu waved his hand.

Asaka: "Then you guessed wrong too. The person I was talking about was named Urabe Asataka. He was the son of the head priest of Kashima Shrine at the time. Although I have never met him, that should be his name."

Morikawa Yu nodded.

If he remembers correctly, Tsukahara Bokuden's childhood name was Asataka, and his father was a priest at Kashima Shrine with the surname Bokube.

The identities match, and the names are somewhat similar, so it must be the same person.

"Hey, are you even listening?!" Asaka said, but then noticed that Morikawa Yu was lost in thought, and glared at him angrily.

Morikawa Yu snapped out of her reverie: "Yes, I'm listening. Please continue."

"Hmph." Asaka rolled her eyes at him: "Stupid human, always making fun of me, never speaking seriously, and now you're making this kind of joke at me again, talking about entering the realm of sword saint."

"You humans have only produced one sword saint, and he is considered the person with the highest achievement in swordsmanship among you humans."

"How long have you been practicing kendo? You already think you can reach the same level as him?"

She crossed her arms and turned her head away.

Sword Saint...

That is truly a realm where a human being can rival ghosts and gods.

Although she was not human, had never practiced swordsmanship, and had never seen the sword saint, she had heard about him from Kurozo, the ancestral god of the Tokugawa family.

Aside from the powerful, hidden figures like the Great Yokai of the Age of Gods and the shrine priests of Meishin Taisha, the most powerful Yokai are the Oni-gods and the human sword saints.

These high-ranking demons were no match for them at all.

He's still far from being able to defeat her in her demon form, let alone be a human.

"Mm." Morikawa Yu nodded, smiled, and did not deny it.

He took out Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Mikazuki Munechika from the Goshuincho, held the two swords horizontally, summoned the wind, and held the two swords up so that they were unsheathed and stood beside him. Then he put his hands together and closed his eyes.

Asaka paused for a moment: "Hey, human, what do you want to do?"

"You're not planning to meditate on your two swords until you become a Sword Saint, are you? Becoming a Sword Saint is incredibly difficult, truly difficult. It's not something you can achieve through mere meditation..."

"You are still young. Lady Mitsuko and Lady Hisukaku will definitely find a way to help you become an immortal. You have plenty of time to cultivate slowly, so there's no need to rush."

"If you don't become an immortal being, even if you become a sword saint, your body will still be human, your lifespan won't increase, and you'll still slowly age. You'd better think about how to become an immortal being and increase your lifespan. Otherwise, if you die of old age, who knows what Lady Mitsuko and Lady Hisagi will do..."

She approached Morikawa Yu, then suddenly stopped, took a step back, and then took a few more steps back, looking at Morikawa Yu with surprise and uncertainty.

Right next to Morikawa Yu, Mikazuki and Tsurumaru simultaneously rang out their swords, their blades gleaming.

And a faint breeze began to swirl around him.

Soon, these winds became more and more pronounced, almost tangible, converging into a tornado that surrounded his body and began to spread outwards.

Asaka hesitated for a moment, then quickly stepped back, turned around, and ran to the street corner more than 200 meters outside the manor. She jumped onto the roof of the building at the street corner, stood on the edge of the roof, and looked in the direction of Morikawa Yu.

To her astonishment, she discovered that a towering tornado had formed there.

It continued to extend and expand upwards, shattering the clouds above the pale golden domain space, eventually forming a storm eye with a diameter of nearly 100 meters and a range of thousands of meters.

Looking up from below, it covers almost half of the sky.

In the eye of the storm, Morikawa Yu opened his eyes. He gripped Tsurumaru in his right hand and Mikazuki in his left, held the two swords horizontally, crossed them in front of him, and swung them forward in a horizontal slash.

The tornado surrounding him then passed over his body and moved forward, causing the winds within the domain to stir.

But this tornado did not spread out and expand like the whirlwinds he usually unleashed, nor did it sweep up everything around it like a whale sucking in water, stirring up violent turbulence, nor did it resemble a natural storm that rampages around.

Under his control, it moved forward silently and slowly, leaving behind huge ravines tens of meters wide and four or five meters deep in its wake.

When it reached the end of his line of sight, Morikawa Yu gripped the hilt of his sword, and with both swords slashing in a semi-circle, they were mostly sheathed.

The storm, which had been moving silently, then gradually came to a stop.

He turned his head, glanced in Asaka's direction, and gently closed his twin swords.

An eerie silence fell over everything around them. The towering storm tornado also came to a standstill in an instant. All was silent except for the sound of two heartbeats.

The next moment, the tornado suddenly trembled, and the eye of the storm in the sky pressed down sharply, bursting into a huge explosion, transforming into an ever-expanding circular storm. The surrounding streets, and even the more distant buildings on the ground, were instantly reduced to ashes and disappeared.

The pale golden light in the space dimmed, leaving only stark black and white, which, from a distance, resembled the dividing line between dawn and dusk...

Chapter 486 Conditions for the Ascension Trial

On the other side, Asaka stood on the edge of the rooftop, staring in astonishment at the eye of the storm looming down in the distant sky.

As the tornado burst open, she waved her hand and unleashed a pale white demonic energy, which transformed into a barrier to protect herself and the tall building beneath her feet. Even so, cracks began to appear in the wall beneath her feet, and the buildings next to her collapsed the moment the storm struck.

The storm finally subsided after nearly a minute.

Beneath Asaka's feet, only a small area of ​​two or three meters in size remained, a place where she could stand; the rest of the area seemed to have been weathered away and disappeared.

She stared blankly in the direction where Morikawa Yu was, her eyes wide with confusion: "No way...?"

Sword Saint level?

She thought of the Sengoku period swordsman, Urabe no Tomotaka, whom she had just mentioned to Morikawa Yu.

Although she had never seen the other party make a move, she had heard Kurozo's description.

It is said that the opponent has a special technique called "Ichi no Tachi".

The opponent used this ultimate technique while fighting a ghost. The moment the sword was drawn, a burst of black and white light appeared around it, like the boundary between dawn and dusk.

The demon that fought him had its head severed instantly by that slash, and didn't realize it was headless until several breaths later.

Then the other party sheathed his sword, allowing the ghost to retrieve his head, thus letting the ghost off the hook.

The ghost knew he had lost, admitted he was inferior in skill, and became the other's disciple, treating him with the respect due to a teacher. He began to study human swordsmanship until the other died of old age, and then no one knew where he went.

Afterwards, she asked the Inari deity who had disguised herself as "Mizuko" at the time.

The Inari God told her that it was the highest realm that humans could reach, and the most powerful force that humans could unleash. To achieve this, one must use human strength to control the might of heaven, or combine the energy of heaven and earth to achieve the unity of mind, skill, and power.

Only in this way is it possible to reach the realm of a sword saint.

She was only halfway through her sentence when she tried to tell Morikawa Yu what the Inari God had said, but she didn't expect Morikawa Yu to do what she did next.

The immense power that destroyed everything around it in an instant, and the iconic black and white flashes, all demonstrated that Morikawa Yu had reached the level of a sword saint.

But how long has he been a great swordsman?

How could he have reached the level of a sword saint so quickly?

Asaka was shocked and bewildered. After hesitating for a moment, she jumped off the roof and landed on the ground. She quickened her pace and jogged towards Morikawa Yu's direction.

Standing still, Morikawa Yu gently swung the Tsurumaru, carefully sensing the changes in the wind.

He has completed his upgrade and become a "Sword Saint".

Immediately after the upgrade, he felt his body become much lighter and more solid, as if he could transform into an invisible wind at any moment.

Moreover, he could feel that the wind surrounding him seemed to come alive, just like his fingers and limbs, changing with his will.

The shockwave that had just formed a black and white burst of light was dispersed by him with a wave of his hand before it even reached him.

Apart from his location, all other directions resembled the aftermath of a nuclear bomb attack. A grayish-white dust cloud rose in the sky, though not as widespread as a nuclear bomb, nor did it experience intense heat; it simply destroyed everything around it with its terrifying winds.

This is the power of a Sword Saint.

Its destructive power has reached a new level, and its control has risen to more than one level; it's simply not the same thing as the previous wind force.

Besides his own condition and the wind, Morikawa Yu noticed that the system interface had also changed.

The skill bar has disappeared.

Instead, a faint light shone through, reflecting two pale blue shadows.

One of the lights and shadows displayed "Ultimate Skill: Wind Force," while the other displayed "Profound Meaning: Sword Force."

"Extreme Skill: Wind Force" can be opened again. After opening it, all his original skills are still there, but there are no skill levels or descriptions, nor skill points or anything like that. Only the light and shadow symbolizing the skills remain.

Some lights shone brightly, while others were rather dim, but they all moved according to his will.

It's almost as if the system was worried that he wouldn't know how to use the Wind Control Sword Technique, so it specially set up a panel for him. Now that he's proficient and can easily use the Wind Control Sword Technique, it has removed the constraints of the skill panel, allowing him to practice at will.

Another light and shadow effect called "Secret Technique: Sword Momentum" can also be unleashed.

After unfolding, two branches were revealed, one called "Jigure Style" and the other called "Ashina Style". The "Jigure Style" branch had many light and shadow effects, which were the Jigen Style techniques he had learned before.

The branches of the "Ashina Style" have only two lights: one is "Adaptability" and the other is "Will to Win".

"Notification: The host has reached level sixteen and entered the realm of the present-day sword saint. The host can challenge the sublimation trial at the current level or a higher level."

"By passing the sublimation trial, one can achieve a leap in life level and unlock the corresponding advancement path."

Morikawa Yu thought for a moment, wondering, "If I don't advance, will I stay at this level forever, and will my highest level be only level eighteen?"