I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

Since the other party looks down on and belittles me, they must want to end the battle quickly... coupled with their attitude and words just now.

He clenched his fist in his mind.

You can drag Uesugi Tetsuya into your own rhythm!

Both of these points are his guarantees that he can drag Uesugi Tetsuya into a protracted battle!

Unfortunately, due to incomplete information, Takizawa Kai was misled and not only made a mistake, but a very serious one.

If Tsuchimikado Arashi or Kamo Teru were to face Uesugi Tetsuya, they would unleash their full power the moment they entered the arena.

Reveal all your cards and strive to kill Uesugi Tetsuya or be killed by him in a single breath.

Because the two of them had an accurate understanding of the absurd speed at which the Spirit Control Technique could restore spiritual energy—as long as the time was prolonged, they were almost certain to lose.

Not to mention that the moment the battle began was when Uesugi Tetsuya was furthest away from the Onmyoji.

As for not retrieving Kaga Kiyomitsu, that was purely Uesugi Tetsu's own rational judgment—Takizawa Kai was not enough for him to win by retrieving Kaga.

That's it.

Uesugi Tetsu never underestimated his opponents.

"I accept your challenge, Uesugi-kun."

Before uttering those words, Takizawa Kai had already anticipated and prepared the Yin-Yang technique he would unleash upon entering the arena—a clever trick to prevent being instantly killed.

He said, "Come on."

Uesugi Tetsu naturally put down the two-foot-tall man in his arms, patted the white hat on her head, and said, "I challenge, ranked fifth, Takizawa Kai."

The beam of light illuminated, instantly attracting the attention of 80% of the people in the entire venue.

The remaining 20% ​​were either watching Ririko unleash her full power and beautifully beat up her opponents, or watching Aonosuke and Kei Touyama's Super Pokémon battle.

The moment the white light disappeared, countless Five Elements spells unfolded around Takizawa Kai.

A swamp churning with bubbles and flames, ice shards floating in mid-air like knives, and an inconspicuous sapling barely peeking out from the surface of the arena...

As soon as Uesugi Tetsu steps into a radius of fifty meters, he will definitely be held back by these "viscous" spells for at least one or two seconds.

This precious time is his chance to strike back!

To Takizawa Kai's surprise, Uesugi Tetsu didn't attack immediately, and didn't even try.

What does he want to do?

Takizawa Kai squinted, but his hands continued to move.

One by one, the Five Elements defensive spells and traps were laid out within a radius of 100 meters, gradually increasing Takizawa Kai's sense of security.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

—Uesugi Tetsuya was happy to observe how Takizawa Kai manipulated the five elements' spiritual power to unleash Yin-Yang techniques.

Under the vision of the Eye of Interpretation, a large amount of the five elements' spiritual power was scattered and intertwined in the air, and was quickly transformed into a spell.

Takizawa Kai neither concealed the flow of spiritual energy nor used a particularly rough painting technique.

His thoughts were completely clear to Uesugi Tetsuya.

At the same time, it also made Uesugi Tetsuya vaguely understand the status of the "Five Elements" in relation to "spiritual power".

"But just looking at it isn't enough..."

Uesugi Tetsuya, who felt his comprehension was average and he couldn't grasp anything new, said seriously.

"Takizawa-kun, I'm going to go for it."

Takizawa Kai felt a chill run down his spine, followed by a sense of absurdity.

—Would a normal person warn their opponent before attacking?

As expected, I was still looked down upon.

whispering sound.

Takizawa Kai's sharp eyes reflected Uesugi Tetsuya, who was charging straight at him like a Gundam smashing a toy.

Catch you off guard!

He clenched his fists, and blinding fire elemental energy surged from his palms, instantly transforming into a giant, spinning pillar of fire.

"go with!"

Takizawa Kai shouted loudly, making sure Uesugi Tetsu heard it.

—Faced with a fire-based attack, Uesugi Tetsu will definitely use that fire-based Yin-Yang technique to block it!

Amidst the astonishment of countless onlookers, the massive pillar of fire, resembling a half-hanging eagle, surged toward Uesugi Tetsuya.

—After that, Takizawa Kai's real moves will begin!

Within the pillar of flames that obscured the view and the fire elemental energy, the already compressed gold and blue spiritual energy flowed and converged, flowing into the center of the pillar of flames before it completely disappeared.

Boom!

The raging tide, like a tidal wave, was as if it had encountered an immovable reef, and was thus broken and diverted!

Just as Takizawa Kai had predicted, the black and red flame armor rose up and stood in front of Uesugi Tetsuya, easily blocking all the flame pillars.

In the end, it only dimmed considerably.

But Takizawa Kai has already achieved his goal.

Behind the massive pillar of flame, a deep azure color instantly entered Uesugi Tetsuya's vision!

呲呲呲!

It was only a glance that the Flame Armor was shattered by this amplified and strengthened water-based magic, which was as ethereal as mist yet as solid as a solid, and slammed heavily onto the Qi circulation.

And after the water, there are the metal needles hidden within!

Without a sound, countless golden needles, thinner than a hair, surged forth, but they only managed to create a dozen or so tiny openings, barely visible to the naked eye, in the weakest part of the Qi circulation.

But that's enough.

The subsequent water mist surged into it with the wind, some flowing into Uesugi Tetsuya's body through his facial features, while the rest transformed into different shapes outside his body to attack Uesugi Tetsuya's vital points.

Everything went as perfectly as Takizawa Kai had envisioned.

Therefore, Uesugi Tetsu was punched by the last water fist that appeared and sent flying to the edge of the ring.

Then, for the first time, she bled.

At the edge of the ring, Uesugi Tetsuya, whose face was rapidly losing color, slowly stood up and reached out to wipe away the hot blood flowing from the side of his neck.

But there was no surprise or anger in his eyes...

On the contrary, it was full of surprises!

In fact, Uesugi Tetsuya sensed what was hidden just before the Flame Pillar was broken.

It wasn't that he couldn't stop it, nor that he didn't react in time to repair the circulation of his internal energy.

Instead, Uesugi Tetsu ate the ash from the Soul-Soothing Incense before the battle began.

In that crucial moment, he observed the concept of "metal and water generating each other" in the Five Elements spiritual body at near-zero distance, and a corresponding insight arose in his heart.

As a result, a change occurred in the Qi Sea.

—But ordinary viewers couldn't see that. They were only shocked that Uesugi Tetsu, who had been dominating the game, was knocked away and bled for the first time by another player!

How could an extraordinary strongman, who could move freely even at a speed of ten thousand times slower, fall so easily?

"Could it be that we're seeing things?"

Some audience members murmured.

But the next moment, the director used real-time slow-motion replay to prove that this was true.

Not only the audience, but even the seeded players present were puzzled as to how Uesugi Tetsuya was knocked away in one move.

This was unimaginable for Yanliu and Kitamura Yoyu.

It doesn't make sense.

……

"What's going on, Sister Xinshui? Is this Five Elements Spiritual Body really as powerful as described in the book? Once it reaches its peak, no one can defeat it!"

Kyujou-in Jin also opened her mouth wide, forgetting to eat the piping hot, expensive fried chicken that had been delivered to her home.

Yuan Xinshui wiped the grease from the corner of her lips with the back of her hand, savoring the strange yet somewhat delicious taste of the fried chicken, and stared at the "stunned" Uesugi Tetsuya, saying calmly,

"It's not that the Five Elements Spiritual Body is powerful, it's that this Uesugi Tetsuya is powerful..."

"Uesugi-kun is amazing?" Kyuuketsuin Jin was confused. "How was he amazing in that scene just now?"

Yuan Xinshui asked, "Does he know the Five Elements and Yin-Yang techniques?"

Kujouin Jin looked up and thought for a moment: "It seems like he doesn't, I've never seen him use it... Oh, wait a minute!"

He slapped his thigh hard and said,

"Didn't Uesugi-kun just say before that he's only just begun to learn the Five Elements Yin-Yang Technique?"

Yuan Xinshui asked again, "Then, Uesugi Tetsuya practices a breathing technique related to the Five Elements?"

Kyuuki-in Jin shook his head and replied, "He practices the Corona Breathing Technique."

So, the answer became clear.

Yuan Xinshui confirmed in his heart—

Uesugi Tetsuya's Qi Sea is not an ordinary corona Qi Sea, but a Qi Sea defined by the "Five Elements".

In that brief moment, Uesugi Tetsuya gleaned the mysteries related to metal and water from the Yin-Yang techniques of this Five Elements Spiritual Body.

Yuan Xinshui murmured to himself,

"Uesugi Tetsuya...Uesugi, Xiao Jin, is he a member of the Uesugi family?"

Despite asking this question, even Minamoto no Kokoro himself didn't know which "Uesugi family" was doing well in this day and age.

"No."

After quickly finishing several chicken wings, revealing his potential for a large appetite, Kujouin Jin replied, "Before the wave arrived, he was just an ordinary high school student."

"student?"

Yuan Xinshui paused for a moment.

She looked at the screen again, her face now raised, her eyes filled with joy, as if she had finally found her desired prey, Uesugi Tetsuya.

Such talent... if only I had been born into the Minamoto family...

Pity.

Jiujieyuan Jin looked at Yuan Xinshui, who was sighing inexplicably, with a strange expression. He hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the last spicy chicken wing he had already obtained, before handing it over.

"Sister Xinshui, would you like some?"

……

[Because you closely observed and understood the mysteries of the Five Elements' mutual generation, the "Sea-like Scales of Extraordinary Light" and the "Fragments of the Ten-Fist Sword" within the Void Sea of ​​Qi have further interacted!]

"Thank you, Takizawa-kun."

Uesugi Tetsu's dantian was churning with boundless energy.

The Sea-Shaped Scales and the fragments of the Ten-Fist Sword clung tightly together, causing most of the Qi Sea to transform into flowing golden liquid, greatly improving the quality of the Qi.

Feeling the power continuously surging within him, Uesugi Tetsuya stretched his shoulders comfortably and asked Takizawa Kai in polite language,

"Are there any other tricks up your sleeve?"

But in Takizawa Kai's eyes, Uesugi Tetsuya seemed to be saying, "That's it?" "You're out of ideas? I haven't even warmed up yet."

Takizawa Kai snorted coldly and flipped his palm, having already made up his mind.

—Maintain the original plan for a protracted war and let him try some new tricks he's never seen before!

Therefore, from that moment onward, Takizawa Kai transformed into a terrifying magical artillery turret, relentlessly bombarding Uesugi Tetsuya, who was "forced" to the edge of the arena by a large number of traps.

That's how it is in the eyes of ordinary people.

Only a few sharp-eyed players and viewers could see that Uesugi Tetsu wasn't resisting at all, but was enjoying himself!