I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

This idea was shattered in the next instant by Uesugi Tetsuya: "Because there are more important and crucial battles to come."

He crouched down, bringing his gaze level with the girl's, and said softly,

"So this time, I'm asking you to cheer me on from the sidelines."

The young man's face flushed slightly.

"Mmm...okay."

The Second-Foot Master has appeared now, originally intending to get back at Ririko for what he lost before, but it seems he has no chance now.

She was a little unhappy.

However, the girl lowered her head, tapping her finger and muttering to herself, "Lord Che's words cannot be refuted."

So the two-foot-tall man walked alone to the edge of the arena, watching Uesugi Tetsuya with a slightly nervous expression.

"Hey, it's about time this childish game ended."

Ririko frowned slightly, a rare occurrence for her.

She exhaled and loosely clenched her hands, causing Uesugi Tetsu's gaze to immediately turn serious.

No, not just Uesugi Tetsuya.

Even if the ordinary spectators and Onmyoji in the audience didn't know what kind of acrobatics were being performed, any expert in cold weapons could immediately sense it.

Ririko is holding a "knife" in her hand!

This was not the Qi Blade or Spirit Blade that Uesugi Tetsu had previously condensed, but a true, empty "air blade"!

—No sword is better than a sword!

At this moment, Lin Ren, who had been defeated by Ririko earlier, and Kitamura Yoyu sighed in complete acknowledgment.

If Ririko had used this move earlier, she could have easily defeated them even without that sword.

"You can do it like this? Turns out, not everything in comics is just a hoax..."

Uesugi Tetsuya maximized the power of his Eye of Deciphering, causing his "vision" to expand in a spherical shape centered on himself.

then.

Eightfold...

Ririko looked up and her gaze fell directly on Uesugi Tetsu's ankle.

—Both legs were severed?!

Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but feel puzzled.

The Flame Armor hadn't lit up, the Qi circulation was intact, and even Ririko herself was standing at a distance without making a move...

How did she manage to deliver that slash?

boom!

Uesugi Tetsu fell to the ground, and Yaegaki's power scattered in all directions.

The surface of the ring shattered as a result, and a thin layer of smoke rose up.

In a short while, the smoke and dust were torn apart by the invisible blade, revealing a pair of blazing yet icy eyes behind it.

"—Uesugi, at such a crucial moment, actually tripped and fell flat on his face?"

The director and viewers alike expressed their confusion.

But unlike them, some knew that the culprit who caused Uesugi Tetsuya to fall was—

"Consciousness Slash".

"Inside and outside the arena," Tokugawa Ryuji and Minamoto Shinsui thought at the same time.

The Mind Slash is a technique that only a master swordsman who has reached an extremely high level in both swordsmanship and mental state can use.

Its characteristic is that it can ignore spatial distance and any obstacles, and directly strike the opponent with its own gaze.

Execute on sight.

This move has no wind-up or recovery animation, yet it makes the opponent feel as if they have been hit, making it extremely useful.

However, the drawback is that the person being slashed must also have a certain level of swordsmanship, otherwise they will not be able to feel it at all.

On the arena, just as Ririko arrived in front of him, Uesugi Tetsuya, who hadn't even stood up yet, felt his legs, which should have been severed, return to his senses.

And, unharmed.

Although I still don't quite understand what just happened.

But looking at Ririko in front of him, whose blood and energy were surging out like a tidal wave, Uesugi Tetsu already knew what he had to do.

The swords that came slashing down weren't just the ones Ririko held in her hand.

At the same time, there were also those invisible swords belonging to the Sword Domain attacking from all directions.

The Qi and blood of the human body's Great Elixir erupt.

In Ririko's hands, there are air blades that can extend and retract at will, as well as sword domains that cover everything with no blind spots.

—It seems that Uesugi Tetsuya was in dire straits from the very beginning.

—But that's only because many of these moves were being used by Ririko for the first time.

However, there's only this one that needs to be blocked.

Uesugi Tetsu raised his arm across Kaga Kiyomitsu, causing blinding sparks to erupt continuously.

clang!

Under intense wind pressure, all the smoke and dust vanished in an instant.

The air knife cannot advance an inch.

Behind them, hundreds of slashes from the sword domain rained down like rain!

The fiery armor appeared for a moment and then dimmed.

With an extremely sufficient supply of spiritual energy, it was restored to its perfect state in just a short interval.

I felt a slight vibration in my back.

Amidst the bursts of sparks, Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes, hidden behind the red Hannya mask, curved into a smile as he chuckled.

"Ririko, I won't be so lenient as to keep these too."

"I know."

His response was met with countless sharp teeth formed from his slashes.

boom!

The Flame Armor could no longer hold on and shattered with a crash!

The remaining half of the teeth fell into an extremely complex cycle of qi, and were swallowed up in an instant, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

But the flashes of sword light between the two only lasted a dozen or so times before all those sharp teeth had transformed into the original essence of the Natural Flow of Mindfulness—

Three-stage breakthrough!

This time, Uesugi Tetsu's eyes finally changed.

He lightly touched the ground with his toes and immediately caught up with Lili, who had retreated dozens of meters, also dodging most of the dense three-stage attacks.

Even the remaining portion was enough to shatter Uesugi Tetsuya's qi circulation and truly strike his hardened body.

Fresh blood gushed out.

At the same time, Ririko, who was originally retreating rapidly, seemed to have anticipated this and added all the force of her retreat to her backhand slash!

Before their blades clashed, Ririko's gaze immediately fell on Uesugi Tetsu's neck.

The consciousness decapitation would slow down Uesugi Tetsuya's movements by at least one beat.

In this way, a proper strike could cleanly and decisively decapitate him.

Eyes locked on.

cut!

Consciousness Slash, activated...?!

呲呲呲!

The tangible and intangible blades clashed, and the immense force knocked the air sword from Ririko's hand.

Taking advantage of the situation, Kaga Kiyomitsu pressed his advantage and drew blood from Ririko's shoulder.

Having missed her first attack, Ririko immediately retreated to a distance of over a hundred meters.

She stood there, gazing at Uesugi Tetsuya, who was swaying as he stood up in the distance, a slight doubt rising in her eyes.

The consciousness strike just now should have clearly hit his neck and successfully decapitated him.

The conscious strike on the ankle just now was indeed effective.

—But why was that slash still delivered with all of Uesugi Tetsu's might?

Lilizi was completely baffled.

She glanced at the tiny wound on her shoulder and noticed that there was no sticky paleness or deep blackness present.

"When fighting you, there's no need to use those impure things."

Uesugi Tetsu touched his neck with his palm, quickly pulling himself out of the familiar sensation.

He listened to Kaga Kiyomitsu's somewhat chaotic thoughts and spoke to Ririko.

"Use me as a whetstone and move on to the next step."

Kaga Kiyomitsu's blade tip fell, pointing directly at Ririko's heart.

Red Prajna gave a low, sinister laugh.

"—Then, I will crush you."

Ririko remained silent, then reached out and grasped the new air blade from nothingness.

She also pointed the blade at Uesugi Tetsuya's left chest, revealing a bright smile.

"Uesugi-kun, I'm really looking forward to it."

Chapter 300 Breakthrough, Sword Heart Illuminates the Other Shore! Uesugi Tetsuya, you are truly despicable now!

The eyes are the windows of the soul.

"Master! Master! We've discovered a huge secret!"

"Those two previous slashes, the Great Demon King glanced at them twice before unleashing a single strike!"

"The Great Demon King saw both places where you were slashed, but this slash wasn't a real slash!"

Kaga Kiyomitsu spoke in a hurry, somewhat incoherently, and seemed unsure how to organize his thoughts and highlight the key points.

But Uesugi Tetsuya easily connected the above sentence to his mind, and then immediately summarized it in his mind.

In other words, Ririko "cuts" herself with her eyes.

Uesugi Tetsuya understood.

The two cuts that struck his ankle and neck from a distance were mental strikes.

Coincidentally, Ririko's mental cultivation was far superior to his own.

He was among the best in the art of mastering the sword, but Ririko was able to take out her sword heart and place it in mid-air for countless people to look up and admire.

With such a huge difference in mindset, it's no wonder she was able to ignore everything and easily strike herself.

Unfortunately, even knowing the principle behind "Consciousness Slash," Uesugi Tetsu was unable to develop specific countermeasures or protective measures.

Because it can't be done.

All he can do is get used to it.

"Coincidentally, I'm actually quite used to being beheaded."

Uesugi Tetsu touched his neck again, feeling the familiar sensation slowly fading away.