Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

"'dark'?"

Upon hearing that it was someone from "Darkness," both Li Xin and Jifeng frowned. They both knew that "Darkness" and "Dark Eagle Clan" had a close relationship and were important partners. "Darkness" had just been wiped out, and now "Darkness" had sent someone over, specifically requesting to see Li Xin. This made Li Xin suspicious that "Darkness" was here because of "Dark Eagle Clan."

"So be it," Li Xin said, no longer afraid of the "darkness," and said to the ninja, "Please lead the way."

Li Xin followed the ninja to a reception room, where the woman in white was kneeling. When Li Xin arrived, she looked up at him and her eyes widened in surprise: "It's you!"

She recognized Li Xin as the man who had been with Xiang Ying before.

"Are you the woman next to Xiang Ying? I remember your name is Tsujizane Kaoru, right? What do you want? Are you on Xiang Ying's side?"

Li Xin couldn't help but ask.

"You are 'X'?"

Kaoru Tsuji looked at Li Xin with a complicated expression, not understanding why the "Nine Heavens Thunder God" would be friends with "X," the great enemy of "Darkness."

"That's right, it's me."

Upon hearing Tsujizan Kaoru's question, Li Xin guessed that Tsujizan Kaoru had not come for Xiang Ying's sake.

As expected, after composing himself, Tsuji Kaoru took out a name card from his pocket, knelt down in front of Li Xin, raised his hands to his eyebrows, and handed the name card to Li Xin: "'X' Lord, please."

Although Li Xin is an enemy of "Darkness," he is also a friend of the "Nine Heavens Thunder God" and a powerful extraordinary expert. Even if it is only out of respect for the strong, Tsuji Kaoru must maintain courtesy to Li Xin and dare not be rude.

Li Xin took the invitation card, which clearly displayed three large characters: "Challenge Letter"!

Chapter 738 Finding a Teacher

Challenge letter...

Looking at the three large characters on the name card, Li Xin felt as if they were carved by swords and cleaved by knives, full of sharpness. He felt that even a single glance would send endless sword energy rushing towards him, threatening to tear him to pieces.

No, this was not an illusion. After Li Xin accepted the calling card, the sword intent contained within it was automatically activated and rushed towards Li Xin. Even Tsujizane Kaoru, who delivered the calling card, was startled by the sword energy and retreated in fright.

"Humph!"

Li Xin snorted, and the incoming sword energy instantly vanished. He opened the name card, which contained only two lines: one for the time and one for the location. There was nothing else, not even a name.

However, it is indeed unnecessary to have a name. As far as Li Xin knows, there is only one master in the "Darkness" who can possess such sword energy—"Two Heavenly Yama Kings," Shi Xi Huang Wo Zhi Zhu.

After closing the name card, Li Xin asked Tsujizane Kaoru, "Is there anything else you want to tell me? For example, what kind of treasure would you bet on?"

Li Xin remembered very clearly that the old man had always been eyeing "Tiger Soul" covetously.

Tsuji Kaoru shook his head slightly: "No, the leader just told me to tell you that if you don't keep the appointment, he will kill everyone around you one by one."

Li Xin took a deep breath. The old man's words made it impossible for Li Xin to avoid the battle. He said, "I understand. You can go back now."

After hesitating for a moment, Tsujizane Kaoru told Li Xin about Xiang Ying and Wu Ji's disturbance at the Vatican.

Li Xin was also taken aback after hearing Tsujizane Kaoru's words.

Wait, what are you two doing?! How did you end up fighting all the way to the Vatican?

But thinking about those two guys' character... well, okay, it does seem like something they would do...

Tsuji Kaoru said to Li Xin, "'X' Lord, if you have any way to contact 'Nine Heavens Thunder God' Lord, please help me contact him and confirm his safety."

The information she received was that Xiang Ying and Wu Ji had retreated with serious injuries, and there had been no further news since.

According to that law, if one's life or death is unknown, then one is dead. Although Tsuji Kaoru did not believe that Xiang Ying would die so easily, he was still worried about her.

Li Xin looked at Tsujizan Kaoru. He had personally witnessed how Xiang Ying had treated this woman as if she were nothing, and he wasn't even sure if Xiang Ying remembered her name.

However, Xiang Ying had no interest in her, but this woman had all her thoughts on him, which made Li Xin sigh.

"Okay, I'll find a way to contact him, don't worry."

Li Xin said to Tsujizane Kaoru.

"Thank you, Lord X!"

Tsujizane Kaoru bowed deeply to Li Xin with delight, left his contact information, and then departed.

After Tsujizane Kaoru left, Li Xin began to think about how to contact Wuji and Xiang Ying. Those two guys didn't even bring a cell phone when they went out; they just liked to party. They were really hard to find.

So, where are Wu Ji and Xiang Ying now?

In a cave somewhere in Europe, the original owner of the cave, an Apennine brown bear, huddled in a corner with its head in its hands. Meanwhile, Wu Ji, who had usurped the cave, sat cross-legged in the cave with a pale face and his body shrouded in black energy. The powerful aura emanating from him made the Apennine brown bear tremble incessantly.

Suddenly, Wu Ji opened his eyes. With a loud shout, a huge phantom of a demon god appeared on Wu Ji's body. As Wu Ji's true energy circulated faster, the phantom of the demon god became more and more solid, and the facial features of the demon god became more and more obvious.

When his true energy reached its peak, Wu Ji spat out a mouthful of dark, stagnant blood. At the same time, his aura surged, and his complexion quickly regained its rosy hue.

So what if he is "the right seat of God"? So what if he is "like a god"? Whatever does not kill him will only make him stronger!

Wu Ji's injuries had fully healed, and Xiang Ying also walked in from outside the cave, carrying two roasted legs that looked like deer legs.

He tossed one of them to Wuji and the other to the shivering Apennine brown bear lying on the ground, then asked, "Is your injury healed?"

Wu Ji took the roasted deer leg, took a big bite, his mouth full of oil, and muttered, "That's about it. Those 'saints' of the Roman Catholic Church are nothing special, but that 'Fire on the Right' does have some strength."

Xiang Ying also recalled that enormous hand that blotted out the sky and nodded slightly, saying, "Indeed, it's not bad."

Previously, even when he and Wu Ji joined forces, they could only escape from his clutches. Fortunately, the other party seemed to have some kind of restriction and did not chase after them, otherwise the two of them might not have been able to eat roasted venison here.

After finishing the deer leg, Wu Ji casually tossed the smooth leg bone to the head of the Apennine brown bear, startling it as it was about to eat the deer leg. The bear quickly picked up the deer leg and presented it to Wu Ji.

Go eat!

Wu Ji shouted at the Apennine brown bear, which then shrank back into a corner, clutching a deer leg but not daring to eat it.

Xiang Ying didn't look at the aggrieved brown bear, but instead said to Wu Ji, "It's a draw again this time."

"Yes, it's a tie."

Wu Ji nodded.

After his seclusion ended, Wu Ji sought out Xiang Ying to continue their unfinished battle.

The two fought fiercely for three days and three nights without a clear victor. Of course, this was mainly because neither of them used their strongest moves. Wu Ji did not use "One Annihilation," and Xiang Ying did not unleash the ninth strike of the "Purple Thunder Blade Technique."

Once the ultimate move was unleashed, even they couldn't completely control it. After all, the two had fought side by side before, and although they wanted to determine who was better, neither of them intended to kill the other.

So after three days and three nights of fierce fighting with no clear victor, Wu Ji and Xiang Ying decided to try a different way to settle the score.

Western superhumans have a long-standing tradition of using Christian "saints" as a unit of combat strength; the number of "saints" one can defeat determines the number of "saints" one is considered to be.

Since Wu Ji and Xiang Ying cannot determine a winner, let's use those "saints" to measure their strength.

So the two of them fought their way to the Vatican, each killing five "saints" and becoming the so-called "Five Saints".

Of course, this does not mean that the limit for the two is five "saints", but rather that there are only ten "saints" in the Roman Catholic Church at present.

Of the three branches of the cross, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest, with over a billion believers and the most "saints" among the three branches.

However, there are fewer than twenty "saints" in the entire world. The Roman Catholic Church had already lost two "saints" in Athens, and now there are only ten "saints" left in the church.

Now, even the ten remaining "saints" have been ruined by Wu Ji and Xiang Ying. Although the Roman Catholic Church is supported by a huge number of believers, it will not be able to expand outwards for the next ten years.

"I remember that your Great Rakshasa Sect has some grudges with the Roman Catholic Church, right?"

Xiang Ying confronted Wu Jidao.

"That's right, I took advantage of you this time, I'm sorry."

Wu Ji apologized to Xiang Ying.

When the Roman Catholic Church, together with ten other major branches of Christianity, besieged the Rakshasa sect, the result was that all ten of the Christian "saints" perished, along with several cardinals, and the Rakshasa sect was declared inviolable. However, this was achieved at the cost of the Rakshasa sect's then-patriarch, and it was from that time that the Rakshasa sect and the Roman Catholic Church began to have a grudge.

Wu Ji's suggestion to use Roman Catholic "saints" as the contestants was partly motivated by a desire to exploit Xiang Ying.

Wu Ji readily apologized, and Xiang Ying graciously accepted it with her arms crossed: "It's alright. It just so happens that my family also has a grudge against the Roman Catholic Church, and this fight was quite enjoyable."

When the giant hand appeared earlier, Wu Ji fought back fiercely, which resulted in him being seriously injured, while Xiang Ying was only slightly injured. Because of this, Xiang Ying would not blame Wu Ji.

After they finished talking, the two burst into laughter, their laughter echoing through the cave and making the brown bear nearby tremble.

"The injury is almost healed, what's next? Another match?"

Wu Ji asked Xiang Yingdao.

Xiang Ying thought for a moment and said to Wu Ji, "Go to Tokyo and find A Xin. See how that kid is doing. If he hasn't improved much, give him a beating."

"good idea!"

The two hit it off immediately, packed up and left the cave, leaving only the original owner of the cave, the Apennine brown bear, inside.

Seeing the two menacing figures leave, the brown bear, carrying a deer leg, walked to the cave entrance. After smelling that the two men had indeed disappeared, it began to eat heartily, and as it ate, tears streamed down its face.

Screw humans!

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After receiving the challenge from Shiki Kōnosuke, Li Xin asked Jifeng to arrange a room for him, and then sat quietly in the room.

With his eyes closed and mind focused, Li Xin reached out to touch the challenge letter. The sword intent on the challenge letter was activated, and Li Xin used his mental power to make contact with the sword intent.

In his mind, the tall and burly figure of Shiki Kou no Suke appeared. He held two swords, but he no longer had the domineering and oppressive feeling he had before. His aura was restrained, like a stone sculpture.

However, Li Xin could sense that Shiki Kōnosuke was completely flawless at this moment. He could attack from any angle and defend against attacks from any direction. He was perfectly natural and invincible.

Li Xin focused his mind and first used the move "Buddha's Light Appears," where a burst of Buddha's light shone from his hand, blinding people and disrupting their gravity, causing them to lose their balance.

Although the Buddha's light was dazzling, Shiki Kōnosuke was completely unaffected. Despite the gravitational distortion, his figure remained motionless, as if Li Xin's "Buddha's light appearing for the first time" was just a gentle breeze.

After Li Xin made his move, Shiki Kōnosuke also moved. He slashed out with a seemingly ordinary sword, but it contained infinite mysteries. Li Xin was surprised because this move had reached the so-called "return to simplicity" realm.

Li Xin dared not be careless. He drew his sword and attacked, unleashing two intersecting sword energies, which was the "Sword Eight" of the "Holy Spirit Sword Technique".

Two against one, Li Xin barely managed to block Shi Xi Huang Wo Zhi Zhu's attack, but then Shi Xi Huang Wo Zhi Zhu turned around and slashed again, the second attack coming at him.

Li Xin narrowly avoided the attack. Shi Xi Huang Wo Zhi Zhu wielded two swords, and one sword could not withstand two swords. After exchanging more than a hundred blows with Shi Xi Huang Wo Zhi Zhu, Li Xin was finally killed by Shi Xi Huang Wo Zhi Zhu with a single sword strike.

In reality, Li Xin opened his eyes. Although he was still shaken, he immediately focused his mind again and engaged in a fierce battle with Shiki Huangwo in his mind.

This time, Li Xin used "Thunder and Lightning Shake the Mist" to draw upon the power of heavenly thunder and earth's magnetic field, emanating a strong thunderous aura from his entire body, making it impossible for strangers to approach.

At the same time, he used electromagnetic force to launch his attack at an extremely fast speed, much faster than Shiki Kōnosuke.

Although Shiki Kō no Suke's attacks were not as swift as Li Xin's, his changes in moves and reactions were extremely fast. He also anticipated his opponent's moves and used sword techniques that were faster than Li Xin's, even though he was slower. This time, Li Xin was killed by Shiki Kō no Suke after only seventy-odd moves.

Li Xin gasped in shock; this old man was so much stronger than before!

Unwilling to give up, Li Xin once again calmed his mind and fought against Shiki Huangwozhi.

When the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" activated its "Golden Man Form," it attempted to use its immense strength to send bricks flying, but was dragged out by Shishi Huangwozhi through hit-and-run tactics until the "Golden Man Form" ended. When it was exhausted, it was killed by Shishi Huangwozhi.

The "Buddha's Palm" technique lacked fluidity, and during the gaps in its execution, it was intercepted and killed by Shiki Kōnosuke with a swift move.

The "Seven Limits" sword technique had too much of a gap, and before he could unleash "Devouring Heaven," Shiki Kōnosuke broke through the barrier and rushed in front of him, killing him with a single strike.

The "Knowledge Sutra of the Root of All Laws" could not shake the spirit of Shiki Kōsuke; instead, it was countered by the murderous and resolute spirit of Shiki Kōsuke.

The three unique martial arts techniques of "Leg, Palm, and Fist" worked together in a continuous attack, and he fought fiercely with Shiki Kō no Suke for more than 300 rounds. However, in the end, Shiki Kō no Suke saw the flaw in his moves and cut him to pieces.

He fought against Shixi Huangwozhisuke using a variety of combat techniques, but his best result was only fighting Shixi Huangwozhisuke for two hours using the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill".

As night fell, Li Xin let out a long breath and tried to stand up, but he stumbled and fell down. Fortunately, he was supported by an extremely soft cushion, which prevented him from actually falling.

Wait, a cushion?

Li Xin said to Ayane, who was hugging him from behind, "Ayane, thank you."

Ayane said with a satisfied smile, "You're welcome, Shin-nii."

After Li Xin stood up straight, Lingyin cautiously asked him, "Brother Xin, what happened to you earlier? You looked like you were in a very bad mood..."

Li Xin touched his face, wiping away all the dejection, and smiled at Lingyin, saying, "It's nothing, I just thought of a very difficult problem, and I couldn't solve it even after working on it for a long time."

Upon hearing Li Xin say that he couldn't solve the difficult problem, Ayane empathized and said, "That must be very difficult."

People will do anything when they're pushed to the limit, except for math!

The thought of those math problems on the test paper made Ayane feel hopeless.

"If you can't do it, you can't do it. Anyway, you don't have to take the exam."

Ayane told Li Xin.

"No, there will be a test."

Li Xin shook his head. Besides, if you don't take the test, people will die!

Ayane couldn't understand why even extraordinary experts needed to take exams.