Volume 3: The World's Strongest Chapter 46: The Strongest Yagyu
Hayashizaki Kengo stared blankly at Qi Ji, who was smiling wildly in front of him, and even forgot to retract the broken knife in his hand.
And there is no need to take it back anymore.
He couldn't help but ask, "Was that move you made just now also an Iai Slash?"
Qi Ji had already put away his meridian nourishing method, and his expression was no longer so arrogant.
After listening to the simultaneous translation, he smiled calmly and said, "The fastest sword-drawing technique."
"The fastest... sword drawing... technique."
Hayashi Kengo didn't wear a translation headset, so he couldn't understand what Qi Ji said. He could only force himself to remember Qi Ji's pronunciation, and then said with a bitter expression: "I lost. From my old age and my knowledge of the Sakura Kendo circle, I'm afraid that now, except for the Sword Saint Kamiizumi, there is no one in Sakura who can stop you."
Qi Ji didn't say anything, just looked at Lin Qi Kengo with a faint smile.
Lin Qi Qianwu looked at Qi Ji again, shook his head, and said: "No, I'm afraid you have already reached the level of Sword Saint. Looking around the world, apart from the three great Sword Saints, you are the only one in your league!"
After saying this, he walked off the stage in a daze, holding his family heirloom sword that was broken into two pieces.
His already old body looked even more dilapidated after the strongest blow of his energy and spirit was released.
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At this point, with Hayashizaki Kengo just defeated, the audience had become completely numb after six consecutive losses.
Qi Ji's magic sword reappeared, completely destroying the confidence of most of the audience.
Since the cameras in the stadium also need to be compatible with high-pixel image quality, they are not pure high-speed cameras that focus on frame rate, so they can only slow down the image by ten times at most.
Even if the Nine-Headed Dragon Flash was recorded at ten times the speed of a high-speed camera, ordinary people would still be able to see it clearly.
But now, when the video is played at the same ten times slow motion, Qi Ji's incredibly fast sword drawing can only make people see a shadow.
Who can resist such sword-drawing skills?
Qi Ji returned to the stage and calmly sat down in his seat.
Beside him, Shangquan Yiren looked at Qi Ji and smiled bitterly: "Although I had expected this situation, but watching Qi Ji sweep across our Sakura Kendo world like this, I still feel very uncomfortable."
He lowered his head and slammed his thigh hard: "Damn it, why would a monster like Qi Jijun appear in Daxia and not in our Sakura?"
Saeko Kamiizumi, who was sitting on the other side, was not as discouraged as Yoshito Kamiizumi. Her eyes were almost glued to Qi Ji, and she asked softly, "Mr. Qi Ji, after this challenge, where is your next destination?"
Qi Ji thought about it and smiled, "Originally, I planned to play a school every one or two days, and the expected schedule was about two weeks. Now because of this incident, the efficiency has been greatly improved. After today, I probably won't have any other plans in Sakura."
Ueizumi Saeko was obviously a little disappointed. She took a deep breath and continued to ask, "So, is Qi Jijun planning to return home?"
Qi Ji nodded: "Well, after completing the remaining few death-crazy sword fights for Uncle Shangquan's company, I plan to return home."
He smiled and joked: "After all, I've been here for a long time and have eaten a lot of local specialties. I'm afraid I'll mutate!"
Shangquan Yiren had also adjusted his patriotic feelings. After hearing what Qi Ji said, he could not help but say speechlessly: "There is no need to rely on our special contaminated food. I think Qi Jijun looks like a mutant now!"
The atmosphere on Qi Ji's side was very cheerful.
But the audience and the other remaining schools who were ready to challenge Qi Ji were very sad.
Especially those declining small schools that did not issue a declaration of acceptance but also came to the scene to join in the fun, as well as the heirs of those schools who have been living in seclusion and passing on their skills to others.
Everyone is in a dilemma at this moment.
Let’s fight. So many ninth-dan masters have been defeated miserably.
If I don't fight, I'm afraid of being laughed at by my peers.
I shouldn’t have come if I had known!
In such a depressing atmosphere.
Chun Gu Feng, the guest host, began to remind people that the next challenge would begin soon.
Qi Ji heard the broadcast, and amid the angry and helpless gazes of everyone in the audience, he calmly returned to the stage and waited silently.
"Now please welcome the Mizuou Ryūryū master, Katsuyase Ryoma 9th dan, to the stage to accept the challenge!"
Chun Gu Feng's voice was flat and he did not try to stir up the audience's passion.
After a long while, no one came on stage.
Chun Gu Feng repeated the broadcast twice .
Still no one came on stage.
The audience began to make some noise again.
" Damn it ! Could it be that this Shu'ou Liuliu master got scared and ran away?" This was the complaint of the audience with explosive tempers.
"It might be a good thing not to go on stage. Facing the evil ghost Qi Ji, there will probably be no other possibility except being defeated and humiliated again..." This is the view of some rational viewers.
The scene gradually became noisy.
At this time, Chun Gu Feng's voice sounded again: "After confirmation, the masters of the 'Mizugu-ryu' and 'Katori Shinto-ryu' schools on the original challenge list have chosen to concede defeat and withdraw due to temporary matters. Are there any challengers from other schools who would like to replace them?"
Are both Mizuo-ryu and Katori Shinto-ryu scared?
These two schools are quite famous in the Sakura Country. How could they just admit defeat so silently?
What's the point of fighting then?
In response to Chun Gu Feng's question, the rest of the people from the kendo teams, whether famous or unknown, who had not appeared before, all bowed their heads deeply.
Chun Gu Feng repeated the same question three times in a flat voice, but still no one answered.
Her calm voice was like a sledgehammer, hitting the hearts of everyone in the audience again and again.
The entire audience couldn't help but lower their heads.
It's really embarrassing and humiliating.
“How shameful!”
Just when all the Sakura people were feeling humiliated, a loud laugh rang out, followed by some sarcastic words in a clear voice.
Everyone immediately focused their attention on the person who was speaking.
This man was tall, with a short ponytail at the back of his head similar to the one Qi Ji had when he was Bai Xiuluo. He wore a black swordsman's suit with a sleeveless brown haori as the outermost layer.
He had an untidy beard and a rough and handsome look. At first glance, he looked probably less than 35 years old.
The most distinctive feature is that his left eye is covered with a black eye patch, and only his right eye can be used to see people.
As soon as he stood out, his whole body exuded a fierce omen, and his fierce power almost solidified into substance.
His face was faithfully captured by the camera and broadcast onto the big screen, and all the audience knew the man's identity at a glance.
Someone shouted excitedly: "That's... Yagyu Jubei!"
Yagyu Jubei!
All the Sakura people at the scene became excited!
The most famous super genius swordsman in the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu family in the past hundred years!
His talent and swordsmanship were so strong that he even inherited the name "Jubei", the youngest Tengu among the "Three Tengu" ancestors of the Yagyu clan.
So, he got the one-eye eyepatch of his ancestor Jubei, and also got the inherited sword "Tengu-kiri" of the Yagyu family.
He is only thirty-four years old and is the youngest ninth dan in Sakura Country!
Moreover, he had already achieved the ninth level three years ago!
He is also currently ranked seventh among the world's combat masters!
The top three are the three great sword masters, so Yagyu Jubei can even be called one of the five strongest people in the world after the sword masters.
In the kendo circle of Sakura Country, no, it can be said that there is no one in Sakura Country who doesn’t know about Yagyu Jubei.
This is the next sword master recognized by the Sakura Country.
This talented swordsman has been traveling and practicing all this time, and he only appears in the annual Global Martial Arts Masters Competition. Originally, the audience in the Sakura Country never expected that he would appear here .
Now that this person has appeared, everything is saved!
The atmosphere on the field was raised to a climax in a short period of time!
The entire audience, including the swordsmen from various schools in the audience, who had already felt hopeless, became excited.
Yagyu Jubei walked step by step from the stage to the stage and came in front of Qi Ji.
The two were ten meters apart, looking at each other from a distance.
Qi Ji unconsciously revealed a wild smile: "It seems that an incredible guy has come!"
His momentum was aroused in an instant by the stimulation of Yagyu Jubei's sharp and fierce power. The power like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood slowly spread out, making everyone in the audience shiver.
Yagyu Jubei actually revealed a rampant, wolf-like smile. His single eye was as sharp as a knife, staring at Qi Ji closely, as if he had seen the most perfect prey: "In front of you, I am nothing special. Who is the monster?"
"Do you understand Daxia language?" Qi Ji asked curiously.
Yagyu Jubei grinned: " I have been traveling around and practicing in recent years. I have stayed in Daxia for a while. I can understand it, but I can't speak it well."
"That's great, I have this, we can communicate normally!" Qi Ji turned his head and nodded to the translation headset hanging on his ear.
One of them spoke Daxia language and the other spoke Sakura language, but at this moment they were able to communicate normally for some unknown reason.
"Hey, kid, you must have been there before!" Yagyu Jubei suddenly laughed and said, "You've been to 'that side'!"
Qi Ji heard what Yagyu Jubei said, looked at the other party's young appearance, and suddenly realized: "You have reached the ninth level before the age of 35. It seems that you have also been there!"
Yagyu Jubei nodded with a smile: "Three years ago, after I reached the ninth stage, the Sword Master Kamiizumi told me about the existence of 'the other side' and took me there to experience it."
As he spoke, his exposed right eye revealed a fiery light: "There, I met Tsukahara Bokuden, the strongest swordsman of Sakura Country, and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, the ancestor of the Kamiizumi Swordsman. They are still alive!"
Then, his tone became even more enthusiastic: "The most important thing is that over there, there actually is extraordinary divine power. Over there, there is a wider sky beyond the end of the Earth Star Martial Arts."
His tone gradually became calm: "After returning from there, nothing on Earth was interesting to me anymore. I soon began to travel and gain experience, hoping to achieve the coveted 'transcendence' realm in my prime."
He looked at Qi Ji: "Before you came to Sakura, my 'Psychic Body' had been trained and polished to its limit. I wasted nearly a year at this limit and could not make any further progress..."
After saying that, he suddenly pulled out the three-foot-long sword from his waist, and the extremely sharp edge spread wildly towards Qi Ji.
"I thought about it for a long time and finally figured it out. I need a good fight as the final test to strengthen my spirit and body!"
He silently took off the blindfold, revealing the eye underneath which had a pupil shape completely different from that of his right eye.
It turned out to be a double pupil!
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Yagyu swordsman, who was almost at the level of a sword saint, displayed the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu's unique Qing'an posture and looked at Qi Ji with blazing eyes.
"Come on! The person I've been waiting for, Yagyu Jubei Shinsuke, brings his beloved sword 'Tengu-kiri'..."
"See you!"
