The Almighty Martial Arts System - Chapter 336

Upon hearing Little Wine Gourd’s words, Jiang Fei was instantly startled, and his expression turned grave as he asked, “You’ve already seen Yagyu Munenori?!”

“Not just me, I saw him too,” Bai Kedi said in a deep, muffled voice. The look in his eyes became very strange, no longer like before when he saw Jiang Fei as if spotting prey he couldn’t wait to challenge.

“Then… did you fight him?” Jiang Fei narrowed his eyes and asked.

“No! Neither of us did,” Bai Kedi replied.

“Why?!” Jiang Fei was somewhat displeased.

When these two guys saw him today, they were all pumped up, clamoring to fight him for three hundred rounds to decide the superior. But when they met Yagyu Munenori, that peerless master from the island nation, they were actually unmoved!

So, do you guys want to be traitors and only stir up internal strife?

Little Wine Gourd stopped drinking, his face completely serious, almost enunciating each word carefully as he said, “Because we know, whether it’s me or Little Bai, neither of us could possibly be a match for Yagyu Munenori!”

Hearing this, Jiang Fei snorted disdainfully and said with a cold laugh, “Without having fought him, you two already know you’re not his match? Is this Yagyu Munenori not a sword master, but Sun Wukong?”

Regarding the strength of these two, although they themselves might think they couldn’t determine victory without fighting hundreds of exchanges, Jiang Fei had roughly gauged their level in his mind. These two were indeed rare opponents; their internal strength and other skills had already reached a proficient stage. Even Miyamoto Kazuma probably couldn’t defeat them.

Masters of this caliber, even if they met his nominal master, Old Man Xuanjizi, wouldn’t think themselves no match without even fighting. That would be too bizarre.

Remember, when Jiang Fei first met Xuanjizi, what he thought was to fight him and see if this nominal master was actually more powerful than him. It was only after Xuanjizi displayed that miraculous feat of releasing sword energy that Jiang Fei was convinced.

So, from the sword strike he foresaw in his mind, Jiang Fei knew that Yagyu Munenori would be an extremely formidable master. But he couldn’t possibly be outrageously powerful, to a level far beyond Jiang Fei’s reach.

“You mean to say we’re too cowardly to fight Yagyu Munenori?” Bai Kedi flicked his braid, widening his eyes and asking angrily.

Jiang Fei shrugged, spreading his hands without speaking, implying consent.

Bai Kedi, enraged to the point of laughter, said, “I hope when Yagyu Munenori finds you and challenges you, your courage will be great enough! Don’t be so scared that you kneel down and beg for mercy, admitting defeat!”

Jiang Fei said seriously, “Don’t worry. Since I killed Miyamoto Kazuma back then, I considered that someone might come to avenge him. I still have that much courage and capability. Isn’t the essence of martial arts: ‘Even if faced with a million men, I go forth!’?”

Little Wine Gourd and Bai Kedi were both rendered speechless by Jiang Fei’s words.

Well, well, this phrase made it sound like he was so noble, while the two of them had become cowards.

Jiang Fei, however, thought secretly to himself: Hmm, ‘Even if faced with a million men, I go forth’—that does sound quite imposing. But if you want me to go to my death, I’m not an idiot; I definitely wouldn’t! Although Yagyu Munenori is powerful, he absolutely can’t be so far beyond my reach, to the level of my nominal master Xuanjizi. Otherwise, my nominal master wouldn’t have just warned me through someone, and my prediction wouldn’t have been just a single sword. There definitely would have been more tragic scenes.

Since my nominal master Xuanjizi only said I had trouble, and what I saw was just one sword, it means that facing Yagyu Munenori might be difficult, but the final outcome would surely be a close call without real danger!

As long as I won’t die, then it’s fine.

Maybe this time, like the last battle with Miyamoto Kazuma, misfortune might turn into blessing, and I’ll gain several years of internal energy for no reason, upgrading my Northern Profound Skill!

“Miyamoto Kazuma, although hailed as the number one in the island nation’s two-sword style and once made a great name for himself there, the gap between him and Yagyu Munenori is a chasm! Did you know that fourteen years ago, Miyamoto Kazuma was almost instantly defeated by Yagyu Munenori?” Little Wine Gourd said slowly, holding his gourd.

Jiang Fei indeed didn’t know about this. But he quickly shook his head and said, “What’s the point of bringing up a duel from fourteen years ago today?”

If he could instantly defeat Miyamoto Kazuma fourteen years ago, that’s exactly why Miyamoto Kazuma went into seclusion to train intensely, greatly improving his swordsmanship over those fourteen years. Yagyu Munenori couldn’t instantly defeat the current Miyamoto Kazuma.

“Of course it’s meaningful!” Little Wine Gourd said loudly. “Because… even if they fought now, I’m afraid Miyamoto Kazuma would still very likely be instantly defeated by Yagyu Munenori!”

Instantly defeated?

Jiang Fei’s eyes sharpened. He stared intently at Little Wine Gourd’s eyes for a long moment, then frowned and asked, “What makes you say that? Do you know what Miyamoto Kazuma’s current strength is like?”

“Not exactly. But we can roughly infer that it shouldn’t be stronger than me or Bai Kedi, right?” Little Wine Gourd said.

Jiang Fei’s expression grew even more severe.

He frowned in thought for quite a while before finally asking, “You mean, with your current strength, you would also be instantly defeated by Yagyu Munenori? Didn’t you say you haven’t fought him? How do you judge that he could instantly defeat both of you?”

“No, no, no!” Little Wine Gourd shook his head. “We indeed haven’t fought Yagyu Munenori, and he probably couldn’t instantly defeat us. But we know that compared to him, we are definitely not on the same level!”

“Why?”

“Because we saw him make a casual move! Yagyu Munenori has almost reached the highest realm of swordsmanship. He is not confined by the form of the sword. A blade of grass or a piece of wood can become a sword; flying flowers and plucked leaves can wound people, sever metal, and crack stone!” Little Wine Gourd declared emphatically.

The combative braided youth Bai Kedi also had a serious look in his eyes as he sneered, “You yourself are a sword master; you know what this realm represents, right?”

Jiang Fei remained silent. After a long pause, he said, “‘The wooden sword knows no obstruction; sword energy has taken form.’ Has his cultivation in swordsmanship and internal energy truly reached this realm?”

“Would we specially come to find you just to lie?” Bai Kedi sneered. “That’s why I said, once you have a contest with Yagyu Munenori, there will be no more you in this world!”

Little Wine Gourd also nodded and sighed, “Yes. This Yagyu Munenori from the island nation is truly a genius in swordsmanship. My master said he actually came to our China over twenty years ago. He had good talent back then, but his strength was lacking. Who would have thought he has cultivated to this level now, far surpassing many of us.”

After hearing this, Jiang Fei turned and walked away.

Seeing this, the others looked at each other in confusion and quickly asked, “Hey, where are you going?”

“Dammit. What else can I do? Of course, I’m going to change my name and disappear!” someone cursed furiously.

What happened to ‘Even if faced with a million men, I go forth’?