“What?”
Brahma, unable to stop himself from staggering backward, stared wide-eyed at Jiang Fei with an expression of utter disbelief.
He was a mighty expert at the Innate Gang Jin level. Even Tsukahara Bokuden, who had become a sword saint many years ago, could do nothing to him. The Lion King, Yagyu Munenori, and Olivia, three Dan Jin experts who had once been at the same level as him, could only be suppressed by him.
Now, a young junior from China who had appeared out of nowhere had actually managed to force him back with a single sword strike!
This was simply unbelievable.
“Who is this kid? Why does he possess such terrifying strength? When did such a monstrous genius appear in China’s martial world?! China truly lives up to being the country with the deepest heritage in the East, full of mystery and the unbelievable. This kid looks so young. For people of our generation, reaching the Dan Jin level at his age would already be considered quite good. Yet he is already comparable to the Innate level. If he continues for another twenty or thirty years, how terrifying would his strength become… It’s simply unimaginable. Could he really break through the limit and step onto an unknown realm?”
Brahma thought to himself, still shaken.
He had been in seclusion all these years, shutting out all news from the outside world, and had only come out not long ago after breaking through to the Innate Gang Jin level. So he knew very little about recent events in the martial world. Otherwise, with the intelligence network of the Indian religion, he would still have been able to learn about major recent events and know who Jiang Fei was.
Someone just as surprised as Brahma was “Sword Saint” Tsukahara Bokuden, this old monster-level strongest expert of the island nation. With his high strength, it was naturally not hard for him to see what had just happened in the exchange between Jiang Fei and Brahma.
Although this young man had not formed the gang jin unique to Innate experts and was not an Innate expert, the sword intent he had condensed was far too fierce and domineering. The original sword intent contained within it made even him, a “Sword Saint,” feel shocked and ashamed of his inferiority. In addition, he could sense that the sword qi Jiang Fei released through his inner energy was greatly different from that of ordinary Dan Jin experts.
For example, the sword qi displayed by Yagyu Munenori, at the same level, would be considerably weaker than Jiang Fei’s!
“His talent is too monstrous! Even Xuanjizi back in the day was not this terrifying at this age. What is this kid’s background?” Tsukahara Bokuden thought in shock.
As he thought this, he could no longer sit still and watch coldly from the sidelines without joining the fight.
Brahma alone against the Lion King, Olivia, and Yagyu Munenori was difficult and not easy, but in the end he could still gain the upper hand. After some effort, he could still successfully kill the three of them.
Now that Jiang Fei had joined, the situation was completely different. There had been a fundamental change.
Jiang Fei’s strength alone was no longer at the Dan Jin level. He had completely separated himself from the Lion King and the others, a fundamental difference. He alone could hold off Brahma, and with the Lion King and the other two helping from the side, the final result would definitely be that Brahma could not match them and would be killed in turn!
If Brahma were killed in turn, what would happen to Tsukahara Bokuden?
If the four of them joined forces, Brahma could not withstand them, and neither could he.
Therefore, Tsukahara Bokuden immediately flew over and stood together with Brahma. Now it truly required the two of them to join hands and strike together in order to steadily gain the upper hand.
With Brahma and Tsukahara Bokuden standing together, Jiang Fei naturally retreated back to the side of the Lion King and the others. He needed to understand the situation and what exactly had happened.
Two experts at the Innate Gang Jin level, and moreover a chaotic battle between different countries. He was a bit dazed.
“Jiang Fei, why did you come here!” the Lion King asked in surprise and joy, no longer wearing the tense expression from the beginning when he had urged Jiang Fei to flee.
They had all seen clearly the exchange between Jiang Fei and Brahma just now. Jiang Fei’s strength had truly surpassed the three of them and accomplished what they could only dream of, directly confronting an Innate Gang Jin expert head-on.
“It’s a long story. I came to find Yagyu Munenori because I have something to discuss with him, so I came here,” Jiang Fei said lightly, though his eyes kept intentionally or unintentionally staring closely at Brahma and Tsukahara Bokuden. These two great Innate Gang Jin experts really put a lot of pressure on him, and he did not feel very safe.
His strength had now progressed to a very powerful level, but in the end his cultivation was not yet heaven-defying, and facing Innate experts left him somewhat lacking in confidence.
Slightly turning his head, he looked at the three and asked, “So what exactly is going on with you all? Yagyu Munenori came here to find this Tsukahara Bokuden, right? Lion King, you and Olivia walking together should be to investigate the matter of Shiva and trace out the person behind the Sky Net organization. For the two of you to go to India to investigate is barely understandable, but… why did you cross the ocean to the island nation?”
When asked this question, the normally bold Lion King could not help but blush with shame and said, “Olivia and I entered India thinking it should be a sure thing and that we would not run into any trouble. Who knew that Brahma had actually stepped into the Innate level these years and caught us off guard. And he apparently has some method that lets him track us constantly. For the past half month, he chased us all the way from India to the island nation!”
Jiang Fei was stunned speechless.
Chasing and killing for half a month, from India all the way to the island nation. That kind of stamina was truly absurd. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, even Jiang Fei probably would not have believed it.
“Then how did you two get to Mount Fuji and run into this old fellow?” Jiang Fei asked cautiously, looking at the white-haired, youthful-faced Tsukahara Bokuden. “Your luck wouldn’t happen to be so good that you just happened to meet him, right?”
The Lion King also cautiously glanced at the two. Seeing Brahma and Tsukahara Bokuden’s eyes flicker, though he did not know what they were thinking, they still did not make a move, so he lowered his voice and explained, “Of course it was not a coincidence that we came to Mount Fuji. From the beginning, I knew this old fellow named Tsukahara Bokuden lived here, and I also knew that he and Brahma had a grudge from many years ago. So I deliberately lured Brahma here, hoping to see whether I could use Tsukahara Bokuden’s hand to kill Brahma… Who knew that not only could this old fellow Tsukahara Bokuden do nothing to Brahma and fail to kill him, but he even disregarded his old face and joined hands with Brahma to kill us instead!”
Jiang Fei was speechless.
So that was how twisted and bizarre the matter was.
“Brahma and Tsukahara Bokuden had a grudge from many years ago? How did they become enemies?”
When asked this, the Lion King glanced again at Yagyu Munenori beside him, then carefully recounted the secret from many years ago: “Many years ago, Tsukahara Bokuden had a female disciple named Aoki Youxue, who was not only extraordinarily talented in swordsmanship but also had an otherworldly beauty. Aoki Youxue had extremely high comprehension. She was also the first closed-door eldest disciple Tsukahara Bokuden accepted after achieving great success in swordsmanship and establishing his own school. He planned to cultivate her into his successor and have her fully inherit his legacy…”
