Whether Aoki Yuxue had actually died or not, Brahma did not know, and his concern over this matter had indeed faded a great deal.
It could not be said that he did not care at all, nor could it be said that he had already forgotten the person Aoki Yuxue. After all, such an unforgettable experience from back then had truly existed. How could it simply vanish so easily? But Brahma had certainly also long ceased to be as obsessively infatuated as he had been back then, to the point of being possessed and willing to do almost anything.
Otherwise, if Brahma were still the Brahma of those days, then upon hearing the news that Aoki Yuxue might still be alive, how could he still be in the mood to listen to Tsukahara Bokuden’s suggestion and cooperate with him to kill people? He would definitely first confirm whether what Yagyu Munenori said was true or false.
He had now become a monk, and moreover one of the most honored and transcendent existences in the religion of Country A. Over these years, he had forcibly demanded of himself that he castrate away all feelings between men and women.
Even if Aoki Yuxue had not died and could appear before him once more, Brahma could not achieve perfect calm in his heart. He would certainly still have restless emotions and some stray thoughts, but he would not abandon his current identity because of it.
“This brat who suddenly popped up is quite capable. I do not know what is strange about him or what bizarre method he has cultivated. His attack power has already completely reached the threshold of innate gangjin, and he cannot be underestimated.” Brahma shot Jiang Fei a rather sinister glance, then quickly added: “However, it is not a big problem either. If he has not stepped into the innate gangjin level, then in the end he still has not stepped into it. It is very hard to truly make up for that with other methods. As long as we treat him seriously, he basically poses no threat. Now leave this brat for you to deal with. The other three, leave them for me to kill!”
As for Brahma, the ones he most wanted to kill were still the Lion King, Olivia, and Yagyu Munenori.
The first two had killed his sworn brothers and damaged the prestige of their religion of Country A. They had to be killed. He had hunted them for more than half a month without giving up. The latter was a great enemy from back then. After so many years, feelings could be forgotten, but hatred was not so easily forgotten.
“Fine. Let us do as you say.” Tsukahara Bokuden had no objection to this and nodded in agreement.
It just so happened that he also wanted to see what was strange about Jiang Fei, what his origins were, and why, despite clearly not having stepped into the innate gangjin level, he possessed attack power comparable to an innate expert. After exchanging blows, he should be able to roughly deduce it.
After the two made their decision, they did not give Jiang Fei and the others any more time for idle talk. They immediately started fighting. The white-haired, youthful-faced Tsukahara Bokuden formed a sword seal with his fingers and slashed toward Jiang Fei, while Brahma once again drew the Lion King and the other two into his grasp.
“Qianxia, who let you come here! Leave immediately!” Yagyu Munenori said, pointing his fingers like a sword as he joined the battle, while loudly shouting at Yagyu Qianxia, who had come together with Jiang Fei.
The final outcome of the few people fighting now, and whether they would have a chance to escape, was still uncertain. But if Yagyu Qianxia did not take this opportunity to leave, then if she stayed a while longer, she really would not be able to leave.
“Uncle!” Yagyu Qianxia, full of campus goddess aura, wore an expression full of worry.
But she was not some melodramatic girl with poor judgment either. Born into the Yagyu family from childhood and regarded by Yagyu Munenori as his own daughter, she was instead very smart and decisive in many matters.
She saw the current situation very clearly. Of the six expert fighters present, including Jiang Fei, every single one pulled out into the outside martial world could be a top-tier powerhouse capable of overawing a region. Even the weakest was at the level of her uncle, a sword master. Even ten of her would not be enough. So if she stayed here now, she would not help at all. She could only become a burden.
So after hesitating for a few seconds, she looked at her uncle with unwillingness in her eyes, then decisively turned and left. Only before leaving, she said one thing: “Uncle, you must come back! Our Yagyu family cannot do without you!”
Yagyu Munenori laughed heartily and did not answer. He only made the sword qi in his hand grow a few degrees thicker. The leaves drifting all over the sky were controlled by the origin of his swordsmanship, like small daggers one after another, piercing toward Brahma overwhelmingly like a violent storm.
Unfortunately, Brahma was already a gangjin powerhouse, with gangqi protecting his body externally. No matter how many ordinary attacks there were, or how dense they were, they would all be blocked by him.
“Die for me!”
On the contrary, as Brahma attacked madly, the three of them gradually felt they could no longer hold on. Each had already suffered some injuries, and the situation was very bad.
However, now that Jiang Fei, an expert whose strength had already stepped into the innate threshold, had come to rescue them, their situation would not be as bad as it had been at the start. If they lost, there would be only death, with no chance to escape.
With Jiang Fei holding off Tsukahara Bokuden, Brahma had no helper, and it would be much easier for them to retreat.
But they had to find a good opportunity, each doing their own part well, holding off Brahma and Tsukahara Bokuden, and at the same time retreating together.
Before the fight began, the Lion King had already exchanged looks with Jiang Fei. They could not only know how to fight to the death blindly. They had to seek a good opportunity within the battle.
Tsukahara Bokuden had also begun fighting Jiang Fei. Both were masters of swordsmanship, and both could be said to have reached the peak, having already become so accomplished in swordsmanship that it was hard to find anyone comparable.
So the scene of the two fighting was bound to be much more dazzling and spectacular.
Sword qi crisscrossed vertically and horizontally, like giant dragons roaring in the air. Countless branches and trunks of towering ancient trees were cut down. The bodies of the two also sometimes moved swiftly across the ground, and sometimes leaped to the tops of the trees, crossing through the air.
If the earlier clash with Brahma was Jiang Fei only testing his skills, then the current battle showed that Jiang Fei truly already possessed the strength to stand against an innate expert!
“What an overbearing and direct sword technique! There are many swordsmanship schools in the Huaxia martial world, and I have basically seen all the famous ones. Yet this brat’s swordsmanship is greatly different from every other kind. What exactly are this brat’s origins?”
Tsukahara Bokuden was greatly shocked. Different from his expectations, after more than ten exchanges he still had not seen through Jiang Fei’s origins and strangeness. He could not understand the swordsmanship, and he also could not understand the reason behind Jiang Fei’s externalized qi sword, which was clearly stronger than that of ordinary people.
Just then, the Lion King suddenly let out a long whistle, the sound waves traveling far.
This was not because the Lion King had been injured, but because it was a signal he sent out. When Jiang Fei heard it, he immediately understood. He changed his attack move, and after unleashing one technique, quickly retreated!
It turned out that under the deliberate pulling of Jiang Fei and the Lion King and the other two, the distance between the two battle groups had gradually been widened, and they were now far apart. This was the perfect time to retreat.
Unfortunately, the Dao is one foot high, and the demon is ten feet high. Ginger is still spicier with age.
When Tsukahara Bokuden saw Jiang Fei use the lightness skill Threefold Cloud, his body like it had springs installed, flipping continuously in the air, like a nimble little bird flying into the sky, so fast that even Tsukahara Bokuden, a sword saint, felt inferior and could not catch up.
Now that Jiang Fei’s Beiming Divine Art had stepped into the second level, it not only boosted the power of his swordsmanship, but naturally also greatly enhanced his lightness skill.
In addition, over these days Jiang Fei had accumulated quite a few skill points, and since the Dugu Nine Swords had already reached great perfection and no longer needed improvement, his skill points had become useless. So he raised “Lightness Skill Threefold Cloud” to the second level!
Now Jiang Fei’s lightness skill could be said to be unmatched in the world, standing alone at the top. It was only normal that innate experts were inferior to him.
Only… no matter how high Jiang Fei’s lightness skill was, it was useless!
When Tsukahara Bokuden saw Jiang Fei quickly fleeing, so fast that he could not even hope to match it, he was stunned, his face darkening as he froze for a long while. Then he immediately made a decision. He did not chase Jiang Fei at all.
Instead, he resolutely turned around and chased in the direction of Brahma, the Lion King, and the others!
He did not chase Jiang Fei. Instead, he went over to join Brahma in hunting down the Lion King and the others.
In this way, he would see what Jiang Fei could do, and whether he could still escape calmly and smoothly!
“Damn it!” Jiang Fei had been running happily, but he quickly noticed that something was wrong. When he looked back, he found that Tsukahara Bokuden had not chased him at all, but had instead turned around. He instantly understood the other side’s intention and could not help but curse angrily.
There was no other way. Jiang Fei did not hesitate much either. He could only be led by the nose, turn around, and go back. (
