Chapter 293: Sorcery Cannon Turret Takizawa Kai’s Five Elements Mysteries Unveiled! Shangshan Che: That Was Delicious, Thanks For The Meal!
Takizawa Kai naturally couldn’t choose to admit defeat.
On the contrary, in the two battles just now between Shangshan Che and Yan Liu as well as Kitamura Yūyū, he had already obtained a large amount of firsthand intelligence about this terrifying opponent for free.
With the unequal intelligence advantage in hand, Takizawa Kai was quite confident.
—Not only top-tier in breathing technique and sword technique, but lightning magic was his specialty, with attainments far superior to any single attribute in his five elements sorcery.
In addition, not only had Shangshan Che’s Qi circulation been strengthened by spiritual power, but the opponent himself seemed to know a defensive Onmyōdō related to the fire element.
Takizawa Kai couldn’t recognize this Onmyōdō; it was most likely an ancient flow sorcery from hundreds of years ago.
But from the situation in the previous two battles, this spell combined with Qi circulation resulted in very high defense.
At least the first two hadn’t been able to cause obvious damage to Shangshan Che’s body.
However, his own advantage was mastery of five elements sorcery, able to freely combine and use them, with dozens of various large and small spells learned.
Moreover, Takizawa Kai hadn’t even moved a hand once from the seed battle elimination round until now.
Shangshan Che knew nothing about him, while he… had already analyzed the opponent’s combat style!
This was an overwhelming advantage.
“Choosing to agree to Shangshan Che’s request to swap positions earlier was truly the most correct choice.”
Otherwise, he wouldn’t even know how he could defeat a monster on the same level as Miss Gen.
Takizawa Kai lowered his head, silently staring at Shangshan Che and Two-Foot Adult who were looking up at him from below together.
Now, the only variable was the shikigami supernatural phenomenon in the intelligence about Shangshan Che—”Hachishaku-sama.”
Shangshan Che’s Hachishaku-sama was definitely not an ordinary supernatural phenomenon Hachishaku-sama.
This unexpected factor would be set aside for now.
Takizawa Kai set the unknown variable aside and continued to feel the gazes cast from around him, staring intently at Shangshan Che who was still gazing at him.
Considering Shangshan Che’s divine speed after charging power, and the moves he hadn’t used yet…
In that case, should he try to prolong the combat time as much as possible?
Takizawa Kai calmly brainstormed in his mind.
—The longer the time, the more than enough it would be to set up many defensive spells and traps to prevent being killed in one slash, and also to consume Shangshan Che’s spiritual power within his body for an advantage.
After all, he had a Five Elements Spiritual Body; even if Shangshan Che’s total spiritual energy was greater than his own, the recovery speed definitely couldn’t compare to his.
Thinking of this, Takizawa Kai, having set the strategic direction, gained a bit more confidence.
He glanced at Shangshan Che’s empty waist, then turned his head to see Tokugawa Ririko on the arena gripping that vermilion daito, cutting through opponents like chopping vegetables and already reaching fifteenth place.
—Shangshan Che’s blade was still in that Tokugawa’s hand, heh, looking down on me, huh.
There was nothing better than this.
A calm fury rose in Takizawa Kai’s heart.
Since the opponent looked down on him and underestimated him, he would inevitably want to end the battle quickly… plus those words with that attitude just now.
He clenched his fist in his heart.
He could drag Shangshan Che into his own rhythm!
The above two points were guarantees that he could drag Shangshan Che into a prolonged battle!
—Unfortunately, due to the incompleteness of the intelligence, the misled Takizawa Kai was not only wrong, but horribly wrong.
If Tsuchimikado Ran or Kamo Kiichi faced Shangshan Che, they wouldn’t even think and would go all out with full firepower the instant they entered the arena.
Unveil all trump cards, striving to kill Shangshan Che or be killed by Shangshan Che in one breath.
Because the two had an accurate understanding of the absurd speed of spiritual energy recovery from spirit control technique—as soon as time was prolonged, they would almost certainly lose.
Not to mention that at the instant combat began, it was when Shangshan Che was farthest from them Onmyoji.
As for not retrieving Kaga Kiyomitsu, that was purely Shangshan Che’s own rational judgment—Takizawa Kai wasn’t worth him taking back Little Jia to win.
Just that.
Shangshan Che never had any intention of underestimating his opponent.
“I accept your challenge, Shangshan Jun.”
Before saying this, Takizawa Kai had already anticipated and prepared the Onmyōdō he would release after entering the arena—this was also a little trick to prevent being instantly killed.
He spoke: “Come on.”
Shangshan Che naturally set down Two-Foot Adult in his arms, patted the white hat on her head, and said: “I challenge, position fifth, Takizawa Kai.”
A pillar of light lit up, instantly attracting the gazes of 80% of the people in the entire venue.
The remaining twenty percent were either watching Lili Zi unleash her beautiful, unrivaled beatdown on opponents or watching Aosuke and Higashiyama Kei’s super Pokémon showdown.
The moment the white light before his eyes dissipated, dense five elements spells unfolded with Takizawa Kai at the center.
A swamp churning with bubbles and flames, knife-like ice ridges floating in mid-air, inconspicuous seedlings poking their heads out only on the arena surface…
As long as Shangshan Che stepped into the fifty-meter radius, he would absolutely be held up for at least one or two seconds by these “viscous” spells.
This precious time would be his moment to counterattack!
But contrary to Takizawa Kai’s expectations, Shangshan Che didn’t rush over at once, not even attempting it.
What did he want to do?
Takizawa Kai narrowed his eyes, but his hand movements didn’t stop.
Five elements defensive sorcery and traps were laid one after another within a hundred-meter radius, gradually increasing Takizawa Kai’s sense of security.
When something is abnormal, there must be a demon!
—Shangshan Che was happy to observe how Takizawa Kai controlled five elements spiritual power and released Onmyōdō.
Under the field of view of the Eye of Interpretation, massive five elements spiritual power dispersed in the air weaving together, quickly solidifying into spells like being drawn.
Takizawa Kai hadn’t hidden the spiritual energy flow, and his drawing technique was relatively crude.
His thoughts were seen through by Shangshan Che completely.
At the same time, it vaguely made Shangshan Che understand the status of “Five Elements” relative to “spiritual power.”
“But just watching isn’t quite enough…”
Feeling his perception was average and not comprehending anything new, Shangshan Che said seriously,
“Takizawa Jun, I’m coming.”
Takizawa Kai’s heart tightened, followed by a sense of absurdity.
—Would a normal person remind their opponent before attacking?
As expected, he was still being looked down on.
Tch.
Takizawa Kai’s eyes sharpened, reflecting Shangshan Che charging straight at him like a giant crashing through toys.
Catch you off guard!
He clenched both fists, dazzling fire element spiritual power surging wildly from his palms, instantly turning into a rotating massive flame pillar.
“Go!”
Takizawa Kai shouted loudly, deliberately letting Shangshan Che hear it.
—Facing a fire element attack, Shangshan Che would definitely use that fire element Onmyōdō to block it!
Amid the astonishment of countless people, the massive flame pillar like a half-truck roared toward Shangshan Che.
—After this, that was Takizawa Kai’s real move!
Within the vision-obscuring flame pillar and fire element spiritual power, already compressed gold-blue dual-color spiritual energy flowed and converged, merging into its central part before the flame pillar fully departed.
Boom!
The flame tide sweeping in like waves crashed against an immovable reef, shattering and diverting forcefully!
As Takizawa Kai expected, black-red Flame Armor rose up in front of Shangshan Che, easily blocking the entire flame pillar.
Until the end, it was just somewhat dimmed.
But Takizawa Kai’s purpose had been achieved.
Behind the massive flame pillar, a deep cobalt blue instantly crashed into Shangshan Che’s sight!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!
Just upon seeing it, the Flame Armor was pierced by this amplified and reinforced water element sorcery, ethereal like mist yet solid like solid, smashing heavily onto the Qi circulation.
And after the water came the metal element needles hidden within!
Silently, gold needles finer than hair strands surged densely, barely opening a dozen tiny holes invisible to the naked eye at the weakest points of the Qi circulation.
But that was enough.
The subsequent water mist surged in with the wind; one part entered Shangshan Che’s body through his facial features, the other transforming outside into different forms attacking his vital points.
Everything went perfectly as Takizawa Kai had envisioned.
Therefore, Shangshan Che was knocked flying to the edge of the arena by the final emerging water fist.
Then, he bled for the first time.
At the arena edge, seeing the blood color rapidly fading before his eyes, Shangshan Che slowly stood up and wiped away the hot blood flowing from the side of his neck.
But in his eyes, there was not only no surprise or anger…
Instead, it was full of delight!
In fact, in the instant before the flame pillar was broken, Shangshan Che had already sensed what was hidden afterward.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t block it, nor that he didn’t react to repair the Qi circulation.
Rather, Shangshan Che had consumed Soul Incense Ash before the battle started.
And in that critical instant just now, he had observed at near-zero distance the “metal-water mutual generation” as understood in the Five Elements Spiritual Body, gaining corresponding perception in his heart.
Thus, a change occurred in his Sea of Qi.
—But ordinary audience members couldn’t see this; they were only shocked that Shangshan Che, who had maintained a crushing momentum, was knocked flying by another competitor for the first time and bled!
A superhumanly strong fighter who could still move freely even in one-ten-thousandth slow motion just fell like that simply?
“Did we see it wrong?”
An audience member muttered.
But the next moment, the broadcast used real-time slow-motion replay to prove it was fact.
Not only the audience, but even the seed battle competitors on site didn’t understand how Shangshan Che was knocked flying in one move.
This was unimaginable for Yan Liu and Kitamura Yūyū.
No reason for it.
…
“Sister Shinsui, what’s going on? Is this Five Elements Spiritual Body really as powerful as in the books? Unrivaled at great completion!”
Kyuuketsuin Kin’s mouth gaped open, forgetting to eat the expensive hot fried chicken delivered to his hand.
Gen Shinsui wiped the grease from her lip corner with the back of her hand, savoring the strange yet somewhat delicious taste of the fried chicken, and said flatly while staring at the “stunned” Shangshan Che,
“It’s not the Five Elements Spiritual Body that’s powerful; it’s this Shangshan Che…”
“Shangshan Jun is powerful?” Kyuuketsuin Kin was confused. “In that scene just now, what’s powerful about it?”
Gen Shinsui asked: “Does he know five elements Onmyōdō?”
Kyuuketsuin Kin looked up and thought: “Seems not, haven’t seen him use it… Ah, no!”
He slapped his thigh hard and said,
“Didn’t Shangshan Jun just say it? His five elements Onmyōdō is just at beginner level!”
Gen Shinsui asked again: “Then, is what Shangshan Che cultivates a breathing technique related to the five elements?”
Kyuuketsuin Kin shook his head and answered: “What he cultivates is the Corona Breathing Technique.”
Thus, the answer emerged.
Gen Shinsui confirmed in her heart—
Shangshan Che’s Sea of Qi was not an ordinary Corona Sea of Qi, but a Sea of Qi defined by “Five Elements.”
And in that instant just now, Shangshan Che had comprehended the mysteries related to metal and water from this Five Elements Spiritual Body’s Onmyōdō.
Gen Shinsui murmured to herself,
“Shangshan Che… Shangshan, Little Kin, is he from the Shangshan family?”
Though asking this, even Gen Shinsui herself didn’t know which “Shangshan family” was doing well in this era.
“No.”
Kyuuketsuin Kin quickly finished several chicken wings, showing off his hidden big stomach potential, and answered: “Before the tide came, he was just an ordinary high school student.”
“Student?”
Gen Shinsui’s words paused.
She looked again at Shangshan Che on the screen, who had raised his face, eyes full of joy, as if finally finding his desired prey.
With such talent, if only he were born in the Gen family…
What a pity.
Kyuuketsuin Kin strangely looked at Gen Shinsui who inexplicably sighed, hesitated while looking at the last spicy chicken wing in his hand, and after a moment offered it.
“Sister Shinsui, want to eat?”
…
【Due to your close-range observation and understanding of the mysteries of five elements mutual generation, “Scale Armor of Sea Light” and “Fragment of the Ten-Hand Sword” in the Void Qi Sea further produced a linkage effect!】
“Thank you, Takizawa Jun.”
Shangshan Che’s Sea of Qi churned restlessly, Qi Barrier surging.
Sea Strange Light Scale Armor and Fragment of the Ten-Hand Sword clung tightly together, turning most of the entire Sea of Qi into flowing golden liquid, greatly improving the quality of the Qi Barrier.
Feeling the power continuously generating within his body, Shangshan Che comfortably rolled his shoulders and asked Takizawa Kai politely,
“May I ask, do you have any more moves?”
But in Takizawa Kai’s eyes, Shangshan Che seemed to be saying “That’s it?” “No more moves? I haven’t even warmed up yet.”
Takizawa Kai snorted coldly and flipped his palm, having made a decision inwardly.
—Stick to the original prolonged combat plan, let him taste some new moves he’s never seen!
Thus from this instant onward, Takizawa Kai transformed into a terrifying spell turret, relentlessly bombarding Shangshan Che who was “forced” to the arena edge by numerous traps.
—In the eyes of ordinary people, it was like this.
Only a few sharp-eyed competitors and audience members could see that Shangshan Che wasn’t resisting at all, but enjoying it!
From the start, Shangshan Che had no intention of ending the battle quickly!
The colorful bombardment on the arena lasted a full half hour, enough to despair almost all existences below Ghost God.
“Huff… huff…”
Takizawa Kai panted heavily, lowering his numb arms after releasing another initial metal-water mutual generation Onmyōdō combo.
Even though spiritual power remained in his body, Takizawa Kai’s body was already about to give out first.
Just the resonance between five elements spiritual power was nearly shaking him apart!
In this long time, he had used ninety percent of his known Onmyōdō and their variants and combinations over and over completely!
His gaze swept over the hundred-plus defensive spells and traps in front of him, and Takizawa Kai’s mouth corners arduously pulled into a smile.
He stared at the shadowy figure seemingly slumped in the smoke and dust, forcibly mustering a breath.
About to win!
“No more moves?”
Shangshan Che coughed out a heavy mouthful of blood, enduring the intense pain in his body to fully savor the last bit of five elements mysteries, and staggered to his feet.
If not for the powerfully effective “Pale Frenzy” supporting him, even he would have turned into a puddle on the ground after being used as a target for so long.
—【Pale Frenzy: The heavier your injuries, the more fear you receive, the more your physique and willpower grow, and the faster your injuries and Qi Barrier recover.】
Injuries were another matter…
But now, among those watching the seed battle, how many audience members had their eyes on him?
Hundreds of thousands? Or millions?
Shangshan Che didn’t know.
He only knew that even if just a small portion of them felt “fear” toward him, his physique and willpower attributes were skyrocketing, and his recovery ability had multiplied several times over.
Precisely because of this, Shangshan Che could settle down to comprehend the operational principles of the “Qi” of the five elements for a full half hour!
The smoke and dust dispersed, charred flesh and blood instantly regenerating at an unbelievable speed.
The re-rising Qi circulation brushed away the ash and dust from the Red Hannya Mask, then grinned,
“Thanks for the feast, Takizawa Jun.”
Shangshan Che spread his arms, and two lifelike purple-black Lightning Dragons swam up from behind him, reflecting Takizawa Kai’s puzzled gaze in his pupils,
“As reciprocation, let you taste my Onmyōdō too!”
