Were these robed old men truly Buddhist masters?
Uesugi Tetsu examined them several times, then exchanged a few words with Two-Shaku-Sama.
He discovered that although the three masters who had been blasted from Amida Hall were seriously injured, they did not seem to be in the extreme weakness one would expect from depleted Spiritual Power.
Rather, neither their physical strength nor their Spiritual Power fluctuations had reached one star.
Yet the two little novice monks beside him cried out in shock after seeing the three elders' faces.
"Uncle Genjaku!"
"Elder Eiton!"
"Master Kukai!"
Uesugi Tetsu wore a peculiar expression. The names of these three sounded like those of secluded eminent monks who could suppress a Great Demon with a single move.
Yet the strongest among them had merely brushed against the boundary of one star, making him a "half-star peak, great perfection" at best.
The monk Kukai, dressed in a bright-red kasaya and possessing the strongest aura, turned toward the novice monks with difficulty. After spitting out blood, he murmured slowly,
"Huiming... go tell everyone to escape. Quickly! We can't defeat this humanoid demon!"
The novice monk called Huiming froze for a moment. Then he looked deeper into the hall and saw that several elders were still holding on. But if things continued, they would inevitably be picked off one by one.
"This..."
Huiming hesitantly clenched his fists.
After observing in detail for more than ten seconds, Uesugi Tetsu finally confirmed the true form of the demon rampaging through Amida Hall.
--[Official Woman Doll (one and a half stars)]
When Uesugi Tetsu first saw the prompt, he even wondered whether something was wrong with his eyes.
When had a one-and-a-half-star demon become this strong?
How could a demon with strength comparable to Two-Shaku-Sama wipe out an entire Hongwanji Temple branch?