The New Secret Art: Unknowing Sword! Fangxiangshi Reappears, the Second Effect of the Lin Character Technique!

In the torrential rain.

Two balls of blazing, scorching fire floated in midair. At their very centers, the human heads' expressions grew increasingly anguished and pained, causing the crimson flames to swell larger and larger.

--[Spirit of Congyuanhuo (Two-and-a-Half Stars)].

"A two-and-a-half-star demon. How terrifying."

Uesugi Tetsu exclaimed, "If the old me had seen you from this distance, I'd definitely have been roasted into a pile of charcoal."

The two Spirits of Congyuanhuo ignored him completely. They simply floated over from either side, intending to surround and burn him, feeding on his pain.

The heat pierced through the rain and fell upon Uesugi Tetsu's skin.

"But unfortunately."

He reached out and made a loose fist, saying with utmost seriousness, "I'm no longer the person I used to be."

Boom!

The two Spirits of Congyuanhuo shifted from stillness to motion. As though they had planned it in advance, they lunged over from ten meters away in an instant!

They evaporated every drop of water along their path, sending scalding steam surging into the sky.

Yet Uesugi Tetsu, their target, did not move.

Or rather, he had already moved.

Drip.

An intact raindrop slid over Uesugi Tetsu's fingertips, which remained as cool as ever, and fell into the incredibly sticky mud beneath his feet.

Just like countless raindrops descending from the sky throughout Edo Castle.

Uesugi Tetsu did not turn his head for another look. Instead, he calmly released his hands, tucked them into his pockets, and walked toward the Nameless Swordsman's residence from his memories.

Patter, patter.

It was not until he was nearly at the end of the short street that two pale bolts of lightning arrived belatedly, erupting from within the distorted heads at the centers of the two Spirits of Congyuanhuo...

With a thunderous roar!

Countless blue-violet arcs