"I'm challenging the Top 8. What was that guy's name again...? I forgot. Whatever, I'm challenging the person above me!"
Flame Style's indifferent words had barely left his mouth.
A pillar of light enveloped him and the now-serious Higashiyama Kei, teleporting them to the exact center of the arena where nothing had happened moments ago.
Smack, smack.
Under Uesugi Tetsu's gaze, two figures—one white and one red—appeared beside Higashiyama Kei after the young man snapped his fingers twice.
Nearly two meters tall, a huge, deathly white skeleton stood before its master, its body wrapped in dense bone armor. A sharp curved blade and shield were held in its right and left hands.
Two ghostly green soul fires appeared in its empty eye sockets. A murderous aura instantly spread beyond the arena.
On the other side, a giant blood-red flame floated in midair, yet did not emit even the slightest bit of heat.
Compared to an ordinary "Tsujigahara Fire," this Wildfire not only lacked the agonized, wailing heads within its body, it even seemed to possess a consciousness of its own, locking onto the opponent standing in the distance.
[Bone General (three and a half stars)]
[Wildfire (three and a half stars)]
Two yellow prompts appeared above their heads, indicating that they posed a certain threat.
Sure enough.
Higashiyama Kei possessed two mutated Shikigami, and they were the kind Uesugi Tetsu had never seen before.
They can still pose a slight threat to me now. Together, these two Shikigami should at least have the strength of a Great Otafuku.
And they even possessed a certain degree of immortality...
Uesugi Tetsu felt somewhat puzzled. With such excellent combat power, why had he never heard of Higashiyama Kei before, or seen him accomplish anything major?
Higashiyama Kei was clearly also an agent of