Silver-White Shadow, Asura Path (Bonus Chapter)

Tap tap!

Saeki Muneyoshi leaped forward with his racket, even when facing Different Dimension Oni God, even when he was completely suppressed.

He won't give up.

The Darkness Field expanded once more, and endless moonlight poured down, making Muneyoshi's figure appear even more mysterious.

But he could no longer see any of that now; all that Muneyoshi could see was the figure of Oni Jūjirō.

With a single step and a swift movement, Muneyoshi appeared directly in front of the tennis ball. He swung his arms in a two-handed chopping motion, the afterimages barely visible to the naked eye.

"Ha!"

With a furious shout, the racket in his hand came crashing down.

Bang!

The dark and desolate aura behind Muneyoshi directly shattered the black and red flames attached to Oni Jūjirō, and then the racket sliced into the tennis ball from the side.

With a precise slash, Muneyoshi unleashed a powerful reverse spin.

The tennis ball was incredibly fast, and just as it crossed the net, it landed in the forecourt, exploding into ten streaks that flew off in different directions.

"You've run out of tricks? You're actually imitating Byōdōin's signature move? Watch me smash it all back at you!"

Oni Jūjirō was very familiar with Byōdōin, recognized Byōdōin 'Muneyoshi move at a glance.

However, this action seemed to enrage him even more.

Oni Jūjirō's running speed was incredibly fast, as if he had created ten figures to hit all the tennis balls.

The ghost's anger surged, and the Oni God shadow behind him mirrored his actions.

His arm was like a thick iron bar; he swung the racket forcefully, striking the tennis ball.

Bang!

A terrifying, bloody aura seemed to erupt from the tennis ball.

"Go to hell, Saeki Muneyoshi!"

Oni Jūjirō's eyes flickered, a hint of madness in them.

Whoosh!

The tennis ball, like a blood-red giant axe, slammed heavily into Muneyoshi's half of the court.

Muneyoshi, in the backcourt, was not intimidated by the momentum of the ball. He half-squatted, his breath rising and falling slightly, and with a stomp of his foot, he suddenly lunged forward.

A dim, eerie light flashed across the field once more.

The racket in his hand transformed into a katana once more, Ghosts and Goblins reappeared, devouring the blood-red giant axe.

Boom!!!

With a loud bang, another large crater appeared on the ground, but Muneyoshi stood straight like a reef in the sea, just as the tennis ball bounced up.

He moved.

With a powerful stomp, the Darkness Field reappeared under Muneyoshi's mental control, slowing down the extreme speed of the blood-red tennis ball.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Muneyoshi, wielding a katana transformed from a tennis racket, caught up once more. The shadowy blade flashed again, shattering the blood-red giant axe with a single strike.

Muneyoshi raised his arm, creating a striking position in mid-air. The Asura Path's aura, like blood-red flames, was instantly pierced and devoured under the black radiance.

Chaotic Flower Burial!

As the blow landed, Oni Jūjirō saw that thin thread again, but at the same time, the Darkness Domain began to expand rapidly, instantly enveloping Oni.

Countless negative emotions filled his mind and forcefully suppressed his will, giving him the illusion that he should give up resisting.

In less than a millisecond.

A fierce rage blazed in Oni Jūjirō's eyes.

Muneyoshi's reckless actions have truly angered the Oni God.

Enraged, Oni Jūjirō roared, his blood-red hair billowing in the wind, his mouth agape, revealing all his teeth.

At this moment, Oni Jūjirō seemed to have merged with the Oni God behind him.

As Oni Jūjirō swung his racket, the Oni God behind him lunged forward in the direction of the tennis ball.

This scene sent chills down the spines of the people watching from afar.

Especially Byōdōin, at this moment he could feel the scar on his forehead starting to ache faintly.

Bang!

Oni Jūjirō leaped high into the air once more, wielding his paddle with both hands and lashing out like an axe, giving Muneyoshi no chance to react at all.

At the same time, the enormous Oni God body was getting closer and closer to Muneyoshi.

Muneyoshi's vision was completely filled with this enormous figure, and his feet felt rooted to the spot, unable to move at all.

In the moment of crisis, Muneyoshi could only use his remaining mental energy to summon darkness, and the dark aura surrounding him surged like a tide.

Boom!

As the Darkness power clashed with the Oni God, the stadium seemed about to crack open.

Small pebbles flew everywhere, many hitting Muneyoshi's face, but he seemed not to hear them.

At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, fixed on the approaching Oni God, and his roar echoed through the mountains and fields.

"Move it!!!"

"Get moving!"

Muneyoshi's efforts paid off; his unwavering will allowed him to finally regain control of his body.

However, at this moment, his mental energy was greatly depleted, and he became somewhat dazed.

Just then, Oni Jūjirō's voice suddenly came from beside his ear, "The hell I mentioned... it seems you really don't take it seriously!"

Swish!

In the spiritual realm, the Oni God that had already arrived in front of Muneyoshi suddenly brandished its sharp claws, instantly tearing off large amounts of flesh and blood from Muneyoshi's body.

The blood-stained claws slashed across, and the enormous, purplish-black Oni God's angry gaze seemed to cast a look of utter contempt:

"Since you didn't take it to heart, then I'll make sure you remember it forever—go to hell!"

Boom!

The massive, blood-stained claws were raised once more!

It seemed like the next moment would be to smash Muneyoshi into mincemeat.

"Heh heh, what are you... what kind of joke is this?!"

"I will never go to a place like hell again!"

Saeki Muneyoshi gritted his teeth, his eyes turning from pure black to red.

At this moment, memories from the past are flashing through my mind like a slideshow.

Looking back on the seven or eight years of training I've dedicated myself to since I came into this world, and recalling the frustration I felt when I discovered the gap between myself and those geniuses.

I recall the time I was forced to wander and challenge myself everywhere because I couldn't play in competitions.

Thinking back to the World Tournament...

Recalling the endless darkness that Amadeus had given him, and that instant of annihilation...

The utter silence, like the fear of true loss and death, made him unwilling to continue thinking about it.

But how much time has passed?

Another person has sent him to such a place!

Is this the limit of Saeki Muneyoshi's enlightenment?

"No! That feeling, that kind of thing, is absolutely unacceptable! I cannot tolerate going through hell again!"

On the silent cliff of the heart, Saeki Muneyoshi roared once more, "Absolutely not! Oni God, get out of my way!"

Wow!!

A piercing roar shattered the silence and absorbed all the darkness into Muneyoshi's body.

A crescent moon, shrouded in a thin veil of black mist, shone down from the heavens, casting endless moonlight upon the land.

The moonlight bathed Muneyoshi's entire body in a silvery glow, and his silvery-white hair shimmered in the moonlight.

The next moment.

In Muneyoshi's mental world, a huge hole was suddenly torn open in the absolutely dark world.

A waning moon appeared in the darkness.

As the waning moon appeared, Muneyoshi's spiritual power seemed to have found its source and belonging, and was completely absorbed by it.

Thump... thump thump...

A strong, powerful heartbeat suddenly echoed in everyone's ears.

At that moment, Oni Jūjirō, Byōdōin Hōō, Irie Kanata, Mifune Nyudo Tanegashima Shūji, and Mifune Nyudo suddenly discovered that a pitch-black space had appeared behind Muneyoshi.

In the pitch-black space, a crescent moon suddenly flew out the next moment.

The waning moon and the crescent moon in the sky seemed to resonate with each other.

A phantom figure, entirely silver-white with only faint purple markings outlining the outline of its clothing, appeared behind Muneyoshi's head.

The silvery-white phantom stood on endless darkness, its eyes closed, and its appearance was exactly the same as Muneyoshi's.

The moment the silvery-white phantom appeared, endless moonlight and darkness danced wildly.

The Oni God of Oni Jūjirō was directly banished and returned to the demon's back.

Muneyoshi was oblivious to everything around him at that moment, and subconsciously condensed his racket back into the shape of a katana.

At the same time, the silver-white phantom behind him moved its hand, and endless darkness gathered in its hand, forming a pure black katana.

Then, Muneyoshi unleashed an upward slash in response to the demon's attack.

The tennis ball flew backwards.

Pfft!

Seeing this, Oni Jūjirō's emotions rose even higher, and he raised his racket again to retaliate.

However, the sharp energy pierced through the racket, cutting a very thin, long gash in his hand.

"Okay, okay!"

Upon seeing this, Mifune Nyudo's eyes lit up, and he laughed happily. Byōdōin- in and Irie Tanegashima also smiled.

Under the suppression of the demon, Saeki Muneyoshi finally broke through the mental barrier and blasted open the door to that mental realm.

However, the only one who was unhappy at this moment was the ghost.

At this moment, he felt both the joy of Saeki Muneyoshi's breakthrough and the frustration of being thwarted by the Oni God.

The next moment, seemingly stimulated by Muneyoshi's Silver White Soul, Oni Jūjirō's Asura Path Oni God let out an angry roar.

As the roar echoed, the Oni God behind Oni Jūjirō changed once more.

The Oni God's body expanded once more, and a world entirely composed of magma appeared in the sight of Muneyoshi and the spectators on the sidelines.

In this world of magma, there is utter desolation and emptiness, with only a perfect blood moon hanging high in the sky.

The endless aura of ferocity and brutality instantly shattered Muneyoshi's newly born Silver White Soul.

"Stage Two! The Materialization of the Oni God World!!"

The changes in Oni Jūjirō were, of course, not to be missed by the others.

In particular, Byōdōin only reached the Stage Two after his Nirvana duel with Duke Watanabe.

At this moment, Oni Jūjirō also stepped in.

"Hahaha, great!!!"

At this moment, Mifune Nyudo laughed even more heartily.

After the demon entered the Stage Two, Muneyoshi's persistence became meaningless, and he could no longer withstand such exhaustion.

They were quickly defeated.

However, he has already truly opened the door to the Different Dimension path belonging to the realm of spiritual power.

P. S.: Chapter 1 bonus chapter delivered, Chapter 2 coming soon.