229 Trapped in Kansai

"It's a deal then."

Shizuka Hiratsuka reluctantly left Otake-maru's chest.

Otake-maru shrunk down at lightning speed and rolled behind Shuya, trembling and not daring to look at Shizuka Hiratsuka.

The scene became extremely bizarre.

A minute later, the fox-headed strategist came to his senses and shouted loudly, "Long live the Alliance Leader! Long live the Alliance Leader!"

Long live the Alliance Leader!

Long live the Alliance Leader!

Amidst cheers and laughter, the Oni Clan of Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress pondered for a moment, then decisively raised their spiked clubs and knocked out Yamata Mochizuki and the Kansai Monster, shouting repeatedly, "Long live the Alliance Leader! Long live the Alliance Leader!"

The two groups of Monster reached a consensus and merged into one while chanting slogans.

After Otake-maru recovered from his external injuries, he obsequiously shouted "Long live the Alliance Leader!" a few times before opening the Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress and welcoming the Kanto Monster in.

That afternoon, in the City Lord's Manor, Otake-maru allowed Shuya to sit in the main seat, and led his trusted generals to toast him, officially making him the fifth Monster General of the Kanto Monster Alliance.

Shuya did not disband his men, but allowed him to select 10,000 men to lead his own division, which he called the Chubu.

Otake-maru and his subordinates were actually very strong; the Chubu Division he led quickly became the strongest of the five divisions.

The other four divisions would definitely lose to him in a one-on-one fight, but in a team battle, the Chubu would be no match for him.

This created a situation where the four ministries and the Chubu checked and balanced each other.

Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress is large enough to house hundreds of thousands of Monsters.

After the Kanto Monster Alliance moved in, the Monster who had been driven away by Otake-maru returned to the Seki Fortress when they saw that there was no war.

The Seki Fortress hasn't been this lively in many years.

After successfully achieving their first goal of persuading Otake-maru to surrender, Shuya and his men did not rush to advance but decided to rest at Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress.

They want to defeat the Kansai Monster fair and square; they don't need a surprise attack.

The rest and recuperation will give the Kansai Main Family an opportunity to mobilize troops to deal with the situation.

That evening, the Kanto Monster Alliance held a victory celebration banquet at the Seki Fortress, indulging in a feast. Since it was a critical time and alcohol was not allowed, they drank other beverages instead.

The banquet was primarily intended to integrate Otake-maru and his group into the Alliance.

The celebration banquet did not exclude those organizations of extraordinary individuals.

They all sent people to participate, and they also wanted to see Shuya.

But Shuya didn't see them; he was simply too busy.

Haruno, Tsuruko, and other women, lusting after his good looks, constantly pestered him, keeping him busy dealing with them.

He also had to worry about Shizuka Hiratsuka forcibly pushing him down.

Shizuka Hiratsuka's abilities are actually the nemesis of those with Ghost God Body.

... What happened to Shuya is not the focus.

The outside world focuses on only one thing: the once-renowned Mount Suzuka Monster Domain fell in a single day, and the significance of this is worth pondering.

The Mount Suzuka Monster Domain is the gateway separating the eastern and western parts of the Japan Spirit Realm.

Even gods have to travel this way to pass through the Spirit Realm.

Having secured this base, the Kanto Monster Alliance was finally able to truly establish itself in the Japan supernatural world.

The Alliance possesses Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress, giving it both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Only then did the Kanto Monster Alliance and the Kansai Monster achieve a tripartite balance of power.

I used to feel like a rootless duckweed.

The greatest contributor to this battle should be Shizuka Hiratsuka, who forced Otake-maru to surrender. Her brutality was so striking that one could only marvel at her reputation as a demon.

As a result, even those with extraordinary abilities kept their distance from Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Everyone says that Shuya is the second greatest contributor, but he thinks it's Tamamo Ren. If it weren't for his suggestion, Shuya would have defeated Otake-maru immediately.

If that's the case, he probably won't surrender easily.

In any case, the news of the Alliance's victory spread, generating another wave of Power of Will.

Incidentally, to save face for Otake-maru, the part where he got beaten up was cut out when the video was uploaded.

So that he wouldn't be laughed at.

Section 245, Chapter 229: Trapped in Kansai

Next, when the superhuman observers all thought that the Kanto Monster Alliance would take advantage of their great victory and launch an attack...

The Alliance, however, stopped training at Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress.

On the second day after settling in the Seki Fortress, Shuya gathered the Monster from Kanto and distributed the Power of Will of their the Alliance will to them so they could absorb it.

The Monster in the Chubu are an exception; they did not contribute to the current Power of Will, so they cannot enjoy it.

Shuten and the others were somewhat surprised by Shuya's straightforwardness.

After Shuya attained the Ghost God Body, he was able to use these Power of Will; they thought he would hold back these powers.

I never imagined it was such a petty thought.

Shuya never intended to withhold the Power of Will.

He could indeed transfer his Power of Will to Rena, but... once Power of Will is used, it cannot be restored.

It allows Monster to train, increasing their maximum Demon Power, which can be replenished after being used Demon Power.

Given this comparison, Shuya make a choice; that goes without saying.

Sustainable development is the only way forward.

Outsiders, unaware of Shuya's thoughts, praised him for being a trustworthy and good Alliance Leader.

But little did they expect that he had simply changed his method of draining Demon Power.

Besides, Shuya need the Alliance's Power of Will. He's already famous enough that his Power of Will can fly over just by sitting there, making cultivation incredibly easy.

Unfortunately, his Power of Will couldn't be transformed into energy, otherwise he really would have ascended to the heavens.

Another important reason why Shuya and the Kanto Monster House were training at Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress was to get in sync with the Chubu Yokai Army.

Since they're not Kansai Monster, let's train them first.

There are enough Monster to keep Rena alive.

Shuya lived comfortably in Otake-maru's City Lord's Manor, having Otake-maru and his Monster General over every day to spar with him, exhausting his subordinates to the point of ecstasy.

After six months of intensive training, coupled with the stimulation of battle, Shuya's progress in Qi is remarkable.

His energy had long since filled his entire body, refined like steel.

Besides the ice attribute, he had already mastered Five Elements and had also learned some techniques from Tsuruko, cultivating the lightning attribute. However, he ultimately did not have the physique of the Aoyama Family, and his lightning attribute was not as good as Tsuruko's, so he used it less often.

Having cultivated to this point, Shuya has essentially completed all the techniques that Li Shuhong taught him back then.

But the Martial Way is not limited to this.

Shuya his years in Great Hua.

When Qi is first generated, it appears in the flesh and blood of the body, and then it is practiced to project it outwards and transform it into attributes.

From the inside out.

The next step is to work from the outside in.

Internal organs, tendons, bones, and even bone marrow.

In theory, these tasks can be done simultaneously, but they are usually completed one by one because there isn't enough energy.

Shuya focus on repairing his internal organs first. (I think this was mentioned before, but I forgot which chapter it was in.)

Essentially, it involves using Qi to strengthen the internal organs, making them more suitable for the flow of Qi.

Strengthening internal organs requires the use of Qi of the same attribute, so it is necessary to first complete the Five Elements attribute conversion.

By strengthening the internal organs, the body's functions are enhanced, and the corresponding internal attributes are strengthened, thus increasing the Qi attribute.

Shuya focused on his training at Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress for two days and completed the strengthening of his heart.

He chose the heart as his first step because the heart is the source of power.

His explosive power in battle is even more formidable.

While Ghost God Body is powerful, it still requires human coordination; otherwise, it cannot withstand the strain. This is an experience that Shuya learned during his battle with Otake-maru.

Therefore, he became more enthusiastic about cultivation, and his next goal was to cultivate his kidneys to achieve a balance of water and fire.

The purpose of establishing the Kanto Monster Alliance is to overthrow the Main Family's superiors, but there is no need to be too hasty, because there is no need for any scheming or plotting.

After securing a base, it's possible to accelerate training by leveraging the organization's resources.

The Main Family on our side should be the ones who are worried.

The Monster of Kanto have clearly rebelled, and even the originally neutral Otake-maru has submitted; the situation is already very serious.

If it's just a significant loss of prestige within the Main Family, while not a minor matter, it's still tolerable.

The biggest problem right now is that the Kansai Monster are firmly trapped in Kansai.

Moreover, the emergence of the Kanto Monster Alliance has severed the Power of Will in Kanto.

With the existence of the internet, the Kanto Monster Alliance encroaches on Kansai territory every day it exists.

To make matters worse.

People from the Kansai can also access Nico Nico Douga.

The Kansai Monster have no power to stop the development of the internet; they can only watch as the Kanto Monster use the internet to encroach on their territory.

The best way is to invade Kanto from the Spirit Realm, capture the Kanto Monster leader, and take over the website, which is exactly what our Main Family did before.

They thought their own experts and Otake-maru could handle it, but they didn't expect to lose both their allies and their troops.

The Kansai Monster suddenly realized that its situation was extremely perilous.

Originally, the favorable situation of controlling the Kansai from the old capital and remotely controlling the Kanto from the fortified Seki Fortress was suddenly reversed, with the Kanto rebelling and the Seki Fortress surrendering.

After one night, they were trapped in Kansai.

The Alliance's strength increases by one point for every day it exists.

With each passing day, the Power of Will weakens by one point.

One rises as the other falls.

Add to that the opposing Alliance Leader, the Heavenly Demon Body, and the Shinmeiryu...

Regarding the Shinmeiryu, it has issued a statement saying that the Aoyama Sisters' help to the Alliance was purely a personal act, and the Shinmeiryu had nothing to do with it.

This is the only good news for the Kansai Monster.

Otherwise, if we're caught in a pincer attack from both inside and outside, we might as well surrender; maybe we can even become a Monster General.

But since the Shinmeiryu won't make a move, the best course of action is to avoid surrendering if possible.

Shuya and his team soon received intelligence Kansai the leaders of various Monster factions in Kansai had gathered in the Kyoto Monster Domain and held meetings for several days. According to the undercover agent, they were arguing and bickering all the time.

The contemporary Shuten Doji did not want the other Monster to hide in Kyoto, relying solely on his clan to guard the Mount Oe Monster Domain, while the other Monster countered that they feared their home would be raided by the Kanto Monster Alliance.

The concept of "stealing a base" needs to be explained in terms of terrain.

Although the Mount Oe Monster Domain is the second line of defense for the Kyoto Monster Domain, it does not cut off the east and west like the Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress.

There is also a road from the Mount Suzuka Monster Domain to the Kyoto Monster Domain.

The three major Monster Domain — Mount Suzuka Monster Domain, Mount Oe Monster Domain, and Kyoto Monster Domain —formed a famous iron triangle during the World War, supporting each other strategically.

When one side is in trouble, both sides offer support.