"Grandfather!"
At the Kurosawa Sword Dao Hall, Kurosawa Jukuro knelt in the training ground, looking at his grandfather who was also kneeling and sipping tea. After hesitating for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Did Teacher Hao run away?"
There was no way he couldn't be suspicious. His cheap teacher left a few days after obtaining his grandfather's Kurosawa Divine Sword and Kurosawa Sword Dao, and there had been no news of him since.
This looks like they're running away.
Ouch!
No sooner had he finished speaking than a sword sheath struck him from the side, causing Kurosawa Jukuro to cry out in pain.
"Talking badly about your teacher behind their back is not something a good student should do!"
Wang Hao looked at his adopted disciple with a smile. This kid had seen him defeat his father with the Iaido Slash of the Kurosawa Sword Dao, and then he ran over eagerly saying that he wanted to reform himself and inherit his grandfather's Ancient Sword Dao.
Then Kurosawa Shichirō, his cheap master, handed the kid over to him for instruction. However, he only taught him some basic, improved Kurosawa Sword Dao for the first three days before leaving for Leaf.
"You killed?"
Sensing the faint killing intent emanating from Wang Hao, Kurosawa Shichirō suddenly realized something.
" Kurosawa Sword Dao is inherently Dao of Slaughter; naturally, it can only be mastered rapidly through slaughter."
Nodding, Wang Hao knelt down and placed the Kurosawa Divine Sword on his lap.
He had already planned his reason for leaving, so after coming out of the Hyuga Clan's alternate dimension, he found several groups of ruthless bandits and wiped them out, which is how he created this murderous aura.
Moreover, Kurosawa Sword Dao does indeed follow the Dao of Slaughter, so what he said isn't entirely wrong.
"The master swordsman of the Yagyu Sword Dao Hall will be waiting for you at noon tomorrow!"
After saying this in a low voice, Kurosawa Shichirō got up and left.
He had already sent his visiting cards to the sword masters of other Ancient Sword Dao, and everything else was arranged. He was just waiting for Wang Hao to return so he could pay him a visit.
"You brat, let your master see if you've slacked off during the month I was gone!"
He placed the Kurosawa Divine Sword on a sword rack to the side, then casually took down two wooden swords similar to Kurosawa Divine Sword, holding one in his hand and tossing the other to his cheap disciple Kurosawa Jukuro.
As a teacher, he naturally had to strictly supervise his students' progress in their studies.
Okay, he admits he just wanted to teach this kid a lesson for daring to talk about him behind his back. He must be asking for it.
Kurosawa Jukuro wasn't stupid; he naturally understood Wang Hao's meaning and finally accepted the wooden sword with a bitter face, assuming a fighting stance.
Then, a series of shrill screams echoed from the training ground, causing Kurosawa Shichirō had just left, to shake his head repeatedly, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Having entrusted his grandson to Wang Hao, he was completely at ease and naturally wouldn't interfere with Wang Hao's teaching process and methods.
Finally, Kurosawa Jukuro, his face bruised and swollen, was thrown into the bathtub by Wang Hao like a dead dog. Then, scalding hot medicinal liquid was poured into it, causing Kurosawa Jukuro to let out another pig-like scream.
This medicinal liquid was deduced by Wang Hao based on the medicinal properties of herbs from the Naruto World, and it has an extremely strong effect on tempering the body and recovering from injuries.
It was precisely because of this prescription that Kurosawa Shichirō was able to trust Wang Hao within a short period of one year and pass on his family's Kurosawa Divine Sword and Kurosawa Sword Dao.
The night passed in the blink of an eye, and at noon the next day, Wang Hao, dressed in his exclusive Sephiroth outfit and carrying the Kurosawa Divine Sword, followed Kurosawa Shichirō to the Yagyu Sword Dao Hall.
The surname Yagyu is quite remarkable in the Land of Iron, with a lineage even longer than that of the Kurosawa Clan. It is said that a Great Swordmaster once appeared among their ancestors.
Unfortunately, as time went by, Yagyu Sword Dao gradually declined due to the reduction of natural energy, and now it is only slightly stronger than the Kurosawa Clan.
Wang Hao was left alone at the main entrance, while Kurosawa Shichirō stepped into the sword hall.
He has always had a good relationship with the Yagyu Sword Dao Hall, and since the main person visiting this time is Wang Hao, not him, there's no need for him to stay here and suffer.
The Yagyu Sword Dao Hall had already made all the necessary preparations. After Kurosawa Shichirō entered, a large group of disciples lined up in two rows, their long swords drawn three inches from their sheaths, ready to challenge Wang Hao.
Although the person being visited was the master of Yagyu Sword Dao, it wasn't someone you could just meet casually, let alone someone like Wang Hao who was there to challenge the school in a friendly manner. So, he naturally had to go through some tests first.
These disciples of Yagyu Sword Dao are the first test.
Human King seriously at all. Holding the Kurosawa Divine Sword, he stepped forward, and a vast killing intent surged out, crushing towards the disciples of the Yagyu Sword Dao Hall.
Wang Hao's killing intent is quite terrifying. In the world of the Smiling, Proud Wanderer at the World, he killed over a million people. In the end, he even annihilated Heavenly Mandate. The killing intent he cultivated far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.
Killing intent, being intangible and formless, can travel with a true spirit, which is why Wang Hao brought it with him.
Faced with such terrifying killing intent, the Yagyu Sword Dao swordsmen on both sides froze, their faces filled with terror.
Let alone Draw-Saber Slash at Wang Hao, even moving an inch had become a luxury.
And so, they watched helplessly as Wang Hao walked into the Sword Dao hall. After Wang Hao left, most of the people rolled their Byakugan and fainted to the ground, while the remaining small group knelt on the ground, panting heavily, their eyes filled with fear and horror.
They were initially quite disdainful and angry at the new leader of the Kurosawa Sword Dao school who came to challenge them, and wanted to teach him a lesson. But who would have thought that they were facing such a terrifying figure.
The sheer killing intent they exuded was enough to immobilize them; one could imagine that once the opponent made a move, they would have no choice but to close their eyes and await their death.
"Your Kurosawa Sword Dao does follow the path of killing, but that kid's performance was way too exaggerated, wasn't it?"
While talking with Kurosawa Shichirō, Yagyu Sōichi, the master of the Yagyu Sword Dao, sensed the vast killing intent and looked at his old friend with a strange expression.
That murderous aura is ridiculously strong!
"Hao is the greatest pride of my life. Don't even think about holding back today, or you'll capsize and don't blame me for not warning you!"
Across from him, Kurosawa Shichirō, sipping his tea, wore a smug expression, but was inwardly quite shocked.
He sensed Wang Hao's suppressed killing intent yesterday, but he never expected that the killing intent the other party had accumulated would be so terrifying.
How many people did that kid kill in the past month?!
" Kurosawa Sword Dao Kendo Master Hao has come to pay a visit to Mr. Yagyu Sōichi, hoping to receive your guidance!"
Upon arriving at the training ground, Wang Hao suppressed his murderous aura and looked solemnly at Yagyu Sōichi, who was already prepared.
This is a Swordmaster, a very powerful Swordmaster.
" Yagyu Sword Dao, Master of Swordsmanship Yagyu Sōichi, accepts your challenge!"
Yagyu Sōichi also looked solemn. From the vast killing intent he had just witnessed, he could tell that his opponent was no ordinary person, and was even stronger than his old friend, Kurosawa Shichirō.
This battle cannot be taken lightly!
"The sword is named Kurosawa, its blade is 1.63 meters long, and it weighs 108 jin (approximately 54 kg). It was the sword of Great Swordmaster from ancient times!"
Holding the Kurosawa Divine Sword in his hand, Wang Hao uttered this incredibly cool and authoritative declaration of war.
As a master swordsman, he naturally wanted to make every battle a sacred affair; otherwise, what would be the difference between him and those gangsters who just wielded machetes and fought each other?
That's the sense of ritual we're after!
Faced with this unprecedented declaration of war, Yagyu Sōichi on the other side was completely dumbfounded. He glanced at the Benimaru Saber at his waist and felt that his prestige had been greatly diminished.
However, he wasn't stupid. He quickly took the Benimaru Saber from his waist and, following Wang Hao's format, said, "The sword is named Benimaru. The blade is 1.04 meters long and weighs 36 jin. It was passed down from my ancestor, the Great Swordmaster Yagyu."
After saying that, Yagyu Sōichi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had enough knowledge of the Benimaru Saber to avoid lowering his own prestige.
"Please!"
"Please!"
The two exchanged a greeting, then simultaneously sheathed their swords at their waists, assuming the stance for Iaido Slash).
Iaido Slash is the starting move for most Ancient Sword Dao and best reflects the practitioner's skill level, so the two of them tacitly chose Iaido Slash for their first strike.
Wang Hao silently channeled the Sword Force intent he had attached to the True Spirit Sword Intent, along with his own killing intent, into the Kurosawa Divine Sword in his hand, slowly accumulating the power of the Sword Force.
That's right, Sword Force can be accumulated, which, when combined with the Iaido Slash, is like adding wings to a tiger. As time goes by, the Sword Force accumulated in the divine sword will become stronger and stronger.
If it doesn't act, it's fine; but once it does, it will be earth-shattering.
"This kid's suspicious, we can't wait any longer!"
Sensing the increasingly strong warning signals from his own Sword Dao intuition, Yagyu Sōichi's heart skipped a beat, knowing he couldn't wait any longer.
"Cut!"
With a roar, the Benimaru in his hand was drawn, and a sharp sword aura slashed out diagonally, sliding towards Wang Hao like Inazuma.
At the same time, Wang Hao also unleashed the Kurosawa Divine Sword in his hand.
A sword aura, countless times larger and more powerful than Yagyu Sōichi's, surged forth, directly engulfing the incoming Benimaru aura, and then shot towards the sky.
The sword energy accumulated to its limit is quite terrifying, not to mention that Wang Hao's enormous killing intent seemed to have awakened the dormant spirituality within the Kurosawa Divine Sword, making the sword energy even more condensed and frightening.
The massive sword energy soared thousands of meters into the sky, cleaving a cloud in two.
Yagyu Sōichi stared blankly at the cloud in the sky that had been cut in two, all dumbfounded.
As cultivators whose highest level was only Swordmaster, when had they ever witnessed such a fantastical scene!
The sword energy unleashed by an ordinary Swordmaster can only extend for a dozen meters at most, and even High-Dan Swordmaster can only extend it for a hundred meters at most.
But what the hell is this slashing attack?
That's thousands or even tens of thousands of meters in the air!
Is that something Swordmaster could achieve?
Even Kurosawa Shichirō, the master of Kurosawa Sword Dao swordsmanship, stared wide-eyed, unaware that his teacup had fallen onto his lap.
This scene was truly shocking. As the previous master of the Kurosawa Sword Dao, he was very familiar with his family's Kurosawa Sword Dao and knew that most of the essence of his family's Kurosawa Sword Dao was in that one move Iaido Slash.
He was quite skilled in this area, but even so, he couldn't shatter the clouds in the Shattering Heaven!
It would be more like it if it were a legendary Great Swordmaster!
Wang Hao, the protagonist, was also stunned, then glanced at the Kurosawa Divine Sword that had been sheathed.
He hadn't expected that a strike combining killing intent and Sword Force would be so powerful. After a moment's thought, he immediately realized that it was the Awakening of the Kamui of the Kurosawa Divine Sword itself that amplified the power of this strike.
Otherwise, even if it combines Sword Force and killing intent, this strike would only be able to cut through a thousand meters at most before dissipating, let alone cut through the clouds thousands or tens of thousands of meters high.
" The Great Swordmaster of this world are indeed not to be underestimated!"
Understanding the reason behind it, Wang Hao became alert. The spirituality of the Kurosawa Divine Sword had long been on the verge of extinction, and its power was almost completely gone. Yet, even so, the Sisi trace of Kamui might it displayed was enough to give his strikes such an exaggerated boost.
One can imagine how terrifying the power of the Kurosawa Divine Sword must have been at its peak, and how terrifying the strength of the Great Swordmaster who was the first master of the Kurosawa Divine Sword must have been.
Above the Great Swordmaster, there exists Sword Saint who is comparable to a god!
Besides, among the many Body Refinement nurtured in this world, the samurai's Sword Dao is merely at the bottom. So what kind of brilliance should the more powerful Body Refinement like the Yin and Yang possess?