Targeted

The top of the Water Lily Bodhisattva's head.

Seeing the pink blade of light slashing towards him, Doma frowned slightly and quickly met it with his folding fan.

Blood Demon Art: Barren Hanging Garden!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!...

Blue frost and silver-white blade light constantly converged above the head of the Water Lily Bodhisattva.

Sensing a power not much weaker than his own, Doma couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.

Although he wasn't known for his strength, this was the first... second time I'd seen someone almost as strong as him.

The last time I met Kato Teiichi was many years ago!

After exchanging a few more blows, Doma frowned slightly.

He is not afraid of close combat at all, and has a significant advantage in it.

but...

It's not overpowering yet; it will take a long time to defeat this pillar.

This amount of time is enough for the people from the Swordsmith Village to run far away!!!

With this in mind, Doma diverted a portion of his attention to control the arm of the Water Lily Bodhisattva.

Soon, the shadow covered the head of the Water Lily Bodhisattva.

Mitsuri paused her attack slightly, her gaze shifting back and forth between the hand chop and Doma. Her lips parted slightly, and she said in disbelief:

Is this even possible?

Not daring to linger on the head of the water lily bodhisattva, Mitsuri didn't think she could withstand that blow.

After Mitsuri jumped down, Doma tried to control the Water Lily Bodhisattva to move forward again, but soon, Mitsuri jumped back up.

After trying two or three times, Doma stopped and sat back down on the head of the Water Lily Bodhisattva, gazing down at Mitsuri.

"Looks like we'll have to defeat her first, then search around here!"

"Fortunately, the people here are all ordinary people, they can't run very fast!"

Halfway up the mountain.

"Ha..."

Tengen Uzui continued to exert force with both hands, trying to break free from the ice that had frozen his wrists to the ground.

However, the ice seemed to be rooted to the ground; no matter how hard he tried, it showed no sign of moving.

After a brief stalemate, Tengen Uzui suddenly released his grip, panting heavily with rapid, disordered breathing.

"This won't do. My body is injured, and my lungs are severely frostbitten. I can't exert any strength at all!" Tengen Uzui said breathlessly.

"I had already decided to go down, but in the end I got stuck with this? Damn it!!!"

Is there any way? Is there any way...?

Tengen Uzui kept muttering to himself, his mind racing with thoughts.

Try using Breathing Style? But my hands are trapped, so what about using my feet?

Are they waiting for someone to rescue them? Doma down, so Kanroji definitely can't come up. The other team members will probably have to evacuate the villagers, so no one will come up!

See if any Kasugai Crow are nearby. Call for Kasugai Crow? Although I can't exert much effort myself, it's still better than the Kasugai Crow. At most, the Kasugai Crow can only call for help.

One solution after another flowed through his mind, only to be eliminated one by one.

Finally, a thought flashed through Tengen Uzui's mind.

By using the Transparent World "Breathing Style, you control the blood in your body to warm your lungs!

In the past, Tengen Uzui would not have dared to think this way.

But after gaining control over the Transparent World, the completely different kind of control he had over his body made his plan more feasible.

Of course, he dared not even think about curing his illness, but as long as his frostbitten lungs could recover a little, Tengen Uzui would be very satisfied.

Thinking of this, Tengen Uzui quickly closed his eyes and focused his attention to begin sensing the condition of his body.

Tengen Uzui breathed softly, and with the blessing of the Transparent World, bones, muscles, and internal organs appeared one by one in his mind.

Until the very end, even the flow of blood within his body appeared clearly in his mind.

With his Breathing Style in operation, Tengen Uzui began to try to moderately regulate the blood flowing through his body.

The next moment, the blood flow in the body increased slightly, and more blood flowed through the blood vessels towards the lungs.

Under Tengen Uzui's control, the blood stagnated slightly in his lungs for a moment before being replaced by the blood that followed.

A slight warmth emanated from my lungs, dispelling the chill.

Tengen Uzui's body also became slightly warm due to the increased blood flow, and his condition gradually improved.

After a long while, feeling his body had recovered considerably, Tengen Uzui didn't wait any longer and slightly exerted force in his arm.

With two crisp "crack" sounds, the ice that had frozen my wrist shattered.

Tengen Uzui stood up from the ground once again, continuing to circulate his Breathing Style to Blood Control and warm his lungs.

He walked straight to the edge of the cliff and looked down into the valley below.

Near the distant village, a giant ice sculpture of a Buddha was waving its arms incessantly, accompanied by a deafening roar.

"Looks like Kanroji is holding Doma; I need to hurry and go help!"

Thinking of this, Tengen Uzui was about to run down the Yamashita when he suddenly stopped.

"Both my Nichirin Blade and Kanroji's are custom-made, so even if there are Nichirin Blade below, they probably won't be very effective!"

"I still need to get my own and Kanroji's Nichirin Blade!"

Thinking of this, Tengen Uzui quickly turned around and looked at the guesthouse, which had been reduced to ruins.

After roughly identifying where his and Kanroji's rooms were, Tengen Uzui quickly ran over and started digging.

Without Doma's intervention, the stones in the ruins would have been no match for Tengen Uzui's brutal actions.

Soon after, Tengen Uzui unearthed his Nichirin Blade and Mitsuri Kanroji's sword from under the ruins.

After thinking about Doma's freezing gas, Tengen Uzui hesitated for a moment, then spent some more time digging out his own gunpowder.

Neither his Sound Breathing nor Mitsuri Kanroji's Love Breathing is suitable for countering Doma's freezing aura.

All we can do is hope that the explosion of gunpowder can slightly reduce the freezing air in the Doma.

With everything prepared, Tengen Uzui, carrying the Nichirin Blade, was about to run down the Yamashita when he stopped once again.

He didn't continue towards the mountain path, but instead came to the edge of the cliff.

Looking at the cliff over a hundred meters high, Tengen Uzui frowned, then looked up at the icy blue mist rising from beside the ice sculpture of the Bodhisattva in the distance.

"Hateful!!"

Tengen Uzui cursed under his breath, then suddenly jumped down.

The moment he jumped, he swiftly turned to face the cliff face and then quickly drew two Nichirin Blade from behind him.

The next moment, with a 'whoosh' sound, the Nichirin Blade was embedded in the cliff face.

Tengen Uzui continuously manipulated the depth of the Nichirin Blade's insertion into the cliff face, and quickly slid down the cliff.