Kyushu University, Kendo Club.
Even though it was late at night, many students from the Kendo Club were gathered in their clubroom, constantly refreshing various online forums.
"Anything? Any news about Senior Brother Watanabe?"
A student asked the person next to them.
In Japan’s Kyushu Region, the largest school of swordsmanship was Sanada Katsuhiko’s Beichen Xin Yin School. As the best university in the Kyushu Region, its Kendo Club was naturally heavily influenced by it.
Watanabe Field, hailed as the most talented person of his generation in the Beichen Xin Yin School, had defeated the school’s senior-most disciple, Hoshino Jin, before the age of thirty. He had beco the seed contestant representing the school in the current All Martial Arts Conference.
Watanabe Field had once studied at Kyushu University and served as the Kendo Club’s president, leaving an incredibly profound impact on it. Even after graduating, he would often return to campus to give guidance to the Kendo Club students. Because of this, the students all respectfully called him "Senior Brother Watanabe."
They all considered themselves mbers of the Beichen Xin Yin School and naturally hoped Watanabe Field would achieve a good result in this All Martial Arts Conference.
When that ti ca, the Beichen Xin Yin School would beco famous throughout Japan, and they would be able to bask in the reflected glory.
"AAAHHH! This is so annoying! Why isn’t there a livestream for such an important tournant? Do the organizers have shit for brains?"
A female student with a very cute face said, tearing at her hair. But her speech was anything but gentle, and a string of tongue-clicks made her sound like she’d co straight from the streets.
They were still just students. Not only could they not get their hands on tickets, but they also didn’t have enough money, so they could only watch the tournant online.
"It would be great if we could be there in person. I heard two Martial Saints are attending this ti, and our Beichen Xin Yin School’s Sword Saint Sanada is one of them."
"I heard that even though Sword Saint Sanada is almost sixty, he looks quite young and handso, no older than thirty-five at most. I really want to see him in person!"
"Sword Saint Sanada is our country’s youngest Sword Saint! He might beco the future pinnacle of Japan’s Sword Dao!"
"..."
As everyone chattered on, the topic unconsciously shifted to the masters of the Martial Saint level.
Just then, a tall, thin Japanese boy suddenly exclaid, "The All Martial Arts Conference official website just posted an announcent! The tournant at the Changqi branch venue has been suspended! No reason given!"
"Huh? Why would they suspend the tournant for no reason? I can’t find any related news on the dostic forums either... Wait, I saw a post, but when I clicked on it, it said it had been banned?"
"Sothing feels off. It looks like the officials are deliberately blocking so kind of news?"
The group imdiately sensed sothing was fishy and began checking foreign social dia sites.
Facebook, Twitter...
The news on these foreign websites wasn’t sothing the Japanese governnt could easily block.
Sure enough, they soon made a major discovery.
One after another, sensational posts and videos entered their sights.
Changqi Conference Hall of the All Martial Arts Conference Invaded by a Mysterious Martial Artist! Beichen Xin Yin School’s Sword Saint Sanada Katsuhiko Struck Down, Godslaying Ninja Dao’s Divine Ninja Sen Dizang Killed on the Spot! Attacker Escapes Unscathed, Whereabouts Unknown!
Flesh and Blood vs. Firearms? Who Could It Be?
Changqi Martial Arts Conference Forced to a Halt! One Man Intimidates the Entire Venue! Is This the State of Japan’s Martial Arts?
...
Beneath the posts, video after video appeared. Although the footage was blurry, the content made the scalps of everyone in the Kendo Club tingle with fear.
Blinding radiance, burning Demon Fla, movents like teleportation, attacks of imnse destructive power...
The strongest Sword Saint of the Beichen Xin Yin School had fallen at the enemy’s feet just like that. Divine Ninja Sen Dizang was struck in the head with a single palm, and blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.
’Who on earth did this?!’
Soon, the group found their answer.
The intruder had spoken the Donghua Language the entire ti and was suspected of being a Donghua Martial Artist.
The faces of the Kendo Club mbers went slack with shock.
’A single Donghua person barged into the venue of Japan’s All Martial Arts Conference, defeated their Martial Saint in front of everyone, and then escaped unhard?’
anwhile, people from all walks of life in Japan who were following the All Martial Arts Conference also received the news. The situation instantly exploded, triggering a tsunami-like wave of public outcry.
"This is a terrorist attack!! Donghua must take responsibility for this!!"
"Is Japan’s Martial Arts Dao inferior to the Donghua Martial Arts Dao?! Just one single Donghua person, under the watchful eyes of thousands, left two of our country’s Martial Saints—one dead and one injured! This is an utter disgrace to the Japan Martial Arts Realm!"
"Resisting bullets with his body?! Is he Superman or Iron Man? How can soone like that even exist? This must be an excuse made up by the officials! And they actually let him get away! There’s still no trace of him! Are the officials incompetent?!"
"To be honest with you all, before we held our All Martial Arts Conference, Donghua had already held a nationwide martial arts tournant. At that ti, many countries around the world sent powerful martial artists into Donghua to try and disrupt it, but they were all repelled by Donghua’s top experts. One of our own Sword Saints from Japan was among them! It’s just that the news was suppressed by the dia. In terms of martial arts, we’ve long since fallen behind Donghua."
"..."
The discussions on Japan’s internet grew increasingly intense. Even so previously blocked information was being exposed, and the storm of controversy raged on.
This was no longer a simple attack; it had escalated to a matter of honor, reputation, dignity, and superiority.
The imnse public attention on the All Martial Arts Conference had fueled everything that was happening now.
In an instant, the entire nation of Japan was in an uproar.
In Changqi County, the entire city entered a state of martial law. The police departnt and ard Self-Defense Forces were all mobilized, searching the entire city for any trace of Yi Beidou. Yet, even after several hours, there was still no sign of him.
With Yi Beidou’s current abilities, protected by the vision-distorting power of his Demon Fla, he was like a ghost in the city, nearly impossible to find as long as he consciously avoided surveillance equipnt.
Relying on these ordinary people and their simple thods was not enough to see through his movents and find his location.
Atop an office building, Yi Beidou looked down upon the brightly lit tropolis, his gaze turning toward the distant horizon.
His gaze seed to pass through the entirety of Changqi County, stretching far to the northeast, taking in all of Japan.
Qi Observation Skill.
In his eyes, all sorts of Qi rose up, a dazzling, multicolored, neon-like spectacle.
But above these colors, there was an even more massive "Qi" that existed on a taphysical level.
It was the imnse Qi coalesced from an entire country and its people.
It was the majestic Great Trend, gathered from the consciousness of countless citizens.
And now, this Great Trend of Qi was churning violently.
In a daze, Yi Beidou seed to feel an imnse pressure.
It was the hostility directed at him by the countless wills of Japan after they learned of the attack on the Changqi Conference Hall.
The pressure from an entire nation.
"The Great Trend is turbulent. Not bad, not bad at all."
However, facing this terrifying montum, Yi Beidou felt not a trace of fear. Instead, a smile touched the corners of his lips.
’This is the Cultivation I need.’
’Since it’s like this, I can find a way to add more fuel to the fire, to make this Great Trend burn even more intensely.’
At the sa ti, the news wasn’t just spreading within Japan; it was also making waves across the ocean.
"Yi Beidou appeared in Japan?! He showed up at the All Martial Arts Conference, and two Saint Realm experts were left, one dead and one injured?"
In the Starry Sky Country’s Special Intelligence Bureau, Kasey Rich received the report, a look of astonishnt on her face.
They had, of course, also received news of Yi Beidou’s defection and were investigating it with all their resources. They just never expected him to actually show up in Japan.
’What on earth is this guy trying to do?!’
’Challenge an entire country by himself?!’
It wasn’t just the Starry Sky Country; news had also filtered into Donghua.
It couldn’t be helped. After all, Qian Haochuan and his group were right there at the scene.
Faced with such a world-shaking event, how could they possibly suppress their desire to share it with their fellow countryn back ho?
The videos they had fild were quickly transmitted back to the relevant circles within the country.
With his power alone, Yi Beidou had effortlessly thrown the world into turmoil.
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