RNP Chapter 88 Rapid Progress
Chapter 88 Rapid Progress
Chapter 88 Rapid Progress
In an empty classroom.
Girls in white and red school uniforms and boys in white and blue school uniforms stood on either side of the wall, leaving the center of the classroom empty.
At this moment, a young man and woman, each holding a wooden knife, are facing each other with serious expressions.
Warm sunlight streamed in from the window, illuminating them and casting their shadows on the floor. It also gilded the two men, who stood motionless like statues after exchanging salutes.
Of the two, the boy in the white and blue school uniform is naturally Li Yuan.
The girl confronting him wore red-rimmed glasses, had long black hair braided at the back of her head, and looked very slender under her white and red school uniform.
Her name is Yadomaru Lisa. Although she is currently just an outstanding senior student at the Shinigami Academy, she will become a member of the Visoreds who successfully mastered the "Hollowfication" ability in the future, and her strength should not be underestimated.
The two men stared at each other, their wooden swords motionless, as silent as two statues that had never moved.
Meanwhile, the other male and female trainees who had formed a circle around the center seemed to be infected by the tense atmosphere. They were not only completely silent, but even their breathing became barely audible, as if they were afraid of disturbing the two people in the center.
Suddenly, the light streaming through the window seemed to change slightly, and the shadows beneath their feet simultaneously shifted shape.
In that instant, Li Yuan and Yadomaru Lisa moved at the same time!
Snapped!
The many students watching felt as if their eyes were momentarily blinded by the light from the window, their vision blurred, and then they heard a crisp striking sound.
When their vision returned and they could see clearly what had just happened, they couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Li Yuan stood tall and proud, his wooden sword pointing diagonally at the floor, his entire body without a single scratch.
Lisa Yadomaru, however, knelt on the ground, her eyes wide open, her face filled with disbelief.
On her back, there was a clearly visible slash that, though it hadn't cut through her clothes.
"The outcome is decided!" The kendo teacher, who had been watching the battle closely from the front of the classroom, announced loudly.
"Sorry, I was too rough." Li Yuan bent down and extended his free hand to Yadomaru Lisa.
Lisa Yadomaru clenched her teeth, her face flushing and paling for a moment, before finally taking Li Yuan's hand in one hand and using her wooden sword as a support to slowly stand up.
Releasing her hand, Li Yuan watched her stagger back to the girls' line. He glanced around, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the older students in the classroom: "Is there any senior student who would like to offer some guidance?"
"I'll go!" A petite figure suddenly jumped out from the girls' line.
Li Yuan looked closely and saw that it was a girl with the body of a child, with golden hair tied into small, slightly frizzy braids on both sides of her head, a few freckles on her face, and a pair of bright tiger teeth.
"Hiyori Sarugaki, please guide me!" The blonde girl's face was full of arrogance as she raised her wooden sword high, the blade pointing directly at Li Yuan's nose.
"Another future member of the Masked Army—" Li Yuan thought to himself, but simply smiled and said, "Please."
After the kendo instructor announced the start, Hiyori Sarugaki immediately swung her sword and leaped up, slashing at Li Yuan.
Although she looks like a young girl, her swordsmanship is characterized by its wide, powerful strokes.
Despite her petite stature, she possesses remarkable strength and speed. She wields an ordinary wooden sword with incredible power, as if any touch would result in injury.
Horizontal slash, vertical cleave, straight thrust, diagonal cut —
Hiyori Sarugaki wildly swung her wooden sword, attacking while shouting, "Ora ora ora! Where are you going to hide? Take this!"
Li Yuan, who was fighting her, kept his wooden sword pointing at the ground and didn't even raise his arm. He just kept moving his feet, his body sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, sometimes up and sometimes down, sometimes forward and sometimes backward.
It was as if he wasn't in a kendo combat class, but practicing Shunpo (a type of instant step).
"Wow, that's amazing!"
"His Instant Step is too fast!"
"How can they still handle such an offensive with such ease?"
The older students, standing in rows along the classroom wall, stared in disbelief at Li Yuan's figure as he disappeared, reappeared, and disappeared again. Their already shocked state gradually reached an unbearable level of astonishment.
Even the kendo instructor, who was observing the battle from the front of the classroom, had a look of grave concern in his eyes: "It's already gotten this close—"
"Ah—all you can do is hide? Are you even a man?!" Unable to even touch the hem of Li Yuan's clothes, Sarugaki Hiyori finally blushed.
She was so angry that her face turned red, her blonde hair stood on end, and her chin kept rubbing her two little tiger teeth back and forth as she suddenly let out a roar that almost made her lose her reason.
Suddenly, Li Yuan's figure swayed, and a moment ago he was seven or eight meters away, but the next moment he suddenly appeared within the range of Sarugaki Hiyori's arm swing.
He suddenly stretched out his free hand and casually pushed Sarugaki Hiyori's arm, which was wielding a sword.
She was bending her elbow, about to change the direction of the blade, when this gentle push instantly changed her direction, and the wooden knife in her hand slammed hard into her own forehead!
梆—
The crisp, lingering sound echoed continuously in the empty classroom.
A deep red mark appeared in the center of Sarugaki Hiyori's forehead.
But even redder than the knife scar was her complexion.
At this moment, not only her face, but her entire body was so ashamed and indignant that even her ears and neck turned bright red.
It was so embarrassing that wisps of distorted heat seemed to rise from the top of her golden head.
She didn't even say a word before rushing back to the girls' line, head down, not daring to look at anyone else.
Although she didn't hear any sound, she could imagine the others trying to suppress their laughter without even looking or listening.
"The outcome is decided!" the kendo instructor announced loudly.
He didn't laugh, nor could he laugh.
Those who know nothing might find themselves wanting to laugh at Li Yuan's seemingly playful counterattack.
But only those who truly understand know the terrifying thing Li Yuan did in his counterattack.
"Could it be that from now on, he can only find those—" Looking at Li Yuan, who was still standing calmly in the center of the classroom, the kendo teacher temporarily suppressed his thoughts.
During a lesson on the Way of the Demon.
The teacher who came to give the lesson today was not the dignified woman we usually see, but a tall, middle-aged man wearing a dark blue robe, square-framed glasses, a thick mustache, and an extremely strange hairstyle.
Although he may look like a comedic character, this is actually the Great Kido Master Tessai Gahishi, who leads the Kido sect and is considered the strongest Kido in Soul Society!
He is a true powerhouse who can release powerful Kido techniques of number 80, 90, and 10 directly without chanting, and even possesses forbidden Kido techniques related to space and time!
Given his status, it was a great honor for all the students to be able to come to the Shinigami Academy to teach the Way of the Demon.
It must be said that his teaching level is indeed very high.
Perhaps because he had completely mastered the Way of the Demon, he could make the originally abstract teaching content simple and easy to understand with just a few words, so that even the students who usually had the worst grades in the Way of the Demon could understand the key points of the knowledge.
The Ghost Path, simply put, is about using incantations to assist in controlling the spiritual power within the body, thereby creating various "spells" with special effects.
It's not much different from how ninjas in the Naruto world use hand seals to help control their chakra and release various ninjutsu.
Whether it's chanting or hand seals, they are ultimately just supplementary tools, not necessities.
Those who truly understand the principles and details, like the Great Demon Master and the First Hokage, don't need any fancy tricks. They can simply stretch out their hand, speak their mind, and whatever they want will come to pass.
However, if you can't be as proficient as them, then you should chant when you need to and perform hand seals when you need to. This will greatly improve both the stability and power of your skills.
"Alright, let's begin the training for releasing the Ghost Path. Everyone, follow me."
As the Taoist priest spoke, he led the entire class to an outdoor area that resembled a shooting range.
For the students, Kido, a dangerous and difficult-to-master technique, could not be practiced by exchanging blows with each other; instead, it had to be used against a target.
"You who reign supreme! You mask of flesh and blood, you myriad things, you who soar with wings, bearing the name of mankind! Scorching heat and strife, rising southward across the sea, marching ever onward!"
"Hado #31: Red Fire Cannon!"
Li Yuan held one hand out horizontally, reciting the complete chant with intonation and rhythm.
Immediately, spiritual energy gathered in his palm, gradually condensing into a crimson flame sphere the size of a head.
The next moment, the fireball shot out like a meteor, leaving a trail of crimson light like a ribbon, and smashed straight into the stationary target.
boom-
With a loud explosion, the target was completely shattered, and the pillar below was still burning.
This Crimson Fire Cannon was arguably the most perfectly controlled and most powerful of all the trainees present, even drawing a slight glance from the Great Ghost Daoist, who nodded with a smile.
By the way, Li Yuan is actually "crashing" the upperclassmen's Ghost Path classes right now.
In his first-year Kido class, they wouldn't teach the thirty-year-old's Hakudo.
After perfectly unleashing a Crimson Cannon shot, Li Yuan didn't stop. Instead, he raised one hand again and began to chant in a melodious voice: "Your Majesty! Mask of flesh and blood, all things, take flight, you who bear the name of humanity! Truth and temperance, stand only as claws on the wall of dreams that know no sin!"
"Hado #33: Azure Flame Fall!"
A beam of blue spiritual energy shot out from Li Yuan's palm and instantly hit another stationary target.
boom-
The moment the blue beam of spiritual energy struck, it instantly transformed into a blue flame that exploded and burned, completely destroying the target.
This commotion naturally attracted the attention of the Great Ghost Taoist Priest.
After all, while other students struggled to even control a single Kido No. 30, Li Yuan had managed to perfectly unleash two Kidos in succession: Hado No. 31 - Crimson Fire Cannon and Hado No. 33 - Azure Fire Fall, without even breaking a sweat, demonstrating the difference in their strength.
Seeing Li Yuan's effortless demeanor, the Great Ghost Daoist was immediately impressed by his talent and planned to impart more knowledge of the Ghost Dao to him privately later.
At this moment, no one knew what Li Yuan was thinking.
He looked at the two target pillars still burning with flames of different colors, one red and one blue, and seemed to understand something: "Indeed, fire-based breakthroughs are easier—"
Practical training without formal instruction.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—
A series of explosions erupted in the center of the classroom.
The two figures, one white and one red, and the other white and one blue, constantly changed positions and attacked each other mercilessly.
The majority of the attacks came from kicks delivered by the cute girl in the white and red school uniform with short, wavy green hair.
Extremely fast straight kicks, wide-range sweeping kicks, and powerful stomping kicks —
Aim for a high kick aimed at the head and neck; a mid-range kick aimed at the chest, abdomen, and waist; a low kick aimed at the thigh, calf, and knee joint.
A pair of long, beautiful legs, carrying terrifying power, launched continuous attacks on Li Yuan, who was wearing a white and blue school uniform, with almost no gaps in their speed.
Li Yuan calmly watched the long legs that kept kicking from all directions and angles, sometimes changing his body position to dodge, and sometimes raising his arms and knees to defend.
Every now and then, he would retaliate once or twice.
The green-haired girl whose leg techniques are as swift as a whirlwind is named Kunan Shiro, and she is a senior student who is very strong in hand-to-hand combat.
Similarly, like Lisa Yadomaru and Hiyori Sarugaki, she is also a member of the Future Visored.
The resumes of the three women are quite similar, almost like copies.
He graduated from the Shinigami Academy around the same time, joined the Gotei 13, became a vice-captain around the same time, and entered the human world around the same time to become a member of the Visoreds.
It can be said that among all the students in the six grades of the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy, these three are the most powerful people that Li Yuan can recognize at present and in the foreseeable future.
Naturally, he became his best sparring partner during this period.
This helps him, a "newcomer" to Soul Society, to rapidly increase his power and strength.
boom!
As Jiu Nanbai tumbled several times in the air, aiming a powerful heel at Li Yuan's head, he stepped forward and blocked her with his arm. She then performed a backflip, landing back among the girls standing by the wall, repeatedly saying, "I'm not fighting anymore, I'm out of strength!"
"You're too stiff, this isn't fun at all!"
Before Li Yuan could speak, Bai, the instructor standing at the front of the classroom, immediately glared at him and roared, "Bai! You bastard! How can you be so careless about practical training! Start over!"
"Oh~~~ I don't want it anymore~~~" Jiu Nanbai put on a cute face and started to act like a brat.
In the dormitory.
Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, holding the shallow sword horizontally on his lap and practicing "Blade Zen".
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with uncontrollable joy.