The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Chapter 105, Heavenly Demon Claw! A show of force from the Japanese?

The sky was clear and cloudless.

The Gulfstream G650 flew steadily high in the sky. Inside the luxuriously decorated cabin, Li Xingzhou sat casually on a sofa, enjoying Mariko's flower arranging performance.

Mariko wore a black kimono with the Yashida family crest embroidered on the collar, her long hair tied in a bun. As she knelt and focused on arranging flowers, she exuded the quiet elegance of a noble lady.

On the other side of the single sofa, the woman in the black jacket, wide-legged leather pants, and high-top leather boots, with her long hair tied in a ponytail, quietly flipped through a handwritten booklet.

This is a secret manual called "Heavenly Demon Claw," which was handwritten by Li Xingzhou himself and contains vivid and detailed illustrations of the moves.

In the cultivation world, physical martial arts are generally not something that can be learned simply by reading manuals.

Many key principles of energy exertion and the subtle, exquisite variations in techniques cannot be accurately described using only words and illustrations. Even with the highest comprehension, one can only grasp about 70% of the essence by studying manuals.

Therefore, this booklet was merely a preliminary glimpse into the Heavenly Demon Claw for the Death Woman.

The truly detailed and essential parts still require Li Xingzhou to personally teach them step by step.

As a researcher, Death Woman was certainly intelligent enough, and she also had extremely high athletic and combat talent. Therefore, she only had to flip through the booklet once to gain some understanding, while also accumulating a lot of questions.

However, seeing that her master was enjoying Ms. Mariko's flower arrangement performance, she temporarily put aside her doubts and started from the beginning to carefully examine the Heavenly Demon Claw Manual.

After carefully reviewing the manual again, she had many more insights and questions. Mariko finally completed the flower arrangement and received applause and praise from Li Xingzhou.

The woman who died left Japan with her father when she was young. Although she could speak Japanese, she had little exposure to Japanese culture. She had no understanding of flower arrangement as an art form and could not see what was so wonderful about Mariko's flower arrangements.

However, since the master was praising it, the Death Woman pretended to understand and clapped her hands a few times, saying "Sketch!"

Mariko smiled sweetly at the praise from the two men, washed her hands, came to Li Xingzhou, knelt down under the sofa, unbuttoned the front of her kimono to reveal a large expanse of her snow-white chest muscles, and then held Li Xingzhou's feet in her arms, gently kneading his calves.

Seeing Mariko, a noble lady from a prestigious family, serving her master with the demeanor of a servant, the Death Woman felt no surprise, but rather thought it was only natural.

In her mind, her master was the most noble person in the world. Not to mention the daughter of a wealthy family, even the concubines and princesses of ancient emperors should be trampled under her master's feet.

Li Xingzhou's soles caressed Mariko's soft, smooth breasts, and he praised them:
"Your technique is good. Did you specifically learn massage?"

Mariko tilted her pretty face up and smiled sweetly:
"Yes. We hired a female masseuse who has been learning massage recently, and she's been waiting to show her skills today."

"Very good. I'll give you a reward later."

Li Xingzhou lay back on the sofa, enjoying Mariko's service while asking the woman of death:

"Judging from your expression, you seem to have accumulated quite a few doubts?"

The woman of death stood up and said:
“Yes, Master. Yuriko is dull-witted. The secret manual bestowed upon me by Master is so precious, yet Yuriko is unable to fully comprehend it…”

Li Xingzhou waved his hand:
"The Heavenly Demon Claw is so profound that it cannot be fully comprehended with just one manual. If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask."

"Thank you, Master."

The woman of death spoke gratefully, voicing all her doubts.

Li Xingzhou answered her questions and occasionally sent out a wisp of spiritual energy, which attached itself to the woman of death, guiding her to make moves from a distance. With the flow of spiritual energy, he guided her to perceive the subtle changes in her blood, muscles, tendons, and bones when her moves changed, as well as the secrets of exerting force.

This teaching method is extremely efficient. He used this method yesterday when teaching Hit-Girl, Gwen, Big Daddy, and Banssel, which made their learning progress soar and everyone gained a lot.

The Death Woman possessed both high talent and an extraordinary physique, so she learned extremely quickly. She soon mastered the Heavenly Demon Claw technique and, at Li Xingzhou's instruction, began practicing it on the spot.

Although the Heavenly Demon Claw is a claw technique, it also has accompanying body movements and footwork.

The Death Woman used her innate agility, combined with her rudimentary footwork, to dart and dart through the confined space of the cabin.

At first, her footwork was a little clumsy, but as she got into the swing of things, her figure became almost like a whirlwind, so fast that Mariko was dazzled and unable to catch her true form.

Meanwhile, the Death Woman kept swinging her claws, practicing various ferocious and brutal claw techniques.

When she unleashed the final move, "Heavenly Demon Tears the Sky," thirty-centimeter-long alloy steel claws shot out from the tips of her ten fingers. With a powerful tear, she unleashed ten shockwaves that, from several feet away, carved ten deep cracks into the leather sofa.

"Not bad!"

Li Xingzhou clapped his hands in praise:
"You have already grasped the basics of the Heavenly Demon Claw. From now on, you must continue to practice diligently and strive for perfection."

The fact that she could unleash such power with just a rudimentary understanding of the basics is naturally because Death Woman is a mutant with extraordinary strength and speed. No ordinary person, no matter how talented, could possibly create an air shockwave with their claws when they first start practicing.

Despite having the advantage of being a mutant, Deathgirl's talent is also admirable. Her martial arts talent is on par with HitGirl, making her a true martial arts genius.

In addition, Li Xingzhou was also thinking of branding a few magic marks onto the Death Woman's alloy steel claws to add some elemental power to her—once the Adamantium alloy was shaped, it was very difficult to change its form, and it was almost impossible to carve on it.

But that's just a limitation at the physical level.

Li Xingzhou's branding of the magic seal does not require carving on the alloy. The seal is formed by spiritual power and penetrates into the alloy like heat conduction.

The same method would have to be applied to Gwen once Li Xingzhou's cultivation level improved further, since Gwen doesn't have an adamantium skeleton. Although Gwen's bone strength is extraordinary—otherwise, she wouldn't be able to lift 20 tons—her bone capacity still can't compare to adamantium, which is known as the hardest metal on Earth.

With his current cultivation level, Li Xingzhou could "operate" on the Death Woman, who possesses an adamantium alloy skeleton and super self-healing abilities, and brand her with a magic seal, without worrying that she wouldn't be able to withstand it.

"My left hand is torn, bleeding, and weakened; my right hand is filled with lightning, flames, and heavy blows... With my current cultivation level, imprinting six Dharma Seals at the same time is already the limit. Any more, and the Dharma Seals will conflict with each other and consume each other."

As I pondered this, the woman who had died knelt down on one knee, offering sincere gratitude:

"Thank you for your guidance, Master!"

She then looked at Mariko, who was serving Li Xingzhou, and said:
“Master, Yuriko also wants to serve you like Mariko.”

Li Xingzhou smiled and gently tapped his chin. The Death Woman's face immediately lit up with surprise. She crawled over and knelt down next to Mariko. She took off her jacket, revealing her upright chest and flat stomach with beautiful abs wrapped in an elastic vest. She took her master's other foot into her arms and, imitating Mariko's technique, massaged her master's calf.

Although the Gulfstream G650 can fly directly from New York to Tokyo without needing to stop for refueling, it is still a long journey of more than ten hours.

With nothing to do on the plane, and no need for Li Xingzhou to meditate in a grueling manner, after Mariko finished massaging his calves and then his thighs, and then pushed him to his limit, Li Xingzhou simply carried Mariko to the sofa and gave her the reward he had promised earlier. The Death Woman watched for a while, and after receiving Li Xingzhou's permission, she joined in with a fervent joy as if she were being baptized by God himself.

Despite having an adamantium skeleton and super self-healing abilities, theoretically possessing a hundred times the endurance of the delicate and fragile Mariko, the Death Woman, upon experiencing the ultimate pleasure of the demonic realm for the first time, quickly became delirious and dizzy.

As the energy surged through her body like a volcanic eruption, the Death Woman trembled violently and fell into a blissful coma.

Mariko, who had already grown accustomed to the Heavenly Demon Bliss, was also in a daze, dizzy and disoriented, but she managed to endure it for a tiny bit longer than the Death Woman…

...

About ten hours later.

The Gulfstream G650 landed at Haneda Airport at around 4 p.m. local time on Monday.

Mariko, dressed in a black kimono embroidered with the Yashida family crest, arrived at the airport exit, escorted by several bodyguards including Harada Kenichiro, as well as Li Xingzhou and Death Woman who were acting as bodyguards. There, she saw more than ten black cars parked along the main road, with over twenty lean and capable men in black lined up to welcome her, bowing respectfully in unison.
"Miss!"

Mariko tilted her chin slightly and walked through the line of men in black without looking to the side.

Judging from her dignified and noble demeanor at this moment, no one could imagine that not long ago, on the plane, she had been lying down like a puppy, swaying her hips and begging for mercy from Li Xingzhou behind her with tears streaming down her face.

Mariko arrived at a stretched, bulletproof Rolls-Royce Phantom, where a waiting guard opened the door for her.

She got into the car first, followed by Li Xingzhou and Yuriko. Harada Kenichiro then sat in the passenger seat.

The driver and the local guards were both a little puzzled by what they saw.

After all, Li Xingzhou and Baihezi were both unfamiliar faces.

However, the Yashida family had strict rules, and the young lady's actions required no explanation to them, nor did they allow them to question her. They could only get into their cars with doubts.

The convoy then started moving, left the airport, and headed towards the Yashida family headquarters.

Incidentally, once the convoy was on the road, two police cars were clearing the way with sirens blaring, demonstrating the immense power that Yashida, Japan's leading zaibatsu, wields in the country.

The team members were mostly from the same family as Mariko's grandfather, Ichiro Ichida.

However, now that Yashida Ichiro is seriously ill, Mariko's father, Yashida Shingen, as the acting head of the family, naturally has the opportunity to place people in his ranks. Therefore, there are some of Shingen's confidants in the caravan.

Although he didn't dare to question Li Xingzhou and the woman who died on the spot, he still called Shingen Yashida after the convoy set off.

...

Inside a kendo training ground at the Yashida family headquarters.

Shingen Yashida, who was practicing swordsmanship, took the phone handed to him by a servant, listened for a while, and then frowned:

"Mariko brought two strangers back from the United States?"

"Hi! The two strangers that Ms. Mariko brought are an Asian woman and a very tall and handsome foreigner with black hair and black eyes, who appears to be of Roman descent."

"A Roman-born foreigner? And quite tall and handsome at that? Do you know his background?"

"I'm sorry, Master, we dare not question Miss Mariko, and Harada Kenichiro has not revealed any information either."

"Harada Kenichiro...what a loyal dog!"

"Master, how should this matter be handled?"

"You don't need to worry about it, I have my own plans."

After hanging up the phone, Shingen Yashida raised his wooden sword again, took a step forward, and slashed with the wooden sword in his hand, unleashing nine sword strikes in one go. Each strike produced a sharp whistling sound like a real sword cutting through the air, and the sword itself turned into an afterimage that was difficult to see with the naked eye, demonstrating his extremely profound swordsmanship.

After unleashing those nine sword strikes, Yashida Shingen adopted an uppercut stance, a cold smile playing on his lips:
“Mariko has grown up and has her own lovers now… So, are you bringing a lover home to show off to your father? Too bad… I, your father, have long since changed my mind…”

Swish!
The wooden sword slashed down with extreme ferocity, as if to cleave an imaginary object in two.

...

Inside a Rolls-Royce Phantom.

As soon as the partition between the driver's seat and the back seat went down, Mariko snuggled into Li Xingzhou's arms and asked:

I'm about to meet my father. What should I do if he brings up my marriage?

Her voice trembled slightly, not out of fear of returning home, but purely out of worry about her marriage.

Li Xingzhou gently stroked her back, soothing her softly:
"Don't worry, I will negotiate with your father personally."

Mariko remained worried:
“But my father is extremely self-centered and cannot tolerate the slightest disobedience. When my grandfather was alive, he could be kept in check, but now that my grandfather is seriously ill and on his deathbed, he has finally broken free from his constraints and probably will no longer listen to anyone and will only resolutely carry out his own will.”

Li Xingzhou smiled slightly:
"Believe me, your father will seriously consider my opinion..."

The Yashida family's main estate is located on a small hill overlooking Tokyo Bay.

The convoy had now driven onto a private driveway leading to the hill, away from the city center.

Just as they were passing a bend in the road, a stone the size of a millstone suddenly flew out from the quiet, secluded woods beside the road and smashed into the driver's side door of the lead car, breaking the door and window and smashing the driver's upper body to pieces.

With the driver dead, the lead car immediately went out of control, veered off the bend, and crashed into the woods.

At the same time, two large trees on either side of the road snapped and fell, completely blocking the road.

The convoy behind them all slammed on their brakes.

The men in black got out of the car carrying samurai swords, shouting "Protect the young lady!" as they cautiously approached the Rolls-Royce that Mariko was riding in. Suddenly, a barrage of shuriken and kunai shot out from the woods.

(End of this chapter)