Two Realms High Martial Arts: Gathering the Heavens to Become a Great Luo Immortal

Chapter 199 The Castle Keep, Baxia's Spirit Blood

Several days later, the voyage was finally nearing its end.

After Li Xijun used the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique to see through the flow of Qi in the Sea Spirit Clan's battle formation and shattered the pseudo-exterior-level Vast Ocean Battle Formation with a stunning sword strike, the National Government Team's subsequent voyage was uneventful and truly turned into a sea sightseeing trip.

However, after this battle, the attitudes of everyone in the National Team towards Li Xijun underwent a subtle but obvious change.

Jiang Tu would occasionally invite Li Xijun to practice boxing and sparring together. Li Xijun got to experience the power of the military-style killing fist and Jiang Tu's physique, which he had honed through hard work.

Although Wei Ying still disapproved of Li Xijun's complicated emotional relationships, she became more obedient when facing Li Xijun and stopped making disdainful snorts.

On the contrary, Cai Meier became more and more enthusiastic and proactive, often striking up conversations with Li Xijun with a charming smile.

However, her tricks couldn't even get past Su Nianyi, who skillfully thwarted her every time, leaving Cai Meier empty-handed each time.

Time flowed smoothly at sea.

Until the morning of the fourth day,

The cruise ship finally slowly entered a busy harbor in the land of cherry blossoms.

The group followed their two instructors off the ship. As soon as they stepped out of the dock passage, before they could even take a good look at the exotic scenery, a man quietly came up to them.

He was wearing a slightly worn but still neat dark suit, looked to be around thirty-three or thirty-four years old, had messy hair, and wore a humble and harmless smile, looking like an ordinary office worker.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could notice that his leather shoes made no sound as he walked on the cobblestones of the dock, as if he were gliding like a ghost, giving off an eerie feeling.

"So you are the members and instructors of the Great Xia National Team?"

The man bowed slightly, speaking respectfully and politely in fluent Mandarin with a slight accent, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Professor Xu nodded slightly, while Su Nianying looked at him calmly without saying a word.

Everyone on the Nationalist team instinctively looked at Li Xijun.

Li Xijun stepped forward and replied, "Yes, may I ask who you are?"

"Oh, how rude of me, I forgot to introduce myself."

The man quickly bowed slightly, took out a business card holder from his pocket, and handed over a simple, elegant business card with both hands.

"I am Saburo Kitaro, and I belong to the 'Coordination Section.' I will be responsible for coordinating and assisting you with your itineraries during your time in Japan. Thank you for your guidance."

"So it's Mr. Guima, thank you for your trouble." Li Xijun realized that this person must be the receptionist for the group.

"You've all come from afar, you must be tired. We've prepared vehicles and will take you directly to your lodgings at Osaka Castle." Saburo Kitaro stepped aside to lead the way, his posture humble and his smile impeccable.

The group followed him into several black luxury cars that had been waiting.

The convoy did not linger in the port city, but instead drove directly to a stadium that had already been vacated, where they transferred to a spacious and comfortable aircraft.

The aircraft took off and sailed smoothly towards Osaka.

This allowed many members of the National Team to look out the windows and overlook the landscape of Japan.

Li Xijun, who was visiting this high-level martial arts world, the Cherry Blossom Kingdom for the first time, also looked around the local scenery with some curiosity.

Apart from the fact that the place was much larger than in the previous life, there was not much difference at the beginning.

However, when the aircraft passed over the Kanto region, the renowned Mount Fuji naturally came into view...

Li Xijun's gaze was instantly drawn to it, and she raised her eyebrows slightly.

It was completely different from the Mount Fuji he remembered seeing during his previous life's travels.

The outline of Mount Fuji remains the same, but most of the mountain has taken on an ominous, ink-stained gray-black hue.

Especially at the mountaintop, instead of a pristine white snow cap, it was shrouded in a thick, impenetrable black aura, like filthy mud. The black aura even writhed slowly like a living thing, constantly emanating an extremely unsettling sense of decay and death.

The entire mountain did not appear sacred at all; instead, it resembled a huge, festering, and oozing tumor, firmly nailed to the earth.

"What happened?" Li Xijun couldn't help but ask curiously.

Upon hearing this, the other passengers in the carriage also looked out the window, and their expressions turned to surprise and seriousness.

They all felt the oppressive and ominous aura that emanated from them, even from a great distance.

Professor Xu glanced in the direction Li Xijun pointed and slowly began to explain:

"That is the source of the greatest disaster facing the world in the Sakura Country today—the [Calamity Divine Realm]. If the tournament at the Castle Keep goes well, you will also go to a mythological world related to it for training."

"The Divine Realm of Calamity?" Li Xijun's curiosity grew.

"Hmm." Professor Xu nodded. "You can think of it as an extremely powerful mythical world that has completely spiraled out of control and become corrupt. Its location highly overlaps with the Mount Fuji region. At its core, it is said, lies a terrifying evil god who has been resurrected since ancient times and is in charge of destruction and the end."

His tone became extremely serious: "Based on current speculation, the status and power of that evil god have probably approached or even reached the level of an emperor."

The power has almost completely devoured that mythical world itself. Because of its very existence, that mythical world is constantly spreading an aura of death, decay, and destruction, polluting the present world.

The black aura you see on Mount Fuji is merely a negligible manifestation of its power leaking out. The entire Mount Fuji region, and even large tracts of land surrounding it, have become a no-man's land; ordinary martial artists dare not even approach.

Professor Xu's gaze swept over the astonished team members, and he continued:

"What's even more troublesome is that this pollution is extremely contagious and assimilative. Several other smaller, diverse mythological worlds that originally existed around Mount Fuji have now been eroded and distorted by this 'Calamity,' undergoing mutations."

"Among them, the 'Land of Dragon Origin,' which is the most productive source of natural wood and water-related treasures in Japan, has been affected by this power."

"Once you pass the trials at the castle tower, according to the plan, you will enter this mythical world for training."

At this point, the professor naturally didn't forget to point out the benefits of the trip:

"Of course, all the rare and precious materials you collect in that [Land of Dragon Origin] belong to you. If you can complete the trial and slay the corrupted Sakura Dragon of that world, the Sakura Kingdom will provide three drops of [Baxia Spirit Blood] to the slayer as previously agreed."

really,

As the words "Baxia Spirit Blood" reached everyone's ears, those who had been frowning and on high alert all showed expressions of surprise.

Especially Ye Ningxue, who cultivates the Water Saint Technique, was unusually affected, and she could hardly maintain her icy expression, her slender hands tightly gripping her Miao sword.

Even Li Xijun's eyes showed a hint of eagerness.

It should be understood that cultivation at the realm of martial arts master is nothing more than the accumulation of intent, physical body and spiritual power.

The [Baxia Spirit Blood] contains the residual spiritual pressure of Baxia, which can temper a martial artist's spirit and accelerate the cultivation of their artistic conception.

Secondly, it can improve physical fitness to a certain extent, making the martial artist's blood and energy more abundant.

Thirdly, it can provide a large amount of spiritual energy to assist in cultivation.

Especially for martial artists who cultivate water-based skills, it is an unparalleled treasure.

Although Li Xijun is not currently cultivating this water-attribute technique, he still has his eye on the "Xuanwu Zhenhai Fudi Fa" (Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Earth-Covering Technique). If he could obtain the [Baxia Spirit Blood] in advance, he would save a lot of time and effort when he cultivates this technique later.

For a time,

The entire National Government team was full of fighting spirit.

I wish I could arrive at Osaka Castle right now and defeat all the martial arts contestants prepared by the Sakura Country.

With the anticipation of the National Team members, they arrived at Osaka Castle almost that afternoon.