The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Ahem, that's enough for now, I admit defeat." Gong Qing reluctantly raised his arm and said in a weak voice.

"Now I will succeed Gong Qing as the leader of Quanxing. Who agrees and who disagrees?" Shi Yuanzhang was not polite. After hearing Gong Qing's words of surrender, he turned around and faced the Quanxing members watching the battle. He released his aura and shouted loudly.

"We agree that Shi Yuan should succeed Gong Qing as the new leader of our Quanxing!" Shen Chong, one of the Four Madmen, was the first to speak up in agreement.

“We agree as well,” Gao Ning, Dou Mei, and Xia He chimed in.

“I have no objection,” replied the Three Corpses Tu Junfang.

“We have no objections either,” the six thieves exchanged glances and echoed.

Thus, apart from Ding Shian and the elders, all the key figures in the Quanxing leadership had spoken, so the lower-level Quanxing members naturally did not jump out to oppose them and echoed their sentiments.

"Xiao Ding, what's your opinion?" one of the elders asked Ding Shian.

“Ishihara, is it? I challenge you.” Ding Shian was silent for a moment, then stepped out of the crowd and faced Ishihara Akane directly. “If you win, I will recognize you as the leader of Quanxing. Otherwise, although I will still not object to you becoming the leader of Quanxing, I am afraid I cannot obey your command as the leader.”

"Ding Shian... Alright, I'll accept your challenge. I'd also like to see just how strong you are, someone known as one of the two heroes." Ishihara Akira carefully examined Ding Shian for a while and smiled.

After a pause, Ishihara Akira looked again at the other Quanxing elders who had not yet expressed their opinions.

What do you mean?

“As Xiao Ding said, although we can accept you as the leader of Quanxing, after all, you openly snatched it from Gong Qing, and we have no intention of denying it, if you expect us to follow your orders, you'll have to get past Xiao Ding first. Otherwise, even if you are the leader, we still won't obey your orders. Unless you are willing to pay the price,” said one of the elders.

"That's right, that's what we were thinking too."

"It seems they all trust you." Ishihara Akira said, looking at Dingjima An in front of him, after receiving the elders' reply.

However, it's understandable. After all, he is one of the two heroes under one man, and an outstanding individual whose character and strength are impeccable. If even he is no match for Ishihara Sho, then the old-timers who have long passed their prime are naturally no match for him either.

The rule of Quanxing is that strength is paramount, so if such a situation were to occur, they would have no choice but to acknowledge Ishihara Sho's status as the sect leader and promise to obey his orders, even if they did not want to.

Otherwise, who knows if Ishihara Sho would take this opportunity to leave them on the grassland.

As for what happened after leaving the grasslands...

We'll talk about that when the time comes.

"Are you ready?" Ding Shian had no time to pay attention to these miscellaneous things. Instead, he asked Ishihara Sho seriously and earnestly, who had previously demonstrated amazing speed and strength.

"Bring it on," Ishihara Akira said with a smile, extending a hand and beckoning with his fingers.

Seeing this, Ding Shian didn't hold back. He pushed off with his feet, and with a burst of earth, he rushed to Ishihara Akane at a speed comparable to teleportation.

Unfortunately, this speed was nothing special in the eyes of Ishihara Akira, who had opened three meridians and seven chakras and absorbed the dynamic vision of Uchiha Obito, Nagato, and the Sage of Six Paths, and replicated the Sharingan and Rinnegan. He simply turned his body to the side and dodged Dingjima An's attack.

Ding Shian was not surprised. If Shi Yuanzhang could be defeated so easily, then it wouldn't be worth him stepping forward to challenge him.

He then swung his arm and struck Ishihara Akira's body.

Ishihara Sho collapsed backward, simultaneously raising his leg to kick Ding Shian in the chin.

Knowing how strong Ishihara Shō was, Tingjima An dodged to the side. Ishihara Shō then used the force from the kick to flip over and land back on the ground. He then turned and swung his leg, aiming a back kick at Tingjima An's chest.

Ding Shian's body suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, and then he struck Ishihara Kaname with a palm strike—

A palm strike that cleaves through the air!

The outward force of the palm propelled the air, instantly reaching Ishihara Sho. Ishihara Sho sidestepped, bracing himself with his hands on the ground, and then continued to roll outward, dodging the attack while simultaneously creating distance between himself and Ding Shian.

"Escape light..." Ishihara Shō looked at the mysterious light surrounding Dingjima An and muttered to himself.

Ding Shian didn't care about anything else. After his attack missed, he chased after Shi Yuanzhang again, using the Tiger Fist of Xingyi to strike him. This time, Shi Yuanzhang stopped dodging and directly melted the Truth-Seeking Ball formed by Yin-Yang Escape, which enveloped his hands and arms like a domineering aura. Then, he blocked Ding Shian's attack with one hand and slammed the other hand into Ding Shian's body with a whooshing sound.

Ding Shian, relying on the Taoist escape light on his body that was no less powerful than the Golden Light Mantra, did not dodge. Instead, he tensed his muscles and countered with a technique similar to the Shaolin Vajra Palm.

"boom!"

A massive gas explosion erupted, and Ding Shian's body was blasted away like a cannonball...

Ding Shian flipped in mid-air and landed on the ground, shaking his arm as his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

There was no other reason than that he felt as if his arm had been injured!

He was clearly protected by the protective aura around his body, and the punch he threw was in Shaolin Kung Fu, which emphasizes the strength of tendons and muscles. Under double protection, he shouldn't have been injured.

But as a result, not only was the escape light shattered by the opponent, but his arm was also almost destroyed.

Thus, Ding Shian had to re-examine Ishihara Sho and rethink his methods of fighting him.

Immediately, Ding Shian's eyes lit up, and he began to examine Ishihara Akane's body as if he were a scanner.

Chapter 292 Sect Leader

"Strange, why is there no Qi in your body?" After a while, Ding Shian asked with a puzzled expression.

"Can't I return to simplicity?" Ishihara Akira asked with a smile.

"Then what's that on your arm?" Ding Shian asked, pointing to the black protective layer on Ishihara Sho's arm that had been transformed from the Truth-Seeking Ball.

According to the rules of the Under One Person world, any living being or martial arts practitioner must have Qi in their body. Those without Qi can only be dead or lifeless things. However, it's different for Ishihara Akira. The person is clearly standing in front of him, but Ding Shian cannot see any Qi surging in him.

If he were just an ordinary mortal, it would be one thing if he didn't have any tricks up his sleeve, but he does have tricks up his sleeve, and he has already used them. It's the clear light that's gleaming in his eyes right now. That thing looks like a contact lens, but in essence it's an extremely powerful internal cultivation method—Observation!

As the name suggests, it is a method that allows one to observe the flow of Qi, similar to the Sharingan.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, he should be able to see the trajectory of Qi in Ishihara Sho's body, thereby detecting the nodes of his Qi circulation, effectively interfering and striking, disrupting the techniques and the flow of Qi, and causing Ishihara Sho to lose.

But the result was...

Therefore, he couldn't help but be puzzled, and even interrupted the battle to ask questions.

There was no way around it; Ishihara Akira's performance was simply too contrary to his expectations.

Especially that thing wrapped around his arm, it was clearly a creation of Qi, yet he didn't see any Qi reaction on it. Is that reasonable?

This is unreasonable!

“A secret technique,” ​​Ishihara Akira replied.

"Now I'll add another condition. If you lose, you have to tell me exactly how you manage to prevent any leakage of your Qi." Ding Shian gave Ishihara Sho a deep look and added the condition.

“Sure,” Ishihara Akira chuckled.

Even now, he's holding back, not using any ninjutsu or demonic arts, only taijutsu or hand-to-hand combat against Ding Shian. If he could still lose, then all his gains in the two worlds would be worthless.

Upon hearing this, Ding Shian's spirits lifted. He first took out a few silver needles and treated his arm with the same Thirteen Ghost Needles technique. Then, he changed his hand seal to the Spirit Official Seal, and a powerful aura burst forth from his body once again.

Clearly, a secret technique of the Taoist school was used.

Then Ding Shian revealed his escape light again, activated the defensive skills he had learned during his training in body tempering, such as the Golden Bell Shield, and went into full power. Only then did he slam his fist on the ground and rush towards Ishihara Sho at lightning speed.

Ishihara Akira also started, colliding with Dingjima An.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

"Clang clang clang".

In short, after a series of brutal blows and deafening roars, Ding Shian's escape light was shattered once again, and he was sent flying backward, spitting out blood!

Clearly, even with Ding Shian at full power, he still couldn't gain any advantage against the unreasonable bug that is Ishihara Akira, and was easily suppressed.

"This kid is so strong. Could it be that our Quanxing sect is about to produce another leader comparable to Wugensheng?" A Quanxing elder murmured to himself, looking at Shiyuan Zhang who stood proudly in the arena.

"Compared to Wugensheng? His current performance is far from sufficient." Another Quanxing elder chuckled coldly, "However, this strength is indeed worth taking a look at. I wonder how it compares to that supreme master who suppresses the entire world. If they are evenly matched..."

"Don't think about it. Even if they're really evenly matched, so what? After all, it's not the past anymore. Times have changed. Trying to be as reckless as before won't end well," Xia Liuqing sighed, picking up the conversation.

“Yes, times have changed…” the elders echoed.

"However, with such a leader in place, those righteous people will likely be more restrained when targeting us. So, considering this alone, we have no objection to Ishihara becoming the leader."

"So, you accept him?"

"The rules still need to be explained."

……

“I concede.” After a moment, Ding Shian stood up and walked back, staring intently at Ishihara Shoyu, and sighed, “I am willing to acknowledge you as the leader of Quanxing and will follow your orders in the days to come.”

"What do you have to say now?" Ishihara Sho nodded to Ding Shima An, then turned his piercing gaze to the elders beside him and asked in a deep voice.

“Since Xiao Ding has acknowledged you, we naturally won’t go back on our word. So from now on, you are the new leader of Quanxing. As long as your orders are reasonable and you can clearly explain the purpose of doing so, we are willing to follow your orders.” An elder responded.

"What if I were to force you to obey?" Ishihara Sho narrowed his eyes, releasing a murderous aura that seemed almost tangible as he enveloped the elders and pressed them for an answer.

"We will still carry out the orders, but as for the effectiveness of the orders..." After a pause, a quick-witted elder continued, "After all, we are getting old, and our skills are not as good as those of you younger newcomers. If something goes wrong, you can't blame us, can you?"

"Heh, so you're getting old and your skills aren't what they used to be. Fine, I can spare you some of my orders for the sake of your age, but if I do ask you to do something, you must obey. Otherwise... don't blame me, the sect leader, for turning ruthless and showing no respect to you elders." Shi Yuanzhang sneered a few times, then spoke to the Quanxing elders with murderous intent.

Upon hearing this, the elders' faces darkened, and after exchanging glances, they said nothing more.

There was nothing we could do; we were outmatched and had to endure being threatened.

Otherwise, if it were when they were young, do you think they would have immediately turned against me and overturned Ishihara Akira's table?

"Alright, everyone except Senior Xia Liuqing, you may all leave." Seeing the elders remain silent, Ishihara Akira didn't say anything more. After addressing Xia Liuqing, he addressed the others present.

Subsequently, the Quanxingmen members who had witnessed the spectacle did not linger, and left the grassland in twos and threes, spreading the news of what had happened...

It reached not only the members of Quanxing, but also the ears of the outsiders.

It's just that everything is vague, making it difficult to understand the specific truth.

……

"What do you want with this old man, kid?" Xia Liuqing, who had been deliberately kept behind, looked at Ishihara Akira sitting opposite him and asked with some curiosity.

"Actually, it's nothing much. I'm just a little interested in the divine mask technique you practice, sir. I wonder if you would do me the honor of passing it on to me?" Shi Yuanzhang didn't mince words and stated his purpose directly.

Chapter 293 Xia Liuqing

"The sect leader wants my divine mask?" Xia Liuqing asked, somewhat surprised.

“Yes.” Ishihara Akira nodded.

"What does the sect leader intend to offer in exchange?" Xia Liuqing didn't refuse to teach the Divine Mask technique, after all, he had already taught it to others in the original work—Wang Zhenqiu, the temporary worker in the Southwest region, learned the Divine Mask technique from him. So as long as the conditions were right, Old Xia really didn't care whether the technique was learned by someone else.

Because the cultivation of the Divine Mask technique differs from other techniques, it places particular emphasis on the collection of faith power. In other words, to master the Divine Mask technique, the first thing you must do is choose the character you wish to portray.