The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

Chapter 381 Night Encounter with Pang Ban

And the Demon Seed truly lived up to its name, indeed something developed by the Demonic Sect to help younger generations achieve rapid progress. Ishihara Sho simply activated the key points of the Dao Heart Demon Great Method in his mind, and directly skipped the so-called first step of entering the Dao and the second step of planting the Demon, arriving at the third part of establishing the Demon. Moreover, without much lingering, he quickly broke through to the fourth part of forming the Demon, which requires self-harm, starvation, suffering, and self-torture.

For Ishihara Sho, whose body contained boundless power of the seven emotions and six desires, this was even easier and more enjoyable. He simply poured the boundless energy of the seven emotions and six desires into the demon seed, and the fourth stage of demon formation was quickly completed, leading to the fifth stage of demon tribulation and the seventh stage of demon nurturing.

This refers to the process of Yin reaching its limit and Yang beginning to emerge, where the primordial spirit begins to transform into Yang.

Although this was somewhat challenging for Ishihara Sho, it wasn't too difficult for him since his primordial spirit already possessed a portion of yang essence. He simply invested the yang-transformed portion of his primordial spirit into the demon seed, and the demon seed quickly completed the fifth part of the demon tribulation and the seventh part of nurturing the demon, reaching the eighth part of merging the Dao heart and the demon seed, which is the unification of the yin spirit and primordial spirit.

For Ishihara Sho, this meant completely accepting the demonic seed, no longer treating it as something foreign, and fully integrating it with his current self.

This is mainly a psychological hurdle. Although Ishihara Yuu was able to overcome it, the instinct and psychological barrier still took him quite a while to complete this step, pushing his demonic arts to the ninth stage of becoming a demon...

Then, after passing through the so-called fusion stage in the middle, Ishihara Akane cultivated the Dao Heart Demon Seed Great Technique to the tenth level of the Demon Realm, which is the process of completely transforming his primordial spirit into Yang.

And that is a process that takes time and patience.

Of course, one could also follow Han Bai's example from the original novel and use the Dual Cultivation Technique of the Dual Cultivation Palace to cultivate with Qin Mengyao, accelerating the process through the mutual complement of immortals and demons.

So after carefully reflecting on his own changes and confirming that he could only advance his demonic arts to this extent, Ishihara Akira officially broke free from his cultivation state and, without much hesitation, detached himself from Han Bai.

Meanwhile, Han Bai was still imprisoned. Moreover, without Chi Zunxin's help and the fake death process of fusing with the demon seed, he not only failed to be thrown out and buried, but also suffered severe torture. Almost every part of his body was unharmed, which was quite unfortunate.

"Since your predicament is because of me, I'll help you get through this trouble," Ishihara Akira said calmly, looking at Han Bai who was unconscious in the cell.

With a flash, he left the cell, found the guards, and used his double-handed technique to alter their memories, making them believe that Han Bai had died in the cell due to torture and lack of proper medical care. They then wrapped him in some random things and buried him in a nearby mass grave.

In other words, Han Bai is already dead to them, and even to He Qiyang later. Even if he reappears later, no one can use the excuse that he is a fugitive to harm him again.

Moreover, he will later help Han Bai change his appearance, making him look like the original character, a tall and imposing man similar to Chi Zunxin.

In this way, as long as he doesn't expose himself, he doesn't have to worry about anyone causing him trouble.

After processing the memories of several prison guards, Ishihara Akira returned to Han Bai's cell, picked him up from the ground while he was still unconscious, and used a method similar to supernatural speed to take Han Bai out of the cell and into the vast world outside.

Then, Shi Yuanzhang put Han Bai down and carefully examined the condition of Han Bai, the genius that Chi Zunxin had described as a once-in-a-century talent. He then used his Dual-Hand Technique again to heal Han Bai's injuries and change his appearance. After that, he put the mental formula and cultivation method of the Nine Yang Manual, as well as Chi Zunxin's decades of cultivation experience and insights preserved in the Demon Seed, into Han Bai's mind as compensation for taking away his opportunity. Then, Shi Yuanzhang decisively got up, took a step, and disappeared into thin air.

"Next up is Jin Bingyun, the Dual Cultivation Abode, the Tibetan Tantric Sect..."

……

Whether it was a special reaction between demonic arts, or a change brought about by demonic arts, or by the War God's Manual he had seen before, Ishihara Sho, who was walking in the forest, suddenly felt a stirring in his heart. He felt as if something was attracting him from a distance in a certain direction, drawing him toward it.

"I want to see what exactly is attracting me," Ishihara Akira said curiously.

Without hesitation, he moved swiftly and rushed towards the direction where the thing that had attracted him was.

In just a moment, Ishihara Akira saw something that attracted him—

Or rather, people!

A majestic man with an eerie appearance, unlike any other, yet radiating a peculiar attraction that compels one to want to get close, befriend, and admire him, caught Ishihara Yu's eye.

He appeared to be between forty and fifty years old, dressed quite luxuriously, and possessed a leader-like aura and presence. It was clear that he was a domineering person who had long held a high position and had the power to kill or take the lives of ordinary people.

Given the current time and the strange attraction the man exerted on him, Ishihara Akira had reason to believe that the person before him was none other than Pang Ban, the greatest demon known as the Demon Master, who had dominated the martial arts world for sixty years!

"Because it's a demon, and it practices the Dao Heart Demon Technique, it has a special attraction for me, a celestial demon," Ishihara Akira muttered to himself thoughtfully.

At the same time, Pang Ban noticed the sudden arrival of Ishihara Sho by taking advantage of the change in his aura. He stopped moving and turned to look at Ishihara Sho.

"I never imagined that there would be such an unknown young master like you in the martial world." Pang Ban turned around and looked at Ishihara Sho with a strange gaze, giving him a strange feeling, and said in a low voice.

At the same time, Pang Ban's enormous, seemingly omnipresent spiritual power spread out, scanning Ishihara Sho's entire body like a scanner.

“The Demon Master Pang Ban.” Ishihara Sho replied with a slight smile.

As for the mental energy from the scan, he was a master of mental energy manipulation, and since he was now in a primordial spirit form, even if Pang Ban scanned his brain until it was a mess, he still couldn't see through his true nature.

"Indeed, it is I, Pang. May I ask your name?" Although he had not been able to ascertain Ishihara Akane's background, Pang instinctively believed that Ishihara Akane would be an important helper on his path to destruction, and nodded in affirmation.

"This is Ishihara." Ishihara Akira continued to respond using the unified kana he used in the story world set in Japan.

“It is fate that we have met. Since we have met here at this time, why don’t we sit down and have a chat?” Pang Ban invited.

Chapter 382 Battle with Pang Ban

"Judging from the Demon Master's previous state, he must have been busy. Is it really necessary to put aside what you're doing for a casual chat? What if it causes some unpleasant consequences? Wouldn't that be my fault? No, no, Demon Master, you should go and attend to your own business first." Ishihara Akira was too lazy to talk to Pang Ban. There was nothing to talk about anyway. He couldn't very well say, "I've also mastered the Inner Demon Technique. Let's discuss the changes in the primordial spirit during the cultivation process, shall we?"

Besides, since Pang Ban is here, Jin Bingyun must be nearby too. Even without a specific direction, Shi Yuanzhang could use the mobility of the Flying Kick combined with his perception technique to conduct a wide-range scan and search, and he would eventually find Jin Bingyun's whereabouts. So why bother wasting time arguing with Pang Ban, an old man who is over a hundred years old?

There's nothing about you that I find appealing.

"It's alright, it's just a small matter, we can handle it later," Pang Ban said with a smile.

"Is that so? That's a real pity. My matter is quite important and needs to be handled immediately. I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint the Demon Master," Ishihara Akira said clearly.

"Your behavior doesn't seem like you're communicating with me. Why? Is it because of the difference between good and evil?" Pang Ban wasn't stupid, so he could see through Ishihara Akira's thoughts. He frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice.

“It’s not for such a superficial reason.” Ishihara Akira shook his head.

"Why is that?" Pang Ban pressed.

“Since the Demon Master insists on knowing the reason, then I, Shi Yuanzhang, can only tell you frankly. I can’t get anything from the Demon Master, or rather, the Demon Master shouldn’t tell me what I want to know in our communication. In that case, why should I have a meaningless exchange with the Demon Master?” Shi Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

"Your Excellency is very confident," Pang Ban said with a smile.

"Then what do you wish to obtain from me, sir?" Pang Ban asked again.

"The cultivation experience of the Dao Heart Demon Seed Great Method, especially the changes at each stage, and the contents of the Tibetan Esoteric Wisdom Book—would the Demon Master be willing to reveal these things?" Ishihara Akira asked with a smile.

This basically touches on Pang Ban's martial arts foundation. Unless he's stupid, he wouldn't talk about it with Ishihara Akira, a strange master who clearly gives him a strong sense of unease.

Pang Ban isn't mentally ill; he's not some kind of unique fighter who insists on exposing his martial arts weaknesses to others and seeking so-called thrills.

"You seem to know me quite well."

"After all, the Demon Master is an invincible master who has been in the world for sixty years. He has not hidden his origins and past too much. Not to mention me, anyone who is interested in the Demon Master should be able to tell you something."

"Since you are so familiar with me, why make such a difficult request? Aren't you afraid that I will get angry and kill you?" Pang Ban narrowed his eyes slightly, unleashing the power of the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique, creating a powerful, mountain-like oppressive aura that enveloped Ishihara Sho, and said coldly.

"Getting impatient?" Ishihara Akira chuckled.

"Then let me tell you something more interesting. For example, I actually know what the Demon Master originally wanted to do, and I'm also very interested in that person. I'd like to help you plant a few more green fields on your head, help you perfect your Demon Heart Planting Technique, and help you overcome your love tribulation. You don't need to thank me, Demon Master. I'm not the kind of worldly person who would take advantage of a favor. You can just forget about me." Ishihara Akira laughed loudly.

"You brat, how dare you!" Pang Ban seemed to have his secrets and wounds exposed, and his killing intent instantly surged forth. At the same time, his powerful mental energy surged forth again, heading straight for Ishihara Sho's mind, as if trying to drag him into the illusion he had created.

But as I said before, when it comes to mental strength, Ishihara Sho is the ancestor in this field, not to mention illusion magic. With his "Mirror Flower, Water Moon" technique, Ishihara Sho doesn't believe Pang Ban can get the better of him.

Even so, due to the differences between the worlds and Pang Ban's cultivation level, the influence of Mirror Flower Water Moon may not be as great as it is in the world of Bleach.

However, Ishihara Sho is not limited to just the illusion of illusion—the genjutsu of the Naruto, the genjutsu he developed himself, the mental influence techniques of superpowers, and the newly cultivated Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique are all trump cards that can easily deal with Pang Ban.

Just then, Ishihara Sho needed battles and women to accelerate his cultivation progress in the Demon Realm, so he didn't do anything else. He simply unleashed his Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique and, with his inhuman mental strength, directly broke through Pang Ban's mental influence.

"Hmm? The Great Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique! You're from the Central Plains Holy Sect?" Pang Ban was taken aback at first, then his expression changed slightly as he asked in a deep voice.

Just as Chi Zun believed that a member of the Yin Kui Sect could actually know the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique, Pang Ban also knew that the people of the Central Plains Holy Sect, which is also the Demon Sect, possessed the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique. However, just as only a few people had been able to successfully cultivate the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique over the hundreds of years since its creation, he did not believe that anyone from the Central Plains Demon Sect could cultivate the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique to this extent with such great perseverance and wisdom as he had.

However, to his surprise, reality slapped him in the face. The people from the Central Plains Demonic Sect had not only succeeded in their cultivation, but their levels were also quite high. At least the guy in front of him who called himself Shi Yuan had already reached the Demonic Extreme Realm, which was only half a step behind his own. He couldn't help but be astonished, look at him with disbelief.

"That depends on whether you have the ability to get it out of me," Ishihara Akira laughed loudly.

As if truly influenced by the demonic seed, he went mad and launched an attack, stepping directly into the void as if standing on solid ground, using the force of the void to rush in front of Pang Ban.

At this moment, Pang Ban had no choice but to calm himself down. He continued to use his expertise in mental interference with reality and the manipulation of the real to disrupt Ishihara Sho's spiritual perception, while simultaneously launching a counterattack against Ishihara Sho with a punch.

Because he failed to invade Ishihara Sho's mind with his mental energy, and failed to draw him into the illusion he had constructed, Pang Ban's attack was not as miraculous as the legends suggested.

He felt like he was being punched even though no one was actually attacking. The punches seemed slow, and he thought he could dodge them, but the moment he had that thought, he was already hit. There were no special combat effects like lightning and thunder, like those of a demon god, but none of that was happening to Pang Ban now. He only had ordinary punches and kicks, and air ripples caused by the movement of his true energy and mental power.

Although it is still incredibly powerful, it is not without ways to resist it.

Anyway, Ishihara Kaname resisted quite calmly.

The two sides exchanged blows and engaged in a fierce battle in the skies above the forest.

The roaring sound continued for miles in the silent night sky before gradually subsiding, demonstrating the scale and potential of their battle.

Clearly, even in terms of the clash of true qi and spiritual power alone, Pang Ban lived up to his invincible status of sixty years, possessing the formidable strength to suppress three to five generations of martial arts practitioners.

……

"Is there a fight going on?" At the same time, on another path not far from the forest, a man driving a carriage looked in the direction from which the sound came with a puzzled expression and muttered to himself.

Chapter 383 Strike at the Heart

Leaving aside Jin Bingyun's reaction, let's return to Ishihara Akira's side.

Although he provoked Pang Ban and fought him in order to accelerate the fusion of the demonic seed and the Dao heart and shorten his time in the Demon Realm, it does not mean that he could only use the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique during the battle. In fact, he could still use other Daoist martial arts, because this is the key to accelerating the fusion of the Dao heart and the demonic seed.

So while fighting Pang Ban with his fists and feet, Ishihara Sho also used the 'Observation' technique he learned from the world of Under One Person. His eyes emitted a faint blue light, like a heavenly eye that could see through the world, observing the changes in Pang Ban's aura. Through the flesh-and-blood exchanges, he felt the differences or subtle differences between the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique that Pang Ban cultivated and the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique that he cultivated.

This is the real reason why Ishihara Akira deliberately provoked Pang Ban, besides the purpose of accelerating his cultivation.

Of course, doing this is also to increase one's cultivation speed.

However, after sensing and sensing, Ishihara Sho discovered that Pang Ban's performance seemed somewhat inconsistent with the realm of Yang Shen. Could it be that he had cheated his way to cultivate the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique?

With this in mind, Ishihara Akira raised his observation skills to a new level, using his Byakugan to penetrate Pang Ban's appearance and observe his body...

"My body has indeed been trained to be very strong, but that's normal. After all, in this world, breaking through the void requires not only the realm of Yang God, but also a body of the Vajra Indestructible level! Not to mention, the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique was created by the predecessors of the Demonic Sect after observing the War God Record. Naturally, they had seen the body left by Guang Chengzi in the War God Hall, and experienced what the Vajra Indestructible realm that Guang Chengzi spoke of was like. It's only natural that they would pursue it and incorporate it into their own martial arts. It would be really strange if there wasn't any content in this regard." Ishihara Akira thought to himself during the battle.

After all, compared to Pang Ban's martial arts Yang Shen, Ishihara Sho's primordial spirit, cultivated through the orthodox Taoist path, has far more functions and abilities. Multitasking, multitasking, and N-threaded operations are all natural for him, unlike Pang Ban, who can only barely maintain two or even three tasks at a time.

Then, Ishihara Akira once again elevated his "observation" technique to a new level, and officially used another extraordinary skill that he had developed together with Zhouyou Liuxu Gong in the world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber - the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique!

In an instant, the energy of heaven and earth, Pang Ban's energy, the direction and method of Pang Ban's power circulation, Pang Ban's muscle reactions, and even Pang Ban's thoughts were presented to Ishihara Akira as if they were data, for him to choose from and for him to refer to.

The result was that Pang Ban's originally flawless offensive suddenly became riddled with flaws.

Although they are all born and die at will, for Ishihara Sho, who can seize an opportunity in an instant, they are omnipresent points of attack.

Sure enough, the next moment, Ishihara Akira took advantage of the loophole in the energy exchange he saw and stepped directly onto the node where the energy exchange was formed!

It was just a simple step, without even an act of attack, yet Pang Ban's expression changed, a strange, extremely uncomfortable feeling rising within him, as if he had been punched. Then, before he could think further, Ishihara Akira appeared from his blind spot as if by teleportation—