I teach kendo in Tokyo

The catfish spirit cursed, its tentacles suddenly retracted, and the next moment it pierced toward Kazuma's front door like lightning!

In this situation, he should have chosen to dodge, but Kazuma stared closely at the stabbing tentacles, holding Masamune high in a cutting stance. At this time, he had put life and death aside, and like a real swordsman, he only thought about killing the enemy in front of him! With no distractions and an extremely high mood, he entered a wonderful state in an instant——

The surrounding scenery suddenly lost color, and the body and mind seemed to be separated from the timeline. The tentacles stabbing rapidly from the front were suspended in the air like a still picture. At the same time, an indescribable surge of excitement came from the hilt of the knife in his hand, and the palm of his hand was hot. The originally stiff blood muscles were stimulated by the pulse of the sword, and they started to move as if they were blatantly violating the laws of physics. At that moment, Kazuma thought of nothing in his mind, but he was incredibly sober.

Kazuma's eyes followed the light of the authentic sword and watched as the light of the sword flashed and the tentacles of the catfish spirit were broken into two pieces.

what's the situation? The legendary fusion of man and sword? Or does bullet time in the game really exist? Kazuma was so surprised that he couldn't speak, and his originally highly concentrated energy was distracted. As a result, the wonderful feeling of being out of the timeline quickly disappeared.

Kazuma, whose sense of time returned to normal, caught a glimpse of the chopped half of the catfish spirit's tentacles rolling and falling into the lake next to him. At the same time, the remaining half of the tentacles spurted out black blood from the broken opening. . Seeing the stinking black blood rushing towards him, Kazuma jumped back a few steps like a reflex, and at the same time swung his sword to scatter the sword curtain, thus avoiding the end of being covered in blood by the stinking demon.

"...Uh, no!"

Kazuma, who stood a few steps away, suddenly spat, showing an annoyed look - wrong judgment! When he cuts off the tentacles, it's a good time to take advantage of the situation and pursue him. He shouldn't retreat at all! If he had taken advantage of the situation at that time to attract toothache, he would have most likely dragged the catfish spirit into a close combat, and then ran towards the end - at that time, he looked at the stinking black blood and thought subconsciously. By avoiding it, the opponent was given a chance to regroup, and his judgment of winning or losing in an instant was really wrong.

Kazuma almost wanted to give himself a slap. He wasn't a rouge-and-pink girl, so he was afraid of getting dirty! ?

"It hurts, it hurts, damn, it hurts!" While Kazuma was annoyed at his mistake, Catfish Spirit's pained groan came from the other side. The tentacles at the corners of his mouth are not only his powerful means of attack, but also his sensory organs that focus on touch. Being cut off by Kazuma at this time, he was naturally extremely painful.

"Damn it! Damn it! It's already this era, why do swordsmen and demon-slaying swords still appear..." The catfish spirit glared at Kazuma with bloodshot eyes, and the demonic aura rose up from his body. The appearance has long since ceased to exist.

Kazuma sounded the alarm in his mind, and at the same time, he sighed at the missed opportunity to pursue. Under Kazuma's gaze, demonic energy suddenly gathered at the tip of the broken beard of the catfish spirit that spurted out black blood, and bursts of blood foam surged from the break, and it was about to grow a new tentacle! ? The blue veins on the forehead of the catfish spirit were exposed. He clenched his small fists and tried his best to destroy the demonic energy. In an instant, not only did the broken beard return to its original state, but two shorter tentacles stretched out from the side of his mouth, baring his teeth and claws towards Kazuma.

"...Are you a tentacle monster?" Kazuma couldn't help scolding his mother.

"I am the master of the Land of Eternal Darkness. If you challenge me here, you are seeking death! Go to hell, Kazuma Kiryu!" the catfish spirit roared, waving his short hand vigorously. As a result, except for the tentacle that was entangled with Seiryu, the remaining three tentacles all attacked Kazuma.

"What the hell!?"

I don't know if it is nourished by the Land of Eternal Darkness. Although the catfish spirit claims to be a miscellaneous fish, it is actually extremely difficult to fight. Originally, one of his tentacles threatened to rival a high-class swordsman. At this time, three tentacles attacked Kazuma at the same time, causing Kazuma to panic. There were dangers in the process of taking and responding to moves. After a few rounds, he was already dripping with sweat - - Fortunately, Seiryu helped him share the offensive of one tentacle, otherwise the scene of facing four tentacles at the same time would be unimaginable.

"drink!"

As you came and went, the wonderful feeling of man and sword uniting did not reappear, but Kazuma still caught the opportunity twice and cut off the tentacles of the catfish spirit. Cut off, cut off, but the cut off tentacles always regenerate after a few beats, and the three tentacles take turns to contain the attack, making it difficult for Kazuma to find an opening to bully the catfish spirit.

Kazuma heard an angry scream from Seiryu over there, and glanced out of the corner of his eye, only to see that after fighting for a long time, she finally seized the opportunity to cut off the opponent's tentacles with Seiyu Seimei, but before she could get it Kill the catfish spirit, and the tentacles over there will regenerate danglingly. Seiryu shouted angrily and swung his sword to fight, but he was obviously out of breath.

"...No, there will be problems if this continues."

Kazuma shook his head. The catfish spirit relied on the blessing of the Land of Eternal Darkness to gain nearly unlimited physical strength, but they couldn't do this with their flesh and blood bodies. Seiryu is approaching the limit of her physical strength, and once she is exhausted and withdraws from the battle, Kazuma will have to face the onslaught of four tentacles, and capsizing is a high probability.

"What can I do..." Kazuma turned sideways to avoid the thrust of one tentacle, then raised his leg to kick the other tentacle away.

While Kazuma was dealing with the tentacle offensive, he was desperately thinking of ways to change the current situation - if there was a way to lure the catfish spirit out of the Land of Eternal Darkness, then it wouldn't be that difficult to deal with him. Yet this catfish is so slippery that it's hard to imagine it giving up its home field advantage and following out. Or is it really like what was declared before, to retreat temporarily this time and wait until next time to gather deep water bombs and other heavy weapons to blast the door? Doing this can increase the winning rate, but there is no guarantee that the Catfish Spirit will be waiting for them here. This cunning and cowardly fish demon would probably simply give up on this territory while they were escaping. This was the only chance to catch him.

Seiryu's breathing over there had gradually become turbid, and Kazuma couldn't find a way to break through the current situation. He couldn't help but become anxious, wondering if he should take a gamble. At this moment, a crisp sound like the shaking of a tin stick suddenly came from Kazuma's ears. The sweet sound made Kazuma wake up suddenly. He quickly lowered his head to avoid the tentacle that almost pierced his face, but he couldn't help but look back and glanced towards the shore.

"Yes, there is another way!"

Kazuma suddenly understood, and with a low voice, he used several swords to fight back the incoming tentacles. He grabbed Seiryu and ran to the trestle behind him.

"He, He Ma?"

"Back off for now, we won't win if we continue fighting like this."

"Asshole! Do you think you can escape?"

Just as Kazuma expected, the catfish spirit chased the two men viciously. Ever since he was injured by a U.S. military mine in the 1950s, Catfish Spirit has relied on this dark place to recuperate. It is not an exaggeration to say that this land is his lifeblood. And Kazuma's previous threat, saying that he would use mines to greet him when he returned, made the catfish spirit directly equate "letting him go" with "losing his territory", so of course he would try to stop it at all costs - —Of course I think so, but actually doing it is another matter. When he and Ma Qingliu stepped on the trestle and ran to the shore, Catfish Spirit could only try hard to swing a pair of short legs and could not keep up with the pace of the two of them.

"Pfft!" Even though she knew the situation was inappropriate, Qingliu couldn't help but laugh when she looked back. Then he realized that Kazuma was next to him, and he quickly straightened his appearance. "Master, are we going to retreat like this?"

"No, if we leave, this guy probably won't stay any longer. So we must deal with him today."

"But he will continue to regenerate, no matter how hard he cuts, it will be useless?"

"In the Land of Eternal Darkness, monsters can gain extraordinary power. We must find a way to cut off his connection with the land... Anyway, I have come up with a way. You come with me." Kazuma jumped out of the trestle and landed on the river beach, turning back Looking at the figure of Catfish Spirit chasing after him from a distance, he briefly estimated the distance between the two, then turned around and ran towards the river beach.

Seiryu followed Kazuma without knowing why, and saw him turn a few corners on the river beach, and unexpectedly came to the dilapidated Buddhist shrine where the two of them had passed. A weathered statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was enshrined in a dilapidated Buddhist niche. Hema stopped at the Ksitigarbha statue and looked around as if to confirm something. At this time, a roar suddenly sounded on the lake in the distance. Qingliu looked back and saw a huge black catfish rushing out of the lake on the turbulent waves, then twisting its body and smashing away with the astonishing momentum of a locomotive. The thick reeds along the way are rushing towards this side.

"Anatai, animagi animagi!?" Qingliu was so surprised that he couldn't even speak clearly.

"After all, he is a catfish spirit. Of course he is also a catfish in his true form, but it is really big..." After all, he had seen the true form of the great demon fox in his dream a long time ago, and Kazuma was much calmer than Seiryu. "Revealing his true form means he is really anxious. It seems that this is indeed his cover. Qingliu, help me stop him. Don't let that guy get close to you yet."

"Even if you say, Master, stop him..." Seiryu looked at the giant catfish charging menacingly in the distance, his face full of tears, but Kazuma had already turned his attention back to Jizo over there. Like it.

Judging from the degree of weathering, this Jizo statue is much older than the dam or even the village next to it. The fox at home had mentioned before when he was helping him with lessons that the formation of any place of constant darkness has a long and profound connection, and the concentrated expression of these connections is the so-called "originating object". Dependent objects are the origin of the formation of the Land of Eternal Darkness and are also the key to its existence. Originating objects are usually extremely ancient objects, and looking at this place of constant darkness, the Jizo statue in front of him is probably the only one that meets the standards. His intuition also tells Kazuma that his judgment is correct.

Since the Originating Object is the core of the Land of Eternal Darkness, once it is moved out of the Land of Eternal Darkness or is simply destroyed, the Land of Eternal Darkness will immediately lose its original power, and then become a mundane territory with universal scientific laws. Tamamo mentioned that many humans in history had tried to steal the origin objects, but without exception they were hunted down by monsters in anger. However, as the territory of monsters has shrunk sharply in recent times, the Land of Eternal Darkness has become rarer than Axis 235 in the earth's crust, so similar incidents have not happened again. But at this moment, Kazuma planned to set this precedent.

"Bodhisattva, I'm offended."

Kazuma bowed to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statue, then walked forward, carefully confirmed and hugged the lower body of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, then took a deep breath and began to exert force - although the destruction or removal of the dependent object can interrupt the normal state. The laws of the dark land, but the former plan and Ma have never thought about it. As for the latter plan, if he hadn't heard the sound of the tin stick shaking before, he probably wouldn't have dared to move the Jizo statue like this. There are certain laws in the higher dimensions of this world that are beyond human intelligence. If nothing else, just his new entries are enough to illustrate this point.

"drink……"

Kazuma hugged the Jizo statue and began to exert force. This half-human-tall Jizo statue was carved from heavy stone. The surface was severely weathered by the sun and rain. The lack of edges and corners on the surface made it difficult to find a place to exert force when holding him. The Ksitigarbha statue should have been placed directly on the base of the shrine at first, but over the years, a strong layer of clay formed between the two. To be honest, it is quite a test to separate them without damaging the stone statue. .

"Asshole! Don't do that, put it down!"

While Kazuma was holding the Ksitigarbha statue carefully and exerting his strength, the catfish spirit that had transformed into its original shape also flew into the reeds along the way like a pig, and rushed to the river bank with a terrifying momentum. The catfish spirit that jumped onto the river beach was about the size of the front of a Shinkansen train. It was quite terrifying in terms of size and mass, and the sound it made when it fell was like shaking the earth.

"Master, how can we stop this..."

After being told to "stop it" by Kazuma, Seiryu rolled her eyes and carried Sukkai Seimei forward to meet him, but the tragic scene of a weak girl fighting against a giant fish monster did not appear in his imagination. After all, the catfish is an aquatic species anyway, and the catfish spirit in its original form cannot escape its racial attributes. Although it can flick its tail and sprint in the lake, it has no arms or legs when it reaches the shore. The catfish only relies on twisting its body to move forward. In this case, the terrifyingly heavy body turned out to be an unspeakable burden. Seeing the huge catfish squirming and twisting its body on the river beach, Qingliu, who was originally nervous, couldn't help but look dumbfounded.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn Kiryu Kazuma!"

The catfish spirit's demonic energy boiled, but its heavy body made it difficult for it to move forward. Just when he was regretting that he should not change back to his human form, a faint cracking sound suddenly came from the front. The Catfish Spirit looked at the Ksitigarbha Shrine with its protruding eyes covered with bloodshot eyes. His face showed an unprecedented fear, and he suddenly roared, swung his tail and jumped up.

Seiruguchi stared blankly at the giant catfish leaping into the air, and then watched it land heavily on the ground in front of him. Jumping desperately regardless of his weight, Catfish Spirit not only used up most of his strength, but also almost fell and was seriously injured, but the price was that he successfully shortened the distance between him and the Ksitigarbha Buddha's shrine.