Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 197 - 187: Japanese Master, a Deceptively Real Eastern Ninja Technique

Although Sen Dizang’s words were incredibly arrogant, his actions were extremely cautious. He immediately activated a powerful Secret Technique.

Nine-Character Curse Seal!

The Ninja Dao of Japan is a fusion of numerous Dharma Gates, including Esoteric Buddhism, the concept of Chakras, and Donghua Taoism, which ultimately allowed it to become a school in its own right. The Nine-Character Memento is one of these.

By empowering himself with this Nine-Character Curse Seal, he could elevate his physical condition and Spiritual Power to their absolute peak.

"You’re an audacious one, young man. Today, you will be taught a lesson. Remember it well, for this will likely be the last lesson of your life."

Sen Dizang tapped his foot, his figure flickering. Amid the gasps of the crowd, his body abruptly split into three.

Three identical versions of Sen Dizang strode toward Yi Beidou in unison, and it was impossible to tell the real one from the fakes.

Ninja Art: The Trinity.

’Interesting.’

A flicker of interest appeared in Yi Beidou’s eyes.

While the audience couldn’t tell the real from the fake, he was not deceived. He saw at a glance that this so-called one-into-three Clone Technique was nothing more than a Blinding Technique created by manipulating the magnetic field.

Still, this was the first time he had ever seen someone manipulate their own body’s and the surrounding area’s magnetic field to create such a realistic illusion. It was so convincing it could fool an ordinary person’s naked eye from dozens of meters away.

’So, this is the so-called "Ninja Art" of Japan?’

’In that case, where is his real body...?’

A sharp glint flashed in Yi Beidou’s eyes. He twisted violently at the waist and unleashed a palm strike behind him.

The Demon Flame erupted, a ferocious tide.

’None of those three figures contained his real body. They were all illusions!’

The moment the clones manifested, Sen Dizang’s real body had already used a Stealth Technique, combined with his incredible speed, to vanish from his original position!

Now, Sen Dizang had silently appeared behind Yi Beidou.

’Interesting! Very interesting!’

A slight smile played on Yi Beidou’s lips.

In that fleeting, disorienting instant, even his perception had been briefly clouded; he’d almost lost his lock on the man.

The man’s techniques for stealth, illusion, concealment, and ambushes were truly sublime.

No wonder they called him a ’Divine Ninja’.

BOOM!!

As Yi Beidou’s palm strike shot out, a dark figure abruptly materialized in mid-air behind him, as if it had leaped up to ambush him from the back.

The speed and power of this palm strike were terrifying. Light erupted in the air, and the shockwave expanded in a ripple.

Hm?!

But in the next instant, Yi Beidou’s expression tightened. The moment his attack hit the dark figure, he felt absolutely no sense of impact.

Under the searing heat of the Demon Flame, the magnetic field enveloping the dark figure instantly dissolved, revealing the true form of what Yi Beidou had struck.

It wasn’t Sen Dizang himself at all, but the outer jacket he had been wearing.

’Another Blinding Technique?’

Yi Beidou felt a piercing chill from his side. Sen Dizang—having shed his outer jacket and now clad only in a form-fitting black undershirt—had appeared beside him at some unknown point.

The man’s body was now in a bizarre, contorted state, as if every joint had been folded upon itself, shrinking his frame to nearly half its size.

Yi Beidou understood at once.

If the man had simply thrown his jacket, Yi Beidou would have surely detected it; he would have even been discovered while taking it off.

To truly deceive Yi Beidou’s senses, he had to act at the very instant Yi Beidou made his move.

Sen Dizang had indeed launched a sneak attack from behind. But at the exact moment Yi Beidou attacked, he abruptly used the Bone Shrinking Technique to compress his joints, shedding his jacket in mid-air in an instant.

He then activated the magnetic field, using the discarded jacket to influence Yi Beidou’s perception and form a near-perfect illusion. The deception was so complete that even Yi Beidou’s senses were fooled, and it was only discovered when the Demon Flame attack dispersed the other man’s magnetic shaping.

Indistinguishable from reality!

The golden cicada sheds its shell—a perfect Substitution Technique!

Ninja Art is a synthesis of Assassination Art, Ambush Technique, and Blinding Technique, utilizing all manner of methods for infiltration, concealment, and assassination.

Below the Saint Realm, such "Ninja Arts" can only be accomplished with the help of various tools. But at Sen Dizang’s level of cultivation, True Qi is the greatest tool of all; the Ninja Arts he performed no longer required any external objects.

This man had trained his body to the point that he could contort it at will, performing all manner of incredible movements. His speed and evasiveness had reached a state of perfection. The Blinding Technique manifested from his True Intent had reached the zenith, becoming indistinguishable from reality. And on top of it all, he possessed a wealth of combat experience.

How could a veteran of the Saint Realm who had achieved Ascension nearly thirty years ago be an easy opponent?

’You’re still too green!’

At that moment, Sen Dizang’s hawk-like eyes, now right beside Yi Beidou, were filled with mockery and a sharp intensity.

Yi Beidou had misjudged, and now his side was wide open—a fatal flaw exposed right before his opponent’s eyes.

HUMMM!!

The Nine-Character Curse Seal on Sen Dizang’s body suddenly erupted with a dazzling light. He held his palm upright as the light condensed into the shape of a sharp spike. His legs suddenly Emitted Force, causing fragments of stone to explode from the ground.

Not only that, but the joints all over his body, which had been contracted and folded using the Bone Shrinking Technique, suddenly snapped open. Like a whip cracking, they transferred kinetic energy and Magnetic Field Power from one segment to the next, finally concentrating the full force at the tip of his palm.

A terrifying True Intent radiated outward.

It was a raw, bloodthirsty killing intent that made the hair on everyone’s arms stand on end, as if they had been plunged into a freezing abyss. It felt as if even Deities would perish in the face of such murderous intent.

The dagger was revealed!