Bang!
Jaden punched Kaiou Kaku out, then watched his opponent gradually dissipate into golden dust, and let out a helpless sigh.
"Still no good, huh..."
After defeating Yujiro Hanma, Jaden attempted to use his imagination to simulate and materialize Kaiou Kaku.
The facts proved that he could indeed materialize Kaiou Kaku.
It's just that...
"Too weak!"
The Kaiou Kaku he materialized did indeed possess martial arts, Tsujikiru (exhaustion), and Deflection (nullification)-but... the level of Tsujikiru and Deflection always felt slightly inferior to Kaiou Kaku himself!
Jaden himself hadn't anticipated this.
He clearly possessed the memory of Kaiou Kaku's Tsujikiru, but the Kaiou Kaku he imagined felt weaker when using it than the actual Kaiou Kaku did to him!
Moreover...
The Kaiou Kaku he imagined could indeed constantly switch between various martial arts, and he had mastered the White Forest Temple's style of punching to a high degree, but...
"Something's not right!"
Jaden remembered watching the manga where Kaiou Kaku used a nearly frantic, seemingly random style of punching when fighting Yujiro Hanma!
At the time, Baki questioned this style, and Kaioh Retsu remarked-if it was used by Kaiou Kaku, it was inevitably a punching style! Kaiou Kaku was martial arts itself!
But the Kaiou Kaku that Jaden imagined couldn't use that move...
The difference in feeling from the actual Kaiou Kaku might not seem huge, but that missing part was crucial!
Initially, Jaden felt that the 'principles of the fist' that Kaiou Kaku spoke of were just extremely high-level Deflection and Tsujikiru, but now it seemed that the principles of the fist, which Kaiou Kaku had comprehended over decades and centuries, were not so simple!
"Tsk... if I could draw Kaiou Kaku's Deflection or something similar again, and gain more memories and impressions of Kaiou Kaku, maybe then I could imagine the deeper layers!"
Jaden felt a bit frustrated, but there was nothing he could do right now.
It was then that the door to this underground training facility opened, and Erina walked in.
As soon as she entered, Erina first looked around.
"I thought the facility would be as damaged as last time after your training session..."
Erina vaguely recalled the scene she had witnessed the last time she came in... a massive crater, like a meteorite impact, was blasted into the ground, and the walls were basically destroyed, with cracks extending from the floor to the ceiling!
If you just looked, you might feel that even locking a rhinoceros in this specially constructed basement wouldn't cause this much destruction.
"Last time was a different kind of training; this time is unlike that one."
Jaden scratched his head and walked over to Erina.
"You came to find me because the team for Dinosaur Island is fully assembled and about to depart, right?"
Hearing Jaden say this, Erina nodded, and then, hearing his question, she looked at him with some concern.
"Jaden... you must take care of your safety once you go to Dinosaur Island."
Jaden smiled when he heard Erina say that.
"Don't worry, Erina. You should worry about those dinosaurs more than me!"
"Forget predators; even if the island is blown up and sinks, I can swim back by myself-I won't die, relax~"
"Jaden..."
Seeing Jaden like this, Erina wanted to say something more, but in the end, she didn't. She just stretched out her hands and wrapped them around Jaden's neck, and in the light shining in from outside the door, their shadows touched.
While Jaden and Erina said their goodbyes in their own way.
Above ground, the martial artists who had signed up for the Dinosaur Island adventure had already arrived.
Raian Kure, Ohma Tokita, Takeshi Wakatsuki, Agito Kanoh, and Gensai Kuroki!
As for the others, some had temporary commitments, or others suddenly changed their minds-in the end, only these five came here.
They had all arrived and were staying in the rooms arranged for them by Totsuki, observing one another.
Compared to their time at the Kengan Annihilation Tournament, although not much time had passed, they had all undergone some changes.
Raian Kure was not as wild as before. Although his face still wore that characteristic, dismissive smile, these martial artists could tell from his eyes that Raian Kure was far more mature than before.
Moreover, the current him would no longer abandon technique during a fight.
He had fully utilized both his physical and learning talents, and even after just a dozen days, the change was remarkably clear.
Ohma Tokita was also different from before.
If the previous Ohma Tokita had still carried a hint of wildness, the current him was much calmer.
He hadn't developed any new moves; it was a good thing that his body had been able to recover in just a dozen days, and he hadn't made any major breakthroughs.
But the current him had a much deeper grasp of his Niko Style.
Takeshi Wakatsuki seemed unchanged; if anything, the fighting spirit hidden deep in his eyes was more resolute than before.
Agito Kanoh... his change was the biggest among them.
Unlike his previous unsmiling expression, he even laughed and chatted with Takeshi Wakatsuki after entering the room, seeming more like a normal person.
Gensai Kuroki... he was the same as always.
However, if you looked closely, you would notice that Gensai Kuroki seemed to have acquired many more scars than before!
Some looked like they were scraped by sharp claws, some looked like bullet wounds, and others looked like they had been pierced by a spear!
For him, who possessed the most supreme defensive technique and Sen-no-Sen (pre-initiative), theoretically, these scars should absolutely not have appeared on his body in such a short time, so this alone spoke volumes.
Now the five of them were gathered, observing each other.
After everyone had taken a look around, Takeshi Wakatsuki smiled and spoke.
"I feel like you're all different from before, but the changes aren't too difficult to accept..."
Hearing him say this, Agito Kanoh laughed.
"After all, it's only been a dozen days... It's already difficult enough to digest what we learned and the problems we found during the previous tournament in such a short time; attempting to evolve further would be too much."
Hearing Agito Kanoh say this, Takeshi Wakatsuki, Ohma Tokita, and Raian Kure subconsciously smiled, but they didn't say anything to deny it.
It was Gensai Kuroki who spoke at this moment.
"That may be true for us... but don't forget Jaden. With that man, the changes that occur in a dozen days might very well be revolutionary."
Hearing Gensai Kuroki say this, the other four were startled, and then Ohma Tokita, half-closing his eyes, shook his head helplessly.
"Probably not... Although I also think Jaden is the strongest monster I've ever seen, precisely because he's monstrously strong, his change should be the smallest, right?"
Hearing Ohma Tokita say this, the others also nodded.
The stronger a person is, the harder it is for them to become stronger; this situation should be universally true.
Even Raian Kure felt that Jaden wouldn't become stronger so easily.
After all, in his opinion, whether it was strength or technique, Jaden had, in a sense, already reached the peak-if he wanted to pioneer a new future, even he would need several years to achieve it.
However...
When Jaden pushed the door open with a smile, the five people present all widened their eyes.
"Oops, sorry, I'm late."
The man named Jaden scratched his head, apologizing while smiling.
But the five of them had absolutely no intention of replying.
Because... even Gensai Kuroki, who had thought Jaden might have made significant progress, hadn't imagined-Jaden's progress was this enormous!
And...
Ignoring technique, which is hard to see without use, what they could feel already surpassed their imagination!
All five of them felt it.
The pressure Jaden gave off... was much, much stronger than before!
In other words, Jaden's physical condition was immeasurably stronger than it had been at the Kengan Annihilation Tournament!
-How is that possible!
Raian Kure almost blurted out that sentence!
But then they remembered.
Jaden... was apparently only seventeen years old this year!
He was still in his growth stage!
Hiss-
At that moment, even Raian Kure had a thought.
They suddenly wanted to see.
-They wanted to see just how strong a peak Jaden would become!
They wanted to see what the limit of humanity truly was!
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