After silently reciting in his heart.
With a sound like a drawn sword, a silver radiance slashed out from Jason’s hand.
[Evil-Slaying Slash]!
The tall, ethereal ’ghost’ was split in two.
Without any hesitation.
Hanakaiin Haru was left dumbfounded.
This young Onmyoji stood there with his eyes wide open, completely at a loss for words.
As a descendant of one of the four major Onmyoji clans, Hanakaiin Haru certainly knew about Sword Saint’s strength.
But those were just written records.
The records in text are quite ambiguous.
There is no precise data comparison.
Thus, everyone recognized the strength of Sword Saint.
But just how powerful Sword Saint was, nobody could really explain clearly.
Hanakaiin Haru understood clearly.
It was a single sword!
That kind of sharp Sword Qi could naturally be considered a sword.
A single sword able to kill this special large ’ghost’!
That means a single sword can kill a great demon!
"Truly, truly terrifying!"
Hanakaiin Haru silently thought to himself.
His eyes were fixed on Jason as he took another step forward.
This time, nothing could stop Jason’s advancing footsteps.
Jason arrived smoothly in front of ’Fate’s End’ core.
The fist-sized red gem was slowly pulsing.
Just like a heartbeat.
Jason didn’t hesitate at all and plucked the core out.
He resisted the urge to ’purify’ it right then and put it into his backpack, alongside the eleven portions of ’food’ he had collected earlier.
Just as Jason secured the core of ’Fate’s End’, the entire ship began to shake.
The previously repaired cracks opened up again.
And more cracks began to appear.
As if it was about to shatter in the next moment.
"Jason, hurry, the ship is sinking!"
Hanakaiin Haru shouted while quickly folding a dark-colored Talisman Paper.
In a breath’s time, a paper boat appeared.
The young Onmyoji tossed it into the sea.
The moment the sea water touched the paper boat, the entire boat began to enlarge.
Hanakaiin Haru jumped onto the paper boat first.
Jason and Sagaraso followed suit.
Sagaraso couldn’t help but raise her hand to touch the ’paper boat,’ which felt like it was made of wood, and couldn’t help but marvel at it.
"It’s just some minor Onmyoji technique."
"Compared to true power..."
Hanakaiin Haru said, his gaze inevitably falling back to Jason.
Jason still had that calm, serene expression on his face.
It seemed as though he didn’t care about what had just happened.
In reality, at this moment, he was once again battling his ’hunger.’
He could only try his best to maintain such a demeanor.
Otherwise, he would literally drool.
But watching Jason’s demeanor, Hanakaiin Haru grew even more admiring.
Brilliant strategies.
And a heart undisturbed by waves.
This is truly the mark of a powerful figure!
No, that’s not right!
One must first have an undisturbed heart, which leads to brilliant strategies, and then, cultivate powerful strength!
Hanakaiin Haru sighed involuntarily.
Then, the young Onmyoji spoke.
"Sagaraso, we have some downtime coming up."
"If possible, please make good use of this time to train."
"Of course, don’t overdo it."
Hanakaiin Haru advised.
Sagaraso responded emphatically.
Everything that had just happened was still fresh in her mind.
She hadn’t been of any help, and almost became a burden.
Although she disguised it well, she really was nervous when facing those opponents.
It was completely different from the usual opponents she encountered.
They were true villains in the eyes of ordinary people.
I need to become much stronger!
At least to develop a ’Serious Punch.’
Sagaraso, with a plan already in mind, started to plan, but only after a few seconds did the straightforward girl belatedly ask, "Did we just pass the preliminaries of the group stage?"
Hanakaiin Haru pointed towards the sinking ’Fate’s End’ behind him.
A fierce look appeared on his face.
If someone dared to set him up , then they should be prepared for his revenge.
Of course, he would do it.
No need to involve his teammates.
Sagaraso probably wouldn’t be able to help anyway.
Frankly, to be able to team up with Jason, a Sword Saint, for the ’salary’ offered before, was already enough to make Hanakaiin Haru feel ashamed and embarrassed.
At this time, to continue asking Jason for help?
With Hanakaiin Haru’s pride, he really couldn’t do it.
And to offer more ’salaries’?
Apart from genuine life-saving treasures, he didn’t think anything else could match the ’payment’ worthy of Jason.
He didn’t have that many life-saving treasures.
After all, he was just a branch family’s heir.
And to fool Jason with other treasures?
Not to mention that Hanakaiin Haru couldn’t do such a thing,
Just the fact that Jason would see such a gesture as an insult was enough to deter Hanakaiin Haru from even trying.
"After this, the ’King of Fighters—King of Fists Tournament’ should start as per the normal schedule, which is in one month."
"During this time, Lord Jason, please be careful."