Even now the young man was unable to see the person who was talking to him. He had used his Qi to try and scan the surrounding area but even then he could not find the location of the person talking. It was like the person didn't exist at all.
"Don't bother doing that, at your current level no matter how hard you try if I don't want you to find me then you'll never be able to find me. So stop bothering doing that and just answer my question, whose descendant are you?"
The young man hesitated for a bit, but in the end, he decided to answer the unknown person. Still, even though he decided to cooperate the young man didn't let down his guard.
Even if the other party truly was his Ancestor based on the numerous stories he has heard of the Strongest Mortal Soul, his ancestor will strike no matter if you're a friend or a family member, he would do so to test if you were worthy, or just because he was bored.
"I'm Kauzaki Yuuto the descendant of Kauzaki Kenji the creator of the strongest martial art, the Kauzaki style martial art."
After Ren heard Yuuto's answer, he spoke to the past incarnations in his soul realm.
"Hey who's Kauzaki Kenji?" The past incarnations in Ren's soul realm who were fighting momentarily stopped as they heard Ren's question.
"That would be me." A middle-aged man wearing rather loose clothes and bracers spoke.
"So, do you want to talk to your descendant?"
"If you would allow me."
...
Yuuto stood in place waiting for the other party to say something, as he waited he continued to try and find the other party's location. Unfortunately, it was like the other party said no matter how hard he tried he could not sense the other party's presence.
"Let me judge if you truly are a descendant of mine."
As if to mock him even further Ren suddenly appeared behind him without doing anything but stand there. If Ren did not speak Yuuto wouldn't even know that he was there, if Ren had struck at that moment Yuuto would've died without knowing how.
"So are you telling me that you truly are the current reincarnation of the Strongest Mortal Soul?"
Ren did not answer with words and instead got into a fighting stance, his right hand raised upward into the heavens, and his left hand pointed below the earth. When Yuuto saw the stance Ren made he was stunned. That was one of the final stances of the Kauzaki style martial art, one hand to hold the heavens and another to stabilize the earth. Either the person in front of him was the real deal or he was just someone who got his hands on the final scroll.
Normally it would've been impossible for anyone aside from the main family to ever see the scroll, but after the fall of their clan, the scroll had already been stolen. It was possible that Ren took it or he knew who stole it.
'So what is it?...'
Yuuto looked at Ren who hasn't moved since a while ago, his stance was perfect as he was like an unmovable mountain. Yuuto stared into Ren's eyes, unlike when he battled Ma Jun, Ren was as calm as still water. Yuuto sighed before getting into an offense-oriented stance.
"You won't answer me with words right?... Fine, let's talk with our fists!"
Once he was done speaking Yuuto charged at Ren, as he got close enough he punch forward with blinding speed or so he forecasted but before Yuuto's fist could reach Ren he stopped. Yuuto then ducked and did a low spinning sweep kick aimed at Ren's right leg which was extended forward.
Ren simply lifted his leg to dodge the attack, but Yuuto wasn't done, after missing Ren's leg he quickly did a rising somersault. Ren was able to redirect Yuuto's attack by simply moving his left hand that was pointing toward the ground to the side.
Yuuto looked like he lost his balance but that was just a trick to invite Ren to attack him, unfortunately, Ren was an unmoving mountain. Yuuto stopped attacking as he looked at Ren, observing him, finding a hole in his defense, yet no matter how he looked at Ren there was no opening. Ren's heaven and earth stance was the best Yuuto has ever seen, even the former head of the Clan was not as good.
Yuuto knew that if he went about things normally there was no way to get past Ren's defenses, so he changed his stance. Yuuto lowered his center of gravity, his right fist hidden behind his waist, and his left hand was like a claw facing forward. Yuuto then changed his breathing and the way he channeled his Qi, he was now emitting a similar aura to that of a dragon.
If the heaven and earth stance was the strongest defensive stance of the Kauzaki Style Martial Art, then the Dragon stance was the strongest offensive stance. It was just a brief moment but Yuuto saw the tranquil Ren, suddenly showed that ferocious smile of his, but immediately went back into his tranquil state.
Yuuto wasn't bothered by this and simply charged forward. When he got close enough Yuuto's left hand which was like a claw came down at Ren aiming at his right hand that was raised upward. This move was meant to destroy one's guard, but then Ren allowed Yuuto to break his defense.
Yuuto wondered for a second if he was heading into a trap, but then he stopped hesitating and unleashed the Dragon's bite. It doesn't matter if there was a trap or not, the entire point of the Dragon's stance was to break everything.
Yuuto's fist that was hidden behind his waist burst forth with incredible power, he wasn't even using his Qi but the image of a large dragon appeared as if it wanted to devour Ren.
Seeing the dragon, Ren did not even look like he wanted to dodge instead, his two arms made a circular motion, and as the dragon came into contact with Ren the attack was negated, no it looked like it was absorbed into the circular motion.
Yuuto then saw Ren put his right and left hands together pushing forward with open palms, the dragon that disappeared reappeared, and this time it attacked Yuuto. The power of the attack was doubled what Yuuto unleashed making him fly a few kilometers backward. Yuuto hit every single tree that was in his way until he finally stopped his back on the ground.
Yuuto coughed out a bit of blood and a lot of his bones were currently broken but to him, that wasn't his main concern. What filled his mind at this point was the move Ren just used. That was the ultimate technique of the Kauzaki Style Martial Art which was only spoken in legend. It was never written down, nor did anyone have the knowledge of how to perform such a technique. The only person who knew how to use it was the founder himself.
"Hmph, even though you have only a crude understanding of my martial art, I guess I can believe that you are my descendant." Ren appeared in front of the beaten Yuuto and spoke in a rather arrogant tone.