Kurozawa swept his gaze around indifferently, watching the increasing number of cult members standing up and preparing to rush at him, but he said nothing.
He looked up at the sky, silently cursing the entire family of the world's will in his heart. Then, his gaze pierced through the crowd and shifted towards Gyutaro and Daki: "You were lucky last time. This time, I'll take both your lives, brother and sister!"
Before his words even finished, thunder erupted! Kurozawa suddenly leaped, soaring into the air like a cannonball, then descended with fierce momentum, crashing diagonally towards Daki. The ground beneath his feet simultaneously fractured, and a deep pit appeared in an instant. The person who had bitten him had their head twisted around, their neck broken by Kurozawa's momentum, clearly beyond saving.
Sometimes Kurozawa was magnanimous, able to laugh off those who provoked him and not care at all. But sometimes, when he was in a bad mood, he would become very petty, petty enough to twist someone's neck just for being bitten.
An eye for an eye? No, a life for a bite.
Meanwhile, this display of power caused the cult members staring at Kurozawa to look up in horror, shocked by the commotion caused by this Demon. But they were only shocked; they felt almost no fear.
Those who believed in the Eternal Paradise Cult had long lost their reverence for death. Therefore, they possessed a different kind of courage, allowing them to face beings far stronger than themselves. They yearned for death, yearning for the new world that awaited after death.
I was still considering letting these people off, but it seems that saves me some trouble. Kurozawa didn't waver in the slightest.
Total Concentration Breathing! Demon Slayer Mark full state! Higan Suzume Eye!
Three body-enhancing abilities activated simultaneously, causing Daki's breath to catch at the fierce intensity of Kurozawa's aura.
It was important to know that Daki was actually a Demon specializing in physique. While their overall strength was not as high as an Upper Moon, in terms of physique alone, they had indeed reached the Upper Moon level.
"Are they crazy? There are so many people next to me!" Daki hadn't expected Kurozawa to be so decisive and was startled by their sudden attack.
Usually, didn't people exchange a few pleasantries before fighting? And in such a dense crowd, a Swordsman from the Demon Slayer Corps didn't seem to consider harming ordinary people, directly planning to fight within the crowd. This truly exceeded Daki's expectations.
It was important to know that the cult members were targeting Kurozawa. Unless they were planning to kill, it would only tie their hands fighting in the crowd.
In their pupils, Kurozawa's figure rapidly enlarged. Because they hadn't expected Kurozawa to counterattack so fiercely while at a disadvantage, Daki was a beat slow in reacting.
By the time they reacted and tried to dodge, Kurozawa's hand was already within striking distance, closing in within three meters of them.
In this situation, Kurozawa couldn't afford to hide his Pitch-Black Aura anymore. The blazing aura burned and surged on his palm, pressing towards Daki's head.
"Sister, I told you, you absolutely cannot lower your guard against this person."
"This kind of explosive power is astonishing no matter how many times I see it." A warning bell rang loudly in Gyutaro's heart. His body lunged forward, intercepting Kurozawa in mid-air.
Because Daki hadn't faced Kurozawa directly last time, they didn't understand Kurozawa's strength. They stubbornly believed that Gyutaro was just too clumsy and got ambushed successfully. Now, the consequence of their disdain had arrived.
Blood Demon Art: White Bone Blood Scythe! A pair of pale white scythes resembling human bones, with faint blood vessel-like crimson marks at the tips, quietly appeared in Gyutaro's hands.
Through the last battle, he knew that although Kurozawa possessed strange abilities and an inhumanly strong physique, he didn't have the regenerative ability of a Demon and still feared getting injured.
The bone scythes, one on the left and one on the right, slashed towards Kurozawa's neck and chest respectively.
Kurozawa didn't even look at Gyutaro, temporarily ignoring the opponent's attack. His entire focus was on Daki, but his Fighting Spirit perception was also monitoring Gyutaro.
Whether it was discovered or a surprise attack, Kurozawa's approach to fighting would not change: first capture and kill the weakest among them.
The moment he saw the two appear simultaneously, he made up his mind. Even at the cost of injury, he had to first inflict sufficient heavy damage on one of them!
Otherwise, if the two supported each other and restrained him, it would be even more disadvantageous for the subsequent fight.
Daki looked at Kurozawa and moved their feet, preparing to flash to the right.
At the same time, Kurozawa, who was within three meters of Daki, perceived the movement of Daki's aura within their body through his Fighting Spirit. He exerted force with his left foot, tilting to the right. Immediately after, as if he had foreseen it, Kurozawa's body moved and changed direction, his hand fiercely grabbing towards the empty space on the left.
The next second, Daki's beautiful head automatically moved towards the direction of Kurozawa's strike, as if they had run into it themselves.
"What!"
Daki's pupils suddenly contracted. After their movements were precisely predicted by Kurozawa, a look of fear appeared on their face. They couldn't dodge. At the same time, Gyutaro's bone scythes, carrying a piercing whistling sound, reached Kurozawa's vicinity. This scene slightly reassured Daki.
But the next second, they panicked.
Rip! A pale bone scythe pierced through Kurozawa's ribs. This was an attack from a strong opponent of the same rank, and even Kurozawa's Constitution couldn't fully defend against it. It cut a huge wound nearly ten centimeters deep. He grunted, turning his head to avoid the other bone scythe's fatal decapitating attack.
Kurozawa unleashed a left punch, and Gyutaro blocked it by crossing his double scythes. But he couldn't withstand Kurozawa's Strength and was sent flying backward in mid-air.
At this moment, the right palm, wrapped in blazing Pitch-Black Aura, finally successfully pressed onto Daki's head in a world that seemed to slow down.
Because Daki's first thought wasn't to block with their hand but to dodge, and their dodging movement was perfectly predicted, Kurozawa effortlessly clamped onto their head with his large hand.
"I said, today I'm taking both your lives, brother and sister!" Feeling the intense pain beneath his ribs, Kurozawa revealed a ferocious smile.
*CRACK!* His body fell, like a meteor striking the ground. With Kurozawa and Daki at the center, a earth-shaking momentum erupted. The ground cracked and broke, and large plumes of dust billowed up. The surrounding cult members couldn't stand steadily and were sent flying by the aftermath, knocking down other cult members. In an instant, people and horses were overturned.
Kurozawa held nothing back. He simply fell with immense force. Among the closest cult members to him and Daki, two were struck by him, their bodies twisting and deforming like rag dolls, clearly beyond saving.
In the bowl-shaped crater, Kurozawa stood in the center. Beneath his feet were three corpses: two fragile human cult members, and another being Daki's headless body. No, they weren't dead yet, so they couldn't be considered a corpse.
Kurozawa's left hand opened, bringing Daki's head close to his eyes: "Are you seriously an Upper Moon? You truly disgrace the name of Upper Moon."
Unfortunately, Daki couldn't reply because a layer of Pitch-Black Aura was fiercely burning and surging on their head. Various negative statuses were stacked, temporarily depriving Daki of the ability to think.
However, Daki and Gyutaro indeed had a mysterious connection. Although Daki's brain was invaded by his Pitch-Black Aura, they were still not dead and were struggling desperately. Their regenerative ability also continued non-stop, locked in a tug-of-war with the damage from the Pitch-Black Aura.
Only by killing Gyutaro as well would Daki truly die. Otherwise, they would quickly regenerate and recover.
The injury is not light, and there seems to be poison corroding my body. Although I've stopped the bleeding and sealed the injured area with Breathing Technique, it will have a big impact during the fight... I need Potential Points for repair.
Kurozawa's gaze shifted. Mingzhou appeared in his hand inch by inch. On the slender blade, there was a deep, dark color.
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