Kurozawa's steps faltered. His body seemed to be beyond his control. He smelled blood, and then involuntarily turned his head to look at the corpses of the cultists lying at his feet.
Gulp. Even the pervasive ice couldn't block his senses. Lotus Town was now a living hell. Aside from Kurozawa and Doma, the town was utterly silent. The blood energy of tens of thousands of people was still rising and spreading.
Outside the Ice Crystal Domain, the air itself seemed to be a faint crimson.
Under the immense stimulation, Kurozawa subconsciously swallowed. His body twitched.
"This is... hunger?"
Kurozawa's willpower was strong, but his body's instincts seemed to be operating independently, momentarily escaping Kurozawa's control.
In his surprise, he was directly struck and sent flying by an ice palm chasing after him.
*Bang bang bang!* After tumbling dozens of meters on the ground, Kurozawa finally plunged a hand into the ice to stop himself.
Flesh healed, bones regenerated; the severe injuries were completely repaired within a few breaths, but Kurozawa couldn't be happy.
He felt even hungrier.
What was worse was that usual hunger only came from the stomach and could be endured.
But the hunger Kurozawa felt now came from deep within his body, from each hungry cell. They roared and shrieked, wanting to control Kurozawa to devour flesh and blood.
Kurozawa's abnormality caught Doma's attention.
He stood upright, his face expressionless.
"Indeed, although he is very strong, he is essentially a newborn Demon."
"His regeneration is excellent, but using it without limit will only make you lose your mind and fall into thirst and hunger."
Kurozawa's current strength was enough to rank among the top three Upper Moons, but unlike the other Upper Moons, he lacked accumulation.
Doma could use such powerful Blood Demon Arts because of the human flesh and blood he had devoured over time. After today's battle, Doma might need a month to recover to his peak.
A Demon's regeneration wasn't invincible; it just showed abnormal capabilities in a short period. But over a longer duration, they needed to replenish flesh and blood. Otherwise, their bodies' regenerative abilities would gradually decline, and their rationality would slowly disappear until they devoured enough flesh and blood to recover.
Of course, fighting continuously for a night was easy for a Demon.
However, after dawn, regardless of whether their accumulation was exhausted, they had to avoid combat, so such a situation rarely truly occurred.
On the other side, Kurozawa realized the trouble.
"Gray-White, perfect the flaws of the Immortal Demon Body."
While resisting the rising frenzy of hunger, Kurozawa dodged the attacks from the Ice Bodhisattva.
After transmitting his thoughts, Gray-White silently provided feedback.
Three thousand Potential Points could make his Immortal Demon Body perfect.
Unafraid of sunlight, no need to endure instinctive desires.
"..." Kurozawa was speechless.
Three thousand Potential Points... that number was huge.
After evolving the Immortal Demon Body, his life essence changed, and his strength surged again. The Potential Points a normal person could provide Kurozawa had probably dropped to one and would only decrease, eventually disappearing completely, which was within Kurozawa's expectations.
The Potential Points needed to eliminate the flaws were three times more than the Potential Points he obtained for the Immortal Demon Body.
However, upon closer thought, it was normal. There were many Demons and quite a few powerful Upper Moons, but there were currently none that could overcome sunlight and didn't need to eat humans.
Compared to the powerful effects of the Immortal Demon Body, using over three thousand Potential Points to eliminate its flaws was already Gray-White being truly miraculous, an evolution that directly addressed the essence.
"Gray-White, use the Potential Points to eliminate the hunger instinct first."
After a moment of deliberation, Kurozawa could only choose a temporary solution. Fortunately, he still had over three hundred Potential Points remaining.
If Kurozawa had used up all his Potential Points when evolving the Immortal Demon Body and then encountered this situation... just thinking about it made him feel nauseous. He didn't dislike corpses, but he abhorred the act of devouring them.
Soon, over ten of the three hundred-plus Potential Points evaporated. This meant that if he didn't use Potential Points, Kurozawa would have to eat over ten people to curb his current hunger.
The effect of Potential Points was immediate. The waves of hunger coming from deep within his cells instantly vanished. Moreover, Kurozawa felt his body's cells become very active, seemingly able to withstand more severe injuries and regeneration than before.
He thought for a moment and understood the reason.
Potential Points themselves were a form of biological evolutionary energy. Demons gaining power by devouring humans was, in some ways, also utilizing Potential Points, but the efficiency was very low, wasting who knows how much.
Gray-White could almost perfectly extract Potential Points by ending biological lives and transform them into Kurozawa's various powers when needed.
This was a higher-level energy than directly devouring humans.
"The consumption isn't much. So, as long as I have some Potential Points stored, the issue of appetite shouldn't be a problem."
"It's just... the sunlight."
Because of the sudden side effect, Kurozawa couldn't help but think for the worst.
He knew just how destructive and lethal sunlight was to a Demon body.
Ordinary Demons exposed to sunlight were like snowflakes touching flames; they would instantly be turned into scattered ashes by the all-illuminating sun.
Even powerful Demons, the Upper Moons, had to retreat immediately when encountering sunlight. If directly exposed to sunlight, an Upper Moon would likely die within a few minutes.
"That's truly terrible."
One of Kurozawa's great hobbies was standing on mountaintops, comfortably half-lying on a rock, half-closing his eyes to watch the sunrise and the arrival of dawn. Witnessing the appearance of the blazing sun and the rising golden horizon always made him feel happy.
Now Kurozawa imagined what would happen if he did that again. The result would be him turning into a burning torch under the gorgeous morning sun, lamenting how things had changed, and then just dying.
"Can't bask in the sun, can't watch the sunrise, can't be active during the day." Kurozawa was a little annoyed.
He stared at Doma, who had returned to the human-shaped ice sculpture, a dangerous glint in his eyes.
When a person gets angry, they want to vent, and Doma was the perfect target for that.
Tipping off his toes, leaving the three Ice Bodhisattvas behind, unable to form a pincer attack, Kurozawa, like a bolt of black lightning, quickly rushed out of the Ice Crystal Domain and sped towards Doma's main body.
From the moment he fully demonized, the outcome of the fight was already decided. The only uncertainty was whether he could successfully kill Doma if Doma was determined to escape.
On the opposite side, Doma's previously expressionless face changed slightly.
"Using regeneration without restraint, yet breaking free from the instinctual hunger so quickly?"
"What exactly is he?"
Regardless of what Kurozawa was, he definitely wasn't an ordinary Demon.
Doma knew very well how terrifying the instinctive desires of a Demon body were; it was one of the prices of being powerful.
Even if the main body's will was as tough as iron, driven by the horrific desires of the Demon body, they could only watch helplessly as their body became uncontrollable.
A distance of several hundred meters, with nothing obstructing him, meant less than ten seconds.
Kurozawa left the dense Blood Demon Art attacks behind him, getting closer and closer to Doma.
He reached out a hand, and Mingzhou condensed inch by inch.
Water Breathing Secret Technique Sword Form: Annihilation! Without accumulating much power, Kurozawa directly unleashed the Sword Form.
A massive sword light covering an area of several dozen meters rose from the ground, sweeping like a black tide, instantly engulfing Doma's vision.
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