Chapter 5 - CHAPTER 5:WILL YUTO SURVIVE LAST STAGE OF DEVIL HUNTER

After Master Masauru's grim announcement, all the remaining trainers gathered in the dense forest. The challenge was brutal: survive seven nights against 200 ruthless devils. Determined, Yuto stepped into the shadowy woods. The air was thick with the metallic scent of blood.Suddenly, Yuto caught the sight of a devil attempting to kill a fellow trainer. For a moment, he questioned—should he intervene or stay hidden? Without hesitation, Yuto unleashed his Fire Power's Second Technique: Scorching Ember Dance. Flames twisted around him as he charged, aiming straight for the devil's heart. But the devil dodged, slipping away like smoke.Not wasting a second, Yuto followed up with Fire Power's First Technique: Blazing Slash—his katana slicing through the air with fiery precision. In a blinding burst of speed, he struck true, ripping the heart from the devil's chest and shattering it. To Yuto's surprise, the heart gasped, whispering of freedom from the devil world before crumbling to ash. Yuto grabbed the devil's fading hand in a solemn gesture.His moment of solemnity shattered as a booming, desperate voice cried out, "Please, don't kill me!" Yuto turned to face a towering, ten-foot devil, its chest armored with twisted veins and muscles as hard as stone. Fear trembled in Yuto's heart, but he steeled himself and called forth his Fire Power's Seventh Technique: Sunflare Strike—a blazing attack aimed directly at the devil's heart.The devil lunged fiercely, but Yuto's katana sliced through its thick arm. The wound was grievous, but shock shot through Yuto as the devil's heart regenerated within twenty seconds—a grotesque power of rapid rebirth.With fierce resolve, Yuto executed Fire Power's Eighth Technique: Ashen Requiem—an inferno of fire aimed to consume the devil. But the fiend retaliated instantly, unleashing Devil Art's Fifth Technique: Full Darkness, engulfing the battlefield in impenetrable shadow and vanishing from sight.Undeterred, Yuto ignited his katana anew, chanting Fire Power's Fourth Technique: Crimson Burst. A colossal fireball erupted, piercing through the dark and striking the Devil King in a blinding instant. Yuto surged forward, finalizing his attack with Fire Power's First Technique: Blazing Slash once more, yanking the heart free and ending the terror.The defeated devil slumped on the ground, confessing through gasps that its true weakness was fire. As it crumbled into ashes, Yuto knew the brutal trial was nearly over.After seven long days and nights, only 120 of the original 300 trainers survived. Yuto, battered but victorious, had slain an astounding 60 devils. In recognition, he was granted a home, a legendary katana, and a loyal crow companion. Yuto had earned his title—the feared and revered Devil Hunter.