A wave of malice washed over him, making Kurozawa finally shift his attention from the broken Nichirin Blade to the Hand Demon, whose face was twisted in ferocity and rage.
As if he had found the culprit, Kurozawa gritted his teeth.
"Hey, you broke my master's Nichirin Blade. Have you decided how you're going to die?"
The thought of his master solemnly entrusting the Nichirin Blade to him, and how his master would quietly gaze at the blade in his free time, made Kurozawa's head ache.
Therefore, he directed his anger towards the Hand Demon.
"Master... So you're Urokodaki's disciple."
The Hand Demon was still shaken, but the thought of Sakonji Urokodaki made its hatred and malice surge.
"Without a Nichirin Blade, you're dead!"
Its gaze landed on the broken Nichirin Blade in Kurozawa's hand, and the Hand Demon's aura visibly swelled with arrogance.
A swordsman losing their weapon would have their combat power reduced by more than half.
Most importantly, they would be unable to inflict true damage on a Demon.
*Boom!* One of the arms on its back instantly extended, reaching towards Kurozawa.
That arm, bulging with veins, clearly intended to crush Kurozawa into pulp.
Kurozawa snorted coldly, then stomped forward forcefully, adopting a bow stance and throwing a punch.
*Crack!* A fist the size of a bowl collided with a hand half the size of a person, and a cracking sound echoed in the middle. At the same time, a small wave of air spread out from the impact point, pushing outwards.
"Impossible! How can your strength be so great!"
Feeling the bones in its palm fracturing inch by inch, the Hand Demon roared in disbelief.
If it had been cut by a sharp Nichirin Blade, the Hand Demon wouldn't have been surprised, as Nichirin Blades were weapons specifically for Demons. But to have its flesh and bones shattered by a human fist was something the Hand Demon found hard to accept.
At the same time, Kurozawa was also knocked back over ten meters by the immense force, his feet dragging two deep furrows in the ground.
His right arm hung limply.
Compared to the strength-specialized Mutated Demon, Kurozawa was still somewhat lacking.
According to his estimation, the Hand Demon's strength was around 0.5, which was more than five times that of an ordinary person.
Don't underestimate this 5 times increase in strength; strength doesn't just mean a bit more physical power, it signifies a comprehensive crushing advantage across many attributes.
"Swordsman, your strength is beyond my expectation, but you still can't compare to me."
Seeing Kurozawa's right arm hanging limply, the Hand Demon knew Kurozawa's arm had been broken by its attack. After adjusting its shocked mindset, it grinned sinisterly and continued its assault.
Looking at the several massive arms rushing towards him, Kurozawa remained calm, without the fear of being in danger.
If strength isn't enough, then add more!
No longer accumulating Potential Points, in the gray-white panel in his vision, all the Potential Points vanished, plummeting to zero.
At the same time, an addictive sense of comfort spread throughout Kurozawa's body, especially in the fractured bones of his right arm. A tingling sensation dispelled the intense pain, instantly healing the injury.
On his body, his muscles began to undulate, rising and falling, like large mice scurrying under his skin. His originally streamlined, toned muscles became thicker, and the veins on them resembled ancient tree roots.
Cracking sounds also echoed from inside Kurozawa's body. His height increased inch by inch, and in the blink of an eye, he grew to two meters tall. His upper garment tore into fragments, and his hair and eyebrows fell out strand by strand.
Healing injuries was a wonderful use of Potential Points that Kurozawa had recently discovered through experimentation.
When improving his Constitution, it could also repair his injuries, but it would use more Potential Points than usual.
After using up the more than 130 Potential Points Kurozawa had accumulated all at once, his Strength reached 0.59. His Constitution and Agility also increased slightly, his Intelligence remained unchanged, but his Charm Stat decreased.
"Inch Punch, Heaven Splitter!"
Feeling the surging, almost overflowing power within him, Kurozawa shouted in his heart.
He heavily stepped forward, then his muscles knotted, his veins bulging arms like ferocious dragons, letting out a low roar as he threw a heavy punch.
*Crack!* With a single punch, the Hand Demon's first arriving arm was directly shattered, flesh and blood splattering.
Immediately after, Kurozawa grabbed the fingers of another arm, yanked it down and tore it off, and at the same time, he leaped onto the Hand Demon's arm.
The Hand Demon never expected that this strange swordsman, after his Nichirin Blade broke, would seem like a completely different person, like a ferocious Demon wearing human skin, even more brutal than itself.
The change was too sudden. Before the Hand Demon could react, Kurozawa followed its arm, leaving a bloody hole with each step, approaching its main body.
Using his left leg as a pivot, digging into the Hand Demon's arm flesh and blood, Kurozawa's right leg was like rumbling thunder, like a battle axe sweeping across, delivering a heavy side kick to the Hand Demon's head.
*Thud!* A huge sound echoed through Mount Fujikasane. The Hand Demon's massive body was kicked sideways and flew into the air, then crashed to the ground.
On the demon's head, which was the size of a millstone, half of its face was caved in, forming the mark of a whip kick.
Struggling to get up, the Hand Demon was shocked again. This swordsman had shocked it too many times in just a few minutes, making it feel somewhat numb.
Why, why did his strength suddenly increase, his injuries suddenly heal, and how could a human body suppress it, a Mutated Demon, in terms of strength?
It couldn't figure it out and felt like its brain wasn't working properly.
In its vision, a dark figure descended again. A torrential downpour of attacks instantly enveloped the Hand Demon's upper body, directly pinning it to the ground.
Kurozawa's strength had increased a bit too much all at once, even giving him a feeling of fullness and swelling, an urgent desire to vent it.
The durable Hand Demon became the best target.
Once Kurozawa got close, most of the Hand Demon's methods became useless. Kurozawa's body continuously shifted and dodged, and all of the Hand Demon's attacks either missed or were violently interrupted. For a time, it could only take a beating in frustration, excruciating pain enveloping its entire body.
The Hand Demon's head took blow after blow, the repeated indentations looking horrific.
In a daze, the Hand Demon's consciousness became somewhat blurred. It seemed to understand something.
"It's a Demon, this guy must be a hidden high-level Demon, just not revealing his Demon form, toying with me in a human body."
It had been beaten into a state of semi-consciousness by the sudden burst of consecutive attacks.
Although Demons can recover their bodies infinitely, every injury during a fight comes with real pain. While Demons have a high tolerance for pain, they can't endure a storm of attacks, especially when each blow is heavy and powerful.
The ground beneath the Hand Demon was even indented several centimeters from being affected.
"Full defense... I don't believe he can maintain such a fierce offensive forever."
In the current situation, the Hand Demon chose to retract all its arms, no longer attempting to attack Kurozawa. Instead, it sealed itself into a mass of arm-flesh, quietly enduring the beating.
On the other side, the strength within Kurozawa deepened its control with each strike. He had now fully integrated the newly acquired power for his own use.
In the gust of wind he created, Kurozawa felt a chill on his head.
So, he found a gap to touch the top of his head, and was shocked to find that his beautiful black hair had all fallen out at some point.
In the blink of an eye, Kurozawa understood the cause and effect. The sudden increase in power was too much, and his originally weak hair automatically fell out during his body's transformation.
Thinking about how he had become bald because of the Hand Demon, and not knowing if his hair would grow back, Kurozawa's killing intent instantly surged.
The bone-chilling killing intent made the Hand Demon shiver, and at the same time, it was bewildered. Just now, when the Nichirin Blade broke, Kurozawa hadn't shown such killing intent.
"Hand Demon!"
Kurozawa was furious. If he still had his hair, it might have stood on end from anger.
At the same time, Kurozawa's desire to kill the Hand Demon was unprecedentedly strong.
He decided that he would borrow a sword from a swordsman later and personally behead the Hand Demon to vent his hatred.
And because it was night at this time, something Kurozawa didn't notice was a thin, faintly discernible layer of Pitch-Black Aura quietly covering Kurozawa's hands when his killing intent reached its peak. The Pitch-Black Aura emanated a deep sense of despair. Just seeing it would make people dizzy and want to immediately flee.
The next second, a heavy punch carrying the Pitch-Black Aura slammed fiercely onto the Hand Demon's head, shattering its skull. The Pitch-Black Aura burned into its brain.
"Ah!"
A heart-wrenching howl rang out, even startling Kurozawa. From the start of the fight until now, it was the first time the Hand Demon had made such a painful sound.
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