"Over two thousand Gastrea? No—according to the perception of killing intent, it's already over three thousand. The Holy Son's intelligence is outdated."
Busujima Yako slowly drew the long katana from her waist, the blade humming with a trembling sound.
The sword that Shinobu had given her was now completely stained crimson by killing intent.
This sword was no longer an ordinary blade; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the materialization of killing intent.
After arriving in this world, during the 'Great Judgment,' she herself had no idea how many people she had killed—one hundred thousand or one million?
Every 'sinner' her eyes could see was cut down.
After killing so many people, the accumulated killing intent had long since materialized and formed a 'domain.'
Moreover, her basic abilities had grown to a point where they could no longer advance.
Not only that, but by killing so many people, the great feat of leveling up had also been achieved.
However, she felt that her skills could still allow her to break through her own limits.
Saya Takagi Lv. 1
Strength: S999
Durability: S999
Dexterity: S999
Agility: S999
Magic: i0
[Development Abilities]:
[Skills]:
'Slaughter Hell'
·Each slaughter permanently accumulates killing intent.
·Accumulated killing intent permanently boosts all attributes. (Including basic abilities, physical fitness)
·When killing intent accumulates to a certain degree, it will form a killing domain.
·Within the killing domain, enemies gradually lose all attributes, fighting desire, willpower, etc.
'Sword's Craving'
·Swinging the sword will imbue it with sword energy.
·Comprehension of swordsmanship is super-enhanced.
·The power, speed, and explosive force of swordsmanship are super-enhanced.
"My skills will definitely allow me to break through my own limits; I just need one more bout of selfless slaughter."
A crimson aura instantly erupted from Saya Takagi, spreading out to cover a five-hundred-meter radius centered on her.
Under the influence of these auras, the environment was completely tinged with a bloody hue.
A bone-chilling aura emanated from her, as if she were a killing demon crawled out of hell.
"Kill!"
Busujima Yako's hair was swept up by the aura as if she had fallen into a frenzy, and her black eyes turned crimson.
She transformed into a crimson arrow and charged towards the marching formation of over three thousand Gastrea.
The sound of flapping wings, the twisting of arthropod limbs, the destruction of the ground, the sound of light spears breaking through the air—all sorts of sounds mixed together.
The bone-chilling killing intent enveloped the Gastrea swarm, causing these sounds to become chaotic. Pairs of glowing crimson eyes stared at the human charging towards them.
Gagagagaga—the armored Gastrea charged forward like a threatened beehive.
"Kill!" Saya Takagi instantly plunged into the Gastrea swarm, and with the appearance of arcs of crimson light, the low-level Gastrea were instantly torn to pieces.
A blood-red crescent slash was unleashed, expanding and splitting the airborne Gastrea in two. This single strike directly killed over a dozen of them.
Whirr-whirr—accompanied by a sound similar to an electrical short circuit, the Gastrea firing "light spears" began to gather energy, and the mercury in their massive abdomens formed a vortex.
A five-meter-diameter blue-purple light beam shot towards Saya Takagi.
All Gastrea in its path were torn apart by the light beam, and even the ground was cut with grooves over ten meters deep.
Saya Takagi's speed was astonishing, and her predictive ability, enhanced by killing intent, even surpassed that of the Demon Slayer Corps' Pillars.
The light beam failed to hit her. As she dodged it, her sword gathered crimson energy.
"Hah—!" Saya Takagi gripped her sword with both hands and swung it with all her might towards the Gastrea that had fired the light beam.
A one-meter-diameter crimson light beam shot straight out.
During her killing spree, a sudden thought occurred to her: why couldn't she condense killing intent onto her sword and fire it like a cannonball?
Finally, she created this sword strike, though it seemed to have transformed from a cannonball into a light cannon.
She called this technique 'Killing Intent Break.'
The light cannon pierced through the Gastrea that had fired the 'light spear,' causing the mercury in its belly to explode. The light cannon didn't stop there, also piercing through over a dozen Gastrea behind it.
The speed of these Gastrea was very fast for ordinary people, even too fast to react, but for Busujima Yako, it was slow.
Even Gastrea faster than her could be predicted and dodged in advance, then dealt a fatal blow. The 'Pleiades' formed by these over three thousand Gastrea had, in the original storyline, caused the 'Third Gastrea War,' which threatened Tokyo's survival.
But in Saya Takagi's hands, they were merely slaughtering fodder that could be dealt with given some time.
The only one that gave her trouble was Aldebaran, the leader of the 'Pleiades,' which was between a Fourth Stage and Fifth Stage Gastrea.
This monster also possessed molecular-level regeneration, but its small size and lack of special abilities were why humans didn't classify it as Fifth Stage.
Time passed bit by bit.
One day had passed since the divine artifacts descended into the hands of the dependents.
On the coastline, huge chunks of flesh, over ten meters in size, floated on the sea surface.
These chunks of flesh were still wriggling; they were alive, but due to the presence of metallic-property agents, they were unable to connect and aggregate with each other.
Unable to aggregate and regenerate, these chunks of flesh would lose their vital signs over time.
The Fifth Stage Gastrea, Scorpio, had been subjugated by the dependents.
They fought for over ten hours and finally managed to shatter the mountain-like monster into tens of thousands of fragments.
"We still can't leave these chunks of flesh alone. We should burn them all."
Ding-a-ling~
Kanawo shook the 'Kagura Bell' in her hand and began to chant a magic incantation.
The Kagura Bell had fallen from the sky when Scorpio was split into dozens of pieces. It not only provided extra magic power but also allowed for high-speed magic chanting and increased the power and range of spells.
All the Scorpio fragments floating on the sea surface were engulfed in crimson flames.
The coastline instantly turned into a sea of fire.
"We finally managed to defeat this thing," Muichiro Tokito sighed with relief.
Sanemi Shinazugawa said, "If we used that electromagnetic cannon with metal shells, one shot would be enough."
Kanawo softly said, "In that case, it wouldn't have any meaning for our growth."
Sanemi Shinazugawa: "I was just saying. I wouldn't disappoint Lord Xia Wei's expectations."
Kyojuro Rengoku cheerfully said, "Then, let's rest a bit and head to the next trial objective."
Sanemi Shinazugawa looked forward: "At that time, our divine artifacts will also fall from the sky, right?"
Seeing Muichiro and the others' combat power soar so much after obtaining divine artifacts, he was truly envious.
Xia Wei now opened the 'Heavenly Realm Gate' in the Holy Son's Saint Residence.
"After taking these three people from this world as dependents, I'll go check out the 'Akame ga Kill!' world."
"It will take at least a few months for the dependents to subjugate those few Fifth Stage Gastrea worldwide."