Chapter 374: Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist
The atmosphere dispersed with a bang, revealing an extraordinarily clear blue sky.
[Sage]'s corpse had been replaced. Some unfortunate soul, unknowingly who, was completely blasted into pieces, falling as a rain of flesh and blood.
Kaito Shirogane, however, merely shifted his gaze slightly and found Sage appearing out of thin air again.
Kaito, with the First Turn of [Transcendent Helix] activated, was almost the natural enemy of Reincarnators like Sage.
As a [Cognitive Devil] playing with and manipulating cognition, and a Demigod-level [Visionary], he should have possessed unsolvable concealment abilities.
But Kaito at this moment possessed [Super Perception], capable of receiving complex information far beyond human senses.
Reishi, Magic Power, and Qi in the air—those supernatural powers completely different from ordinary air—were as obvious as fireflies in his senses.
Kaito's hair danced wantonly. Tapping his toes in the air, a circle of white air waves spread like ripples.
At this moment, his execution of the [Moonwalk] ability could be described as exquisite to the extreme. All force flowed perfectly. Just a light tap far exceeding the speed of sound could generate enough reaction force to allow him to move freely in the air in this state.
Before him, the air density was enough for him to move as if in water.
Perhaps, if he stayed in this state a bit longer, or could witness how the so-called [Sky Dance Technique] (Bukujutsu) operated the flow of Qi, Kaito could learn it directly.
Amidst lightning-fast thoughts, Kaito appeared instantly behind Sage. His left hand pinched the opponent's neck again. Satsui no Hado tore apart the reverse scales on the opponent's neck in an instant.
"Ah!"
Sage's tolerance for pain was decreasing, indicating that this powerful Title Level Reincarnator's mental resilience wasn't as high as Kaito expected.
Originally, a Beyonder of the Lord of Mysteries series who advanced by constantly using potions and resisting mental pollution should possess considerably high resilience.
Kaito pressed down on the opponent's head, grinning.
"Mr. Sage, seems you also lack some heart of a powerhouse."
The opponent must have avoided the negative effects of potions through other means. Whether [Goddess's Abode] or other item abilities in the Dimensional Space, it was possible to achieve this.
Unable to resist even this level of side effects and choosing to spend a price to intervene—this made Kaito adjust his expectation of Sage's Reincarnator aptitude downwards significantly.
Wind roared crazily past their ears. Air rushed into their lungs constantly. Sage, a Sequence 4 [Manipulator], had a body reinforced to a dragon-like degree. This level of air wouldn't suffocate him, but he still instinctively held his breath, unable to speak.
This made Kaito even more mocking.
He often performed actions such as jumping directly from heights of thousands of meters or resisting firearm attacks with his physical body, aiming to change his habits bit by bit, making his consciousness adapt to the fact that he had entered the category of [Transcendent Creature].
And Sage clearly hadn't prepared for this. Although he was already a half-dragon man, he still retained the self-protection habits of ordinary people.
Kaito lowered his eyelids. The madness on his body was almost unccealable. In his eyes, a red outline was completely hung around Sage's body.
From now on, no matter what ability Sage used, he could no longer escape the lock of Kaito's vision.
This genuinely 'weak' behavior made him firmly locked by Kaito's [Gaze of Pride].
Bang!
The two crashed to the ground like a meteor.
Sage, pressed underneath, solidly took the impact of falling from a thousand meters high. His chest collapsed instantly. Sweetness rose in his mouth, and a large amount of blood sprayed out.
Bent ribs pierced internal organs; breathing obstructed becameed. This pain of impending death was almost unbearable for him.
"Ugh, ah!"
His roar mixed with pain sounded more like a scream, but that Mental Dragon Breath sprayed out solidly.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Pfft!
A series of liquid spraying sounds rang out from the surroundings. A dozen passersby running out of nearby restaurants and shops in panic were hit by the shockwave of this Mental Breath. Brain matter and blood sprayed from various orifices, then their bodies swayed and fell.
There were also dozens standing further away who stood in place foolishly, bleeding from their mouths and noses, their minds and consciousness completely destroyed.
Tap tap tap~
Rapid footsteps rang out. Someone was running towards them at an extreme speed, almost feet not touching the ground, with steps far exceeding ordinary people.
While stepping Sage's head into the ground with one foot, keeping the opponent in the pain of impending death, Kaito looked up. He saw a young man with yellow hair wearing a white training uniform leaping over from outside the shattered block.
The opponent just glanced at the tragedy around him, his eyes instantly reddening as he looked at Kaito.
"Are you also one of those guys?!"
With hands one in front and one behind, water-like fist intent surrounded his body. Between the swinging of his hands, the intent of flowing change appeared constantly.
[Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist]?
Kaito thought of that extremely domineering punch just now. In this world, besides monsters like Saitama and Tornado, there still existed many extremely powerful people.
The former S-Class Rank 3, [Silver Fang] Bang, was an extremely terrifying martial artist.
Looking at this person's image, it was probably close to [Charanko] in the original work.
The opponent was tense, breathing somewhat disordered, and stained with some blood. Kaito's ears moved slightly; sounds of fighting and wailing came with the wind.
He immediately understood that in this city, probably some Reincarnators were doing some missions or farming milestones when they accidentally encountered Bang and his disciple who happened to appear here.
Thus, a fierce battle broke out.
That punch just now was thrown in anger by the Bang brothers. He and Sage in the air just happened to be hit by the shockwave.
Usually, Kaito wouldn't care about such coincidences. But in the [Transcendent Helix] state, Kaito was extremely keen. He immediately realized this was related to the negative effect of the [Cursed Seal · Strike of Inari] on his hand.
This Cursed Seal, which appeared weirdly in the exchange list and allowed him to obtain it, hid the thoughts of some gods unwilling to disappear mysteriously with the world's progress.
Now, in this world where gods were absent but supernatural power persisted, He finally began to reveal his ambition.
Not only actively influencing him to release [Strike of Inari] in this world, but the negative effect at this moment also dragged him into this event and made him fall here.
This was some kind of 'arrangement.' Of course, in the eyes of Shinto believers, perhaps it should be called—[Oracle]!
"So what if I am."
"So what if I am not?"
Facing the questioning of the suspected Charanko, Kaito was noncommittal.
Charanko took two deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. But he couldn't enter that state of [Mind Like Still Water] originally, and it was even harder to calm down now.
Charanko clenched his hands tightly. He knew his talent was insufficient. Whether Saitama-kun or that Garou, they possessed talent he could never match no matter what.
But looking at these massacred ordinary people, Charanko only felt uncontrollable anger.
The evil of these guys was more terrifying than monsters. Without any reason, even if interacting friendly with others a second ago, they would take out weapons to slaughter in the next second.
His hands flowed; fist intent began to flow.
"Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, Charanko, here I come~"
His tone trembled slightly, but in the next moment, he still stepped out, his figure rushing towards Kaito.
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