Chapter 41: Sage Art: Devil Spear
Bai Cangshu's heart pounded violently, but it wasn't due to discomfort.
Instead, it was the immense joy derived from successfully achieving his goals amidst great danger.
This joy far surpassed any dopamine rush, making Bai Cangshu show signs of losing emotional control. He laughed wildly as he sprinted from the constantly moving and swinging arms towards the Hand Demon's main body.
At this moment, the Hand Demon's fear was magnified to an unprecedented degree.
This guy is a monster!
In an instant, his fear caused him to stop his attacks, even resorting to self-harm. Many of his arms began to pound each other, and amidst the flying flesh and blood, he screamed in terror.
"Die!"
"Die quickly!"
"Ah!"
Bai Cangshu was extremely fast, crossing over ten meters in a breath. When the dozen or so arms came crashing down, his eyes flickered, and his body swayed left and right, managing to avoid being hit even once.
He joined his left palm like a blade, Ripple appeared, and he plunged it into the massive arm in front of him.
The Hand Demon thrashed around wildly, his vision obscured, but the faint scent of a human told him that the human had not left at all.
However, there was no movement in the area. After thrashing for a while, his movements slowed down, and he found that only his own battered arms were slowly recovering.
Suddenly, a stinging pain appeared in one of his arms. His scalp exploded, and he saw the disgusting muscular man in the pink robe hiding beneath his arm.
At this moment, with a forceful tear of both hands, as his hand was melting, the other party had already pounced.
This distance was enough for the Hand Demon to see the terrifying smile on the other person's face.
It was the same kind of joy an Ogre felt when pouncing on a helpless human.
This was the joy of a hunter about to make a kill.
The other party was the hunter, and he... was the prey.
In immense fear, the Hand Demon shook his head, and a large number of arms instantly grew. He had pushed his Blood Demon Art to its limit, and his regeneration ability was also much stronger than before.
A large number of arms blocked the front of his neck, with a thickness of several meters.
"With this defense, even if you are a Hashira, you can't kill me!"
He roared, solely to bolster his courage.
But Bai Cangshu leaped up in one step, raised his right hand, joined his fingers, slightly bent his thumb, and held his other four fingers rigidly like blades.
Intense Ripple once again pulsed from his palm as his breathing rhythm changed.
The muscles in Bai Cangshu's right arm tensed to the point where the creaking sound of major human tendons could almost be heard. The terrifying pressure of several thousand jin of force completely compressed into one arm in this state caused a large number of blood vessels in Bai Cangshu's arm to rupture and bleed instantly.
Suddenly, it was as if a bowstring that had been pulled to its limit was instantly released.
Buzz!
The air let out a dull roar.
The crimson right arm instantly disappeared.
Pfft!
Sage Art: Devil Spear!
The ultimate technique of martial arts master Kuroki Gensai, the thrust, revealed its fangs for the first time in the Demon Slayer World.
Terrifying penetrating force, accompanied by sun-like Ripple, slammed into the Hand Demon's body.
The torrent-like force, carrying the scorching Ripple, instantly pierced through the Hand Demon's body, which was like a giant ball of flesh.
Bang!
The Hand Demon's pupils constricted. He mechanically turned his head and saw behind him, Ripple and force, mixed with his melted internal organs and flesh, spraying out together.
The high temperature and heat of the sun spread irresistibly through his body.
The intense pain in his soul instantly annihilated all his strength, and his Blood Demon Art could not be used.
Thump.
Dozens of huge grayish-green arms fell to the ground like falling gold and breaking jade.
The Hand Demon's massive body also fell powerlessly.
[You have killed Lower Moon Candidate: Hand Demon, gaining 500 dimensional points]
[Demon Slayer progress updated, current: 10/20]
[Advancement Mission: Enemy's Flesh, My Nourishment, progress updated, detected Hand Demon's strength is: Hei - Initial, do you wish to complete the mission with this?]
Huff~
Bai Cangshu exhaled a long breath, a white, murky breath carrying high temperature, exhaling a meter away.
"No."
Bai Cangshu didn't think for long. He had already had a guess when he saw this [Advancement Mission], and seeing this mission prompt now made him even more certain.
The difficulty of this [Advancement Mission] was indeed not high; killing any [Hei]-level plot character in a one-on-one fight would achieve it. However, it was clear that the so-called enemy's flesh, my nourishment, meant that the enemy's strength would affect the "nourishment" he received.
The strength of the Hand Demon was not enough to satisfy Bai Cangshu.
He knew that in some ancient martial arts schools, he might now be considered a master of Ming Jin or even An Jin, but he was merely a Reincarnator who had experienced one mission. As for the so-called [Zhi] level, he still had a long way to go.
This Infinite Dimensional Space indeed possessed the ability to quickly elevate a person to the transcendent realm.
The premise is... you have to survive.
Bai Cangshu did not immediately lift the state of Absolute Territory. Although this state of exceeding limits would cause a burden on his body, at the moment, he wanted to try to find the reason why he had deepened this state further just now.
When Bai Cangshu was in the real world, although he wouldn't suppress his desire to enter this state, he rarely encountered situations that made him feel a sufficient sense of crisis to make his heart pound to that extent.
Therefore, Bai Cangshu didn't use this state, which others considered "madness," very often either.
Before entering the Infinite Dimensional Space, he also thought this was some kind of special "illness," or some kind of special inheritance.
But the Infinite Dimensional Space judged this ability as a special talent and gave the Absolute Territory, with an 87% similarity, as an anchor.
Absolute Territory is a special power system in the King of Fighters worldview. After a fighter throws a thousand, ten thousand punches, experiencing extreme fatigue and pain, after ordinary people collapse, they continue to endure pain and fatigue, finally breaking through this constraint.
Completely mastering the power to break through one's limits is Absolute Territory.
After entering Absolute Territory, not only will physical abilities greatly increase, but the tolerance for pain and resistance to damage will also be enhanced.
Bai Cangshu also believed that this power was quite similar to his "illness."
But just now, in the battle with the Hand Demon, Bai Cangshu clearly felt that he was progressing further.
He had taken a big step forward within the so-called Absolute Territory, his muscles swelled, his body changed shape, and his strength increase was even more terrifying.
This power was definitely not the Ultimate Power after Absolute Territory, but rather his talent beginning to show its truest form.
Bai Cangshu wanted to investigate further. He used Ripple to feel his body's condition, but suddenly, a gust of wind came, and the smell of blood appeared.
The wind even carried faint sounds of fighting.
Bai Cangshu's heart stirred, and he instantly took a step, his feet bursting with power. He directly stepped on the Hand Demon's dissolving corpse and arrived at the top of a seven or eight-meter-tall tree in one step.
With excellent eyesight like that of a hawk, he used the moonlight and indeed saw a few figures being pursued by a group of Ogres down the mountain. This group of people were all wearing black uniforms, with only the leader wearing a white haori.
Bai Cangshu exerted force with his feet, jumped down from the tree, and rushed towards that area.