"Can't you just die quietly!?" The veins on Muzan's face bulged as he roared.
While Lexon was still in mid-air, his two giant, fleshy arms suddenly shrank into slender, whip-like limbs tipped with ferocious mouths, lashing back at Lexon with incredible speed.
'This speed is already much stronger than Kokushibo's...'
As it entered the corner of his eye, Lexon still had the spare thought.
"Total Concentration."
The black mist escaping from the corner of his mouth became even more pronounced.
The ferocious, barbed whips, carrying extreme power, violently struck Lexon's body in mid-air.
But... after being struck, that body gave the whips no sensation of impact.
'Did I hit empty air?'
Muzan was shocked to see that body gradually dissipate like an afterimage left on a screen.
'He's not there? Where is he?'
"Swoosh..."
Suddenly, the sound of wind pressure came from behind.
Muzan didn't even make a move to turn his head. He immediately grew nine red tubes with silver blades at their tips from his back.
The red tubes burst through the kimono on his body, dancing wildly, turning the entire area around Muzan into a forbidden zone of death.
"Bang."
The sound of the silver blades on the tubes clashing with the Nichirin Sword rang out.
Immediately, several long tubes rushed towards the point of contact, intending to tear Lexon to pieces!
"Mist Breathing, Fifth Form: Ring of Fog."
An arc of black mist formed a blocking shield wall. The long tubes penetrated the mist and instantly lost their direction.
'Although the color is different, the mist has the same effect as before...'
Muzan reacted immediately, continuing to extend the long tubes.
'If they lose their direction in the mist, then I'll just change their trajectory after they pass through it to attack.'
In an instant, several long tubes passed through the fog shield and stabbed towards Lexon.
After all, the fog shield formed by Ring of Fog could only make attacks lose their trajectory within the mist; it couldn't truly act as a block. This outcome was to be expected.
"Blood Demon Art: String Prison."
Many silvery-white spider threads suddenly emerged from Lexon's five fingers, closing in on the stabbing tubes, as if to bind and tie them up.
If these were the spider threads released by the Lower Rank Five, Rui, they would have most likely been torn apart by the blade winds from the tubes.
But this was a Blood Demon Art released by the demonized Lexon. The strength of the two could not be compared. Although Lexon might not be as skilled in using them as Rui, the toughness of the threads was on a completely different level.
The incomparably tough spider threads wrapped around the long tubes, encasing them like silver rods.
Then Lexon's fingers pressed down, and instantly, Muzan's body was pulled backward.
Lexon's body instantly transformed into lightning. Streaks of black lightning escaped from the corner of his mouth, and the Nichirin Sword in his hand turned a black-gold color.
At an unimaginable speed, he rapidly closed in on Muzan and, the moment he got near, he swung at Muzan's neck.
The black-gold lightning followed the blade into the body, and in an instant, it severed Muzan's head.
But the moment the head was severed, eight whip-like tubes shockingly emerged from Muzan's legs and whipped towards various parts of Lexon's body at a terrifying sonic speed. The sonic booms produced by their movement even caused the surrounding ground to crack and shatter.
'I expected this.'
A thought flashed through Lexon's mind.
As if he had predicted it, he had already switched his Thunder Breathing to Mist Breathing, his sword form already prepared.
"Mist Breathing, Third Form: Great Mist Spray."
An extreme blast of black mist erupted, pushing Lexon backward in a hasty retreat.
Although the speed of the tube-whips was much faster than Lexon's retreat, under his predictive and unhesitating action, they still failed to hit their mark, allowing Lexon to leap out of the seven-meter-plus range of the whips.
"You can't kill me! I am an immortal, perfect creature!" Muzan's severed head instantly returned to his neck.
To him, even being beheaded by a Nichirin Sword was of no use.
He had long since broken the limits of a demon. Only direct sunlight could completely kill him!
And he had also used advanced medical techniques to modify his own body, allowing it to contain five brains and seven hearts, which moved rapidly within his body, making it difficult for anyone to find their location.
These created complex organs gave Muzan infinite stamina with no regeneration limit, giving him an almost immortal regenerative ability.
His regenerative ability was at its absolute peak. He could instantly recover at the same time he was being attacked. Even if his body was cut into pieces, he could easily recover.
In the face of such a terrifying regenerative ability, perhaps only Yoriichi Tsugikuni's Crimson Red Blade, which had the same killing power as sunlight, and the thirteen forms of Sun Breathing, which were specifically designed to counter him, would have a chance to kill him completely.
"An immortal, perfect creature?" Lexon smiled slightly. "How about a little sunbathing?"
Hearing Lexon's teasing words, Muzan's face became even more ferocious and terrifying. The long tubes on his body that had been trapped by the spider silk snapped, and new ones grew in their place.
In an instant, the nine sharp red tubes on his upper body and the barbed whips his hands had transformed into, along with the eight sonic-boom-producing tube-whips, rushed out, as if to tear everything apart.
"You're getting desperate," Lexon still maintained his smile, circulating his breathing technique, and walking through all the long whips with a strange footwork, like a gracefully dancing butterfly.
And his speed was so fast that even the sonic-boom-producing tube-whips couldn't touch him. They were always avoided just before they were about to strike.
Muzan's brows furrowed deeply. The other was as slippery as an eel; he couldn't hit him at all.
'This isn't working...'
Lexon thought to himself as he continuously dodged.
'My current speed is already at its maximum...'
He stared at Muzan, his mind constantly turning.
'Although both my speed and strength are to some extent above his, I can't completely crush him. I can't treat him like I treated Gyokko.'
'And his regenerative ability is a bit too terrifying... five moving brains and seven hearts. Without the Transparent World, I can't accurately attack the precise locations...'
'Even in a battle of stamina, I probably can't outlast his modified body. After all, no matter how strong my body is, it's still just the body of an ordinary demon...'
'And if I get hit by him, the cells he transmits will also have a certain effect on me.'
'It's a pain without a Crimson Red Blade, the Transparent World, and only a basic level of Sun Breathing...'
'Maybe I should go back and sign in for some more things before coming back to play with Muzan? After all, I've already killed so many Upper Ranks today, which counts as a decent contribution.'
Suddenly, the thought of a temporary retreat popped into Lexon's head.
'Oh, right, I haven't used my sign-in chance for today yet. Maybe I'll try my luck with Muzan before I go?'
The thought hadn't even fully formed.
The next second, all the tube-whips suddenly gathered and whipped towards Lexon, surrounding him. Then Lexon's body flashed, and he dodged the incoming assault.
"Twang!"
With a sound of a biwa, Kokushibo's figure suddenly appeared beside Lexon.
He circulated his breathing technique to its fullest and swung the demon blade in his hand.
"Moon Breathing..."
'Hmm?'
Kokushibo's sudden appearance surprised Lexon slightly. But the next moment, before Kokushibo could even finish his swing, Lexon sent him flying with a single whip kick.
'This fight isn't on the same level as the one before. What are you doing jumping in?'
Lexon couldn't help but feel a little speechless.
'My unenhanced demonized form was already toying with you. You dare to enter the fray after I've started using my breathing technique at full power?'
'But well, I might as well use you for a lucky draw. You happen to have something I want.'
[Sign in]
[Sign-in Successful]
[Congratulations on obtaining "Transparent World": It is the supreme domain that can only be reached after fighting with all one's might and enduring great pain.
After entering the Transparent World, one can hide their fighting spirit, and the speed of predicting movements and evading attacks will be greatly improved.
One can see the rise and fall of the opponent's lungs, as well as the flow and contraction of their blood vessels, seeing through everything in their body. One can also have a faster and clearer understanding of the contraction of their own muscles.]
'Jackpot.'
The corners of Lexon's mouth curled up, revealing a smile.
With the acquisition and activation of the Transparent World, Lexon could clearly see the internal structure of Muzan Kibutsuji's body.
The five rapidly moving brains and seven hearts...
'It would be even better if I had a Crimson Red Blade.'
With a thought from Lexon, the ultimate power contained in his body erupted. The veins on the arm holding the Nichirin Sword bulged, as if endless power was pouring into the blade.
In an instant, the temperature on the surface of the Nichirin Sword gradually rose! It was getting hot!
The Nichirin Sword, which had been changing color with Lexon's breathing technique, was suddenly covered in a bright red light! Its color gradually turned red!
Gradually, the Nichirin Sword transformed into a Crimson Red Blade.
It seemed as if even the air around the Nichirin Sword was distorted by the extreme heat it was emitting.
'I have a Crimson Red Blade now, too.'
Lexon looked at the grave-faced Muzan and thought to himself.
'I won't be retreating temporarily. I'll just kill him on the spot.'
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