Li Qingzi, clutching the black sword imbued with Armament Haki, murmured between sobs and laughter, a sound that Red Leaf, with her keen perception, caught.
She turned her head in surprise, not expecting to have misjudged.
No, perhaps it wasn't that she had misjudged, but rather that this "Strong" tier newcomer, who was somewhat famous in the Space and once favored by the Terminus Great Sun, was only now truly beginning to unleash herself.
Previously, the other party had been confined by a false image she had created for herself, unconsciously binding her power within that cage.
Humans are animals that set limits for themselves.
For example, when a person is led to believe they have a terminal illness, they spend every day thinking about their decline and are filled with despair and pain, and their body will gradually, truly, move towards decline.
A person cannot do what they believe they cannot do.
Although Li Qingzi didn't limit herself in that way, she would still make choices and tendencies in her battles due to others' opinions, her own pride, and arrogance.
For instance, the reason she was so fixated on unleashing sword arts that could cleave mountains was because she wanted to surpass Hawkeye, to surpass her past self who trembled before Hawkeye's sword.
But after enduring various blows, and with her dignity and innocence stripped away by Bai Cangshu, she was like a white swan forced into the mud, finally no longer clinging to those trivial things.
She began to feel her clear malice.
The pleasure of cleaving a human body with a single sword, the joy of the opponent being completely unable to keep up with her swordsmanship, and the gaze of those on the verge of despair looking up at her—these were all things she craved.
Li Qingzi hugged her sword, her skin cut by the blade, and the stinging pain only made her more joyful.
For a moment, she felt her heart had broken, but then, she realized even more clearly.
She had finally found her "Heart" again.
Boom!
Black Knight was a step too late; he had already lost his helper.
When he charged forward again, Li Qingzi was already like a ghost.
The reason why the One Piece World's enhancement system is equally popular and enduring, and to some extent even more versatile than the Chakra system, lies in this power system of body techniques, Haki, and Demon Fruits.
Although it doesn't have a large number of Packages abilities or bloodlines like Chakra.
This entire set of abilities is very comprehensive and can be perfectly utilized by Reincarnators of almost any other ability system.
Even for Reincarnators who use battle qi or soul power, if they can master Haki, it is naturally useful.
Moreover, Kenbunshoku Haki, to a certain extent, almost simultaneously possesses the effects of a Martial Arts Grandmaster's First Strike and some demon eye users' Future Sight.
And Armament Haki, while greatly strengthening bodily defense, also grants the user a certain degree of immunity to special abilities.
The power of the heart, the power of will, is a powerful system independent of energy systems.
From Spiral Power, WAAAGH Field (I Thinker Power), A.T. Field (Wall of Heart), to simple Haki, these are powers beyond the material and energy structure levels, they are incredible powers.
Although her ability level hadn't changed, Li Qingzi's strength had significantly weakened after being captured by Bai Cangshu, and at this moment, that lost power seemed to return again.
Her eyelids were lowered, a joyful smile on her lips.
Although her Kenbunshoku Haki had not yet reached the level of foreseeing the future, she could still easily perceive Black Knight's movements.
Under her extraordinary characteristic, Godspeed, Black Knight's extreme speed, driven by his explosive physical strength, still couldn't even ruffle her clothes.
Clang!
In an instant, sword-drawing sounds and the woman's increasingly distorted laughter came from all directions, and sword light struck from every side.
Black Knight blocked with both hands, his body reinforced by both magic and battle qi, was struck repeatedly by the sword slashes.
His silver armor began to shatter, and more and more wounds appeared on his body.
He roared helplessly, the blood mist spreading wider and wider, his body swelling even more, but the woman's figure was everywhere, sword light was everywhere, and he was cut to pieces.
Red Leaf withdrew her gaze; she felt she had seen something quite good.
The current Moon Demon, indeed, could earn her approval, having transformed into a truly powerful Reincarnator.
Boom!
Her figure shattered in an instant, and scorching white smoke roared out like a giant python.
Bai Cangshu's eyes turned white, and his body swelled up, becoming not much smaller than Black Knight's.
He punched Red Leaf's body, but there was no sensation of hitting flesh.
Bai Cangshu looked up at the white moon phase in the sky and the Scarlet Night; he stood still, no longer chasing wildly.
This special celestial phenomenon was definitely not real, the reason being that the hazy white full moon had not brought about a corresponding enhancement to his Lunar Silver Wolf extraordinary characteristic.
Adhering to the principle that the Space's judgment is the highest priority, Bai Cangshu guessed that Red Leaf's Scarlet Night title ability was most likely some form of illusion or illusionary realm.
Bai Cangshu's thoughts stirred, and strong soul power began to emerge.
His pupils rapidly rotated as he observed his surroundings, wanting to figure out the woman's intention and the effect of this environment.
With Calamity Spirit activated, a long-haired spirit, like a shadow, appeared from behind Bai Cangshu.
Uchiha Madara also appeared in the material world in a completely spiritual form for the first time; without the constraints of a physical body, his strength was also significantly affected.
"In this situation, you didn't choose that white-haired kid; I suppose you need these special eyes of mine?"
Uchiha Madara stood with his arms crossed; he was arrogant, but he had a very clear grasp of combat.
In a situation where both were spirits or soul bodies, he performed worse than that frivolous white-haired guy.
This man, who called himself his host, was not like Obito, who lacked combat command, so there was only one explanation.
His crimson three-tomoe Sharingan spun, taking in the unusual environment around him.
This illusion, not constructed with Chakra, would not be directly repelled by the Sharingan, but correspondingly, he could still detect some clues about this "technique" constructed based on Mental power and negative energy.
Uchiha Madara turned his back to Bai Cangshu and walked backward.
Suddenly, his Sharingan spun rapidly; in front of him, the ground began to surge, and the dark molten rock seemed to once again turn into flowing magma.
Pitch-black skeletons emerged from it.
It was a man in a black robe, with several soul rings appearing on his body.
Uchiha Madara and the man locked eyes, his Sharingan spun, and the illusion had already been cast.
Meanwhile, Bai Cangshu stood still, indifferently watching the figures emerging from the magma in front of him, each with completely different energy auras and a faint sense of death.
This so-called Scarlet Night seemed to be an illusion that called forth the deceased in some form.
Clang!
The sound of swords clashing boomed, the silver armor shattered, and the massive body was directly cut in half by the sword light, even half of its head was sliced off.
Black Knight roared, and seizing the moment before Li Qingzi's sword left his body, he suddenly reached out and grabbed, tearing off one of Li Qingzi's arms.
His strength was so great that he ripped it off the moment he grasped the arm.
Li Qingzi seemed to feel no pain; her feet tapped continuously, and her black sword instantly reversed, using the pull from the opponent tearing off her left hand, she flew backward, her black sword hanging on Black Knight's neck, her body twisting violently.
Pfft!
A fountain of blood shot into the sky, and Li Qingzi stood still, holding her sword with one hand, bathed in the descending blood, her expression joyful.
She finally understood why Bai Cangshu had laughed that day when she said she wanted to pursue a regenerative bloodline.
Power wasn't about that; her lack of regenerative ability wasn't a decisive weakness.
Only if her sword wasn't sharp enough, only her own weakness, was.
On the other side, Bai Cangshu shook his head and sighed.
"It's this kind of ability, truly an unforthcoming effect."
"You don't want to kill me, Red Leaf…"
His Killing Intent Perception detected no killing intent; the other party seemed only to want to trap him, which was not the outcome he desired.
Bai Cangshu suddenly turned around, intense ki condensed at his fingertips, a Dong Dong Wave shrieked, aimed precisely at the warehouse Red Leaf had been protecting earlier.
Inside, there were likely the production and technical personnel that the Terminus Great Sun had ordered the Reincarnators to capture.
Buzz!
The Dong Dong Wave was fired with a roar, and then a red fireball also shot from the direction of the warehouse.
The two collided in mid-air, and after a brief standoff, exploded in the sky.
Red Leaf waved her hand to disperse the smoke from the explosion in front of her.
Now, over a hundred deceased individuals who had emerged from the magma had gathered before her.
They were all Reincarnators whose deaths she had witnessed; whenever the Scarlet Night descended, these Reincarnators would be summoned to fight for her.
Red Leaf's eyelids were lowered.
"Tao Bai Bai, could you give me a moment?"
Only then did Bai Cangshu see past the hundred deceased figures to the warehouse behind Red Leaf, where corpses lay everywhere.
A Title-level Reincarnator in a black suit and black top hat was watching him with interest.
Seeing Bai Cangshu's gaze fall upon him, the man even took off his hat.
"Tao Bai Bai, I've heard of you, and His Excellency also greatly admires your strength.
How about joining our Terminus Great Sun to change this mediocre world?"
Red Leaf was enraged by the actions of this Title-level Reincarnator, who had secretly appeared here and, instead of ambushing her, chose to quietly slaughter all the ordinary production personnel who could not be taken away.
She gave Bai Cangshu no chance to speak, waving her hand down.
The next moment, soul rings, battle qi, magic, and various energy fluctuations instantly erupted, and above them, characters with special power began to be written in the air as she chanted.