"Young man, state your name."
Banggu looked directly at the tall, slender figure, whose entire being seemed to radiate an active power called "Life Force." Unlike himself, who was aging day by day, the other's life was burning like a furnace.
And that talent...
Even the disciple he once considered most worthy of inheriting his mantle was probably inferior.
This probably couldn't be described as mere "talent." His Flowing Water Rock Crushing Fist wasn't some childish trick, yet someone could grasp the essence of the Flowing Water Array's counterattack in a single encounter.
This was truly...
Banggu's hands naturally hung down. At this moment, a rare sharp aura emanated from him.
It subtly collided with the Overlord Color Haki that was continuously spreading like a storm.
Bai Cangshu breathed slightly, and the muscle spasms in his hands quickly disappeared. The martial artists of this world indeed possessed unique power. That unique way of striking and rhythm was completely different from any techniques Bai Cangshu had seen before.
This was a technique involving "energy" and even transcending the "energy" level.
From a Reincarnator's perspective, this kind of technique was probably a high-level ability that Reincarnators of the second to third tier should master and come into contact with.
"Tao Bai Bai~"
Bai Cangshu had no mutual appreciation with other martial artists. He merely reported his codename. At the same time, Bai Cangshu regretfully withdrew his hands. If Sage wasn't so elusive and hard to kill, he would have truly wanted to fight Banggu to exhaustion here.
Bang!
Amidst the sound of air shattering, Bai Cangshu instantly grabbed the Sage, who had reappeared two hundred meters in the air, and slammed him to the ground.
The Sage repeated his old trick, opening his mouth to unleash a breath attack, but a silver-white stream of light instantly flashed.
Bai Cangshu tilted his head, and a fierce burst of power, accompanied by flesh and blood, shot through the air.
"Fang Zhi Cha" (Tooth Finger Stab)
"Ah!"
The Sage screamed. Banggu's two fingers, like claws, brushed past the Sage's cheek, pointing diagonally to the other side. As blood dripped, the Sage's vocal cords, along with his lips and tongue, had been torn off.
Although Banggu now appeared ethereal and gentle, with the demeanor of a Martial Arts Grandmaster, he was actually violent and unruly in his youth, and his preferred boxing style was the domineering "Explosive Heart Liberation Fist."
Facing enemies, Banggu remained ruthless.
"Tao Bai Bai, are you just going to watch him use his abilities?"
Banggu was now less than a meter from Bai Cangshu. For these two, such a distance was almost the same as being in full close combat.
Banggu held his head high. His wrinkled skin already had brown age spots, but his eyes still contained a strong will, preventing the Haki of the Conqueror, which was so close, from overwhelming him.
Bai Cangshu lowered his head, his eyelids drooped, and his eyes met the Martial Arts Grandmaster's with indifference. His lips twitched as he spoke,
"It's just a boring death throe."
Banggu frowned. He had actually been following the news. The recently appeared Interest-Driven Hero and "Nameless Hero," he had seen them all. He even knew that Jigoku Fubuki had been trying to find and contact him.
However, it seemed now that these people's judgment was... quite ordinary.
"Your actions have displeased Silverfang Banggu. Your reputation with Silverfang Banggu has decreased. Current: Friendly (5/100)."
Bai Cangshu's expression didn't change. Instead, he noticed that even with the decrease in reputation, he was still classified as friendly, which meant... Banggu recognized him.
This battle, it was clear, could not continue.
Moreover...
Bai Cangshu gently tapped his forehead. A very strong "information" was approaching.
The newcomer was very strong!
"Because his ability can't affect you, you just let him use it, wanting to further destroy his psychological defenses. You are indeed as the rumors say..."
"Tao Bai Bai, it seems you are not a companion of justice."
A figure in a red bodysuit appeared on the outskirts of the shattered district.
He was dragging a mutilated corpse with one hand. From its appearance, it was a winged humanoid creature, purplish-black all over, with dark purple blood.
A companion of justice?!
Bai Cangshu's tapping motion on his forehead paused. There was no sense of disharmony about this person, and Bai Cangshu's Mind Net did not pick up any unusual sounds.
This was probably a simple, even somewhat foolish, fellow.
But often, such individuals among Reincarnators were quite formidable.
Just from the "information" Bai Cangshu was sensing from his surroundings, this person's strength was comparable to the Sage's.
And... more direct, more violent.
This person's appearance, dragging the corpse, visibly relieved Cha Lanzi. Banggu also walked towards him, nodding continuously.
"Hibari, you still came."
The newcomer was wearing a bodysuit, dressed like a "pervert," but in Cha Lanzi's eyes, this was classic hero attire.
This Reincarnator, known as Hibari, dropped the corpse and jumped down from the collapsed district building.
His eyes fixed on Tao Bai Bai. This notorious figure in this space lived up to his reputation. The Haki of the Conqueror and the oppressive aura he exuded made it impossible for him to imagine that this was someone identified as a "newcomer" in various assembly intelligence reports.
But the only thing that could be confirmed was that the other party was indeed not a good person.
"I don't like you."
The man codenamed Hibari spoke bluntly.
Bai Cangshu, stepping on the Sage, remained unmoved.
"Is it because I didn't agree to your trade of that training suit for the Dust Release Cultivation Scroll from my stall?"
Bai Cangshu's tone was mocking and playful, but the short-haired, thick-browed man immediately stopped, frowning as he explained.
"A trade is just a trade. I don't like you because you are not a companion of justice. It has nothing to do with anything else."
Seeing him seriously explain such a matter, Bai Cangshu lost interest in conversing with him.
After all, with such a person standing with Banggu, he no longer had any chance of hunting him.
So he really had no interest in getting entangled with someone who looked so troublesome.
Bai Cangshu turned to leave, but Hibari had no intention of letting this infamous villain go.
He leaped from the air, blocking Bai Cangshu's path.
Seeing this, Bai Cangshu also revealed a dangerous smile.
He swung his right hand, and with the momentum, Haki of the Conqueror instantly wrapped around his fist. Black and red lightning spread outwards.
Sizzle!
The ionized air around them seemed to instantly receive a command, turning into tiny currents that struck Hibari.
Hibari's expression didn't change at all in the face of the Haki of the Conqueror's impact. He slowly lowered his body, his hands rising and falling, and an unusually dangerous aura began to emanate from him.
Bai Cangshu was also slightly surprised at this moment. A higher-level aura than Flowing Water Rock Crushing Fist was emanating from Hibari!
He closed his eyes, and a massive amount of "information" surged in again. Banggu noticed that the ends of the black hair of this true hero, as Fubuki called him, began to turn white little by little, and sweat dripped from his face.
Perhaps, this was the source of the other party's unusual learning ability—some special state that consumed life force?!
"Stop, Hibari. Regardless, Tao Bai Bai is a hero recognized by a few of my old friends. We have more important things to do now."
"This 'God Plan' those guys are talking about, I must confirm it myself."
Hibari frowned and thought for a moment before straightening up and dropping his stance.
Bai Cangshu simultaneously opened his eyes. He felt that around Hibari, things smaller than air and various energy particles were being pushed away.
That ability was... Little Universe?!