"Oh my, things aren't looking too good at this rate!"
Doma poked his forehead and muttered softly. The surrounding temperature was so high that his frosty vines began to melt the instant they condensed. Coupled with Uzui Tengen's searing, peerless Crimson Blade, cutting through his ice vines was as simple as slicing vegetables.
Seeing Uzui Tengen about to charge in for the kill, Doma cast aside all other concerns and hurriedly made his move to retaliate.
"Blood Demon Art: Winter Icicles!"
Faster than words can tell, Doma swung his dual iron fans rapidly, releasing gusts of biting cold wind. In the blink of an eye, thick and sharp ice cones condensed above Uzui Tengen's head. Under Doma's control, hundreds of these sharp ice cones plummeted from the sky, smashing down toward Uzui Tengen with immense force!
The ice cones were extremely heavy. Driven by gravity, they moved with incredible speed and carried a powerful impact. Simultaneously, after severing all the icy vines, Uzui Tengen keenly sensed the ice cones appearing above him and understood the situation immediately.
'Releasing ice cones? Shinobu mentioned this move to us before!'
"However, this move is useless against me!"
Uzui Tengen quickly produced two explosive beads and hurled them toward the ice cones above.
BOOM!
As the sharp ice cones pierced the explosive beads, the beads detonated instantly. The powerful shockwave completely shattered all the ice cones into dust, while Uzui Tengen continued his charge toward Doma without slowing down.
'This is bad. That's a Crimson Blade, isn't it? If I get cut by that, even I won't be able to regenerate quickly, right?'
As he spoke, Doma couldn't help but recall the battle between Akaza and Ren. He had seen with his own eyes that after Akaza's arms were severed by Ren's Crimson Blade, they did not regenerate.
"In that case, try this move of mine!"
"Blood Demon Art: Snowstorm!"
A faint smile hung on Doma's face. This time, he did not swing his iron fans. Instead, he opened his mouth slightly and exhaled a blast of bone-chilling cold air.
This was a new Blood Demon Art he had acquired after evolving into a Berserk Demon. He didn't need to wave his fans; he only needed to exhale a gust of wind to turn it into a wintry storm, far more piercing and frigid than the whirlwinds generated by his iron fans!
Seeing Uzui Tengen closing in, Doma, who didn't have time to swing his fans, used this technique without hesitation.
The ice storm was extremely Yin and cold. Before it even reached him, just being brushed by the cold wind made Uzui Tengen feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. The bone-chilling cold seeped through his pores into his body, eventually spreading to the depths of his heart.
'So cold... I didn't expect this guy to have such a terrifying Blood Demon Art...'
'I can't even breathe. Just by getting close to him, the blood in my entire body feels like it's going to freeze. It seems that after becoming a Berserk Demon, this guy's strength far exceeds what it was before!'
As the cold continued to invade his body, Uzui Tengen felt his limbs becoming increasingly stiff. His legs, in particular, felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. He even began to lose sensation gradually. He understood that this was because the cold air was freezing his blood, causing his circulation to fail.
'I must keep my distance from him...'
With this thought, Uzui Tengen immediately adjusted his breathing, used all his strength to leap backward, and simultaneously threw two explosive beads at Doma.
Two loud explosions suddenly rang out. The high temperature generated by the blasts instantly evaporated the surrounding cold air. Uzui Tengen's legs gradually regained sensation, but there wasn't a trace of joy on his face.
'I only have five explosive beads left. I must use them cautiously from now on!'
...
"Love Breathing, First Form: Shivers of First Love!"
While Uzui Tengen and Doma were engaged in combat, Kanroji Mitsuri was also battling Hantengu's four major clones. However, compared to Uzui Tengen, Mitsuri's battle was much more manageable. She continuously swung her glowing red, burning whip-like sword, weaving between the four clones.
Mitsuri's muscle density was eight times that of a normal person, giving her incredible grip strength. After over a month of training and experimentation, she had successfully activated her Crimson Blade, allowing her to deal even greater damage to Berserk Demons!
Even though Hantengu had evolved into a stronger Berserk Demon, these four clones alone were far from being a match for Mitsuri.
"Prepare yourselves! Love Breathing, Second Form: Love Pangs!"
Mitsuri leaped high into the air. Her crimson whip-sword circled around her like a ribbon. As she swung it, she unleashed waves of sword ki that could cut through steel like butter. They fell from the sky like a torrential downpour, enveloping the four clones—Sekido, Karaku, Aizetsu, and Urogi!
Splat! Splat! Splat!
Before the four clones could react, the sword ki had already whistled past, falling upon them like moonlight accompanied by the sound of tearing flesh.
"Ah! It hurts so much!"
"This shrew! I'm going to kill her sooner or later!"
"I'll skin her alive and eat her..."
The four clones immediately screamed in pain and hurled insults at Mitsuri. Ultimately, they were reduced to piles of minced meat, staining the ground crimson with blood.
'I don't have time to argue with you. Before these four clones can regenerate, I need to hurry up and finish off his main body, then go support Uzui!'
With that thought, Mitsuri immediately looked toward Hantengu's main body. While fighting the clones, she had been keeping an eye on him. He was currently cowering in the corner of some ruins.
"Found you!"
"Wah! So scary, so scary..."
Seeing that Mitsuri had noticed him, Hantengu immediately curled his body and wailed loudly.
"This shrew is truly terrifying! She's simply a female Tyrannosaurus, a gorilla!"
"Female Tyrannosaurus! Gorilla!"
Mitsuri's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. She snapped back angrily, "Do you even know how to talk! I'm very gentle, I'm not a female Tyrannosaurus! And I'm not dark at all; I usually take great care of my skin! Forget it, as the saying goes, a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory. I'll just finish you off first!"
Mitsuri shouted as she charged toward Hantengu, swinging her whip-sword toward his neck. However, at that moment, a sudden change occurred.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A powerful wind attacked from behind. A look of horror instantly appeared on Mitsuri's face. Glancing back out of the corner of her eye, she saw five wooden dragons tearing through the air, roaring toward her. The wooden dragons were over ten meters long and thicker than water vats. Their gaping maws were large enough to swallow her whole.
'Oh no! Love Breathing, Third Form: Catlove Shower!'
Mitsuri twisted her body abruptly, using the rotational momentum to quickly swing her sword and slash at the incoming wooden dragons.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The searing whip-sword acted like autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves, severing all five wooden dragons. Standing in the center of the dragons was a youth with black hair and golden pupils. The characters for "Upper Moon" and "Four" were written in his eyes. Behind him were five taiko drums, each bearing the character for "Hatred."
'Upper Moon Four, the Demon of Hatred... Is this youth the one Ren mentioned, the strongest clone formed by the fusion of the four clones—Zohakuten?'
'But I clearly just killed those four clones. How did Zohakuten appear?'
What Mitsuri didn't know was that since Hantengu had transformed into a Berserk Demon, he only needed a single thought to make the four clones instantly combine into Zohakuten, without needing Sekido to consume the others one by one.
Even if the four clones had been turned into piles of shredded meat, as long as Hantengu didn't die, he could rapidly summon Zohakuten!
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