"Ora ora ora!"
To restrict the Cursed Spirit's movements as much as possible, Panda rushed in front of it, disregarding his own safety.
This was where a large number of tentacles connected to the body.
Besides the slender tentacles on its two arms, if any other tentacles moved, Panda would immediately attack the connection point between the tentacle and the body, disrupting its actions.
With its attacks repeatedly interrupted, the Lovecraftian Special Grade Cursed Spirit finally turned its gaze to the strange creature it had previously ignored.
Countless dark green eyes suddenly rotated, their chilling gaze all fixed on Panda.
Even the very masculine Panda couldn't help but tremble all over, his heart filled with dread.
Being stared at by such terrifying, lifeless eyes in the dim cave was truly frightening for a Panda.
Just as Panda's attention was drawn by the Cursed Spirit's gaze, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit's right hand, which was similar to a human's but with fingers made entirely of tentacles, launched an attack towards Panda.
'Oh no, I can't dodge it!'
Panda was greatly alarmed.
He shielded himself with his arms, and dark blue Cursed Energy surged from his body, enveloping him like armor.
Bang.
Panda was sent flying by the Cursed Spirit's powerful attack, crashing heavily into the cave wall.
The immense impact left numerous cracks on the wall.
The Special Grade Cursed Spirit looked at the motionless Panda after he was knocked away, nodding in satisfaction.
Then, it advanced again towards Inumaki Toge at the cave entrance.
"You won't succeed!"
However, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit hadn't advanced many steps before Panda, who had just been sent flying, stood in front of it again.
Panda had exited his Gorilla Mode and returned to his balanced Panda Mode.
His arms and back showed considerable damage from the previous attack.
Large clumps of cotton were leaking from the torn areas.
His Cursed Energy was heavily depleted, and his body was extensively damaged.
Even so, Panda still blocked the Special Grade Cursed Spirit's path, standing in front of his companion.
Not far behind Panda, Inumaki Toge, who witnessed this scene, no longer averted his gaze and began to directly face the Special Grade Cursed Spirit in front of him.
Inumaki Toge knew that if he continued to provide support while avoiding the Cursed Spirit's curses as before, Panda wouldn't last much longer.
To better cover his companion and defeat the powerful enemy, Inumaki Toge decided to no longer avoid the Cursed Spirit's curses against him.
On the other side, Maki was also continuously attempting to attack.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Unlike the thick tentacles on the lower half of the Cursed Spirit's body, the tentacles on the human-like arms of its upper half were much more slender.
However, being slender did not mean less damage.
Maki was constantly dodging and severing the Cursed Spirit's tentacles by using her hearing to catch the whooshing sound of their attacks.
Repeatedly being sent flying by tentacles, even with her strong physical constitution, Maki now felt her body screaming in protest.
'Think carefully, there must be a way to defeat this guy, think, Maki!'
Whoosh.
Pfft.
A small tentacle suddenly struck.
Maki instinctively dodged.
However, her injured body couldn't keep up with her consciousness, and her uniform ripped where the tentacle grazed her.
A wound also appeared on her abdomen.
The wound rapidly healed under Maki's strong recovery ability.
But Maki's gaze was fixed intently on the empty space in front of her lower abdomen.
More precisely, she was staring at the air there.
Just now, Maki seemed to have seen something she had never noticed before.
At this moment, Eichi's words from the past surfaced in Maki's mind.
"In ancient times, there were many Grandmasters who had perfected their skills in swordsmanship, martial arts, and other disciplines.
Even if they couldn't observe Cursed Energy with their naked eyes, they could perceive the presence of Cursed Spirits by sensing changes in their surroundings.
Their perception allowed them to grasp everything around them..."
'Perceive everything around me, detect the presence of Cursed Spirits through environmental changes...'
Maki felt like she had grasped something.
Whoosh.
Another tentacle attacked Maki.
Maki didn't look at the tentacle, but rather at her surroundings.
'The air moved.'
Before the attack even reached Maki, the air around her had already begun to change.
Maki instinctively dodged this attack, then carefully observed the changes around her.
In Maki's perception, everything around her seemed different.
Maki found that in her perception, the air around her seemed to consist of one plane after another.
These were different planes of air caused by variations in surrounding temperature, density, and other factors.
Gradually, not just these planes, Maki found that everything around her was captured by her five senses and then formed an image in her mind.
'Behind me.'
Before her eyes could even see, her unique perception had already grasped the changes in her surroundings.
Maki instinctively swung her sword.
A severed tentacle fell in front of Maki.
More things were coming, this time three.
Maki didn't even turn her head this time, simply relying on instinct to swing her sword and cut down three tentacles.
"Is that so, is this the world through Toji Fushiguro's eyes?"
Maki slowly reached out her hand, as if to grasp these peculiar "planes," and a mad grin spread across her lips.
"Ora ora ooh wa!"
Panda, who was continuously punching away tentacles, was ambushed by a tentacle from a tricky angle.
Panda's body was wrapped by the tentacle, lifted high, and then slammed heavily onto the ground.
"Stop!"
Inumaki Toge's Cursed Speech prevented the Cursed Spirit from slamming Panda down.
Then, Inumaki Toge gritted his teeth, enduring the backlash of Cursed Speech, and fired a rocket launcher.
Boom.
The rocket launcher blew off most of the tentacle that was suspended in mid-air.
Panda also took the opportunity to break free.
Seeing Inumaki Toge's pained expression, Panda desperately wanted to run to him immediately.
But he couldn't.
Because once he left here, the Cursed Spirit's attacks could directly hit Inumaki Toge.
'Inumaki and I are almost at our limit. What about Maki? I haven't seen her since a while ago.'
Panda wanted to search for Maki, but the Cursed Spirit's relentless attacks prevented him from being distracted.
'Should we retreat?'
Panda began to ponder.
After fighting for so long, their disadvantage was already very clear; continuing to fight would likely lead to defeat.
Panda did not want any of his companions to die.
Just as Panda was about to find an opportunity to contact Maki and retreat with Inumaki Toge, a cold glint appeared in front of Panda.
Pfft.
Thump, thump, thump.
The sword light flashed, and several thick tentacles were all severed by Maki at the same time.
"Maki?"
Panda looked at Maki, who stood before him, in surprise.
Maki's presence felt strange to him now; she seemed to be looking at him, yet also at the entire world.
"Leave the rest to me."
Maki said no more, wielding her double-bladed greatsword and launching a fierce assault on the Cursed Spirit.
At this moment, Maki's silhouette transformed in Panda's eyes.
Gradually, the figure of a man began to overlap with Maki.
The second Tyrant, capable of rivaling Toji Fushiguro, the Heavenly Restriction, had awakened. Maki, the Fighting God, began to dominate this battlefield.
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