"Get lost!"
Dagon let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Facing that azure blade light almost brushing against its nose, this Special Grade Cursed Spirit born from the fear of the ocean instinctively retreated.
It was afraid.
Faced with this human who had no cursed energy yet radiated a terrifying pressure more horrifying than a demon god, its prideful Domain and guaranteed-hit effect had all become a joke.
"Death Swarm! Death Frenzy!"
While retreating frantically, Dagon desperately squeezed out all the remaining cursed energy in its body.
The sea surface churned violently like boiling lava.
This time, it wasn't a standard shikigami summon, but Dagon's final desperate outburst—[Death Frenzy]!
Hundreds of thousands of carnivorous fish, venomous eels, and giant sharks surged toward Yoru like a bursting dam in a chaotic, reckless deluge.
It intended to use this endless ocean to wear this monster down!
"How naive."
Yoru looked coldly at the tsunami of shikigami blotting out the sky.
The dark red Slayer Marks on his cheeks grew hotter, and his heartbeat thundered in his chest like war drums.
The Sorcerer Killer state with the Slayer Mark activated brought him more than just a surge in power; it granted him combat instincts as sharp as a wild beast's.
"Since you want to grind me down..."
Yoru gripped Shiranui tight, the azure light flowing along the blade.
"Then I'll show you what true flawlessness looks like."
"Water Breathing, Eleventh Form: Dead Calm."
No flashy movements, no deafening sounds.
Yoru simply stood in mid-air, and that invisible ripple of absolute tranquility rippled outward from him once more.
*Sizzle— Sizzle— Sizzle!*
The shikigami that had just touched the edge of the ripple vanished silently into primordial motes of cursed energy like snow meeting sunlight, without even having time to scream.
No matter how frantic Dagon's [Death Frenzy] was, no matter how the army of hundreds of thousands of monsters roared, they could not cross that invisible threshold.
But this was only the beginning.
"'Dead Calm' is just a means to negate large-scale attacks."
Yoru's gaze sharpened, and the terrifying explosive power of a Sorcerer Killer suddenly ignited.
*Boom!*
The water's surface beneath his feet was instantly crushed into a massive depression as he shot into the sky like a cannonball, proactively charging into the sky-covering shikigami tsunami!
Dagon tried to pull away and continue using Death Frenzy to exhaust Yoru, but Yoru was simply too fast—so fast it made this Special Grade Cursed Spirit feel despair.
In the span of a single breath, Yoru crossed the hundred-meter distance and appeared right in Dagon's face!
"Water Breathing, Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin!"
In mid-air, Yoru swung his blade downward with a massive stream of water following a heavy, terrifying blow like a falling waterfall, slamming onto Dagon's head!
*Glargh!*
Dagon didn't even have time to react before its massive body was hammered into the seabed by a colossal force comparable to a mountain, and the violent blade light instantly shredded hundreds of surrounding carnivorous fish.
"It's not over!"
Yoru's figure left dozens of afterimages on the water, perfectly blending Water Breathing with peak physical combat. His blade light poured down like a storm, subjecting Dagon to a one-sided close-quarters beating!
"Water Breathing, Second Form: Water Wheel!"
Yoru somersaulted at high speed in mid-air, the azure water transforming into a massive circular saw that carved deep, terrifying wounds into Dagon's body.
"Water Breathing, Sixth Form: Twisting Whirlpool!"
Facing the giant shark shikigami lunging from all directions, Yoru forcefully twisted his torso, using his monstrous strength to whip up a violent vortex. It not only ground all approaching shikigami into meat but also severed one of Dagon's tentacles at the root!
"Aaaagh!!"
Dagon screamed in agony. It realized with horror that not only was Yoru's defense impenetrable—able to switch to 'Dead Calm' at any moment to negate attacks—but his strikes were so heavy they felt as if they could split the ocean itself!
Seeing no hope of escape, it could only desperately unleash its remaining Domain cursed energy, attempting to take Yoru down with it.
"Die! Maximum Output: Domain Expansion!"
Looking at the frantic Dagon, Yoru retracted his defensive stance, his lips curling into a cold arc.
'Finally willing to reveal your final trump card.'
As soon as he spoke.
The aura on Yoru's body changed abruptly.
The azure light, originally as serene as the deep sea, vanished without a trace in an instant.
Replacing it was...
A terrifying heatwave that seemed capable of incinerating everything!
*Boom!*
The Shiranui in Yoru's hand was instantly enveloped in a layer of blazing flames.
The color of the fire wasn't a normal orange-red, but a dark crimson deep to the extreme!
Sun Breathing!
"Since Water Breathing has proven your impotence, then..."
Yoru's eyes became sharp as blades.
He abandoned the absolute defense of 'Dead Calm' and gripped the burning hilt with both hands.
"Let's end this farce with this move."
"What?!"
Dagon discovered with horror that Yoru had not only abandoned his defense but even his weapon had undergone a qualitative change.
That scorching flame actually made it, an ocean cursed spirit, instinctively feel a tremor from the depths of its soul!
"Sun Breathing, Fifth Form..."
Yoru ignored Dagon's fear. His body curled tightly in mid-air and then snapped open like a spring!
The terrifying explosive power of a Sorcerer Killer was pushed to its absolute limit at this moment!
*Bang!*
With a thunderous sound that shattered the air, Yoru shot into the sky like a shell, performing an extremely graceful backflip in mid-air.
As he tumbled, the Shiranui burning with dark red flames, boosted by centrifugal force, traced a perfect circle of fire.
"Fire Wheel!"
A massive, violent wheel of flame descended from the sky with a world-ending momentum!
"No—!"
Dagon let out a scream of despair.
It tried to mobilize all the seawater for defense, but wherever the flaming wheel passed, all the water was instantly evaporated into a sky full of white mist!
*Screeech!*
There was no suspense.
That flame strike, which condensed the monstrous strength of a Sorcerer Killer and the ultimate destructive power of Sun Breathing, sliced through Dagon's proud physical form as easily as cutting tofu.
From the top of its head, all the way down.
*Crack...*
An extremely faint yet crystal-clear cracking sound echoed within Dagon's body.
That was the sound of its core being completely severed.
Not only that.
Yoru's peerlessly powerful Fire Wheel didn't slow down after cutting through Dagon, striking directly against the sturdy spatial barrier of the Domain!
*Rumble!*
The entire [Horizon of the Captivating Katana] shook violently.
A massive fissure hundreds of meters long, accompanied by dark red flames, was torn open on the Domain's ceiling!
External light finally shone through that crack into this desperate land of death.
The Domain had been cleaved open!
"Is... Is this his true strength..."
On the beach below, Maki, Megumi, Kento Nanami, and even Naobito were too stunned to speak.
One strike to slay a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
One strike to cleave a Special Grade Domain.
This divine, extreme violent aesthetic was deeply engraved in everyone's soul.
And now.
With the shattering of Dagon's core, the oceanic Domain it had constructed could no longer be maintained.
*Crash...*
The surrounding scenery began to peel away like shattered glass.
The Domain had collapsed.
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