Chapter 149: Chapter 149: The Breath of Darkness, Third Form!
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"Hinatsuru, are you alright?"
Tengen arrived at the rooftop and asked his beloved wife with concern.
Hinatsuru shook her head, "I'm fine, my lord. Please go back quickly. I will find a safe place to hide very soon."
"Alright, I'll be off.
The exchange between the two was succinct. Though husband and wife, they lacked any awkward sentimentality and clearly prioritized their duties.
Bang!
Boom!
Yet in such a short span of time, the previously arrogant Gyutaro was sent flying again, crashing through a house like a cannonball.
"Why haven't you fallen after being poisoned by me for so long?"
The resilient Gyutaro, wearing a frantic look, began scratching his face.
And he was looking particularly unsightly!
It was because he realized that, whether in terms of strength or speed, he was actually being outdone by a human?
No, from any angle, this guy didn't even look like a human, right?
What kind of monster had suddenly appeared?
Gyutaro, staring at 'fully-armed' Abel, felt utterly at a loss, his face nearly scratched raw.
"Don't doubt it; compared to the deadly poisons I've injected into my heart before, your poison is indeed quite formidable. Even I cannot dissolve it quickly. Still, if you want to poison me to death, it will take at least another hour. And in that hour, I can kill you ten times over," Abel said as he walked forward with deliberate steps.
It was hard to tell if he was praising his opponent or attempting to shatter his will.
"What a joke! I refuse to believe such nonsense. You're already at your limit, aren't you? Trying to scare me off with this tactic?"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, I've seen through you. All I need to do is delay for another ten, no, five minutes, and you will collapse before me," Gyutaro retorted with disbelief, unable to fathom that someone could inject deadly poison into their heart and live to tell the tale, let alone a human.
"Although I would love to stand here for ten minutes to prove myself," Abel mused.
"I've thought about it, and such an action would be incredibly foolish."
"Most importantly, compared to your crybaby younger sister who's still not weaned, you are far too ugly. Looking at you for a few more minutes might actually make me vomit, so please lend me your head right now."
No sooner had Abel finished speaking than another silhouette of himself eerily appeared behind Gyutaro, while the original 'Abel' stood in the same spot.
This was the Breath of Darkness, First Form: Shadow Strike!
But just as Abel's beastly right claw was about to claim his adversary's head, he suddenly noticed a multitude of blood-red 'fine threads' encircling the opponent's body.
No, these so-called 'fine threads' were actually diminutive slashes!
And upon contact, like hitting an activated switch, they instantly dispersed into a 'sphere' made up of countless tiny blood-red slashes, enveloping Gyutaro within.
Blood Demon Art: Blood Thread Worm Dance!
"Now it's my turn!"
With a ferocious expression, Gyutaro shouted and spun around, flinging his arms!
Blood Demon Art: Round Slash Return: Flying Blood Sickle!
A spiraling storm of blood slashes instantly swept towards Abel.
Confronted with such an assault, Abel chose not to dodge but prepared to meet attack with attack.He retracted his beastly claws, extended his left Wing Edge, and began to counterattack at a speed of dozens of slashes per second.
The countless slashes within the blood-red storm were being split apart with precise accuracy! Observational Haki, maybe?
And with each slash Abel made, a dark trace was left in the air, with each additional cut adding more, the dark traces increased.
Gradually, these black traces overlapped and merged from chaos, finally forming a vertically aligned, pure black, massive crescent moon slash!
At this moment, Gyutaro's face showed the intent to flee, but it was already too late.
Because the dark moon blade, forged from countless slashes, had firmly locked him in place, making him unable to move.
"Since this move was created, you're the first one to have the honor to face it. Remember to show your gratitude when you get to hell."
"Dark Breath· Third Form· Shadow Sword Dance!"
Whoosh!
The massive, cohesive dark crescent moon blade finally slashed out.
In an instant, it split the opponent's Blood Demon Art and continued forward, cutting through all buildings in its path and eventually splitting the entire street in half!
Not far away, Uzui Tengen was greatly shocked as he observed the battle. He hadn't joined in right away because his 'sheet music' had already been composed to the last detail.
Just a little more time, and he would be able to translate the rhythm of the enemy's attacks into music, thus seeing clearly their habits and blind spots.
Like adding a chord to a song, as long as you attack during the musical pauses, you can hit the enemy.
This was his most powerful method.
As long as he completed the 'sheet music', he was confident in taking the upper hand in the battle that followed.
But what was happening right now seemed to make all that unnecessary.
"You—"
Pff!
Gyutaro had barely spat out an angry word when his body split in two, collapsing onto the ground.
"To still not be dead after all this, what a tenacious life force."
Abel walked over, sighed, and swung his Wing Edge—first slashing off the opponent's arms, then kicking the two 'blood scythes' into a large fire.
That should make it foolproof.
Abel commended himself for his prudence.
Then, as he twisted off half of Gyutaro's head with his beast claws, he greeted Uzui Tengen, who had jumped down.
"Weren't you off with your wife? What brings you back? Thought I couldn't handle this monstrosity by myself?"
"..."
Uzui Tengen had so much he wanted to say, but he swallowed it all back.
"Hey, before the end, can I see my sister one last time?"
The half head that was twisted off was still talking, and upon speaking, it was an old sister complex.
"What right do you have to bargain now?"
Abel threw the half-head in his hand away, then began tearing at the other half.
Gyutaro went silent for a moment before saying: "If you tear off my head now, my body will 'self-destruct', releasing my final and most powerful Blood Demon Art, destroying everything around it."
Hearing this, Abel's actions hesitated for a moment, and that guy Uzui Tengen jumped three feet high and ran off.
Truly worthy of a comrade who has fought side by side!
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