Kokushibo gripped the hilt of the Kokyū Shinku tightly with both hands, his posture calm, and his aura grew increasingly terrifying.
In an instant, countless pale white streams of light seeped out from the sky, the clouds, and even the air, frantically converging on the sword in Kokushibo's hand, unable to stop.
The Kokyū Shinku emitted a deep, heavy hum, and the crescent moon patterns on the blade seemed to come alive, spinning rapidly, its light growing brighter and brighter, and the chilling aura it exuded was simply bone-chilling.
"So."
Kokushibo lightly stomped his foot and leaned slightly forward.
Let me take a good look!
The moment he took his second step, his entire figure vanished instantly, leaving only a faint afterimage!
"Just how good are you? Are you even worthy to be my opponent?"
The Giyu and Transparent World was in a frenzy of alarm calls at this moment, practically screaming!!
In my field of vision, the outline of Kokushibo flashed by in an instant!
Go left! Get out of the way!
Giyu's internal alarm bells rang, and he instinctively veered to the left, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow!
"Laugh!"
A sharp gust of wind grazed past his right shoulder, instantly slicing half a roof tile to pieces, sending shards of stone flying everywhere.
Even though he dodged the blade, the terrifying aftershock of the slash still tore a deep gash in his right shoulder, so deep that the bone was visible. Blood gushed out immediately, staining his white haori red, a truly frightening sight.
Giyu completely ignored the sharp pain in his shoulder, as if he couldn't feel it at all. While dodging, he had already swung his Nichirin Blade out, the move was fast and accurate.
"Fourth Form: Striking Tide!"
The Nichirin Blade drew four intersecting, eerie blue arcs, moving with lightning speed and precisely blocking Kokushibo's next landing point, giving him no chance to breathe.
Kokushibo showed no intention of blocking at all, instead choosing to take the hit head-on!
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Four crisp metallic clanging sounds rang out in succession, sparks flying everywhere!
The four slashes all struck Kokushibo precisely in the chest, abdomen, left shoulder, and right rib—each a vital spot!
The black haori covering Kokushibo's body shattered instantly, revealing pale, bloodless, pale demon skin beneath.
But when the slash landed, it left four shallow bloodstains, which then disappeared quickly, as if they had never appeared at all.
"Not enough force; this kind of attack is useless against me."
Kokushibo's indifferent comment was full of disdain. Before he could finish speaking, Kokyū Shinku in his hand, the blade carrying a chilling edge, straight at Giyu's face!
Giyu instinctively leaned back, and the blade grazed the tip of his nose, the sharp wind slicing off a few strands of hair from his forehead, which slowly drifted down.
As he leaned back, he suddenly kicked upwards with his left foot!
"Splash!"
Large pieces of tile were kicked away and flew everywhere, instantly blocking Kokushibo's view.
Kokushibo's six eyes moved simultaneously, instantly opening the Transparent World. It easily pierced through the roof tiles, completely locking Giyu's figure in place without affecting him at all.
But just then, Giyu's figure suddenly disappeared from his sight!
The next second, Giyu had already appeared behind Kokushibo!
The Nichirin Blade in his hand thrust straight out, aimed directly at Kokushibo's back!
Kokushibo didn't turn around. Relying on his perception of the Transparent World, he swung his sword backward. Kokyū Shinku with an incredibly tricky angle!
"Clang!"
The clang of metal rang out, sparks flew!
The moment the blade touched him, Giyu let go without a second thought!
The Nichirin Blade flew from his hand, spinning rapidly in the air, its blade flashing.
Using that momentum, he suddenly ducked down and nimbly slipped under Kokushibo's armpit, catching the spinning Nichirin Blade with precision in his right hand. He then delivered a swift and ruthless upward slash!
"Second Form: Water Wheel Modified!"
The blade spun in circles, aiming for Kokushibo's chin at incredible speed, making it impossible to dodge!
This time, Kokushibo finally had to take it seriously and dared not underestimate him in the slightest!
He jerked his head to the side, and the blade grazed his chin, a near miss. The icy wind from the blade stung his skin.
At the same time, his left hand transformed into a claw, bearing five condensed moonlight claw marks, and fiercely grabbed at Giyu's face, exuding murderous intent!
The demonic claw tore through the air, and five claw marks formed from moonlight appeared out of thin air, heading straight for Giyu's eyes!
Giyu instinctively retreated, trying to dodge this deadly attack, but his retreat route had already been perfectly calculated by Kokushibo!
Kokushibo's right-hand blade had been waiting on his retreating path, slowly slashing down with terrifying pressure!
"Moon Breathing - Seventh Form - Mirror of Misfortune, Moonlit!"
Three blades flashed from different directions, blocking all of Giyu's escape routes, leaving him nowhere to hide!
Giyu's Transparent World was racing, his mind rapidly analyzing every possibility!!
"Pfft!"
The slash from the right accurately struck Giyu's left shoulder. His already injured shoulder was now further injured, his haori shattered instantly, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the bone was visible, and blood gushed out, staining the ground red!
The thrust in the middle was blocked by the Nichirin Blade, but the terrifying impact caused Giyu's tiger's mouth to split open instantly, blood spurting everywhere, and his hand holding the blade was trembling slightly!
But the deadly decapitation attack on the left completely missed!
Because Giyu ducked in time, the knife only severed the hair tie that bound his hair!
His long, black hair, no longer restrained, danced wildly in the moonlight, obscuring half his face and revealing only a pair of cold yet resolute eyes.
At this very moment -
Giyu saw it clearly! He saw through all of Kokushibo's flaws!
His figure flashed, and the Nichirin Blade in his hand drew a perfect semicircle, its light gleaming brightly and extremely sharp!
Kokushibo sensed the danger and was already retreating rapidly, trying to dodge the attack!
However, Giyu was faster than him!
The muscle fibers in his body roared wildly at this moment. The special physique he awakened after the battle of Blue Stone Town was now fully unleashed, and his potential Full Release!
Blood flow surged, body temperature rose sharply, and a faint golden halo appeared at the edges of my vision!
The blade sliced in precisely!
"Laugh-"
Giyu passed by Kokushibo and landed steadily on the rooftop three zhang away, standing straight without swaying at all.
He slowly turned around, the Nichirin Blade in his hand hanging down naturally, blood dripping from the tip of the blade, splashing onto the tiles and spreading into dark red flowers!
Kokushibo slowly lowered his head, his gaze falling on his left arm.
The cuffs of the black haori were neatly cut open, revealing pale forearms underneath.
On his forearm, a three-inch-long shallow mark was slowly healing, and ghost blood seeped from the wound, staining his skin red.
These are scars!
It was a human who, with Nichirin Blade, left a wound on his nearly invincible demon body!
"..."