Fierce Battle with Mercenary Tao

Flame Demon shifted his gaze away from the exploding hotel. The aroma of meat wafting from several charred corpses made him lick his lips.

He was the type of reincarnator who had completely abandoned the moral system of the real world. As long as the space did not forbid it, he would try it.

But suddenly, his superhuman senses instantly detected something wrong. Turning around, he saw only a figure in a pink robe with his back to him, one hand already plunged into the enormous Demon Mountain's body.

"Urgh... It hurts!"

Blood poured from Demon Mountain's mouth and nose. Before he had even seen Mercenary Tao's movements clearly, his chest vital point had been struck.

Mercenary Tao stood before the giant over seven meters tall, one hand completely buried in the fat on the other man's chest, his feet hanging in midair.

He still held the black pill in his left hand.

Demon Mountain's body trembled violently. Suddenly, intense vitality erupted from within him, and blue-white Chakra burst from the wound.

Having never encountered this kind of power before, Mercenary Tao vanished in an instant and reappeared ten meters away.

Mercenary Tao's braid fell from around his neck and draped behind him once more.

He coldly watched the hulking man behind him, now surrounded by blue light resembling butterfly wings, as well as the red-haired man whose body burned with flames.

Mercenary Tao had never heard of Martial Artists or bounty hunters like these appearing recently.

The contempt in Demon Mountain and Flame Demon's faces had now completely vanished. This Mercenary Tao truly had some skill.

That speed, that power... it had already surpassed the standard of merely being strong.

"Careful, he's a Fierce-class monster!"

Flame Demon licked his lips. Dragon scales had completely covered his face. As his defense surged, the magic power throughout his body increased further, and flames spread beneath him like a sea of fire, instantly engulfing an area hundreds of meters wide.

Panicked cries rose from the distance. Those people fleeing in misery were the best testament to his overwhelming power.

"Mercenary Tao, you really are..."

Whoosh!

Flame Demon's vision went blank as Mercenary Tao completely disappeared. There was no sound of air being torn apart. Mercenary Tao moved as lightly as a real crane, yet was incomparably fast.

As Flame Demon's golden vertical pupils quivered, Mercenary Tao had already appeared before him.

He instinctively crossed his arms before himself, but a fist had already struck.

Pfft!

His thick, scale-covered arms had clearly blocked the punch, yet a fierce force directly penetrated the surface defense that could nearly ignore most modern firearms.

Boom!

A violent impact instantly tore through Flame Demon's internal organs and burst out through his back, explosively extinguishing the flames that had swept across hundreds of meters.

Tap.

Mercenary Tao snorted coldly, flipped through the air several times, and landed on the ground. His braid curled back around his neck.

"A Supernatural Ability User? What a bunch of all show and no substance."

Blood poured from Flame Demon's mouth and nose as he swayed on the verge of collapse. Mercenary Tao turned and began to leave.

He looked at the slightly deformed pill clenched in his left hand. At that moment, a faint pain happened to rise from his abdomen.

Mercenary Tao knew that the poison was probably taking effect.

Without much hesitation, Mercenary Tao swallowed the black pill in one gulp.

Ordinary poisons posed little threat to him. He only needed to use his qi to strengthen his metabolism and expel them, but the sudden appearance of these two had made Mercenary Tao sense that something was unusual.

He vaguely felt that someone was still watching him from the shadows.

He was familiar with that faint, intermittent killing intent.

That was why Mercenary Tao took the antidote.

"Ha... as expected of the Dragon Ball Derivative World. Even an early boss has this kind of strength..."

Mercenary Tao froze, his movements coming to a halt. Slowly turning back, he discovered that the red-haired fellow, whose heart and lungs should have been shattered by his punch, had actually straightened up again where he stood.

Although blood stained his face, his aura had not weakened much.

Flame Demon was also somewhat shaken with lingering fear. He knew that he had probably become overconfident after taking out one of Clear Sky's members in the previous mission world.

That was why he had provoked Moon Demon.

This reincarnation mission to kill Mercenary Tao was a team mission, so Mercenary Tao's strength was clearly meant to match Team 64323.

A person like this was not someone he or Demon Mountain could defeat alone.

But...

The reason he dared to act so recklessly was naturally because he had the means to preserve his life.

His Dragon Slayer Magic had already reached a very high level. He could Dragon Transform almost his entire body at any time, and the timely Dragon Transformation of his internal organs had spared him from having his heart and lungs shattered by Mercenary Tao's single strike.

Roar!

The shadow beneath Mercenary Tao's feet rapidly expanded as a massive figure suddenly pounced down from the sky with overwhelming force.

Boom!

Demon Mountain smashed down violently. The ground of the small town shattered with a thunderous crash, and a huge crater hundreds of meters wide appeared in an instant.

The fat covering Demon Mountain's body burned away into Chakra, and his whole body became filled with a sense of immense power.

Moreover, in Butterfly Mode, Demon Mountain's mobility and destructive power, aided by his powerful Chakra, completely surpassed Flame Demon's.

Standing amid the ruins, he threw back his head and roared like a wild beast.

Although Demon Mountain possessed Chakra and had specifically enhanced the Akimichi Clan's secret techniques, his personal combat style was far more savage.

He was a reincarnator who needed to suppress the terrifying beastliness within himself at every moment.

Mercenary Tao's expression darkened. The dignified World's Number One Assassin had struck twice, yet failed to kill either target.

It made him feel utterly humiliated.

His left foot slid outward before him as he slowly lowered into a crouch, assuming a martial arts stance.

The qi throughout his body condensed as well.

Both of Mercenary Tao's hands had two fingers slightly bent, hanging naturally and loosely before his chest. His eyes were filled with coldness.

The next moment, Mercenary Tao vanished instantly. The massive Demon Mountain also shot into the air in an instant, but Mercenary Tao still caught up to him midair and threw a punch.

Bang!

Force pierced through Demon Mountain's back. As he howled in pain, terror suddenly appeared on his face. Below him, a fiery red laser beam shot upward.

It instantly pierced through his abdomen and scorched the unprepared Mercenary Tao's shoulder.

Pierced by pain, Mercenary Tao rapidly spun through the air, but the scorching ray followed his trajectory.

Flame Demon did not care in the slightest whether Demon Mountain lived or died. Seizing the opportunity, he intended to kill Mercenary Tao.

But Mercenary Tao suddenly halted against gravity in midair, reversed his trajectory, and sprang back beside Demon Mountain. Then he stepped on Demon Mountain's chest, using the force to launch himself toward Flame Demon.

The braid around his neck was more agile than a whip. As he moved, it wrapped around Demon Mountain's hand, helping him alter his trajectory.

Flame Demon, still spewing dragon breath, neither dodged nor evaded. He continued spraying directly at Mercenary Tao.

As Mercenary Tao shot through the air, he snorted coldly at the sight and extended two fingers.

Intense qi instantly condensed at his fingertips.

Divine Finger Technique (Dodon Ray)!

A powerful ripple spread from his fingertips in an instant, then shot forth in the next moment.