Immortal Way: Demonic Spear

Immortal Way: Demonic Spear

Bai Cangshu's heart pounded violently, but the feeling was not unpleasant.

On the contrary, it was an immense joy born from succeeding according to his own will amid enormous danger.

That joy far surpassed any dopamine rush. Bai Cangshu even showed signs of losing control of his emotions, laughing madly as he sprinted across the constantly shifting, flailing arms toward the Hand Demon's main body.

At that moment, the Hand Demon's fear was magnified to an unimaginable degree.

This guy was a monster!

In an instant, terror made it abandon its attack. It even resorted to self-harm, its many arms beginning to pound one another as flesh and blood flew everywhere and it screamed in terror.

"Die!"

"Die already!"

"Aah!"

Bai Cangshu was incredibly fast. In just a few breaths, he crossed more than ten meters. As the dozen or so arms came smashing down, his eyes flickered and his body swayed from side to side, somehow avoiding every single blow.

His left hand formed a blade, Ripple emerging as he fiercely plunged it into the enormous arm before him.

The Hand Demon smashed about wildly, its vision blocked as well. Yet the faint scent of a human told it that the human had not left at all.

But there was no movement in the area. After smashing around for a while, its movements slowed, and it realized that only the arms it had crushed itself were slowly regenerating.

Suddenly, a stabbing pain erupted from one of its arms. Its scalp tingled as it saw that disgusting muscular man in a pink robe hiding beneath one of its arms.

As he forcefully tore with both hands, that arm melted away, while the other man lunged toward it.

At this distance, the Hand Demon could clearly see the terrifying smile on his face.

It was the same delight a Man-eating Demon felt when pouncing upon a helpless human.

The delight of a hunt about to succeed.

The other party was the hunter, while it... was the prey.

Amid overwhelming terror, the Hand Demon shook its head as countless arms sprouted forth in an instant. It had pushed its Blood Demon Art to the limit, and even its regenerative ability was far stronger than before.

A mass of arms blocked its neck, forming a wall several meters thick.

"With this kind of defense, even if you're a Hashira, you can't kill me!"

It roared, only to bolster its own courage.

But Bai Cangshu leaped forward, raising his right hand. His fingers were pressed together, his thumb slightly bent, while his other four fingers stood straight and hard as blades.

Intense Ripple flickered from his palm once more in rhythm with his breathing.

The muscles in Bai Cangshu's right arm tightened so fiercely that one could almost hear the creaking tremor of his tendons. The terrifying pressure of fully compressing and concentrating several thousand jin of force into one arm instantly caused many blood vessels in his arm to rupture and bleed.

Then, it was as if a bowstring stretched to its limit had suddenly been released.

Buzz!

The air let out a deep howl.

His crimson right arm vanished in an instant.

Pfft!

Immortal Way: Demonic Spear!

The ultimate thrust of martial arts master Kuroki Gensai bared its fangs in the Demon Slayer World for the first time.

The terrifying penetrating force, accompanied by sun-like Ripple, thundered into the Hand Demon's body.

That torrent-like force, carrying scorching Hamon, pierced through the Hand Demon's enormous flesh-ball-like body in an instant.

Bang!

The Hand Demon's pupils contracted. It mechanically turned its head and saw Ripple and force erupting from its back, together with its melted organs and flesh.

The sun-like heat and scorching sensation spread uncontrollably through its body.

Soul-searing agony instantly drained all its strength, leaving it unable to use its Blood Demon Art.

Thud.

Dozens of enormous bluish-gray arms fell to the ground like shattered jade.

The Hand Demon's massive body also collapsed helplessly.

You have killed Lower Rank Candidate: Hand Demon. Obtained 500 Dimensional Points.

Demon Hunter progress updated. Current: 10/20

Advanced mission: Flesh of the Enemy, My Nourishment. Progress updated. Hand Demon's strength detected as: Bing-level, Beginner. Complete the mission with this target?

Hoo—

Bai Cangshu let out a long breath, exhaling a stream of white vapor carrying high heat that stretched a meter ahead of him.

"No."

Bai Cangshu did not deliberate for long. When he had first seen this advanced mission, he had already had some suspicions. Now that he saw this prompt, he was even more certain.

The difficulty of this advanced mission was indeed not high. Killing any Bing-level Plot Character in a one-on-one fight would complete it. But clearly, as the saying went, Flesh of the Enemy, My Nourishment—the enemy's strength would affect the "nourishment" he obtained.

The Hand Demon's strength was not enough to satisfy Bai Cangshu.

He knew that in certain ancient martial arts schools, he might now be considered an expert in Bright Force or even Dark Force. But he was merely a reincarnator who had undergone one mission. He still had a long way to go before reaching the so-called Paper-level.

This Infinite Dimensional Space truly possessed the ability to rapidly elevate people beyond the ordinary.

The premise was... that you had to survive.

Bai Cangshu did not immediately deactivate Absolute Territory. Though this posture that surpassed his limits would place a burden on his body, he wanted to figure out what had caused him to deepen this state further just now.

Back in the real world, Bai Cangshu had never suppressed his desire to enter this state. However, he rarely encountered situations that gave him enough of a sense of crisis to make his heart race to that extent.

Thus, Bai Cangshu had not actually used this posture, which others considered "going mad," very often.

Before entering the Infinite Dimensional Space, he had believed it to be some kind of special "illness," or perhaps a unique genetic trait.

But the Infinite Dimensional Space had judged this ability to be a special talent and used Absolute Territory, with an 87% similarity, as its anchor.

Absolute Territory was a special power system in the King of Fighters worldview. After throwing a punch a thousand times, ten thousand times, enduring extreme exhaustion and pain, then continuing to endure pain and fatigue after ordinary people had already collapsed, a fighter could ultimately break through those shackles.

To fully master the power that allowed one to surpass one's limits—that was Absolute Territory.

After entering Absolute Territory, not only would one's physical abilities greatly improve, but one's tolerance for pain and resistance to injury would also increase.

Bai Cangshu had also believed this power to be rather similar to his "illness."

But just now, during his battle with the Hand Demon, Bai Cangshu had clearly felt himself advancing further.

Within the so-called Absolute Territory, he had taken a great step forward. His muscles swelled, his physique changed, and the increase in his strength became even more terrifying.

This power was definitely not the Ultimate Power that came after Absolute Territory. Instead, it seemed more like his talent was beginning to reveal its truest form.

Bai Cangshu wanted to investigate further. He used Ripple to sense the condition of his body, but then a gust of wind swept over, carrying the smell of blood.

The wind even carried faint sounds of fighting.

Bai Cangshu's heart stirred. He stepped out in an instant, explosive force bursting beneath his feet. Stepping directly onto the Hand Demon's corpse as it dissolved, he reached the top of a tree seven or eight meters high in a single step.

With the keen eyesight of a hawk, aided by the moonlight, he indeed saw several figures at the foot of the mountain being pursued by a group of Man-eating Demons. All of them wore black uniforms, except for the leader, who wore a white haori.

Bai Cangshu pushed off with his feet, leaped down from the tree, and rushed toward them.