When Fang Li's voice clearly reached Tenbatsu Mima's ears, an incredibly intense sense of foreboding surged from Tenbatsu Mima's heart, which was about to stop.
However, it was already too late to react.
Fang Li suddenly raised his head, and a pair of Ice-Blue Demon Eyes gleamed with terrifying light.
Then, Fang Li flicked the only hand that had not been pierced through, and a weapon fell from his sleeve.
A weapon entirely black, with an exceptionally sharp blade.
—Kunai.
It was the kunai Fang Li had not yet had the chance to return to Mumei.
"Sshh—!"
Amid a faint whistle through the air, the sharp kunai sliced through the air and viciously stabbed toward the core's heart as Tenbatsu Mima's expression drastically changed.
"Pfft—!"
The next moment, the blue-glowing heart was pierced through.
Blood splattered once again.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah—!"
In the deserted wilderness, the enormous Fusion Swarm, with only half its body remaining, suddenly let out a heart-rending roar and wailed in agony.
"Bzzzt—!"
Dazzling light flashed from within the Fusion Swarm, shining through the gaps between the individual Kabane that made up its body like countless beams of light, brilliant beyond measure.
Immediately afterward, the massive Fusion Swarm began swelling all over like an overinflated balloon.
"Boom—!"
Amid a deafening explosion, the gigantic monster known as the Fusion Swarm suddenly burst apart, sending the Kabane that composed its body raining down like a torrential downpour.
That was probably a rainstorm unlike any that had ever appeared before.
Except every single raindrop was a Kabane.
A vast number of Kabane poured down, crashing violently into the ground one after another. Then, as though they had completely lost their lives, they twitched twice before falling still.
Amid the countless Kabane, two figures likewise fell from the sky and slammed heavily