"Die!"
With an enraged roar that made the veins all over his body bulge, Kibutsuji Muzan, his entire body writhing with devastating Whip-like Appendages, leaped high into the air. Then, together with the Crocodile Dragon performing the same motion, he descended from above and launched a final strike at Riezel, who lay battered and broken in the crater below.
On one side, several Whip-like Appendages twisted together like a rope, turning into a thick, drill-like whip spike that stabbed viciously downward.
On the other, sharp claws cleaved down, splitting the air and rainwater as they drove a howling gale toward the ground below.
This merciless attack was undoubtedly meant to take a life.
From the hatred in Kibutsuji Muzan's and the Crocodile Dragon's eyes, as well as the exhilaration of finally avenging their great grievance, anyone could see how genuine those emotions were.
If someone else familiar with the situation had been here to witness this, they would surely have had their doubts.
They would have wondered whether Kibutsuji Muzan and that Crocodile Dragon had truly crawled back from hell—whether they were vengeful demons once slain by Riezel, now resurrected and willing to pay any price to seek revenge against him.
Yet Riezel himself, facing this life-threatening crisis, was not frightened in the slightest. Instead, he smiled.
"Domain Expansion..."
At some point, Riezel's hand, which had been hanging limply at his side, formed a blade seal.
"Infinite Void."
At that instant, the world changed.
"Bzzzz—"
Centered on Riezel, a profound darkness like the depths of outer space spread outward like a tide, as though it were devouring the entire world.
The curtain of rain vanished in an instant.
The plaza disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Heaven and earth were entirely consumed by space-like darkness. Kibutsuji Muzan and the