Gulp.
Ryuhei Ubuyashiki's charred head fell to the ground. After rolling a few times, it began to shrivel and turned to ash.
Shinji's expression was grim.
He had acted swiftly and decisively this time, without the slightest hesitation.
Knowing that death was near, Ryuhei Ubuyashiki had kept laying traps for Shinji in secret. He had tried to lure Shinji into using Soul Extraction on him, and had also tried to tempt him into invading other worlds, just as he had, to delay the destruction of his own world.
That was why Shinji had acted decisively and killed the man, who had been scheming right up until the end.
"He's not afraid of my Soul Extraction. His body has probably been completely permeated by the Overlord's power. If I try to extract his soul, I might be contaminated by that power."
Shinji mused to himself.
Ryuhei Ubuyashiki had been far too cunning. Faced with a bastard like him, Shinji had no choice but to abandon his plan of getting more information out of him.
Rumble!
Just then, a clap of thunder suddenly boomed across the sky.
Shinji looked up and saw that the lightning hidden in the clouds was a chilling crimson!
"Too bad this world is already beyond saving."
Shinji sighed softly.
The Overlord's power had completely seeped into the world, so the Demon Slayer World's destruction was only a matter of time.
With a shift of thought, Shinji vanished from the spot with a whoosh.
A long while later, he arrived at a hidden underground palace.
There was no doubt about it.
This underground palace was the most important of Ryuhei Ubuyashiki's many bases. It held not only his laboratory, but also his vault.
Having read Ryuhei Ubuyashiki's memories earlier, Shinji easily avoided the base's defensive traps and made