Blood Vine That Sucks Demons Dry

After Gyutaro and Dan Lei clashed repeatedly, their bodies eventually became unstable due to the difference in strength. Dan Lei seized the opportunity and suddenly kicked Gyutaro away.

Gyutaro hadn't expected Dan Lei, who had been fighting him with weapons, to suddenly use his feet. He took a solid kick to the abdomen, shattering his internal organs.

However, this injury meant nothing to Gyutaro, and he quickly got up from the ground, confronting Dan Lei again.

At this moment, Dan Lei began to understand what Hanya had said.

High-level Abundance monsters were disgusting, not because of their strength. In fact, the Cloud Knights usually fought Abundance monsters with a three-to-ten times disparity in troop numbers, yet they could always break through the enemy lines in the early stages.

However, Abundance monsters had incredible regenerative abilities. Even those with ordinary recovery could quickly restore themselves by consuming the flesh of their companions or the flesh of wounded/dead Cloud Knights.

This created the illusion that Abundance monsters were impossible to kill, as they had no wounded soldiers. Those who were injured to a certain extent became food for others, and they didn't need logistics either.

Dan Lei was now facing a similar situation. If Gyutaro didn't have the Power of Abundance, this battle would have been decided long ago.

But now, with the Power of Abundance combined with the demon's own incredible recovery, Dan Lei felt like he was fighting a boss with locked HP. As long as he couldn't get a one-hit kill, the enemy would remain unharmed.

Therefore, Dan Lei decided to use Magic. After all, swordsmanship could be practiced slowly, and it would be stubborn not to use Magic now.

Dan Lei suddenly raised his hand and clenched it in the air. The Kyogoku House burning behind him shot out several small fireballs towards Gyutaro.

Gyutaro didn't know what trick Dan Lei was playing and cut down all the fireballs. Upon closer inspection, he realized they were Jade.

These Jade were naturally what Dan Lei had thrown earlier while pretending to be drunk, and they all contained sealed Magic and special plants.

As the Jade were split open, they instantly emitted green light, and several Blood Vines shot out, binding Gyutaro.

These Blood Vines were a magical plant Dan Lei had specifically concocted for demons. Thanks to Touko, this technique wasn't related to magic puppets, but she took care of some plant-based "little pets" herself, so she knew how to concoct magical plants from ordinary ones.

Of course, Blood Vines weren't high-end magical plants to begin with. They were quickly cultivated using Japan's Golden Lantern Vine as a prototype.

For demons, blood also served the function of transportation. Once the body lacked blood, its physical recovery ability would be greatly reduced.

However, Gyutaro, completely entangled by the Blood Vines, wasn't nervous. He scoffed, "Blood-sucking plants? What's the use of that? My blood is poisonous. What can your little plants do?"

As expected, as soon as Gyutaro finished speaking, the Blood Vines wrapped around him began to wither. With a struggle, he broke free.

However, Dan Lei completely ignored Gyutaro's words and continued to channel Magic to enhance the growth of the Blood Vines.

Gyutaro found it difficult to endure being wrapped in the blood-sucking plants. He directly bled from the wounds caused by the Blood Vines and used his Blood Demon Art to unleash indiscriminate area-of-effect Blood Blades, tearing apart all the Blood Vines on his body.

However, the next second, he discovered that not all the vines had fallen off. Many were still firmly embedded in his body and seemed to have adapted to the toxins within him, no longer withering rapidly.

Seeing how troublesome the plants were, Gyutaro raised his scythe and said sternly to Dan Lei, "I'm starting to believe you have the Blue Spider Lily. I've never seen such a plant in all my years. You're quite the cultivator."

After speaking, Gyutaro immediately charged at Dan Lei, intending to defeat Dan Lei first before dealing with the blood-sucking plants on his body.

But the outcome of their battle wouldn't change. Gyutaro was now the one being beaten unilaterally.

However, his plan was simple: no matter how many times he was hit, he only needed to hit Dan Lei once. As long as his scythe grazed the opponent, his poison would incapacitate them.

Therefore, Gyutaro's fighting style became increasingly reckless. He unleashed his Blood Demon Art as if it were free. As long as it wasn't his neck, he didn't care where Dan Lei's sword struck; he was willing to trade injuries.

However, at this moment, Gyutaro also realized something was wrong. The person opposite him had an unusual body. His Blood Blades couldn't even cut through Dan Lei's clothes when they hit him.

This was the effect of a Pathstrider's unbreached Power of the Path defense.

Gyutaro was not skilled in using the Power of Abundance. He couldn't integrate it into his every move, only concentrating it on himself and his scythe.

Without the Power of Abundance to counteract Dan Lei's Power of the Hunt, Dan Lei's Path defense was completely impenetrable.

Protected by the Power of the Path, external attacks, while not entirely nullified, were mostly converted into impact force.

This was why many Pathstriders, despite using swords, guns, and cannons, with sword energy and bullets flying everywhere, would only end up with bruises after a long fight, without a single cut.

For Dan Lei, even though he was currently empowered by the Power of the Hunt, the impact of Gyutaro's Blood Blades was insufficient to affect him.

Moreover, as time passed, Gyutaro gradually felt something was wrong. He felt his Blood Scythe becoming heavier, and his head started to feel dizzy.

In fact, if he looked down now, he would see that some of the Blood Vines on his body were already thicker than his arms. The blood absorbed from his body had caused him, a demon, to become anemic.

Furthermore, misfortune never comes singly. Daki, who had run off earlier, ran into Obanai Iguro not far away and was attacked by three Pillars. She could only run away, holding her head the entire time.

However, due to her and Gyutaro's unique nature, even with her head cut off and infected by the Wisteria flower poison, she didn't lose her ability to move.

Even Tengen Uzui, who had found his wives, joined the fight, but they still had no good way to deal with Daki.

However, Tengen Uzui was quite clever. He suggested that they could separate the demon's head from its body. That way, as long as the body couldn't grow a second head, she could only attack wildly.

So, Tengen Uzui was now carrying Daki's head back towards Dan Lei, shouting, "Dan Lei, how much longer are you going to fight? We've already cut off the demon's head here a long time ago!"

Seeing this, Dan Lei felt the time was right. He once again used Magic to activate the Blood Vines, which had already adapted to Gyutaro's poisonous blood, and instantly bound him.

Then, with a surge forward, he easily severed Gyutaro's head.

However, Gyutaro, with his head cut off, grinned sinisterly and said, "Don't think this is the end just because you cut off my head. I've already informed that person about the Blue Spider Lily. Wait, that person will find you."

After saying that, Gyutaro's body and Daki's head slowly began to turn into black ash and dissipate.

Here, Gyutaro's self-destruction after death did not occur because almost all the blood in his body had been drained. He couldn't activate his Blood Demon Art and could only slowly await his death.