Even Aki Hayakawa, Koenji Rokusuke, and Amasawa Ichika were breaking out in cold sweat.
Let alone someone like Kushida, whose courage had always relied on pretense.
Yet while gradually accumulating fear could strip people of their courage and make them cowardly, fear that suddenly surged to its extreme could instead make people lose their minds and become impulsive!
Especially for Matsushita Chiaki, who was naturally clever and instantly realized that she had been affected by the Dark Devil's passive ability.
"Die!"
She bit through her lip and, without hesitation, raised her Y-GUN and pulled the trigger at the Dark Devil!
Hayasaka Ai beside her moved in tandem.
She raised the Black Sphere Katana, sending its extended blade straight toward the devil's head!
Their tactic was simple.
They did not need to hit or restrain it directly. They only needed to make it hesitate for even a moment.
Then Amikura Mako, Koenji Rokusuke, and the others could seize the chance and follow up with the finishing blow!
Besides, speedsters like Quanxi, who could behead dozens of people in fractions of a second, presumably would not stand idly by.
Unfortunately.
Faced with the combined assault of these brave fighters, the Dark Devil stood with its hands on its hips, neither approving nor disapproving.
In the next instant, it had somehow crossed the distance through space and arrived beside them.
Then—
"Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!"
Without making any motion to swing a blade, everyone's arms were cleanly severed at the shoulders!
They fell neatly to the ground!
Including Quanxi, the strongest person present, no one had reacted in time.
Their clothes had not suffered the slightest damage, yet their arms had already been severed.
Even Amikura Mako, clad in [Raiotrooper] armor, was not spared. Both her arms were severed as well!
Dark crimson blood