Chapter 208
Yuki finally understood his opponent's trump card. No wonder he didn't care about being surrounded. If he didn't put in enough effort, it would be like giving him a buff.
"Come closer, everyone! I know how to kill him!"
Kill him?
The crowd could hardly believe their ears. After fighting for so long, there was absolutely no hope in sight, and even Hayasaka Ai was starting to waver.
A quick retreat was more like a desperate attempt to prolong life; even when Yuki himself went into battle, he was utterly defeated. After hearing the brief analysis, everyone was stunned.
Adam, this 'honest man,' harbors the most insidious schemes; who can guess, who dares to verify?
Is it true or false?
Hayasaka Ai and Kaguya Shinomiya immediately took action, while Zhang Jin and Li Mo'an hesitated for a moment before bracing themselves and entering their battle positions.
There was no other way but to trust Yuki's judgment.
Once a strategy for dismantling the enemy was found, the battle became more organized. Relying on his high health, Yuki the city.
"Adam! Kill him!"
Tear this bastard to pieces!
A purely defensive strategy is tantamount to a slow death. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yuki is increasingly losing ground in this war of attrition. New and old grudges pile up, fueling even more intense emotions.
From the Cult to the audience, everyone seemed to be grabbed by the neck by an invisible hand, and raised their heads like ducks.
It's almost time; that despicable bastard is finally going to die.
"Keep shouting, we'll shut you up right now."
Yuki, on the contrary, gained confidence and continued to fight Adam, using the Spirit Particle Communicator to monitor the entire battlefield.
Teammates aren't useless; the key is to change the style. Either don't attack at all, or go all out. Making Adam feel 'pain' won't work; you have to make him get hurt.
"Zhang Jin!"
Yuki, who was being slammed to the ground by the halberd, growled. Adam, who was about to stomp him into the ground, suddenly pulled his foot back and dodged for the first time.
Swish--
A long black spear grazed past him, disappearing into a distant building and turning it into ruins with a loud 'boom'.
"Two-Gun Zhang" doesn't refer to the two pistols. Zhang Jin took a few deep breaths, released his stored Reishi, and tore off a piece of his own soul to mix with it.
The Soul-Seizing Spear.
He charged forward with his gun, forcing Adam back, his bald-faced man looking utterly bewildered.
It's designed to destroy souls, enough to severely injure him, but such an attack can't last long. Once I'm free, he won't last more than three seconds.
He seemed to have forgotten his previous rage, dodging backward repeatedly, but after only a few steps back, he suddenly looked up.
The four flying swords, as thin as cicada wings, merged together, transforming into a giant sword that slashed down, no longer letting the sword swing at will as before, and finally raised the halberd.
Clang!
Adam bent his knees slightly, waiting for the giant sword to split and pierce him, but the flying sword, which was many times slower, slowly retreated. Zhang Jin followed up with his spear.
"A life for a life? You really think I'm afraid of you!?"
Adam raised his hand to strike, intending to exchange blows with Zhang Jin, but the latter quickly withdrew his gun to prevent a counterattack.
"Ha! I knew you wouldn't dare!!"
An even stronger force sent Zhang Jin flying. Just as Adam was about to chase after him, his ears twitched slightly. He turned his head and saw Yuki lying on the ground like a cheetah.
Demon Man Secret Technique: Lion's Frenzy.
The first counterattack was all-out, with a two-meter-long blade wrapped in layers of energy, leaving a trail of blood in the air.
Clang!
Adam didn't dare to take the hit head-on. He raised his halberd and Yuki flying. He watched as streaks of red afterimages surrounded him, but he didn't attack hastily. It was as if he was looking for an opening. He gradually came to his senses.
"Haha, you finally understand."
He wasn't stupid; he immediately realized that Yuki had figured out his abilities, which is why he unusually unleashed his most powerful skills.
Either don't make a move, or use all your strength to cause real damage.
"I finally understand why I valued you." Adam showed no sign of being caught off guard by his exposed hand; instead, he laughed heartily.
After so many battles, someone has finally seen through my trump card. No wonder I was so defensive before; I was just testing them.
This calmness is unprecedented.
"That's right. The more you try to take shortcuts, the faster you die. The more weak people there are, the stronger I become." Adam was straightforward and gave his answer decisively. Then he lowered his head to face the incoming long sword, his face devoid of any smile.
"But can you reach the Limit of suffering?"
Puff.
Puff.
Two muffled thuds followed in succession. Yuki's sword severed Adam's collarbone, severing his right arm. At the same time, a hand slash pierced through his own abdomen.
With his solidified soul energy combined with his Shape-shifting Outfit and Physical Enhancement, Adam's three layers of defense were completely pierced, proving why he was so straightforward.
The previous superficial injuries were essentially "freebies," allowing the pain to accumulate and strengthen the body. Now that the truth has been revealed, there's no point in bothering to hide them anymore.
Yes, targeted attacks can cause real damage; yes, wounds can affect one's combat effectiveness.
However, the wound itself is a beautiful kind of pain!
[Bloodline Skill: Pain Engine]
A faint light emanated from Adam's right chest. He drew his hand and chopped Yuki away, then turned to the side with even greater speed, allowing the black spear to pierce his left chest.
The soul felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, radiating pain comparable to being slowly sliced to death, but in return, it gained extreme power.
Bang!!
Zhang Jin's eyes bulged out, and his thick thigh slammed into his abdomen, causing him to vomit blood with a "whoosh" sound, and he was sent flying on the spot.
Both blows were heavy. Adam could feel the weakness and strength in his body. He Yuki, who had taken the opportunity to retreat, and then, with a quick step—
As if teleporting, he instantly caught up with Zhang Jin, who was still in the air, and was about to stomp him to death. Fortunately, with everyone attacking, Li Mo'an immediately stepped in.
He raised two fingers and cunningly swung the greatsword at Adam's right side. Adam had just had his right hand cut off by Yuki and was naturally unable to block, nor did he intend to.
Puff.
The giant sword pierced Adam's abdomen and lodged in his spine. With a agonizing roar, Adam's speed surged again, and he vanished into thin air in an instant.
Ah!?
Before Li Mo'an could react, the bald giant who had been a hundred meters away appeared in front of him. His right arm was broken, there was a deep wound on his left shoulder, and a giant sword was stuck in his abdomen.
But he was still laughing. Using the momentum of the impact, his battering ram-like shoulder slammed into the boy's chest, and blood gushed out with a cracking sound of bones breaking.
"Return!"
The Gravity Aura contracted, Li Mo'an was sucked back before he could even fly out. In the end, all that could be seen were his menacing white teeth and gaping maw.
Grass.
As Yuuki's eyes contracted, turning into a blood-red Yuki, he watched as the crazed Adam bit off Li Mo'an's neck. Without thinking, he quickly raised his knife.
Demon-Breaking Domain.
A giant plasma ball came hurtling towards him, first annihilating half of Li Mo'an's body, then landing in front of him. Veins bulged on his forehead as he used all his strength to deflect it away.
"Hayasaka, it's not time yet!"
Yuki growled, his eyes wide as he looked ahead and saw a humanoid creature.
Its mouth was full of blood, it had no right hand, a hole in its chest, and it was struggling to pull the giant sword from its abdomen with its trembling left hand. Its muscles and skin were covered with wounds, revealing large areas of metal skeleton.
Adam was like a campfire; adding fuel would only make it burn brighter. Yuki a bucket of hot oil on it, either burning everyone to death or extinguishing the fire.
It's faster and stronger, but it has a fatal weakness:
It has no regenerative capacity.
"Come on, let's fight to the death!" Adam was still laughing, as if he was enjoying the approaching atmosphere of death.
"Okay." Yuki nodded gently. This monster was close to its peak, but it was still incomplete.
This period of time was considered effective damage, but he still didn't believe it. He crushed his body into powder, and the monster could still fight.
Perhaps sensing the approach of the final battle, the city ruins fell into a deathly silence; no one dared to blink. Then, two figures vanished simultaneously from the ruins.
Whoosh—Bang!
The afterimages collided in the middle, creating a cloud of dust, which then dissipated and reappeared, blasting all the way from the street to the rooftop of a nearby building, before collapsing the building and returning to the center of the street.
Pale auras rose and fell, leaving no trace of the remaining corpses of passersby.
Adam transcended the Transcendental Grade and reached the realm of the [monster], almost overwhelming the opponent in speed and strength. However, due to his incomplete body, he could not fully unleash this overwhelming power.
Without a right hand and with his left arm restricted, most of his attacks come from his legs, which makes prediction easier, but Yuki is still struggling to breathe.
Clang!
A whip kick swept across, nearly knocking the long sword out of his hand, and cracking his forearm in the process.
This wasn't as dazzling as before, but the difference in strength was even greater. Even knowing he was about to kick, they couldn't block or dodge it.
'Wait a little longer, I can't stop him. If Hayasaka his shot, he won't survive three seconds.'
Yuki struggled to remain calm, using his acquired Demon Martial Arts to overcome brute force with skill.
Clatter.
The downward kick slammed Yuki into the ground cleanly and decisively. His damaged left arm came crashing down like a hammer, touching his hair in an instant. But Yuki took the initiative to lunge forward, grabbing Adam's supporting leg and lifting him up.
Combat Skill: Stormfall.
The exhaust plume left Adam's body, which had been lying on its back, suspended in mid-air, with his legs tucking together.
Even a Tank would be crushed into a pancake. The long sword that was slashing down didn't budge. Yuki decisively released the hilt of the sword, drew his Hunter's Blunderbuss, and pointed it at Adam's back, ignoring the hooked legs behind him.
Deer-Hunting Shells!
Adam was clearly faster. In that millisecond of time, he managed to lift his body up, allowing the powerful projectile to shatter the nozzle, while his hooked legs slammed into Yuki's back, instantly destroying three layers of defense.
Puff.
Yuki coughed up a mouthful of blood, staggering several meters away due to inertia. A crimson light flashed across his body, healing his shattered spine and torn internal organs.
"You're faster than me, but I'm tougher."
He no longer cared about energy; he stomped on the ground, cracked it, forced his way around, and fired his gun.
Bang.
Shotgun shells were essentially being used for free; the more lethal Deer-Hunting Shells flew from the muzzle, almost hitting Adam's forehead, but Adam turned his head at lightning speed, letting the bullet whistle past his ear.
No matter how thick your blood is, it will eventually burn out!
He raised his hand and threw a punch straight at the heart, but the pulling force from behind stopped his body in time. In that instant, Yuki had escaped the attack range.
A dark Tidal Vortex surged up, Adam was visibly taken aback, realizing he had underestimated the sniper.
He was already going faster than the speed of sound, yet he still managed to hit the target. This has nothing to do with skill; it's entirely a matter of causality.
'I can escape in 0.5 seconds.'
The Tidal Vortex couldn't hold him back at all, but even in that brief pause, a dazzling red light emanated from in front of him.
Yuki did not retreat far. Holding the sword with both hands, he stood straight, concentrating all his soul energy on the blade. When he slashed down, the blade light was as thin as a cicada's wing.
Demon Man Secret Technique: Dragon Slayer!
It was still the energy application he had 'learned' from Wu Raian. This strike was not dazzling, but the energy was more concentrated than ever before.
Adam raised his left hand to block, pulling himself out of the vortex at the same time. His left arm went numb, followed by pain from his left shoulder.
With perfect precision, it cut right into the previous slash mark, finally breaking through the steel-like bones and penetrating the chest cavity, severing the internal organs that still belonged to the 'human'.
Before Yuki could twist the hilt of his knife to widen the wound, Adam pounced on him. He was too fast, and Yuuki could only slightly turn to the side to avoid Adam's bite on his shoulder.
Click.
A piercing pain shot through him as the powerful bite force pulverized his bones. But that wasn't all; Adam shook his head wildly, like a lion tossing its prey back and forth.