The jellyfish shikigami's sharp spikes pierced Kamo Xu's body without resistance-his legs, waist, abdomen, chest, one shoulder, and both arms.
One even drove deep into his neck. Fortunately, his hand had blocked its path and been pierced first, or it probably would have been game over on the spot.
Normally, Kamo Xu could certainly have dodged an attack from a rookie brat like this.
But now, Kamo Xu was in almost the worst condition imaginable. This was his first time using False Sun God Slayer to help pump his blood, and he needed considerable time to adjust to its side effects before he could truly fight.
Five minutes. Five whole minutes. The total distance he had run through this city was almost enough to circle its outskirts twice.
To avoid wrecking the streets and randomly running over a few lucky spectators, he had stayed utterly focused the entire time, releasing cursed energy to sense cursed spirits while reinforcing his flesh with cursed energy to keep his body from exploding, all while enduring the things parasitizing his body as they fed on him.
After leaving the sewers, he had hastily activated [Modified Flowing Red Scale], manipulating the blood inside him to forcibly push himself into running at subsonic speed, then sprinted a long distance for a full five minutes...
That reckless behavior had already drained his stamina to an appalling degree. If he had not replenished his cursed energy by munching on a few reasonably powerful cursed spirits along the way, he would have crashed headfirst through several walls and quietly fallen asleep in the rubble long ago.
Besides... something had already gone wrong with his body.
The instant he saw Junpei Yoshino attack, his brain, its processing enhanced, immediately issued the command to dodge. But at that very moment...
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