Now, I'm the Boss

"After all the Seven Kill Lamps light up, you can choose not to release Cloak-Breaking Strike immediately, and the vengeful souls imprisoned inside will be retained, but the duration of the retention is currently unknown..."

"In addition, at most seven vengeful souls will be retained in the blade at a time, and anyone killed after that will not trigger the Soul Imprisonment effect. In other words, if you want to imprison someone's soul, you must ensure that there is still space in the Seven Kill Lamps and that they are not full."

"Enemies killed by releasing Cloak-Breaking Strike will not trigger the Soul Imprisonment effect either. It is deduced that during the release of Cloak-Breaking Strike, it is in a state of energy leakage, and you have to wait until it is completely finished before you can continue to imprison new vengeful souls. Of course, the possibility that that single strike also slaughters the enemy's soul together cannot be ruled out..."

"I've chopped off so many weapons just now, and a few times I noticed that the blade showed slight damage, but as the blood on the body of the blade was absorbed, it auto-healed and regenerated at an almost visible speed."

"It seems that after completing the cursed-tool transformation, the original regeneration ability of the Kubikiribōchō has also been enhanced to a certain extent."

"It's just that the problem of insufficient strength hasn't been solved yet. If you encounter some powerful guys, it's very normal for the Kubikiribōchō to be snapped, but for now, it's enough."

Shinji was thinking about the pros and cons of the weapon in his hand, summarizing experience based on the previous test-cutting situation, and unconsciously returned to the vicinity of the sedan that had been besieged earlier.

Clang!

Looking at the man carrying the giant blade and acting like a demon god walking over step by step, the surviving guards nervously drew their weapons.

It wasn't that they wanted to return kindness with enmity, but the pressure they were facing was too great, and they could only use this method to give themselves a little sense of security.

But right at that moment, a soft and sweet voice came from inside the sedan.

"Put away your weapons, everyone. Facing each other with swords and blades-is this the way to treat a savior?"

The guards looked at each other in dismay, and finally gritted their teeth and put all their weapons back.

One reason was the princess's order, and the second was that they had figured it out by now: with the other party's incomparably powerful strength, even if they all took out their weapons and added them together, it wouldn't be enough for that giant blade of the other party to kill!

At this moment, Shinji also happened to stop, and looked toward the sedan with quite a bit of surprise.

He had been thinking whether he should just kill this group of people along the way and save the trouble.

After all, since they dared to brandish weapons at him, it could basically be determined that they were enemies.

He just didn't expect the person sitting inside the sedan to speak up suddenly, which made the excuse he had thought of earlier unusable.

He just didn't know whether the other party realized that he had murderous intent or if it was purely a coincidence.

Just as Shinji was considering whether to kill or leave, the voice inside the sedan rang out again.

"Thank you for your life-saving grace, Your Excellency. To repay this kindness, it should be rewarded with a generous gift. It's just that this trip was hurried and nothing was prepared. If benefactor likes anything, you may take it all. If you can leave an address, this humble maiden will surely send someone to deliver a thank-you gift later to fulfill this kindness."

Seeing that Shinji didn't answer, the person inside had no choice but to say: "If Your Excellency has any demands, you can bring them up together; this humble maiden will do her utmost."

"Tsk tsk~"

Shinji smacked his lips twice, glanced at the Seven Kill Lamps that were now fully lit on the Kubikiribōchō, and after thinking about it, he slung it back onto his back and secured it.

"The ones you should thank are not me, but these corpses."

Saying this with a profound meaning, Shinji turned and left.

Considering that this test-cutting went very smoothly, he would let them off the hook.

After Shinji's figure disappeared from sight, many guards immediately went weak at the knees, collapsed to the ground, and breathed heavily...

However, right now, the air was filled with a rich bloody stench everywhere, causing some people's complexions to change abruptly as they began to retch.

Inside the dainty boudoir sedan,

an elegant young maiden in her early youth also let out a long breath at this moment, though her heartbeat was still frighteningly fast. Even though she had never left the boudoir sedan during the entire process, she had seen everything that happened outside clearly through the window.

This included the mysterious and terrifying man slaughtering all the bandits as if butchering chickens and dogs, and also that inadvertent gaze-like looking at dead people-when the guards couldn't help drawing their weapons afterward!

It was also at that very moment that she figured out the other party was not a heroic knight who came specially to save her.

That man... had just come over to kill people for test-cutting!

And for killing to test a blade, one could use bandits, and naturally could also use guards, or even... a princess.

A single blade down, and there would be no difference whatsoever!

So at that moment, she finally couldn't help issuing an order, telling the guards to put away their weapons.

Then she used material temptations, hoping the other party would take things and spare them.

It was just that the other party remained unmoved the whole time, which almost drove her to despair at one point.

To tell the truth, even earlier when she encountered bandits and the guards were no match, she hadn't regarded it as a desperate situation, but at that moment, she really almost despaired.

However, the heavens still favored her in the end.

It wasn't clear whether a few words of hers played a role, or if that man wasn't as terrifying as she thought.

In short, that man left, and she survived.

"The ones you should thank are not me, but these corpses... What on earth does this sentence mean?" The princess muttered to herself, and suddenly her complexion turned pale.

She was even more certain now that she had indeed walked past the gates of hell just a moment ago.

"Is it because the number of those bandits was enough to let him finish test-cutting, that he didn't kill anyone else..."

The princess was very smart, and quickly thought of the crucial point.

If the number of those bandits had been even a little fewer...

The princess couldn't help shivering, feeling a bit chilled to the bone.

The terrifying man who resembled a demon god had already been deeply branded in her mind.

On the other side, when Shinji came back, Hidan merely glanced at the blood splattered on his clothes and roughly knew what had happened in his heart, but still couldn't help asking: "Why so slow? If I'd known you were also this dilatory about killing a few people, you might as well have let me go."

"You? Wait until you can beat me before you say that kind of talk. I'll do whatever you say by then."

"Fine, it's a deal! You just wait, this lord will do you in sooner or later. By then, I'll make you kneel at my feet and kowtow to beg-ah!"

Retracting his fist, Shinji wore a terrifying smile on his face. "You don't need to say out loud this kind of heartfelt thought. Besides, you seem to have forgotten one problem..."

"Now, I'm the boss!"

Take that!

As the saying goes, spare the rod and spoil the child.

Seeing that this brat Hidan was starting to get full of himself again, Shinji had no choice but to work hard and teach him how to behave.

Thus, a thorough beating left him feeling refreshed and in high spirits!