Blood Manipulation: Maximum Technique-Blood Deception!
The moment Shinji unleashed the move, the bald, four-eyed cursed spirit froze in place, his expression twisting into something bizarre and agonized.
A closer look would have revealed that the Blood Blade the bald, four-eyed cursed spirit had pulled out and thrown away earlier... was nothing but an empty shell!
The blood circulating rapidly inside it had already slipped unnoticed through the wound into his body under Shinji's control, lying dormant there.
When Shinji activated [Blood Manipulation: Maximum Technique-Blood Deception], that blood instantly awakened, releasing a special energy fluctuation and displaying extreme aggression!
This energy fluctuation had no offensive or destructive power whatsoever.
But it provided a perfect disguise, deceiving every immune mechanism within the cursed spirit's body.
What followed was a vicious, one-sided "massacre"!
The blood Shinji had left inside the cursed spirit began destroying red blood cells in a frenzy.
Before long, the bald, four-eyed cursed spirit began suffering an extremely severe hemolytic reaction.
Before Shinji had transmigrated, anyone with a little common sense knew that blood transfusions had to use matching blood types, or a hemolytic reaction could easily occur. (Special cases were exceptions-no need to argue about type O blood and the like.)
A hemolytic reaction was essentially the destruction of red blood cell membranes, the formation of numerous small holes in them, or extreme stretching that caused hemoglobin to leak out of the red blood cells. (Taken from Baidu Baike; no need to nitpick.)
In severe cases, this could cause shock, acute kidney failure, and a whole host of other terrifying symptoms.
Even if some of those symptoms did not apply to a peculiar organism like a cursed spirit, it was still the equivalent of inflicting more than a dozen debuffs on him!
Especially since the destruction inside his body was still ongoing!
The bald, four-eyed cursed spirit suddenly staggered, dropped to his knees, and braced himself with his hands, opening his mouth to cough up horrifying purple blood nonstop.
Worse still, some of it had turned black and congealed into clumps.
The bald, four-eyed cursed spirit tried healing himself with cursed energy, and it did work.
But even worse damage immediately followed inside his body.
Unless he expelled that terrifying blood originating from Shinji, the outcome would remain the same no matter how many times he healed himself.
However, because the bald, four-eyed cursed spirit's body had been deceived...
He could not detect the root cause at all.
Without knowing the problem lay in the blood inside his own body, he naturally had no way to address it directly.
It seemed to have become an endless loop.
Crack...
While the bald, four-eyed cursed spirit struggled, Shinji had already picked up the Kubikiribōchō again and walked over to him.
"Although I could kill you right now, I always keep my promises."
"So until you've been chopped into eighteen neat pieces... don't you dare die."
The bald, four-eyed cursed spirit suddenly lunged. Although he had not figured out what was wrong with his body, the source of the problem had to be this man.
So all he had to do was kill him, and everything would be solved!
The bald, four-eyed cursed spirit's reasoning was not wrong, but his body had deteriorated far too much, in both speed and strength.
Slash!
Two hands spun through the air and landed on the ground nearby.
"Two!"
After uttering that inexplicable number, Shinji swung again.
This time, two feet were left behind.
"Four!"
Another slash!
Two thick, deathly pale arms went flying as well.
"Six!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Shinji wielded the Kubikiribōchō like a master butcher carving up an ox, dismantling the cursed spirit before him.
After every slash, he called out a number, right up to the end. Silver light flashed, the blade striking terror into the soul!
Thud!
As the Kubikiribōchō touched the ground again, the motionless bald, four-eyed cursed spirit suddenly collapsed like a pile of building blocks!
"Eighteen!"
He carefully counted them once more. That was right.
Exactly eighteen pieces, all neatly cut!
Blood continued pouring out, forming an extraordinarily long skewer that threaded through each piece on the ground like candied hawthorn fruit.
Only after finishing all this did he return to the floor above, carrying the "meat skewer" in one hand and shouldering the Kubikiribōchō with the other.
Although most of the floor above had been destroyed, Hidan had been rather lucky. His "wall mural" had escaped the damage.
Seeing Shinji return in tattered clothes, covered in wounds and holding a "giant meat skewer," Hidan somehow felt relieved.
Of course, he refused to admit that he had been worrying about the bastard all along.
He had only shown a little concern because whether Shinji won or lost determined whether he could leave this place alive.
After all, compared with that four-eyed freak, the bastard Shinji was probably just a tiny bit better-really, only the tiniest pinch.
Hidan, who was absolutely not happy at all, immediately started shouting. "Hahaha, you really killed the bastard! I knew you could win... bah! I mean, if he hadn't ambushed me and stolen my weapon, the great Hidan could've handled him alone. You wouldn't even have gotten a turn!"
Shinji merely offered a flat, one-word response.
"Idiot."
"Hey! That's the second time you've called me an idiot today. Don't think I didn't hear you! Hurry up and get me down, or I'll cut you up, you bastard!"
With his body chopped into pieces and his head embedded in the wall, Hidan could do nothing but rage helplessly.
Shinji ignored him, intending to eliminate the threat completely first.
Although this [special grade cursed spirit] appeared entirely motionless, that was actually because he had been hit by Shinji's [Blood Deception], which was continuously draining his cursed energy.
If Shinji left him alone, the moment the blood remaining inside him lost its activity, the bald, four-eyed cursed spirit would immediately heal and regenerate, returning to his original state.
So to exorcise him completely, Shinji had to act quickly and finish him while he was vulnerable!
Since his audience was already in place, Shinji delayed no longer. His earlier wound split open again, and blood gushed out.
Repeatedly using up the blood in his body had also made his face increasingly pale.
Fortunately, he often drained his own blood in his spare time and stored it for emergencies. With the confidence his immortality gave him, he did not mind even this excessive blood loss.
If he had anticipated so much happening before setting out, he would certainly have brought more blood bags. Regretting it now was pointless; he could only take it as a lesson learned.
"Blood Manipulation-Extreme Star Rockfall!"
Globes of blood precisely enveloped each piece on the ground before rising into the air.
Then, a moment later, every globe transformed into a vicious, terrifying spiked ball!
Countless sharp spikes riddled the chunks of flesh inside with holes.
Then the spiked balls began collapsing inward, shrinking and gradually changing from liquid to solid.
Until finally...
With a bang, they exploded into powder that filled the air!
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