After the Upper Rank Demon facing him entered his four-in-one state.
His strength, speed, and use of Blood Demon Arts all improved by a visibly enormous margin.
It was roughly like suddenly evolving from a Vegetable Man into a Saiyan.
Just moments ago, Xia Xi could still easily blast his demonic body apart.
Now, even breaking through those wooden dragons' defenses took a little effort.
Yes, just a tiny bit.
Zohakuten beat the drums on his back, and the wooden dragons wheeled and danced in response.
Every collision sent a tremendous crash and shock wave through the woods.
Those wooden dragons' size and density were nothing ordinary trees could compare to.
They were about six or seven stories tall, each as tough as if it had been wrapped in steel reinforcement.
And there were quite a few of them-nearly ten dragons.
Even just swinging them around and smashing them down could probably demolish a street in a dozen seconds or so.
Never mind that these wooden dragons could also lash about like whips at high speed, or even launch Blood Demon Art attacks.
In his past battles.
Once he entered his Zohakuten form, Hantengu had basically never encountered an evenly matched opponent.
Eight enormous dragons automatically sought enemies, attacked, and defended over a wide area.
With his Blood Demon Art handling the fighting, he only needed to fold his arms and pose in the middle.
Even if the enemy was a little stronger.
He merely had to add a couple of drumbeats.
Switching the automated attacks to precise manual control.
Never mind the human "Hashira."
Even the Upper and Lower Ranks who had risen through Rank Replacement Blood Battles in the past could not withstand his relentless onslaught.
But this time, things were completely different.
The human swordsman facing him