Starting at the hilt, that exceedingly deep, dark blue instantly covered the entire blade. Then streams of silver-blue light appeared across its surface! They coursed and flickered along the edge like breaths, as though the massive blade had been clad in a miniature layer of Arcana Armor, magnificent and terrifying in the extreme.
There were no fancy movements.
Holding the sword in just one hand, Rokuya casually swept it upward at the vortex of red spider threads crashing down from above and the stunned Rui behind it.
The instant he swung, the system's cold voice rang out in Rokuya's mind.
[Single enemy target detected and locked within field of vision/attack range.] [Passive skill "Single-Target Critical Strike Rule" activated.] [Damage forcibly increased by 50%, ignoring all of the target's defenses!]
BOOOOM-!!!!!!
A terrifying crescent of sword light, threaded with silver-blue lightning, erupted upward as though cleaving heaven and earth apart!
Time seemed to slow.
Before that silver-blue sword light, Rui's proud, indestructible, most powerful Blood Demon Art, "Thread Rotation," offered not the slightest resistance, like butter before a hot knife. It was instantly cut in two, disintegrating completely into points of light that filled the air!
But it did not end there!
After shredding the Blood Demon Art, the sword light swept through Rui's body at a speed that left no time to react.
"No... that's impossible... what is this power..."
Rui's eye bearing the inscription "Lower Rank Five" flew wide, filled with utter terror and incomprehensible despair. He did not even have a chance to scream.
Shhk!
From his lower body all the way to the crown of his head, Rui's body, along with the woods behind him and even a small hill in the distance, was cleaved cleanly and perfectly in two by that single stroke!
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