Gratitude flashed in Tamayo's eyes. "Thank you so much for your trust, Mr. Rokuya. I promise I will never use your blood for anything dangerous."
After having his blood drawn, Rokuya left the Clinic under Yushiro's thief-watching gaze and disappeared once more into the night of Tokyo Prefecture.
Time flowed like water, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Over that month, Rokuya roamed the darkness of Tokyo Prefecture and its surroundings like a tireless reaper. Using the radar on his system panel, he pinpointed and eradicated one deeply hidden Demon stronghold after another. Whether ordinary man-eating demons or Special Ability Demons with rudimentary Blood Demon Arts, none had any room to resist the absolute violence of the Shura Greatblade.
The system's Gratitude Points steadily increased at a terrifying rate.
During this process, Rokuya also noticed changes within his body. As his attributes continued to climb, he felt some older, more sacred power awakening in the depths of the system.
[Ding! Accumulated Gratitude Points have reached the threshold.] [The requirement of having received gratitude transcending life and death has also been met.] [System notification: access to the Arcana Armor's advanced form-the "Dawn Guardian" skin-has been partially unlocked.] [Note: because the host's constitution has not fully adapted to the sacred attribute, and the ultimate has not been fully unlocked, "Invincible Might" can only exert 30% of its effectiveness. Forcing its activation will cause a degree of backlash.]
Watching the blue screen flicker across his retinas, Rokuya's lips curved in satisfaction. Although his ultimate had not been fully unlocked, this infusion of new power gave him greater confidence in dealing with any unexpected situation.
But if he could help it, Rokuya never wanted to receive that gratitude transcending life and death again.
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