Slaughter Path

Bai Yushan suddenly raised his head and let out a long roar.

The whistling sound pierced through the clouds and split rocks, causing the entire pure white space to buzz.

"Cold Blade Holding Light in the night, tempered by stars; a lone city's crumbling corner, its voice echoing through the clouds!"

"Blood-soaked battle robes, the stench still lingering; bones supporting the precarious banner, the shadow never still!"

"The Wind Whittles the Broken Halberd, making a thousand mountains seem low; ghosts wail in the desolate wilderness, an eternal gloom!"

"Do not ask where Yama keeps his register--"

As the last sentence fell, black and red lightning surged around him, and his killing intent almost solidified.

"This body is now a soul-binding nail!"

The Slaughter Path, in its initial stages!

The image's pupils contracted sharply as it sensed a deadly threat. Without thinking, it retreated hastily, simultaneously conjuring lightning with both hands.

Thunder Pressure Raging Waves

Dozens of blue-white lightning bolts descended from the sky, densely blocking all paths ahead. He needed to use the thunderstorm to create distance and regain his footing.

But Bai Yushan didn't give him a chance at all.

With a light touch of his foot, he moved like Gui Mei through the lightning curtain, his entire body enveloped in black and red lightning, so that even the falling lightning could not break through his lightning armor.

Lightning Escape: Lightning Armor

In just a few breaths, he rushed to the image.

He raised his right hand, his palm taut like a knife, black and red lightning condensed on the edge, thin as a cicada's wing, yet sharp enough to cut through space.

Cold Blade Holding Light!

The palm blade slashed out diagonally, without any fancy moves, just fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Yingxiang quickly raised his hand to block, and a blue-white electric current condensed into a shield on his arm.

laugh--

Like slicing through tofu, the palm blade sliced through the lightning shield without any resistance, and then smoothly cut into the image's forearm.

Blood gushed out; the forearm was nearly severed, with stark white bone fragments exposed—a horrifying sight.

Yingxiang screamed and punched Bai Yushan's head with his other hand.

Bai Yushan tilted his head to avoid the punch, and then immediately followed up with a powerful left punch. Black and red lightning twisted into a spiral on his fist, carrying a ferocious force that could tear everything apart.

Shattered Horn, Scattered Clouds!

Bang--

A punch landed squarely on Yingxiang's chest.

After a dull bang, a large section of Yingxiang's chest caved in, all his ribs shattered, and he flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

Before he even landed, Bai Yushan had already caught up with him.

His body leaped into the air, his right leg taut like a halberd, black and red lightning spreading along his leg bone, its sharp energy piercing straight at the face.

Wind Whittles the Broken Halberd

With the force of the fall, a leg swept hard towards Yingxiang's waist and abdomen.

Click--

His lumbar spine snapped instantly, and his body bent at an unnatural angle. The kick swept him off his feet and slammed him hard into the ground.

Boom!

The ground was smashed into a huge crater, and debris flew everywhere.

The image lay at the bottom of the pit, most of its bones shattered, the blue-white current flickering, its regeneration speed having slowed considerably.

He struggled to get up, but the shadow overhead had completely enveloped him.

Bai Yushan hung high in the sky, its body surrounded by surging black and red lightning, its Haki and electric current completely integrated.

He was like a giant nail encased in lightning, head down and feet up, with all his power concentrated in one point.

The space itself seemed to collapse slightly under the pressure of this force, and even the light was distorted.

"My final move: sending you on your way."

Bai Yushan's voice was deep and filled with boundless killing intent.

Body Becomes a Soul Nail

As soon as he finished speaking, he transformed into a streak of black and red light, carrying an unstoppable and invincible momentum, and crashed heavily into the bottom of the pit.

Boom--!!!

A deafening roar, like the sky collapsing and the earth splitting apart, erupted.

The entire pure white space trembled violently, as if it were about to shatter completely.

Centered on the point of impact, countless bottomless cracks spread in all directions, and black and red lightning pillars shot into the sky, dyeing the entire world a dark blood color.

A violent Impact swept in all directions, causing space to crack and slowly heal wherever it passed.

The image at the bottom of the pit didn't even have time to scream before it was crushed into the finest mist of blood by this attack.

Bones, meridians, Soul Power, and electricity were all crushed into dust.

The blood mist had barely dispersed when it tried to regenerate.

This time, however, the black and red lightning coiled around it, carrying an extremely domineering will, repeatedly burning and obliterating every grain of flesh and every strand of electricity.

Once, twice, three times...

No matter how many times the image tried to be reborn, it was instantly crushed into nothingness by the thunder.

The blue-white light grew fainter and weaker.

"No... it's impossible..."

The last vestige of consciousness struggled within the blood mist, filled with disbelief and resentment, "Electric Current Push is the right path... How could you...?"

"Right way?"

Bai Yushan landed at the edge of the pit, his eyes lowered, his tone calm yet carrying an undeniable domineering authority, "I said, my path is the righteous one."

"You're nothing but a shadow of my past, how dare you discuss right and wrong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked a wisp of black and red lightning from his fingertip.

puff--

The last glimmer of blue-white light was completely extinguished, and the consciousness of the image was utterly obliterated, never to be reconstituted.

In the pure white space, only the crackling of black and red electric arcs remained, along with the lingering smell of blood and the aura of slaughter in the air.

As the image completely dissipated, a pure and powerful force of will slowly surged forth and merged into Bai Yushan's sea of consciousness.

That was the culmination of his life's experiences, and also a part of his own will.

Bai Yushan closed his eyes, quietly absorbing this power.

His Haki was no longer an occasional, baseless fire, but rather, like Electric Current Push, it had taken firm root in his will.

Although it's not yet as easy to control as an arm, it can already be activated at will, perfectly integrated with the Electric Current Push.

The voltage inside his body also rose another notch, settling steadily at 290,000 volts.

We're one step closer to the threshold of Magnetic Field Rotation.

Buzz--

Ripples began to spread across the pure white space, slowly fading and dissipating like water ripples.

The trial is over.

The next second, Bai Yushan suddenly opened his eyes.

The familiar dormitory ceiling came into view, and moonlight streamed in through the window, casting a layer of silver frost on the floor.

He stood in the center of the living room, the black and red lightning around him slowly receding into his body, his fingertips still feeling a slight numbness from the battle.

The sharpness of the palm strike, the explosive power of the fist, the ferocity of the leg techniques, and the domineering nature of the soul nail are deeply imprinted in muscle memory, indelible.

Within the sea of consciousness, the Haki firmly occupies a position, standing in a tripartite balance with the Soul Power and the Electric Current Push, yet they are also intertwined.

Feeling the surging power within him, Bai Yushan could no longer contain himself and burst into loud laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

The laughter was wild and unrestrained, carrying an overwhelming domineering force, soaring straight into the sky through the window.

The next second, his Conqueror's Haki poured out without restraint, sweeping across most of the Eastsea Academy into the night.

Without warning, thunder rumbled across the sky, and thick, dark clouds surged in from all directions, instantly obscuring the stars and moon. Silver lightning bolts darted and tumbled through the clouds, and the continuous crackling of thunder illuminated the entire Eastsea Academy in a flickering light.

In the dormitory building, the students who had just fallen asleep were suddenly awakened by the thunder. Before they could react to what was happening, an extremely heavy and oppressive force of will pressed down on them.