Who Was the Real Demon?
Dojigiri Ezel was panting heavily, his cheek pressed firmly against the hard ground, but the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up.
It could sense that the human standing beneath its feet had somehow drifted off into a daze.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
Dojigiri Ezel pressed himself against the ground, his four slightly convulsing arms suddenly spreading out, dark Curse Power flowing through his body and instantly enveloping his four arms.
It wants this human to die, to die without leaving a trace!
"The Five Great Swords of the World: Juzumaru!"
A blindingly bright bluish-white light flashed, transforming into a slash several times more powerful than Onimaru, one of the Five Great Swords of the World, which crashed down on Hughes's body.
"Bang!"
It hit! The human on his back was struck! Dojigiri Ezel excitedly swung his eight legs, desperately trying to distance himself from Hughes.
"Humans, this is what happens when you anger the demons of the Book of Zeref!" said Dojigiri Ezel, who was now a great distance away from Hughes.
The surging Curse Power surged and condensed within its body, its terrifying power rising steadily, causing the entire Thunder Valley to seem to wail.
Suddenly, all of Dojigiri Ezel's terrifying magical Curse Power transferred to his four demonic arms, which were raised straight up.
"Demon Blade: Mikazuki!" Dojigiri Ezel roared.
Four demonic arms, resembling four giant swords, slashed down, unleashing four massive slashing waves that swept across the entire Thunder Valley.
"Bang!"
Thunder Valley fell silent instantly...
"Boom, boom!"
"Bang!"
After a few breaths of silence, Thunder Valley suddenly trembled, rocks tumbled down, and explosions rang out incessantly. The entire Thunder Valley was shattered into pieces by the furious cleavage of Dojigiri Ezel.
Unleashing his pent-up rage, Dojigiri Ezel let out two triumphant laughs.
Unfortunately, its laughter stopped abruptly before it could finish its third laugh. Its mouth remained open, but no sound came out, and it stared ahead with a terrified look in its eyes.
The sound of heavy footsteps came from the thick smoke and dust ahead. Hughes, who was in the thick smoke, waved his hand, creating a whooshing sound and blowing away the smoke in front of him.
"Oh my, that was terrifying! I almost died!" Hughes exclaimed, pinching two fingers together, without even getting a scratch.
I only glanced at the panel briefly, and it was a hair's breadth away from disaster. Ezel the Dojigiri is truly a "terrifying" presence!
Finally seeing Hughes's "true face," Dojigiri Ezel's horrified demonic eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed in shock, "It's you, Jose Bora, it's actually you!"
Hughes quickly shook his head and retorted, "I'm not Jose Bora of the ' Ten Wizard Saints,' just call me Jellal!"
As is widely known, Jellal is a reactionary to the demons of the Book of Zeref.
If you want to tease them or provoke them, just keep mentioning Jellal in your conversations.
The prerequisite is that you have to be strong enough...
Sure enough, as soon as Hughes finished uttering the name Zeref, Dojigiri Ezel spread out his four arms again and unleashed a "Five Great Swords of the World: Juzumaru" straight at Hughes's face.
Hughes secretly activated the Tekkai again, and with a flick of his arm, easily destroyed the four slashes that were only twenty or thirty centimeters away from him.
With a stomp of his feet on the ground, he vanished from sight, only to reappear with his hand already gripping the head of Dojigiri Ezel.
Hughes twisted his waist, his arm drawing a smooth semicircle in the air.
"Bang!"
As the Dojigiri Ezel spun along with Hughes's arm, he was once again pressed against the ground...
"Jose, I am a member of the Tartaros. Are you trying to start a war between our two guilds?"
"Oh, don't worry about that, I'll do it cleanly and won't leave any clues so that others will know that I killed you!" Hughes said casually, stepping on its head.
"Didn't you realize that I didn't even use magic? With your devilish mouth, who would believe you?"
After saying that, Hughes silently added in his mind, "If he could use Jose's Darkness Magic, see if he would give the Dojigiri Ezel a world-shaking experience, enhancing the authenticity of his identity as Jose."
Enraged by Hughes's shamelessness, Dojigiri Ezel slammed his head against the ground, instantly activating his Etherious True Form.
In an instant, Dojigiri Ezel's light blue skin turned pitch black, as if he had activated Armament Haki. His four arms transformed into four large, black swords, gleaming coldly.
Without uttering a single word, four jet-black broadswords slashed upwards, hurtling straight at Hughes's face amidst a whooshing sound.
Hughes sneered, opened his palm, and took the hit head-on.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
The moment the black broadsword made contact with Hughes's palm, it produced a clanging sound.
"Impossible, how can your body be so tough?" Dojigiri Ezel exclaimed in shock.
Having regained its Etherious Form, it is capable of cutting through anything. How could it possibly not sever Jose's body? Are all the Ten Wizard Saints this terrifying?
"Hard? It's normal for a man to be hard, but it's not good if he's soft, he needs to be treated!" Hughes said calmly, holding two large black swords in one hand.
"Come here, let me treat you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hughes suddenly exerted force on his wrist, his thick forearm veins bulging, and instantly cracks appeared on the four jet-black swords of Ezel Dojigiri, which were as hard as refined iron.
After two clicks...
Hughes now held four broken Black Blade in his hands. Knowing that littering was a bad habit, Hughes stabbed the broken knives in his hands into the back of Dojigiri Ezel.
"Pfft!" x4
This is called returning something to its rightful owner.
"Alright, stop howling. I have a question for you: where are the other members of the Nine Demon Gates?"
Dojigiri Ezel:...
What do you mean, "Stop howling"?
Do you know how painful it is to have all four arms broken?
That madman Jose even stuck its severed hand onto its back.
If we don't let it howl now, who is the real demon?
Damn it, I can't live anymore, I might as well just self-destruct!
Realizing there was no hope of escape, Dojigiri Ezel acted decisively, his demonic body suddenly expanding, filling the air with a terrifying aura.
It only knows a few moves, all of which Jose easily countered. Rather than staying here to suffer, it might as well self-destruct and return to the guild to be reborn.
But Hughes, who hadn't yet absorbed enough Devil Factor, wasn't about to let it go so easily.
Hughes pulled the four broken knives from its back and repositioned them.
"Pfft!" x4
Dojigiri 'Ezel self-destruction abruptly halted, and his swollen demonic body, like a deflated balloon, slowly returned to its original state.
Dojigiri Ezel: (▼皿▼#)
It vowed that as long as it existed, the Phantom Lord would never have a moment's peace.
[An increase in Devil Factor concentration detected around the host.]
[Absorbed a large amount of Devil Factor, Flame-Flame Devil Fruit Awakening level +0.5%, current Flame-Flame Devil Fruit Awakening level is 42% (Initial Awakening).]
The system notification continued to sound. Hughes glanced at the panel, then looked with a puzzled expression at the Dojigiri Ezel, who had completely given up struggling on the ground.
Um...
Is it because the numerous wounds on Dojigiri Ezel's body caused his Devil Origin to dissipate, resulting in an increase in the concentration of Devil Factor in the air?
Or is this thing seeking death, voluntarily releasing its Devil Origin?
Fine, whatever. The plan has already been accomplished. Once this guy is resurrected, he'll probably cause trouble for Jose from time to time.
Then I'll be able to easily find its location, catch it, and absorb its essence.
After thinking it over, Hughes pulled out the four broken knives from Dojigiri 'Ezel back and inserted them in a new position.