Chapter 143

Feliagani had never expected that someone could hide right under his nose and launch such a swift strike at him within the Barrier. Thus, when Jia Ji leaped up, the expression on his face was still fixed in a sneer.

The muscles and bones all over his body crackled and popped. Instantly, Jia Ji's entire frame expanded by a circle, his short, coarse black hair stood up like needles, and his purple-blue veins and tendons bulged out, pulsing with peerless power as he delivered this fierce "yoooo" strike to the target.

Accompanied by an incredibly harsh scraping sound!

"Guwa!"

As a one-hit-kill ultimate Super Beidou Shenquan!

"Washoiiiiiiii!"

It hit the face perfectly, bearing the full force of the impact!

"Recite a haiku, Feliagani-san!"

He had thought about resisting.

But how could Jia Ji's power be compared to that of an ordinary Flame Haze? Even the preparation and thought of defending or fleeing vanished into smoke within this single punch.

He flew into the air.

The surging, overwhelming fist power directly caused his high-and-mighty expression to cave in and deform. Cracks spread across his skull, and from the gaps, one could see a lethal blue light.

A visible shockwave and tremor spread in all directions. The terrifying physical kinetic energy of the hard fist smashed into his head, carrying countless air currents and the Denizen of the Crimson Realm's body as it punched through the ceiling in one blow.

Dust filled the air, and air currents swirled back and forth, blowing several innocent students along with surrounding debris against the walls. Dull and crisp sounds rang out incessantly.

If this blow had landed on an ordinary person, it would have at least turned them into a headless corpse on the spot; the skull would be shattered, and the brain and flesh would have turned into a puddle of mud splattered everywhere—dead as dead could be.

But this was, after all, a Denizen of the Crimson Realm; for them, a so-called body was nothing more than Power of Existence.

While simple physical attacks could be effective, as long as there was a large amount of Power of Existence, they could recover to their original state in the form of flames at a speed comparable to cellular reorganization. Even if he were blown to pieces, it wouldn't necessarily kill him, and the so-called Crimson Realm Demon Kings were the best among them...

But!

Jia Ji had mixed Dou Qi into his fist. The surging blue light, a heterogeneous power that did not exist in this world, was, in its own way, a special attack against a body constructed of Power of Existence.

Tough! Invincible! Strongest!

——Secret Killing Technique: "Super Beidou Face-Breaking Fist"!

The surging Dou Qi turned into a tidal wave, attacking the lethal secret acupoints. Although these acupoints only belonged to humans, what mattered wasn't the acupoints, but the Dou Qi!

As long as the Dou Qi was injected, shattering the opponent's body, how could he survive under the double attack that was like a cannonball strike? How could he possibly survive?

"Sayonara!"

His handsome head looked as if something had been stuffed inside, suddenly growing several times larger...

Like the explosion and scattering at the end of a Sentai team's roll call!

"Master!"

With a cry of alarm, Marianne finally reacted: her creator and lover had been blown into fireworks by a vicious madman who had popped out of nowhere.

"I won't forgive you!!!"

Screaming wildly like this, the Rinne, who would completely vanish shortly after the death of her master, was driven by a strong desire for revenge. Filled with rage, she charged toward Jia Ji, prepared to drag him down with her in a suicide blast!

Swish——!

In the very next second, a glowing, crimson blade pierced through Marianne's chest.

The fiercely burning red lotus flames spread from the tip of the blade to the doll's entire body, incinerating her completely in the blink of an eye and turning her into a mass of nothingness that vanished from the world.

It was Xia Na!

She had seized the opening when Jia Ji jumped up and killed the final hidden threat in one stroke.

"Nice sneak attack! You already have thirty percent of my power!"

Jia Ji clapped his hands, not sparing his praise.

And the ordinary teenager Yuji, who lacked the dynamic vision of a Flame Haze, had only just reacted to what had happened. The Crimson Realm Demon King who had been acting so arrogantly before them had actually been finished off in a single encounter?

He turned his head to look at Jia Ji, who was retracting his aura. His messy black hair and rugged face were exposed, and combined with that mouthful of white, healthy teeth, he gave off a fierce, beast-like pressure. Even his smile made one's hair stand on end, leaving one with a sense of dread.

(Is this his true face... and I have to undergo training under someone like this...?)

The anxiety filling his heart made the boy shiver uncontrollably.

"It was not a sneak attack!"

As everyone knows, one can perform a sneak attack before a greeting! But this was an attack launched after the greeting! Therefore, it was not a sneak attack!

Xia Na sheathed her katana back into her coat and couldn't help but stomp on the floor. Without a doubt, although the battle against the Denizen of the Crimson Realm was a victory, for her, it was a failure.

"Don't worry about that, let's divide the equipment first."

Calling Xia Na and Yuji over, Jia Ji beamed with joy as he picked up the various treasures that had dropped.

It wasn't that Feliagani was weak; he had simply encountered someone unexpected who was particularly effective at countering him.

The "Devouring City" he initiated—a large-scale Barrier that turned everyone in the entire city into Power of Existence—was undoubtedly far above Jia Ji if one were to compare "boxes."

It was just that as the caster, Feliagani's entire set of treasures was specialized against Flame Hazes. He never expected someone to play completely outside the rules, giving him a solid hit of the Crimson Realm Explosion Fist, turning him into a "glass cannon" with high offense but low defense, and causing him to collapse on the spot.

"The first item, 'Bubble Chain'—it looks like a gold coin, but the afterimage when throwing the coin can turn into a chain that can bind and destroy weapons. It can't be cut no matter what; people call it the 'Little Chain of Heaven.' Yuji, you take it first."

"The second item is a deck of playing cards... hmm, I feel like I can use them to cosplay Hisoka. Just stuff them into the storage coat."

"The third item is handcuffs that can seal a Flame Haze's abilities? Uh, do we really need to play it this fancy?"

A whole mess of things, but the most powerful ones were the pistol-type treasure "Happiness Trigger," which was specifically for dealing with Flame Hazes—the vessel of a Flame Haze hit by it would explode, a one-hit kill—and a ring whose special effect was fire-repelling, capable of defending against no matter how powerful a flame attack as long as the Barrier was opened...?!

"This is good, this is good! From now on, don't call this ring 'Azure,' call it 'Favor'."

Feliagani was truly a treasure trove; killing him was more cost-effective than killing ten Denizens of the Crimson Realm.

After the loot was divided and Sakai Yuji was armed to the teeth, his safety factor was greatly improved.

Jia Ji turned his attention to Xia Na. Seeming to sense the intense unwillingness in her heart, he smiled slightly at the young girl.

"Don't be discouraged, I have one more trump card here that is quite suitable for you."

"What is it?"

"Nanto Phoenix Fist—Phoenix Destruction Sky!"

(End of chapter)