Chapter 369: The Devil's Contract

Cannot dodge, cannot block, cannot make physical contact...

The Sage stood where he was, patted the dust off his clothes, and smoothed his graying temples.

"You are probably the most powerful Second Tier Reincarnator I have ever met, Tao Baibai..."

He seemed to be recalling something, yet also felt a sense of boredom as if victory were already in his grasp.

Tao Baibai's speed, which was so fast it was impossible to capture with the naked eye and could almost weave back and forth within his Spirit field to tear through his physical defense, finally came to a standstill at this moment.

The Sage had previously said that he knew a thing or two about physical techniques; that was not some cold joke, but his habitual modesty.

In fact, his physical technique was quite good; he could use his Spirit to completely cover an area of nearly five thousand meters around his body, and within this distance, nothing could escape his perception.

Moreover, the Sage's Strength and Agility attributes also exceeded thirty points; it could be said that when an ordinary Second Tier physical-type Reincarnator fought him, he would not fall at a disadvantage.

It was just that Tao Baibai's speed and power were too exaggerated in his current state, to the point that he was knocked flying like a sandbag.

Bai Cangshu stood where he was, seemingly having lost the ability to resist.

The Sage simply extended his fist and walked toward him step by step.

Dodge the attack, and you will die.

Block the attack, and you will die.

Physical contact, and you will die.

Hum!

Golden Qi condensed at Bai Cangshu's fingertips in an instant; with Bai Cangshu in the active state of Omen of the Evil God, his fingers were wrapped in a scarlet phantom.

The golden Qi gathered violently, unexpectedly taking on a scarlet hue as well.

The terrifying momentum caused the Sage's Footwork to pause for an instant.

The surrounding air began to distort; even from hundreds of meters away, the Sage could still feel a burning pain appear on his chest.

That was the location locked onto by this attack.

The Sage sighed and shook his head, saying,

"Almost forgot, you also mastered this ability; it truly cannot be considered completely sealing off your attacks."

The next moment, the Sage continued walking toward Bai Cangshu, clearly not taking this kind of attack to heart.

In the distance, Short Hair and Luoka suddenly felt inexplicable terror in their hearts; they were not stupid, and in the battle just now, they had already realized that this 【Chaos Sage】 was indeed the kind of renowned Title-level Reincarnator in the space.

It looked like the scene was in Tao Baibai's favor, but in reality, Tao Baibai had already been forced to the brink of a desperate situation.

Merely by speaking, he could set a rule of certain death for the opponent; such a thing was simply inconceivable to Reincarnators like them who were in the First Tier or had just entered the Second Tier.

But at this moment, Tao Baibai's attack descended once again; who would be the next person to die as a substitute?!

"People of the Chaos Sage should all be dead, can he still transfer damage?!"

Lilith's voice was very soft; her throat had been pierced through, yet she still had not died. Tatsumaki, who had been extending both hands and using her Superpower to maintain Lilith's blood flow and breathing, frowned.

"Stop talking, we just need to wait here... wait for that person to rush back..."

Tatsumaki's expression was still a bit pale, but her condition could also be considered quite good.

She controlled Lilith to float up, and the few of them retreated further away; out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the city had been completely distorted, with half turned into a bizarre, curved shape, while the other half was almost completely crushed.

Tatsumaki had not expected that there truly existed an Ability User in the world who could rival her sister; there was simply no room for others to intervene in the slaughter between these two Monsters.

But regardless, she did not believe her sister would lose; in this world, the only person who could win against 【Tatsumaki of Terror】 was perhaps...

Tatsumaki's heart skipped a few beats as a scarlet light suddenly lit up from behind them.

Pfft!

In the atmosphere, a burnt smell instantly permeated.

The scarlet light, condensed to the extreme, pierced through the Sage's chest in an instant and took advantage of the momentum to shoot into the ground beneath.

Crack, crack...

The earth began to crack; the strike, which had shot into an unknown depth of the strata, quickly caused the land to begin collapsing and splitting.

Even subterranean fire began to ignite.

The Sage's body swayed twice, and then he fell.

Lilith was being controlled in the air by Tatsumaki's Psychokinesis to escape; she looked worriedly toward Tao Baibai's battlefield. Suddenly, she saw a familiar figure appear at the end of Tao Baibai's finger.

Luoka's face was full of disbelief, and a hole the size of a thumb had already appeared in his chest.

"No, no, no, no..."

Lilith looked behind her in despair, only to see Short Hair also frozen in place; Luoka, who should have been escaping with them, had disappeared at some unknown time.

"What kind of... ability is this..."

Short Hair's eyes revealed a look of despair.

Luoka could not possibly be one of the Chaos Sage's people, yet he was also transferred damage and died as a substitute?!

Then isn't this ability an invincible ability?!

As long as one is on a battlefield with more than just oneself, no matter how one kills, it will only cause others to die...

The Sage adjusted his black priest's robe with composure. He looked at Bai Cangshu and raised a finger again.

"Tao Baibai, in the following battle, if you use the same ability again, you will explode and die."

The Sage gave a constraint once more.

But Bai Cangshu suddenly let out a sneer.

Bang!

The sound of the ground shattering rang out; the Sage's brow furrowed, as he had already been pierced through the chest by a fist.

Pfft!

That fist directly penetrated the Sage's body, lifting him up from the ground.

The Sage frowned, looking at Bai Cangshu as his expression became strange.

"Tao Baibai... you guy, do you really have no sanity?!"

Bai Cangshu gave a casual flick.

Pfft!

The corpse was torn to pieces.

Bai Cangshu did not bother to pay attention to who exactly had died, and once again stepped forward toward the Sage.

Thump, thump, thump.

The momentum was the exact opposite of just a moment ago; instead, it was the Sage who stood rooted to the spot.

"You wasted an opportunity, Sage..."

Tao Baibai's words caused the Sage's composed expression to change for the first time, and at the same time, an intense killing intent became difficult to suppress.

This guy... actually managed to grasp a trace of the truth behind his ability?!

Bai Cangshu instantly sensed the change in the Sage's emotions; that momentary hesitation allowed him to find a flaw, his eyes narrowed, and while marking the opponent with Arrogant Sight, he launched an active assault.

Bang!

The Sage retreated two steps, repelled by the invisible attack, and then a second time, a third time...

Attack after attack forced the Sage to continuously retreat.

Bai Cangshu continued to speak.

"I guess your ability is probably that every time I attack you, or we engage in an act of mutual attack, you can set a restriction on me."

"But that restriction isn't as invincible as imagined, otherwise you could have directly set it so that I would die after your next strike."

Bai Cangshu continued forward, the scarlet luster in his eyes like the gaze of a true Omen of the Evil God, discerning everything.

He held up a finger, his movement almost exactly the same as the Sage's before.

"So the restrictions you set the first and second time were both to ensure I would continue to engage in acts of mutual attack with you."

"But the third time, you set it so that I would die upon touching your body; this restriction effect is so powerful compared to the previous ones that it doesn't seem like the same ability, and it also contradicts the previous rule of the restriction wanting me to attack you..."

The Sage looked at this beast-like creature, who was actually peeling back and analyzing his abilities one by one; the corners of his mouth curled up in a mocking smile.

"So, you trust your judgment that much?"

"If you guessed wrong, you would have already died the moment you attacked me just now."

"And believe me, even with Immortality, you wouldn't be able to exempt yourself many times..."

Bai Cangshu arrived in front of him again, grabbed the Sage's head, and squeezed hard.

Pfft!

"I will not be wrong, nor will I lose."

Bai Cangshu threw away the corpse in his hand; judging by the appearance, it seemed to be that companion of Xiluo from before, a fat man who excelled at shooting?

He shook his head indifferently and tossed the corpse aside.

Through the probing just now, he also learned a piece of bad news.

The number of the Sage's substitute bodies was likely far beyond his imagination.

To the extent that the opponent had no intention of dodging his attacks at all.

This ability caused a flash of inspiration in Bai Cangshu's mind, reminding him of a certain work.

Furthermore, Bai Cangshu always trusted his intuition.

Therefore, looking at the Sage who had reappeared and was raising his finger to set a new rule, he spoke.

"You... are actually a 【Demon】, right."

"A 【Demon】 from 【Chainsaw Man】."

The Sage lowered his finger, his gaze terrifyingly cold; this guess had absolutely no basis, nor was there any special deductive process.

Yet Tao Baibai had pointed out the true nature of his ability so bluntly.

At this moment, the Sage suddenly remembered what Xiluo had said before dying.

【Tao Baibai is problematic】

"Then guess, how many people have reached a Contract with me to die in my place?!"

The Sage's voice appeared abruptly in Bai Cangshu's mind; the next moment, the view before Bai Cangshu's eyes began to change, the surroundings rapidly turning into the appearance of a vast ocean, and Bai Cangshu looked down to find himself standing on an "island" only one meter square.

He looked up, and a giant dragon head hung down from the sky; the Sage's voice came from exactly there.

Bai Cangshu looked at his own body; both the Omen of the Evil God and Talent Manifestation states had disappeared, and it was clear this was not the real world.

The corners of his mouth curled up as he stared at the giant dragon.

"That kind of thing, who cares..."

"It's just... killing a few more times, ha..."

(End of this chapter)