Chapter 39: Xiandao Rakshasa Palm!

Haa—haa!

The Professor tried her best to control her panting; although she knew this mission would be difficult, she had not expected it to be dangerous to this extent.

A team cooperation mission for seven Reincarnators had actually nearly resulted in a total wipeout on the very first night.

At this moment, her left shoulder was bandaged, and there was a wound on her thigh; the man in the conical hat, Liu Qi, no longer possessed his earlier dashing demeanor, as his hat had been chipped, revealing his slightly rigid face.

The other duo also bore wounds on their bodies.

After the initial panic, the group realized that many man-eating Ghosts had gone to pursue the other three, so they fought while retreating until they reached their current hiding spot.

While called a hiding spot, it was actually just a Ziteng hua lin; in this area, many wisteria flowers were in full bloom, giving it a somewhat magnificent feel under the night sky.

More importantly, wisteria flowers were highly toxic to creatures like Ghosts, so the dozen or so man-eating Ghosts that had been pursuing them could only linger in the distance after recovering from their injuries, not daring to approach.

The sturdy, blond-haired man saw this and let out a sigh of relief, his robust frame slumping slightly; after the woman beside him treated his wounds, the two came before the Professor and Liu Qi and said coldly, "There are Special Reincarnators among you, right?"

The woman had long green hair, fluffy and curled behind her, and a tall figure; she looked down at them with an imposing aura.

Her primary target of observation was Liu Qi, who wore the conical hat; this man's combat power was indeed quite extraordinary, and it was likely that even if he wasn't at the 【Bing】 rank, he was not far off.

If she did not use that move, she might not necessarily be able to defeat that kind of Godspeed Iai.

For Reincarnators, if one does not consider future growth potential, the most powerful school in the early stages is undoubtedly the shooting school that relies on firearms.

Combined with the Tese of the reincarnation world, once a certain level is reached, enemies can almost never be dealt with by conventional firearms; immortality, Regeneration, and impenetrable defenses are where firearms encounter bottlenecks, but people do not.

Therefore, 【White Blade】 is seen by most as the most powerful school.

It possesses top-tier lethality among melee factions in the early stages and has massive room for growth in the mid-to-late stages; the so-called "one sword breaks ten thousand laws" is a quite powerful school, whether in anime worlds, film and television worlds, or novel Derivative Worlds.

The Professor's eyes flickered, and she also looked at Liu Qi, but Liu Qi just snorted and shook his head, saying:

"Why must you two little girls probe this old man? You clearly both see it—that guy wearing the disgusting pink robe is the most abnormal existence in the team, right?"

"The first man-eating Ghost to appear targeted him immediately; even after its head was severed, its true form appeared and did not attack the Professor who was firing shots, but instead kept its eyes fixed on attacking that guy..."

"He is likely the strongest among us."

The Professor realized that this Liu Qi was not as simple a guy as he appeared; although he wore a conical hat, he saw the situation very clearly.

The green-haired woman's expression softened slightly at this moment.

"It seems there are no fools here, so I'll be blunt: this mission world... has problems."

"Vincent and I have seen this situation before; this so-called 【Guimie zhi Ren Yansheng Shijie P9971】 must have undergone a major mutation, and it is completely different from the original plot trajectory, which is why such an abnormally difficult mission was generated."

The green-haired woman, codenamed 【Elizabeth】, had a gloomy expression; she had only participated in a mission where the world plot changed on such a large scale once before, but that time, out of the 16 Reincarnators in the mission world, only 3 returned to the space in the end.

The Professor pondered for a moment and then spoke as well.

"Indeed, I also believe we may have been misled by the prompt 【This world is not affected by Reincarnators】; this is a Derivative World, and its trajectory is not necessarily the same as the original Demon Slayer world."

"Furthermore... a man-eating Ghost mentioned 【Fujikasane Mountain】 just now; if I am not mistaken, the place we are currently in is likely the venue for the 【Final Selection】 from the original work—Fujikasane Mountain."

Liu Qi and Elizabeth were both startled; they looked up at the dense wisteria flowers overhead and had to believe that this place was truly the site where the Demon Slayer Corps imprisoned man-eating Ghosts for the entrance examination of Demon Slayers.

And now, this place had clearly been destroyed, with monsters running rampant; the Ziteng hua lin surrounding Fujikasane Mountain was reduced to this small patch, completely unable to stop the man-eating Ghosts from escaping.

Vincent touched the bloody wound on his chest; he had been only a hair's breadth away from being cut in two by that man-eating Ghost capable of slashing blood like a blade from a distance. "Are those three guys still alive?"

The Professor was not sure either, and could only say, "Perhaps. We can go look for them when it's light; this kind of world is no longer something we can mess around in." ——【You killed the man-eating Ghost: Xiaohuo, gained 200 Dimension Points】

【Milestone: Demon Hunter progress updated, current: 9/20】

Bai Cangshu had unknowingly reached the depths of the dense forest; he had finally killed this man-eating Ghost that could change direction strangely in mid-air; the opponent's Blood Demon Art was quite special, as it seemed to be able to borrow force from thin air.

At this moment, there were a few wounds on Bai Cangshu's body, though they were all very shallow.

When Bai Cangshu wore Tao Baibai's pink robe, his Agility attribute reached as high as 16 points; Bai Cangshu's neural reflexes and physical reaction speed were both extremely exaggerated.

The man-eating Ghost changed direction in mid-air, but Bai Cangshu was always able to dodge, and finally, he seized an opening and smashed the opponent's head with one punch.

"Xiaohuo, the name is not bad."

Bai Cangshu said this, but his Spirit was actually already highly concentrated; his 【Killing Intent Perception】 told him that a strong killing intent was enveloping him.

Rumble.

A huge tremor suddenly came from the ground; Bai Cangshu's heart stirred, and he raised his right foot high and slammed it down fiercely.

Boom! Amidst the intense impact, the huge blue-gray arm that had broken through the soil paused, while Bai Cangshu was thrown into the air by an even greater force.

Bai Cangshu arrived above the dense forest in an instant and finally took in the surrounding terrain; this was a high mountain that stretched for miles; there were sparse patches of wisteria forest on the outskirts of the mountain, but the interior was already a mess.

And beneath Bai Cangshu's feet, that blue-gray giant hand had fully extended from underground; it was actually a huge arm over dozens of meters long, with a palm diameter likely exceeding three meters.

And the main body of that thing also looked up at this moment and saw Bai Cangshu, who had been thrown into the air.

The man-eating Ghost's eyes were squinted in a smile; it was huge, its body looking as if it were made of blue stone, with arms completely encircling its body, and only parts inserted into the ground to attack.

Hand Demon!

It should have been a slightly stronger man-eating Ghost in Fujikasane Mountain, but what was displayed before Bai Cangshu now was a guy of a completely different magnitude than the Hand Demon that Tanjiro encountered in the original work.

Because it wrapped its arms around its neck, the sound coming from its mouth was also very muffled.

"Heh heh, are there still remnants of the Demon Slayer Corps now?"

"If I eat you, that Lord will surely be a bit happier!"

This powerful Hand Demon, which did not know how many people it had devoured by now, showed clear characters in its eyes—【Lower Rank】, but unlike the Lower Rank Ghosts in Bai Cangshu's impression, there was no number in its eyes.

Several huge arms grabbed toward the sky from the ground simultaneously, as if several giant pythons were rising from the earth.

The breathing frequency in Bai Cangshu's nose and mouth changed slightly, and at the same time, his heart began to beat violently.

His muscles swelled all over his body, and his pupils turned completely white.

Bai Cangshu's upward momentum vanished; borrowing the gravity of his descent, his right arm pulled back like a taut bowstring, his right hand rotated continuously inward, and the terrifying Force completely twisted the muscles of Bai Cangshu's swollen right arm.

At the same time, the Ripple Qigong was fully operational; through breathing containing a special rhythm, the blood in Bai Cangshu's body began to vibrate, faint Qi dissipated from within Bai Cangshu's body, and circles of Ripple began to appear on Bai Cangshu's right hand.

【Xiandao Luochazhang】! (End of chapter)