Chapter 41: Immortal Path: Demon Spear

Bai Cangshu's heart was beating violently, twitching with every thud, but this feeling was not one of discomfort.

On the contrary, it was a tremendous joy derived from achieving success according to his own thoughts and plans amidst immense danger.

That joy far exceeded any dopamine, causing Bai Cangshu to show signs of losing emotional control; he laughed crazily as he sprinted across the constantly moving and flailing arms, charging toward the main body of the Hand Demon.

At this moment, the fear in the Hand Demon's heart was magnified to an unbearable degree.

This guy is a Monster!

Because of fear, it terminated its own moves in an instant, even going so far as to self-mutilate; as flesh and blood flew everywhere, it screamed in terror.

"Die!"

"Die quickly!"

"Ah!"

Bai Cangshu's speed was extremely fast, crossing over ten meters in the span of a breath; when those dozen or so arms smashed down, his eyes darted, his figure swayed left and right, and he was not hit even once.

His left hand formed a palm like a blade, the Ripple appeared, and he thrust it violently into the giant arm in front of him.

The Hand Demon smashed around wildly, its own vision obscured, but that faint scent of a human told it that the human had not left at all.

But there was no movement in the arena; it smashed for a moment, its movements slowed down, and it discovered that only its own smashed arms were slowly recovering.

Suddenly, a sharp pain appeared on one of its arms; its scalp tingled as it saw that disgusting muscular man wearing a pink robe hiding beneath its arm.

At this moment, as he tore with both hands, the arm was melted, and the opponent had already lunged over.

At this distance, it was enough for the Hand Demon to see the terrifying smile on the opponent's face.

It was just as joyful as a Ghost lunging at a human with no ability to resist.

This was the joy of a hunt about to be successful.

The opponent was the hunter, and it... was the prey.

Amidst immense fear, the Hand Demon shook its head, and a large number of arms proliferated in an instant; he had pushed his 【Blood Demon Art】 to the limit, and even his recovery ability was much stronger than before.

A large number of arms blocked the front of its neck, with a thickness of several meters.

"With this kind of defense, even if you are a Pillar, you cannot kill me!"

It roared, solely to bolster its own courage.

But Bai Cangshu leaped up in one step, his right hand raised, fingers pressed together, thumb slightly curled, while the other four fingers stood upright like sharp blades.

A strong Ripple flashed on his palm once again, changing with the rhythm of his breathing.

The muscles of Bai Cangshu's right arm tightened to the point where one could almost hear the creaking of the human body's tendons trembling; the terrifying pressure of thousands of units of Force being completely compressed and concentrated into one arm caused signs of massive blood vessel rupture and bleeding to appear on Bai Cangshu's arm instantly.

Suddenly, it was as if a bowstring tightened to the limit had been released in an instant.

Hum!

The air emitted a dull whistle.

The scarlet right arm vanished in an instant.

Pfft!

【Immortal Path: Demon Spear】!

The ultimate technique of the martial arts master Kuroki Gensai revealed its fangs for the first time in the Demon Slayer World.

The terrifying piercing Force, accompanied by the sun-like Ripple, crashed into the Hand Demon's body.

That torrential force, carrying the scorching Ripple Qigong, pierced through the Hand Demon's body, which resembled a giant ball of meat, in an instant.

Bang!

The Hand Demon's pupils shrank; it turned its head mechanically to see behind itself, where the Ripple and Force, mixed with its own melted internal organs and flesh, sprayed out together.

That high temperature and scorching heat of the sun spread uncontrollably throughout its body.

The excruciating pain of the Soul instantly annihilated all its strength, and the Blood Demon Art could not be deployed. Thump.

Dozens of giant blue-gray arms fell to the ground like a collapsing mountain.

The Hand Demon's massive body also collapsed powerlessly.

【You have killed the Lower Moon Candidate · Hand Demon, gaining 500 Dimension Points】

【Demon Hunter progress updated, current: 10/20】

【Advanced Mission · Enemy Flesh and Blood, My Sustenance, progress updated, detected Hand Demon strength as: Bing-Initial, do you wish to complete the mission with this?】

Hu~

Bai Cangshu exhaled a long breath, carrying high-temperature white turbid air, blowing out a meter away.

"No."

Bai Cangshu did not consider it for long; he had actually had a guess in his heart when he first saw this 【Advanced Mission】, and seeing this mission prompt now, he was even more certain.

The difficulty of this 【Advanced Mission】 was indeed not high; it could be achieved by killing any 【Bing】 rank Plot Character in a one-on-one fight, but clearly, the so-called Enemy Flesh and Blood, My Sustenance meant the enemy's strength would affect the "nutrition" he obtained.

!

The strength of the Hand Demon was not enough to satisfy Bai Cangshu.

He knew that if he were in certain ancient martial arts schools, he might already be considered a master of Ming Force or even Dark Force, but he was merely a Reincarnator who had experienced one mission; there was still a long way to go for the so-called 【Paper】 rank.

This Infinite Dimensional Space indeed possessed the ability to allow people to quickly ascend to the extraordinary.

The prerequisite is... you must survive.

Bai Cangshu did not directly deactivate the 【Absolute Domain】 state; although this posture that exceeded his limits would place a burden on his body, right now, he wanted to try to find the reason why he had further deepened this posture just now.

When Bai Cangshu was in the real world, although he would not suppress his desire to enter this state, in his daily life, he rarely encountered moments that made him feel enough crisis to make his heartbeat accelerate to that degree.

Therefore, Bai Cangshu actually did not use this posture, which others considered "going crazy," very often.

Before entering the Infinite Dimensional Space, he also thought this was some kind of special "illness," or perhaps some kind of special heredity.

But the Infinite Dimensional Space judged this ability as a special talent and provided 【Absolute Domain】 with an 87% similarity as an anchor.

【Absolute Domain】 is a special power system in the 【King of Fighters】 worldview; after a fighter punches a thousand times, ten thousand times, after extreme fatigue and pain, and after ordinary people have collapsed, they continue to experience pain and fatigue, eventually being able to break through these shackles.

To fully master the power that allows one to break through their limits, that is the 【Absolute Domain】.

After entering the 【Absolute Domain】, not only will physical abilities be greatly increased, but tolerance for pain and resistance to injury will also be enhanced.

Bai Cangshu also believes this power is quite similar to his own "sickness."

But just now, in the battle against the Hand Demon, Bai Cangshu clearly felt that he was advancing even further.

Within the so-called 【Absolute Domain】, he took a big step forward; his muscles swelled, his physique changed, and the amplification of his power became even more terrifying.

This kind of power is definitely not the 【Ultimate Power】 that comes after the 【Absolute Domain】; instead, it is like his own talent beginning to reveal its most authentic form.

Bai Cangshu wanted to investigate further; he used the Ripple to begin sensing his physical condition, but suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, and the smell of blood appeared.

The wind even carried the faint sounds of fighting.

Bai Cangshu's heart stirred, and he instantly took a step; the power beneath his feet exploded, and he stepped directly onto the Hand Demon's dissolving corpse, arriving at the top of a seven or eight-meter-tall tree in one stride.

With hawk-like, excellent vision, he borrowed the moonlight and indeed saw several figures being pursued by a group of man-eating Ghosts at the foot of the mountain; these people were all wearing black uniforms, with only the person leading them draped in a white haori.

Bai Cangshu exerted force beneath his feet, jumped down from the tree, and hurried toward that location.

(End of this chapter)