And Mai and Hanzo could clearly sense what it was.
Killing intent!
Startled, the killing intent in Hanzo's heart was stirred by that overwhelming aura. But in the next instant, the waves constantly emanating from Ryuji's body resonated with his killing intent and then quickly resonated with his internal organs and blood.
"Not good!"
Realizing something was wrong, Hanzo immediately spat out a mouthful of blood! The blood turned into a blood mist in the air. Knowing what had just happened, the moment he collapsed to the ground he focused all his willpower to guard his mind, refusing to allow even the slightest trace of fighting spirit or killing intent to arise. Only then did he manage to dispel the Satsui no Hado that had rushed into his body.
"Grandpa! Are you alright?"
Mai hurriedly supported her grandfather, her eyes filled with worry. But before Hanzo could even feel relieved, she immediately asked another question.
"What about Ryuji?"
"Just… a minor injury… cough… He probably comprehended something…"
Hanzo nearly choked on another mouthful of blood and almost died right there, but he still answered his granddaughter's question.
Although he knew Mai was asking whether Ryuji might lose control, the order in which she asked still made the old man feel a little hurt.
But he was right; Ryuji had indeed comprehended something.
The most fundamental nature of the Satsui no Hado.
Wave energy… sure enough, it has something in common with what G.S.D described. It's also similar to the way 'qi' is used in Arad… but there's one problem. Why is what I comprehended also called 'Satsui no Hado'?
Ryuji looked extremely annoyed.
Just now he had a sudden flash of insight, so he immediately sat down cross-legged to meditate, without even seeing Chun-Li off.
Yes, although he was comprehending the Satsui no Hado, Ryuji could still sense what was happening around him. But in order to grasp that fleeting inspiration, he chose to give up saying goodbye to her.
Because he was certain she would come looking for him again anyway. It was better to seize the moment and understand what he had glimpsed.
However, what he comprehended left him extremely frustrated.
The Stainless Steel Basin skill.
'Stainless Steel Basin' referred to the Asura class from the Dungeon Fighter Online world. The reason people called it that was simple: in a certain version, the Stainless Steel Basin... no, the Asura class was nerfed into uselessness. The class had only just been buffed, attracting a lot of players and then it was suddenly nerfed again. The blow was so severe it was like stabbing a knife straight into the crotch of a brothel customer. At the time, the scale of the nerf was unprecedented.
Countless players were furious, which led to the joke that you could only trade your Asura account for a stainless steel basin.
Some people even made mods that turned all of Asura's skills into basins.
And the reason Ryuji looked so annoyed was simple.
In this world, his perception was unbelievably strong. He could even sense other people's emotions and fighting spirit, allowing him and Akuma to push each other higher and higher like stepping on their own feet, causing both of them to break through their limits.
But in other worlds, if he wanted to sense wave energy, it was still extremely difficult. He had to cover his eyes and amplify his sixth sense.
And most importantly...
The combat boost it provided wasn't even that high.
This move essentially involved infusing his killing intent into wave energy and releasing it continuously. For him, it was very simple; just slightly speed up the circulation of his blood-energy technique and then continuously release his killing intent.
But…
But it was pretty useless.
For clearing large numbers of weak enemies, Dragonfire and water manipulation were far superior.
As for dealing damage to people, it was just average. Against true experts it was basically useless, unless that expert had some psychological fear of you, in which case your released killing intent could stir their own killing intent, resonate with it and cause them to be seriously injured on the spot.
For example, if he used this move on Akuma, it would only humiliate himself. And if the opponent had no killing intent toward him, this move would basically be useless. Its power wouldn't even compare to releasing Satsui no Hado in the Asura style. It would be better to just condense the Satsui no Hado and attack directly.
At least that kind of attack could still deal damage even if the opponent didn't harbor killing intent toward you. This one could stir up killing intent, but how effective that actually was remained questionable.
The only advantage was that the energy consumption depended entirely on himself.
If he opened it up too widely, it would rapidly consume the power of the Satsui no Hado, possibly even exhausting all the killing intent in his heart at once.
After all, the principle of the technique was simply releasing killing intent outward in the form of wave energy without discrimination.
The second advantage was that it could continuously produce shockwaves, turning killing intent into tangible waves that damaged everything in all directions. And since he also possessed Conqueror's Haki, he could even infuse the killing intent with it.
He didn't even know how he had learned this move, which is wrapping Conqueror's Haki around killing intent.
Doing that was basically like hammering nails into the air or pulling water currents out of water itself… practically impossible.
But while fighting Akuma he had somehow learned it.
Fighting really did give a lot of experience points.
So, the Satsui no Hado is a bit of a waste for me… but this skill can effectively release all my killing intent, which is very helpful for controlling it. But why does Hanzo have a slight killing intent toward me?
Looking at Hanzo coughing up blood, Ryuji couldn't help but become curious. His inspiration had already faded anyway, so he opened his eyes and smiled at Mai.
The moment Mai saw him wake up, her face immediately lit up with joy.
"Ryuji!!"
She happily threw herself at him, burying his head straight in her chest.
And at that exact moment, Hanzo spat out another mouthful of blood.
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