Chapter 504: Slaughter
[Team member QX78009070 (Phantom Dragon) is dead]
In Chizha's field of vision, Mercenary Tao seemed to teleport, breaking away from his attack range in an instant. And when Phantom Dragon slashed down with his sword, he punched through Phantom Dragon's body, and then directly tore him apart.
Before anger could even rise, his Reiatsu was already surging violently.
"Ha!"
Chizha roared angrily, taking several steps forward consecutively. His hands tightly gripped [Tenmei Rekuchi], and his whole body's Reiatsu was frantically absorbed by the Zanpakuto.
This was a Zanpakuto of the slashing and sonic types. After absorbing a large amount of Reiatsu, every slash would unleash destructive power and sonic waves exceeding the previous slash, just like a musical instrument gradually raising its pitch.
As long as his Reiatsu could support it, he could theoretically unleash attacks completely exceeding his own power level by several times. More importantly, this was not a purely slashing-type Zanpakuto like [Zangetsu].
Starting from the second strike, it would slash out infrasound and ultrasound completely exceeding the acceptable range of ordinary humans, directly destroying the enemy's internal organs and brain in a form difficult to resist.
Hum!
Chizha felt as if he was hugging a towering ancient tree and slashing downwards. The devastating destructive power brought by that sense of weight made the ground, houses, and these ordinary creations of the material world seem like clay figures.
They were sliced open in an instant.
Kaito Shirogane felt the intense Reiatsu impact. With lowered eyelids, he moved his steps, twisted his body, grabbed his new Master, and threw her towards the air.
Illya was like a delicate puppet doll. Even being thrown into the air by Kaito Shirogane, the huge centrifugal force didn't make her show any particular expression. She merely observed this new Servant of hers with novelty, just as she had observed that Berserker back then.
Boom!
The proudly lightweight structure of Japanese architecture immediately appeared incomparably fragile under this level of attack.
Kaito Shirogane almost saw an entire block turn into dust in an instant. Debris splashed everywhere, and the invisible sonic waves spread even further, passing through Kaito Shirogane's body almost instantly.
Kaito Shirogane's vision instantly turned red, and his brain also felt a wave of dizziness. The corners of his mouth cracked, and blood streaks appeared between his lips and teeth.
This kind of infrasound attack was something he had never encountered before. At this moment, he indeed felt the uniqueness of this Reincarnator's ability.
Different from Kaito Shirogane's surprise, stormy waves were already sweeping through Chizha's heart.
How is this possible?!
The infrasound attack superimposed on his fourth sword was enough to directly kill any creature within a radius of hundreds of meters. Even defense-specialized Reincarnators, lacking resistance to infrasound, would suffer internal organ injuries.
But Mercenary Tao, facing the impact head-on, was actually only at the level of bleeding from his lips and teeth?!
Ignoring the intense load on his physical body, he took two steps forward again. Even more violent Reiatsu surged back and forth between the Zanpakuto and his body.
Fifth Pitch · Feather!
The Zanpakuto held in both hands began to tremble constantly due to the massive Reiatsu. That vibration frequency caused the flesh and blood of Chizha's hands to begin necrotizing, dripping with fresh blood in an instant.
Kaito Shirogane suddenly took a step towards him.
Crack. The ground where he stepped cracked in an instant, and then violently shattered.
Chizha slashed forward fiercely.
Clang!
An iron-like left hand tore through the air and appeared out of nowhere in front of Chizha, directly grabbing the Zanpakuto whose sword momentum hadn't even fallen yet.
Whether it was sword pressure or sonic waves, they all instantly dissipated into nothingness.
"This arm..."
"Ha!"
Kaito Shirogane directly opened his mouth and roared from close at hand.
The surrounding air instantly produced a roar like an explosion. Dark purple lightning and blue-white electricity flashed together, piercing straight through Chizha's flesh and skin.
Bang!
The instant the explosion occurred, only flesh and blood were seen exploding together.
Kaito Shirogane's pupils lit up. Without stopping, he fiercely crashed forward. The air tore apart that broken corpse, revealing the spiritual body wearing a Shihakusho inside.
The other party sure enough had a combat-capable Shinigami spiritual body beneath his physical body!
Kaito Shirogane stretched out his hand, and a pitch-black luster instantly permeated.
Whoosh!
Chizha executed Shunpo consecutively. Without a physical body, his mobility was even swifter. But his face was extremely ugly. The reason he spent a hefty price at the Goddess's place to modify his soul and flesh was exactly because he didn't want to become a pure Shinigami and spiritual lifeform.
In the Infinite Dimensional Space, this kind of pure spiritual lifeform had quite a few restrictions. For example, it was difficult to interact with plot characters in most worlds. For example, the various physical attribute strengthenings and supernatural traits from the First Ladder were basically wasted. More importantly, in the Infinite Dimensional Space, there were some special abilities that had abnormal affinity and special attack effects against spiritual bodies.
Bang bang bang bang!
Four sonic boom clouds exploded consecutively. Chizha turned his head. A figure blurred and elongated had already appeared behind him; it was exactly Mercenary Tao, whose right hand held a pitch-black luster.
[Yin Spirit Body Possession]!
Chizha reached out his hand, and the Zanpakuto flew over from the corpse. He leaned backward, wanting to dodge this grab. But Mercenary Tao's speed was terrifyingly fast. He had just dodged one strike when Mercenary Tao, appearing beside him again, grabbed his shoulder with one hand. Pitch-black power instantly poured into his body.
That was an extremely bone-chilling power. In that instant, he seemed to hear the sound of some kind of river surging.
[You have suffered the influence of a special ability. Based on your Spirit attribute, you obtained the following information]
[You have suffered the influence of Special Ability · Yin Spirit Body Possession. Now conducting a check...]
[Checking...]
Yin Spirit Body Possession? What is that?
Although Chizha didn't understand the effect of this ability, just from that inexplicable bone-chilling cold, he could detect that this must be an ability linked to the dead, undead, and the like.
[Check Successful. You are immune to this ability's influence]
Chizha breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but in the next moment, denser black Qi radiated from Mercenary Tao's body. An intense suction force began to appear, as if Mercenary Tao's body had turned into a miniature black hole, and his spiritual body would fly out towards the other party uncontrollably.
He looked up, just in time to see Mercenary Tao's greedy smile.
He wants to... devour me!
At this moment, Chizha's hairs stood on end. Amidst his agitated soul, his Reiatsu vaguely increased slightly.
He stood firm with both feet, thrust the Zanpakuto in front of him, resisting that suction force. At the same time, intense Reiatsu began to be released outward.
Although he still couldn't touch the Reiatsu of a Captain-class Shinigami, it was already enough to deter some Reincarnators with ordinary soul traits!
Buzz!
Intense Reiatsu constantly condensed, beginning to radiate oppression outwards.
But Mercenary Tao was still smiling, as if he felt nothing.
This guy... what exactly is his situation?!
Chizha couldn't understand what kind of strengthening route Mercenary Tao followed. From the previous battle, the other party was undoubtedly a martial artist whose strength crushed Phantom Dragon, while simultaneously possessing some kind of ability to explosively increase speed.
He could also make his body intangible to dodge attacks.
With these abilities combined, he was already a very troublesome and powerful physical-arts-side Reincarnator. But right now, this guy was completely immune to the influence of his Reiatsu, and showed the intention of wanting to devour him.
Could it be that Mercenary Tao's true strengthening type is a soul-side Reincarnator?!
Absurd!
Kaito Shirogane fully operated [Yin Spirit Body Possession]. Auras of various spirits displayed from his body. He looked greedily at the rare [Shinigami Spiritual Body], completely unwilling to let the other party escape. His Setsuna still hadn't been deactivated, his pupils staring unblinkingly at the other party.
Once the other party had the possibility of escaping, he would directly unleash Raging Demon to turn the other party into a Scarlet Drop Card.
Tap, tap, tap.
Watching Mercenary Tao walk towards him step by step, that suction force grew stronger and stronger. In his mouth and nose, he could almost already smell the scent of turbid yellow river water mixed with various spiritual body auras.
Moreover, an intense killing intent wrapped around him, as if it was a restriction that would erupt at any time.
Suddenly, Kaito Shirogane's ears twitched. His eyes focused as he looked somewhere, only to see a purple streak piercing through the air, shooting directly from the night sky like flowing light.
Its speed was so fast that it was completely on par with him at this moment.
Kaito Shirogane hesitated no longer. Spreading his hands, boundless killing intent immediately erupted from his body, completely enveloping the surroundings.
The speeding Rider · Medusa only saw a pitch-black "barrier" light up, boundless death intent surging from it. In the next moment, the barrier shattered. The strongest among the several external magi specially selected by Matou Zouken had already turned into a broken spiritual body, falling to the ground.
No, not falling to the ground. She saw clearly that the fragments of that spiritual body were absorbed by that mysterious Servant!
Tap tap!
Medusa stepped on thin air several times, drawing a large zigzag line in the air. Instantly initiating a surprise attack, she arrived in front of Kaito Shirogane. Her eyes opened, and her purple Mystic Eyes instantly lit up.
Kaito Shirogane, however, seemingly predicting it in advance, closed his eyes a step ahead. At the same time, his right hand, held like a blade, slashed violently.
Pfft!
The pitch-black blade light fell to the ground. Medusa spun sideways in mid-air, dodging the strike while the dagger in her hand thrust towards the other party's face.
Clang!
The left hand the other party raised out of nowhere clashed with her dagger, emitting a sound like clashing metal.
Medusa's figure didn't stop at all. Refracting once, she had already flown into the air and disappeared.
Medusa looked down from the air, overlooking that mysterious Heroic Spirit, only having a rough estimate of the other party's origin in her heart.
It's some kind of martial artist-like figure, with a physique like steel.
She had to inform Sakura of the news that this operation failed. However... she always felt that Sakura seemed to be slowly becoming a bit strange after the arrival of those few external magi.
(End of Chapter)
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