Chapter 602: Dragon Beast Nemesis, Dragon King Blood Marrow
Laurence had never felt such terrifying killing intent. He looked up, and it seemed the entire world had turned pitch black.
Moreover, that intense fluctuation directly and indiscriminately pierced through all living beings here. Laurence felt the flesh-and-blood giant constantly trembling, yet unable to break free.
That kind of killing intent soaked into the bone marrow, making biological entities feel fear, making cells shudder...
The golden ripple wings on Laurence's back constantly changed shapes. He could feel that terrifying killing intent becoming increasingly intense.
The monster before him, neither human nor dragon, controlled the authority of slaughter and death. He was very certain that if it weren't for the special characteristics of his Furnace of Life earlier, he would probably have been directly killed by the other party.
The effect of the eighth step of the Furnace of Life: one is many. It can be a single lifeform, or a composite of countless lifeforms.
The Stairway of Life and death itself are probably mutually restrictive types. Death naturally can take away life, but similarly, excessively strong vitality can also suppress the authority of death.
But right now, the other party displayed a brand-new ability regarding killing intent. This ability possessed absolute suppression over biological entities.
Woo~ Whoosh!
In the air, some extremely terrifying sound suddenly erupted like the howling of evil spirits. In the next moment, Laurence abruptly plummeted from the sky to the ground.
The golden ripples on his back surrounded the flesh-and-blood giant ring by ring. The physical body of the flesh-and-blood giant immediately underwent changes.
Bang!
A vacuum wave suddenly pierced down from the sky. With a bang, it pierced through the transforming flesh-and-blood giant. As the golden ripples twisted and flesh regenerated, countless azure vacuum waves had already bloomed.
Laurence's countless compound eyes saw the scene in the entire pitch-black space clearly. Countless figures flickered in various parts of the space. That monster seemed to have multiplied into thousands, each phantom launching attacks with various movements.
And this series of attacks he suffered was merely the aftermath caused by the other party's thrown punches.
An enemy with overly terrifying strength; every punch thrown, even if not aimed at him, the fist wind would spawn long and narrow vacuum waves.
And his true target...
Laurence saw in the dark space, the indomitable flame giant's upper body bent and falling downwards, the waist and abdomen completely shattered.
That huge upper body, flames erupting uncontrollably, had completely lost its imposing manner.
The Monarch of Flames is doomed...
Laurence's heart palpitated. He believed that after his Stairway of Life entered the ninth step, he indeed possessed the power to fight and even defeat a Dragon King.
But the battle between himself and a Dragon King in his imagination was definitely not this scene. The monster before him was not fighting a Dragon King at all; he was... hunting a Dragon King!
Laurence didn't dare to delay. He wasn't sure why the other party didn't choose him as the priority target to kill, but this was his last chance.
Now, the plan of climbing the Stairway of Life first and then forcefully compelling Seraphina to hand over the Sephiroth had failed. He could only forcefully devour her... After that, it would probably depend on his luck.
Bang!
A vacuum wave blasted a huge hole in the flesh-and-blood giant, which had already curled into a ball. But beneath this meatball, countless roots had once again been generated and pierced into the ground.
Pfft!
A pitch-black vacuum wave hit this meatball. Death intent permeated in a flash, and a large piece of flesh and blood immediately peeled off the meatball.
...
Kaito Shirogane violently released his killing intent. This was his first attempt to use the [Ki] with an actual energy intensity approaching one hundred and sixty points after activating the Kaioken to control the [Satsui no Hadou].
The extremely violent Satsui no Hadou, due to its insufficient level, was firmly suppressed and tamed by the even more intense and overbearing Ki.
That Shun Goku Satsu, which was originally almost difficult to control, became freely controllable at this moment. Kaito Shirogane even intentionally landed most of the attacks on the waist and abdomen of the flame giant.
He even deliberately spared some effort to deflect the attacks that triggered the Myriad Manifestations Death Intent.
He was immersed in this pleasure of completely controlling power. After all attempts yielded results, and Laurence also did as he wished, shedding his cicada shell and leaving to find that Seraphina taken away by Artoria.
With a clang in his hand, the [Black Sword · Dragon Slayer] was revealed.
That death intent, long suppressed to the point of surging along with the Yellow Springs, instantly flowed onto the black sword.
Kaito Shirogane watched the upper body of the Flame Monarch falling and tumbling from the sky, abruptly raised his sword, and flew up to slash with his whole body.
In the black space covered by the Satsui no Hadou, at this instant, it was as if ten thousand Kaito Shiroganes simultaneously turned into streaks of flowing light from every corner of the space, carrying a pitch-black greatsword, and slashed upwards.
Countless pitch-black streaks of flowing light merged into one huge sword gleam.
In Surtur's magma-jewel-like eyes, that sword gleam was clearly reflected. He calmly realized that his life had come to an end.
"I'm sorry, brother..."
The last words Norton said to him before dying were [You shall be that King]. It was only a pity, he was still unable to do it.
Pfft!
The black sword gleam soared into the sky, carrying magma and flames, flying towards the sky like a storm.
Surtur's huge head spun, and mid-air it began turning into pitch-black volcanic rock. Life had vanished from this body.
[You killed the King of Bronze and Fire · Surtur]
[Obtained A-Rank Singularity * 1]
[Obtained Dimensional Points * 20000]
[Milestone · Dragon Slayer Brave progress updated. Current: 2/3]
[Milestone · Kingslayer unlocked. Current: 1/4]
A large number of prompts appeared. The Satsui no Hadou was also simultaneously suppressed by the intense Ki and retracted into his body. Kaito Shirogane looked at the Drop Card slowly condensing in front of him, which seemed to still have flames and magma lingering on it.
[You obtained a Drop Card (Red)]
Just as Kaito Shirogane was about to crush this Drop Card, he felt the black sword vibrate out of thin air. The Dragon King's blood remaining on the sword blade was emitting a flame-like luster.
Along with it, the black sword began to be dyed with a faint layer of flame light. Kaito Shirogane had a thought and casually flicked it.
Whoosh!
A huge flaming sword flourish lit up.
[The second seal of your Item · Black Sword · Dragon Slayer has been lifted]
[Black Sword · Dragon Slayer attributes updated]
[Black Sword · Dragon Slayer]
[Quality: Incomparably Rare · Extreme]
[Description: The Dragon Slayer Sword that traveled through the heavens with Guts. It absorbed many other powers to become a special weapon]
[Sharpness: High; Durability: Extremely High]
[Usage Requirements: Strength > 35, Constitution > 35, possess Armament Haki, Energy > 30]
[Effect 1: When holding this sword, Armament Haki will be drained. When swinging, it will also deal Haki damage]
[Effect 2: When hit by this weapon, damage immunity abilities are invalid]
[Effect 3: Devastation. When the Black Sword · Dragon Slayer is swung, it will radiate the Flame Monarch's destructive authority, dealing devastating damage to the enemy with medium priority. Abilities with priority lower than medium cannot heal it]
[Effect 4: Dragon Beast Nemesis. Against creatures possessing dragon bloodlines, ignores their defense to execute a slash]
[Effect 5: Unknown] (Third seal removal requires · Blood of a God)
Kaito Shirogane swung it a couple of times. This sword was actually higher level than he thought. He also had some new speculations about the realm Guts had reached previously.
As a plot character who once acted together with Azure Sky's former third-tier Title-level Reincarnator, Roland, Kaito Shirogane originally thought that after Guts obtained Haki, his strength would only be around the upper-middle of the [Strong] tier.
But looking at it now, as a plot character who could be related to the [Black King Society], the secrets on Guts were more than just this.
Unsealing it with the blood of a Dragon King granted the effect of Dragon Beast Nemesis, so the effect corresponding to this third seal was also very obvious.
As long as Kaito Shirogane used this sword to slay a god, the Black Sword · Dragon Slayer would gain a special attack effect against gods. Considering what Guts encountered in his original world, this characteristic was obviously targeting that Abyssal God.
Moreover, Kaito Shirogane saw that after this sword was unsealed with Surtur's blood, its original limb-severing effect was also enhanced, acquiring some flame and destruction effects.
If he killed a suitable god, this sword would probably be able to receive other enhancements as well.
"The sword is a good sword, the only shortcoming is... I'm not a swordsman~"
Kaito Shirogane put away the Black Sword · Dragon Slayer. He developed more speculations in his mind regarding the three items in that treasure from the One Piece world.
The Paramecia · Heart Fire Fruit;
The sealed Black Sword · Dragon Slayer;
And a severed arm of the Black King.
These three perhaps did not correspond to the same target. That treasure itself was exactly waiting for different people...
Crack.
Kaito Shirogane crushed the Drop Card. The flames violently combusted for a moment, then turned into specks of starlight and disappeared.
[You opened Drop Card · Surtur]
[You obtained Dimensional Points 5000]
[You obtained the Blood Marrow of the King of Bronze and Fire (Red)]
(End of Chapter)
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