Chapter 351: Nanoparticle Avatar
Seeing Asagiri, who had originally been high in the air, rush toward him like a black comet, Kure Raian's body instantly turned deep purple.
The gravel scattered across the surrounding ground began to tremble under the sudden fluctuation of power.
"Removal, 100%!"
Having entered his complete Removal state, Kure Raian's physical ability rose to an utterly terrifying level. He could even barely keep up with Asagiri's movements in Human Asura Mode.
He clenched his right fist. The pupils in his pitch black eyes shrank into small white points. His gaze locked onto Asagiri's abdomen as the latter attacked from above and to the side.
Veins bulged across the surface of Kure Raian's body, and dark purple mist surged out from him.
"Kure Family Tradition..."
"Exploding Thunder!"
"Bang!"
Kure Raian's fist struck Asagiri directly in the abdomen.
Even Kure Raian himself had not expected this result. After all, judging by the opponent's movement speed, Asagiri should have had enough time to block this blow.
However, Asagiri did not defend at all.
He simply reached out and grabbed Kure Raian's wrist.
Seeing this action, the expressions of Kuroki Gensai and Kanoh Agito in the distance changed at the same time.
"Could it be..."
Under the gaze of thousands of spectators, Asagiri tightly locked onto Kure Raian's wrist. Then his body suddenly rose, directly dragging Kure Raian up to an altitude of nearly fifty meters.
Only at that moment did Kure Raian react.
He swiped a finger strike toward Asagiri's eyes, forcing him to release his right wrist.
However...
"It's already over."
Miwa Ashikaga, who had already arrived in the box above the auditorium, watched Kure Raian floating in the air through the glass and said this to Kure Erioh beside her, as well as the manager of Dai Sakura Bank, Katahara Metsudo.
The next second, just as she had said, Asagiri began attacking Kure Raian like a black comet.
"Damn it..."
Feeling the dangerous aura coming from behind him, Kure Raian gritted his teeth and desperately twisted his body to block.
However, this was not the ground.
This was midair, where there was no leverage.
No matter how monstrous his physical ability was, he could not move freely.
"Bang!"
Asagiri's fist struck Kure Raian's right arm, which he had barely managed to turn.
Kure Raian's body instantly flew away, but Asagiri did not give him even the slightest chance to catch his breath.
In the next second, Asagiri appeared at Kure Raian's side again, and the Rope Dart in his hand stabbed fiercely toward the opponent's abdomen.
"Damn it!"
Kure Raian protected his abdomen with one arm, while his other hand clenched into a fist, intending to use a secret technique of the Kure clan to counterattack.
But Asagiri instantly circled behind him and stabbed the Rope Dart directly into his waist.
The moment he was injured by the Rope Dart of Deathly Grievance, Kure Raian's vision plunged into darkness.
High in the air.
Deprived of sight.
Unable to exert force.
What awaited Kure Raian was only the impact of that black comet, again and again, from every direction.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In less than five seconds, Kure Raian endured more than twenty attacks from Asagiri.
Several wounds were cut across his body by the Rope Dart of Deathly Grievance, and the Cursed force carrying frost aura continuously invaded his body, causing his hands and feet to fall into a stiff, immobile state.
"This is the end."
Asagiri appeared behind Kure Raian and imprinted a pushing palm onto the center of his back.
Under that terrifying force, Kure Raian, who was already falling, accelerated downward, rapidly crashing from more than thirty meters in the air.
"Boom!"
A massive impact echoed through the arena.
Seeing the dust and smoke stirred up in the arena, Kure Erioh looked at Miwa Ashikaga and spoke slowly.
"Thank you for showing mercy."
With Kure Erioh's insight, he could naturally tell.
During that final attack, Asagiri could have used the pitch black Rope Dart to pierce Kure Raian's vital points.
But he did not kill him.
Falling from such a height would definitely leave Kure Raian seriously injured, but it would not kill him on the spot.
"Because there is no need to kill."
Miwa Ashikaga raised a hand and pushed up the frame of her glasses, her tone flat.
"Although there is competition between Players, in the face of otherworldly disasters like Dead Realms, all Players must unite. Killing a Player like Kure Raian would only weaken the strength of our world. A slight punishment to teach him not to be so arrogant toward us in the future is enough."
"Rest assured. I believe that after this, Kure Raian's overly arrogant and sharp personality will be tempered."
Kure Erioh wore a smiling expression, as if he did not care at all that Kure Raian had been defeated.
Rather, he had allowed Kure Raian to participate in this tournament precisely to let this rare genius in the history of the Kure clan suffer a little.
Only by experiencing setbacks and putting away that arrogance could Kure Raian grow.
As the dust gradually settled, the medical team rushed into the arena and carried away the unconscious Kure Raian.
Meanwhile, Kuroki Gensai and Kanoh Agito looked at Asagiri, who stood there with the dark red patterns on his body already fading, and could not help but reveal expressions of vigilance.
If they had been the ones dragged into the air just now, how would they have responded?
There was no response.
Being in the air without leverage, unable to move freely, made one a literal sitting duck.
Since there was no way to respond, then...
Their only option was to do everything in their power to avoid being grabbed by the opponent, and to find every possible way to remain on the ground.
"Come on."
Asagiri extended his hand toward Kanoh Agito and spoke calmly.
"You're the only one whose techniques I haven't witnessed yet."
"Is that so..."
A strange smile suddenly appeared on Kanoh Agito's face.
Then he immediately rushed forward, approaching Asagiri at astonishing speed.
"Formless Mode, is it..."
Asagiri knew that as the current Fang of Metsudo, Kanoh Agito possessed two fighting modes.
One was called Martial, a steady and aggressive style combining various martial arts techniques.
The other was Formless, a flexible stance not limited to fixed postures, with unpredictable movements capable of countering any fighting style.
Obviously, traditional martial arts styles were not suitable for combat between Players.
So at this moment, Kanoh Agito had entered Formless Mode.
"Ice Spear."
Facing the Ice Spear thrown by Asagiri, Kanoh Agito quickly dodged.
After closing the distance and entering melee range, his right hand transformed into a claw shape and smashed fiercely toward Asagiri's face.
"Bang."
Asagiri raised his arm and blocked Kanoh Agito's attack.
Kanoh Agito immediately followed up with a low whip kick, but it was also blocked directly by Asagiri.
"So fast..."
Yuuki Asuna, who was watching the battle from the lounge, saw Kanoh Agito fight Asagiri, and a serious look appeared in her eyes.
Compared to Kuroki Gensai's defensive counterattacks, Kanoh Agito's offense was faster and more flexible.
If Kuroki Gensai was a steady mountain, then Kanoh Agito was a surging giant wave.
Although his power was slightly inferior, he excelled in higher attack frequency and more flexible movement.
"Persona, Human Asura."
After exchanging blows with Kanoh Agito for several rounds, Asagiri directly summoned Human Asura, forcing Kanoh Agito back.
But before Asagiri could even catch his breath, Kuroki Gensai approached with a heavy sense of oppression.
"Apologies, Mr. Shadow, but I wish to witness your limits. Please forgive my slightly despicable behavior."
Kuroki Gensai once again used his signature technique, Demon Lance.
His fingertips acted like sharp spears, piercing directly into the left arm Asagiri had raised to block.
"So that's it. Is this the power of the Demon Lance..."
Feeling the pain in his arm, Asagiri knew that if Human Asura had not just increased his strike resistance, the bones in his forearm would likely have been pierced through by this blow.
"Interesting..."
Asagiri whispered that, then suddenly raised his head and looked straight into Kuroki Gensai's eyes, his expression filled with excitement.
"It's getting more and more interesting!"
At the same time Asagiri said this, Kuroki Gensai suddenly noticed something.
The opponent's right arm...
Where did it go?
In the next second, Kuroki Gensai heard the sound of wind breaking from behind him.
He immediately tried to dodge, but he still took a solid hit to his back.
"This is..."
Seeing Asagiri's right arm actually floating in the air, even Kuroki Gensai, who was usually so calm he seemed devoid of emotion, could not help but show shock at this moment.
[Nanoparticle Avatar: When Walrider is not summoned, you can use a portion of this Persona's characteristics, such as freely switching parts of your body between nanoparticle and solid states, while also possessing the same flight capability as Walrider.]
"Tell me, Kuroki Gensai."
Asagiri reattached his right arm to his body and asked with a smile in his voice.
"As a veteran fighter, how do you plan to defend against an attack like that?"
On the other side, Kanoh Agito, who was fighting Human Asura, discovered something.
Was it his imagination?
Why did it feel like this black humanoid creature's strike resistance had improved astonishingly compared to when it was fighting Kure Raian earlier?
His own attacks were having difficulty causing any effective damage to this creature.
Conversely, Kanoh Agito did not dare block any of Human Asura's strikes head on, and could only keep dodging.
If this continued, there would only be two outcomes.
First, Kuroki Gensai defeated Shadow.
Second, Shadow defeated Kuroki Gensai.
If it was the former, Kanoh Agito felt it would be deeply shameful for the Fang of Metsudo.
If it was the latter, then losing would be embarrassing, and even winning afterward would only be called a gauntlet match, an unfair victory.
"In that case..."
Kanoh Agito lost his patience.
Taking advantage of the moment Human Asura launched an attack, he brought his right fist close to the creature's body.
"Dragon Bullet!"
Dragon Bullet was Kanoh Agito's strongest technique.
It released an explosive inch power strike at the shortest possible distance.
This move was almost impossible to dodge, as if one were being swallowed by a dragon at zero range, which explained its slightly chuunibyou name.
Accompanied by a dull thud, a basketball sized hole appeared in Human Asura's abdomen, showing the terrifying lethality of this move.
However, what shocked every spectator present, and even Yuuki Asuna and the others in the lounge, was that Asagiri, who was fighting Kuroki Gensai, ignored the Demon Lance that Kuroki Gensai unleashed again.
He allowed the opponent's fingertips to pierce into his chest.
At the same time, his own right hand pressed against Kuroki Gensai's abdomen.
"Could it be..."
Amid the shocked gazes of the entire audience, golden light flickered in Asagiri's black eyes.
A terrifying fluctuation of power erupted from his body, one that made even Kuroki Gensai's heart tremble.
"Martial Technique: Dragon Bullet."
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