A surging Dragon Fire spewed directly at the Spirit's face, but when the flames dissipated, what appeared before Takatsuki's eyes was a thick ice wall blocking the Spirit.
Although much of it was destroyed in the fire, the ice wall completely blocked the Dragon Fire.
An ordinary ice wall naturally couldn't stop the Fire Demonic Energy of the Fire Demon. Clearly, this ice wall was also one of the opponent's spells, just manifested in the form of an ice wall.
Because of the hasty attack just now, Takatsuki hadn't fully unleashed the maximum power of the Dragon Fire. At least, blast hadn't been added. Since there was a defense, then...
Puchi!
Just as he raised his hand, a sharp blade pierced through his abdomen from behind.
"Hehehe, you mortals actually think you can defy her will. Just fall obediently here."
The voice of a middle-aged man came from behind Takatsuki. Because he had removed Koby's Character Card, his mediocre Observation Haki hadn't detected the man's swift attack just now.
Intense flames erupted from Takatsuki's body, but the man quickly retreated, dodging Takatsuki's attack. Only then did Takatsuki see the man's appearance. Unlike the red-haired woman who was completely undisguised, this man wore a cloak and a Sheep Bone Mask on his face.
And his speed was at about the level of Level 5, and he was the type that specialized in agility.
"Mortal? After all, aren't you a mortal too? And it's nothing more than a monster from the Dungeon."
Thanks to the bonus from the Evil Dragon Body, even with his abdomen pierced, Takatsuki maintained full mobility. However, blood continued to seep from the wound he covered with one hand.
"What do you know!"
Takatsuki's matter-of-fact words seemed to offend the other party. The middle-aged man suddenly became furious: "She granted me eternal life! This is something even those damn gods on the surface cannot do!"
He used the dagger in his hand to cut a wound on his arm, but no blood flowed out. Instead, it quickly healed automatically. The middle-aged man acted as if he were on a pilgrimage: "No, she is the true deity! This divine power! Sooner or later, we will take back the surface occupied by those False Gods!"
Following his angry roar, the man flashed quickly again and stabbed toward Takatsuki.
Just as Takatsuki raised his hand to give the opponent a blast, a sharp ice blade pierced through his body and pinned him to the ground.
After losing his Observation Haki, Takatsuki had been ambushed from behind for the second time.
"Actually... Instant-cast Magic!"
Takatsuki hadn't heard any chant; he only heard the name of the magic when the attack landed.
It turned out this Corrupted Spirit could not only use large-scale magic with ultra-long chants but also Instant-cast Magic.
On the other side, the middle-aged man's attack followed immediately.
Takatsuki gripped the dagger tightly with his hand.
Bright red blood dripped from Takatsuki's hand. Meanwhile, the other members of the Loki Familia had been heavily injured by the Spirit in the previous charge and couldn't be counted on at all.
"Can you still resist even like this? As expected of an adventurer, you're truly hard to kill."
The middle-aged man tried several times but couldn't pull the short sword from Takatsuki's hand. He gave up on the short sword and dodged the attack from Heaven's Stairway.
"Is there something... that you've tampered with!"
The man looked around. Although he couldn't see the Stand, he could sense its attacks.
"Who knows."
Takatsuki stood up, the ice blade still piercing his body.
The massive ice blade that had pierced his abdomen melted away in the flames. A strange power wrapped around Takatsuki's body, sealing the continuously bleeding wound.
Zetsu!
A Nen technique that can stop the leakage of aura, it can be used for healing and eliminating fatigue. When combined with the Hamon generated by Hamon Breathing, it has incredible effects.
Takatsuki had never actively developed these two abilities because even without Hamon and Nen, he had more than enough methods at his disposal.
However, at this moment, the few existing abilities were barely enough to solve the current predicament.
Indeed, Takatsuki wouldn't die, but he could be sealed. Others would die, and Takatsuki couldn't bear to watch them die before his eyes.
But with only a half-baked Nen that had only reached LV2…
Unfortunately, he didn't have any crystals for gacha draws right now, so he needed a way to temporarily enhance his abilities.
Takatsuki glanced at his inventory. Demonic Power?
If possible, he didn't want to use that, as he didn't know what side effects it might have. Takatsuki didn't want to stop being human.
Then the other option was…
In a place invisible to others, a machine activated.
As a card was pulverized, a familiar skill scroll dropped out.
Without a word, Takatsuki used the scroll, and as he did, his originally weak Nen rapidly grew stronger.
[Nen: LV4]
Chrollo's Nen, even without the myriad of chaotic methods he collected, its level of training was something ordinary people couldn't compare to.
LV4 Nen instantly increased Takatsuki's power by many times.
"Strange, this person, why does he suddenly feel stronger?"
Nen itself is the human body's aura. A suddenly stronger aura could be felt even by those who didn't understand Nen.
Whoosh!
Before the man could figure it out, Takatsuki suddenly threw the short knife in his direction.
"So fast!"
With the Nen enhancement, the man didn't react in time and could only hastily block with his arm. The short knife directly pierced the man's arm.
"Such great power."
Looking at the short knife with its handle stuck in his arm, the man pulled it out. The wound caused by the short knife quickly healed.
"But against my immortal body, this attack is meaningless."
"Meaningless?"
The man had just proudly wanted to boast more when a hand suddenly appeared in front of him, grabbing his neck and lifting him into the air.
"How… is this possible!"
Looking at the spatial passage that appeared in mid-air and Takatsuki's right hand reaching into the other end of the passage, the man couldn't break free from the immense force.
With his Nen reaching LV4, Takatsuki felt that the range of his Nen was much wider, and its use was also much smoother.
Originally, it would take him a second to open a passage and then attack, but now, he could open a passage anywhere, anytime, with just a thought.
Feeling the struggle in his hand, Takatsuki tightened his grip slightly.
Crack!
With a sound of bones breaking, the man's resistance stopped, followed by a violent explosion.
Even after breaking the man's neck, Takatsuki didn't stop attacking. The power of Dragon blast completely engulfed the man's upper body.
As the smoke from the explosion dissipated, a familiar magic stone fell to the ground, then transformed into pure magic power and flew towards Takatsuki's back.