When the Demon King Beast exploded into a fiery tableau in the sky, and the moment it spread across the world through the live broadcast camera, the entire internet seemed to hit a pause button for ten seconds, as if the signal had been cut, plunging into an unprecedented silence.
In countless live stream rooms, the panic, doubts, and exclamations that had been frantically scrolling across the screens suddenly stopped. After the dense stream of comments disappeared, no new messages appeared. The entire online world for those ten seconds became completely dumbfounded.
This scene fell into the eyes of hundreds of millions of viewers and completely shattered everyone's cognitive perception.
They had thought this was the madness of Don Quixote charging at a windmill—the final struggle of a mortal using his bare hands as a machine. But they were shocked to discover that the so-called "windmill" was not an imaginary monster at all, but a true giant capable of destroying an entire city.
And the man they had considered a mad knight was actually holding a lance and carefully piercing the giant.
Gojo Satoru also showed an extremely exaggerated expression when he saw this scene. Even Yuji Itadori and Ryomen Sukuna, who were still fighting fiercely, felt this exaggerated power and unconsciously raised the intensity of their battle to a new level.
Kagetatsu looked at the sword in his hand, which had nearly burned him, and sighed that it was worthy of Ultraman's power. Even with Armament Haki, he couldn't make more than a few slashes.
[Skill Card Acquired: Light LV1 (0/10)]
[Skill Card Acquired: Nishida-ryu Swordsmanship LV1 (0/10)]
[Skill Card Acquired: Nishida-ryu Sealing LV1 (0/10)]
He had finally obtained the skill card he had dreamed of day and night, but Locke wasn't as happy as he had imagined. He was thinking about how to face the next Demon King Beasts and monsters.
At present, it seemed that the most lethal power was the light power released by spiritual energy, and a light slash was sufficient to kill any Demon King Beast.
But the problem was that even for Kagetatsu, killing six in a row had nearly exhausted him, and he would need at least a day to recover.
Although he could use other powers from his body to convert into light power, the efficiency still seemed too low. Demon Head Kijuro had clearly been strangling him before the battle. He'd better not rush to upgrade to the highest form, so as not to make a mistake.
So, what was the solution to meet the requirements of the current stage and solve the immediate problem?
Standing before a group of monsters roaring and charging toward him, Kagetatsu's face didn't change color. The light blade in his hand continued to rise and fall, swinging the sword of light again and again.
The fiery sword energy, capable of splitting mountains and cracking the earth, carelessly rolled across the ground. Wherever it passed, broken walls and ravines were everywhere, killing all the monsters that charged inside.
But his mind remained clear. Between each sword swing, he calmly thought about the main path to completely end this disaster.
Demon Head Kijuro had clearly understood Kagetatsu's weakness and sent a variety of fish monsters, far weaker than the Demon Kings, to drain his power.
After killing five monsters in a row, Kagetatsu slowly walked among the corpses of the giant beasts.
The border of dozens of miles had already been leveled to the ground in the fierce battles, turned into devastated ruins. In the whole world, only the two sides of their confrontation remained.
In the battle between natural disasters and natural disasters, the crows also suffered heavy losses in the darkness, leaving only the last one flying alone in the sky, carefully recording this scene.
At the same time, the live stream rooms and major social platforms covering the entire world had already completely boiled over.
An internal expert in the jujutsu world, who did not wish to be named, revealed to the entire network the true name of the swordsman who had killed the Demon King Beast and single-handedly suppressed the calamity—Nishida Kagetatsu.
This battle, which had engulfed Shibuya and half of Tokyo, was being broadcast live through countless prisms.
Seeing with their own eyes Kagetatsu's destructive power, capable of splitting a tornado and instantly killing the Demon King of Calamity, the high-ranking officials immediately fell silent and issued the highest order, urgently stopping all temptation and planning actions related to curses.
Other countries around the world felt the direction of the wind of the new era through this live broadcast.
Parliaments of various countries rushed to pass bills overnight. Astronomical special funds were quickly approved. All of these funds were invested in the in-depth study of the unknown new energy of mantra. Even more shocking, the primary research objectives of the first phase of research in all countries around the world were extremely consistent without exception.
The main and only goal—could it be replicated or even surpassed by Kagetatsu.
At the same time, on the battlefield of ruins filled with smoke and dust, a ghostly shadow suddenly condensed before Kagetatsu.
The illusion of Demon Head Kijuro stood among the corpses of giant beasts everywhere, a familiar smile on his face, as if reuniting with an old friend he hadn't seen for a thousand years, slowly speaking to the old enemy before him:
"Long time no see, Nishida Kojūrō Kagetatsu."
Kagetatsu naturally immediately understood his opponent's calculation. It was nothing more than a desire to delay time with this meaningless greeting, to fight for the final window for the last hatching of Maga Orochi.
But instead of immediately interrupting, he put away his knife and stood quietly, following the words to deal with him.
After all, Kijuro wasn't the only one who needed time.
"Is it really you, Demon Head Kijuro?"
"You can all be reincarnated, so why can't I be resurrected? A thousand years ago, you ruined my plan. Today, I will definitely make you pay for it."
Seeing that the other party seemed unaware of the true reason for his resurrection, Kagetatsu frowned slightly but still quietly continued:
"Give up. Whether it was a thousand years ago or now, I will not let your conspiracy succeed. This is my responsibility and the mission I must fulfill."
"Hmph! Still the same rhetoric. But after so many years, I've seen through it as well."
After that, Demon Head Kijuro was about to speak when he was interrupted by Kagetatsu.
"If you want to persuade me to give up, I advise you to abandon that idea as soon as possible."
Seeing that he had been refuted again, Demon Head Kijuro instantly flew into a rage.
He had clearly made enough concessions. Why did this bastard refuse to let go? Refuse to let go after living for a thousand years! Did he have to make himself have nothing and lose everything?
Did he love these ant-like humans so much? Kagetatsu!!
"Hmph! Aren't you interested in what conditions I have?"
"No matter what conditions you offer, I don't care."
Kagetatsu, who had already wanted to figure out how to break the game, no longer delayed. He raised his hand with his knife and completely destroyed the illusion of Demon Head Kijuro. As he sheathed his knife, he slowly opened his mouth, his voice cold as a blade:
"It doesn't matter without you."
And Demon Head Kijuro inside the core of Maga Orochi was both angry and anxious. The madman immediately activated all his cursed energy to resurrect all the fallen monsters.
Six grotesque, zombie-like monsters roared and stood up. Together with the three remaining Demon King Beasts, they once again launched a powerful assault on Kagetatsu.
Seeing this scene, Kagetatsu raised his hand before him, closed his eyes, and focused on manipulating the chakra within his body, trying to reproduce the chakra pattern provided by Mahoraga.
When he opened his eyes again, they were already blood-red, and a blazing white light spread from around his body.
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