Just as he had already done, successfully merging them just now.
[Bone Soul Transformation].
The original Shield Bone Transformation only made bones harder.
But after merging the abilities of the Hiraikotsu, the bones could grow, be shaped, and emerge from any part of the body.
Although it was still essentially within the scope of Physical Transformation, it was already nearing the edge of Materialization.
So the question arose.
What if he continued to stuff new transformations into the other Six Transformations?
What if he continued to enrich the content of each transformation?
The Six Transformations were the limit, but the capacity of those Six Transformations was not.
This was a path no one had ever walked.
Although most demons were muddled and lacked Kanbe Hikaru's instinct to organize and summarize, driven by instinct, they actually all did their best to absorb the turbid Demonic Qi drifting between heaven and earth. They did this to increase the number of their own 'transformations' and to seek a faster breakthrough to Materialization.
No demon had ever thought of building their foundation to the absolute limit during the Physical Transformation stage.
Because that was too slow.
Too exhausting.
And it wasn't even guaranteed to be useful.
But Kanbe Hikaru was different.
He had a system.
He could continuously obtain new abilities by conquering non-living entities.
For him, this was instead a faster and more suitable path.
As long as he found enough conquest targets of similar types... he could fill each transformation to the brim.
Turning a small hill into a massive mountain.
And then—using pure quantity to shake the threshold of quality.
In Kanbe Hikaru's view, this line of thinking should also be feasible.
Although difficult, it wasn't impossible.
In fact, if he could pull it off, he might be able to complete multiple transformations at once.
Advancing from the Six Transformations to the Eighth, or even the Ninth, all in one go.
The key lay in finding more suitable 'things' to stuff into the Six Transformations.
Such as weapons.
Such as artifacts.
Such as... other non-living entities that the system could recognize.
As long as he maxed out their favorability, he could obtain talents.
As long as he had enough talents, he could stack them within the Six Transformations.
Once they were stacked to a certain degree... perhaps it would trigger a qualitative change.
Kanbe Hikaru reached his conclusion.
He resumed his pace, catching up to Kikyo ahead of him.
His mood was much lighter than before.
At least he had found a direction.
...
However, at the very moment Kanbe Hikaru was lost in thought, Kikyo suddenly came to a halt.
The oncoming wind grew fiercer, seeming to become more vast and surging.
"What's wrong?"
Kanbe Hikaru looked up.
Then he saw Kikyo's expression.
On that cool and elegant face, her brows were tightly furrowed.
In her pitch-black eyes, a rare look of... heaviness appeared.
Kanbe Hikaru followed her gaze.
What met his eyes was a vast, open plain.
It should have been farmland, where farmers ought to be tilling the soil.
Although this world was crawling with demons, human civilization was still dominant. During the day, Yang energy was vibrant and Demonic Qi was relatively weak, so demon rampages were infrequent, and it didn't stop people from working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
As long as they returned to their village and homes before nightfall, they were safe.
But now—
There was not a soul to be seen, let alone any farming.
All that remained was desolation.
And corpses.
Bleached bones and bodies strewn everywhere.
In the distance, a visible wisp of black smoke rose, but it was neither curling nor peaceful; beneath it, one could see flames soaring into the sky.
That was...
"War?"
Kanbe Hikaru narrowed his eyes. He was already all too familiar with such a scene.
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