As Hongyue entered her combat state, Kurozawa wasn't idle either. He tilted his head back and opened his mouth.
Hoo. A powerful breathing sound, vaguely like the roar of a lion or tiger, resonated from Kurozawa's throat.
The air churned. Kurozawa's open mouth seemed to turn into a bottomless abyss. Streams of white energy, like swimming dragons, drilled into his mouth and nose, surging into his lungs and instantly providing Kurozawa with a continuous supply of power. The pitch-black Demon Slayer Mark on his face also deepened in color, appearing to slightly twist and squirm like something alive.
Strength 14, Speed 12, Constitution 16 – these were Kurozawa's base attributes at the time.
All the muscles in his body tensed simultaneously, tightening in an instant. His energy surged and circulated within him.
Total Concentration was abruptly activated, increasing his base attributes by 30%.
Strength 19, Speed 16, Constitution 21.
In his deep, black eyes, which resembled the tranquil water of a secluded pool, streaks of blood appeared, filling the whites of his eyes like small snakes.
The fourth stage of Higan Suzume Eye was activated, adding another four points to his attributes.
Strength 23, Speed 20, Constitution 25.
With all his combat attributes breaking through twenty points, Kurozawa felt like a volcano on the verge of eruption. Tremendous, terrifying power was contained throughout his body, eager to be unleashed.
At the same time, Kurozawa clearly felt the strain and overload in his eyes, which felt somewhat sore.
Higan Suzume Eye at max level had significant side effects, especially on the relatively fragile eye area.
Total Concentration Breathing also constantly put pressure on his internal tissues, but Kurozawa was currently a Demon body. His regeneration ability perfectly solved the drawback of Total Concentration and Higan Suzume Eye not being sustainable.
Looking at the figure whose scarlet faceplate he had to look up to see, Kurozawa's heart pounded fiercely and excitedly.
*CRACK!* The ground beneath his feet shattered. With one hand burning with layers of Pitch-Black Aura, Kurozawa leaped up, directly aiming for Hongyue's faceplate.
His first move was his signature Strong Hand Skull Splitter.
*BANG!* Kurozawa felt a sharp pain in his waist and abdomen as Hongyue violently kicked him with a raised leg. He had just jumped up when he was sent flying back like a cannonball.
Amidst the rumbling sound, he crashed through over a dozen pine trees as thick as millstones before finally stomping his foot down to stop himself.
*PUFF!* Kurozawa spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.
Crack, crack, crack echoed inside him as four or five broken ribs rapidly healed.
"Can't go airborne... Hongyue's combat attributes are higher than mine. Going airborne just makes me a target."
Kurozawa narrowed his eyes, his gaze piercing through the thick smoke and dust, but he couldn't see Hongyue's figure.
As if possessing foresight, Kurozawa raised a hand. Mingzhou instantly took shape, unleashing a fierce torrent of blade light upwards like a black waterfall.
Hongyue's figure was high in the air, in a Rider Kick stance, like a blood-red spear that could pierce the sky and earth. With a terrifyingly oppressive aura, she directly plunged into the blade light of the Annihilation Sword Form.
Crack, crack, crack... The thousands of slashes in that instant only left cracks on Hongyue's blood armor, not even truly wounding her skin.
The next second, Hongyue penetrated the continuous destructive blade light formed by Annihilation, and the Rider Kick descended.
*CRASH!* As if struck by a meteorite, countless earth and stones exploded from the ground, and a circular deep pit appeared.
Kurozawa's figure was not within it.
Cross Surface Slash! Two consecutive blade lights, over four meters long, crossed vertically and horizontally, slashing into the deep pit from the side!
Hongyue raised her long, rounded right leg, encased in blood-red armor, and swept it horizontally, shattering both slashes simultaneously.
The ground shook violently. She leaped high, over ten meters into the air, then, like a missile, punched towards Kurozawa.
Kurozawa took a deep breath, his gaze as sharp as a hawk's.
Fighting Spirit Perception was activated, pushing his dynamic vision to its limit.
Hongyue's movements seemed to slow down in his eyes, her trajectory becoming clearly visible.
*CRUNCH!* Kurozawa was sent flying over a dozen meters by the punch.
After sliding along the ground, leaving a messy trench, Kurozawa stopped himself. His right chest felt cold and breezy.
Looking down, a blood-soaked hole that went straight through appeared. He could vaguely hear the whistling sound of the night wind passing through it.
"..."
It was the first time that Kurozawa, who usually relied on his physique to overpower others, was forced into constant dodging and fleeing.
Fighting Spirit Perception allowed him to accurately grasp her movements, but Kurozawa couldn't keep up.
It was like seeing a train at full speed heading towards you within a certain distance; your brain tells you to dodge, but your body can't do it.
Immediately after, Hongyue, without a word, closed in on Kurozawa as if teleporting. With a spin, she horizontally slashed with her palm. The blood armor covering her palm abruptly compressed and deformed, its edge shimmering with a cold light like a blade.
This palm strike was aimed at Kurozawa's neck.
Hongyue in her combat state was ruthless and unforgiving, completely different from how she usually treated Kurozawa.
Kurozawa's pupils contracted. He stopped observing and activated the ability he had just gained, closing his eyes at the same time, with Fighting Spirit Perception fully engaged.
Transparent World! In an instant, the scene in Kurozawa's eyes changed.
The real world became strangely transparent, presented in Kurozawa's mind.
He could see Hongyue, like a Valkyrie, he could see the layer of blood armor made of hardened flesh, and he could see Hongyue's true form within it.
Not only that, his vision passed through clothing, through skin, as if stripping away the essence of the world layer by layer and then revealing it sequentially. The tightly coiled muscles within Hongyue's body, the rapidly flowing blood, and the pounding heart, etc., all surfaced in Kurozawa's Transparent World.
Hongyue seemed to turn transparent.
No, the entire world turned transparent. Kurozawa could even see the trees behind Hongyue. His gaze penetrated the dense forest, crossed the mountains, and seemed to reach the ends of the earth.
At the same time, Kurozawa's control over his body reached an unprecedented state. The muscle groups, fascia, and bones within him seemed to come alive, becoming more agile than ever before.
Within the Transparent World, Kurozawa's speed increased further.
With Fighting Spirit Perception combined with the ability to clearly see the condition inside Hongyue's body, Kurozawa's accuracy in predicting movements increased again.
He leaned back, reached out, and clenched his empty hand tightly.
At the last moment, Hongyue's wrist automatically moved into his grasp.
Narrowly avoiding the palm strike, his left hand grabbed Hongyue's wrist, but the immense force, like a churning python, was overwhelming. In a flash, Kurozawa let go of Mingzhou and used both hands together to hold on.
Immediately after, he lowered his body, twisted, and pressed his back against Hongyue's waist and abdomen.
Then, his spine exerted force like a dragon, combined with his sudden rise and the strength in his arms, he executed an over-the-shoulder throw, sending her flying.
Bang bang bang... With Kurozawa's strength and Hongyue's own momentum from her fierce attack, she only managed to regain her balance over twenty meters away.
Finally gaining an advantage, Kurozawa let out a sigh of relief.
The Transparent World couldn't give him a significant attribute boost, but it allowed Kurozawa to utilize his existing attributes more efficiently. With the same twenty points of strength, he might have only unleashed seventy percent of it when going all out before, but now he could utilize it completely.
However, Hongyue was likely just caught off guard when Kurozawa threw her, and she wasn't truly injured.
Within Fighting Spirit Perception, Hongyue's Fighting Spirit fluctuations were intense and wild, showing no signs of dropping or weakening.
Whoosh! An extremely thick and long tentacle, with a gaping maw at the tip, pierced through the dust. Carrying a gust of wind, it bit down towards Kurozawa's head, filled with jagged, sharp fangs like daggers.
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