Kurozawa crouched low, his eyes, dotted with blood pupils, fixed ahead. The demonic blade, remarkably similar to Kokushibo's weapon at the time, was now held at his waist, poised for a drawing slash. The blood-red patterns on the blade seemed to shimmer faintly.
The next moment, an incredibly sharp slash erupted with the swiftness of lightning.
Moon Breathing, First Form: Dark Moon Evening Palace!
Clang! The drawing slash was too fast; the blade instantly vanished into the air, leaving only a crisp explosion echoing throughout.
Simultaneously, the blade, carrying his aura, condensed into over a dozen curved, crescent-moon-shaped wind blades along the trajectory of the slash, all striking the tall man's body.
This kind of slash was enough to instantly kill an elite Demon and severely wound even a Lower Moon.
Kurozawa's physical attributes, not having been enhanced with Potential Points, weren't particularly strong at this moment. However, the demonic blade, constructed and metalized by Lefty, possessed formidable lethality based on Kurozawa's own physique.
The Parasitic Organisms, each with significantly stronger offensive capabilities than a typical Lower Moon, were unable to react to Kurozawa's attack.
The metallic blades at the tips of three flesh tentacles were instantly split in two, flying wildly with the momentum of their attack, embedding themselves in the ground or the wall. The crescent moon blades, visible to the naked eye, were blocked by the fourth flesh tentacle.
The first formal exchange concluded.
It resulted in three of the tall man's four flesh tentacles being severed.
If Kurozawa had continued his pursuit, he could have decapitated and killed him in the next move, but he didn't. Instead, he gave the tall man time to react.
There was no helping it; having the Immortal Body truly gave him the capital to be arrogant. Surprise attacks and the like could largely be ignored.
The severed metallic blades, being quite substantial and retaining some consciousness to support themselves, quickly turned back into lumps of flesh and returned to the tall man's body. But he also didn't launch another attack.
"Sword energy?"
The tall man was clearly stunned.
Upon closer inspection, the metallic blade on the fourth flesh tentacle was also covered in clearly visible cracks. If the sharpness of the crescent moon blades had been slightly higher, the residual force could have severed it as well.
The tall man's current daze wasn't due to his injuries.
It was because of Kurozawa's attack method.
He had studied knowledge about the human world, which naturally included literary works and some fantasy works. Of course, the tall man also knew that the abilities in those works were fictional.
But what was he seeing now? The crescent moon blades, which were directly severing limbs without even solidifying, astonished the tall man.
He recalled the sensation from just now: hard, sharp, cold as if tangible, yet they shattered and dispersed into points of light after colliding with his metallic blades. They were clearly not solid entities.
"You could say that for now."
Kurozawa smiled faintly, then reminded him, "Do you really think all humans are weak?"
"I can only say, you're like a frog in a well, seeing only the sky above the well."
As he spoke, Kurozawa moved again, stepping onto the wall. His body parallel to the ground, he rapidly closed in on the tall man by running along the wall.
Close-quarters combat was always Kurozawa's favorite method.
The tall man was shocked again.
His human body was completely incapable of Kurozawa's movements. He had to rely on his flesh tentacles to climb walls.
However, despite his shock, his attacks weren't idle.
The four metallic blades, already in position, instantly unleashed a flurry of afterimages. The piercing sound of them tearing through the air was enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Swish! A sharp blade came from below. Kurozawa, using his waist as an axis and his demonic blade as support, nimbly dodged it.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, utilizing the rotational force, Kurozawa suddenly slashed horizontally.
A crescent-shaped arc of blade light abruptly appeared, piercing the air and slashing towards the tall man's human waist.
Moon Breathing, Second Form: Moon-Playing Pearl Flower! The Sword Form's name had a touch of ancient elegance, yet it unleashed a fierce blade light capable of cutting through metal and breaking iron.
It affected the railing in the corridor and the classroom wall on the inner side. The arc of blade light instantly pierced through them, cutting along and leaving long, gruesome blade marks.
All the eyes on the tall man's flesh tentacles moved simultaneously, staring intently at the crescent moon blade light.
The next second, there was a loud bang.
All four flesh tentacles simultaneously broke through the ceiling above, which was the corridor on the fourth floor.
With their momentum undiminished, the metallic blades at the tips of the tentacles firmly embedded themselves in the ceiling of the fourth-floor corridor, then suddenly contracted, pulling the tall man's body.
He narrowly avoided Kurozawa's crescent moon blade light.
"Moon Breathing's Sword Forms, purely in terms of sharpness and ferocity, surpass even Sun Breathing."
Sun Breathing's blade light is radiant, strong in all aspects, while Moon Breathing solely emphasizes ferocity. Each blade light seems to contain a sense of deathly stillness.
Using the Sword Forms to his heart's content was also a very pleasant experience for Kurozawa.
Being in a modern human society, he rarely had opportunities to fight like this. Having suppressed and hidden for so long, this outburst was somewhat unstoppable.
Looking up, a large hole had been made in the ceiling, but Kurozawa didn't pursue immediately.
He hadn't destroyed the surveillance cameras in the fourth-floor corridor. Appearing now would likely get him discovered.
However, the next second, a figure standing in front of the broken hole was staring dumbfounded at Kurozawa's appearance. That blood-red demonic blade, nearly two meters long wielded in one hand, deeply shocked Shinichi Izumi's young heart.
At the same time, he subconsciously glanced at Righty, his eyes seemingly asking, "Get me one too?"
Righty had no time to pay attention to Shinichi Izumi. It split off two eyes, one focused on the tall man, who was hanging from the ceiling with his flesh tentacles and lowering himself, and the other focused on Kurozawa on the third floor, who was emanating an aura that screamed 'I'm not to be trifled with'.
Glancing out of the corner of its eye at the heavily scarred walls and floor of the third-floor hallway, Righty quickly said to Shinichi Izumi, "Shinichi, let's not intervene."
It had already discussed a strategy with Shinichi Izumi and was waiting in full readiness for the tall man to arrive and fight him.
But suddenly, it heard a loud commotion from the third floor. Before it could investigate, the ground was broken open, and the tall man used his flesh tentacles to climb up.
They are both parasitic organisms on an arm, but the hosts are so different. Righty glanced at the demonic blade on the left arm with eyes, then looked at Kurozawa, and finally turned its head to peek at Shinichi Izumi. A strange feeling arose in its heart.
At the same time, Righty's brain was working furiously, its thoughts exploding as it speculated and deduced the reason for Kurozawa's appearance here and why he had stopped.
In just a second, the core entity made up of countless thinking cells had figured out the answer.
"The surveillance cameras on the fourth floor and the top floor have already been destroyed by me. Please feel free to fight."
After saying this, Righty extended rapidly, pulling on the wall at the stair landing with one hand, causing Shinichi Izumi's body to move over.
Shinichi Izumi was still completely confused, but Righty didn't have the leisure to explain to him.
On the third floor, Kurozawa grinned, revealing a somewhat dangerous smile. He watched Shinichi Izumi's departing figure without stopping him.
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