NCCnovel #138 - A true catastrophe! The special use of divine power!
#138 - A true catastrophe! The special use of divine power!
Luo Fu never underestimated the unscrupulousness of those in power.
Although, even if slandered by those powerful figures who controlled the media, it wouldn't matter much to Luo Fu. In fact, with his current abilities, he could change his identity at any time, and those so-called slanders wouldn't affect him at all.
But even if this kind of thing couldn't directly affect Luo Fu, it was still like a toad jumping on his foot – it doesn't bite, but it's annoying.
After all, no one likes being cursed, especially when they're being slandered.
Kibutsuji Muzan was someone Luo Fu was destined not to let go.
However, given Kibutsuji Muzan's cautious nature, he would definitely run if Luo Fu displayed overwhelming power.
Therefore, the only way was to carefully control the extent of his power in the upcoming battle.
He couldn't scare Kibutsuji Muzan, but he had to make him feel like he still had a chance. And during this brief moment of hesitation, Luo Fu could seize the opportunity to locate Kibutsuji Muzan through the demons.
Don't assume that just because other demons can only be located by Kibutsuji Muzan through his own bloodline, that these scattered bloodline-created demons can't do the reverse.
The reason they can't isn't because they truly can't, but because other demons can't do it.
But Luo Fu, during this time, had precisely researched a method to locate Kibutsuji Muzan through this bloodline connection.
If Luo Fu hadn't previously located the Infinity Castle, only to quickly discover that it had been abandoned, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble now.
Currently, Luo Fu was unaware that Nakime, the one he originally considered the biggest obstacle to killing Kibutsuji Muzan, had actually died at Kibutsuji Muzan's hands.
Moreover, Nakime's death had rendered the Infinity Castle, which Kibutsuji Muzan had created at great cost, meaningless.
The coordinates that Luo Fu had left in the Infinity Castle back then were enough for him to completely control Kibutsuji Muzan.
Kibutsuji Muzan doesn't possess those diverse Blood Demon Arts among the demons.
Whether it was Nakime's spatial abilities, Gyokko's space teleportation, or Doma's manipulation of ice, Kibutsuji Muzan could only indirectly utilize them by controlling the lives and deaths of the demons.
He couldn't incorporate these abilities as his own.
In the past, because of Nakime, Kibutsuji Muzan built the Infinity Castle, but the Infinity Castle rose because of Nakime and also fell because of Nakime.
Just as Luo Fu was pondering the appropriate level of force to use against these demons next.
Under the cover of night, an incredibly terrifying killing intent quickly enveloped the entire wisteria flower estate.
Those Demon Slayer Corps members scattered around the wisteria flower estate, even covering the Yoshiwara red-light district, were quickly killed by demons in an extremely short period, without even managing to send a message back in time.
The demons weren't just invading the wisteria flower estate from the outside.
Gyokko's figure instantly emerged from the pot that had been used to transport ordinary people into the wisteria flower estate earlier.
Gyokko alone firmly delayed the Pillars' plan to support other Demon Slayer Corps members.
In just a few short minutes of engagement.
Ordinary Demon Slayer Corps members were quickly slaughtered and scattered, with not a single one escaping, under the circumstances of Upper-Rank and Lower-Rank demons launching an all-out attack.
When these demons appeared in the wisteria flower estate, it also meant that the Demon Slayer Corps members around the Yoshiwara red-light district had been completely wiped out.
After the Upper-Rank and Lower-Rank demons appeared together.
Kokushibo came to Gyokko with his sword and briefly exchanged glances with Gyokko.
Gyokko instantly broke free from the siege of the many Pillars.
The wounds on his body recovered in an extremely short period.
Don't assume that Gyokko was truly at ease just because he had delayed so many Pillars.
You must know that while Upper-Rank demons do indeed have overwhelming strength in front of the Pillars, this also has a prerequisite. Even if the current Demon Slayer Corps members haven't awakened their Demon Slayer Marks.
But if they are beheaded by a Nichirin Blade while fighting without fear of death, Upper-Rank demons will still die.
Gyokko was mostly using a method of exchanging injuries for injuries to delay until the arrival of the other Upper-Rank and Lower-Rank demons.
Gyokko's escape truly struck a blow to the confidence of many Pillars.
After all, from Gyokko's eyes, they could easily judge that Gyokko only occupied the fifth position among the Upper-Ranks at most.
They had previously thought that they could join forces with Luo Fu.
Now it seemed that when Gyokko only intended to stall, just one person could actually hold them all back.
Holding his sword and replacing Gyokko's position, Kokushibo looked at the Pillars with an indifferent gaze and said: "Your strength is simply不堪一击 (literally: not enough for a single blow, meaning: pathetic). Our purpose this time is only to deal with Luo Fu. He was once a demon. If you are willing to retreat now, then we have no reason to kill each other. If..."
"Do demon slayers need a reason to kill demons?" Kyojuro Rengoku smiled coldly and said: "Even if it means death, we will not retreat from you demons."
Lightly flicking his long sword, Kokushibo said: "Then let me see how deep your mastery of Breathing Techniques is."
While Kokushibo began to fight with the Demon Slayer Corps members.
The other Upper-Rank and Lower-Rank demons led a large number of demons straight towards Luo Fu's direction.
Inside the courtyard, sensing the arrival of the demons, Luo Fu preemptively attacked the moment these demons appeared.
One after another, clones were constantly splitting from Luo Fu's body.
In an instant, the appearance of the Seven Emotions and Seven Sins clones directly gave Luo Fu fourteen more helpers.
After undergoing the second sharing, Luo Fu's Seven Emotions and Seven Sins clones were completely different from before.
After the first sharing, Luo Fu's Seven Emotions and Seven Sins clones could only barely delay Akaza and Doma, two Upper-Rank demons.
But now, in a true life-and-death struggle, any one of Luo Fu's clones had the strength to crush an Upper-Rank demon.
Unfortunately, in order to locate Kibutsuji Muzan, Luo Fu couldn't reveal his true strength so quickly, at least not enough to scare Kibutsuji Muzan.
"Be careful, this guy's clones are very strange, unlike Hantengu's."
Upon seeing these familiar clones, Akaza couldn't help but remind the other demons.
"It's those clones again."
Doma looked disgusted.
Last time, it was Luo Fu's clones who almost dragged him and Akaza until sunrise.
The previous experience truly made Doma genuinely feel how disgusting Luo Fu's clones were.
This time, seeing the familiar clones, it was no wonder that Doma showed such a disgusted expression.
"Leave the clones to us."
Rui and the others, the Lower-Rank demons, took the initiative to step forward.
Luo Fu wasn't seeing Rui, who liked to play house, for the first time.
As Upper Moon Four in the past, Luo Fu had seen this guy quite a bit.
It's just that in the memories of the demon Luo Fu, the impression of Rui wasn't deep.
Who told Rui's Blood Demon Art to be very strange when dealing with ordinary people or even Demon Slayer Corps members, but when dealing with Luo Fu, it was simply like delivering food?
The minds of demons themselves have huge problems. When facing Luo Fu's methods of manipulating others' seven emotions and six desires, they will instantly fall into emotional collapse.
The former self of the demon relied on his own Blood Demon Art to steadily sit in the position of Upper Moon Four, and this was even because the former self didn't actively strive for a higher position. Otherwise, apart from Kokushibo, Luo Fu would have been able to firmly occupy Upper Moon Two.
Although Kokushibo had strong jealousy towards his younger brother Yoriichi Tsugikuni, both as a demon and during his time in the Demon Slayer Corps, as the heir of a samurai family, his attainments in swordsmanship were indeed very strong.
Iwakatsu Tsugikuni was indeed not as talented as Yoriichi Tsugikuni, but Yoriichi Tsugikuni himself was like a BUG in the world.
On the contrary, Iwakatsu Tsugikuni was more like the genius in ordinary people's perception.
A sword heart was also tempered to be quite tyrannical. Unless facing his younger brother Yoriichi Tsugikuni, under other circumstances, even the demon blood art of the former self couldn't easily affect Kokushibo.
And the time it took to affect Kokushibo's mind with Blood Demon Art was enough for Iwakatsu Tsugikuni to kill the former self several times over.
Although the former self indeed had a heart higher than the sky and wanted to develop a Breathing Technique that was not inferior to Yoriichi Tsugikuni's Sun Breathing and Iwakatsu Tsugikuni's Moon Breathing.
But unfortunately, until entering the sharing space, from human to demon, in several hundred years, the former self had only developed the Big Dipper Breathing Technique. The Southern Dipper didn't even have a clue.
From this point alone, it was enough to make people feel that without the blessing of the sharing space, the former self, who had awakened the memories of the past, might indeed be outstanding with effort and his own aptitude, but even compared to Iwakatsu Tsugikuni and Kokushibo, there was still a considerable distance.
At the moment when Rui and the other Lower-Rank demons rushed over, the Buddha-like Joy; the blue strongman, with flames constantly burning around him, Anger; the ape-like Fear with red eyes, red mouth, and yellow fur; the girl-like Desire, enchanting and moving, with light gauze covering her body; the green-skinned Love; the weeping Sorrow and several other clones had already taken the initiative to meet a Lower-Rank demon respectively.
"It seems that your strength has improved very quickly."
Just from the brief engagement between the clones and the Lower-Rank demons.
Akaza couldn't help but say with a serious face: "Last time, several of your clones had to join forces to stop me and Doma. Now, any one of these clones has the qualifications to fight against a Lower-Rank demon. No wonder the Master issued such an order."
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Gyokko couldn't wait to say: "Don't forget, Kokushibo is still buying time for us. Hurry! Everyone attack together and try to get rid of this guy."
At the moment the words fell, a pot with waterweed patterns appeared out of thin air in front of Gyokko.
The moment the waterweed-patterned pot appeared, streams of goldfish darted out of its mouth, spraying Luo Fu with sharp needles containing nerve-paralyzing toxins.
The sheer number of needles was like a torrential downpour, showering down upon Luo Fu.
Luo Fu, however, opened his arms without dodging, as if willingly welcoming the baptism of these poisonous needles.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!…
Accompanied by a series of muffled sounds.
Visibly, Luo Fu's body was instantly covered with needles, resembling a hedgehog.
“This…” Gyokko was stunned on the spot, surprised, and said: “This guy, is he really that easy to deal with? Could it be that after splitting into clones, his Blood Demon Art was given to the clones, and he himself can no longer use it?”
As an Upper Rank Demon, Gyokko wasn't particularly familiar with Luo Fu, but he had seen Luo Fu in action before.
In Gyokko's opinion, Luo Fu's most troublesome aspect was his manipulation of his opponent's emotions.
The Seven Deadly Sins ability, constantly shifting. For demons with weak minds, it was like a dimensionality reduction strike.
But now, Luo Fu actually allowed himself to be pricked into a hedgehog by his poisonous needles.
This made Gyokko somewhat confused.
In the next moment, the demons quickly understood that Luo Fu, who could receive such orders from Muzan Kibutsuji, was not so easily dealt with.
The Luo Fu, who was originally covered in needles like a hedgehog, had the color of flesh and blood on his body fade away in an instant, replaced by what looked like a delicate wooden sculpture.
Wood Release: Wood Clone.
This technique, originating from the ninja world but having undergone a localization process, was now being used by Luo Fu and displayed an incredible effect, almost like a different kind of Blood Demon Art.
Not to mention anything else, the effect of being able to fool even Upper Rank Demons was enough to make people feel incredible.
After all, demons also judge and perceive the world through their five senses. But a demon's five senses far surpass those of ordinary people. More importantly, besides the five senses, demons also have another kind of special perception ability that is not quite a sixth sense but exceeds the five senses.
That is the perception of the special qi and blood and vitality of humans and demons.
Just now, when they saw Luo Fu's wood clone, whether it was an Upper Rank Demon, a Lower Rank Demon, or other demons, none of them noticed that Luo Fu was not the real body.
Inside the room.
Tamayo looked at Luo Fu with some worry and said: “Lord Luo Fu, are you not planning to take action?”
Tamayo was just worried about Luo Fu's attitude towards these demons. After all, she wouldn't forget that Luo Fu had stayed in the demon camp for hundreds of years before. Who knows if Luo Fu had established bonds with the demons during that long period of time?
Being unwilling to attack these demons now was a product of this bond.
Kanao Tsuyuri, who had been transformed into a special existence by Luo Fu and had even begun to develop bloodline Yuan Energy, was also in the room at this moment.
Hearing Tamayo's words, Kanao Tsuyuri struggled to look at Luo Fu and said: “Lord Luo Fu, I… I want to help the Demon Slayer Corps! This way, I can share the burden for Lord Luo Fu!”
The people around Luo Fu now have different thoughts.
Makomo still retained the mindset of a former Demon Slayer Corps reserve member, but after being in contact with Luo Fu for so long, she inevitably developed some affection for Luo Fu.
Both the Demon Slayer Corps and Luo Fu stand on the opposite side of the demons and Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon King.
Even if Luo Fu is now behaving somewhat strangely, Makomo is still accustomed to listening to Luo Fu's opinions.
It must be admitted that although Japan has been undergoing the Meiji Restoration for many years, the traditions and thinking of the feudal era are still preserved at the bottom of society.
Makomo is a typical example of this. After having a close relationship with Luo Fu, Makomo has already crowned herself with Luo Fu's surname in her heart.
You must know that in Japan, it is not even the same as the traditions of ancient Eastern countries. After a woman marries, she must completely abandon even her surname and change it to her husband's surname.
With this way of thinking and traditional concept, although Makomo still has great hatred for demons, she truly regards Luo Fu as her master.
Compared to Makomo, Kanao Tsuyuri, although still retaining some of her ego, has mostly taken on Luo Fu's shape.
Kanao Tsuyuri, although also transforming in this direction, has obviously not reached Makomo's level. She has a stronger attachment to the Demon Slayer Corps. Of course, eight out of ten of these attachments are due to the existence of her younger sister, Shinobu Kocho.
Tamayo, on the other hand, is another extreme. She has not truly had a close relationship with Luo Fu. Although Tamayo has obtained the Yuan Energy Seed given by Luo Fu and extracted her own bloodline Yuan Energy, her goal has never changed. That is to kill the Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji and completely exterminate the demons.
As for the Kamado family, led by the mother, Aoi Kamado, they are like maids and servants in Luo Fu's home.
On such decision-making issues, neither Aoi Kamado, the eldest daughter Nezuko Kamado, nor the other little ones have the right to interfere.
Although their thoughts are different, at this moment, when Kanao Tsuyuri took the initiative to mention helping the Demon Slayer Corps.
Makomo and Tamayo did not object.
Luo Fu was not unaware of the various thoughts of the people around him. After all, the Blood Demon Art itself is about mastering the Seven Deadly Sins, and after combining it with Hantengu's Seven Emotions.
Luo Fu, who has almost maximized his ability to manipulate emotions, is only one step away from mastering psychology.
The reason why he did not interfere was entirely because Luo Fu did not care.
Because he knew very well that when he had enough strength to completely break everything, these so-called power balance means would completely lose their meaning.
Just glancing at Kanao Tsuyuri, Luo Fu nodded directly and said: “Then I will send you on your way.”
The moment the words fell, a spatial vortex swallowed Kanao Tsuyuri like lightning.
Compared to Obito Uchiha, the true initiator of the Kamui eye technique in the ninja world, Luo Fu has now reached another level in the use of this special eye technique.
It is unknown whether it is because of localization or other reasons, but the eye technique, which has become a Blood Demon Art, has almost completely lost the various limitations on Obito Uchiha.
In terms of pupil power, there is no longer the drawback of not being able to recover after using the Mangekyō Sharingan, and there is no longer the five-minute limit for intangibility in actual combat. Even the time required to use the Kamui space for transfer and transmission has been shortened to almost negligible.
Whether being sucked into the Kamui space or leaving it, it can be completed in a flash of lightning.
Unlike Obito Uchiha, whether entering the Kamui space or leaving it, a process is required.
During this process, once attacked, there is even the possibility of being interrupted.
Luo Fu's use of spatial abilities is unbelievably fast.
In a flash, Kanao Tsuyuri was sent to the place where the Pillars were fighting.
Of course, Luo Fu would definitely not send Kanao Tsuyuri under Kokushibo's blade.
Even after being transformed into a demon by himself, Kanao Tsuyuri is no longer an ordinary person as fragile as before, who can be easily killed, but Luo Fu would not actively send her into danger.
Just as everyone, including Tamayo and others, thought that Luo Fu was being held back by the demons that had come out in force.
Luo Fu used clones to constantly lock onto the location of Muzan Kibutsuji himself through the more or less Muzan Kibutsuji's demon blood on these demons.
When he finally determined Muzan Kibutsuji's location.
Luo Fu's expression changed instantly. In order to avoid the previous situation where he had clearly locked onto the Infinity Castle with his spatial abilities, but the Infinity Castle was abandoned inexplicably due to Nakime's death, making all of Luo Fu's preparations useless.
This time, Luo Fu locked onto not only the location of Muzan Kibutsuji himself, but also used Muzan Kibutsuji's own demon king's bloodline as a spatial coordinate.
To put it simply, unless Muzan Kibutsuji has completely found a way to transform himself from a demon into an ordinary human, even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, Luo Fu can use his own bloodline as a spatial coordinate and appear around Muzan Kibutsuji in an instant.
Even if Muzan Kibutsuji divides himself into thousands of pieces, as long as the essence of the bloodline does not change, Luo Fu can find them one by one.
Having completed all of this, Luo Fu finally put down all his worries and no longer suppressed his strength.
In the courtyard, the Lower Rank Demons who had just been fighting back and forth with Luo Fu immediately felt the earth-shattering changes in Luo Fu's clones.
The first to bear the brunt was Rui, the Wrath Clone who was individually facing the blue giant and burning with flames.
In an instant, he discovered in horror that the threads he released, which could even cut metal, were no different from real spider silk in front of Luo Fu's Wrath Clone.
In just an instant, the threads were incinerated by the flames burning around the Wrath Clone.
The Wrath Clone even charged straight to Rui and punched him.
The fist burning with flames had not even made contact yet, but it made Rui feel a sense of impending doom.
Without even thinking, just as Rui was about to dodge, the flames burning around the Wrath Clone suddenly exploded as if a scoop of gasoline had been added. The range of the flames expanded several times in an instant.
Caught off guard, Rui was immediately enveloped in flames.
The flames that could instantly incinerate Rui's threads also lived up to the power they displayed.
The moment they made contact, Rui felt what true impending doom was.
The terrifying flames burned Rui's demon bloodline the moment they touched it.
Its terrifying lethality even made Rui feel that even facing the sun would not be as despairing as it was now.