Vol-2: 114. Blade of Freedom
114. Blade of Freedom
Gravity Return to Zero!
Li Aozi mercilessly cleared the gravity from his body, immediately plummeting through the air. With a slight adjustment, he directed himself to crash straight towards Yin Shuya.
"It's not over yet!"
Yin Shuya pulled out a large-caliber hand cannon, fired it in reverse, using the explosive gas to quickly shift her position, brushing past Li Aozi. She then swiftly drew a bazooka from behind her and fired it at him.
Boom!
Li Aozi tumbled through the air like a swift swallow, then immediately reversed his trajectory. Using gravitational force, the Tsu·Shadow's Edge that had fallen to the ground was instantly drawn back into his hand. He raised his arm, enduring Yin Shuya's suppressive fire while simultaneously applying [Cut Off Vitality] and [Death Link] to her again, slashing the blade swiftly across his own forearm.
Death Transfer!
The radiating blade quickly spread the damage across Li Aozi's entire forearm, causing massive cell necrosis. White blood cells died en masse, and metabolism came to a near halt.
At the same time, Yin Shuya, still in mid-air unleashing her firepower, felt her left arm seize up as the radiating damage destroyed her arm's nerves.
"—Damn it!"
She didn't have time to regain her balance before the red-and-black figure of the Domination appeared right in front of her chin.
Next, Yin Shuya heard a whisper, as if from the abyss:
"I'm~ right~ here~"
Swoosh!
Li Aozi's body instantly circled behind her. The katana, enveloped in a purple-black killing aura, emitted a clear sword hum as it sliced across Yin Shuya's carotid artery.
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[Item Name]: Tsu·Shadow's Edge
[Attributes]: Damage +70 (sharp attribute), Spell Damage +90%[Primary Attribute Value](Spell Attribute•Radiation)
Sharp: Deals at least 140 additional physical damage to unarmored targets.
Radiation: Radiation damage ignores physical armor and spell defense, dealing continuous true damage (radiation damage can only be absorbed by specific items).
[Katana Exclusive]: Critical damage +150%, successive attacks are more fluid, easily cutting through enemies and causing 'limb severance'.
Main Hand Grip—When Tsu·Shadow's Edge is equipped in the main hand, each attack increases attack speed by 12%. After seven attacks, attack speed limit is released, and the user enters a 'super armor' state where combo skills cannot be interrupted.
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Crack!
In the next instant, Li Aozi accelerated again, slicing into her arm with a single strike.
"Ah!"
Yin Shuya screamed, unable to maintain her aerial position. She raised her other hand, trying to capture the afterimages left by Li Aozi's rapid movement.
His phantom figure danced like butterflies, a flurry of movements, dragging continuous trails as the muzzle of her gun flashed blue, but the bullets couldn't stop Li Aozi from soaring towards her from below once again.
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[Description]:
"The Shadow Blade bears no light, devouring life and souls."
Tsu·Shadow's Edge, a demon blade that mysteriously appeared in history. The one who forged it died under heavenly lightning, which may have been a blessing.
It is incredibly sharp, yet so lonely, driven mad until it finds peace, arrogantly pursuing death.
It is said that a powerful hero once used it to strike down heavenly lightning, but was eventually devoured by the cursed sword and died in despair.
This cursed blade has accumulated the weight of countless years, and the demon spirit within has long been lost. The only thing that remains unchanged is its insatiable thirst for slaughter, a desire so overpowering it will eventually destroy its wielder.
Now, do you have the courage to walk with a demon?
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Slash!
Blood splattered from her left thigh, spraying outward. Li Aozi's technique was precise, his blade always targeting the weakest points of the joints. The sharp edge cleanly severed blood vessels and bone, and swiftly stripped the membrane and flesh along the ankle bones.
The excruciating pain shattered Yin Shuya's nerve threshold completely. She fell numb, raising her gun to pursue Li Aozi's figure.
Every shot was aimed tightly at Li Aozi, but the radiation effects impaired her reactions.
Just a little more, just a little more, each time she was off by a hair. But with hypersonic bullets at six times the speed of sound, even a slight deviation meant missing by hundreds of meters.
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Blade Length: 108 cm
Net Weight: 2.9 kg
Material: Alien Alloy (Vest Radiation Ore)
Sharpness Adjustment: 60 (Each 1% increase in sharpness grants 60 base damage, with a maximum of 240 points)
Its previous owners left it with a dark reputation. Now, it's up to you to write a new legend.
[Equipment Requirements]:
[Strength]—10
[Dexterity]—20
[Constitution]—22
Note: Wielding this weapon will subject the user to intense radiation, reducing lifespan by 5 years every 10 natural days.
[Sword Spirit Consciousness]: Not awakened
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Slash!
Her right foot was violently cut off, and Li Aozi, now a phantom, twisted strangely in mid-air, executing a sharp-angled maneuver. Gripping his sword with both hands, he drove it through Yin Shuya's head, smashing her into the ground.
Boom!
As the dust settled, Yin Shuya's upper body was completely shattered, her spine pinned into the ground like a gravestone.
Li Aozi lightly shook his katana, and though the sharp blade was incredibly deadly, it had remained bloodless from beginning to end.
Having finished off another Gamma-tier foe, Li Aozi felt no joy.
Tianhuan people highly value personal combat power, and their cold storage likely held several more Gamma-tier individuals.
The global number of Gamma-tiers usually remains under 10, but that's during peacetime. In times of peace, even the Red Arrow Empire had no Gamma-tier fighters.
If the Tianhuan people were truly pushed to the brink, Li Aozi believed that with the resources of the Four Nations, Tianhuan could easily unfreeze eight Gamma-tiers to fight him to the death.
He swiftly disengaged, his body beginning to rapidly recover Omega Energy and life force. One major problem with the blood demon technique was its ineffectiveness against mechanical units, making it tricky when pursued by them.
However, [Gravity] and [Natural Ignition] were very effective against machines.
"Next, I need to hurry and seize the hydrogen bomb."
As Li Aozi rested, Tianhuan's regular army locked onto him again. Rocket launchers, self-propelled artillery, tanks, mobile armor, drones, and heavy bombers all took turns attacking. On the ground, various monsters and ghosts appeared, carpet-bombing his position.
Li Aozi didn't dare linger and immediately activated stealth, flying close to the ground to avoid radar detection, heading swiftly towards the Hōjō Tower in the heart of Qionganjing City.
Li Aozi had to admit that his previous streak of good luck had run out. His luck had turned for the worse, and he wasn't in the air for long before the Grand Onmyoji's spirit world sensing discovered him again.
Boom!
A skyscraper was uprooted on the spot, lifted like an Oni club, and carried on the shoulder of a towering crimson demon. This monster had two horns sprouting from its head, boar-like tusks from its mouth, menacing eyes, and an overwhelming aura.
"Hey, human, this road is under my guard. You shall not pass!"
The towering demon blocked Li Aozi's path, its body standing tens of meters tall in the city streets, as imposing as the skyline and utterly insurmountable.
Li Aozi attempted to break through but quickly slammed into an invisible wall.
"A barrier?"
Li Aozi was annoyed by this. He didn't want to waste time fighting a demon of this level.
However, it seemed he had no choice but to fight.
Li Aozi gripped his blade with both hands, floating in mid-air, turning to face the towering demon.
"Haha, you've finally realized, huh? That old Abe even gave me his kidney. If you want to pass, you'll have to fight me!"
Li Aozi couldn't be bothered to reply, crossing his two swords, his eyes shifting colors rapidly:
"Six-in-One • Mofid—"
Crash!
Before he could finish speaking, the barrier in the sky shattered like glass!
"Huh?!"
Li Aozi was startled.
In the next moment, the crimson-horned demon was struck on the head by a massive white figure falling from the sky, its body reeling backward and crashing to the ground.
"Uwaaah, who dares to ambush the great demon Shuten?!"
The demon lay on its back, angrily lifting its head, only to see the dark muzzle of a Magnum pointed straight at its skull.
"What is this—"
A dark red light slowly began to glow, and the air grew increasingly hot. High-energy particles were charging and accelerating within the magnetic rail coil, causing the demon to squint instinctively.
[Blast Magnum Charge]
"…Damn?"
The pale mobile armor paid no heed, silently pulling the trigger.
Whoosh—Bang!
In an instant, a scorching beam pierced and melted the towering demon. Its body disintegrated under the intense heat, crumbling into a pile of spiritual ash, dispersing into the air as a pitch-black storm.
And amidst the storm, a 20-meter-tall humanoid mobile armor stood tall on the ground.