Annihilation
"Fine, let's see what kind of Sword Form you can figure out."
Doma's killing intent gradually rose, but he didn't increase the pressure on Kurozawa.
The situation was clear now. If Kurozawa kept avoiding the fight, Doma wouldn't be able to kill him, at most he could wear him down to a serious injury, and then he would have to retreat at dawn. But if he gave Kurozawa a chance, making him consider a bloody battle, then Doma might have a chance to kill him.
"I haven't seen the final ultimate technique of Water Breathing yet."
"However, with an extra Sword Form, I hope you have the guts to come and kill me." With that thought, Doma made no new moves, maintaining the current situation.
Half an hour later, Prayer Plaza was a mess. There were hundreds of corpses of cult members on the ground, dead in various ways. The other cult members, seeing Doma personally dealing with Kurozawa, cheered for the Cult Leader's might and retreated to the edge of Prayer Plaza.
Previously, some cult members had tried to enter the area filled with ice crystals, but after just one breath, they collapsed, their faces pale with frost. The others, of course, didn't dare to try again.
At this time, in the very center, Kurozawa's body was covered in a faint layer of Pitch-Black Aura to defend against the erosion of the ice crystals. He held the slightly dimmed Mingzhou and engaged in a seemingly endless battle with two Ice Bodhisattvas.
Kurozawa frowned tightly, his lips constantly opening and closing slightly, as if muttering something.
Before long, he suddenly opened his eyes, which were bright and full of spirit.
"I've been stuck in a rut."
"The root of Water Breathing? No, what I need is to understand myself, to understand my characteristics and habits. The perfect Sword Form that fits me best, that belongs to me – that is my ultimate technique."
Kurozawa looked around. His vision was a vast expanse of white. Because of the large amount of fine ice crystals filling the air, every inch of space around him seemed covered in white frost, and the air itself felt slightly congealed.
"Water can be benevolent, like the highest good, benefiting all things without contention, capable of embracing everything, tolerating everything."
"But I don't like that. For me, only all things benefiting me! My water is a world-destroying flood, possessing the power to destroy all things!"
After understanding himself, witnessing himself, and figuring everything out, a sharp light appeared in Kurozawa's eyes, as brilliant as the sun, yet without a trace of warmth.
*Thump!* Kurozawa's heart pounded violently. The Pitch-Black Demon Slayer Mark on his face also began to twist, gradually contorting into the shape of a flood tide, as if to cover and submerge everything.
A powerful aura emerged from Kurozawa's heart. Immediately after, this aura rapidly traveled through his limbs and bones, spreading inch by inch, and in an instant, permeated his entire body.
*Thump!* His heart beat again, and Kurozawa's entire aura surged, climbing higher and higher.
The Pitch-Black Aura ignited, forming a simple scabbard at his waist. Kurozawa moved his arm, and Mingzhou slid into the scabbard.
His body lowered, his calves slightly bent, Kurozawa's right hand gripped the Mingzhou's hilt tightly, the muscles on his forearm bulging high, as if he was putting all his strength into drawing the sword. But Mingzhou still didn't emerge, only trembling slightly.
Outside the ice crystal domain, Doma suddenly stood up, sensing a dangerous aura from Kurozawa. It was only now that Kurozawa made him feel threatened, possessing the power to kill him.
"Very good. Next, you should come at me with all your might to kill me. That way, I can kill you."
Doma reached out and pressed down. Within the ice crystal domain, the two Ice Bodhisattvas simultaneously clenched their hands into hammers, their massive bodies leaping up, shaking the ground and creating countless cracked fissures.
In mid-air, the skyscraper-like Ice Bodhisattvas descended like meteors, their joined ice fists creating layers of air currents as they slammed towards Kurozawa.
With such momentum, if he were hit, Kurozawa's physique would be flattened and merged with the ground below.
Below, sensing the immense pressure from mid-air, Kurozawa suddenly lifted his head, his black hair wildly whipping in the incoming strong wind.
In his vision, the giant Ice Bodhisattvas occupied everything; even the night sky had turned like ice crystals.
*Rip!* Pitch-black sparks scattered, and Mingzhou suddenly unsheathed. The scabbard at Kurozawa's waist directly shattered and turned into specks of aura that entered his body. After that, a sharp friction sound suddenly echoed around him.
Water Breathing: Ultimate Sword Form - Annihilation! Mingzhou slashed, its blade light rising and forming a boundless black tide behind Kurozawa. This black tide surged, yet was silent.
In the distance, as Kurozawa made his move, Doma's consciousness attached to the Ice Bodhisattvas felt as if it had been pulled into an illusion. He strained his eyes, but the surroundings were pitch-black, without any light.
Only Kurozawa's figure was still below.
Vaguely, a dull rumbling sound seemed to echo in his ears.
Doma was filled with surprise, knowing he had fallen into Kurozawa's spiritual will. All of this was a phantom of the ultimate Sword Form. Doma had seen the hellish domain of flames, seen the fierce thunder swamp dense with lightning, but a boundless dark Sword Form phantom like this was the first time he had encountered it.
The dull rumbling sound came from far away and drew near. Doma's transformed Ice Bodhisattva rapidly descended, wanting to blast Kurozawa apart first.
But the final result was that the boundless darkness suddenly flowed like a solid tide. The ground rolled back, turning into a flood that swept everything away, engulfing both Ice Bodhisattvas.
In the real scene, Kurozawa unleashed a massive, flood-like wave of blade light. With one slash, the blade light fell like a black curtain, simultaneously enveloping both Ice Bodhisattvas.
In an instant, cracking sounds were incessant.
Irregular ice crystals fell one by one. The two Ice Bodhisattvas still held their joined-fist stance, but their bodies disintegrated, falling to the ground as shattered ice.
At the same time, all the slash marks on the remnants were imprinted with elaborate, pitch-black lines, like intricate patterns.
In the distance, Doma opened his eyes with lingering fear. He touched himself up and down, and only after confirming everything was intact did he let out a sigh of relief.
"Is this really a Water Breathing Sword Form? Flame Breathing and Thunder Breathing aren't as fierce as this."
"However... turn into ice crystals."
Doma clenched his hand, preparing to detonate the remnants of the Ice Bodhisattvas to further expand the ice crystal domain. But as he clenched his fist, there was no reaction from the other side. Doma was stunned, repeatedly clenching his fist to try and detonate the ice crystals, but there was still no movement.
"What kind of technique is this? It severed my connection with the Ice Bodhisattvas?"
"Never mind, never mind. Since you're strong enough, come on, hurry up and kill me." Although an unexpected event occurred, Doma was still full of confidence, certain of victory.
Within the ice crystal domain, Kurozawa couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood mixed with ice shards, feeling a chilling sensation in his lungs.
When he used the ultimate Sword Form, he used Total Concentration Breathing, inhaling a large amount of ice crystals.
Moreover, this powerful burst-type Sword Form made Kurozawa's body feel somewhat weak now, and his right arm, which he used to swing the sword, was even dislocated.
*Crack!* Kurozawa half-squatted, propped his right palm on the ground, and pressed down hard, resetting the dislocated bone.
"After this one Sword Form, I won't be able to use it for at least three or four hours." Feeling the somewhat chaotic energy in his body, Kurozawa slightly narrowed his eyes.
Outside Prayer Plaza, the Fighting Spirit fluctuations of those cult members were so vibrant. Surely, they could provide him with countless Potential Points.
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