Bai Cangshu vs. Xu Zhiyu

"Fuck! It really is that bastard Moon Demon, fuck!"

The man floating in the air and maintaining the barrier wore a black raincoat, and he was currently cursing at the top of his lungs.

He could see it clearly: that unmistakable, terrifying streak of sword light, along with the razor-sharp sensation he could feel even from hundreds of meters away.

There was no doubt about it. Moon Demon was down below!

Fear bred anger. He kept hurling every curse he knew, trying to give himself courage.

In the distance, the woman holding an extremely specialized sniper rifle spat out her gum and mocked him into the microphone.

"So what if it’s Moon Demon? No one’s a match for that guy. You useless piece of trash, you really are pathetic."

The crosshair in her scope did not remain centered. Instead, as she moved, it settled over the two people standing amid the ruins of the official residence.

The Nen Aura she had concealed so thoroughly that it was nearly undetectable suddenly erupted. She immediately pointed her gun at the ground before her.

Bang!

Bang!

Two shots fired in rapid succession.

The official residence slid down from the sky, and the wind, rain, and dim daylight enveloped all three of them.

As that chill swept in, Li Qingzi’s sword had just shrunk back to its normal one-meter length. A flash of imagery crossed her mind, and she turned slightly to the side.

The ground before her was pierced through by a bullet in the next instant.

The bullet spun at extreme speed, grazing Li Qingzi’s cheek before vanishing into the wind and rain.

"Fuck!"

The woman codenamed Amber Throat cursed as well. Before she could check the result of the other shot, she sprang up and lunged forward.

In the next moment, an emerald-green streak of sword light came crashing down.

Crack!

The stone-paved ground was as fragile as tofu, split open in a single stroke. Amber Throat pressed the button on her shoulder, and a metallic mask immediately covered her head. Then, her figure disappeared into the rain, completely invisible.

President Jin in the sky immediately threw a punch downward as well.

His fist vanished before him, only to transform in the next instant into a massive fist more than ten meters wide that smashed down upon the official residence from above.

Li Qingzi vanished like a streak of light.

Boom!

The official residence collapsed with a thunderous crash.

President Jin’s heart stirred. The sensation from that punch had been strange. He tried to pull back his fist, only to find that he could not.

Elsewhere, Amber Throat, who had used Predator equipment to turn invisible, stood to the side and stared in shock at the scene before her.

After Moon Demon dodged, the man in the loose T-shirt had grabbed their boss Xu Zhiyu’s hand with one hand and raised the other, catching President Jin’s ethereal strike barehanded.

Rumble!

Yet the ground more than ten meters away from where he stood shook violently and collapsed instead.

The reason President Jin could not withdraw his fist was because the other man had gripped the surface of that enormous fist with his right hand. With nothing but his grip strength, he had seized something of that size.

What was this?

A strength-type bloodline, or a Supernatural Ability User?!

Amber Throat unconsciously took deep breaths. Though she had always been bold and reckless, her heart still clenched again and again. The powerful shoulder cannon had already instinctively locked on, its infrared sight fixed upon that man’s forehead.

Xu Zhiyu saw this and smiled as he shook his head.

"My apologies, Mr. Bai. You probably went too far in the previous world, so many capable people in our society heard they were supposed to kill you and Moon Demon and immediately left the Yi Xin Society…"

"I could only bring these useless fools with me to kill you. Isn’t that hilarious? Hahaha…"

His mental state grew increasingly manic, especially when he saw the way Mercenary Tao looked at him.

He was certain that Mercenary Tao was the sort of person he had always been seeking.

The kind of person who could truly accomplish great things!

Someone who would not be bound by the rules, morality, and beliefs of the weak—a person who truly pursued power and absolute freedom!

Creak, creak.

The nails on Xu Zhiyu’s right hand returned to normal, but his right arm swelled as its strength steadily increased. It was no weaker than Bai Cangshu’s—no, his strength was still rising.

It had already surpassed Bai Cangshu’s strength.

He slowly adjusted his grip, forcibly clasping the right hand Bai Cangshu held with Bai Cangshu’s own. Li Qingzi no longer existed in Xu Zhiyu’s attention.

Li Qingzi had once been a companion he had chosen, but upon seeing Mercenary Tao, he had completely lost interest in her.

He did not rush into battle. Instead, he first shook hands with Bai Cangshu in a contest of strength.

"I acknowledge you, Mr. Bai. I feel that we will make excellent partners."

He pumped their clasped hands up and down as dragon scales began growing across his arm.

Bai Cangshu wore an equally unrestrained smile as he watched Xu Zhiyu’s display.

He was taller, and as he lowered his head slightly, he took in every trace of madness in Xu Zhiyu’s eyes.

A scarlet outline emerged around Xu Zhiyu. Gaze of Arrogance had activated unconsciously, marking this fellow Great Sin System Reincarnator.

"Xu Zhiyu, haven’t you heard a saying?"

Xu Zhiyu did not answer. He merely kept smiling.

The corners of Bai Cangshu’s mouth rose, revealing his teeth one by one. The long black hair behind him began drifting without wind, and an intense aura started to rise. The wind and rain changed direction, splitting apart behind him.

"Only the weak huddle together. The strong… always walk alone."

"You’re weak~"

Xu Zhiyu’s abnormally swollen right hand suddenly clenched.

The tremendous force, paired with terrifying speed beyond ordinary extremes, crushed the air in his hand in an instant, turning it into swirling white wisps that scattered away.

Boom!

Air pressure exploded from between their palms.

Whoosh.

Radiant Flame ignited across Xu Zhiyu’s body in an instant, while scales appeared across Bai Cangshu’s skin as well.

Amid the burning Radiant Flame, Xu Zhiyu tore off his white shirt. Nearly eighty percent of his body was now covered in dragon scales.

Dragon Blood boiled, and so did his strength.

Overwhelming force surged into Bai Cangshu’s hand like an unstoppable tide.

As a fellow Great Sin System Reincarnator, he naturally possessed the ability to obtain Scarlet Drop Cards by hunting Reincarnators. He could gain an enormous number of attribute points as well.

Moreover, he was a Reincarnator innately inclined toward strength and agility. At this moment, his base Strength attribute had already exceeded sixty points, combined with Dragon Strength’s conversion efficiency of 1.9.

Among the Reincarnators he had faced before, few could contend with him in terms of strength.

Bai Cangshu’s hair scattered in the wind. Far from being overwhelmed by that power, crimson jealousy flames ignited as Radiant Flame burned opposite him.

Solitary Jealousy Flame activated layer by layer.

Thump.

The enormous heartbeat sounded like a drumbeat.

Driven by his craving for power, Bai Cangshu’s body rapidly began to change. Under the alteration of Talent Spiral, his arm swiftly swelled.

Unlike the full-body expansion he displayed whenever Bai Cangshu activated his incomplete talent in the past, his control over that flesh had now approached perfection.

If he merely wanted to control his own body, the first-turn state of Limit Break Spiral would have been enough.

But… Bai Cangshu was not satisfied!

Thump!

His heart beat violently again.

Blue-white arcs of electricity appeared across Bai Cangshu’s body.

Xu Zhiyu watched as his arm was gradually forced down. An unprecedentedly powerful force was rising.

Crackle!

Black-red lightning emerged from the other man’s hand.

That was… Conqueror’s Haki Infusion!

Crack.

Bai Cangshu stepped forward. His aura had begun to overwhelm Xu Zhiyu’s. Then Bai Cangshu threw his head back high before smashing it down at Xu Zhiyu.

Bang!

Their heads collided, the terrifying sound exploding like thunder.

A massive shockwave blasted outward in every direction.

Amber Throat’s heart tightened. She immediately pressed the launch button.

The missile on her shoulder roared out.