Silver Wolf Under the Moon

You killed a Supernatural Being: Spirit World Demon Wolf (Secondary Species, Demon Subspecies, Degraded Species).

Special Trial: Path of Transcendance progress updated. You had broken through the limit of strength and gained the Supernatural Trait: Silver Wolf Under the Moon.

Silver Wolf Under the Moon: Your physical condition would be enhanced with the arrival of night, reaching its peak at midnight (25%). At the same time, while bathed in moonlight, your strength efficiency would double. During a full moon, its efficiency would increase to four times.

You unlocked a new efficiency: Strength.

Efficiency: Constitution (Flame Dragon Scales) · 1.8

Efficiency: Spirit (Active Spirit) · 1.7

Efficiency: Strength (Silver Wolf Under the Moon) · 1.5

(Note: Efficiency represents the conversion efficiency of physical abilities. At present, your Strength attribute's conversion efficiency in corresponding explosive power, output power, resistance, and other aspects is 1.5 times the default value of the First Tier.)

Space notifications flooded down like a waterfall. Bai Cangshu had not expected Jabura to be considered a Supernatural Being as well. The Supernatural Trait he gained was quite unusual too. Including the additional enhancement, it ranged from 1.5 to 1.87 under normal conditions, which was fairly good.

But considering the special full-moon bonus, in a sense, this strength limit would allow Bai Cangshu’s strength efficiency to break through the Second Tier’s limit during a full moon.

Bai Cangshu only glanced at it. He stomped down and shot into the air like a rocket, stepping repeatedly as though bouncing on springs. In the blink of an eye, he had crossed a thousand meters.

The boost to strength was also greatly beneficial to an explosive movement technique like Moonwalk.

After Moon Demon transformed into this monstrous form, though her limbs were long and each stride covered nearly seven or eight meters, she seemed unable to control herself properly. She ran entirely on instinct and did not even use Moonwalk.

Bai Cangshu lowered his eyelids and rapidly swooped down from the sky toward her. By then, the Marines in Mock Town had begun issuing alerts on a small scale. The message Brina had sent was quickly relayed.

The two monsters under guard had suddenly broken free of their Binding Vows and fled. Fortunately, Mercenary Tao was powerful enough to kill one on the spot and was now pursuing the other.

This account quickly reached Onigumo, Doberman, and the others who had not yet gotten completely drunk. Onigumo knew there had to be more to the matter, but he could not be bothered to cooperate with the World Government’s research into these mutated creatures.

He was in no hurry to act. Instead, he wanted to see just how capable Mercenary Tao truly was.

For that "sensible" young marine soldier, Onigumo was willing to give him some military merit. Even if he had deliberately let the enemy escape before killing them, so what?

As long as the enemy was killed, it counted as military merit.

Onigumo paid little attention to Spandam and the World Government’s order to study these mutated creatures and the virus. To him, such things were utterly untrustworthy. Even if the World Government truly possessed that technology, who could say it would be good for the Marines?

After Bai Cangshu stepped down, his body shot forward like an arrow. He spread his arms, switched his Milestone to Rakshasa Ghost, and glided above the fleeing Moon Demon.

The next moment, he bent his left arm, and his muscles let out terrifying creaks.

Then he threw a tyrannical punch.

He used the force-generating method of the Rakshasa Palm, yet struck with a fist. An incomparably twisted punch blasted out, and the air sank inward with a dull boom.

Boom!

The fleeing Moon Demon was struck squarely in the waist and back by a Blazing White pillar of energy, smashing into the ground in an instant. Powerful inertia sent her body skidding dozens of meters, crashing through several wooden houses.

Using the recoil from that violent punch, Bai Cangshu floated upward for a short distance before relaxing and landing.

Whoosh—

Dark purple Satsui no Hado spread from Bai Cangshu’s heart once more as he entered battle.

Bai Cangshu’s eyelids were lowered, and the smile on his face grew increasingly cruel. Satsui no Hado wrapped around his right hand.

Clang!

A sword cry rang out. Bai Cangshu’s body bent at an eerie angle, and an emerald sword light grazed diagonally past his waist before flying into the sky.

The strike merely carved a string of sparks across his waist.

Compared to the Moon Demon’s current weakness, Bai Cangshu’s formidable defense made him feel that she could no longer pose much of a threat.

It was not only because Black Blade: Yoru had been confiscated by the Marines. A swordsman’s lethality was greatly reduced without a suitable weapon. It was also because Moon Demon’s fighting style had always relied on precise charges, high-speed slashes, and Armament Haki.

But the corrosion of God Hand had a tremendous effect on her sanity. Her activated body simply could not compensate for the weakening effect that corrosion had on her combat power.

"You really are weak, Moon Demon."

Bai Cangshu walked into the ruins, casually swinging his fist to the side as fierce force erupted in an instant.

Boom!

The wooden-house ruins exploded apart, fragments shooting in every direction.

The Moon Demon buried within pounced forward in an instant. The scales on her hands stood upright one after another, forming countless blades together with her sharp nails. While airborne, she tore outward with both hands in a cross-shaped motion.

Woom!

A terrifying sword cry and the howling of air erupted together.

Crisscrossing sword energy filled the entire space, slashing down in an instant.

Bai Cangshu’s muscles tensed at once.

Iron Body!

Clang!

Boom!

The emerald sword net passed straight through his body in an instant.

Bai Cangshu could feel the sharpness and the sting of his skin being cut, but that pain only further stimulated his killing intent.

He took a step forward, his right fist wrapped in dark purple Satsui no Hado as he smashed it out.

At that moment, the entire row of houses on the street behind Bai Cangshu began to crumble apart as neatly as a sliced cake. Moon Demon’s sword strike had already cut them into grid-like blocks less than a meter square, and they collapsed with a roar.

Bai Cangshu threw his punch, dark purple Satsui no Hado gathering around his fist. Purple light appeared in both his eyes. With Killing Intent Infusion, this punch felt unprecedentedly satisfying.

Pfft!

"Roar!"

Moon Demon howled in agony, her voice no different from that of a beast.

The black scales were instantly ground to pieces by the dark purple waves. His fist drove straight into her body, flesh bursting apart inch by inch and nerves tearing apart inch by inch.

Like a meat grinder, Satsui no Hado crazily ravaged her insides, making Moon Demon feel unbearable pain.

Within the pure white Consciousness Space, Moon Demon suddenly saw a thread of purple seep in. Her expression changed, and the next moment, that thread of purple began staining her Consciousness Space.

Moon Demon abruptly opened her eyes. Feeling the tremendous pain in her waist and abdomen, she slashed sideways with her right hand.

Bai Cangshu’s expression shifted slightly as he raised his left hand before him.

Clang!

The emerald sword light shattered against Bai Cangshu’s Left Arm of the King, but the immense force still pushed him several meters backward.

With such powerful force and aura, there was no doubt that Moon Demon’s consciousness had awakened…

Moon Demon paid no mind to her wretched state. She touched her abdomen and found a huge hole there, blood and flesh dripping ceaselessly.

The sight instantly reminded her of when Mercenary Tao had torn out her heart. Her pupils constricted.

Boom!

The ground exploded, and Moon Demon’s body vanished in an instant. Bai Cangshu looked up to find that she had already leaped into the air, using Moonwalk to flee toward the sea at tremendous speed.

Bai Cangshu instantly raised his right hand.

Clang!

Powerful energy gathered in an instant, then pierced through Moon Demon in midair like a laser.

Splash!

Moon Demon’s massive body fell into the sea, and the distant Marines immediately erupted into excited cheers.

But Bai Cangshu paid them no heed. Instead, he plunged into the sea as well. He knew that Moon Demon was likely trying to escape now, but how could he let prey that had reached his mouth fly away?

During battle, Six Powers: Iron Mass (B-) Lv1 had leveled up. Current level: Lv4

Six Powers: Iron Mass (B-) Lv4: Instantly tenses blood and energy, strengthening the body and hardening it to its limit. Blades, firearms, and artillery can hardly harm it. Can enter the Iron Mass state at the instant of attacking to increase destructive power.