"Tsk!" Bai Ye clicked his tongue. "What a troublesome ability!"
Hyouki suddenly grew excited, looking at Bai Ye. "You think my Blood Demon Art is strong too, don't you?"
Bai Ye glanced at Hyouki. "It's just troublesome."
Hyouki didn't seem to care what Bai Ye said, continuing to press. "How does it compare to Lower Rank Five?"
"It doesn't." Bai Ye replied. "I'm going to cut you down anyway."
As Bai Ye spoke, the Nanming Lihuo Sword swept forward again.
With a hum of the blade, the Nanming Lihuo Sword transformed into a long rainbow that struck forward.
However, Hyouki immediately beat the drums on his body, and the room began to spin, shifting their positions. The rainbow formed by the Nanming Lihuo Sword landed in an empty space.
Hyouki declared, "Your attacks can't hit me."
"That's not necessarily true." Bai Ye smirked. "I can just cover the entire room with my attack."
*Crack!*
As Bai Ye spoke, he snapped his fingers with a clear sound.
Instantly, the charging rainbow exploded.
Flowing Lights of the Heavens (The sword light shattered, transforming into one hundred and eight streams of radiant light for attack)
The exploding rainbow turned into countless streams of light that shot out in all directions from the point of detonation.
No matter how Hyouki rotated the room, the spatial volume remained unchanged.
Therefore...
In that moment, the entire space was engulfed by the exploding streams of light.
This sudden attack seemed to leave Hyouki helpless, staring blankly at the flying lights.
Then...
*Thwack, thwack, thwack...*
Several streams of light struck Hyouki's body, piercing him repeatedly.
The immense force even sent Hyouki flying backward, crashing hard into the wall behind him.
Blood flowed continuously.
However, for a demon, injuries of this degree were not a major problem.
To kill a demon, one must either expose them to sunlight, decapitate them, or dismember their body to a point where regeneration or recovery is impossible.
Therefore, while the bloody holes on Hyouki were gruesome, they were not fatal.
However, the sudden blow left Hyouki momentarily stunned, then enraged.
"How can I be defeated by a human? Impossible, impossible..." Hyouki roared. "Blood Demon Art, Swift Drumming!"
Hyouki's hands danced, moving at an unimaginable speed, becoming streaks of afterimages as he incessantly beat the drums on his body.
*Boom, boom-boom, boom, boom-boom-boom...*
The drumbeats were no longer singular but formed a distinct rhythm.
In an instant, the room spun again, its position constantly shifting, faster than before.
As the room turned, the surrounding streams of light interweaved, quickly filling every part of the room. Simultaneously...
Traces of claw attacks began to appear, and their power had noticeably increased, from three to five.
At this moment, the room seemed on the verge of shattering.
Bai Ye teleported twice, moving to the corners.
Bai Ye saw through Hyouki's intention: to play a game of "seven wounds to kill one thousand, self-inflicted to eight hundred."
The scattered streams of light continuously struck Hyouki's body, but as long as his head wasn't severed, Hyouki cared not for his injuries. After all, if he killed Bai Ye, the wounds would quickly heal.
However, the frantic rotation of the room, combined with the sonic claw attacks, made Hyouki's attacks unpredictable.
The claw marks appeared out of nowhere, making it impossible to determine the timing or pattern of the attacks.
In fact, it wasn't that Bai Ye couldn't discern them; Hyouki himself couldn't.
Bai Ye narrowed his eyes. If that's the case...
Then I don't need to discern them!
Kill Hyouki, and it will all be over!
"Five Spirit Curses!"
Thunderclap Flash!
Bai Ye produced ten talismans at once, spreading them out in a fan shape. The talismans immediately burst into flames.
Then...
*Rumble, rumble, rumble...*
The sound of thunder constantly echoed, and bolts of azure electricity appeared, traversing the entire room and pushing forward.
The next moment, accompanied by the drumbeats, Hyouki's claw attacks reappeared.
With a *boom*, one of the lightning bolts was shattered, exploding into countless arcs of electricity that scattered in all directions.
But it didn't matter. Bai Ye produced ten talismans at once precisely to guard against such situations.
While Thunderclap Flash was an offensive Dao technique, it was being used at this moment to...
Cover Bai Ye!
Bai Ye himself darted into the lightning, moving forward with the power of Thunderclap Flash.
*Rumble, rumble!*
The sound of crackling lightning erupted as the thunder surrounding Bai Ye was shattered one by one, turning into dispersed arcs of electricity.
This was the downside of Hyouki's dense, continuous attacks. The trajectory of the claw strikes was indeed difficult to predict.
But...
Hyouki himself couldn't distinguish the trajectories, so he naturally couldn't accurately pierce the lightning to strike Bai Ye!
Then...
Bai Ye leaped out, piercing through the dissipating arcs of electricity, appearing before Hyouki. He then grabbed Hyouki's head.
*Bang!*
Bai Ye, holding Hyouki's head, pressed down forcefully, slamming Hyouki into the ground.
The drumbeats stopped at this moment. The constantly rotating room returned to normal, and the claw attacks ceased.
Hyouki stared at Bai Ye, a look of unwillingness on his face.
"My Blood Demon Art..." Hyouki muttered. "Is it truly inferior to Lower Rank?"
"No, it's not inferior; it's just too weak for me!" Bai Ye stated.
*Slash!*
The moment Bai Ye spoke, he reached upwards.
The surrounding streams of light converged, reforming into the Nanming Lihuo Sword, which returned to Bai Ye's hand.
Then...
*Slash!*
Bai Ye raised his sword and brought it down towards Hyouki's throat, piercing it. He then violently slid the blade sideways, severing Hyouki's head.
All returned to silence.
Looking at the head rolling to the side, Bai Ye slowly stood up and opened the door, which was covered in claw marks, preparing to leave. Just then, Bai Ye saw a figure sprinting towards the entrance.
Bai Ye couldn't help but smirk.
"No, no, it's not what you think," Karasumaru said hurriedly, waving his hands. "This is a misunderstanding. I didn't intend to trick you, actually..."
Bai Ye didn't give Karasumaru a chance to explain. He slowly bent down, grasped the hilt of the Nanming Lihuo Sword, and made a drawing motion.
"Thunder Breathing Style!"
Bai Ye took a deep breath. Immediately, the sound of crackling arcs of electricity appeared around his body.
Orange-yellow currents instantly enveloped Bai Ye's entire body.
The next second...
"First Form, Thunderclap Flash!"