Tang An’s breathing was rapid, accompanied by wind and thunder.
His blood-stained chest heaved as multicolored lines intertwined, working to repair his right cheek.
Akaza stood up from the rubble, his face fully regenerated!
The two exchanged glances across the distance before crashing into each other again. Amidst the earth-shattering explosions, golden lightning and blue-silver streams soared upwards.
“Boom… Boom…”
Tang An spun around in their fierce clash, delivering an elbow strike toward Akaza’s head, enveloped in his hardening ability.
Akaza grinned wickedly, raising his left hand to block while tilting his upper body, bringing his right leg down onto Tang An’s neck.
Tang An intercepted with an arm block, their collision forcing them apart, only for them to crash back together in the next moment.
Enmu, now only a head, watched the battle with horror from a distance.
His injuries were severe, and he had only managed to regenerate his head so far. Regenerating his neck, torso, and lower body would take several hours.
“I must become an Upper Moon,” Enmu thought, his eyes filled with longing as he watched the intense battle.
Akaza grabbed Tang An’s head at the battlefield’s center, dragging him across the ground, kicking up dirt and stones like a dragon rolling on the ground.
Tang An’s left hand clutched Akaza’s neck tightly while his right hand hardened into a sharp weapon and repeatedly stabbed Akaza’s chest. Blood splattered everywhere.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Akaza was the first to falter. He felt his neck would be crushed, and his chest was being turned into a beehive. His opponent’s head was covered in a crystalline substance, providing immense defense.
Continuing like this, even with his superior regenerative ability, he couldn’t hold out.
Making a quick decision, Akaza lifted Tang An by the head, spun around, and threw him away. Tang An crashed into a small mountain, his body bloodied.
The hardening covering his body had started to crack.
“Huff… Huff…”
Akaza knelt on one knee, blood oozing from his mouth and nose, his damaged body constantly regenerating!
Upon closer inspection, Akaza’s regeneration speed was noticeably slower than before.
As steam billowed, Tang An emerged from the dirt and rocks, breathing heavily, clearly exhausted.
Looking up at the sky, he saw that dawn was approaching.
It was time to end this.
Akaza stood up, the twelve-pointed snowflake pattern under his feet expanding. Dawn posed the greatest threat to him, and he needed to finish Tang An before sunrise.
“One more chance—become a demon.”
The expanding snowflake pattern indicated Akaza was preparing for a final strike.
Tang An simply gestured for him to come.
“Then die!”
“Destructive Death: Annihilation Type.”
The ground within a forty-meter radius cracked as Akaza turned into a comet, tearing through the earth with thunderous might, a perpetual light trailing behind. The hurricane it caused lifted the steam around Tang An before the blow even landed.
The impact was immense.
“Daring fiend, how dare you show off such a minor skill! Great Dragon of the Mighty Sky, Earth Sovereign Ksitigarbha, Great Luo Magic Spell, Prajna Buddha, Prajna Paramita!”
“Great Dragon of the Mighty Sky.”
Tang An drew back his right hand, and a ten-meter dragon appeared behind him, surrounded by golden lightning and crystallized hardening. As Akaza’s punch approached, Tang An unleashed his attack with the force of a dragon soaring to the heavens, carrying the power of an earthquake.
The dragon’s roar echoed across the land, shattering everything within sixty meters into fragments. Rifts spread out, forming a basin, while a mushroom cloud stirred the wind and clouds.
At the moment of impact, Akaza’s arm turned into a blood mist. He felt an overwhelming force crush him, reducing his body to blood rain, leaving only his head flying into a mountain.
Tang An staggered back ten steps, his energy significantly depleted.
He had poured most of his strength into this attack, with the added power of his hardening and Thunder Breathing. The result was spectacular, but it left him drained.
The feeling of being utterly exhausted was somewhat disappointing.
As steam continued to rise, Tang An looked at Akaza’s head embedded in the mountain. Despite the damage, Akaza was still alive!
His neck was already beginning to regenerate.
But now, Akaza’s face was ashen, for the first rays of dawn appeared on the horizon.
Moreover, the man before him wouldn’t allow him to recover.
“This battle was satisfying, but you still fall short compared to Muzan,” Tang An remarked. When he fought Muzan last time, he even had to use his war BGM.
“You are strong,” Akaza admitted, surprisingly calm in the face of death.
“I know,” Tang An replied, just as a ray of sunlight spilled over the land.
Akaza’s head ignited like paper touched by fire, burning away to ashes.
Once Akaza was gone entirely, Tang An turned and walked toward Enmu. Enmu was hiding in the shadows, drenched in sweat and filled with fear.
He didn’t want to die.
Hearing footsteps approaching, he knew the devil was coming.
Tang An looked down at him, a box appearing in his hand—the one that previously held his cigarettes.
He had smoked ten boxes, and this was the last. Instead of discarding it, he now found it helpful.
Roughly stuffing Enmu into the box, Tang An sealed it and attached it to his bicycle’s back seat. Lighting a cigarette, he mounted the bike and pedaled away, greeting the rising sun.
Though this battle hadn’t pushed him to his limits, it was still rewarding.
His control over “Ki” had become more refined.
Once he reached Yoshiwara and dealt with Upper Moon Six, Daki, he planned to use Enmu’s abilities to see if he could achieve meditation. If not, Enmu would outlive his usefulness.
As he rode, Tang An opened his interface.
“Successfully killed secondary character Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku in the world of Demon Slayer. Rewarded one dice roll.”
“Successfully killed secondary antagonist Upper Moon Three Akaza in the world of Demon Slayer. Rewarded one dice roll.”
Tang An didn’t bother complaining.
These influential figures were merely secondary characters and antagonists.
The dice began to roll, the model airplane crossing three spaces.
“A ballpoint pen.”
Tang An didn’t even bother reading the description, immediately rolling again.
This time, the model airplane crossed six spaces. Seeing what he had received, Tang An’s expression changed drastically.
“One year of acne.”
“Description: Every man has been through puberty…”
“Damn it.”
Tang An felt his face tingle and itch. Stopping his bike, he pulled out a watermelon knife and used it as a mirror. The handsome, radiant, star-like face he once had was now covered in acne, making him grotesque.
At that moment, Tang An dug his nails into his skin, rage surging through him. His once bright eyes were now bloodshot, and he was unable to maintain any semblance of rationality.
A year.
An entire year, he would have to endure this face.
Given the nature of his worthless ability, the acne was sure to persist for a year with no remedy.
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Tang An’s composure shattered.
From inside the cigarette box, Enmu felt a wave of murderous intent so intense it froze his soul.
Soon after, he heard the sound of destruction outside.
It lasted for half an hour.
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