The enormous Lotus Bodhisattva continuously slammed down ice mountain-like hand blades.
The billowing, frigid mist ruthlessly froze everything, seemingly solidifying even the air, condensing it into sharp ice thorns that rained down like droplets.
One blue and one red, two figures moved like swimming dragons, accurately avoiding each attack, seeking an opportunity to strike.
"Breath of Lightning · Fifth Form · Wind and Thunder Lightning Storm!"
"Wind Style · Great Sickle Weasel Technique!"
Rampantly dancing plasma light blades instantly cleared out a patch of mist and ice thorns, followed closely by a giant wind blade, cutting apart a raised ice-sculpted palm.
This created a space for Yoriichi Type One to directly confront Douma.
"Bang!"
Another gunshot rang out, hitting Douma's neck, creating two holes that quickly healed.
Even with bullets made from scarlet crimson iron, conventional firearms were already insufficient to kill Upper Rank demons.
In the original timeline, Shinazugawa Genya was able to restrain the Upper Four's clones using a firearm, but when facing Kokushibo, he had to rely on his own Demon Eater ability, fusing the power of the flesh he had consumed from Hantengu with the firearm, to temporarily control the opponent in the situation where the Wind, Stone, and Mist Pillars were besieging Kokushibo.
Qing Shui's blank-slate firearm, and the muzzle designed on the left hand position of Yoriichi Type One, could only feint when facing Douma, serving as a restraint for the true killing move.
Just like now.
"Breath of Lightning · First Form · Lightning Slice."
Like a round blue sun rising, Qing Shui's figure flashed to the top of the Lotus Bodhisattva's head at some point, slashing towards Douma's head from behind.
The Nichirin Blade laboriously cut into one-third of Douma's neck, and at the instant it was blocked by bone, Douma used a golden iron fan to strike the blade, adding resistance to Qing Shui's slashing motion, and waving the fan with his left hand, scattering countless ice crystal petals, shooting towards Qing Shui's body.
Everything, from the smallest detail of the Lotus Bodhisattva's every movement to the condensation of a single ice crystal, was presented in his mind without the slightest error, like a 3D model.
This was simply no different from the divine sense in those Xianxia novels.
One sweep, and it was a 360-degree all-round display.
The Transparent World, under the pressure of facing Upper Moon Two, had finally opened.
Even so, Qing Shui had suffered a not-so-minor injury.
Sensing the wounds cut into his body by the ice, as well as the frozen surface tissue, Qing Shui closed his eyes, accurately controlling the movements of himself and Yoriichi Type One, avoiding each attack.
He was adapting to the changes brought about by the Transparent World.
"Hmm?"
Douma waved his fan, creating a sky full of frozen clouds, feeling that something was not quite right.
The enemy seemed to have undergone some changes, but he couldn't quite put his finger on where the change had occurred.
This feeling of seemingly having everything seen through, even though it wasn't seen by the eyes…
Douma's seven-colored pupils flickered slightly.
This feeling, it was as if he also had it every time he stood in front of Kokushibo!
"This blade is too dull, I need to change it, otherwise it will be like last time, getting stuck halfway through."
Qing Shui sensed every detail of the Nichirin Blade in his hand, making a judgment.
This Nichirin Blade had killed more than thirty demons, including one Lower Moon Three, and had also undergone many sparring battles with Uzui Tengen and other Pillars.
The fact that it could last until now actually indicated that the quality of the weapon made by Tekkotsu Mori Haganezuka was quite high.
It was just that now, although it looked relatively intact on the surface, with only a few more nicks on the blade, Qing Shui could perceive the tiny cracks inside the blade through the Transparent World.
No one knew whether this blade would break the next time it was swung.
This Nichirin Blade had reached its limit.
But fortunately, there was more than one Nichirin Blade here.
The one in Yoriichi Type One's hand was a shadow-forged blade of the Nichirin Blade that Qing Shui was currently using, also made by Tekkotsu Mori Haganezuka.
Some swordsmiths, when forging weapons, would not only forge one, but forge several at the same time using the same steps, and finally select the most excellent one from these few blades to use.
Without a single mistake, first one, then another, one inside, one outside, one for appearance, one for reality!
That one was called the True Blade, and the rest were called Shadow Blades.
That is to say, the forging steps, materials, etc. of this blade were almost the same as the one in Qing Shui's hand, and the feel of using it was not much different, completely eliminating the need to adapt, and it could be perfectly matched as soon as it was picked up.
Under the endless ice pillars and the Lotus Bodhisattva's hand blade attacks, Qing Shui easily exchanged the Nichirin Blades in his hand with Yoriichi Type One.
"It's time to end this battle."
Qing Shui slightly tilted his body, reaching out and gripping the Nichirin Blade tightly.
The Transparent World, coupled with the Art of Heart-to-Heart, allowed Qing Shui to steadily control the exertion of most of the muscles in his hand within the bearing range of his arm.
Veins popped out, and tiny blue arcs of electricity flickered on Qing Shui's right hand.
A certain nature transformation of Lightning Release Chakra could use Lightning Release to simulate bioelectric stimulation of the body, activating cells and enhancing speed and explosiveness. Whether it was Lightning Release Chakra Mode or Chidori, without exception, this technique was used, the only difference being the intensity of activation.
Qing Shui could also do this now, and with sufficient chakra control ability and the ability of the Transparent World, the degree of activation would definitely not be low.
"Swish!"
Qing Shui's figure disappeared from Douma's sight in the blink of an eye.
The next instant, a blue lightning bolt instantly streaked across the ice lotus on which the Lotus Bodhisattva sat, slicing the lower half of the Lotus Bodhisattva's body diagonally like a hot knife through butter.
Followed by the second blade, the third blade…
A moment later, the enormous ice-sculpted Bodhisattva disintegrated into a sky full of shattered ice, accompanied by rising steam.
Douma did a somersault and landed on the ground, holding his golden iron double fans, and looked forward.
Qing Shui held a crimson long sword upside down in one hand, walking towards him at a pace that was both fast and slow.
After most of the muscles in his arm were mobilized and activated using Lightning Release Chakra stimulation, Qing Shui's strength was also sufficient to forcibly activate the Crimson Blade with grip strength.
