Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 368 Can you withstand the power of a hundred years in this punch?

"Damn it! Who the hell are you?!"

Yusuke got up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

His gaze toward the bird held less disdain. He wiped his mouth and put his hands back into a boxing stance.

"Your punches are hard, and your technique is unpredictable, but I'm not the kind of coward who gives up after being hit!"

Yusuke took a deep breath, and his spiritual energy was squeezed out once again.

Blue spiritual energy flowed and surged across his body, visibly enhancing his speed and strength.

"Again!"

Yusuke roared and charged at Asuka once more.

This time, he no longer used those sweeping, powerful moves, but instead learned from Master Huanhai's techniques and engaged in a fierce, close-quarters combat with his opponent.

Jab, hook, uppercut, knee strike, elbow strike.

Yusuke's attacks were not only continuous, but each strike was also imbued with his spiritual power.

If hit squarely, even the strongest body will suffer broken bones and injuries.

The birds, even at the eye of the storm, remained calm.

His body dodged and weaved with extremely small movements during the gaps in Yusuke's attacks.

In his gaze, Yusuke was transparent; every muscle movement and the flow of spiritual energy were clearly visible.

If Yoruichi hadn't told him not to have a serious conflict with Yusuke, he could have subdued him much earlier.

He used the back of his hand to deflect Yusuke's heavy punches and his elbows to knock away Yusuke's knee strikes. Occasionally, during a gap in Yusuke's attacks, he would use his fingers to strike Yusuke's pressure points and muscle nodes with lightning speed, causing Yusuke to cry out in pain.

"Hmm!"

Yusuke's attack rhythm became increasingly chaotic.

"This guy... completely saw through my movements!" A storm raged in his mind: "And he didn't even use spiritual power, he suppressed me purely with physical strength and skill?!"

"Since I can't hit you in hand-to-hand combat... then let's try this!"

Yusuke suddenly abandoned his defense and took the blow from Asuka, using the recoil to slide back several meters.

As he retreated, his right index finger was already brought together, aimed directly at the bird's body.

Blue light gathered wildly at his fingertips. "At this close range, let's see how you dodge!"

"Spirit Pill——!!!"

At an extremely close distance of less than five meters, Yusuke unleashed all the spiritual power within his body without reservation.

A beam of azure energy roared out, filling the bird's entire field of vision!

Faced with this unavoidable attack, Asuka finally showed a serious look in her eyes.

"Forcing the use of Kido at close range? What a reckless guy."

He lowered his legs slightly, assuming a stable horse stance.

His right arm suddenly stretched backward, the muscles swelled to their maximum size in an instant, and the veins coiled around his arm like writhing dragons.

Just as the spirit ball was about to hit him, Asuka swung out his right fist fiercely, heading straight for the blue beam of light!

"White-handed - One Bone!"

This is an ultimate hand-to-hand combat technique that is said to be able to shatter a Hollow in one blow, and Asuka has never used it since she learned it on her own.

boom-!!

Physical body and spiritual energy collide head-on!

The impact of that spiritual orb actually began to shatter inch by inch from front to back under the power of his punch, turning into countless blue spiritual particles that scattered in all directions.

A visible shockwave exploded outwards from the two people, instantly blowing the newsstand away and even scraping off a layer of asphalt.

The blinding light was too intense to look at directly.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated.

In the center of the intersection, the bird remained standing in the same position, still in the posture of throwing a punch, completely unharmed.

"This...how is this possible?!"

Yusuke Urameshi looked at his fingers and froze.

"Have you had enough, kid?"

The sound of birds flying overhead came, calm yet tinged with a hint of severity.

He slowly withdrew his right fist and shook off a red mark on the back of his hand caused by the high temperature of the spirit pill.

"You have good eyesight. You didn't hesitate to throw a punch at me to protect your comrades behind you, did you?" Asuka said calmly.

The terrifying killing intent and malice that had previously emanated from him had now completely vanished without a trace: "However, next time before making a move, it's best to figure out whether the other party is an enemy or just a passerby."

"If I were truly hostile towards you, your head would have been ripped off the moment you threw your first punch."

Yusuke looked into Asuka's calm black eyes and fell silent.

In the clash of fists, Yusuke is able to keenly perceive his opponent's emotions.

He did feel the chilling pressure emanating from the bird, but it was pure power, not the evil of a monster or demon wanting to torture its prey.

"Tch..." Yusuke dropped his stance, scratching his hair in frustration, and complained, "Your punches are ridiculously hard..."

He turned his head and shouted irritably at the peony in mid-air, "Hey! Peony! You idiot, how the guide even knows how to read the qi?"

"This guy may look like a killer ready to chop someone up at any moment, but he doesn't have any demonic aura at all! You almost got me killed!"

Peony, hovering in the sky, awkwardly stuck out her tongue and clasped her hands together, apologizing repeatedly: "I'm so sorry, Yusuke! That aura that suddenly emanated from him just now was really scary. I was only trying to warn you..."

"Never mind, never mind." Yusuke waved his hand and looked at Asuka again.

Despite having just been in a fight, he found himself somewhat interested in befriending this unfathomably powerful black-haired man.

This sense of belonging, built through a man's fist, was more effective for Yusuke than any explanation.

"Hey, my name is Yusuke Urameshi, I'm a spirit detective." Yusuke rubbed his sore shoulders and asked casually, "Hey old man, who are you? Looking at your strange black clothes and the knife hanging at your waist, you don't seem like an ordinary person."

Upon hearing the term "uncle," Asuka's eyes twitched slightly, and she resisted the urge to punch the kid again.

"My name is Asuka." Asuka answered succinctly, "I'm a Grim Reaper."

"grim Reaper?!"

Not only Yusuke, but even the peony in mid-air let out a surprised sound.

Yusuke looked at Asuka with a face full of doubt, then at the peony in the sky: "You're saying you're like this half-baked guy? A Shinigami?!"

Peony also flew down curiously, circling the birds and butterflies a few times: "Wow, how can there be such a powerful Grim Reaper? He seems as unfathomable as Lord Yama!"

Although she couldn't understand what the other person meant by "Little Yama," Asuka was too lazy to ask.

He cut to the chase: "None of that matters. What matters is whether you now know what happened in Sarayashiki City?"

"That's why I was sent to investigate," Yusuke said, scratching his head helplessly. "The streets are in complete chaos now, with monsters I've never seen before everywhere."

"Those aren't monsters, they're spirits that need to be summoned," Shinobu Kocho explained with a smile.

She briefly explained the purpose of her group's visit to the other party...

"Tani?" Peony pressed her finger to her lips, pondering in confusion. "Never heard of it... Soul Society and all that, it sounds really weird..."

Yusuke Urameshi was completely bewildered by all the talk about things like the "Dangai" (a concept in Chinese mythology), the "Balance of the Three Realms," and "Soul Cycles"...

These grand concepts were like gibberish to him.

On this point, Asuka and he had much in common.

"Miss Butterfly, I don't understand any of your grand theories... You mean, if this fog continues to spread, my mom, Hotaru, and Kuwabara will all be in danger, right?"

"That's right." Asuka nodded.

"That's settled then!" Yusuke clapped his fist, his eyes hardening with unwavering determination. "I don't care about the Soul Society or the Spirit World. If any monster dares to threaten the human world, I, Yusuke Urameshi, will take responsibility for blowing them all away!"

He turned around, wanting to confirm the situation with the girl who had just displayed astonishing strength.

After all, the girl was also holding a knife capable of creating tornadoes, so maybe she knew something about these monsters.

"Hey, Shizuku, do you also know what's going on here...?"

Yusuke's words were cut off abruptly before he could finish speaking.

He stared blankly behind him.

Empty.