I am the Executioner Dragon, but a cute mod

Chapter 74: Human Shield

The pot-bellied general didn't care about Su Nuo's threat. Before he came, he had already learned about Su Nuo's techniques, which were nothing more than some invisible slashes.

This single method of attack was useless against the general. Whether it was to intimidate Su Nuo or to enhance the power of his own spell, the general took the initiative to speak:

"My technique [Desperate Redemption] can target one battle after another. As long as I win the battle, no matter what kind of injury I suffer in the battle, these injuries will be directly exempted. Conversely, if I lose the battle, I will truly die."

The fact that I can stand here means that I have never been defeated before fighting you, and I am ready to accept the challenge…

Before the pot-bellied general could finish speaking, Su Nuo had already used the spell [Dispel], and several invisible slashes flew out, accurately landing on the pot-bellied general's limbs.

Click.

With four crisp sounds, the pot-bellied general who had been clamoring to kill Su Nuo suddenly exploded into four streaks of blood. He fell to the ground uncontrollably, not even realizing what had just happened.

"Huh? How come I..."

The pot-bellied general was puzzled when a piercing pain shot through him. He cried out in alarm and realized that his hands and feet had been cut off, and he was defeated in the blink of an eye.

Before he could beg for mercy, Su Nuo stepped on his head and, facing the surrounding sorcerers, threatened:

"Release him, or kill him."

Upon hearing this, the sorcerers looked at each other in bewilderment, especially the sorcerers who were holding Su Nuo's followers. How could they dare to release him without orders from their superiors?

As Su Nuo increased the pressure on his feet, the pot-bellied general let out a wail and cried out:

"Quickly! Release them! Release them right now!"

He had completely lost his previous arrogance. In order to survive, he abandoned his dignity and even gave up his bargaining chip of threatening Su Nuo.

This was exactly what Sukuna wanted to see. Even at this point, he still harbored illusions, believing that as long as no one died, there was still room for maneuver.

However, just as the sorcerers were beginning to release the people as ordered by the pot-bellied general, several people with far greater total magical power than the other sorcerers suddenly burst out of the tent.

When Su Nu saw them, his mind went blank. Although the group was not wearing armor, they seemed to have discovered Su Nu's weakness, as each of them had a three-year-old child tied to their front as a human shield.

Although Sukuna once killed Yamata no Orochi, there is a big difference between Sukuna and Yamata no Orochi. Sukuna is human, has attachments, and cares about the safety of hostages, while Yamata no Orochi does not.

This is Sukuna's weakness...

"Despicable! What exactly are you trying to do?"

Su Nu couldn't help but shout, and then he saw those people attacking him directly. It seemed that once they recognized that there were children as human shields, Su Nu would stop using spells or domains for fear of hurting the children.

And that was indeed the case. To avoid harming innocent people, Su Nuo only dodged the attacks from these sorcerers who were imbued with magical power, without retaliating.

Even so, this does not mean that these sorcerers are capable of hitting or even injuring Sukuna. As the pot-bellied general said, Sukuna's spells are not powerful. The powerful ones... have always been Sukuna.

Just as Su Nuo was dodging attacks and thinking about how to save more people with minimal losses, a heart-wrenching scream from afar suddenly caught his attention.

Following the scream, Su Nuo looked and saw one of the hostages being held by the sorcerer in the distance had his arm forcibly severed. Upon seeing this, Su Nuo was enraged:

"You bastard...!"

"madness."

Su Nuo's brief moment of distraction gave the sorcerer an opportunity. He seized the moment when Su Nuo was distracted and struck Su Nuo's face hard with a fist imbued with magical power.

boom.

With a loud bang, the sorcerer's fist was mangled and bloody. He staggered back in shock and saw Su Nuo, who had built a defense on his body with countless tiny slashes, turn his head and stare at him calmly with four pairs of eyes.

These four eyes were unusually calm, so calm that they seemed incredibly eerie in the midst of the battle.

The sorcerer realized something was wrong and immediately grabbed the child's neck with both hands, intending to use the child's life to threaten Su Nuo.

But it was all too late.

Su Nuo first formed the Yama Heavenly Seal with his four arms, unleashing a torrent of incantation power. He said:

"The domain unfolds, subduing demons and master chefs."

At this moment, time seemed to stand still. The earth began to undulate, from which bones emerged, piling up higher and higher behind Su Nuo. Once the bones formed a mountain of corpses, a shrine suddenly rose up.

Countless slashes descended, and the endless [Jie] and [Ba] attacks relentlessly destroyed everything within a radius of two hundred meters, turning all living and non-living things into dust in an instant.

Did Su Nuo disregard the casualties among the hostages and go on a killing spree?

it's not true.

Sukuna has absolute control over [Demon Slayer Chef]. He can control the slashes within it to attack indiscriminately, or he can bypass certain targets to attack.

Now, Sukuna is using his exquisite control over the [Demon-Slaying Chef] to instantly rescue all the hostages. This is difficult, but Sukuna has done it...

The relentless barrage of attacks temporarily resolved the crisis, but new problems arose.

Sukuna's domain can only last for a maximum of 99 seconds. After the domain ends, Sukuna will enter a three-minute spell meltdown period. During this period, Sukuna cannot use spells and can only fight using physical techniques.

In doing so, he would be unable to escape the punitive force with these hostages. In the current situation, Sukuna's use of his domain to save people in the short term was a mistake from a broader perspective.

Just as Su Nu was pondering what he could do to maximize the hostages' survival rate, a shout suddenly reached his ears.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a familiar figure standing two hundred meters away, holding the Kusanagi Sword that he had personally handed over:

"Lord Sukuna! Are you alright?!"

Upon seeing Teppei appear here, Su Nuo had a bad feeling, thinking that he was just another burden. However, he thought again: Teppei was once a samurai, and with the divine weapon Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, he also had considerable combat power.

[Tieping can leave with the hostages, and I'll stay behind to delay the pursuers.]

Thinking of this, Su Nuo quickly called out to Tie Ping:

"Tieping! Get everyone away quickly, I'll cover the retreat!"

Upon hearing this, Teppei panicked for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and began to act. The reason he was so decisive was because he trusted Su Nuo.

And so, right under Su Nuo's nose, Tieping led the hostages and children away from the place. Only after they left did Su Nuo breathe a sigh of relief.

Not long after, 99 seconds passed, the field automatically dissipated, and a three-minute spell interruption period appeared.

The recent expansion of the domain greatly intimidated the sorcerers, but the spell's melting period was the best opportunity to kill Su Nuo.

In an instant, many sorcerers rushed toward Su Nuo, some even chasing after Tie Ping and the others who had fled.

Even without the ability to use spells, Sukuna, with her reversal spells and powerful physique, was still not someone to be trifled with. She stopped all the sorcerers with her physical body alone.

As the sorcerers continued their relentless assault, Sukuna gradually began to tire. Led by Uruhiko, the Sun, Moon, and Star teams seized the opportunity and surrounded Sukuna from multiple directions, determined to bring him to his end...

Chapter 75: The Kusanagi Sword

Under Su Nuo's cover, Tie Ping led the hostages to escape. They fled and fled, and even when they were exhausted, they dared not stop, for fear that someone would catch up with them.

During the escape, Tieping could always hear the weak cries of the hostages behind him:

"Teppei, we've escaped far enough. You should go back and help Lord Sukuna."

Upon hearing this, Tieping shook his head and said:

"That's not enough. The enemy is a sorcerer. If we stop, we'll definitely die."

After a long silence, a sound came again:

"Teppei, we are fine. If anything happens to Lord Sukuna, we will be the sinners."

Tieping shook his head again; he still remembered Su Nuo's words:

"Lord Su Nuo asked me to take you away, and I cannot let him down."

Another silence fell, followed by a voice trembling with sobs:

"Didn't you realize? This is all a trap set for Lord Sukuna. The enemy came prepared; they want to kill him..."

Upon hearing this, Tieping slowed his pace until he stopped. In his eyes, Su Nuo had always been omnipotent, but... no matter how strong a person is, he is still just a human.

Surrounded by so many people, Su Nuo will become increasingly exhausted, and the magical power within her body will decrease. Under the overwhelming force of the enemy, defeat is only a matter of time.

What will be the consequences after Sukuna is defeated?

Tieping dared not think about it. He raised the Kusanagi sword in his hand, recalling the words Su Nuo had spoken when entrusting it to him:

"An ordinary person can slay monsters with it, but what about Lord Sukuna?"

Teppei murmured, realizing that the only thing he could do for Sukuna was to hand over the Kusanagi Sword to him.

His gaze hardened, and he addressed the hostages around him:

"You all go first, I'll go back and help Lord Su Nuo."

Without waiting for the hostages' reactions, he turned and ran in the opposite direction, towards where Su Nuo was.

Not long after, Tieping returned to the scene. As he looked around the battlefield searching for Su Nuo's figure, he saw a woman draped in the sky, who pulled the sky and slammed it hard into Su Nuo's back.

Upon seeing this, Tieping's eyes widened, and he shouted:

"Lord Su Nuo!"

Upon hearing this voice, Su Nuo turned around in surprise and saw Tie Ping's figure. His mind was filled with thoughts like, "How could he be here? Where are the hostages?" But soon, he noticed the abnormality in the sky.

The sky was torn away like a canvas by a pink-haired woman, then crashed down heavily, landing precisely where Su Nuo was.

"not good!"

Su Nuo was startled, but was unable to dodge in time and suffered a heavy blow.

He even coughed up blood, rolled around on the ground a few times, and even tore his clothes.

That wasn't the end of it. Uruko had no intention of giving Sukuna a way out. She instantly appeared beside Sukuna, about to unleash the [Ushura Bullet] technique to deliver a fatal blow.

But Sukuna was no pushover either. Before [Ushura Bullet] was activated, he gathered his magical power and threw a punch at Uruko.

With a bang, Uruhiko was sent flying, completely unable to use a spell to redirect Sukuna's attack.

"You bastard...!"

Uruhiko gritted her teeth and quickly used a spell to conceal herself, preparing to find another opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to Sukuna.

After defeating Uruhiko, Sukuna didn't even have time to catch his breath before a group of sorcerers surrounded him and launched a righteous mob attack...

Seeing Su Nuo go from barely managing to cope at the beginning to constantly suffering setbacks, Tie Ping was so anxious that he wished he could directly intervene in the battlefield.

However, it is clear that Teppei is not strong enough, and if he tries to help Sukuna, he will only die.

Then Tieping gripped the Kusanagi sword tightly and suddenly shouted:

"Lord Su Nuo! Continue!"