I'm a magnetic field madman

Bai Wujie found these ghosts quite interesting; even in the past, it would have been difficult to see such rare and exotic creatures.

Unfortunately, there are no usable research instruments at hand... and my meager strength is insufficient to meet the needs of research.

Compared to the cells of these demons, the so-called Nichirin Blade is not so interesting.

They possess an extremely high solar energy storage efficiency and the ability to change color by drawing on the life energy of their owner.

There's nothing else besides that. In fact, this mineral can't even be considered a good metal; its strength and toughness are not as good as simple pig iron.

In short, it seems to be something "created" specifically to deal with these ghosts.

Bai Wujie immediately lost interest in this thing; the metal used to forge a replacement for his former weapon couldn't possibly be something like this.

"My interest is growing stronger, and since you're unwilling to face me, I'll just cut off this piece of fat meat first."

Bai Wujie slowly raised the Nichirin Blade, looking at the enormous flesh-and-blood giant, addressing it, the Zero behind him, and even Muzan...

"Watch my moves closely. If you can't break them, this is the move that will come down on you in the future."

The Nichirin Blade in his hand was coated with a jet-black color, and at the same time, it was covered with patterns that looked like burning flames...

Bai Wujie adjusted his breathing. The heavy rumbling sound was as if bellows were pumping around him, and the scorching heat filled his lungs, carrying conspicuous, even visible, arcs of electricity...

With the breathing techniques of this world, the power propelled by the electric current seemed to have suddenly been freed from the restrictions of the world's dense "heavenly locks," easily... easily breaking through 500,000 volts!

Although it is still a humble power, this proves that Bai Wujie's idea is correct - if you want to break the heavenly lock of this world, you must use the "method" that this world should have!

A flame pattern, like the lines on a blade, appeared above Bai Wujie's head, but it wasn't a battle mark. How could the nature of a powerful being be displayed in the current, weak Bai Wujie?

This is simply an interesting "characteristic" of this so-called breathing method. It absorbs the special energy of the surrounding air, stimulates life force, and "stores" it like circulating ancient martial arts energy, thus obtaining this interesting pattern.

Zero, who was controlling the flesh giant, stood frozen in place, for a faint, illusory vision appeared before her eyes.

A man with a single ponytail, also bearing markings on his head and wielding a sword with the same flame pattern, stood before her, breathing heavily and restlessly. His crimson eyes coldly stared at her, and the ornament on his earlobe trembled slightly…

"What's there to be happy about? What do you take life for?!"

"Ahhh!"

A scream erupted from the flesh-and-blood giant, filled with utter terror and horror… but whether it came from Zero or somewhere else remained unknown.

At that moment, Bai Wujie had already drawn his sword.

Hellsword - Eclipse

9. The Sword of Eclipse

Bai Wujie didn't know any swordsmanship or anything like that, because techniques are such things...

For true masters of magnetic fields, it's not something they need to deliberately pursue.

The so-called martial arts skills and power generation techniques of ordinary people are all based on their own weak physical bodies.

For those masters of magnetic fields, the tricks and techniques they employ are nothing but a joke to those who truly transcend humanity and could even be considered another species.

Therefore, those with strong magnetic fields rarely pursue so-called "techniques"...

Or perhaps the principles behind their so-called "unique skills" are things that other true masters could easily learn with just a glance.

Just like the Sea Tiger Explosive Fist, the legendary Bai family technique that everyone on earth talks about is nothing more than a move whose secrets can be known at a glance by a master, sending power into the enemy's body...

To inflict explosive damage on acupoints or weak points at least twice, ten times, or even countless times.

The Hell Sword technique is similar; the Hell Grand Commander's "Man and Sword as One" is easily achievable by a master of magnetic fields...

Whether it's a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse, it's essentially just a simple process of wielding weapons and finding weaknesses.

The difficulty lies simply in how to inscribe the deadly force of the magnetic field into the blade, making your attack an absolute damage that even cellular regeneration cannot repair.

But the tactics have always been the same. Whether it's bombarding the opponent with magnetic force from tens of thousands of kilometers away or winning in close combat, once the secret is revealed, there is no mystery to it.

Just like the legendary killer whale Oga, although he was a powerful figure, Oga's moves were always simple, direct, and even lacked any skill... But even so, Oga was still an unparalleled powerhouse who could rival and even suppress the Sea Tiger!

Learning something doesn't mean you can use it better than the other person. The reason why people with strong magnetic fields are used to their own techniques is not because they are easy to use... but because their "techniques" are integrated into their spirit and self.

The rotation of magnetic fields is a force of the universe, and even more so a manifestation of the will and self of those who possess strong magnetic fields!

The strong have unwavering faith in their special moves, and this boundless confidence brings endless power to their "moves"!

Of course, all of this applies only to those with strong magnetic fields.

In Bai Wujie's era, the power of the magnetic field rotation was far less than before...

The weakened magnetic field, restricted by the solar system, forced them to start pursuing techniques and skills they had once disdained.

Perhaps for this reason, the magnetic field experts of Bai Wujie's era possessed a more terrifying level of mastery and martial arts comprehension than those of previous eras.

Bai Wujie was one of them, and he was once the absolute genius of the Bai family in that era!

However, perhaps it is precisely because of this—

Despite his extraordinary talent, he was unable to find the most suitable techniques for himself like his ancestors, which may be why he was defeated and knocked down in the past.

His absent-minded thoughts began and ended in an instant, and Bai Wujie's sword move had already been unleashed...

Hellfire Sword - Eclipse!

One of the ultimate martial arts techniques of the Hell Commander, together with the Crescent Moon, constitutes the two most basic and complex moves of the Hell Sword.

However, their principles are not that complicated, and they don't have any of that nonsense about sword intent or swordsmanship.

The crescent moon, created by extending the ten fingers into the Hell Claw, is simply a means to find the enemy's weakness and attack quickly. The principle of the solar eclipse is even simpler.

fast!

The only trick to this move is speed!

Fast enough! Swift enough! Fast enough to slice the enemy into a box of potato chips in an instant before they can even react!

The only trick to this move is that it is so simple and brutal, while the strong can use it to project their own power and thoughts to create some strange and other fancy tricks.

But Bai Wujie wouldn't do that, because he doesn't have that kind of power right now. Even so, this sword strike, executed using his instantly perfected breathing technique and the power of this world, demonstrates a unique characteristic!

Shinobu Kocho stared wide-eyed at the scene before her; what was happening was simply fantastical and unbelievable!

She only saw Bai Wujie swing his sword once, a sword strike she couldn't see clearly at all—swift, fast, a divine speed that couldn't be captured by the retina.

The next moment, the enormous flesh-and-blood giant began to "burn"... or rather, its entire body was covered in charred, scorching embers...

Shinobu Kocho had seen this scene before; those demons, those demons who died under the sun, died such a miserable death!

The demons whose heads were chopped off with Nichirin Blades and then disappeared died such a miserable death!

But what they did could not compare to what Bai Wujie did... because this flesh giant had no head or weakness, and this sword had burned all the cells in its body!

As if illuminated by the real sun, Bai Wujie's sword strike was truly incredible!

"Ahhh!"

Zero screamed, and not only the flesh giant, but even her hidden body screamed!

Not far from here, at the Asakusa Shrine, she rolled around in the flower bushes outside the torii gate, as if trying to extinguish the flames burning on her body.

But she was not touched by any flames, and in the pitch-black night, the sun would not scorch her.

Moreover, her true form has never been attacked.

But then, something incredible happened.

A charred wound appeared on Lingyu's skin.

The scars, which looked like they were cut and burned by a Nichirin Blade or scorched by sunlight, appeared on her skin!

Deadly, and painful...

Ling Yuzi didn't know what had happened, but it was undoubtedly that the sword had traveled through the puppet she controlled and spread to her body via her will.

It's unbelievable, even somewhat incomprehensible, but Zero only needs to know a little bit.

She's probably not far from death.

"Lord Muzan! Lord Muzan! Please, save me, save me!"

Lingyu screamed loudly, begging for the grace and salvation of the "god" who had given her a new life.

But Muzan completely ignored her and didn't even kill the guy who dared to say his name and give him orders.

Because at this moment, Muzan was absolutely terrified, extremely terrified!

"Caw! Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! How could that monster still be alive?!"

The man who was disguised as Tsukihiko was so frightened that Muzan fell off the dining table and landed on his back, his face deathly pale!

Although his face had always been as pale as a corpse, at this moment he was even paler than a corpse from fright!

He was terrified because, through Ling Yuzi's eyes, he didn't see Bai Wujie; he clearly saw—

That thing that's even more of a monster than him, that thing, Yoriichi Tsugikuni!!

This thing that once shattered Muzan's arrogance and invincible mindset...

That guy who made the mighty Ghost King hide like a turtle for hundreds of years, barely surviving, and who still doesn't dare to show his face now!

However, Muzan was certain that Yoriichi Tsugikuni was dead. Even if he hadn't died at Kokushibo's hands, he certainly wouldn't be alive today!

But what did Muzan see?

Is it an illusion? Or is it just a confused emotional reaction caused by my own excessive fear?

Muzan scrambled to his feet, but he wasn't ashamed or angry about his situation.

This guy is indeed a twisted creature with a strong sense of pride... but that pride is only directed at things that don't threaten him.

Muzan would rather run a thousand miles away than have anything threatened in his possession.

He actually survived until Yoriichi Tsugikuni died before daring to continue searching for the Blue Spider Lily... but even now he is still extremely cautious.

Even without natural enemies, he didn't go around capturing those breathing swordsmen...

Even those so-called demon hunters and their ridiculous Pillars are nothing more than a bunch of ants in Muzan's eyes.

Because he had a psychological trauma: he had confidently gone to settle scores with a breathing technique swordsman, only to be confidently chopped into hundreds of pieces by the swordsman.

This psychological trauma will probably haunt Muzan for the rest of his life...

Therefore, even with the greatest advantage, he never considered eliminating these breathing swordsmen.

But what did Muzan see now?

The guy who knew his name wanted to force him out... and that guy gave Muzan the same fear that Yoriichi Tsugikuni had instilled in him back then!

Last time, when Muzan was shopping, he suddenly ran into that kid wearing the same hair accessory as that monster, which almost scared him to death. And this time, he ran into the "real deal"!

Monster, another damned monster!!

"Mr. Yueyan, are you alright?!"

When the wife, who was disguised, saw Muzan lying on the ground, she immediately rushed over to check on him with concern. However, Muzan only gave her a fierce look, which made the woman collapse to the ground in fear, her mouth agape and her face full of terror.

Amidst the little girl's wailing cries, Muzan gritted his teeth.

Without a doubt, he is still the same Ghost King, the Ghost King who reigns supreme over humanity!

He doesn't need to be afraid, he shouldn't... he shouldn't be so timid!

Two sharp fleshy whips emerged from Muzan's back, but just as he was about to end the lives of these two humans, he abruptly stopped himself—

There's no need to kill them. His new identity is already prepared. He'll change his face, his build, and even his body. No one will be able to find him!

Muzan disappeared out the window like a swift wind, and of course, he would never admit that he was afraid.

As Muzan roamed through the shadows of the city, he gritted his teeth and considered whether he should simply leave the country.

No, we can't do that!

Killing people he shouldn't have killed was probably the thing Muzan regretted most in his life.

However, he could not escape the country.

Because Muzan was unwilling to leave this country, to leave this country where the blue spider lily exists!

If they leave their homeland, not only will all their hard work be in vain, but they may also have to spend hundreds of years searching for the blue spider lily.

Moreover, Muzan is not an old-fashioned stubborn man. He has witnessed the progress humanity has made in the past century, and the rapid development of technology has made them, as "demons," no longer invincible.

If humanity continues to progress, and Muzan is unable to find the Blue Spider Lily in time to evolve himself, then perhaps a hundred years later, he will truly only be able to live a life of hiding like a turtle.