Chapter 719: Dementor Blood Essence — The Happiness Hashiras Fight For!!!
The Reality collapsed unto itself.
An Inner World bloomed, replacing the collapsed Reality.
The Limitless Blood Firmament still looked the same, showing the hideousness of Kai's Inner World and Reality Marble.
There was a sheet of blood ocean.
In this blood ocean, there was a gray pillar.
Behind the gray pillar, from the terrifying hole in the sky, blood was falling into the ocean.
In a striking contrast to this redness and grayness, standing on the gray pillar, was the Zanpakuto — Ayin!
She was also the same.
Her figure was thin, with elongated limbs.
She was a mass of blackness, too, just like the hole in the sky.
She had no face and her long, yellow hair reached to her knees, flailing without wind.
However, Ayin wasn't the lone occupant of this Reality Marble at this moment.
At the foot of the gray pillar, with her ankles deep into the blood sheet, was Moraine the Elegant.
She was holding onto the head, baby arms trying to regenerate from the stump on his neck.
This head belonged to the Upper Rank Five — Gyokko!
This?!
In front of her, a few hundred meters away, a tiny figure was floating without causing any ripples.
This hand-sized figure was covered in burned marks as if it could become ash any moment now.
This figure belonged to the Upper Rank Four — Hantengu!
If there was any similarity between them, then it was the Yellow Stroke pulsating on their foreheads.
Qlipoth Genesis had already sealed their existence, unknown to the Hashiras.
"Amazing," Mayuri observed, looking at the two demons. "Marvelous!!!"
Black looked at Mayuri and said, "Be quick about it. We don't have much time."
Both the Item and the Character were standing between the two demons.
The figures that were outside, standing among Hashiras, were Orochimaru's trick.
Kai could blur the senses of already shocked Hashiras using his and Selene's combined Perception, hiding the disappeared presences, but not for long.
In haste, Mayuri took out his pieces of equipment and began taking samples.
From time to time, he kept licking his lips, mumbling incomprehensible praises to himself.
When he was done, Black looked at Moraine, who looked back at him.
"An excellent performance," he praised, smiling. "You have outdone yourself this time. Well done."
Moraine blushed. "You didn't let me use my Blood Demon Art," she complained.
"Pouting?" Black asked, raising an eyebrow. "Falling in love with me?"
Chillll!!!
A shiver ran down Moraine's spine.
She banged her knee in the ocean.
"No, Your Majesty…" she stuttered. "I just… I…"
"Hahaha!" Black laughed. "It's alright, kid. If you ever find yourself hindered by your emotions, then come to me."
Mayuri smirked, nodding to himself. "Sex shouldn't hinder growth. I know some ways to…"
Moraine ignored the Character's filthy words.
She knew Black didn't mean to curb the emotions with physical acts, but completely eradicate them using the AI.
However, Moraine wasn't sure about losing all her emotions. Not yet.
Black narrowed his eyes at the girl and shook his head.
"We will go on a separate adventure of our own," he told Moraine, making her eyes stir. "You can think more about it, then."
"You mean…" Moraine said, standing up, still holding the sealed head.
"We will use one of the Multiverse IDs of Marvel Random Worlds you have the authority to generate at random," Black admitted. "I hope the Tony Stark there will take an immediate liking to you…"
Moraine's face paled slightly.
Then she took a deep breath.
"I will convince him to give you an Armor, Your Majesty," she said, her fingers digging into the demon's head.
— If she failed to convince, then Black might cause worldwide destruction, killing all to get what he needed.
Black read Moraine's thoughts and chuckled.
"I do need an Armor, Moraine," he nodded, bringing the two demons to him using Telekinesis. "But it's not the Armor you think… That's something for later. First — I am hungry."
Under the puzzled gaze of Moraine, Black devoured both Upper Ranks.
Boooooooooooooooooom!!!
The entire Reality Marble shook as a massive boom originated from Black.
Suddenly, the stagnated Soul Points began shooting up like never before.
460…
480…
500!
…
[
Congratulations Contestant Kai D. Stormborn
Your Dementor Blood Essence has upgraded
Reward: +25 Breath
…
Blood Essence: Dementor
Grade: B (growth: 500/1000)
Specification: Devour souls to upgrade itself. The devoured souls will be digitalized, and the Contestant must fill the growth bar to upgrade the Blood Essence
Skills:
— Breath Snatcher (Grade: B-)
— Dementor's Kiss (Grade: B) [+30 Breath upon upgradation]
— Dementors Progenitor (Grade: B)
Note: A Skill's grade will upgrade automatically with the upgrading of the Blood Essence's grade
]
...
Both Breath Snatcher and Dementor's Kiss upgraded by a grade, with Black gaining 25 Breath Points outside Set's Quota.
This was only a start, though.
Upper Rank Six had awarded Kai by a whopping 200 Soul Points, but they also contained a part of the Dani's dead brother.
These were Upper Rank Four and Upper Rank Five, both not only stronger, but also much stronger than their selves from the past as their strength grew along with Kai.
The pure, spiritual mead flowed out of the demons as Black drank it down silently.
520…
550…
590…
650…
730…
780…
850…
920!!!
Black opened his eyes and his dark eyes glowed yellow.
With the two demons supplying him dozens of years' worth of calorific value, it was time to finally get the armor that could grow along with him.
An armor… that suited him the best.
…
In the outside world,
Kai sensed Black and Mayuri returning to their positions.
He also sensed the abundant Spirituality bubbling inside him.
After the disappearance of the Reality Marble, both AIs synchronized, letting him know of the notifications as well.
Everything had gone according to the plan, Kai sighed.
Only the matter of Hashiras left now.
Gently, Kai brought all of them down to the ground.
Destruction had claimed everything here.
There was no sign of the village or the villagers, either.
Suddenly, as the sunlight fell on the earth, countless shadows began rippling everywhere.
Then, the shadows began spitting out humans in the same way they had devoured them before the dragon's breath had claimed the skies and the earth.
The Hashiras simultaneously looked at Kai's back.
But Kai's eyes were already on someone else.
Shinobu and Rengoku landed in front of them, returning to their original form.
The moment the Insect Hashira regained her appearance, she touched her skin and face.
Then her eyes landed on Kai, and she blinked out of existence, throwing herself into his arms.
"Cough!" Rengoku coughed, approaching Kai.
Blushing, Shinobu separated from Kai and stood to his left.
From behind, Cersei scoffed, but, for once, said nothing, taking the right place for herself.
Red Sun, Meg, Spawn, Petyr, Orochimaru, Rintaro, Mayuri, and Black came to stand next to Kai as well.
Kai looked around, heard the villagers crying, but happy shouts, and nodded to himself.
"We fight for this…" Nyarlathotep said, smiling, bringing out his mysteries to overwhelm the Hashiras' spiritualities. "… Can you sense it? Their happiness…"
All looked at the villagers, running towards them, their saviors.
…
Little by little, smiles began surfacing on the Hashiras' lips.
"Amitabha!" The Stone Hashira put his palms together.
The Wind Hashira and the Serpent Hashira had gone quiet, their beliefs a mess.
The Love Hashira and the Mist Hashira sensed the happiness within the villagers and… within themselves as well.
The Water Hashira looked at Shinobu, closed his eyes, and let out a breath… letting her go.
The Sound Hashira…
"That was flamboyant!" he pounced, throwing an arm around Kai. The two ladies got pushed aside, making them frown. "So —
The Sound Hashira smiled.
"— I won't settle for any Rank, but One!!!"
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