BOOM!!!
Along the way, skyscrapers collapsed under his sheer kinetic force!
At this moment, the Vengeful Cursed Spirit Naoya had even surpassed the baseline of ordinary Special Grade Cursed Spirits!
"HAHAHAHA!"
Enjoying the absolute pleasure brought by this endless, destructive power, Naoya laughed wildly and unrestrainedly!
"After spending so long by that person's side, is this all you've got?!" Naoya mocked his opponent.
"As expected, trash is always trash!"
The wriggling, worm-like insect body suddenly sprouted six agile, muscular long arms like those of an octopus!
BOOM!
Maki Zenin's face was grim as she steadied her footing and raised her broken sword with both hands to block!
Blood was already flowing heavily from her upper arms, legs, and shoulders!
The Dragon-Bone sword she was holding was trembling violently and showing visible signs of breaking!
Swept up by the immense gravity of the impact, her bent legs plowed long, deep furrows into the concrete ground!
BOOM!
Naoya swung his other massive arm and violently swept Maki straight into the building next to them!
"Is that all you've got..."
"I suppose your only redeeming quality is your face, which is not bad. And that's enough for that lord to see."
She paid absolutely no attention to Naoya's clamor.
Soaked in sweat and blood, Maki deliberately concealed her physical presence, hiding in the dark corner of the ruined building.
Maki was currently unable to cope with Naoya's supersonic impact speeds. Especially combined with the special constitution of Cursed Spirits... a severed arm could be regenerated immediately. It felt impossible to deal fatal damage.
"Did you think you could hide and I wouldn't be able to find you?!"
Hovering in mid-air outside, Naoya roared as he crashed his massive body directly into the entire building!
BOOM!!!
High-rise reinforced concrete buildings collapsed like flimsy piles of building blocks!
Maki was forced to rush out of her hiding spot before the entire building collapsed on top of her!
"You heretic who dares to defy the divine Clan Head's decree... I will cut you into pieces!"
A furious roar!
A giant fist, wrapped in countless bulging muscles, slammed down violently toward Maki's head!
CRACK!
BOOM!
The raised Dragon-Bone sword was shattered into pieces by a single, overwhelming blow, and Maki was completely unable to control herself, sent flying backward and coughing up blood!
During her uncontrollable flight, Naoya's body, which moved at a speed comparable to the speed of sound, caught up to her instantly!
"Die, you piece of trash!"
A fist powerful enough to completely shatter a Grade 1 Cursed Tool grew larger and larger in Maki's pupils!
...
At the critical moment of life and death, the air currents rushed and surged!
BOOM!!!
Naoya's massive body suddenly collapsed on one side from a devastating lateral impact, causing him to crash violently into a deep pit on the street!
"It's you?!"
Two voices rang out simultaneously—one in absolute surprise, the other in pure anger!
The writhing Cursed Spirit body regenerated rapidly, and Naoya roared repeatedly!
"I understand! I understand!"
"It must be because you saw my new power and were afraid that the master would no longer favor you! That's why you attacked me!"
"Just like that old man Naobito! You're also worried that I'll take your position away!"
Too lazy to pay attention to the idiot's delusions, White Zetsu was in a genuinely bad mood right now.
He looked back at the stunned Maki.
"Keep an eye on me, niece. You can't use your Heavenly Restriction like that."
BOOM!
A sonic boom!
Just as Maki was about to shout "Watch out!", her eyes widened suddenly in shock!
With a light, effortless leap, White Zetsu seemed to be physically stepping on the empty void of the air, easily dodging Naoya's supersonic flesh-bullet impact!
"Don't just look with your eyes," Zetsu instructed calmly. "Feel with your heart."
"The body has more than just surface marks."
BOOM!
With a powerful kick delivered in mid-air, visible ripples seemed to spread through the very void of the sky!
With a physical speed that was in no way inferior to Naoya's, White Zetsu pulverized most of Naoya's writhing body into dust with a single, devastating punch!
Wherever the fist passed, massive pools of thick, purple blood spurted out!
Maki stared blankly at the White Zetsu displaying its absolute physical, divine power, her heart pounding wildly!
She could sense it! It was the exact same Heavenly Restriction that bound her own body!
Yet he was far, far more powerful than her!
There was absolutely no use of Cursed Energy in those attacks. It was just pure, unadulterated physical strength and pure violence!
The phrase, 'Look with your heart...' still echoed in her mind.
Recalling the divine technique of White Zetsu stepping on the void and grabbing the very air!
Maki had a vague sense of enlightenment and couldn't help but reach out a hand, trying to touch the nothingness in front of her.
BOOM!
A large pool of blood and flesh splattered across the street, and Naoya's agonizing roars echoed continuously!
White Zetsu calmly and effortlessly dealt with Naoya's overwhelming power, and even managed to take the time to teach Maki aloud while fighting.
"Like smelling sunlight with your nose... seeing sound with your eyes..."
"Use your heart to experience the whole world."
"There are some things that only we can see."
White Zetsu's earnest, profound teachings, like the voice of the Great Dao, resounded endlessly in Maki's mind.
Her soul seemed to leave her body, wandering in the vast emptiness.
Maki, her eyes vacant and out of focus, murmured the exact same phrase repeatedly: "Only we can see..."
Sensing the immense trouble of fighting White Zetsu, and noticing Maki starting to grow stronger in the background...
Enraged, Naoya unleashed a massive surge of Cursed Energy!
BOOM!!!
Six, ten, a hundred!
The insect's body, several meters tall, sprouted countless wriggling, muscular tentacles!
White Zetsu dodged with absolute ease, and every now and then he would seize a few tenths of a second of an opening to turn around and violently tear one of Naoya's arms apart!
"JEALOUSY! JEALOUSY!"
"You're all just jealous of my power!"
"You're afraid the gods will favor me!!!"
Enraged and driven completely to madness, Naoya suddenly stretched out his massive arm and shot it directly toward Maki in the distance!
BOOM!!!
Another shop collapsed into dust!
Naoya looked back at the spot where Maki had just been standing, but she was nowhere to be seen!
Where?!
Looking around frantically, there was absolutely no trace of that heretic on the street!
Looking back, White Zetsu's figure had also already disappeared from the immediate battlefield.
Naoya was momentarily confused, then suddenly burst into a frenzy of destruction, destroying absolutely everything in his vicinity!
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Hundreds of meters above the ground.
Maki floated in mid-air with her arms outstretched, looking completely blissful and at peace.
At this moment, Maki had officially entered a state of complete absorption with the world around her.
The eyes cannot discern the shape of the wind, and the nose cannot detect the temperature of the weather...
She maximized the advantages of her sense of touch!
Every single pore on her body was transmitting the enemy's location, the air pressure, and the subtle movements of the world directly to Maki.
A Curse that once required special glasses to even detect...
Everything around her now, the entire environment she lived in.
Not only Naoya, she seemed to sense even more!
Air is everywhere. Air currents pervade the void.
And in the distance, on the ruined street below, stood the White Zetsu who had just taught her...
He was showing off.
At the end of a desolate street, White Zetsu stood calmly with one hand in his pocket, his back to the battle. He seemed to have noticed Maki's newly awakened attention.
White Zetsu didn't turn around, but simply raised one hand and waved goodbye to Maki.
It carried a sense of complete nonchalance, as if he had concealed his achievements and fame, leaving without a trace after accomplishing his task as a mentor.
Maki smiled and murmured softly, "He's really getting more and more sophisticated at pretending."
"But... thank you."
Slowly opening her eyes, she saw the chaotic void before her, where even the invisible air currents seemed to have a physical form and texture.
She could step on it. She could touch it with her hands!
"FOUND YOU!!!"
On the ground, Naoya roared, and a massive impact traveling at three times the speed of sound rose straight up from below!
The skyscrapers that blocked his way were smashed open with huge gaps, but Naoya's speed did not decrease in the slightest!
BOOM!!!
The air exploded with a deafening bang, and there were visible layers of surging, transparent air waves!
Naoya, traveling at a speed of one kilometer per second, suddenly turned his head around in absolute surprise!
Just in that exact instant!
That heretic had actually managed to grab the physical air with her bare hands and completely dodge his fatal, supersonic blow in mid-air!
Naoya couldn't understand the physics of it, but he knew one terrifying fact: Maki, that good-for-nothing trash, was getting significantly stronger!
His exposed muscles bulged out, and his blood vessels looked menacing!
The killing intent in Naoya's eyes had reached its absolute limit!
Meanwhile, Maki below was experiencing the sensation with a look of pure, unadulterated bliss...
This was a completely different world!
The air surrounding humans has different "faces" due to subtle differences in temperature and density!
Maki, who had just brought the five human senses to their absolute fullest potential through her Heavenly Restriction, was now able to sense and interact with the existence of these dimensions!
You can walk on air with your physical body. You can turn around mid-air without leverage. You can literally grab the air with your hands!
Seeing the profound joy and realization on Maki's face, Naoya, in his completely frenzied state, unleashed his final, ultimate move!
"Domain Expansion—Time Cell Moon Palace!"
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