Chapter 368 331 – The Slap Descends

Looking at Takumi walking in front of the fallen angel trio with an especially mysterious air about him, Nobara felt like her soul was about to be stolen away.

"Sensei, who is that handsome guy? Do you know him?"

"Him? His name is Takumi. I'm not too clear on his true identity either, but apparently he's a descendant of heroes. And his strength is above mine, so don't go messing around."

Gojo, who had always presented himself with an arrogant and relaxed attitude, looked quite serious now.

Megumi nodded earnestly. He knew how powerful Takumi was, but he had not known that Takumi's background was also so mysterious and profound.

Toward the benefactor who had saved his sister, Megumi respected him immensely and did not dare show the slightest neglect.

After learning of Takumi's mysterious background, Nobara's eyes practically turned into hearts.

Takumi, who had no idea that someone had already set her sights on him, entered the abandoned warehouse.

Father Freed, whose expression was already nearly insane, was grinning and laughing wildly.

"I did it! I did it!! There is no God in this world! I am the true God!!!"

Hearing Father Freed shouting, Takumi blinked, a trace of confusion appearing on his face.

Had he come to the wrong place?

This shouldn't be a psychiatric hospital, right?

Why did Father Freed look no different from a total lunatic?

In front of Takumi, Freed was laughing madly, tightly gripping the holy-demonic sword in his hand, where magic and holy power had gathered together.

Under the impact of despair and rage, he had fused the powers of Blade Blacksmith and Sword Birth inside his body!

This blade, which contained both holy and demonic power, had already surpassed the Heavenly Flash Holy Sword in his hand!

With this power, he could absolutely hack those fallen angel bitches to pieces!!!

Bzzzz!!!

The Heavenly Flash Holy Sword in his hand seemed to respond to the appearance of the holy-demonic sword, letting out waves of sword cries.

The next moment, the Heavenly Flash Holy Sword vanished from his hand, and Valper's voice came from the void.

"Your mission is complete. Hurry back. I'm going to unite these Holy Swords!"

"Uncle Valper, you sure know how to order people around!"

Freed shouted resentfully, then looked viciously at Takumi, who had appeared before him.

Seeing the fallen angel trio following behind Takumi, Freed's anger instantly exploded!

"So you're the master those bitches kept talking about? Uhehehe!!! I'm going to tear you into pieces right now and let those bitches watch how their master loses to me!"

Freed revealed a crazed smile. Gripping the holy-demonic sword in his hand, he stepped forward and transformed into a dazzling streak of light as he came charging in.

The holy-demonic sword in his hand contained incomparable power. As the blade fell, it seemed as if even space itself was about to be split apart.

"What the hell is this?"

Along with Takumi's puzzled voice, a palm smoothly swept over.

Boom!!!

The instant the holy-demonic sword collided with his hand, the blade in Freed's grip shattered.

A solid slap landed squarely on his face, the heavy blow crashing into him like a battering ram.

Thud! Crack!!

The crisp sound of bones bursting could be heard clearly.

Freed's eyes bulged wide, nearly flying out of their sockets.

Broken teeth and blood sprayed wildly from his mouth.

His body was like a kite with its string cut. After spinning hundreds of times in midair, he flew backward and smashed heavily into the ruins.

The entire process was unbelievably smooth, basically going straight from I stood up to I'm dead.

"Guh! Pfft!"

Freed lay on the ground, the bones throughout his body shattered by the force. His chest no longer rose and fell, and it looked as if he only had one breath left.

Takumi slowly walked over and reached out, grabbing him.

"Good thing I held back at the end. Otherwise, this guy would be dead."

Takumi's relieved voice made Freed slightly open his crimson eyes.

Unfortunately, his vision was a blood-red blur, and everything was shaking so badly that he could not see anything clearly.

Takumi did not bother paying attention to the dying Freed. Without another word, he began analyzing the Sacred Gears he possessed.

The scattered cellular spores instantly devoured the living Freed completely, and his soul was grabbed by Takumi in one hand.

[Ding! Randomly plundered attribute: Hero Bloodline (Blue)]

[Hero Bloodline (Blue): Your body contains the bloodline of the hero Siegfried, granting you extraordinary potential.]

"What kind of garbage attribute is this? Just devour and refine it."

Takumi glanced at the attribute and understood where it had come from.

Freed's origins were not simple. He had been cultivated by the Church using the genetic factors of the hero Siegfried.

No wonder he could easily absorb the Holy Sword Factor. He had the foundation for it.

However, the Vatican's technology had not been up to standard, so the person they cultivated had unstable genes and underwent a drastic personality change before eventually defecting.

After that, he had joined Valper's group and become what he was now.

Takumi stopped paying attention to those details and focused on digging the Sacred Gears out of Freed's flesh, blood, and soul.

Blade Blacksmith and Sword Birth were not Sacred Gears with physical forms. They were aggregates of rules.

Looking at these masses of magic power and holy power, Takumi absorbed them without the slightest hesitation.

The two powers that should have repelled each other were instantly tamed and absorbed by his divinity the moment they entered Takumi's body.

[Ding! Acquired attributes: Blade Blacksmith (Purple), Sword Birth (Purple)]

[Blade Blacksmith (Purple): You can create demonic swords of various attributes based on your own power, but their power is inferior to the original demonic swords.]

[Sword Birth (Purple): You can create holy swords of various attributes based on your own power, but their power is inferior to the original holy swords.]

"Other than their fundamental attributes repelling each other, these two are basically the same Sacred Gear at the root."

After perfectly absorbing the two Sacred Gears, Takumi lightly clenched his hand, and an Ice Demonic Sword instantly appeared in his grip.

The blade was covered in bone-chilling cold. As he lightly swept it through the air, everything around him froze over.

With a thought from Takumi, the Ice Demonic Sword in his hand instantly shone with holy light and became an Ice Holy Sword.

The power did not change at all. Only the internal attribute changed, from [Ice + Magic] to [Ice + Holy Power].

"Unfortunately, I can already mass-produce Sacred Gears, so mass-producing demonic swords or holy swords isn't that useful. But the rules of demonic power and holy power contained within them are two very nice pathways."

Takumi discovered that these two Sacred Gears were closer to "rules."

Although they could not touch the level of authority, they still had their uses.

After analyzing them, he could turn them into branches of the Sword skill tree.

Later, as long as his retainers lit up the corresponding branches, they would be able to obtain the abilities of these two Sacred Gears.

"Everything's arranged nice and clear. Now I need to go to the other battlefield."

"You wanted to lure me away and then deal with Rias and the others? Kokabiel, you really are overthinking things."

Takumi looked behind him, his gaze instantly locking onto the group fighting at Kuoh Academy.

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