Chapter 437: Gun Devil

Chapter 437: Chapter 437: Gun Devil

Chapter 437: Gun Devil

At the same time, Iwanaga Kotoko, who was standing on a street in Tokyo, suddenly sensed an overwhelmingly dangerous and deeply Cursed aura.

"Shadow, be careful..."

Before Iwanaga Kotoko could finish her warning, an unbelievable scene unfolded before them.

Even the five members of the team, who had already experienced countless Dungeons, found it difficult to comprehend.

The pedestrians who had been fleeing in panic suddenly melted and collapsed into pools of black sludge.

One second, they had been living humans, screaming and running for their lives.

The next, they had become lifeless masses of darkness, their original forms no longer recognizable.

The entire city of Tokyo fell silent.

It was as though something had forcibly stripped away the lives of every human within the city at once.

Then, in the next second, the surrounding ground turned completely black.

"March!"

A massive Pale Ghost Hand with six fingers erupted from the ground and reached toward Yamauchi Sakura.

Without the slightest hesitation, Asagiri activated Castling and exchanged positions with her.

"Persona, Human Asura!"

Just as the Pale Ghost Hand began to close, the towering Human Asura appeared behind Asagiri.

It extended both arms to either side, its hands formed from Black Particles pressing against the contracting fingers of the giant hand.

The two sides entered a stalemate.

Seeing this, Kato Megumi, Yuuki Asuna, and Iwanaga Kotoko immediately launched their attacks.

"Sword Skill, Lumina!"

"Pale Domination!"

"Arrow of Assassination!"

Blinding sword light, several Pale Ghost Hands, and arrows condensed from Black Particles struck the massive six fingered hand simultaneously.

However, contrary to their expectations, none of the attacks caused any damage.

The Pale Ghost Hand completely ignored them.

It continued struggling against Human Asura as its palm closed slowly but steadily.

"What exactly is this thing...?"

Yuuki Asuna and the others considered using their strongest finishing moves, but they feared accidentally harming Asagiri while he remained trapped in the stalemate.

At that moment, four doors appeared in midair.

Immediately afterward, four more enormous six fingered hands extended from those doors and reached toward Yuuki Asuna and the others.

"It intends to drag us into Hell...?"

The moment Asagiri saw the doors, he understood the true identity of the pale hands.

The Hell Devil.

Anyone seized by those six fingered hands would be dragged directly into Hell.

Within the structure of this world, Hell was far more terrifying than the human world.

When a Devil died in Hell, it descended into the human world.

When it died in the human world, it returned to Hell.

Therefore, the overwhelmingly powerful Devils that had never experienced death even once all remained within Hell.

"Naive."

Blinding golden light radiated from Asagiri’s eyes as he entered Human Asura Mode.

He swung the Shura Fan in his hand, directly knocking away the massive hand trying to seize him.

Then he spoke softly.

"Persona, Alice, Walrider."

The moment Alice and Walrider appeared, Iwanaga Kotoko raised both hands.

A vast amount of Black Particles condensed before them, directly blocking the Pale Ghost Hands attempting to grab the group.

At the same time, Yuuki Asuna accelerated to full speed.

The Shining Starlight in her hand released a magnificent glow as she cut one of the enormous hands in half with a single slash.

"How is this possible...?"

Meanwhile, inside the underground facility, Shido Masayoshi watched Asagiri and the others resist the Hell Devil.

Disbelief covered his face, and his pupils trembled violently from the shock.

"The Hell Devil was summoned by sacrificing the entire population of Tokyo..."

"Yet even that isn’t enough to drag those people into Hell?"

Shido Masayoshi and Nyx, who had planned this conspiracy, shared the same thought.

This was completely outrageous.

Under normal circumstances, the grasp of the Hell Devil should have been impossible to resist.

Because of the immense strength possessed by Shadow and his companions, Nyx had deliberately prepared tens of millions of people across Tokyo as Sacrifices.

It wanted to guarantee that the Hell Devil would have enough power to drag all nine of them into Hell.

Yet now, it appeared that the Hell Devil could not drag all nine of them away.

It could not even seize the five currently present.

"Damn it... Damn it! Damn it!"

Through his contract with the Hell Devil, Shido Masayoshi could see Asagiri and the others evading its grasp with apparent ease.

"No. If this continues..."

"At the very least, Shadow..."

Shido Masayoshi gritted his teeth, abruptly rose to his feet, and rushed out of the room.

Back on the street, vigilance filled Iwanaga Kotoko’s eyes as she carefully surveyed their surroundings.

Through her unique talent, she could sense the approximate position of the Hell Devil’s six fingered hands before they appeared, allowing her to issue warnings in advance.

However, just as suddenly as the Hell Devil had appeared, it vanished.

Not only Iwanaga Kotoko, but the other four members of the team immediately realized that something was wrong.

This was a trap Nyx had specifically prepared for their decisive battle.

The Hell Devil was supposed to be its trump card against them.

How could its strength have been exhausted in less than half a minute?

It could not possibly be that simple.

At that moment, Asagiri spoke softly.

"They’re here."

As his voice faded, Yuuki Asuna and the others noticed four figures rapidly approaching from the distance.

One of them was Shido Masayoshi, dressed in a suit.

"Four Nyx Incarnations."

Feeling the familiar suffocating pressure, as though death itself had taken physical form, Yuuki Asuna pursed her lips and tightened her grip around the hilt of Shining Starlight.

She stepped forward to protect the three girls behind her and stood shoulder to shoulder with Asagiri, directly facing the four approaching Nyx Incarnations.

Shido Masayoshi and the other three Incarnations wasted no time speaking.

One of them, dressed in black combat equipment resembling a Blackwatch Commander, raised a heavy black firearm and immediately pulled the trigger at Yuuki Asuna.

"Bang!"

Yuuki Asuna did not even move her feet.

Before the bullet was fired, Asagiri had already placed the Shura Fan in front of her and blocked it.

"Just like blades and hammer fists, guns and bullets can also be created from the Blacklight Virus."

Asagiri, Yuuki Asuna, and the others immediately realized that Nyx was growing stronger at an astonishing rate.

At first, those infected by the Blacklight Virus could only transform parts of their bodies into cold weapons.

During the previous battle, Nyx’s Incarnations had already become capable of transforming most of their bodies into Blacklight Virus biomass and moving beneath the ground.

And now...

The weapons created from the Blacklight Virus were no longer limited to cold weapons.

It could even produce firearms and ammunition.

If one of those Blacklight Virus bullets struck them, even Yuuki Asuna would risk injury.

Only Asagiri, whose bullet resistance had reached the point of complete immunity, could ignore them entirely.

In the next second, the Incarnation’s body began to distort.

A grotesque, towering monster emerged from its back.

Its head resembled a massive gun barrel, while its arms and back were covered entirely in rows of black barrels.

"Gun Devil..."

Seeing this, Iwanaga Kotoko immediately condensed a barrier of Black Particles.

The next instant, a storm of Blacklight Virus bullets poured forward like torrential rain.

"Tsk..."

The first wave of bullets slammed into the barrier.

Iwanaga Kotoko gritted her teeth, then immediately turned toward Asagiri.

"Shadow, deal with that one!"

"I can only hold this barrier for twenty seconds at most!"

"Alright."

Asagiri stepped out from behind the Black Particle barrier.

He stared at the Incarnation that was wildly unleashing the Gun Devil’s power.

A dazzling golden radiance filled his eyes as he entered Human Asura Mode.

Then, completely ignoring the storm of bullets ahead, he charged straight toward the Gun Devil Incarnation.

The Blacklight Virus bullets struck the surface of the Shura Fan without producing a sound.

It was as though their kinetic force had been completely absorbed.

Even the bullets themselves dissolved into the fan’s surface.

"That should be enough."

Asagiri had already closed the distance to within ten meters of the Gun Devil Incarnation.

He swung the Shura Fan through the air and spoke softly.

"Here. Take them back."

The instant his words fell, hundreds of black beams erupted from the fan’s surface and shot toward the Gun Devil at astonishing speed.

Seeing this, another Incarnation immediately created a thick Black Shield and moved in front of its ranged focused companion.

However, even though the shield blocked the attack, the terrifying force stored within the fan still blasted the Incarnation backward.

"Opportunity."

Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko’s signal, Kato Megumi, who had already completed her preparations, released the bowstring.

Her short black hair swayed gently.

Her expression remained as calm as the surface of a silent lake.

The arrow, condensed from pure light, had already locked onto the Gun Devil Incarnation.

"Dawn Arrow!"

The arrow expanded rapidly the moment it left the bowstring.

By the time it reached the Gun Devil, it had transformed into a colossal pillar of light.

Then it struck.

"BOOM!!!"

An explosion of light extending for more than a thousand meters erupted through the city.

The terrifying blast destroyed the street ahead and every building standing on either side.

When the radiance finally faded, the previously flat and orderly street had been transformed into an enormous trench dozens of meters deep, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"Hoo... Hoo..."

After unleashing her strongest finishing move, Kato Megumi was utterly exhausted.

With her remaining stamina and spiritual power, she could no longer release another arrow.

"Is it over?"

"No. It isn’t."

Asagiri and Iwanaga Kotoko simultaneously raised their gazes toward the sky.

A door slowly opened in midair.

From within it, a massive pale hand with six fingers emerged.

Standing atop its palm were Shido Masayoshi and two other Nyx Incarnations.

All three were completely unharmed.

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