Chapter 850: Kingdom Shattered! Vermilion Bird's Roar!
Chapter 850: Kingdom Shattered! Vermilion Bird's Roar!
Boom!
Bartholomew, a blood-soaked figure, trembled violently, scattering the blood clinging to his body. His figure staggered as he stared at his dense network of wounds, then pressed his hand against the massive gash where his neck met his shoulder. Blood still seeped through his fingers—this wound refused to seal.
With a grunt, he clenched his arm, his face twisting in a flash of gruesome determination. Palming the wound, he smeared it shut, forcing the flesh to adhere with sheer willpower.
This brutal method felt like being seared alive. Ruthless—truly ruthless!
Kuro’s facial expression contorted into a snarl. Straightening his chest, he let out a series of sharp cracks as his displaced ribs realigned internally, most reduced to mere fractures.
“Damn, that hurts!” He winced, but his glare toward Bartholomew burned fiercer.
He hadn’t even realized it himself—this fight had long since abandoned restraint. He’d even resorted to trading injuries for damage.
Otherwise, that ‘Ultimate Mystic Art’ would never have been unleashed.
But now, blood and wounds finally marked the battlefield.
As they locked eyes on each other’s injuries, unspoken calculations flickered in their minds.
Visible wounds meant—
“Your physical stamina is running dry!”
They both snarled in unison, gruesome and synchronized.
Whoosh!!!
Boom!
Bartholomew’s foot slammed down, his right fist clenching with a deafening crack. The air itself trembled before he even threw the punch. Eerily, the surrounding sea stilled like stagnant water, its waves vanishing.
“Brace yourself, Kuro!”
Bartholomew’s voice rasped, “I spent over twenty years cultivating in prison, merging countless unarmed combat techniques into this ultimate strike. If you can’t withstand it—die!”
“Funny.”
Kuro planted his scabbard upright, sheathing his Yokai Blade. Lowering his stance, he assumed an Iaijutsu posture. “I’ve got a move too. Brace yourself—die, and you’ll prove you’re nothing special!”
Boom!
Above, the Crimson Blood and Azure-Black Heavens clashing in the skies gradually faded, merging into a suffocating blackness—a storm brewing. A muffled peal of thunder rumbled.
Beneath this ominous heavens, the two stood poised, the pressure so immense it choked the breath from the air around them.
Bartholomew’s fist drew in the ambient air like a whirlwind, warping space into a twisted mire.
Kuro crouched lower, gripping his hilt. Blood-red currents gathered around the blade, intertwining with his Haki, Killing Intent, and ability, surging as he tightened his grasp.
“One Swing, Total Annihilation.”
“Sky Sundering Cataclysm.”
They spoke as one.
Bartholomew’s protruding, demon-like teeth gnashed. His blue-flamed eyes blazed as he roared, his form seeming to blur into unreality. The blue flames around him vanished into his fist, leaving only an afterimage as he erupted into motion—a godlike, monstrous charge delivering a straight punch!
“Kingdom Shattered!!!”
Boom!!!
Haki, abilities, and a monstrous surge of Conqueror’s Haki Encasement erupted in this strike. This fist, brimming with countless forces yet perfectly unified, would live up to its name—
A blow capable of shattering nations!!!
He would die!
Kuro’s first instinct screamed this truth. A direct hit meant death!
In any normal battle, Kuro would’ve evaded long before Bartholomew launched this technique. But now—
This was no time for retreat—it was damn or die!!!
A flash of ferocity lit Kuro’s eyes. He unsheathed his blade in a single, instantaneous draw.
As the blade left the scabbard, all his strength converged upon it. The Yokai Blade’s blackened steel faded to translucence.
With a vertical slash, the air warped. A phantom image materialized—a golden bird, veined with black lines, wreathed in crimson flames.
“Final Vermilion Bird Roar!!!” Kuro roared.
“Screee!!!”
The bird spread its wings, releasing a piercing cry.
Not a true birdcall—but a cacophony of slashes, howling like a shriek.
A Flying Slash—this Grand Mystic Art, "Final Vermilion Bird Roar", synthesized multiple techniques:
The "Instant Thousand Strikes" technique, refined from the Luo Family’s secret "Black Rope Heaven Flash" and merged with the "Azure Dragon" Mystic Art.
The "One Cut" technique, blending Lucius’s speed with Kuro’s mastery of "Momentum Blade" and the "White Tiger" Mystic Art—unavoidable once unleashed.
The "Unified Qi Black Tortoise Body", combining Sazil’s Nailsfist technique with Recoil Haki and the "Black Tortoise" Mystic Art, granting a physique rivaling unarmed combat masters.
All these Grand Mystic Arts relied on the Float-Float Fruit’s psychokinetic-like control. Without it, Kuro could never manifest such techniques.
This move predated his acquisition of the Yokai Blade. Back then, the "Vermilion Bird" Mystic Art’s essence—eternal renewal—eluded him. His Killing Intent lacked that endless cycle, making the technique unstable. He’d abandoned it, opting for his reliable "Thousand Cutting Valleys" instead.
But the Yokai Blade perfected it. Now, his Killing Intent sustained the Vermilion Bird’s flame indefinitely.
Surpassing Shinmeiryu’s Four Great Mystic Arts, this move—his fully realized "Four Divine Beasts" evolution—merged Haki, ability, swordsmanship, and Killing Intent into one.
The Azure Dragon Slash’s chaotic speed wouldn’t withstand Bartholomew’s earth-shaking fist. The White Tiger Slaughter’s close-range precision would get him struck first. The Black Tortoise Body’s defense—useless here.
Only the Final Vermilion Bird Roar could duel this kingdom-shattering punch!
“Die!!!” Kuro screamed.
The Vermilion Bird’s wings blazed with Killing Intent, soaring toward Bartholomew. Simultaneously, Bartholomew’s fist—distorting air into stagnation—slammed into the bird’s beak.
Boom!!!
A dome of energy erupted—blue-black and gold-red—engulfing the island Kuro’s abilities had shaped, blinding all within.
(End of Chapter)
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