Chapter 181: So This Is What You Look Like
Faced with two questions that arrived almost at the same time, Sonic lay among the ruins with a grim expression.
But in his heart, he had already made his choice.
His mouth twitched slightly.
Then, in his mind, he forced the words out.
"Asuramaru... please lend me... your strength..."
Hearing that urgent tone, Asuramaru could not help teasing him.
"Your voice is too low."
Sonic's face flushed with anger and humiliation.
But what could he do in this situation?
He could only yield.
"Asuramaru, I beg you. Lend me your strength!"
This time, his request was clear.
Yet Asuramaru, still full of mischief, replied, "Can you speak louder?"
That finally set Sonic off.
"You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?! Fine! I won't borrow your power! At worst, I'll abandon some sword fragments and leave this place directly through a Flying Thunder God Mark!"
Seeing Sonic become agitated, Asuramaru finally stopped teasing.
"Don't be angry. I'll lend you the strength."
Outside, Gouketsu stood in front of Sonic and looked down at him.
Seeing Sonic remain silent for so long, and looking at his battered, broken body, Gouketsu reminded him.
"Hurry up and make your choice. Do not waste each other's time."
Sonic still did not respond.
Gouketsu frowned.
Beside him, Nyan touched the healed wound on his cheek and slowly stepped forward.
A sinister smile spread across his face, and his voice turned cold.
"It seems he doesn't plan to accept your invitation."
His claws stretched out.
"Then let me kill him. That slash across my face earlier was really painful."
Nyan's vertical pupils narrowed with cruel amusement.
"How should I return the favor? How about I crawl into your body through your eye sockets and tear you apart from the inside, meow?"
Gouketsu did not react.
He simply stood there with his arms crossed.
After all, if Sonic could not be recruited into the Monster Association, then such an unstable factor had to be eliminated.
Of course, Nyan's threats could also serve as pressure.
People always yearned for life when faced with death.
Gouketsu himself had once gone through the same thing.
What the two Monsters did not know was that Sonic had already been pulled into Asuramaru's mental world.
At the boundary between sky and sea, the world remained peaceful and serene.
Sonic stood there, looking ahead.
Floating in the air before him was still that purple armor filled with special power.
After meeting its gaze, Sonic spoke coldly.
"Don't waste time, Asuramaru. Lend me your strength now."
Then, after looking at Asuramaru, he suddenly added in a lower voice, "I beg you..."
Hearing that, Asuramaru's mouth curved slightly.
"As the Sword Master, you can have as much power as you want."
But then his tone changed.
He became serious.
"However, let me say this first. Power always comes with a price. Even I cannot change that."
His blood red eyes looked straight at Sonic.
"Do you truly have the resolve to bear the cost?"
Asuramaru continued slowly, "If you use my power recklessly and exceed your limit, you may become a demon that only knows how to kill. It is not impossible."
Hearing that price, Sonic showed no sign of backing down.
Instead, he looked directly at Asuramaru with clear, cold eyes.
"Since I chose to ask you, I won't turn back."
His voice was low.
"Besides, as long as I don't exceed the limit, there won't be a problem, right?"
That determined yet indifferent response made the curve of Asuramaru's lips deepen slightly.
"That's right."
As soon as his voice fell, black smoke erupted from the purple armor.
The smoke gradually gathered, forming a beautiful figure with long, elf like ears and long purple hair draped over his shoulders.
This was Asuramaru's true appearance.
For Sonic, however, it was the first time seeing it.
The moment he saw that form, he even wondered if his eyes were playing tricks on him.
But he quickly calmed down.
There was only a trace of surprise in his expression.
"I didn't expect you to look like this."
He stared at Asuramaru.
"The legendary god is actually a little girl."
Asuramaru's expression instantly turned annoyed.
"Enough nonsense. I am male!"
As he spoke, black Demon Power erupted from around him.
Like a rising tide, it surged toward Sonic's body.
Outside, seeing Sonic remain silent for so long, Gouketsu had completely lost patience.
Even Gyoro Gyoro's clone flying in midair spoke.
"If he is unwilling to join, then kill him here."
Its huge eye stared down.
"Gouketsu, do not forget to bring back the corpse and that sword."
"Understood."
Gouketsu replied simply.
Then he stood with his arms crossed and reminded Nyan, who had already been waiting beside him.
"I will leave him to you. Try to keep the corpse intact."
"What a pity."
Nyan reluctantly bared his sharp claws.
"My previous idea can't be realized, meow."
He prepared to pierce Sonic's heart directly.
But before he could move, Sonic, who had been slumped in the ruins, suddenly erupted with a large amount of black smoke.
The smoke spread outward at terrifying speed.
Faced with this sudden change, Gouketsu did not hesitate.
He withstood the black smoke head on and threw a powerful punch forward.
But this fist, which had crushed countless opponents before, fell into a strange stalemate against the black mist in front of him.
A moment later, the black mist dispersed.
Gouketsu looked toward the ruins again.
Sonic, who had been critically injured, was now standing there perfectly unharmed.
A form fitting purple armor covered his body. A demon mask rested over his face, and a purple halo floated behind him.
At the same time, vast Demon Power surged through his limbs and bones, strengthening him in every aspect.
At this moment, Sonic had truly reached Dragon level strength.
However, Asuramaru inside the sword had not helped him activate Demonization or Ittō Shura.
This was deliberate.
He was casting a long line to catch a big fish.
The main goal was sustainable development.
Dragon level strength was troublesome for the Monster Association, but still manageable. It would not force them into desperation.
Outside, Sonic felt his current power.
At the same time, knowledge of how to control Demon Power appeared in his mind.
Facing the two Monsters before him, terrifying killing intent erupted from his eyes.
The next moment, with a thought, the sword fragments originally held in Nyan's hands suddenly burst with immense Demon Power.
Each fragment released a black slash.
Nyan sensed the abnormality, but he had no time to throw the fragments away before the slashes erupted in his grasp.
Countless cuts tore through his hands, slicing them into pieces.
The fragments slipped free.
Some even shot straight into his body.
Looking at the sword fragments in front of him, Nyan had no time to think.
He immediately tried to slip into the cracks beneath the ruins.
Unfortunately, in the next moment, Sonic appeared silently in front of him.
Holding the sword with both hands, he aimed straight for Nyan's neck.
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