Chapter 199: I Won’t Let You Down!
Even if the opponent's strength was far greater than his own, Satoru Suzuki would still struggle until the final moment.
Even if there was no hope, he would not simply give up.
But even so, he had never planned to increase his strength through indiscriminate slaughter.
The justice in his heart would never allow that.
Inside his mind, Asuramaru spoke up.
"It looks like your chance has come."
Satoru was still confused when he heard that.
Then he looked ahead.
An endless army of stitched corpses was charging wildly in their direction.
The commotion also alerted Lightning Max, Stinger, and Death Gatling behind him. When they saw the Monster army pouring toward them, their expressions darkened.
In their current state, facing that many Monsters was no different from facing death.
"It really never ends."
Stinger gripped his Bamboo Shoot Spear.
Even in poor condition, he still had the courage to fight until the last moment.
Death Gatling stood beside him with the same resolve.
Only Lightning Max had completely lost the strength to fight. He slumped against the side of the street, his face full of worry.
Standing in front of the three, Satoru turned his head and looked back at them, especially at the heavily injured Lightning Max.
Without hesitation, he said, "Take the injured and leave first. I'll deal with these Monsters."
The three knew Mumen Rider was strong.
Even so, Lightning Max could not help speaking with concern.
"How about you just leave me behind and go first..."
Before he could finish, Satoru gave them a bright smile.
"How can a hero abandon his companions?"
His voice was gentle, but firm.
"Besides, I won't do anything I'm not confident about. Leave this to me."
Those words moved the three heroes.
If they stayed here, they would only become burdens to Mumen Rider.
Perhaps leaving this place was the greatest help they could offer him right now.
"Then be careful!"
Stinger stepped forward, shouldered the badly injured Lightning Max, and turned to flee in the opposite direction.
Behind them, Death Gatling looked at Satoru's back with a complicated gaze.
In the end, he also turned and left.
Once the three were gone, Satoru faced the incoming Monster army alone.
For the first time, his blood boiled so intensely.
He did not like killing.
But when he thought about Asuramaru being taken away by someone else, he could not accept it.
At the same time, he was unwilling to slaughter innocent lives.
Because of that, he had been worried about how to become stronger.
But now, these stitched Monsters had appeared before him.
To others, this was a nightmare they would desperately avoid.
To Satoru, it was like charcoal delivered in the snow.
This army of Monsters was the fastest way for him to grow.
He murmured softly, "Asuramaru, I won't let you down."
As he spoke, his hand had already landed on the hilt at his waist.
His legs exerted force.
Satoru charged forward.
Only at the final moment before he collided with the Monster army did he draw his sword from the sheath.
Brilliant light burst from the edge.
"Breath of Light, Fourth Form."
Under that dazzling radiance, the light resembled the embers of a setting sun.
"Embers!"
The sword slashed forward.
The light split apart and swept toward the Monsters in every direction.
In an instant, beams of radiance pierced through neck after neck.
Heads flew into the air.
Inside the sword, the system notifications rang continuously in Asuramaru's mind.
[Ding! Intense negative emotions detected from Tiger level Monster Underworld Corpse before death. Gained 1,000 emotion points!]
[This kill obtained 5,000 Demon Power. Fifty percent will be fed back to the Sword Master.]
After hearing the system notification, Asuramaru quickly lost interest in these Monsters.
Even if Satoru killed them all, the number of emotion points probably would not amount to much.
For now, Asuramaru focused most of his attention on Sonic, who was locked in fierce battle with the Underworld King.
However, during the battle, Sonic also noticed Satoru Suzuki slaughtering Monsters below.
He did not care much.
Because Sonic firmly believed that he would never lose to that guy.
Flying Thunder God brought him above the Underworld King's head again.
Several sword fragments condensed in his hand, forming a broken sword once more.
"Breath of Darkness, Fourth Form."
Endless darkness surged from the sword.
"Four Shadows Burial!"
As the strike fell, a pitch black tide erupted, as if it intended to swallow everything.
Three shadowy figures emerged from within the darkness.
Together with Sonic's original body, the four figures chose different directions and slashed downward at the same time.
The attacks swept across the Underworld King's head like cutting gales.
In an instant, a large number of grid like bloodstains appeared across its skull.
Fortunately for Pluton, it immediately released Hellfire and forced Sonic back.
Repeated failures made the Underworld King increasingly irritable.
"Damned loach!"
Its roar shook the dark sky.
"I want to see where you can run inside my space!"
"Kingdom of Death!"
It roared toward the heavens.
Endless flesh erupted from the Underworld King's body.
The moment that flesh struck the ground, it transformed into stitched Monsters of countless shapes and sizes.
They were densely packed, like a plague of locusts.
Even beneath the ruined ground, flames began to surge upward like an erupting volcano.
Fire spewed from below, dyeing this entire place in the colors of doomsday.
The sight alone was enough to drag despair out of a person's heart.
After doing all this, the Underworld King's body seemed to shrink slightly.
"You think numbers are useful?"
Sonic sneered.
He used Flying Thunder God and retreated to the side, instantly slaughtering all the nearby Monsters.
It was as if he were mocking Pluton with his actions.
"Whether it is useful or not, you'll know soon enough."
The Underworld King did not care.
It gripped its trident and bone cleaver, flames burning around its enormous body, and charged straight toward Sonic.
"I'll see how long you can keep laughing, little loach!"
Looking at the dense swarm of Monsters surrounding him, so numerous they almost blotted out the sky, Sonic gripped the sword in his hand and charged toward the Underworld King as well.
But the sword in his hand shattered in an instant.
Under his will, the fragments scattered and shot forward at high speed.
At the same time, Sonic activated Flying Thunder God.
Relying on his absolute reflexes, he moved like a black flash, constantly shuttling between the fragments.
Wherever he passed, nothing remained standing.
Soon, he and the Underworld King clashed head on once again.
But this time was different from before.
The surrounding Monsters charged at every sword fragment without fear of death, using their bodies to bind the fragments within a limited range.
This greatly restricted Sonic's movement.
Below, Satoru Suzuki was also being attacked by the stitched Monsters.
Only a small portion of them had come after him, but under the endless fighting and slaughter, his strength began to rise rapidly with the Demon Power feedback and his partially opened limiter.
At this moment, he had already reached the peak of Demon level.
He was only one step away from Dragon level.
Back in the sky, after a brief stalemate, Sonic finally retreated in annoyance.
The surrounding Monsters were irritating him.
If he wanted to end this quickly, Kirin was unrealistic inside this space.
That meant he only had one choice.
The new move he had obtained.
Great Spiral Wheel!
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