“Hound’s Step!”
In that life-or-death moment,
Kiryu decisively activated “Hound’s Step”.
Suddenly disappearing from his original spot, he teleported to a location ten meters away.
“ROOAR!!”
The horrifying roar made one’s scalp tingle.
Large amounts of dust shook loose from the hallway ceiling and fluttered down.
Both Yukino and Yui, seeing that terrifying figure, instantly turned deathly pale.
Their limbs felt numb, their bodies weak, their hearts practically about to leap from their chests.
That was the mental pressure from a higher life form.
Enough to make ordinary people like them feel an instinctive fear.
“You two, fall back.”
At the critical moment,
Kiryu’s figure suddenly exploded into motion.
He charged forward rapidly, carrying a fierce momentum.
“ROAR!”
The Feral Variant shifted its footing, using an incredibly agile movement to deftly evade the zombies’ encirclement, leaping up to the ceiling.
Its sharp, pointed claws dug firmly into the surface above.
It crawled down the wall as fast as a gecko, moving with extraordinary speed.
‘Bulk Charcoal Rosin.’
Kiryu quickly pulled out the “Bulk Charcoal Rosin” that Yukino had offered up.
He applied it evenly across the blade of the Hundred-Forged Katana.
‘This bastard is fast.
I need to seize the opportunity and use [Hound’s Step] to launch a surprise attack.’
In an instant,
‘Now!’
The moment the Feral Variant landed was precisely the opportunity when its stamina was momentarily lagging behind, before it could recover its momentum.
Kiryu’s eyes lit up.
He decisively activated “Hound’s Step”.
Like a ghost, he teleported behind it.
Whoosh!
A blazing inferno erupted from the concentrated rosin, bursting into flame.
Like a bright torch, it illuminated the dim staircase thoroughly.
The young man gripped the katana, now engulfed in roaring flames.
His eyes held a firm, pure killing intent!
“DIE!”
As he swung the blade, his astonishing strength poured out along with it.
A wave of fire surged into the air, momentarily displacing the surrounding air.
Screech!
The fiery blade brutally pierced into the Feral Variant’s heart.
Like cutting through paper, it quickly sliced through its flesh all the way.
The Feral Variant screamed.
Its chest was torn open, creating a massive gash.
In an instant, the wound burst open, blood spraying everywhere.
Exposing large patches of white fat layer and red tendons.
“NOT OVER YET!”
Kiryu’s handsome profile, stained by blood and firelight, looked fierce and savage like a demon.
Whoosh!
“ROOAR, ROOOAR!!”
The pain of having its spine cut open drove the Feral Variant wild.
It struggled with all its might.
The force it unleashed at the brink of life and death was so great.
The surrounding zombies couldn’t hold it down at all.
They were sent flying like sandbags, one after another.
“HAH!”
Only Kiryu, relying on his [Superhuman Strength] trait, with legs as rooted as an ancient tree, grit his teeth and held on.
The raging fire continuously seared the Feral Variant’s wounds.
Its body developed a massive wound stretching from its shoulder to its abdomen, continuously gushing bright red blood.
Under the fire’s scorching, it quickly turned black, emitting a strange grilled-meat smell.
“SLASH!”
The mutated Feral Variant was brutally split open along its spine, its skull cleaved by Kiryu.
Pieces of blackened, rotting flesh, mixed with flying white fragments of shattered bone, scattered all over the ground.
The exposed, blood-red spinal column was directly flicked away by a single slash.
Its body swayed, convulsed twice, and finally stopped moving.
[Defeated ‘Mutated Zombie · Feral Variant x1′.
Rewarded Blue Trait.
Rewarded 50 Game Currency]
“…”
Under the two girls’ awestruck, reverent gazes,
Kiryu unhurriedly pulled his katana from the pile of shattered viscera.
After the fierce battle, his expression showed more fatigue.
His breathing was no longer as steady as before, slightly rapid.
Yet his figure still stood as straight as bamboo.