The sudden flash startled Kiryu, almost making him fall.
Only when he felt the familiar gentle breeze swirling around him did he realize with sudden dawning understanding, his eyes widening.
‘It’s actually the bonus from the Gale Rune?’
‘One step, and I flash 10 meters away…
impressive, a 30% speed boost indeed.’
He heard faint, playful giggling in his ear.
‘Tch, this wind element is unexpectedly lively!’
The young man scratched his head, a little helpless.
Although he had been teased with a prank, Kiryu’s mood was still pleasant.
‘This kind of extreme speed is really hard to get used to all at once…
I need to be careful with every step.’
A wry smile appeared on the young man’s face.
He never thought there would come a day when he would have to walk so awkwardly.
At this moment,
He could feel the gentle and refreshing wind elements continuously rushing towards him from all directions, as if he had become a legendary Child of the Wind.
Compared to his previous nimbleness and agility, this was an entirely new feeling and experience.
With every step, the wind rushed to assist him, making even walking easy and leisurely.
“Hey!”
Standing at the fourth-floor stairwell,
A gleam of eager anticipation flashed in Kiryu’s eyes.
He suddenly pushed off with both legs, leaping forward.
The next moment,
His entire body jumped up impossibly, suddenly spanning dozens of steps, landing lightly on the fifth-floor hallway.
“Kiryu-kun…
Behind him, Yui was utterly dumbfounded.
She couldn’t help but murmur, questioning her own existence.
“How is that possible?” Yukino looked at the Dumpling as if she were an idiot.
“This is obviously some kind of supernatural ability!”
‘Come to think of it…
when did he master this kind of power?”‘The long, straight, black-haired girl felt a flicker of curiosity.
Since leaving the classroom, she had been following by Kiryu’s side, never leaving.
Yukino knew very well that before this, Kiryu was just an ordinary person like herself.
Even if he had more courage and had received training, he couldn’t possibly leap over 20 steps so exaggeratedly.
“ROAR, ROAR…!!”
At this moment,
The zombies on the fifth floor detected the trio’s approaching presence.
They all turned their heads and began frantically surging towards them.
The silent zombie horde suddenly erupted with a violent rumble, like a churning sea wave.
“Perfect timing.
Let me test my blade.”
Blazing fighting intent ignited in Kiryu’s eyes.
Violent wind elements rapidly condensed around him, briefly forming a pair of pale blue wind-element wings behind his back.
Kiryu gripped the sword hilt with one hand, suddenly leaped into the air, and instantly vanished from his spot.
When he reappeared, he had already moved several meters and landed lightly at the very end of the zombie horde.
“ROAR, ROAR…”
Facing the onrushing monsters, Kiryu’s expression remained calm and steady.
Around the scabbard of Kuji Kanesada, a wispy, smoke-like thin white aura began to gather.
That white aura seemed to possess a life of its own, moving rapidly around the blade, starting slow then speeding up.
With every passing second, it expanded one full size.
In an instant, it had grown to the size of a millstone, spinning rapidly, whipping up fierce winds.
The 10-second limit passed in a flash.
Hum!
Kuji Kanesada trembled violently.
Three violent blade energies shot forth in sequence, accompanied by the roar of a dragon and the cry of a tiger, directly slashing forward.
In an instant, the surrounding zombie horde exploded like fireworks.
The razor-sharp blade energies pierced through the bodies of zombie after zombie.
First, countless long, narrow wounds appeared on their bodies, then they one after another collapsed and fell, turning into pools of indescribable bloody mush.
“Huff…”
Kiryu panted slightly, sheathing his sword.
He scanned the surroundings and found that not a single zombie was left standing in the fifth-floor hallway.
All had died to these three Wind-Piercing Blade Energies.
“This power…
it’s astonishing!”
The scene before him was too horrifying.
But Kiryu’s eyes remained calm, showing little change.
He was not the only one impressed.
“This…
how is this possible?!”
Such an astonishing sight left the two girls behind him equally dumbfounded.
Due to extreme shock, Yui’s soft, warm body trembled uncontrollably.
She covered her cute little mouth in surprise, even forgetting to open it.
And the normally composed Yukino, witnessing this scene, also uncharacteristically changed expression, losing her composure.
She stared fixedly at the messy, bloody ground.
After a moment,
The girl raised her head and looked at him as if she had seen a ghost, her expression numb as she asked, “How on earth did you do that?”