Ultimate Power 1%, 5%, 10%... Ultimate Power—40%!
An incomparably violent and fierce aura erupted explosively. The surrounding space seemed to be affected as well; the spreading spatial cracks froze for an instant, but that moment was enough for Raize.
At this moment, driven by the immense Satsui no Hadou within his body and commanding the Ansatsuken, Raize executed a single movement.
His right knee bent slightly, his body floated forward mid-air, gliding and flying at once, his form flickering and leaving behind terrifying afterimages of his cruel, ferocious grin.
His current form gave the sensory impression of moving through a different dimension, with only a projection remaining in the real world. His blood-red eyes traced a long, sanguine rainbow of light through the void, directly bypassing the shattered spatial cracks to assault Ariel, who was staring wide-eyed.
Ashura Senku. A classic movement technique of the Satsui no Hadou, its effect is quite similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique from Naruto, but even more convenient. It belonged to the category of spatial movement techniques.
Iori Yagami's Demon Step could also achieve a somewhat similar teleportation effect. But when Raize executed Ashura Senku, he used his Killing Intent to tear open the void, traversing through a space detached from reality. He could only be attacked before initiating the move and after it ended!
Enemies could only see the moment he vanished; the afterimages left in reality were meant to deceive. Raize could now descend upon reality from any direction.
A supreme movement technique of the Ansatsuken perfectly evaded Ariel's killing move.
A death knell tolled in Ariel's mind. Seeing the residual images of Raize charging towards her, this master indeed fell for the deception.
Thwack!
Ariel, who was rapidly retreating backwards, suddenly widened her eyes in shock. A large hand clamped down like an iron vise on her petite shoulder, shattering it. Raize stood behind her, his face twisted in a ferocious grin like a wrathful demon, his eyes blazing with a piercing, ominous red light.
In that instant, time around Ariel seemed to freeze. She actually felt as if her surroundings were suddenly filled with the mournful wails and howls of a Hundred Demons' Night Parade.
Immediately after, the terrifying killing intent on Raize, who had suddenly appeared behind her, erupted instantaneously. To Laffey, who was watching from afar, the surrounding area was suddenly invaded by large swathes of darkness.
It was as if all light had been absorbed by the killing intent. Laffey's petite body trembled from the erupted killing intent, her vision plunged into utter darkness. Ariel's vision was also shrouded in complete blackness.
All she could feel was an Arctic-like, bone-chilling cold and that razor-sharp killing intent that stabbed into her very being.
"No, I..."
In this moment, Ariel's soul and body trembled in unison. Before she could even finish her sentence, her words were cut off forever.
BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM————!
From within the darkness formed by the killing intent, countless dense, thunderous blows exploded forth, merging together to create a continuous, drum-roll-like barrage of deafening roars.
In Ariel's darkness-filled eyes, it was as if she had fallen into the eighteen layers of hell. Excruciating, top-tier pain assaulted every part of her body, begging her to scream, but she could neither move nor speak. Her throat—that vital point—had been shattered in the very first instant.
The Magical Girl could only passively endure this inhuman agony that reached her very soul!
The entire process actually lasted only a few seconds, but the soul-piercing killing move known as Shun Goku Satsu was capable of delivering a thousand strikes in an instant!
To Ariel, it felt as if she had spent years in hell. Even her own soul seemed to have been beaten out of its sheath. Her weak and wretched soul felt as if it had glimpsed its own death star.
With Raize's own power combined with Chaos Acceleration, his Shun Goku Satsu could even be described as "Shun Goku - Nyuta."
Nyuta—a terrifyingly large numerical unit in Buddhism, surpassing henghesha and asamkhya, second only to immeasurable, boundless, etc...
Its meaning almost represents infinity.
An exterminating assault of killing intent so vast it was beyond count, nearly infinite!
Even Raize himself didn't know how many punches he had unleashed in this state. But one thing was certain: it was absolutely not limited to just a thousand strikes. "A thousand strikes in an instant" was merely a figurative description.
After the dense barrage of impact sounds faded away, the darkness that enveloped and obscured everything dispersed. The originally petite and cute Ariel now lay on the ground, reduced to a mushy mess of flesh and blood.
Raize stood expressionless to the side. Wisps of blood-red, mist-like energy continuously emanated from the surface of his body. And on his back, a single blood-red character flickered.
It was a calligraphic, ink-wash-style character:
Destruction!
The Shun Goku Satsu within the Ansatsuken was a super ultimate technique on the same level as Ashura Senku. It used killing intent to shroud the heavens and earth, absorbing all light. In extreme cases, the killing intent could even erode an opponent's five senses. Within pure darkness, it was a move that delivered death and destruction through a raging, torrential onslaught of attacks:
Shun Goku Satsu: A Thousand Strikes in an Instant!
In a game, being hit by Shun Goku Satsu might leave behind a corpse. But when unleashed in reality, it was the complete and utter secret technique of the Ansatsuken.
As one of the strongest ultimate techniques of the Satsui no Hadou, its fundamental purpose for existence was to annihilate all living things and destroy all enemies!
When swinging his fists, the power of killing intent would also be unleashed along with the punches, entering the enemy's body, extinguishing all vitality, and attacking their soul.
Such was the terror of this ultimate technique. After using this move, Raize actually still had plenty of strength to spare. He had not released all of his Satsui no Hadou, but he could freely control and internalize it.
"Haaah..."
Raize let out a breath of turbid air. The blood-red mist of killing intent on his body began to internalize and fade away. His golden, indestructible pupils also reverted to their usual sky-blue hue.
But suddenly, Raize immediately turned around and looked down at the pile of flesh and blood, narrowing his eyes slightly to examine it carefully. The soul had disappeared. Moreover, a tiny bit of the flesh and blood was also missing.
This mushy mess from Ariel had its cellular activity completely extinguished by the power of the killing intent, but the opponent's soul had suddenly vanished.
"Having lived a long time, you have some old fox tricks up your sleeve, huh."
Raize looked down at the pile of minced meat and suddenly revealed a cold smile. He sensed a faint, familiar energy fluctuation from this mush. However, he wasn't overly worried about Ariel for now, because her soul had suffered fundamental damage from his Shun Goku Satsu.
You can heal your physical body. Let's see how you heal such severe injuries to your soul!
Barring unforeseen circumstances, Ariel could be considered completely crippled. Unless some major figure helped heal the severe damage to her soul.
And most importantly, his killing intent power had also left a mark within her soul. If he ever encountered this wretched woman again...
During the battle using Shun Goku Satsu, he had sensed a familiar, strange power emanating from Ariel's body. It was the power of the Biological Orb.
"Hah, and you dare call yourself a teacher?"