"Tweet—" The Feathered Parrot affectionately rubbed against Jinx, flapping back to Ro's shoulder. The man threw a punch, wrapped in flashing Ko, blasting away a Nen Bullet shooting towards his face. He, along with Razor, seemed to have sensed something at the same time, pulling back and turning to look at the pensive boy with downcast brows...
In a moment of enlightenment, Roy activated Ko and looked up at the sky. His dark eyes ignited with two suns, resonating with the sun overhead through the Black Veil. All the Ren emanating from his body suddenly retracted at that moment, concentrating on the newly manifested short sword in his right hand.
Three swords! Three-Sword Style? The crowd was astounded!
Yinda, transformed into the Capricorn Demon, keenly sensed a hint of panic. Looking down at the boy, he saw him holding a sword in each hand and another Staff Blade in his mouth. Most eye-catching was the one gripped tightly in his right hand, which suddenly grew silent and turned from black to red, starting to smoke...
After the initial panic, Yinda instinctively felt a hint of unease. Resolving himself, he gathered his strength, stretched out his arms, and swung them around, clapping them together to create sonic booms as he struck at Roy!
Suddenly... a soft chant: "Bankai."
Immediately following was an extremely thin black line, slicing through the sonic waves, unfurling quietly before everyone's eyes...
"Commanding the Entire Battlefield," Elaina, who had been monitoring the whole field with God's Perspective, suddenly felt eye pain and instinctively ducked her head. The blue-light glasses hanging on her high nose bridge fell to the ground with a clatter and got dusty.
"What is that black line?! And that sword!" The black sword, smoking slightly, was reflected in Elaina's consciousness. Plain and unremarkable, yet extraordinarily striking... Her emotions surged and trembled. Bending to retrieve her glasses, she finally heard the name of this sword.
With a casual swing, Roy unleashed temperatures over ten thousand degrees, enhanced by Ko. This strike added nearly four thousand degrees compared to before… Meeting Yinda's double palms, it immediately caused him pain, pulling back and spilling a large amount of black blood...
"Stomp, stomp, stomp..." The Capricorn Demon stumbled backward in horror, each step leaving a large hole, stirring the earth to quake...
The boy stood firm as a pine on the rock, softly saying to the short sword, "Sorry, it was indeed my fault for not naming you two."
He raised the short sword in his right hand: "You are Eclipse."
Gazing down at the Staff Blade in his mouth: "You are Waning Moon."
The short sword and Staff Blade vibrated, emitting two sharp sword cries that soared into the clouds!
Ging and Razor exchanged a glance, surprisingly no longer attacking each other. They simply turned and watched the boy stand silently with his three swords, harmonizing with them, merging with his spirit. Simultaneously, a thought emerged in their minds... From this day forth, the ranks of the world's top warriors should include this boy!
"I know an old man," Ging's gaze burned as he looked at the boy. "He said he enjoys punching with a heart full of gratitude for the great grace of Martial Arts. I suppose..."
"That's probably what he's thinking right now."
At the pinnacle of perfection, extreme in emotions, extreme in sword... Razor didn't know who the elder Ging mentioned was, but anyone with such insight was definitely no ordinary figure.
Ging: "His name is Netero."
Razor's gaze shifted, as expected... bringing a hint of reflection. And looking at Roy, "My teammate's love for swords might rival that of the strongest human..."
With pride? Ging smiled without revealing Razor's thoughts and said with emotion, "Honestly, I think so too."
The man smiled, extending his right hand to Razor: "Welcome aboard."
Razor glanced at him: "Don't flatter yourself, I'm here for someone's sake; you should know whose."
"Slap~" The two large hands clasped together, and Ging chuckled lowly without a word...
Hidden within the Black Veil, constantly avoiding Wutong, Zary noticed this scene, his heart turning cold!
"Shoo... shoo... shoo..." The Infinite Pistol spat Nen Bullets, nearly forming a Nen Line as it continuously chased him down...
Zary fled frantically, hoping Silver would defeat that jail-breaking thief and come to his aid... When he saw Yinda's hands being lightly swept by Zanka no Tachi, instantly shaving off two pieces of flesh... He silently opened his mouth to cry for support, swallowing the words as he couldn't voice them!
'Can't add to his trouble... Now, definitely can't add to Yinda's trouble... If his mind falters... he'll surely go insane... If he goes insane...'
Zary, as part of the security team, was among the few who had been with Yinda the longest and considered a close and trusted friend. Years ago... He had even accompanied Yinda hunting some "poaching elements," having witnessed his madness firsthand. At the time... He didn't know what he had encountered, just knew that he blacked out, waking up in the hospital after ten full days...
As for those "poaching elements," they became his "hospital mates" – "vegetative companions!"
According to the doctors, they would never awaken, almost as if... a part of their brains had been eaten, permanently damaged!
"Roar!" Pain... pain... such excruciating pain! The sword aura carrying ten thousand degrees of heat was like an eraser, scraping away large swathes of flesh from Yinda's hands... He transformed into the Goat-Horned Demon, clearly feeling his palms burn and sting, the pain swelling like a tide... Yinda's clear eyes, tinged with foolishness, uncontrollably began turning red... Then, he threw his head back with a roar!
Spewing a cloud of black smoke from his mouth.....
The substantial muttering of the Goat-Horned Demon spread with the pervasive black smoke, finding any gap to penetrate....
Everyone, including Ging, Razor, Wutong, and Elaina, felt a jolt in their minds, suddenly raging with a desire to go mad, to smash things, to destroy everything... Their eyes showed a tendency to turn "bloodred"!
"Bang!" At that moment, Ging punched through a nearby van, roaring, "Don't lose your head, hold your spirit, this black smoke... It's negative emotions; they will corrode human will and manifest by destroying the brain's central control, we can't be careless... especially...."
Ging squinted at Roy, the gray mist thick and heavy, enveloping the boy directly....
Under the veil of Yinda's Goat-Horned Demon guise, he seemed small and helpless, like a lone sailboat haphazardly venturing into the ocean, ready to be overturned by a wave at any moment...
Yet, those eyes, unseen by Ging and Razor, remained bright, even gaining an "odd" hue.
"The demon's whispers, trying to use negative emotions to erode my will?"
Roy gazed up at Yinda's enormous red eyes. Unsure if it was a Nenryoku skill or a curse from Nature entrenched in him, he curved his lips into a smile, willingly allowing the black mist to swirl into his heart, closing his eyes decisively...
In a daze... within Roy's Unconscious Domain, the black mist coalesced, once again showing the image of Yinda with goat horns and scarlet eyes... Truly like a Capricorn Demon, albeit scaled down to human size. Entering Roy's Unconscious Domain, he began searching wantonly for his "heart core," housing all his understanding, and the origin of his Nenryoku....
"Roar!" The horns charged forward... The demon leaned down, driving Yinda to madness, searching wildly....
The Unconscious Domain holds no concept of time or space; Yinda could search a lifetime or a second, and so, gradually... gradually... found Roy's "heart core"...
That orb, radiating sunlight, nourishing all things, yet not deprived of thunder and rain... The sun!