The reactions of A'Tao and the other person clearly indicated their intention to finish him off while he was severely injured.
"A nice thought indeed."
"If you want me dead, you won't have an easy time either."
Abandoning the defense of his chest, he re-condensed Armament Haki into his hands. In his frenzy, sharp claws, glinting coldly, swept towards A'Tao and the other person again.
This time, he didn't look at Ahua, but focused on A'Tao.
In reality, Ahua's ability, while seemingly powerful, was quite easy to evade for those who knew its nature.
Feeling the swift sharp edges approaching from both sides, a look of ruthlessness flashed in the eyes of A'Tao and the other person.
They didn't retreat; their feet remained planted downwards.
"Let's see who gets whose head separated first, you or us stomping you to death."
At this moment, time seemed to stretch infinitely.
A'Tao, gripping the sword hilt, and Ahua, clenching his fist, bent their bodies and, from above, plummeted towards the ground with Kurotte's massive wolf form.
Once they hit the ground, their four large paws, simply with the force of their descent, would crush Kurotte's body.
Meanwhile, Kurotte's ten cold, gleaming claws, like real blades—no, sharper than real blades—
were swiftly slashing towards Ahua and the other person's heads.
If these strikes landed, Ahua and the other person would also lose their heads and die instantly.
Towards whom would fate lean?
Kurotte?
Ahua and the other person?
Haha!!
Fate, of course, belonged to the handsome young man who had suddenly appeared beside the falling figures of the three of them!
Shaking his head helplessly.
From his perspective, both the shockwaves around them and the falling trio appeared incredibly slow.
Thus, he extended a seemingly slow hand and pointed towards the void ahead.
*Dong—!*
The space suddenly rippled.
The ripple swept across a forty-meter radius at extreme speed.
The wind, the impact, the dust, and the falling trio were simultaneously frozen in mid-air.
"What—what—what—what is this???"
Gazing at the sudden silver light, Kurotte's consciousness rapidly returned. Although his body couldn't move, this didn't affect his Observation Haki.
"Silver hair?"
"Wasn't this guy fighting Cartless Saint?"
"How did he suddenly appear here?"
…
Rewind to about ten seconds ago.
When Kong Tai awoke from the illusion, he already knew he couldn't escape Cartless Saint's attack.
That strike from Cartless Saint was too powerful, causing the surrounding space to fluctuate with his power, and before his newly awakened mind could even use Instant Transmission, he was punched by Cartless Saint into the high ground beneath the church.
However, fortunately, he wasn't an ordinary person.
If it were another peak expert, this single blow would have left them severely injured, if not dead.
He was very clear about this.
No one could withstand a Haki-infused Conqueror's Haki strike from a peak expert without any defense.
Well…
Except him.
Don't ask why?
Because he was invincible from the start.
His body constantly emitted space, these spaces stacking infinitely on his body's surface. While he appeared to be in this world, his body was actually in a space that no one could approach.
Only those he acknowledged could traverse this endless space and truly touch him.
His usual spatial domain was merely the level of space he could control as his body grew.
Compared to the space outside his body, this domain's spatial level was likely as insignificant as a drop in the ocean, a single wisp among countless stars.
That was all.
Therefore, unless it was a special attack that could directly traverse space and erase the soul, it was like no attack to him.
When he was conscious, he always kept his space contracted.
But when he was unconscious, or his body was in danger, these spaces would automatically emerge and block attacks for him.
Gu Yina knew this, so she generally didn't worry about Kong Tai's safety from ordinary attacks.
It was only today, witnessing the nun in white with red shoes who remained standing even after the church and the ground beneath it had completely shattered, and Cartless Saint who had transformed into a black tiger, that she realized they possessed special abilities.
This was the main reason for her worried expression.
In the dust, Kong Tai was unharmed. He sat at the bottom of the massive crater formed by the impact, his eyes glowing red. While drinking, he sensed the foolish actions of Ahua and the other person.
Thus, he had no choice but to teleport over.
He had kept Kurotte as a whetstone for the three of them,
not for them to gamble on who fate would favor.
If fate favored Kurotte, wouldn't these two have gone to see God?
"Truly foolish!"
Cursinga, Kong Tai released his control over Ahua and the other person.
Then, he raised his hand and squeezed in the void towards Kurotte.
The surrounding space suddenly contracted rapidly towards the center. Even though Kurotte desperately resisted the pressure from all sides, the pressure seemed infinite, causing his body to groan and continuously compress towards the center, eventually being squeezed into a sphere.
With Kurotte's resistance gone, a cold glint flashed in Kong Tai's eyes.
His right hand… squeezed all the way.
With a *hum*, the sphere was directly crushed into powder by even greater pressure, along with a mass of white mist engulfing the powder.
Releasing his hand, as the white smoke rose, the powder scattered with the wind.
With Kong Tai's current strength, if he wished to kill, anyone below Admiral level, no matter how many, would die.
And they would be instantly killed.
"That, that…"
A'Tao and Ahua returned to their normal forms, exhaling in unison. Looking at Kong Tai, they both showed embarrassed expressions.
Of course, there was also a hint of lingering fear. They had indeed been impulsive earlier.
Now that they thought about it, they could have easily dodged and fought the injured Kurotte using their robots.
This way, they would not only be safe but also effectively temper their skills.
"Now you know to feel embarrassed, now you know to be scared?"
"Then what were you doing earlier?"
Kong Tai's two pointed questions made them both lower their heads, wishing they could disappear into a crack in the earth.
Kong Tai glanced at the two, raised his wine gourd, took a gulp, and then slowly said, "Maintaining passion in battle is good, it helps you enter the rhythm faster. However, in such situations, you must remain calm. Once you lose your composure, you face death."
"Got it!"
A'Tao and the other person nodded quickly, looking as if they understood.
"Really understood?"
"Mhmm!"
"Forget it."
Kong Tai withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and glanced at the three CP0 agents who were entangled with A'Luo and the others.
This glance sent a chill down the spines of the three CP0 agents, who quickly turned their heads to look at the sky. Upon seeing Kong Tai, they all froze, stopping in place.
As their gazes shifted, they didn't see Kurotte's figure, and an extreme fear surged in their hearts.
If not for their rigorous training from childhood, they would have turned and fled.
Fortunately, Kong Tai only glanced at them before turning his attention to the lightning and ice battling in the distance, and behind them, Cartless Saint, floating in the air with black wings spread.
Clearly, their strength… was not enough to hold Kong Tai's gaze.