"Of course!"
Hibiki suddenly became enraged, turning his face and roaring at the crow.
At that moment, the drums on Hibiki's body sounded, and then, a strong gust of wind erupted, blowing the crow away.
Hibiki roared, "I will definitely make the Demon King recognize me again, I can do it, blood, I just need more blood!"
The crow hit the wall and smacked its lips, ultimately choosing not to speak out of prudence.
The crow wanted to say that even if there was a Demon King in the world battlefield, it wouldn't necessarily be the Demon King of their own world!
Moreover...
This was the world battlefield!
There were plenty of ways to get stronger here, so there was no need to be fixated on drinking blood.
His current identity was that of a chosen one, not just a demon. Since that was the case, why still use demonic methods to become stronger?
However, the crow dared not speak.
Because Hibiki was stronger than him.
Secondly, Hibiki only wanted blood, while the crow wanted fragments of the God Stone. Thus, their partnership had always been pleasant: Hibiki defeated opponents, and the crow killed them.
Hibiki obtained blood, and the crow obtained fragments of the God Stone.
This was greatly beneficial to the crow. He only needed to lure people over and deliver the final blow. Moreover, the fragments of the God Stone seemed far more valuable than the so-called blood.
The crow did not want to offend Hibiki over trivial matters and lose such a good opportunity to earn God Stone fragments.
"Alright, you will definitely return to the Twelve Kizuki," the crow said with a fawning smile, then added, "Do you know the Lower Rank Five of the Twelve Kizuki? That little demon named Rui, I heard he is very favored by the Demon King. He is the only Lower Rank who can share his blood with others."
Hibiki's pupils instantly trembled, then showed anger.
Sharing blood with humans was a privilege granted by the Demon King to the Upper Ranks.
A Lower Rank possessing such a privilege could be considered an exception!
As expected, he was very favored!
But why could he, and why was Hibiki expelled from the Twelve Kizuki?
Why!
Hibiki became even more enraged.
Seeing this, the crow continued to fan the flames, "But that little demon, Lower Rank Five, is dead. The guy I brought killed him. So, as long as you kill him..."
Hibiki interrupted, "I can prove that I am stronger than the current Lower Rank Five, more worthy of the Demon King's favor, and deserve the title of Twelve Kizuki, right?"
The crow smiled and replied, "Isn't that so?"
Hibiki took a deep breath, his gaze turning ferocious, and he struck the drum on his waist, saying, "I will reclaim my number!"
With that, Hibiki walked to the side and left the house.
...
Meanwhile...
Byakuya was hanging upside down from the ceiling. To be precise, the floor had become the ceiling, and the ceiling had become the ground.
This room was very strange!
Thinking to himself, Byakuya leaped down from the ceiling and walked towards a revolving door on the side.
But as Byakuya reached the door and was about to extend his hand, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Byakuya immediately leaped backward, and at that very moment...
With a bang!
The door was blasted into pieces and shattered.
Hibiki walked in from outside the door and looked at Byakuya, saying, "Did you kill Lower Rank Five?"
Byakuya looked into Hibiki's eyes and couldn't help but say, "So there really was a former Lower Rank?"
Byakuya had thought that the crow had tricked him here to kill him, and that the so-called hidden mission and the former Lower Rank were nonexistent.
Hibiki said again, "Did you kill Lower Rank Five?"
Byakuya smiled and replied, "If you are referring to a little demon who plays with spider silk, then yes, I killed him!"
Hibiki's expression immediately became excited, and he roared at Byakuya, "I will kill you and prove to the Demon King that I deserve my number!"
Dong!
As he spoke, Hibiki struck the drum on his chest fiercely.
The moment the drum sounded, Byakuya felt something was wrong and quickly leaped to the side.
The next instant, three terrifying claw marks appeared out of nowhere on the wall behind Byakuya, tearing through the wall.
"Invisible attacks?" Byakuya frowned. "Or attacks utilizing sound?"
Byakuya quickly glanced at the strangely arranged room, and it was possible that it was an attack that ignored space.
"Never mind!" Byakuya shook his head, raised his sword, and slashed, "It's all the same anyway, just kill him."
Byakuya raised the Nanming Lihuo Sword and slashed forward.
Hum!
The sword let out a hum, and then, the Nanming Lihuo Sword bloomed with a vast radiance, transforming into a long rainbow that slashed towards Hibiki.
Dong, dong!
Hibiki showed no intention of dodging, merely standing in place and beating his drums.
The next moment, the room suddenly rotated.
As the room rotated, the rainbow that had been sweeping forward changed its trajectory, transforming from a horizontal slash forward to a horizontal slash upward.
With a rumble, a hole was blasted through the ceiling, and Hibiki seized this opportunity to instantly kill his way to Byakuya, sweeping a kick towards him.
Byakuya quickly crossed his arms...
Bang!
Feeling the force, Byakuya was kicked backward, and then...
Dong, dong!
Hibiki struck the drums again, and the room rotated rapidly.
Although Byakuya was flying backward, he suddenly moved forward. And Hibiki, who was originally standing in front of Byakuya, suddenly appeared above Byakuya as the room rotated.
Hibiki clenched his fists, his face contorted with ferocity, and he powerfully slammed down towards Byakuya's back.
With a bang, Byakuya plummeted downward, crashing into the door below.
The door was instantly smashed into pieces, and Byakuya was thrown out of the room into the corridor outside.
The corridor was also extremely strange. The wall was below, the floor was to the right, and the ceiling was to the left.
It seemed like only the room's structure was strange, which shouldn't affect anything, but the visual impact was immense.
Although Byakuya was standing on the ground, he felt as if he were standing on a wall, and even made Byakuya doubt whether his body was horizontal or vertical.
That feeling was exceptionally uncomfortable.
The next instant...
The drum sound rang out again.
Byakuya quickly leaped to the side.
Then, the ceiling directly in front of him was torn to shreds, and three huge claw marks reappeared where Byakuya was standing.
Byakuya glanced at the claw marks, and then...
Teleportation!
Byakuya suddenly appeared behind Hibiki, and the Nanming Lihuo Sword in his hand slashed forward.
But...
The room rotated again, with Hibiki and Byakuya at the center of rotation. The two were staggered above and below each other, so the Nanming Lihuo Sword slashed through empty space.
...