Chapter 1022: The Demon's True Form

After hearing Lu Huang's words, Tanaka Ryūseki couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

"You certainly are a responsible captain! Knowing you're about to die, yet you're still thinking about your team members' survival."

"But what a pity! This is completely meaningless. After I kill you, I'll hunt down every one of your team members and slaughter them all!"

Facing Tanaka Ryūseki's mockery, Lu Huang's gaze was ice-cold, but he didn't refute it.

He held the Great Demon Sword, standing protectively in front of Li Yue.

Li Yue looked at him with some worry, yet still used her Love and Sincerity ability to grant him protection.

Yamata no Orochi let out a long roar, then its remaining seven heads came smashing down like pile drivers!

The force of each impact could easily destroy an entire building.

Lu Huang's massive black wings behind him flapped violently as he shot skyward, desperately blocking every single one of Yamata no Orochi's attacks!

But having just suffered severe injuries, he was clearly struggling to keep up now.

Every collision was an immense struggle for him to withstand.

Seeing how desperately he wanted to survive, Yamata no Orochi felt a surge of malicious amusement.

He wanted to thoroughly torment this man before him.

Yamata no Orochi's gaze passed over him, landing on deputy captain Li Yue.

"What a fine woman! She must taste absolutely delightful! Hehehe!"

The lecherous gleam in Yamata no Orochi's eyes wasn't concealed in the slightest.

He had already decided not to hurry and kill Lu Huang, but instead break his limbs and keep him alive.

Then, right before his eyes, he would brutally violate Li Yue.

Just thinking about Lu Huang's agonized, despairing wails made Yamata no Orochi so excited he couldn't help but howl.

Naturally, this gaze didn't escape Lu Huang's notice.

The killing intent in his eyes grew increasingly intense, even his terrifying vertical pupils showing a hint of blood-red.

"Boom!!"

Lu Huang was sent flying back by Yamata no Orochi's fierce strike, his entire body tumbling into the ruins like a ragged sack.

Leaning against a chunk of concrete debris, he confirmed his team members' current locations through the communication channel.

"Are you all far away now?"

Replies from his team members came one after another.

They had already moved far away from this area and were currently being pursued by the ninjas.

"That's good."

Lu Huang said coldly.

"Boom!!"

A massive snake head plunged into the ruins, directly destroying the spot where Lu Huang was located.

Yamata no Orochi glared ferociously at Lu Huang, sneering sinisterly, "You should probably give up now! Brat!"

But just at that moment, Lu Huang's mouth twisted into a strange shape.

"Heh, hahaha!"

He raised his head and laughed unrestrainedly.

Yamata no Orochi looked at him puzzled, "You're about to die, what's so funny?"

Lu Huang slowly stood up, one hand clutching the wound on his abdomen. He was covered in blood from head to toe, looking like he wasn't far from death.

But he continued laughing maniacally.

Li Yue behind him watched with eyes full of concern.

Lu Huang's arms hung limply.

He said coldly, "They've all left, so I can show you my true form."

"If any one of them were nearby, I couldn't possibly use the power of it."

Yamata no Orochi didn't understand what Lu Huang was talking about.

But he vaguely sensed that something wasn't quite right.

Just as he prepared to finish things quickly and cripple Lu Huang, this man before him suddenly began undergoing a bizarre transformation.

Yamata no Orochi's eyes suddenly contracted, as if seeing something extremely repulsive and terrifying, his massive body retreating far back.

In the ruins, Lu Huang's face slowly cracked apart like spiderwebs.

His delicate, porcelain-doll-like features peeled away piece by piece.

What was revealed was nauseating, crimson-red, twisted flesh that made one want to vomit.

From his body surged massive amounts of bloody flesh, wrapping him completely like rotting tentacles.

The rotten flesh kept multiplying, completely formless, just a massive lump of twisted, disgusting monster!

"Superhuman mutations are unpredictable. Some gain powerful strength, handsome appearances, special abilities."

"Others head in the wrong direction, becoming monsters that are neither human nor ghost."

"And I am the latter."

Just before Lu Huang's body was completely enveloped by the putrid rotten flesh, he slowly closed his eyes.

He was that rare type - a negative variant.

While gaining powerful strength, he also acquired a form that would disgust and repel anyone.

Usually, his handsome youthful appearance was merely a shell crafted for him by Blizzard City.

What he was now was his true form.

Demon Squad, Lu Huang.

He was a genuine demon.

Just before Lu Huang was completely wrapped in the rotten flesh, Li Yue suddenly leaped forward, arriving before Lu Huang.

Ignoring the massive amounts of rotten flesh around them, she tightly embraced Lu Huang in her arms.

Love and Sincerity emitted an incredibly gentle white light, completely enveloping him.

The enhancement Love and Sincerity provided Lu Huang wasn't in terms of power.

Rather, it was a form of purification and restraint.

In fact, it would restrict Lu Huang's true power while preserving his humanity.

Only this way could Lu Huang avoid becoming a monster that only knew slaughter.

Massive amounts of flesh and blood directly burst through the entire ruins.

All seven heads of Yamata no Orochi showed expressions of extreme shock and disgust.

"What... what kind of monster is this!"

Before it stood a massive monster composed of flesh and blood, something that would likely make any human who saw it want to vomit immediately.

It had twelve demonic heads, dozens of disordered limbs.

Pigs, dogs, horses, black goats, twisted grotesque faces, all emitting painful wails.

Some heads had dozens of breasts growing beneath them.

Some arms held bloody heads.

Some gripped spine-bone transformed into long swords.

It represented lechery, greed, slaughter, malice and despair - the embodiment of humanity's negative emotions.

"Too disgusting, simply too disgusting!"

Yamata no Orochi roared angrily.

However, this was exactly why Lu Huang insisted on only revealing his demonic true form when his team members couldn't see it.

"Screech!!!"

The flesh and blood demon's dozen-plus heads emitted spine-chilling howls, then that massive lump of flesh charged toward Yamata no Orochi.

Yamata no Orochi roared furiously, two heads opening their mouths wide, firing two shockwaves from their mouths!

"Serpent God's Roar!"

Facing Yamata no Orochi's attack, the flesh and blood demon didn't even attempt to dodge.

It was directly hit, flesh flying everywhere, revealing tough meat strips resembling octopus tentacles.

Meanwhile, over a dozen arms wielding various weapons were already slashing toward it!

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