Dragon Ball, simultaneously traversing countless worlds

He conjured 100,000 tiny flying needles with his mental power, and they shot out from the center of Kokushibo.

Even with Kokushibo's superb swordsmanship, capable of impervious to water from a katana's swing, he couldn't completely defend against these psychic needles.

In an instant, the katana in Kokushibo's hand was melted into pieces by the intense life force carried by the flying needles.

He himself was also hit by thousands of flying needles, leaving him riddled with holes.

In the original work, Kokushibo single-handedly overpowered three Pillars, making Muichiro, Sanemi, and Gyomei unable to raise their heads. In the end, his beliefs wavered, and he was forcibly killed by the plot. His strength was so great that it left a deep impression.

Compared to Muzan, that scumbag boss, Kokushibo is more like a final boss. His Blood Demon Art is cool, he has many skills, and he is very intimidating.

Even such a minor boss was powerless against Luo Yan's counterattack and was easily defeated, losing all ability to resist.

After passing the black-faced and riddled-with-holes body of the Black Death Behemoth, Luo Yan finally stepped onto the second floor.

What came into view was a huge, blood-red crystalline cocoon.

The cocoon glows with a red light, as if new life is being nurtured within it.

Kaz sacrificed the lifeblood of 500,000 people, but the evil god did not accept it and instead returned all the lifeblood to Kaz.

The life force of 500,000 people was completely poured into Kars' body, causing his life form to evolve in a leap forward.

Luo Yan could sense that Kaz's evolution was almost complete; in ten minutes at most, he would be able to emerge from the cocoon.

Even if Luo Yan destroys Kaz's Blood Jade Cocoon, it won't affect his evolution.

He was also quite curious about Kars's evolved strength, so he didn't attack the Blood Jade Cocoon.

In the hall on the second floor, besides this eye-catching blood jade cocoon...

There was another entity that caught Luo Yan's attention.

That was Muzan. He was nailed to a cross, his hair was gray, his appearance was emaciated, and his eyes were empty and lifeless. He was no longer the demeanor of a great boss.

A fleshy bud twisted between Muzan's eyebrows, controlling his mind and making him act like a puppet, directing the Upper Rank Demons downstairs to prevent the reincarnators and the Demon Slayer Corps from entering the mansion.

However, compared to Muzan's current state, the strangely-looking spiritual entity hiding behind Muzan was more attractive to Luo Yan.

It was a spiritual entity with both human and mechanical features, its body a mix of black and white, covered in bizarre patterns.

Its style and appearance are unforgettable, clearly reminiscent of Araki's art style, and it is obviously Kars's stand-in.

Chapter 170 Kars's Stand

Luo Yan already knew that Kars had a Stand.

However, Luo Yan did not learn the specific abilities of Kars' Stand from the bald wizard and Lin Feng. He only knew that Kars' Stand could revive humans or ghosts.

But Luo Yan didn't really believe that Kars' Stand ability was resurrection.

As is customary in the JoJo world, the awakened Stands of major boss-level characters are almost always related to time-related elements.

Luo Yan is more inclined to believe that Kars' Stand can pull people into the present from a parallel universe or a past time period.

This explains why even ghosts whose souls have been scattered can be resurrected.

In fact, Luo Yan's guess was actually a little close to the truth.

Kars' Stand, named 'Time Clip', is indeed not a resurrection-type Stand, but a time-based Stand.

'Time Editing' can penetrate into a person's mind and extract their memories like film.

Anyone who appeared on the film reel of memories can be edited into reality by a stand-in.

Previously, the 'Time Editing' stand infiltrated Muzan's mind, extracted his memories, and through editing, turned those long-dead demons into real beings.

While this ability is powerful, it has some side effects.

That is, the life form that appears through editing will not accept the orders of Kars and his Stand.

This life form has its own thoughts and ideas; it is a completely independent life.

The fact that the Lower Rank Demons, including Ubume and Pero, could obey Kars's orders was also because they had flesh buds implanted in them and their brains were controlled.

Furthermore, once the edited life becomes real from memory, it needs Muzan's life as energy to live in this world.

After being resurrected, the Ubume's normal lifespan should be several thousand years, and Muzan would have to pay for these several thousand years of lifespan.

Pero's lifespan was also paid for by Muzan.

As each Lower Moon demon was resurrected, Muzan lost tens of thousands of years of his lifespan, his black hair turned white, and he became withered and emaciated.

Kars's Stand discovered Luo Yan's intrusion and, following Kars's orders to protect Muzan, began to fight back.

However, the Stand 'Time Clip' doesn't have strong six-dimensional attributes, only one-third of Star Platinum's, so the Stand didn't take action itself, but instead activated its ability.

The 'Time Clip' slammed its right hand into Muzan's brain, pulling out a long roll of memory film.

That roll of film contained all of Muzan's memories from the Sengoku period to the Taisho era, including everyone he had ever met.

However, there are also large blank areas on the memory film.

Those were the memories of the original Ubume and Pegasus from the Lower Moon.

After Guhuoniao and Peiluo were resurrected, Muzan lost their memories. When Guhuoniao and Peiluo were killed again, they were truly and completely dead.

They can never be resurrected from other people's memories.

Moreover, as time goes by, other people's memories of the Lower Rank Demons such as Ubume and Pegasus will quickly disappear, and then no one in this world will remember those Lower Rank Demons anymore.

It's not a big deal that we can't use the Lower Moon demons like Guhuoniao and Peiluo to deal with Luo Yan. Muzan has created countless demons in his long memory.

With a flick of two fingers, the 'Time Editing' stand created a large number of demons whose strength was no less than that of the Ubume and others.

One Lower Moon demon after another appeared out of thin air in front of Muzan.

After their rebirth, they all looked bewildered, unsure of what to do.

But the substitute quickly took control of Muzan, commanding the resurrected Lower Rank demons to pounce on Luo Yan.

There were more than twenty Lower Moon demons, each with a bizarre appearance, fierce and menacing, and possessing a powerful aura.

As they pounced on Luo Yan, each ghost unleashed its own Blood Ghost Technique.

Some of them can manipulate minds, while others can influence space.

Some release poisonous gas, while others control shadows.

In an instant, the space where Luo Yan was located was turned upside down, and the shadow beneath his feet turned into ribbons that wrapped around his neck.

His mind was attacked by external mental energy, and the surroundings were filled with poisonous gas.

Faced with such an attack, the native swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps were all brought down one by one, and the reincarnators could only withstand it with the strong defense of the Metal Man.

But for Luo Yan, these attacks were nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

The ghost that attacked him with its mental energy was deflected by his mental energy, and its head exploded.

The reincarnator who used his shadow to strangle the throat was grasped from afar and crushed into blood with his telekinetic power.

The Lower Moon demons, which inverted space, released poison gas, and launched other attacks, were all vaporized by Luo Yan's powerful psychic flames with a casual wave of his hand.

Despite displaying such formidable strength, Luo Yan was merely making casual moves, using only some mental energy and a portion of telekinesis.

If he truly wanted to demonstrate the power of a realm lord, he could simply stand still and project the power of the world within his body, enough to crush these ghosts into dust.

A dozen or so Lower Moon demons were wiped out in an instant, and the 'Time Clip' Stand was momentarily motionless.

The substitute pulled out so many Lower Rank demons in one go, and also took away tens of thousands of years of Muzan's lifespan, making Muzan even weaker.

The Stand's orders were to protect Muzan, but if the editing continues, Muzan will die before it reaches the end of its lifespan, which contradicts the orders Kars gave it.

The stand-in, lacking complex thinking, was momentarily stuck, unsure of how to proceed.

However, after Luo Yan displayed his powerful strength, the Blood Jade Cocoon began to vibrate rapidly, indicating that Kaz was about to appear ahead of schedule.

Kars had almost regained consciousness inside the Blood Jade Cocoon. He revealed himself early because he was worried that Luo Yan would kill Muzan and cause the mission to end.

With Muzan dead, Kars' mission failed.

Katz could not accept such an outcome.

The blood jade cocoon vibrated more violently, and a series of cracking sounds filled the air.

Cracks spread across the blood jade cocoon, from which endless blood energy and red light shot out.

Click!

A hand emerged from the blood jade cocoon and gently broke it, causing the enormous cocoon to shatter with a crash.

Then, Kars, wearing only a loincloth, appeared in front of Luo Yan in an extremely crooked posture.

Kaz's sculpted body shone in the sunlight streaming through the window, making him look like a god descending to earth. Luo Yan's mind automatically started playing the background music of "Auntie, Auntie."

After completing his evolution, Kars possesses a terrifyingly powerful and imposing aura.

However, Luo Yan was so powerful that he barely sensed Kaz's aura.

However, those downstairs felt a sense of impending doom, like a primordial monster or a cataclysmic disaster, after Kars' birth.

A shadow fell over everyone's hearts, a feeling that death was imminent and the end was near.

Even the master of internal energy, Wang Zongchao, and the resolute Heishibo couldn't help but feel apprehensive.

"Kaz, it must be Kars showing up... How can he be so powerful? It's over, everything is over."

Some weak-willed reincarnators clutched their heads, trembling. Even without seeing Kaz's face, just sensing his aura had already robbed them of all fighting spirit, leaving them to sit and wait for death.

Some newly joined Demon Slayers were so weak they could barely hold their weapons, their Nichirin Blades falling to the ground, their hearts filled with fear and unease.

"Can Luo Yan really handle this kind of guy?" The metal man looked bitter. He regarded Luo Yan as his trump card and his hope for defeating Kaz.

But after personally experiencing Kaz's aura, he also began to despair and no longer believed that Luo Yan could defeat such an existence.

Chapter 171 The Strongest Ripple Warrior

Kaz posed in the broken blood jade cocoon, his eyes glancing upwards at a 45-degree angle, completely ignoring Luo Yan.

He muttered to himself, "The so-called ultimate life form, I have only taken a small step. Overcoming the defect of sunlight has taken me tens of thousands of years."

"Only today, when my spirit transcends the universe, have I realized that a true ultimate being should reach the limits of both spirit and body."