3rd Pov:
The ground around the demon and the man quakes with every passing hit Xicor throws in rapid succession, the demon repeatedly attempts to retaliate but Xicor always counters leaving it the only option to defend.
Xicor's enhanced body moves faster than the demon could perceive as each strike against it was just fast but it was powerful.
"That's for Ryu" Xicor said landing a more devastating blow on the head, "That's for catching me off guard" another devastating blow to the head, this one leaving a crack that spilt blood.
Xicor couldn't get another blow in as the demon grew enough of the beating and its tail attempted to stab Xicor but he was about to stop it but the tail froze mid-air before Xicor was grabbed by his clothes and thrown hard against the nearest wall.
The demon let out a growl of annoyance, it assessed its current injuries. A missing arm, a cracked skull, several minor wounds that may get worse if time goes on but with it being a special Shuuki, its healing factor should fix these minor wounds within the next hour and as for the missing limb, that may take a month or 4 to fully heal.
The Shuuki shot its palm in front of its face as a beam of blood connected with its palm. Standing there was the human that had given it so much trouble.
"That got your attention freak" Xicor chuckled.
The demon was about to charge but felt something bite down on its tail before it was yanked around and into a wall and rubble began falling from above on it.
Xicor slowly walked forward with a slight stagger in his steps, Ryu floated close, using itself as support. Xicor stroked Ryu's soft hide, "Thanks Ryu, but now is not the time to relax.
While the demon was assessing its injuries, Xicor secretly summoned Ryu and made it go around behind the demon while he grabbed its attention.
Xicor rolled his neck and shoulders, preparing for this fight to come to its conclusion, "You gonna sleep in there or am I gonna have to dig you out?" He asked rhetorically.
No reply, not even a slight shift by the rock.
Xicor eyed the pile of rock for a good minute until he shrugged, "Fine by me then"
Xicor leapt high in the air with Ryu moving quickly to circle the area, ready to attack the moment it spots the Shuuki.
Xicor's hand lit up with cursed energy as 7 massive hands in similar colour to his hands appeared above him.
Xicor thrusted his hand down and the fists followed suit, completely obliterating the rubble pile, revealing the demon as the fists didn't stop their destruction and Xicor summoned another after one made contact with the ground which gave the image of Xicor fighting the air.
The barrage of fists made craters in every portion of the area with a few rock formations crumbling to the ground.
Xicor landed back down on the ground and surveyed his work, looking to where the demon was lying its body was gone only stains of its blood.
As Xicor was about to go over to the spot, he was struck on the side of his head and rocketed through 2 rock walls.
Ryu responded to the attack by flying towards the attacker but was swatted away like a bug. The demon stood there watching Ryu fly straight into the tip of a mountain.
Its teeth chattered before it blitzed away from its spot and appeared on the mountain opposite Ryu's position, the demon was about to attack before steam expelled from its rib cage.
Xicor was watching from a distance while leaning against a wall, 'Is that its ability? It can control its speed at will but too much will cause its body to release the steam and those extending claws must be a part of its biology rather than an ability'
His eye moved to the ground as his thoughts went back to when he thought there were two, 'It temporarily boosted and deactivated it after it successfully landed a hit on me'
Xicor smirked behind his mask before looking back at the Shuuki who was fighting Ryu, "quite a useless ability if you're so desperate" he muttered under his breath.
Ryu dodged a slash and clamped its jaws around its wrist before dragging the demon against the rocky floor.
Ryu flipped the Shuuki up towards the sky before charging into its chest. The demon attempted to stab Ryu but Ryu moved out of the way in time for it to strike air.
Suddenly, a fist of cursed energy appeared above the Shuuki. The fist smashed into the demon and into the ground, kicking up dust and smoke.
Hunched over on a ledge, Xicor watched the smoke slowly dissipate with Ryu on the opposite side carefully waiting for an opportunity to attack at a moment's notice.
The Shuuki staggered up but its movements were forced, it got its body low but a burst of steam exited its rib cage and forced it to its knees.
"I believe this is the end" Xicor said before bringing his arms up in front of him, "kaichi"
The golden horn spiralled around the air as the demon watched, its body refusing to listen, "Thanks for the fight" Xicor said before firing the horn.
The golden horn flew through the air and pierced through the Shuuki's beating heart, destroying it as the horn disappeared after striking a wall.
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[Congratulations for defeating a high-level threat]
[Reward:
[+1 Template roll]
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Xicor let out a breath of relief before slumping back against the rocky floor, Ryu flew over to the demon's body and began to eat some of it as its strength increased more before flying over to Xicor and nudging him, silently asking if he was okay.
"I'm alright Ryu, just tired" Xicor said, staring up at the purple sky of Mato while stroking the head of Ryu.
He let Ryu put him on its back and fly away from the battlefield before anyone from the demon defence force showed up but he didn't know that some were already following him close behind without him or Ryu noticing.
The trip back to one of his hideouts was silent with the only sound being the comforting wind travelling against his body. His eyes analysed the system's progression with satisfaction.
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[Ino Takuma Template: 64% ]
[Cursed Technique: Auspicious Beast Summon]
[Speciality: None]
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He grinned behind his, slightly cracked, mask at the amount he got from that fight. Xicor looked at the roll he got from killing a demon, excited for an extra technique, he immediately rolled it.
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[Rolling Template]
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[Kaori Itadori Template]
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[Kaori Itadori Template: 0% ]
[Cursed Technique: Antigravity System]
[Speciality: None]
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Kaori Itadori's antigravity technique allows her to cancel gravity of sorts and the reversal of this technique, which was used by Kenjaku is to increase the gravity of the opponents around the user but Xicor's mind was more leaning towards its domain, again used by Kenjaku.
Womb profusion has no barrier for it to manifest, similar to Sukuna's Malevolent shrine, it creates a tower of grotesque faces that are all merged, anyone within its sure-hit effect will be struck by an explosion and invisible force from anywhere.
Closing the system he let out another breath as the adrenaline in his body slowly dissipated, resulting in his eyes growing heavy.
After what felt like eternity Ryu brought him to the bottom of a mountain where a small cave resides, floating close to the ground, Xicor swung his legs to the side and onto the ground using Ryu as support.
They travelled through the tunnel with no presence of Shuuki anywhere. They soon came to a small passage, travelling through they came across a room similar to Xicor's other hideouts.
He unsummoned Ryu before slumping on the bed after placing his cracked mask at the side of his bed, unaware of the presence of someone following him in the shadows.
His eyes grew heavy as he let sleep take him over, after 10 minutes of silence and the soft breathing of Xicor's unconscious state, the shadows at the end of his bed began to move as a womanly figure began to rise from it.
Her eyes scanned the room she was in with interest, books scattered on shelves, a used campfire in the centre, scattered drawings and a shelf of food and water.
She curiously looked through the books on the shelf, some fairy tales, others about war and animals that caught her attention. She eyed each picture of the animals she saw in the book in front of her.
Closing the book she then turned her attention to the scattered drawings on the floor, inspecting one of the drawings, which showed the landscape of Mato from another point of view. The strange woman giggled at the drawing.
Her eyes then landed on the human on the bed, her smile grew slightly as she took in every detail of his features.
She moved to the side of the bed before going down on her knees and bringing her face close to his, getting a closer inspection with her snakes, at the tips of her hair, seemed to be drawn to the human or rather the strange energy she felt as they moved closer, their tongues licking the air around him, tasting the dense energy like a juicy drink.
Her hand slithers to his chest as she inspects the strange energy she feels emitting from his body, "How intriguing" she mumbled before licking her lips.
Her eyes lingered on Xicor for a minute before going for a second look around the room, all of it screamed survival, depression and loneliness which confused her, 'Why would a human with abilities stray from their own kind?' She thought before looking at the scar on his left eye.
She moved her hands inches from the injury, silently inspecting it but she could take a wild guess at how he got it.
"You're like a puzzle I can't wait to put together" she giggled with childish excitement.
"I'll be keeping tabs on you~" she whispered silently to his ear before standing back up and sinking into her shadows without taking her eyes off Xicor, picturing him in her mind.
Back at the battlefield where Xicor and the special Shuuki fought, a group of demon defence force members jumped out of their vehicles, their movements quick and precise.
What came before them was a decimated land with boulders and rocks scattered everywhere, craters littered the land and finally the dead body of the special Shuuki inside a crater. Its body was heavily damaged with a missing arm, a gaping hole through its chest, deep bite marks all over its only arm and tail.
"W-What happened here" one of them voiced out, more curious than anxious.
They moved around, trying to find any trace of the victor with the only trace of anything being the demon's blood as well as dried human blood.
Standing on top of one of the cliff edges, watching the members load the special Shuuki for the research team to analyse, is a woman with long dark blue hair and yellow eyes. In her hands is an ornate spear that emits an oppressive aura that can be controlled by the woman but isn't her ability.
"Lady Fubuki" one of the members called out.
Fubuki stared at the previous spot where the special Shuuki was before turning to her member, "We have loaded the Shuuki up and it is ready to move out" the member reported.
"Good, let's move out" Fubuki said, taking one more glance around in case something shows up but ultimately nothing showed up.
As she and the member returned to their vehicles, Fubuki inspected the body from personally, some of the wounds weren't made by Shuuki as the hole in its chest and its missing arm is too precise and clean to be made by an Shuuki or animal but the bite marks all over its arm are clear made by some kind of creature with a wide mouth judging by the distance between teeth marks.
Finally, she moved into the passenger seat of the vehicle before it began to move back to their base. The trip back was quiet, some older Shuuki kept their distance and some early born Shuuki saw this as an opportunity for a way kill but were immediately shot down by the members' customised pistols which are built for taking down Shuuki.
Normal bullets can't penetrate the Shuuki's skin but after some experimenting with the peaches, their strength has been enhanced by the normal bullets.
Fubuki's mind was elsewhere and not in the surroundings but none of the members dared to disturb her.
'Was someone from the demon corp here on a patrol or was it those foreign countries again wanting ground in Mato' she thought as she shook her head.
'Doubtful, considering the looks on the Shuuki, I imagine it was a formidable foe for anyone below vice-chief level with it being dead and no body found it's likely that it's a foreign country' she thought as a sigh escaped her lips.
5 Hours later:
Xicor's eyes begin to open as the dull light of the cave illuminates the surroundings. He remains on his bed, waiting for his drowsiness to disappear before slowly getting up, being mindful of his current injuries.
While he came out on top in that fight, it wasn't without wounds. Several fractures in his ribs and arms, several cuts that have already been sealed by his blood manipulation and his cursed energy is half gone but he still feels like he can go back into another fight but another fight will come he just needs to be patient and wary of the demon corps' movements and his ever-growing presence within the dimension and that fight has only increased it.
Shaking his head of all his worries he begins to make his breakfast after making his fire. The food was simple yet delicious which gave him a sense of relief and comfort within this hellish landscape.
'I really need to learn reverse cursed technique so I can last longer in a fight' he thought but actually doing RCT is almost impossible with the only people able to do it being able to be counted on a single hand.
With no way to actually learn RCT, he will have to rely on the templates to give him what he wants which will take some time.
Suddenly a thought came to mind, "Ryu"
The Chinese dragon floated out and turned to its master, its snout inches from him as Xicor stroked its soft yet hard hide.
"Go and kill as much Shuuki as possible, if any demon defence force members spot you, retreat immediately and lead them the opposite way from me and return" Xicor ordered.
Ryu gave a gruff of acknowledgement before slithering through the air and out of the cave, Xicor leaned against the wall of the cave and waited for his injuries to heal fully before he went back into combat.