he shattered temple echoed with the clash of steel and power.
Johan and Doma collided mid-air, their blades shrieking with friction—Sunlight met Frost, and the explosion rippled through the mountains like thunder.
Doma grinned, eyes wild, as he twisted through the air and rained down shards of freezing death.
Blood Demon Art: Crystal Blossom Burial.
Dozens of ice lotuses exploded outward like bombs, covering the entire temple ruins in deadly beauty. The temperature plummeted—frostbite in seconds.
But in the heart of the chaos, Johan walked through the cold unfazed, both blades burning.
"His flames… they're not just fire. They're alive."
Johan's katana and summoned sword twirled in his grip, moving like extensions of his soul. His eyes glowed faint gold—Transparent World fully active—tracking every fragment, every feint, every lie.
The Turn of the Battle
Doma charged, his fans spinning with a blinding chill. He attacked from above, below, behind—but Johan flowed like a storm, parrying each strike with precision.
Sun Breathing: Seventh Form – Solar Halo Blaze.
A spinning arc of flame burst from Johan's dual blades, forming a blazing ring around them both. Doma's smile faltered—then cracked. The heat was burning through his regeneration.
"You're not normal," Doma hissed. "You're something else. You're wrong."
Johan stepped forward, slowly. "You murdered her. In another timeline."
"…What?"
"You don't remember. But I do. And I won't let that happen again."
Doma launched into a frenzy, fans and frost exploding outward in a frenzy.
Blood Demon Art: Ice Prison Lotus – Grand Bloom!
The entire battlefield was consumed in a storm of freezing wind, enclosing Johan in a crystalline dome of death.
Doma smiled coldly.
Then—silence.
A crack appeared in the dome.
Then another.
Then fire erupted.
The Devourer Unleashed
Johan walked out of the ice prison, unharmed—his body glowing, heat radiating in waves.
His eyes were colder than Doma's.
Devour Activated.
He vanished.
And reappeared behind Doma, blade against his neck.
Sun Breathing: Thirteenth Form – Soulflare Judgment.
In a single, divine slash—fire engulfed Doma's body, burning straight through his core. The demon screamed—no regeneration could stop it.
Johan didn't flinch as Unlimited Blade Works manifested behind him—an entire arsenal flickering into existence across the collapsing battlefield. Every weapon he'd seen, touched, or imagined—burning with sunfire and memory.
Doma fell to his knees, body melting, mind unraveling.
"I see it now…" he croaked. "You… You're not of this world…"
"You're right," Johan said quietly. "But I'm here now. And this is my war."
With a final step forward, Johan placed his palm on Doma's head—Devour complete.
A pulse of power surged into Johan's body.
Aftermath
Snow began to fall again—soft, slow, peaceful.
Johan stood alone in the ruins of the temple, breathing heavily, eyes closed.
He had devoured Doma's power—ice now flowed in his veins alongside fire. The system's voice rang in his mind:
Quest Complete: Upper Moon Two Eliminated.
Reward Acquired: Ice Demon Art (Adapted)
Skill Unlocked: Hybrid Element Creation (Fire + Ice)
System Notice: Muzan is beginning to stir...
And yet, deep in Johan's chest, it was not the power that made his heart pound.
It was the quiet thought:"I saved her."
He turned toward the dawn, toward Kanae.