Highschool DxD-Dream of Perfection

Author here: Sorry for the short chapter, I had too much work this week.

Chapter 25

Yuto's leg trembled uncontrollably, his entire body screaming for him to stop. He could feel his ribs collide with each other with each breath he took, and his muscles seemed to tear and bleed again and again each second. Yet, despite his injuries, he pushed himself to rise. He summoned forth his half-full magic power to suppress the pain and stabilize his form before slowly, painfully, getting to his feet.

"All or nothing," he thought fiercely, his mind locking onto his singular goal: torture and kill the devil in front of him.

Skill Limit Breaker: Level 11 → Level 16

Perfection Points: 1024 - 1000 = 24

Every time Yuto activated the Limit Breaker to the limit, he always tore through the limits of his body, transforming it into something more machine than man—an undying fighting machine. But there was always a cost. Pushing past the boundaries of what his physical body was capable of was a dangerous game, a gamble where every mistake could cost him dearly. The pain was excruciating, and the consequences were inevitable. 

But today... today was different. Yuto's mind felt oddly calm; the pain was still there, but it did not bother him the slightest bit; it was as if he was reading a report on how his body was doing from his body, instead of feeling it and reacting to it accordingly.

This time, Yuto wasn't just pushing past his limit a bit. No, he was breaking it—shattering it like a toy, like how a child becomes bored with his toy and then destroying it.

He transformed his body, pumping magic and manipulating his muscles as he slowly grew. His mind was reaching deep into his body, feeling his entire body, veins, heart, and organs; he felt it, every revitalization and mana potion still coursing through his veins. He commanded his body to absorb and collect every part of it. The effects were immediate. His body surged, growing at a much faster speed as his muscles expanded and hardened. His height stretched upward, crossing one meter seventy, one meter eighty, until he reached nearly two meters tall.

"Not enough," Yuto gritted through his teeth, his body burning with a hunger for more. He extended his hands and cast a spell. Suddenly, a collection of high-level potions he'd hoarded appeared before him.

Without hesitation, Yuto grabbed the first—a concentrated vitality-boosting elixir. He twisted it in his hand, flipping it so the bottom was facing his lips, and cracked it open with a forceful grip. Clink!

He drank it from the bottom in a single, fluid motion.

In just a few seconds, Yuto consumed a few potions. His body rapidly absorbed the potions, pushing his limits even further. With the effects of the potions flooding his system, he activated his upgraded Limit Breaker once more, forcing his body to digest the immense energy.

In an instant, his body surged again—two meters. two meters ten... two meters twenty. He didn't stop there. His arms, once slender and muscular, now thickened, resembling the trunks of trees. His torso transformed into something like iron-cast armor, veins bulging as if they were pumping pure power.

His eyes, once serene like a lazy lake, now burned with the fury of madness. Red and wild, they focused on the devil before him.

With a slow, deliberate moment, he slowly took a step. The moment his foot touched the ground, he disappeared.

Not by teleportation—no, his sheer physical strength allowed him to move with such speed that to lesser eyes, it appeared as though he had vanished.

In an instant, Yuto was before the devil; the devil's eyes widened in shock, and his massive hands wrapped around the creature's head. The devil, caught completely off guard, could only stutter, "Who are—?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Yuto's deep, guttural voice interrupted, "Round two."

The word stunned him, as he does not know who he is nor what he is for that matter.

With a savage snarl, Yuto slammed the devil's head into the ground, creating an explosion of force that radiated outward, a shockwave that shattered the earth around them. The devil had managed to call forth his blood aura just in time, preventing his skull from getting smashed like a watermelon. But the blow still left its mark. Blood trickled down the back of his head, and some parts of his head that Yuto had grabbed were now bruised, torn, and near the breaking point.

Yuto raised his other hand, preparing to drive his fist into the devil's skull.

But the devil, seeing the impending strike, reacted on pure instinct. He fired a blast of red, blood-like energy directly toward Yuto's neck. The moment it made contact, part of Yuto's neck began to dissolve, the skin disintegrating as if corroded by acid. Yet, to Yuto, the pain seemed irrelevant.

With a roar, he drove his fist forward. The moment it moved, it broke the sound barrier, creating a shockwave that seemed to tear the very air apart.

The devil barely had time to react before Yuto's fist slammed into his face. The force was like a hammer, the blow powerful enough to snap his nose and crack his skull. For a brief moment, the devil lost consciousness. That was all Yuto needed.

Yuto grabbed the arm of the devil with both hands while pushing his leg against the devil's body. The devil, who regained his consciousness after a brief moment, came face to face with Yuto grabbing his arm and pulling, which was actually working, as the devil felt some skin and muscle getting torn as he started to pull. Seeing this, he instantly sent his signature technique [Wailing Girl], an orb of energy that consists of demon energy and blood aura.

What is unique about it is that it is possible to charge very quickly; even if one wanted to charge a high amount, it would still be fast just needing a second at worst.

It hit Yuto with a huge bang, sending Yuto flying, but instead of what you would normally expect. It only sent Yuto around tens of meters instead of hundreds. Yuto's legs dug deep trenches as he skitted backward. The place where the orb hit, specifically Yuto's shoulder, bled out profusely. But the muscle around his shoulder tightened like a coiling snake, suppressing and stopping the bleeding in just a second.

After stopping, Yuto turned with a fiendish smile on his face towards the devil while showcasing the arm that he had just brutally tore off. Dangling it like a little toy. 'First one'

While the blood aura of the devil allowed him to absorb and disperse large amounts of energy, whenever it affected a large area or concentrated area, it did not protect it from getting torn off as the devil's aura did not strengthen his body much. It only allowed him to take hits much more and boost his overall ability a bit, not strengthen him to the point his body was immune to the damage.

The devil looked towards Yuto while clutching his shoulder, specifically, the place where his arm used to be, with a furious expression and a hint of fear. A fear that somehow wormed its way into the devil's heart, a feat that a few had ever accomplished in his long life.

The devil looked at Yuto, who, after dangling it a bit, crushed it further in his hands, almost turning his elbow into a fine paste. Because the energy that it used to protect and enhance has disappeared. Leaving only flesh with a trace of demonic energy. While strong enough that ordinary humans can't hope to hurt or destroy, in front of Yuto, it was a fragile pot.

After crushing it, Yuto threw it backward. After that, he slowly started walking towards the devil. His steps were slow but steady as he approached the devil leisurely. The devil, in turn, looked towards Yuto and towards his shoulder with no arm. He knew that he had made several severe mistakes in the past few minutes, which included not finishing Yuto off, being more aware of the surroundings, and most of all, getting arrogant.

Which already cost him an arm and might even cost his life if he did not get his act together and focus. 

He knew that Yuto used some kind of forbidden or sacrificial technique because, from the information that he had, he knew he was a pure human with no sacred gear nor a supernatural connection before they found him. So that means there is a time limit because it is not possible to gain this much power without consequences.

The devil, after a few seconds, made his decision. With resolute eyes and mad expression, he glared at Yuto. His face was a picture of fury and wraith. 'KNOW YOU'RE PLACE, HUMAN,' he bellowed with a loud voice. He's voice echoing throughout the clearing.

Before charging two big balls of [Wailing Girl], his signature technique. While Yuto approached with a bestial grin on his face, but with the pupils of his eyes gone, it looked demonic.

When Yuto was about five meters away from him, the devil fiendishly smiled and threw the two balls in his hands toward Yuto.

BOOM

The impact of the explosion was immense, which is expected of a devil in ultimate class, as trees uprooted with their roots while bushes and grass flew like leaves. It created a great explosion with a diameter of almost a hundred meters and a depth of almost twenty meters.

It stayed like that for a few seconds, the smoke and dirt that flew into the sky still not falling, but with a huge boom instantly it all disappeared, the dirt and smoke that clouded vision disappearing. Right in the center of the explosion, Yuto stood, his arm folded with a guard pose. The front of his arm was a bit charred as it endured the explosion point blank after the explosion penetrated the barrier that Yuto had set up. 'Is that all?' Yuto arrogantly muttered as he slowly put his hands down.

Only to see no one, the place where the devil once stood gone. As if he were never there before, while Yuto stood there, with a confused expression as Yuto. exe stopped working.