The battle grew increasingly intense.
Sulfur's unrestrained, frenzied attacks gradually pushed Moses into a corner.
But Moses always managed to rely on [Pseudo-Fist That Listens to the Heart] and Shadow Shift to resolve the crisis.
Time continued to pass.
Three minutes, five minutes, seven minutes...
The black tendrils that was previously implanted into the wound on Sulfur's neck had only spread to his shoulders, and there was still a long way to go before it could wrap around his entire body and condense into the Eye of Sight.
Meanwhile, the powerful virus injected into Sulfur's body still showed no signs of activity.
'We cannot rule out the possibility that this guy has the corresponding antibodies in his body. If that's the case, then we're in trouble...'
Moses had endured Sulfur's fierce attacks for ten minutes, and the mental and Aura strain was starting to wear him down.
If the virus failed to meet his expectations, then his ten minutes of effort would have been wasted.
'No, I need to think of another way.'
Moses quickly distanced himself from Sulfur. At this point, he felt that he should not pin his hopes of victory on a virus that had not yet shown its effect.
'What other methods could we use to deal with this guy?'
'Should I use my trump cards...'
'The power of Countdown – Modified may not be enough.'
'The combination of Ripper Cyclotron and Shadow Shift might work.'
'Coupled with Absolute Time that can enhance the power of all categories, I should be able to kill that guy instantly.'
'That's right.'
'There is also the Withered Emotion Fragment obtained after exorcising the Post-Mortem Nen on King's Libra in the past.'
'If I didn't save it as material for a new ability, I can also consider using the Withered Emotion Fragment to attack that guy, but I'm not sure how powerful it would be.'
Moses weighed the pros and cons of using his trump cards.
Just as he retreated a distance, Sulfur, relentless as ever, quickly closed the gap.
Whoosh-
Sulfur's claws ignited with flames, distorting the air.
His sharp claws, wrapped in scorching heat, thrust toward Moses's torso.
Moses had long grown accustomed to Sulfur's attack patterns.
He could tell that Sulfur seemed intent on limiting his mobility, so no matter the attack trajectory, it always aimed for his limbs.
Therefore, facing this direct strike at his torso, Moses once again dodged with ease.
'Fire…'
Then, as Moses's peripheral vision caught the flames distorting the air, a thought suddenly struck him.
'Maybe there is no need to wait for the 'virus' to take effect, let alone consider using my trump cards.'
Moses quickly thought of a method.
As this thought appeared, Moses did not hesitate at all. He directly gave up the Aura consumption of a shadow clone unit and moved to another position to escape from Sulfur's pursuit.
Then, Moses rushed toward Shizuku's position.
"Shizuku, follow me."
Passing by Shizuku from a distance of several hundred meters, Moses left behind a sentence before changing direction and moving away from the others.
Hearing Moses's words, Shizuku was momentarily stunned, but she quickly followed Moses without hesitation.
"Hmm? What is Moses planning?"
Menchi and the others, who were outside the battle circle, all looked puzzled, and Kanzai, Biscuit and Hisoka, who were temporarily on standby, also couldn't guess Moses's intentions.
The red-furred magical beast's offensive power was overwhelmingly strong.
This was already an obvious fact.
But Moses had actually called Shizuku into the battle circle under these circumstances...
With Shizuku's Aura Defense, she couldn't withstand even a single scratch from that red-furred magical beast.
Shizuku herself was well aware that she couldn't block even a casual attack from the red-furred beast, meaning that entering the battle would put her in unprecedented danger.
However, she still followed Moses without hesitation.
"Moses..."
Shizuku looked up at Moses's back and quickly asked, "What is my 'mission'?"
"The fire inside Blinky."
Moses suddenly stopped and answered Shizuku's question with a brief sentence.
When Shizuku heard this, her eyes suddenly widened and she immediately understood what Moses needed her to do.
'So that's how it is…'
"Blinky."
Shizuku raised her hand and conjured Blinky.
"Chirp chirp."
Blinky let out a cheerful sound.
Shizuku ignored Blinky's greeting, glanced sideways at Sulfur, who was rapidly closing in, and then looked at Moses, who had stopped and was waiting for Sulfur to attack.
Moses met Shizuku's gaze and asked seriously, "Do you trust me?"
"Un."
Shizuku nodded without hesitation.
Moses smiled, then actively moved toward Sulfur.
Sulfur was slightly surprised when he saw this, but he didn't pay much attention.
Just like before, he ignored the others, focusing his fierce and vicious attacks on Moses.
But just as he and Moses were locked in combat again, a clear female voice rang out from the side.
"Blinky, spit out all the flames you absorbed earlier."
Shizuku aimed the suction nozzle of Blinky at Moses and Sulfur, and issued a dangerous command.
"Chirp!"
Upon receiving the order, Blinky immediately opened its mouth and spat out all the blue phosphorus flames it had absorbed over ten minutes ago. (T/N: Maybe they found more flames on their return journey, which is why they are only over ten minutes ago.)
In an instant-
Countless faint blue phosphorus flames, like a swarm of jellyfish floating in the air, rushed toward Moses and Sulfur.
These phosphorus flames in the Bone Burial Ground had a strong reaction to Aura.
In other words-
The Manifested Aura on Sulfur's body, which is several times stronger than that of everyone else, is equivalent to extremely high concentration of methane.
Moses's eyes reflected the swarm of phosphorus flames flying toward him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he executed two actions in that moment.
First, he swapped places with a shadow clone he had prepared earlier, escaping the range of the phosphorus flames.
Then, he manipulated another shadow unit to transform into a Shadow World's passage, quickly positioning it next to Shizuku.
When Shizuku noticed the Shadow World's passage at her feet, she immediately dismissed Blinky and decisively jumped into the passage.
When Moses saw Shizuku enter the Shadow World, he immediately controlled the Shadow World's passage to move away from the original location.
At this moment, countless phosphorus flames came into contact with Sulfur and the shadow clone's Aura, causing the air to freeze for a moment.
In the next instant.
An explosion erupted into the sky.
In an instant, the rapidly expanding flames engulfed Sulfur and the shadow clone, and a scorching wave of heat swept outward.
Moses, who had already retreated outside the explosion's epicenter, raised his head to face the heatwave with a calm expression on his face.
'I must have regressed in skill, which is why I didn't think of this method sooner...'
'It's probably because I haven't fought in so long.'
Watching the towering flames and black smoke, Moses endured the intense pain but remained calm while silently reflecting.
Biscuit and the others, who had been outside the battle circle, were all somewhat stunned as they watched Moses, who seemed to blend into the fiery scene.
'Calling Shizuku so suddenly...'
'Was it to use those phosphorus flames against the red-furred magical beast?'
'Since Aura would fiercely fuel the phosphorus flames, the red-furred beast's overwhelming Manifested Aura, which had been an absolute advantage, became a double-edged sword in the face of these flames.'
'In this way, there was no way he could survive.'
'I thought we were going to rely on the 'virus' to win...'
The unexpected outcome left Biscuit with a somewhat complicated expression.