Night Celestial Slash Dogs

**Night Celestial Slash Dogs**, also known as **Mad Black Dog of the Glowing Night Sky**, is the original Balance Breaker of Canis Lykaon, which Tobio Ikuse awakened the moment he was born.

## **Summary**

Uniquely, Tobio was born with his Balance Breaker awakened, but his grandmother, Ageha Ikuse sealed it using Buddhist techniques so that he could have a normal life.

In Volume 21, Tobio revealed that he reached his Abyss Side Balance Breaker after mastering his Original Balance Breaker.

In Volume 24, Tobio used this Balance Breaker to easily overwhelm a Ultimate-class Grim Reaper, easily defeating him and killing him. The Grim Reaper noted that he reached the deepest depths of his Sacred Gear and wonder if Tobio could be considered human anymore.

## **Abilities**

Night Celestial Slash Dogs is Canis Lykaon's original Balance Breaker, where Tobio is covered in darkness, and transforms into a black hound humanoid with six tails, and Jin into a large full-grown hound. In this form, he gains enhanced strength and speed to the point of outpacing an Executive-Class Grim Reaper, Thanatos' subordinate, despite being known for their high-speed combat style without getting serious.

Their darkness-based powers are also expanded beyond their usual range, at first, creating innumerable blades, tinging the sky and earth in darkness. Both him and Jin are able to act in perfect synchronicity with each other, moving as the two were a single being, if Tobio missed his target, Jin would compensate, both are able to move inside shadows to attack opponents, causing the Grim Reaper to wonder if he could be called human anymore.

Because his blades are capable of "cutting gods and all things", and has been enhanced in this state, his scythes can slice apart space, innumerable magic, cutting souls, and harvesting them as well. Due to the forbidden spells engraved on them, it is possible to destroy their opponents from within, from mastering it, it is possible for him to attack things such as egos, and selecting what to cut and what not to cut. As a byproduct of Ame-no-Habakiri, his blades has the flames of the god dwelling within it, producing crimson-black flames.

### Chants

Unlike most Balance Breakers, this form requires a chant to activate.

The chant Tobio recites to activate this form is as follows:

*<< — Behowlest the slaying of one thousand mortals >>*
*<< — Besingest the slaying of ten thousand goblins >>*
*<< — Mine name, which tis immersed in deepest darkness, tis the Imitation God traversing the Polar Night >>*
*<< — O ye, perishest by mine own black blade >>*
*<< — Fools ye art, deformed Creator Gods >>*
## **Forms**

### **Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps**

**Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps** (深淵なりし冥漠の獣魔、英傑であれ常夜刃の狗神ペルフェクトゥス・テネブラエ・リュカオン・エト・フォルティス・デンス・ライラプス, ) also known as the **Dark Demon Beast of the Abyss, Dog God of the Hero's Eternal Night Blade**, is the Abyss Side Balance Breaker of his Canis Lykaon, having polished his **Night Celestial Slash Dog**. He is covered in darkness, assuming a black beast humanoid, resembling a dog, covering an entire mountain with innumerable black blades, and creating pack black hounds, which are capable of moving through shadows to attack numerous targets. Tobio's abilities are strengthened far more than his original Balance Breaker, his scythes are capable of slicing apart space, gods, slicing through Nyx' barrier, altering their aura wavelength to counter his opponents, and producing blades covered in black-crimson flames. Tobio is capable of avoiding attacks by turning into darkness and/or multiple dark beasts, thus avoiding attacks, noting that only "True" Maou-Class or God-Class beings could hurt him.

#### Chants

The chant Tobio recites to activate this form is as follows:

*<< — Behowlest the slaying of thousands of mortals and principles >>*
*<< — Besingest the slaying of tens of thousand of goblins and evil omens >>*
*<< — Mine name, which reacheth unto the farthest abyss, tis the Imitation God beguiling the Polar Night and the Midnight Sun >>*
*<< —Thou shalt be exterminated by our own jet black demonic blade >>*
*<< —Thou art merely ephemeral, oh paranormal Creator God >>*
## **Trivia**

* Night Celestial Slash Dogs is a Crest-side Balance Breaker, and its original Balance Breaker.
* Tobio was born with the ability to use this Balance Breaker, a rare occurrence among any kind of Sacred Gear possessor as most Sacred Gear wielders who were born with the ability to use Balance Breaker without needing to attain it died of or became unstable with their power.
* Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps is a Abyss-side Balance Breaker.
* Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps means "Perfect Darkness Wolf and Strong Dense Hurricane".
	+ Laelaps was a Greek mythological dog who never failed to catch what he was hunting.