Taking the Electrograna growing on the tree roots, Shiki took a deep breath and stepped into this sealed land filled with Thunder calamity.
Zzzzt.
The Thunder calamity colliding with the Electrograna produced an unpleasant sound. With this sound, which closely resembled a Geiger Counter, Shiki didn't know if she was in Inazuma or Fukushima.
"Ioroi, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. The Electrograna is quite useful." Ioroi shook his head.
"That's good. See that tumor? I'll take care of that later, and the pattern matter will be up to you." Shiki said, pointing toward the deepest part of the mountain bottom.
"Okay!"
The person and the spirit quickly descended from the entrance. Just before landing, Shiki quickly deployed her Wind Glider. The sudden deceleration caused her to pause momentarily in the air.
Ioroi, on the other hand, slammed heavily onto the ground. At this height, it could descend quickly without needing a buffer.
The Warding Barrier, entangled by tree roots, pulsed slowly like a heart. Seemingly sensing that the newcomers were the girl who had destroyed five of its seals, it quickly raised its height.
Simultaneously, twelve Kairagi slowly emerged from below. It knew the girl possessed a certain One-Hit Kill ability, so the best method was to unleash all its power and eliminate the opponent!
"Twelve?"
Shiki tightened her grip on Kujikanesada's hilt, then entered the Selfless State. In this state, her five senses would be pushed to their limits, allowing her to perfectly utilize her full strength.
In other words, this was her at her peak!
Having replenished the Electrograna, the group of Filth Kairagi were subtly forming a surrounding formation and walking toward her, but Shiki was never a passive person.
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception quietly emerged. Shiki memorized the location of all the Kairagi and the Lines of Death on their bodies, then transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished from the spot.
Thunderclap: Triple Strike!
Golden lightning drew a triangle in this space. With the current Electro element strengthening her body, Triple Strike was her limit; any more would cause damage to her leg muscles.
In the instant they met, three Kairagi turned into ashes and dissipated, but Shiki dared not linger for even a moment.
Tejima had once taught her that if she didn't possess power equal to a god, she had to create a 1v1 environment in multi-person battles.
"Shiki, if there are a hundred opponents, don't think about solving them all at once. Instead, fight a hundred one-on-one battles."
Tejima's words echoed in her ears. After dodging a sword strike aimed at her, Shiki began searching for her targets.
'The three grouped on the left won't work. The four below definitely won't work. It can only be the two on the far right.'
Thinking this, Shiki leaped into the air, shouting, "Ioroi!"
"Coming!" As Ioroi spoke, he slammed his massive palms onto the ground, and a Wind Barrier instantly separated the two Kairagi on the far right.
He then continued fiddling with the five lanterns. Because a certain Tanuki didn't know the Grand Narukami Shrine's magic, he had to adjust them one by one.
At this moment, Shiki assumed a stabbing posture in mid-air. Electro elemental power surged from her back, giving her a forced second acceleration in the sky.
Kujikanesada pierced the Lines of Death on the Kairagi without fail, but the other Kairagi had already broken through the Wind Barrier created by Ioroi.
"Fall down!"
A dark red, translucent Katana burst into raging flames, and the Kairagi brought down a leaping slash toward the girl.
Unable to dodge in time, Shiki could only imbue her sword with the Electro element and hold Kujikanesada horizontally in front of her.
Electro + Pyro = Overloaded = Explosion
Boom!
Under the Explosion, Shiki was blown backward directly, then slammed heavily into the wall.
"Shiki!" Ioroi shouted. At this moment, he had only just adjusted the Magatama on the five lanterns to the correct quantity.
"Damn it!"
Intense Anemo element began to swirl around Ioroi's body. Following this, he started spinning rapidly like a top.
"Taste this demon's Tanuki Great Cyclone!"
Ioroi, like a bowling ball, rushed into the fray unchecked, directly knocking away the four Kairagi grouped together.
Hmm, they were scattered everywhere, but for them, being composed of Filth, this was merely a superficial injury.
"Cough, cough..."
Shiki climbed up from the ground, covered in dust. It wasn't bad; the injury wasn't severe —only one broken rib.
Looking around, Shiki noticed that the Kairagi that caused the Overloaded reaction with her was also blown away and was now lying motionless on the ground.
Although she really wanted to go and finish it off, the Kairagi that Ioroi had just knocked over clearly needed to be dealt with first.
Clang!
The Katana fiercely struck the blade of Kujikanesada. The Filth Kairagi was much stronger than those wandering by the sea, and Shiki needed to use all her strength just to barely block the blow.
"Tch..."
Seeing the Katana getting closer, Shiki's entire body erupted in fierce Electro light, and she kicked the Kairagi's thigh, breaking it.
After losing her balance, she naturally couldn't win the struggle against the girl. A swift Kasaya (kesa-giri) precisely cut through the lines of death, reducing the opponent to ashes.
"Fifth one."
Shiki quickly traversed the battlefield and arrived in front of the Kairagi that had been blasted to the ground, stabbing down with her nodachi!
"Sixth one."
Kujikanesada had just been pulled back when three Kairagi leaped from three different directions. Their broad nodachis were burning with fire or electro element, but the previous stab hadn't consumed much of her stamina!
Thundering Flash - Triple
The girl's figure once again transformed into golden threads and vanished from her original spot. These threads then accurately pierced through the lines of death on the three Kairagi, causing them to completely dissipate!
"Three left."
At this moment, Ioroi, who had been spinning, also stopped. However, his eyes, which now resembled mosquito coils, indicated that his condition was not very good.
"@#¥&@#..."
Shiki ignored the silly Tanuki and instead cut the approaching Sea Hound, nodachi and all, into two halves.
"Phew… Two more."
Thunderclap and Flash couldn't be used again in a short period. Her calf muscles were aching, and if she used it again, it wouldn't be an ache but excruciating pain.
'I need to fight them one-on-one. I can't give them a chance to surround me.'
Shiki thought to herself. Just as she was pondering how to control her position, a faint sound of footsteps came from behind her.
Immediately following was a charming and captivating voice: "Oh my, it seems it's time for Lady Yae, who possesses both beauty and wisdom, to make her move."
"You Fox finally decided to show up. Then I'll leave these two Kairagi to you." Shiki breathed a sigh of relief.
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