Chapter 228 Mai Shinomiyai vs Kazumi Shimizu (3)
“Tengu?”
The young girl stood on the soft sea of maggots, looking at the tall humanoid creature with a fierce beast’s aura in the center of the clearing in the distance. Her slender eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow.
Although the world the girl had transmigrated to was a parallel world vastly different from her previous life, many aspects were still the same. Kazumi, who had some understanding of Japanese culture, knew the status of Tengu in Japanese legends.
She initially thought the sea of maggots would deliver a fatal blow to the other party, but she didn’t expect their trump card to be such a powerful Shikigami that it could change the terrain.
But Kazumi had no intention of giving up. Whether it was the organization’s mission or her own will, her goal was to kill this detestable woman here. Of course, if she could capture her alive, the young girl wouldn’t mind.
The dormant sea of maggots surged again under its master’s command, raising layers of white giant waves that pressed towards the two people in the clearing. The flock of Corpse Crows circling in the sky also swooped down directly towards Mai Shinomiyai on the ground.
“Yaa—”
A sharp, piercing roar sounded from the distance. In the next moment, powerful wind blades, just like before, rolled up and mercilessly ground the approaching Corpse Maggots into pieces. Her scarlet claws madly scratched forward, creating a barrier wall with the gusts of wind.
[This level of power probably even the Corpse Maggots can’t do anything about. Should I give up for now?]
The young girl crossed her arms. Looking at the Corpse Maggots being torn apart by the Tengu, Kazumi’s brow didn’t even furrow. Instead, she was contemplating whether she could accept the sunk cost of temporarily giving up.
To a large extent, Mai Shinomiyai’s killing intent was just her subjective emotion. But for Kazumi, the more important thing was to complete the mission. However, when she encountered a mission that couldn’t be completed or required a great deal of sacrifice to complete, the young girl would start to calmly consider the gains and losses of the mission.
Even speaking a bit extremely, betraying the organization wasn’t something unacceptable, as long as she could gain greater benefits than staying in the organization.
“Boom!”
A dazzling wall of fire rose again in the distance, with burning flames engulfing the disheveled Mai Shinomiyai on the ground, preventing the attacks of the surrounding Corpse Maggots and Corpse Crows. At this time, Mai Shinomiyai also struggled to stand up, posing some kind of spiritual technique, as if she intended to unleash a new one.
[No, there’s something wrong with this Tengu!! It’s not protecting Mai Shinomiyai!]
Her originally calm eyes suddenly changed. With just one action, Kazumi immediately analyzed the abnormality in the other party’s current state.
The Tengu’s power was immense. Its powerful wide-area storm ability could directly clear the terrain created by the sea of maggots, and its close-combat ability could prevent further attacks from approaching. Such a Shikigami was no longer something Kazumi could deal with casually. Therefore, after glimpsing the other party’s capability, the young girl had begun to consider putting aside her killing intent.
After all, her mission was only to prevent these psychics from interfering with the battle between [“Poisonous Snake”] and that enemy. Whether to kill them or hold them back was acceptable. Of course, killing that annoying and disgusting guy Mai Shinomiyai would definitely bring her much more pleasure, but it didn’t mean the young girl was willing to pay a terrible price just for her own satisfaction.
There were plenty of opportunities to kill.
But the problem that was now exposed allowed Kazumi to sense a hint of an unusual opportunity. Although she had simultaneously attacked both the Tengu and Mai Shinomiyai, the Tengu, as a Shikigami, showed no intention of protecting its master.
After summoning wind blades to block the initial wave, it mostly attacked the surrounding maggots as if seeking instinctive revenge, completely ignoring Mai Shinomiyai, who was being attacked by the Corpse Crows later.
[Is it because its power is too great to be controlled? Or is there a problem with her control over the Shikigami?]
The analysis of the other party’s situation converged in Kazumi’s mind. She sent out several energy blasts. With her right hand, Kazumi beckoned, and one of the head crows from the flock of Corpse Crows flew back, obeying the command.
She reached out and stroked the grayish-white bald head of Little Black twice. The young girl’s finger pointed directly at Mai Shinomiyai in the distance.
“Go!”
Little Black understood what the young girl said and ran towards the position where the Corpse Crow had flown back, baring its fangs and waving its claws. But in the next moment, a black light flashed, and Little Black, which was as large as an adult, actually disappeared into thin air in the arena.
At the same time, the returning leader of the Corpse Crows made a U-turn and flew back to its previous target at an even faster speed.
Its bird-like appearance underwent a bizarre change at this moment. Its body, already larger than other Corpse Crows, swelled again, transitioning from a crow to the size of an eagle. Its black feathers were dyed with a deathly gray, and sharp claws grew unnaturally. Twisted, sharp teeth appeared around the Corpse Crow, but this transformation did not affect the Corpse Crow leader’s mobility at all. It rushed towards Mai Shinomiyai in the distance like a black lightning bolt.
“Sizzle sizzle—”
Burning sounds continuously came from the wall of fire, and the disgusting smell of rotting flesh permeated around Mai Shinomiyai. But Mai Shinomiyai had no time to care about these things now. Her beautiful face was covered in beads of sweat, and her tall body trembled uncontrollably due to the prolonged high-output spiritual energy.
“Only one more incantation left!”
She kept hypnotizing herself, her teeth clenched tightly. Even though her body was already sending warnings to her brain due to the excessive draining of spiritual energy, Mai Shinomiyai did not stop, because she knew this was her last chance!
Blue incantations converged in the air to form a talisman, which floated gently towards the Tengu in the sea of maggots, which was going wild.
Mai Shinomiyai didn’t know if the other party had seen through her inability to control this Shikigami, but she didn’t dare not to gamble. Her energy was already close to her limit. If she couldn’t defeat her opponent with her father’s Shikigami here, Mai Shinomiyai didn’t think she could survive.
“Yaa—”
The blue talisman entered the Tengu’s body. The seemingly chaotic Tengu suddenly seemed to have discovered something. Its wild eyes suddenly looked at Kazumi in the distance, and then it directly abandoned the surrounding small insects. With a flap of its large wings, it flew straight towards Kazumi in the distance.
“Still can’t do it…”
Looking at her summoned creatures, which were unable to penetrate the wall of fire and cause damage to Mai Shinomiyai for a long time, Kazumi sighed helplessly. Although the young girl didn’t understand incantations, she certainly knew that what Mai Shinomiyai was casting at this moment must be a technique that could change the current battle situation, which was why she had sent out Little Black as well.
But now it seemed that her decision was a bit too late. Before Little Black could arrive, the other party’s technique had already been completed.
The berserk Tengu controlled the strong wind, as if the whole world was being darkened. Immense air pressure rose around the young girl, and its massive figure rushed towards Kazumi with terrifying speed and power, like an ancient fierce beast.
The young girl, with her arms crossed, had no fear in her eyes, only an even more intense killing intent and disdain.
A figure wearing a red demon mask appeared before the young girl. Its sharp claws with fur fiercely swung down, seeming to want to tear the weak human before her into pieces.
But in the next moment, a giant black coffin rose from the void. From the profound emptiness, a decaying knight’s spear emerged, and with equally terrifying impact, it directly pierced the Tengu’s chest.
(ps: The previous chapter should have been two, I forgot.)
