Demon Sword Maiden

Volume 11 - Yamata no Orochi: Chapter 46 – Breaking the Formation! Shenzu’s Ending!

Lily tapped into her formidable strength, breaking free from the shackles and box. In a swift motion, the upper half of the box was flung open violently. She reached out, grasping the second lash of the whip, and forcefully yanked, pulling Meina towards the box’s round hole.

Meina attempted to resist, but as she began to move, the box’s lid rebounded and snapped shut with a decisive sound.

Lily promptly activated her soul realm, dominating the area and immobilizing Meina completely.

“What are you doing!? Release me!” Meina demanded. “How dare you defy the head of the female prison hell! Guards!!”

The guards rushed in, but Lily skillfully wielded the long whip, sending out a powerful crimson wave.

With a thunderous crack of the whip, over a dozen guards were rendered weak and collapsed, their faces flushed.

Lily’s eyes narrowed on Meina’s stocking-clad lower half, her face a mix of anger and resentment. “This formation has led me to unnecessary humiliation!” In a fit of rage, she lashed out with the whip, striking Meina, eliciting a howl.

The first whip was to vent her anger. The second came down with more force, shattering the box and hitting the boundary monument.

With a resounding crash, the monument shattered into pieces. A brilliant beam of light burst forth from its remnants, enveloping Lily and transporting her out of the miniature world. The whip dropped to the ground with a clatter.

Meina lay on the floor, her face flushed red. Surrounded by the debris of the broken box, she slowly crawled forward and grabbed the whip, but Lily was already gone. “Come out! Dammit, come out! You dare treat me like this! I won’t let you go; I’ll never forgive you!!”

Above the forest, under a stormy night sky, Lily materialized in mid-air and descended to the muddy ground. She executed a swift flip, landing skillfully.

Surveying the area, she saw the remnants of the destroyed boundary monument. “Success!” But her triumph quickly turned to shame and anger as the cold rain drenched her. She hurriedly sought refuge behind the tree to change her clothes.

Over ten miles away from the demolished monument, another explosion resounded. Shimizu emerged in mid-air, her black sleeves billowing, holding an umbrella. “I hadn’t anticipated this boundary monument to be a den of evil spirits. The darkness there was quite potent.” Shimizu’s face bore a cold smile, unaware that she and Lily had simultaneously destroyed the last two monuments.

Suddenly, a surge of killing intent prompted Shimizu to discard her umbrella and evade swiftly.

Psst! Psst! Psst!

Three poison darts struck where she had just been, corroding the ground with their lethal venom.

“Who’s there!?” Shimizu tensed, ready for combat.

Dark golden threads snaked through the forest, converging with immense power. “Could this be a secondary formation based on the clouded soil array?” Shimizu pondered.

The threads coalesced into a figure clad in revealing black armor. “B̲i̲t̲c̲h̲! Return my ancient jade!” The figure’s power surged as it absorbed the array’s energy, transforming into a radiant golden avatar.

“Is that her?” Shimizu recognized the woman.

“Give it back! It’s mine!” Shenzu charged at Shimizu, her speed amplifying with the golden aura.

Six golden blades materialized in the avatar’s hands, gathering spiritual energy that shimmered with a melancholic blue hue as they slashed towards Shimizu.

Shimizu, turning into a black blur, evaded with a single step. As she did so, a massive explosion echoed through the forest, sending boulders flying and leaving six deep gashes in the rain-soaked earth. “Impressive,” Shimizu murmured silently.

After suffering a recent defeat, Shenzu had resorted to using Yoritomo’s secret medicine, a variant that didn’t deform her into a monster but robbed her of her humanity. Post-ingestion, Shenzu’s power skyrocketed to that of a double-soul Big Dipper, and with the formation’s augmentation, she now wielded the might of a quadruple-soul Big Dipper expert!

“Return it!” Shenzu’s attacks were ferocious and relentless.

“Huhuhu,” Shimizu’s smile was cryptic as she effortlessly dodged. Unlike Lily, who could achieve extreme speeds in mid-air, Shimizu relied on agile movements on the ground. “The ancient jade chose me. You have no idea of the benefits it offers me. But I won’t reveal them to you!”

“Silence, you thief! Bandit!” Shenzu’s avatar unleashed a flurry of blade beams, momentarily filling the sky.