Volume 2, Chapter 96 – Shimizu’s Miscalculation and…

Volume 2, Chapter 96 - Shimizu’s Miscalculation and...

Translator: Aoi

The demon spirit arts Dijon used was much stronger than the low-grade arcane spirit arts he had access to while in the Hojo family, and now, by selling his soul to the Hundred Demons, Dijon had obtained power that transcended that of the Six Swords of the East!

The spirit power of the monsters and the like was referred to as eldritch energy by humans while grudge, spectral and undead spirit powers were collectively known as fiendish energy.

Shimizu leaped forward and broke through the sound barrier, coming to a quick stop before Dijon’s towering dark body in a half turned stance which enabled her to draw her blade at any moment.

Dijon looked down on her condescendingly, his hair flying around wildly in the spirit energy storm as he heaved his broken tachi down.

“Shimizu! If you’re in that much of a hurry to die, I’ll gladly help you welcome it! Your strength is much weaker than the rumors! You don’t deserve your reputation, woman! In my opinion, you are just a useless, talentless b?i?t?c?h?, so why don’t you just give up! Hahahahahaha!”

Dijon’s tachi heaved down towards Shimizu with force.

“Hmph—Just because my strength is lacking, it doesn’t mean I can’t defeat you!”

Shimizu didn’t stake it all in a frontal confrontation emotionally like before and dodged his attack and delivered a fluid yet extremely swift strike to Dijon’ face.

“Swish!” Shimizu’s blade slashed Dijon’s eyes with matchless accuracy.

“ARGH—!” Dijon screamed in pain.

“Well done, Sister!” Lily praised internally and charged ahead towards the lot of demon soldiers who were planning to ambush Shimizu from behind and killed them one by one.

“MY EYES! MY EYES! I CAN’T SEE—!” Dijon’s closely shut eyes bled heavily as he brandished his tachi recklessly in a craze. Naturally, he failed to land a blow on Shimizu while she seized the chance to blitz across him multiple times, leaving behind afterimages as she delivered a series of flesh wounds to him.

“Spurt—!” Multiple streams of blood jetted out from Dijon’s body in the next moment.

Shimizu’s sheathed her blade and retreated a few meters back quickly with a cold gaze in her eyes and stated, “Dijon, I may not be your match in terms of brute strength and might have underestimated you before. However, the one who’s standing in the end is the victor.”

“Minamoto no Shimizu, you shameless b?i?t?c?h?! How dare you injure my eyes! I’m going to kill you, you b?i?t?c?h?!” Dijon waved his tachi recklessly to vent his fury.

“Die!” Shimizu broke into a sprint suddenly and dodged Dijon’s haphazard attack with ease when she neared him. Then, she leaped up and released a sword beam from her Tranquil Bamboo!

However, Lily felt restless all of a sudden at this moment, “Dammit! Watch out, Sister! It’s a trap!”

Dijon opened his demonic flaming eyes suddenly and revealed a vicious smirk before clutching onto Shimizu’s neck with his humongous hand.

Dijon’s grip packed a lot of strength and this made Shimizu release gruff groans from her mouth.

“Grrgh—!” Shimizu’s face turned pale and she began to tremble all over. However, as a spirit power user, being unable to breathe didn’t affect her that much. Shimizu drew her blade tenaciously and delivered a flesh wound to Dijon’s waist.

However, even such an attack wasn’t able to inflict a heavy injury to Dijon. Even more astonishingly, the bleeding wound actually healed at a pace visible to the naked eye!

“Hahahahahaha! You fool! The demon spirit art has already reconstructed my body! I can recover from an injury of this level by myself! To think you didn’t even know this, you’re really a vain woman, Shimizu!” Dijon squeezed Shimizu’s throat harder while laughing his head off.

Shimizu slashed at Dijon powerlessly with the hand wielding her blade, but he blocked her attacks with his blade. Her other hand attempted to pull at Dijon’s grip futilely, but it was simply an impossible task. She had even begun kicking with her legs subconsciously, but that was useless as well.

“Sis!” Lily dashed towards Dijon in desperation.

“Hahahahahaha! Kagami Lily, lay down your blade or else I’ll snap her neck off!” Dijon yelled out with a cruel and twisted expression on his face.

Lily’s gaze turned cold, “Lay down my blade? Hmph!”

Dijon, however, borrowed the momentum and forced his body to fall sideways and countered with a reverse strike even though he hadn’t found his footing yet.

“Wham—!”

It was obviously a favorable position to Lily in comparison to Dijon, yet she got blown away because he was too strong.

Lily barely managed to land on the ground safely, her hands still feeling numb from the attack.

“It was just a reverse strike, yet it packed so much strength!” Lily’s forehead was covered in sweat. Even though her footwork and swordplay were better than his, Dijon’s absolute strength prevented Lily from bringing out her entire skill in the battle.

Lily still had her ultimate move, Sakura-Clad Moon, that allowed her to deliver an attack that was thrice as powerful as an all-out blow of hers!

Lily’s spirit power converged within her tachi, making it shine with a poignant crimson glow. Lily’s surroundings also seemed to have taken a slightly crimson shade and cherry blossoms began falling down gently before anyone realized it.

Although the demon soldiers nearby didn’t possess consciousness, even they were a bit mesmerized by the sudden change in their surroundings.

Dijon furrowed his thick brows after seeing this transformation and stated, “Kagami Lily, although you’re my enemy, I must say that you aren’t a simple woman. Your attacks are ruthless, and you’ve even managed to comprehend such an intent! However, it’s indeed a pity. So what if you are a genius? Today is the day you fall.”

Lily remained silent and charged towards Dijon with Crescent Moon that was clad in spirit power. However, she jumped up high into the sky with all her strength when she neared him.

Lily remained above Dijon’s head with a void of at least 10 meters between them momentarily.

Dijon grinned when he saw this, “You have nowhere to run even if you jump up to the sky!”

“Whoosh—!” Dijon sent a dark purple beam of sword light flying towards Lily that was packed with impressive strength.

As for Lily, she descended slowly and showed no signs of dodging that dark purple sword beam which was aimed at her. Her weapon, Crescent Moon, trembled within her hands as the spirit power gathered in it reached the critical point and a faint pink shade bled out of the long blade of her weapon.

“Sakura-Clad Moon—!”

Lily’s crimson kimono fluttered along with long hair within the wind as she heaved the tachi clad in the color of sakura down with all her strength!

“Boom—!” Followed by an ear-splitting tremor, a humongous sakura-colored moon that was much more magnificent and gorgeous than Dijon’s dark purple sword beam swiveled towards him!

The sakura-colored moon smashed through Dijon’s sword beam, yet its momentum only decreased by a little. It proceeded to fly towards Dijon with a force so powerful and speed so swift that Dijon didn’t even have the time to dodge it and could only raise his sword to block it!

Lily, however, grinned when she saw this.

“Boom—!” The explosion driven by the spirit power of a blade maiden spawned flames in the color of hell flowers, following which crimson light broke out in all directions! The sakura-shaped energy projectiles also dug into Dijon’s body simultaneously and ravaged his entire body!

This move simply wasn’t something that a katana could block.

“ARRRGGGHHHH!” Dijon howled in fury amidst the crimson light of destruction.

Lily landed on the ground subsequently and even though she possessed the physique of a blade maiden, she was nearing the brink of collapse as well. Her entire body was drenched in sweat and her chest heaved up and down continuously as she gasped for huge mouthfuls of breaths.

The crimson spirit power and the dust scattered gradually, which revealed Dijon’s figure. His cloth armor was broken beyond repair and he bled from multiple wounds while emitting smoke from his blackened body. It was hard to say whether he was still alive.

Lily looked at Dijon who was within the scorched pit in the ground and her heart quivered, “Did it work?”

The tall, scorched Dijon within the pit...

Opened his demonic flaming eyes suddenly and revealed his eerie white teeth as a mocking grin cropped up on his face.