Chapter 87: My Abilities Are Above Yours
“———Kamishiro Norihito!!”
Kamishiro Hime let out a long, piercing cry. Her right fist condensed with a surging, dazzling white light, like a divine sun in the dark, cloudy sky.
She slammed it towards Kamishiro Naraku.
Even though Kamishiro Hime thought she was calm enough, facing Kamishiro Naraku, she still couldn’t suppress the boiling rage within her.
Almost all of humanity was fighting against the evolution of supernatural beings.
And Kamishiro Naraku was turning humans into supernatural beings. This was unforgivable!
Kamishiro Hime’s speed was incredible, likely among the best of the high B-ranks.
In a single instant, she appeared in front of Kamishiro Naraku.
Her fist, glowing with white light, shot towards his face.
Kamishiro Naraku quickly crossed his arms in front of his face, and silvery, alloy-like scales instantly covered them.
“Boom———!!”
A dull, fierce sound, like metal clashing, echoed through the sky.
Kamishiro Naraku was sent flying. As he landed…
His legs abruptly transformed into a horse-hoof shape, and he bent them slightly, stomping deep into the ground. He was unharmed.
Clearly, being sent flying wasn’t a sign of Kamishiro Hime’s superior strength.
It was Kamishiro Naraku’s way of dissipating the force.
“Being called Kamishiro Norihito really does annoy me a little, little sister.”
Although he said he was annoyed, Kamishiro Naraku’s expression was surprisingly calm, showing no signs of anger.
“My name now is Kamishiro Naraku.”
“The Kamishiro imperial family’s… hell!”
The moment he said “hell,” Kamishiro Naraku’s hoof-like legs, like springs, shot forward with lightning speed. The ground exploded, leaving a large crater.
“Boom—!!”
He charged at Kamishiro Hime with incredible speed and ferocity!
At the same time, Kamishiro Naraku’s right hand transformed into a sharp bone spike, like a spearhead, aiming to pierce through her in one blow.
“Damn it!”
Alarm bells rang in Kamishiro Hime’s mind, and she gritted her teeth.
The sight of humans turning into supernatural beings had affected her judgment. She had rashly attacked without waiting for Tamamo-no-Mae.
And after using a powerful, charged attack, she was now in a slight moment of stiffness.
His horse-hoof-like jumping speed was too terrifying. She probably couldn’t completely dodge this attack.
She was already fighting against a stronger opponent. If he seized the initiative, her chances of winning would become even slimmer.
However, just as Kamishiro Naraku’s bone spike was about to pierce through Kamishiro Hime…
A deep purple fire descended from the sky.
And shot towards Kamishiro Naraku.
Kamishiro Naraku’s left hand quickly transformed into a shield, while his right hand, unchanged, continued to thrust towards Kamishiro Hime.
But then, a pale green light enveloped her.
She felt her body lighten, and as she dodged, the bone spike grazed her right arm, leaving a small, bloody scratch.
And the purple fire descended upon Kamishiro Naraku, exploding on impact.
“Boom————!!”
A thick cloud of smoke erupted, dust flying everywhere.
Tamamo-no-Mae, her exquisite face grave, gently floated down beside Kamishiro Hime.
As her three fox tails swayed, the glowing characters for “Wind” and “Fire” on two of them quietly faded.
Kamishiro Hime clutched her right arm and looked at the smoke-filled crater in the distance. She quickly said,
“How is he?”
“Did you injure him?”
Tamamo-no-Mae’s spiritual power swept across the area, and after learning the answer, she couldn’t help but shake her head.
And sure enough, when the smoke and dust cleared…
Kamishiro Naraku stood there, completely unharmed.
“He’s not an ordinary peak B-rank. He’s much more troublesome than I thought.”
“Ordinary foxfire can’t harm him at all.”
Then, Tamamo-no-Mae looked at Kamishiro Hime and, seeing her clutching her right arm, frowned slightly.
“How are you?”
Hearing this, Kamishiro Hime said,
“It’s just a scratch, nothing serious…”
As she spoke, she released her hand, only to see that the once fair skin on her right arm, where the scratch was, had now turned pitch black.
Not only that, but the blackness was spreading like ripples, and the pain intensified, her power being disrupted.
“!!!”
Kamishiro Hime frowned.
“This is troublesome.”
Seeing this, Kamishiro Naraku chuckled softly, a twisted smile on his calm face, making him look particularly terrifying and disgusting.
And vile.
“My bone spike is poisoned.”
Kamishiro Naraku looked at his right hand, which had transformed into a bone spike, with admiration, as if it were a cherished treasure, and gently caressed it with his left hand.
Then, he looked at Kamishiro Hime with his deep black eyes.
“Little sister, as your older brother, I always save the best for you.”
“This is a supernatural poison I refined from a supernatural being. There is currently no cure.”
“Thank me, you’re the first to taste its wonderfulness.”
And when Tamamo-no-Mae saw the poison on Kamishiro Hime’s right arm…
On her third fox tail, the character for “Heal” appeared, glowing with a blue light.
A shimmering blue light appeared in her hand and enveloped Kamishiro Hime’s right arm.
In an instant, the spread of the supernatural poison was suppressed, and the disruption to her power gradually disappeared.
“The situation is urgent. I can’t give you a more thorough treatment. After the battle, give me some time, and I’ll heal you completely.”
“For now, this is the best I can do.”
Hearing this, Kamishiro Hime, still feeling the lingering pain, immediately said,
“This is already a great help. Thank you, Saigū.”
The two once again faced Kamishiro Naraku, ready for another battle.
Kamishiro Naraku: “…”
To be proven wrong so quickly… who could stand that?
However, Kamishiro Naraku had already made up his mind.
In terms of troublesome abilities, Tamamo-no-Mae was superior to Kamishiro Hime.
It seemed he had to deal with her first.
Just as he was thinking this…
Kamishiro Hime’s mouth opened slightly, and a massive, burning fireball rolled towards him.
The scorching heat warped the air.
Two of Tamamo-no-Mae’s fox tails swayed, both glowing with “Fire.”
Purple foxfire also surged forward, with no aura leaking out, but containing immense power.
A pincer attack.
Their attacks both reached the level of a high B-rank.
“Interesting.”
“Your abilities are both quite interesting.”
Kamishiro Naraku sensed that the abilities of the two supernatural users before him were both composite types, and quite powerful, which meant they would be very difficult to deal with.
But!
He stuck out his long, crimson tongue and licked the blood rain from his brow.
The sinister smile on his lips curved up to his ears.
“But unfortunately…”
“My abilities are above yours!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Kamishiro Naraku’s limbs began to writhe and twist, each transforming, his aura soaring!
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