Stupid Nohime

The four demons launched an attack on the three people inside the circle at the same time.

"You two just focus on protecting yourselves. Don't worry about me."

"Got it. Be careful."

The three humans and four demons quickly clashed.

The demons knew Nohime was the strongest of the three, so they deliberately sent three demons after her while the remaining one faced the other two alone. Before long, the three humans had been separated.

Akino and Yuka were already injured, and after running such a long distance, even working together against a single demon left them stretched thin and in constant danger.

The demon's erratic, unstructured attacks often left them at a loss, though they could barely hold on.

Nohime's situation on the other side was no better. She had virtually no real combat experience, and being suddenly forced to face three demons by herself left her flustered.

Fortunately, she possessed a special constitution. With muscles six times denser than normal, combined with her strange Breathing Style and unusual Nichirin Blade, she looked as though she were doing cheerleading while tugging on a ribbon. Her supple body constantly twisted into absurdly exaggerated poses to dodge and attack.

Han Zhiqi watched from the stone platform, his scalp tightening and cold sweat running down his back. Of course, it was not because he was worried about Nohime. He simply could not bear to watch her techniques; they were too embarrassing.

He secretly swore that no matter what, he could never carry out a mission with Nohime again. Otherwise, he would surely be nailed to the pillar of shame.

"Love Breathing: First Form: First Love's Tremor."

Nohime rapidly swung her Nichirin Blade. The blade was like a long, slender whip as it lashed fiercely across the shoulder of an oncoming demon.

In an instant, a wound deep enough to expose bone stretched from its shoulder to its lower abdomen, nearly splitting the demon in half. Yet the wound quickly healed at a visible rate.

The demon howled and lunged at Nohime again. The other two demons attacked simultaneously from different directions, and Nohime was about to be surrounded.

Suddenly, Nohime performed a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree flip in place and shattered one demon's jawbone with a kick. Then she stepped onto the back of another demon behind her and stomped down hard, forcing it flat onto the ground.

Han Zhiqi saw everything clearly from the stone platform and could not help marveling at how lucky Nohime was to be so favored by the heavens. At last, he had witnessed what muscles six times denser than those of an ordinary person looked like.

Ordinary people could train painstakingly, yet their muscle density could reach at most two or three times normal. Even then, their build and appearance would change noticeably.

But Nohime had been born with a muscle density that ordinary people could never attain in a lifetime. As she grew older, it would gradually increase further. Most importantly, she did not need to train deliberately.

Normally, she looked no different from anyone else, aside from being slightly more voluptuous. She still had slender arms and legs. But the moment she exerted strength in certain parts of her body, her muscles instantly bulged, becoming two or three times their usual size. The sight was terrifying.

With a casual kick, she could shatter one demon's jawbone and stomp another to the ground. One could imagine just how much force was in her foot at the instant she kicked.

It was only that this girl's heart was too soft. She actually felt pity for these bloodthirsty, brutal demons. That was why Han Zhiqi had said those words to provoke her.

By refusing to intervene, he had also hoped that the reality before her would make her understand that these demons were no longer human. Every action they took was driven by their craving for blood. Only by killing them completely could she escape danger. Otherwise, if the fight dragged on until her strength was exhausted, she would be the only one to die.

Although she seemed to understand this, Nohime still appeared unable to bring herself to do it. Perhaps she had simply seen too little in such a short time, making it difficult for her to be ruthless when facing demons.

"Love Breathing: Third Form: Love Cat's Drizzle."

Facing the encirclement of three demons, Nohime was like a nimble, clingy kitten. One moment she darted left, the next right; sometimes she leaped inside the circle with a feint, and other times she jumped back outside. Every leap let her evade attacks while launching a slash in passing.

The Nichirin Blade swayed in her hand along all sorts of bizarre trajectories. The rigid blade he remembered had been forcibly turned into a jump rope in her hands.

In the blink of an eye, the three demons were drenched in blood, their bodies covered in wounds of every size.

Nohime became increasingly adept at both defense and offense, but she still refused to sever the demons' heads, allowing the wounds on their bodies to heal again and again.

The three demons were thrown into utter confusion by Nohime's nimble movements and sharp techniques. They howled in pain time after time, yet they could not even touch the hem of this prey's clothing.

At last, the three demons realized that the prey before them was not easy to deal with. Though they were not very intelligent, they still possessed the instinct to seek advantage and avoid danger.

In the middle of the fight, one of the demons let out a low "woo woo" sound. It was neither an unwilling roar nor an injured scream. Nohime could not understand it, so she simply paid it no mind.

As the battle continued, Nohime noticed that the three demons' attacks seemed to weaken. They no longer charged in recklessly as before, nor did they maintain their siege from three separate directions. Instead, they gathered together and attacked as one.

Dealing with attacks from three directions at once had indeed been taxing. If they came from only one direction, it was much easier, but the three demons had concentrated all their techniques into one point. It was like a single demon attacking with multiple techniques in succession. That frequency of attacks still left Nohime struggling to cope.

The sudden shift in their attack pattern made it difficult for Nohime to adapt. Under the demons' combined assault, she began to retreat gradually. She also discovered that the three demons seemed to have gotten smarter.

Before, they had attacked without regard for their lives. Now, however, they attacked like dragonflies touching water, never pressing their attacks too deeply. Often, they withdrew their moves halfway through. As a result, many of Nohime's defensive techniques came to nothing, leaving her both frustrated and helpless.

What she did not realize was that ever since that low "woo woo" sound, the demons' target had no longer been her.

The three demons had gathered in one place and used their relentless attacks to keep Nohime too busy to notice anything else. Then they seized the chance to change direction. Not far behind them now stood the man and woman.

Suddenly, all three demons attacked at once. One aimed high, one middle, and one low.

Faced with attacks coming from three directions at once, Nohime's two hands simply could not handle them all. She could only swing her blade at one demon's arm, then perform a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree flip backward.

Little did she know, this was precisely the chance the demons had been waiting for.

One demon sacrificed an arm to force Nohime back. The instant she flipped away to evade, all three demons turned around in unison and pounced on the man and woman behind them.

By the time Nohime landed and came to her senses, it was already too late. She could only use the fastest form of Love Breathing.

"Love Breathing: Second Form: Annoyed Circling Love."

A pink flash streaked across the clearing as the Nichirin Blade swayed rapidly from side to side.

She reached the pair almost at the same time as the three demons. Her Nichirin Blade severed the legs of two demons, but only their legs. It did not stop their momentum, and there were still two other demons completely unharmed.

After that move, Nohime had her back to the two demons rushing at them. At such a short distance, in so little time, she had no chance to unleash a second move. Besides, the two people were right in front of her.

Han Zhiqi saw through her intention at a glance. She wanted to use her own body to block the demons' attacks for the two of them.

A nameless fury surged within Han Zhiqi.

She was utterly stupid!