Nohime followed the sounds of battle for several hundred meters before finally finding Han Zhiqi locked in a struggle with the Three-Headed Demon somewhere in the forest.
Broken trees littered the area. Some had been snapped by brute force, while others had been severed by a blade, their surfaces covered in snow-white ice crystals.
The battle between Han Zhiqi and the Three-Headed Demon had reached its climax, and both sides had sustained injuries.
The Three-Headed Demon was covered in wounds of all sizes. Its enormous body had practically turned white, and even the breath exhaled by the face on its chest had become white, showing that the cold had already seeped deep into its body.
Han Zhiqi's condition on the other side was no better. His body was likewise covered in ice chips. Though no bleeding wounds could be seen, his listless state and tattered haori made it clear that he had been seriously injured.
After fighting for so long, Han Zhiqi had basically concluded that the face on its chest was the Three-Headed Demon's vital weak point.
This creature knew that its neck was its weakness, so over countless years, it had deliberately devoured two other bodies and grown its entire head into its torso to protect itself.
If he could not destroy that face along with the head hidden inside its body, then once the cold receded, the Three-Headed Demon would return to normal and might even become stronger than before.
Of the seven forms of Ice Breathing, Han Zhiqi had already used the first six, both individually and in combination, yet he had never been able to penetrate its body and sever its neck from within.
Only the seventh form remained, his strongest move thus far. If even this could not kill the Three-Headed Demon, Han Zhiqi