"Bingchi. I am Bingchi."
Magnificent "flowers" bloomed across the ice field, but these ice flowers, each as large as a house, were deadly. Their petals were formed from clusters of ice crystals crushing against one another, sharp enough to shred the scattered sunlight into golden specks.
Yet all that beautiful lethality was wasted. Bingchi had lost sight of the little human in its vision, and its attack had failed. Just as it prepared to take to the air for a better view, a sharp pain sent its body crashing down.
Shen Yuanyi's first target was naturally the wings of this cursed spirit that called itself "Bingchi." After approaching it in the Timeless State, he swung Dojigiri and Onikiri in succession at its right wing. To his surprise, the wing was extremely tough. Only after repeated slashes from both blades did he barely manage to sever half of it.
As half the wing fell root-first to the ground, Bingchi let out a piercing howl. A visible current of wind spiraled around it, becoming a gale that tore through everything in an instant.
When Shen Yuanyi activated his technique again, he found that whenever he approached Bingchi, he was blocked by a nearly solid "shield." It was not merely a protective layer formed by the storm; Bingchi's Cursed Energy was supporting it as well.
"Arrow of Time."
After driving both Cursed Blades into the ground, Shen Yuanyi drew Annihilation. The Cursed Energy he poured into it nearly reached the limit of the cursed tool, before the tightly compressed radiance suddenly burst free.
The storm surrounding Bingchi was forcibly torn open. Since he could not see its exact position, the attack merely left a crescent-shaped gap in its enormous body. The wound was perfectly clean, its flesh and blood simply gone.
Bingchi had