Mei turned to see a fierce Geng Zhan Strike coming at her and hurriedly stomped the ground, leaping backward.
Even as she jumped back, she did not forget to hold her katana horizontally before her chest.
Using it to block the attack.
Crack—
"My body..."
Mei's pupils contracted. In that instant, she felt completely unable to move...
What was this?!
"Stopped... No, to be precise, I froze this space."
Sakura appeared once more and slowly walked toward Mei, answering her question.
Mei noticed that the katana in Sakura's hand was no longer Jizo-Mitama.
Instead, it was a Soul Steel katana wrapped in snowy wind, translucent and thin as ice.
"Spirit Blade: Cold Prison Ice Sky. That is this weapon's name."
Sakura sheathed the katana in the storage compartment behind her waist, then drew Jizo-Mitama from her hip.
"It's over, Miss Mei. You've los—"
Sakura stepped onto the spot where Mei had been standing, her pupils shrinking as she looked down.
A sizzling sound rang out.
Several faint red currents had somehow been buried beneath the ground.
Sakura could feel it.
It was an enormous amount of energy.
No.
Now, she had to...
Whoosh—
The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
Sakura instinctively sidestepped as a purple figure closed in within an instant.
"Don't even think about moving!" The Thunder Queen pulled Seven Thunders of Retribution from the ground and slashed!
Clang!
Purple currents ran along the blade and spread onto the Jizo-Mitama in Sakura's hand.
Then.
The Thunder Queen followed up with several more attacks, unleashing bolts of purple lightning.
Sakura's expression gradually darkened.
As purple lightning struck the ground.
The energy buried underground clearly became more violent.
She had fallen for it!
That was right. From the very beginning, Mei had never intended to fight Sakura