Pain.
Pain that seeped into her bones.
As if all her organs had been ripped out and every bone in her body had been pulled free, unbearable agony swept through Maki's entire body, forcing a scream from her lips.
That terrifying Dragon Breath had inflicted tremendous damage upon the Demon Spirit.
"Ugh! Aaaahhh!"
Maki lay sprawled across the ground, wailing in agony. The severed ends where both her feet and one hand had been vaporized were not bleeding. Instead, they looked as though they had been scorched black, a horrifying charred color.
Perhaps that was the only thing Maki could count herself lucky for.
Otherwise, with wounds this severe, blood loss alone might have killed her.
But Maki did not feel fortunate in the slightest.
This was simply a nightmare.
A nightmare she could not accept.
In less than an instant, both her feet and one hand had vanished completely. How could Maki possibly accept that?
But this was the outcome she deserved.
"You still managed to dodge part of it?"
Aiyi flapped her pair of dragon wings as she descended above Maki. Looking down at Maki's ruined body, she spoke mercilessly.
"I should've used a little more strength."
Naturally, that attack had not been Aiyi's full power.
If Aiyi had unleashed Dragon Breath at full force, forget a single mountain—even this entire Taiger Forest would have been vaporized.
It was because Aiyi had held back that Maki had been given a chance to narrowly evade it.
"Ugh! Ughhh! Aah...!"
Maki looked at Aiyi hovering above her and felt the pressure and killing intent around her, neither of which had weakened in the slightest. She swallowed back her wails and screams.
After all, she no longer had the strength for them.
If she wanted to survive in the hands of