Squelch. Squelch.
The sound of two Heavenly Prison Fire Swords piercing through bodies rang out.
After Matsuru Noyaku evaded the attack a step ahead of time, the Kusagakure higher-ups originally standing behind him were the ones who suffered.
The Heavenly Prison Fire Sword thrown by Mui first pierced through Lord Rabbit's stomach, then its tremendous force skewered Lord Tiger behind him as well.
The scene was like threading candied hawthorn skewers!
Unfortunately, with large amounts of blood pouring from Lord Rabbit and Lord Tiger's chests, it looked incomparably bloody.
"Ugh—"
"M-Mui-sama, wh-why?"
Even as they died, their eyes were filled with confusion.
Mui had changed too quickly—so quickly that they had not even mentally prepared themselves to become his enemies!
Whoosh. Whoosh.
Before Mui could answer Lord Tiger's dying question, the corpses of Lord Sheep and Lord Tiger began burning directly.
The other Kusagakure higher-ups beside them were startled by the sight and hurriedly backed far away from them.
Before long, Lord Tiger and Lord Rabbit had been burned into charcoal.
At that moment, none of the Kusagakure higher-ups who had just accused Mui spoke again.
Gulp.
The sounds of people swallowing rose one after another.
Only now did they remember that not only was Hozuki Castle Mui's territory, but his strength far surpassed any one of theirs!
For a moment, as they looked at the two companions who had died at Mui's hands, the remaining Kusagakure higher-ups began to think of retreating.
They knew full well how vast the gap in strength between themselves and Mui was. On top of that, the prison guards in Hozuki Castle obeyed Mui's orders, so every one of them was already thinking of escaping from Hozuki Castle.
However, one person was unwilling to accept this.
That person was Matsuru Noyaku, the village chief