Crimson-Eyed Flame-Haired Killer

"Laugh----!"

With a faint whooshing sound, a fiery red figure suddenly flashed over, descended from the sky, and darted among a group of pounced puppets before landing on the ground.

That position was right in front of Fang Li.

Therefore, Fang Li was the first to see it.

I saw a head of fiery red hair.

Immediately, a youthful yet authoritative voice rang out.

"So they were just a bunch of phosphorus particles after all?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yanfa's owner moved.

"Call----!"

A scorching wind howled around him.

That was the sound of fire powder, carrying a scorching heat, dancing in the air.

Enveloped in this sea of fiery powder, the owner of the Flame Hair slowly raised a hand.

In that hand, a large katana was being tightly gripped.

A large katana engulfed in flames.

Wielding such a large katana, the owner of the Flame Hair charged out like a bullet, heading straight for a doll.

"Pfft—!"

A clean and decisive slash was unleashed from his hand, cleaving the puppet in two.

That strike was like a meteor of fire, leaving only a faint reddish-brown mark in the air before severing the puppet in two.

Immediately afterwards, the owner of the Flame Hair, covered in flying fire powder, darted toward another doll at a speed comparable to a bullet.

"Pfft—!"

The blazing greatsword once again cleaved the doll in two.

"Pfft—Pfft—Pfft—!"

With physical abilities far surpassing those of the surrounding puppets, Yanfa, like a streak of light, darted towards the onrushing puppets, his greatsword slashing through the space, leaving trails of flames in the crimson air.

To be honest, even to put it nicely, that swordsmanship wasn't exactly exquisite.

At least, compared to Ayato Amagiri's Amagiri Shinmei Style swordsmanship and Kiririn Ditou's Ditou Style swordsmanship, the trajectory of the greatsword being swung in front of Fang Li was far too straightforward and could not be described as exquisite at all.

However, this seemingly simple slash displayed a power and decisiveness that even the most exquisite swordsmanship could not achieve.

Under such circumstances, combined with his powerful physical skills, the fire-haired warrior was like a passing typhoon, a streak of fiery red light, flashing around and killing the puppets that rushed towards him on the spot.

It sounds complicated, but in reality, the whole process didn't even take a few seconds.

From the moment the puppet army charged towards the Fang Li to the moment the fiery warrior made his dashing entrance, swiftly and decisively slaying each of the attacking puppets who were still in mid-air and hadn't yet hit the ground, how could this process possibly take too long?

By the time the last doll was slain by the flaming greatsword, the owner of the Flame Hair had already appeared behind Fang Li.

"Call----!"

Fire powder, like the wind, danced around the other person, seemingly falling from that conspicuous head of fiery hair.

"Laugh----!"

The greatsword, its tip hanging low, was only a few centimeters from the ground. The flames burning on it left a faint charred mark on the grass, emitting pungent smoke.

Fang Li could feel the intense heat behind him.

Although the temperature wasn't as high as that of the Black Furnace Demon Sword, which could withstand anything, it still possessed a powerful aura.

Fang Li slowly turned around and looked behind him.

The next second, the full appearance of the newcomer finally came into Fang Li's view.

It was a young girl.

A girl who looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.

The girl was very petite.

He was wearing a jet-black coat.

He held a large katana engulfed in flames.

Scorching hot powder danced all around him.

A head of inflamed hair fluttered in the air.

Her clothes billowed in the air.

Such a majestic young girl stood before Fang Li at this moment, slowly raising her head.

His eyes were a fiery red, like burning flames.

Inflammation.

Burning eyes.

"Flame Haze Warrior..."

Those are warriors who exist to defeat the Crimson Realm Denizens disrupt the balance of the world.

In the Crimson World, not all "disciples" act according to their own desires.

Among them, some "disciples" were prepared for the worst, believing that the rampant behavior of their kind in the Real World would eventually break the balance between the Real World and the Crimson World, thus affecting the existence of the Crimson World. Therefore, they had the idea of punishing those who acted recklessly.

However, the manifestation of Crimson Realm Denizens in the Real World requires a large amount of Power of Existence, which can only be obtained by devouring humans.

In order to avoid following the same path as their kind, the particularly powerful among these "disciples" form contracts with humans, providing their power to their contractors in order to achieve the goal of eliminating their own kind and maintaining balance.

Humans who form contracts with these "disciples" will become containers for their contracted counterparts, sacrificing their own past, present, and future existence. This allows powerful "disciples" to reside within them, granting them power to fight against the Crimson Realm Denizens run rampant in the Real World.

These are Flame Haze Warrior.

The girl in front of me is a Flame Haze Warrior.

Moreover, these were Flame Haze Warrior that Fang Li clearly knew.

The reason is quite simple.

The other person is the female protagonist of "Shakugan no Shana".

"The Crimson-Eyed Flame-Haired Killer" — Shana.

The girl with flaming hair and burning eyes stood with her back to Fang Li, seemingly unaware that there was another living person present, and suddenly spoke.

"Alastor, what do you think?"

The girl had barely finished speaking when a voice responded to her.

"As expected, it's just a simple phosphorus particle."

This voice, unlike the girl's tender yet dignified voice, was a steady and deep male voice.

The sound came from a pendant hanging around the girl's neck.

It was a pendant inlaid with sparkling gemstones, its entire body a deep crimson color.

From within the pendant, a being known as Alastor spoke.

"However, with so many phosphorus particles, it seems the 'disciples' who created them possess considerable power. We'll have to be careful this time."

Upon hearing this, the fiery-haired, scorching-eyed girl replied without hesitation, "Don't worry, I will defeat him."

There was no confidence in his voice; it was just a matter-of-fact statement.

Clearly, for this girl, the strength of the target she needed to defeat was not a factor that could change her course of action.

No matter how strong the opponent is, there is only one thing the girl should do.

That is to launch a punitive expedition.

"So..."

The next second, the fiery-haired, scorching-eyed girl turned her flame-like eyes to Fang Li.

"And what's wrong with this human?"