Qi Aura erupted around Uesugi Tetsu, directly shaking the shattered glass into glittering fragments.
Amid the cracking sounds from the ground beneath his feet, he shot toward Malakobako like a cannonball leaving the barrel.
Uesugi Tetsu stared at the motionless, diminutive demon and could not help laughing wildly at it. "Well, well. It really has been a long time!"
Despite saying that, Uesugi Tetsu remained wary of every strand of hair in the building, in case this was merely a flaw the other party had deliberately exposed.
Yet even after half a second had passed, when he reached Malakobako, the timid demon whose true form was a tanuki still made no move, as if it had been scared witless.
"You really are as timid as a mouse!"
Uesugi Tetsu continued mocking Malakobako. With the Greed, Anger, Ignorance skill, the more negative emotions—fear, anger, and the like—the enemy felt, the more damage he could deal.
So, mastering the art of trash talk was essential.
Kaga Kiyomitsu Replica appeared out of thin air in Uesugi Tetsu's hand.
The blade thrust forward, illuminating the dark, cavernous abandoned building like a ghastly white flash of lightning.
Only when its vision was filled with that streak of sword light did Malakobako realize in utter panic that the scene before its eyes was not an illusion, but reality!
Transform! Quickly, transform into something!
As Kaga Kiyomitsu Replica descended, Malakobako transformed without resistance into an identical Laughing Brahma with a wet puff.
The blade sank deep into the mask, drawing a shrill, agonized wail from Malakobako.
The immensely powerful Brahma thrashed wildly in the corner, easily smashing the surrounding concrete walls and even bending the steel rebar within them.
Unfortunately, none of this could shake Kaga Kiyomitsu Replica as it was steadily driven downward.
Having mastered the