Boom!
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four puppets, good as new, stood atop the towering wooden frame with eerie grins on their faces.
Two of them gripped jade-white drumsticks and gradually increased the force with which they struck the bizarre drumhead, while the other two temporarily hid behind the Taiko, shaking brand-new bells.
Uesugi Tetsu looked back and found that the fragments of the shattered Taiko had vanished at some point. Even the komainu that had been tearing at the puppet in its mouth suddenly bit down on empty air.
The Taiko's muffled sound slowly swept through the mountain forest like a wave. In an instant, it caused the two komainu that tried to charge forward to burst apart, transforming them into straw and hemp cloth scattering across the sky.
The Taiko and puppets weren't the true bodies of Taiko Suzuki?
Uesugi Tetsu's gaze immediately locked onto the exquisite jade-white drumsticks held by the two puppets, which were clearly out of place amid their surroundings.
Could it be that those drumsticks are Taiko Suzuki's true bodies?!
"Che."
Who would have thought that a mere supernatural phenomenon that wasn't even human could possess so many schemes and clever tricks? Uesugi Tetsu had to admit that Taiko Suzuki's ploy had truly fooled him.
Though shaken until he spat out a mouthful of blood, there was not the slightest trace of retreat in Uesugi Tetsu's eyes.
Corona Breathing Technique, First Form!
Dense, scorching Internal Energy flowed through his body, rapidly clearing the stagnant blood and repairing his injuries.
Facing Taiko Suzuki's strange methods, Uesugi Tetsu preferred to proceed steadily and cautiously.
If he became more aggressive, he might fall into its trap again.
"Hee hee hee!"
"Cackle, cackle, cackle!"
The puppets let out chilling laughter as they struck the Taiko again and again,