The Reunion of Three; Battle Against the Flying Moth Demon Leader

After the battle at Soul-Splitting Ravine, Princess Lingyue used the "Moon Radiance Reflecting World Mirror" as a feint, deceiving Night Hunt and the other three Great Demons who had surrounded her.

She knew the mirror formation could not hold them for long. She had to cross the most dangerous poisonous miasma swamp before they realized what had happened.

Purple Demonic Power formed a thin, cicada-wing-like barrier around her, isolating the deadly poisonous miasma permeating the swamp.

Her speed did not slow. Instead, empowered by the Power of Moon Radiance, she became thirty percent faster.

The Calming Heart Bell in her arms trembled more and more violently, nearly bursting from its pouch.

Clearly, Chiyo's situation was far from encouraging.

"Hold on... You have to wait for me..."

Princess Lingyue bit through her tongue, letting a drop of blood containing royal blood essence fall onto the Calming Heart Bell.

The cracks on the bell instantly healed by more than half, and its trembling eased somewhat. Yet that sense of imminent destruction remained.

She had to be faster!

Eastern Battlefield, temporary camp.

Toga sat cross-legged atop a massive boulder, regulating his breathing. Tetsusaiga lay across his knees, the bloody patterns on its blade dim and lifeless.

The wound on his shoulder had barely been sealed with Demonic Power, but the bone poison that had entered his body was still slowly corroding his meridians.

"My lord, the scouting team has reported that the Moth Demon army is gathering. Their numbers are at least ten times ours."

A Wolf Demon commander knelt on one knee, his voice hoarse.

Toga opened his eyes, bloodshot veins filling his golden Vertical Pupils.

"Still no news from Chiyo...?"

"No. It has been an entire day since he infiltrated enemy territory. He should have returned according to the plan. I