Miko Kanade Hime; Four Battle Gods

Penglai Island shook ever more violently.

The demons pouring from the breach in the barrier at the island's center were like floodwaters bursting through a collapsed dam, so numerous they nearly blotted out the sky.

They came in all shapes and forms.

There were fish demons clad in scales, flying demons with wings, and mountain monsters as huge as small hills.

Every pair of eyes burned with greed and bloodlust, their targets fixed on the terrified half-demon children on the island.

Just as the foremost demons were about to set foot on the island.

A pure white figure suddenly appeared along the shore.

She was a woman of around twenty, dressed in a plain white miko robe beneath a light purple haori.

Her ink-black hair streamed in the demonic wind. A red headband was tied around her forehead, with a gleaming gemstone set at its center.

She held an ancient-looking longsword, its blade entirely silver-white, its hilt wrapped in layers of sealing talismans.

She was Penglai Island's guardian miko.

Kanade Hime.

"Stand back!"

Kanade Hime's voice was cold as ice, yet carried unquestionable authority.

She held her sword in her right hand and formed a seal with her left, astonishing Spiritual Power erupting around her.

That Spiritual Power was as pure as moonlight, but the instant it touched the air, it transformed into countless hair-thin blades of light that shot toward the demon horde like a torrential downpour!

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Wherever the light blades passed, demon screams rose one after another.

The dozens of demons charging at the front were instantly pierced through. Under the purifying power, their bodies rapidly disintegrated into ashes that scattered away.

But there were simply too many demons.

More demons from behind trampled over their companions' corpses and continued charging. Their eyes held