Severely Wounding Long Gu Jing, Purifying the Four Souls Jewel

At the top of the cliff, the wind howled like blades.

Long Gu Jing lowered his head and looked at the young Miko before him, his vertical pupil filled with mockery and contempt.

"Destroy it?"

His voice was hoarse and deep, like grinding gravel, carrying disdain that seemed to rise from his very bones.

"Little girl, do you know what you're saying?"

Suiko did not answer.

She merely tightened her grip on the sword hilt, raised her head, and looked past Long Gu Jing's massive body at the two thousand demon soldiers behind him.

Some of those demons were Bear Demons, some Snake Demons, and some Wolf Demons, all radiating a thick stench of blood.

Their eyes held greed, fanaticism, and fear.

Suiko took a deep breath.

"I'll ask one more time."

Her voice was not loud, yet it clearly reached every demon's ears.

"Are you really going to follow him to your deaths?"

The demon soldiers looked at one another, then broke into scornful laughter.

"Little brat, you sure talk big!"

"Coming here alone? You must be insane!"

"My lord, let me tear her apart!"

"..."

Long Gu Jing raised a hand, stopping the restless demon soldiers behind him.

He looked at Suiko with interest, like a cat watching a mouse that did not know its place.

"Interesting. You've got some nerve."

He paused, a cold glint flashing through his vertical pupil.

"But do you think you're Chiyo?"

"You think you can fight me alone?"

Suiko was not cowed by his imposing presence.

She slowly drew the sword at her waist, its blade gleaming with a cold sheen beneath the sunlight.

"Alone is enough."

Long Gu Jing burst out laughing.

His laughter boomed like thunder, shaking loose pebbles from the cliff.

"Good! What a foolhardy little girl!"

He suddenly