Why Did This Happen?

Seeing that incredibly skillful slide-and-kneel... Little Dog's mouth twitched slightly. Then... he circled around to the side. Even so, he remained wary of Black Cat Person. After all, he'd been affected a little by Lin Yun's attitude.

He hadn't let his guard down around Black Cat Person at all.

If that Black Cat Person dared attack him, he'd open with a Wind Scar and cut him down... As for whether Noble Son might get caught in the attack, that wasn't his problem. Ahem, ahem.

But honestly, Little Dog clearly didn't think the Wind Scar he could use right now would hurt Noble Son enough to matter.

As for Black Cat Person attacking Noble Son?

One look at Noble Son's casual glance, and at how Black Cat Person's fur immediately stood on end, told you all you needed to know...

Besides, Noble Son clearly didn't like attacking someone who had already fallen to his knees and begged for mercy. It didn't suit his pride. Of course, he was confident enough in his own strength that he wasn't worried about being ambushed.

So he was even less likely to attack Black Cat Person. And that was how Black Cat Person managed to "easily" get past the two dogs and continue toward Lin Yun and the others.

Meanwhile, after Black Cat Person had passed them, Little Dog judged that he was close enough. He swung Tetsusaiga and called out, "Wind Scar."

Tetsusaiga rose high, gathering gusts of demonic wind, then came crashing down. Six trails of wind blasted toward the Leopard Cat Four Heavenly Kings.

They were incredibly fast.

Sister Blue Cat was fairly quick. Seeing the Wind Scar bearing down on her, she immediately used her ability to plant an ice spear in front of herself.

The spear rapidly froze, forming an