"The Sword God of Japan."
"I hadn't expected to meet you here."
Looking at the corpses of Mutated Beasts strewn across the land in the distance, as well as the woman in swordsman attire holding a long blade, Neptune wore an intrigued expression.
As one of the Three Gods of Japan and the nominal First Sequence, Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming was now a symbol of Japan. Naturally, he could not possibly fail to recognize her.
The reason he had appeared here was also because he had caught the thick scent of blood in the air. He had thought some nation's reinforcements were battling Mutated Beasts, but he had not expected there to be only one person.
However, with her strength, a horde of Mutated Beasts led by creatures no stronger than the Second Sequence naturally could not have been her match.
But compared to Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming's strength, he was more curious about the weapon in her hand.
If nothing unexpected had happened, it should have been the God-Given Item she had obtained according to rumor—the Cursed Blade Murasame, with its One-Hit Kill trait.
Its killing intent was indeed unusually heavy. Even he could sense a trace of threat from it.
But as he had said before, no matter how powerful a weapon was, it had to strike someone to be effective. Lighthouse did not lack ways to deal with opponents like this.
"Lighthouse's reinforcements arrived later than I expected."
Sacred Cherry Blossom: Ming spoke indifferently, then continued her previous action, inserting the Cursed Blade Murasame into a Mutated Beast's body and plundering its blood, turning it into nourishment for both Murasame and her own growth.
She did not deliberately conceal this ability of Murasame.
There was no need.
It was not only because, in this special era, no