The silvery moonlight spilled over every corner of the mountainside.
Beneath the moonlight, a beautiful woman with long, cherry-blossom-pink hair stood outside a dilapidated shrine. She wore an outfit that was white on top and red on the bottom. It was simple, yet extremely pretty.
"Does it fit?"
Kikyo stepped out of the shrine and looked at Yae Sakura standing before her in the moonlight. It seemed to fit her quite well.
"Yeah, it fits pretty well."
At that, Yae Sakura turned her head. If not for the pair of ears that had appeared on top of her head, she would have looked just like a real shrine maiden.
Those long ears really spoiled the illusion.
"Good, I'm glad it fits! You can have this cloak. You barely have any demonic energy, so if you just cover your ears, no one should realize you're a Half-Demon."
As she spoke, Kikyo handed Yae Sakura a cloak she'd gotten from who knew where. Then... she turned around and headed back into the shrine.
"Thank you..."
Yae Sakura took the cloak and thanked Kikyo as she watched her walk away.
Kikyo paused at that, then continued back into the shrine.
Yae Sakura picked up the outfit she'd changed out of, the one belonging to Flame Sakitama. She wasn't about to throw it away; instead, she put it straight into her inventory.
Although it was already late at night, Yae Sakura wasn't sleepy at all. She eagerly examined the items in her inventory.
Just like in her account, it was crammed with weapons and Stigmata, as well as items she had no idea what to do with.
However... the weapons and Stigmata equipped by the Valkyries no longer appeared in the inventory, unlike in the game.
Only unequipped ones were there.
There was still one five-star katana in the inventory: the Void Blade!
Only Yae Sakura and Mei used katanas, and both of their characters basically had their own signature weapons.
The Void Blade was a spare. Sometimes it was more useful than the other weapons.
So she hadn't kept it equipped on any of the Valkyries.
Yae Sakura took out the Void Blade. It was a deep blue katana, its shape resembling two snakes biting each other's tails to form the symbol of infinity.
Now that she was out of the game, Yae Sakura wasn't sure whether the weapon still boosted her stats. But the difference between using a weapon and going without one was still huge.
And just like in the game, the weapon came with its own skills.
First, the Spirit Blade's ability...
Damage dealt to humans was reduced by fifty percent, while damage dealt to nonhuman creatures increased by one hundred percent.
The Spirit Blade could kill people, but it dealt much less damage to them. After all, it was a sacred blade worshipped by humans.
But against monsters, demons, and even gods, it doubled its wielder's damage.
Then there were the two skills it came with...
[Burning Cherry Chaos God]: Damage to divine beings increased by another two hundred and fifty percent. If the target had a Crimson Cherry Sword Qi mark, it would also be stunned.
If there was no mark, it would apply a Crimson Cherry mark instead.
The so-called Crimson Cherry mark was a trace of the sword qi inside Yae Sakura's body.
All of Yae Sakura's attacks carried sword qi. It only took a few slashes to leave a trace of it on an enemy.
With that trace of sword qi, Yae Sakura could become a nuclear-powered sword immortal and use Blade Counter!! The resulting damage was explosive.
Then there was the second skill...
[Rondo]: The Spirit Blade came with a sword qi wave. In Yae Sakura's hands, a single swing could unleash one without using any spiritual power.
However, the sword qi wave dealt more damage if she used her own spiritual power.
Combined with the Spirit Blade's own power, that was what the weapon could do outside the game.
In short, it was a blade for slaying demons and gods.
As Flame Sakitama's signature weapon, it was a weapon specifically made to fight "gods."
If the Spirit Blade was a weapon for fighting gods, then the Void Blade was an all-purpose weapon.
The Void Blade dealt the same damage to enemies of every race, and both of its skills directly increased damage.
[Ouroboros]: Creates an area that follows the wielder and slows time within it for a while, during which the wielder's attack power increases.
[Energy Devour]: A passive ability that devours part of an enemy's attack and converts it into increased attack power for the wielder.
Simple and straightforward...
Looks like... I... Yae Sakura, would be using two blades from now on.
Besides weapons and Stigmata, there were plenty of other items whose uses she didn't know.
For example, the thousands of Honkai Shards...
In the game, they could be exchanged for various things. But now...
[Honkai Shard]: This shard is filled with Honkai Energy.
That was the whole description. She had no idea what it was for.
Besides those items, the inventory also contained piles of instant noodles and mooncakes given to the Valkyries. She should be able to eat them directly!
There were also countless Hannah Stigmata in the inventory. She should be able to equip them on other people, right? Otherwise... she had no use for them at all.
"These coins... can I withdraw them?"
Looking at the number of coins—one hundred million...
That wasn't much in the game, but if it became one hundred million actual coins...
Yae Sakura hurriedly tried to withdraw five.
In the next instant... five gleaming gold coins, each about the size of a one-yuan coin, appeared in Yae Sakura's hand.
Three large characters, [MiHoYo], were displayed on the front of each coin, and a Homu face was on the back.
"Is this real gold?"
Yae Sakura hurriedly bit one... It left a tooth mark, and felt like pure gold...
At that moment, there was only one thought in Yae Sakura's mind: I'm rich...
The next morning...
After staying up all night and only resting with her eyes closed for a little while, Yae Sakura was already outside the shrine early in the morning, practicing her swordsmanship.
Falling Cherry Style!
Although she'd gained all of Yae Sakura's abilities, she was like someone who'd gotten rich overnight. She knew how to use them, but she still couldn't do so skillfully.
So "Yae Sakura" needed to practice more. She didn't have to reach the true Yae Sakura's mastery, but she still needed to use the techniques with skill.
Unlike the other two Yae Sakuras... Salt Yae and Ice Yae... Flame Sakitama wielded fire, while Goushinnso Memento wielded ice. Flame Sakitama didn't use any elemental damage. She relied only on her peerless swordsmanship.
Flame Sakitama's core damage came from the explosive power of Blade Counter.
Insane single-target damage!!
It mainly came down to using the Sakura marks and Blade Counter.
But... against most demons in this world, she didn't need Blade Counter at all. One slash would be enough to kill them.