Black Jade's soul attack might truly have wounded the souls of ordinary great demons, but it was nothing worth mentioning to Yae Sakura...
Her soul had long since reached the level of an "immortal" in the world of Eastern Gensokyo. Moreover, she was an immortal cultivated purely through the soul itself—perhaps she ought to be called a "ghost immortal"?
"You're fine? How could that be...?"
After the soul spike struck Yae Sakura, the consciousness within Black Jade had watched the long-eared fox demon with lofty superiority, waiting to see her soul suffer grievous damage.
Yet Yae Sakura before him refused to cooperate at all. Aside from crying out involuntarily at first, she had made no further sound.
"Unfortunately, the soul arts you pride yourself on are merely this much to me. Now... you can experience the pain of the soul as well."
"What are you going to do?!"
"You'll know soon enough."
Without wasting any more words, Yae Sakura gripped the Black Jade before her... The power of her own soul began forcibly erasing the soul imprint on the jade.
This Black Jade contained many safeguards. They were likely not merely meant to prevent it from being lost or stolen. Even a demon who possessed the same ability to absorb Four Souls might fall into his trap if they tried to directly consume the Four Souls within this jade.
But now, Yae Sakura forcibly removed every safeguard he had left upon it. As a scream rang out, the soul imprint the savage panther demon... Panther King had left on the jade was completely erased by Yae Sakura.
"Arghhh! Just you wait, long-eared Half-Demon. I'll remember you!"
At that moment, inside an enormous cave somewhere in the Western Lands, the Panther Demon Lord Panther King, who had been consuming the