Chapter 134
Yukina tried to deal with the "dog" type Erosion Entity as quickly as possible, but the skills she learned in training became clumsy when actually facing the Erosion Entity. The "dog" type Erosion Entity was very agile, and Yukina had to keep her distance from it, but she also had to make sure that it would not lose interest in her and instead attack the crowd behind her that had not yet completely evacuated.
This put Yukina in a dilemma.
She gritted her teeth and drew her bow again towards the already wounded "dog"-shaped Erosion Entity.
"I must get back to Naoko's side as soon as possible..."
Go help her!
The smoke and dust were swept away by the fierce wind and waves.
The girl knelt on the ground, which had been completely shattered, leaving a huge crater.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and a faint ripple appeared in her eyes as she stared straight at Efnir. In her gaze, there was more astonishment than anger toward her adversary.
"Strengthen."
She propped herself up on her arms, tilted her head back, and watched the figure attack once again.
A silver glint flashed beside Efnir, and the spear reappeared in her hands. Efnir gripped the spear with both hands and thrust it out like a cannonball. Even before the spear tip arrived, the girl felt the sharpness piercing her face as if it were a tangible object.
If one were to be pierced by this spear, even A-Rank Erosion Entity would be instantly pierced by the sharp spear tip.
The girl had to awkwardly step aside to avoid the attack, while simultaneously raising her hand just inches away.
In an instant, the wind surged, and Efnir narrowed her left eye, quickly taking a step back, kicking up sharp dust.
The next moment, the ground between the two, where Efnir had been standing, suddenly shattered, and dirt and broken floorboards were mercilessly torn away. But Efnir had already dodged the sudden attack and was not injured in the slightest.
At the same time, Efnir's spear pierced through the starlight and slammed down onto the ground.
The violent tremors spread outwards. The girl had just regained her footing when the ground in front of her, along with the spot where she was standing, exploded. Dust and mud robbed her of her vision and the feeling of solid ground beneath her feet.
Every living thing instinctively relies on its own two feet.
It relies on the support from the solid ground.
Therefore, when a foothold is suddenly taken away, the body will lose its balance for a moment, and the fighting stance will be disrupted.
The girl was the same; the sudden loss of balance caused her to lose control of her body in an instant. Realizing something was wrong, she instinctively raised her hand, and a blue light screen rose in front of her.
But Efnir's figure had already passed through the effective distance she could cover.
"The same trick won't work after three uses."
The girl met Efnir's cold, crimson eyes.
"--!!"
A swift punch shattered the sound barrier, passing between the girl's hastily defending arms and landing on her chest.
The impact exploded within her body, tearing a large hole in the girl's clothes and hood from behind. A violent gust of wind arrived a moment too late, howling and whipping up the girl's hair.
The girl let out a muffled groan, blood gushing from her mouth and nose. Her body was sent flying like a sandbag by the immense force, smashing the decorative fountain standing by the square to pieces.
Water splashed high into the air, and at the same time, a silver light flashed in Efnir's hand as she spun around and leaped high into the air.
Efnir's clothes were completely stained with blood.
That wasn't just the girl's blood; it was more... Efnir's own blood. Due to the repeated bursts of power, Efnir's old wounds ruptured, and the excruciating pain stripped away Efnir strength.
But she knew that the girl wouldn't be rendered incapable of acting by such an attack.
She stared intently at the girl's slowly rising figure in the fountain, her eyes narrowed, the light from the Stairway beneath her feet flashing. Efnir bent her body slightly, using the power that condensed in her legs and waist and transmitted to her arms, she hurled the spear like lightning.
Bang--
A heavy, deafening roar erupted, and from the fountain where the girl was located, huge Fracture spread out like a spider web. Waves of water were whipped up and pushed aside by the gale, and shockwaves swept away the shattered stones layer by layer.
The fountain had dried up, the cables underneath crackled, and layers of mist were pushed aside by the wind and waves, revealing the girl's figure.
Her hands gripped the spear tightly, but the tip had already pierced through her waist, pinning her to the ground, and blood stained half of her body.
But she merely watched Efnir leap from the sky, her fingers twitching slightly. An invisible force pulled her body to her feet, and the spear was slowly pulled from the ground. Arcs of electricity surged across her skin, but they had no effect on her whatsoever.
Efnir was breathing heavily, staring intently at the girl.
At that moment, a water-colored light suddenly pierced the air, and as the girl raised her hand to unfold the light screen, an arrow flashing with a dazzling blue light was embedded in the center of the light screen.
"... Yukina?"
Efnir breathed heavily, her gaze sweeping across dozens of meters. On the other side of the light, a figure in a pale blue robe stood upright atop the monument, the bowstring in her hand vibrating.
Yukina also saw Efnir.
"Naoko..."
Yukina saw Efnir covered in blood, and stood there stunned, tears welling up in her downcast eyes.
"Ah--!!"
Her voice was ripped apart and distorted, and Yukina's crimson pupils were filled with blood. The next second, she hooked the bowstring between her fingers once again, and water-colored light spots flashed around her, condensing inch by inch into arrows between her fingers.
Yukina turned her bloodthirsty gaze toward the girl.
"I'm going to kill you! Absolutely!!"
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194. Siege
The azure beam of light gradually condensed.
"I'll kill you!!"
Yukina screamed, her eyes, filled with resentment, fixed on the hooded girl. Her fingers curled slightly, and the aquamarine longbow bent like a cheetah poised to pounce. Sharp arrows quickly materialized on the bowstring as it unfurled.
"Go to hell!"
In an instant, the dazzling water streaked across the sky, transforming into arrows flying at high speed, like swooping falcons, and violently colliding with the light screen in front of the hooded girl.
The air was torn apart, and the howling wind raged across the empty square. Countless pebbles were swept up and thrown into the air by the wind pressure, and each of the dazzling arrows shattered like fireworks piercing the sky in front of the hooded girl.
Yukina fired nine arrows in succession, each arrow weakening the light barrier set up by the hooded girl by a fraction, until the light barrier Fracture like a mirror.
The hooded girl frowned slightly, raised one hand, and then suddenly pressed it down. An invisible force blocked the last two arrows in mid-air, forcefully deflecting their trajectories toward the ground.
A piercing cracking sound echoed through the air, and the hooded girl raised her hand towards Yukina.
In an instant, the stone tablet beneath Yukina's feet suddenly exploded, countless fragments were crushed into dust, and Yukina, unable to dodge in time, let out a muffled groan, her arrow went astray, and her figure fell into the distance.
"Your opponent is here!"
In that instant, a dazzling silver spear appeared in the corner of the hooded girl's vision.
It's Efnir.
The hooded girl's expression hardened slightly, and she quickly shifted her target. In an instant, the light screen and silver light flashed simultaneously, then were torn apart inch by inch by the sharp blade of the spear.
The girl reached out and pushed hard, the immense force shoving the spear aside.
As the trajectory of the spear was forcibly twisted by an invisible force, Efnir's figure appeared in front of the girl.
Before the girl could react, or even raise her hand to protect her head, Efnir's heel pierced the sound barrier, sweeping across and slamming into her cheek.
Bang--
A dull thud echoed through the rising debris, and a visible shockwave emanated from Efnir and the girl, sending countless specks of dust billowing up like waves. The shattered fountain pool was completely destroyed, and spiderweb-like Fracture spread several meters away.
Half of the girl's cheek was sunken into the ground, and glaring blood oozed from the corner of her tightly closed eyes.
Efnir followed closely behind, a silver spear appearing in Efnir hand. She swiftly thrust it out, attempting to sever the girl's arms, but at the same time, the girl pressed her palms together. In an instant, a surge of wind rushed in, and a tremendous force overwhelmed her, pushing aside the deadly spear and fiercely attacking Efnir.
"Tsk... Troublesome!"
Efnir abruptly withdrew her strength, shattering the Stairway beneath her feet. In an instant, she fired three shots while nimbly retreating. Several strands of her hair were torn off by the violent gust of wind, and the ground beneath her feet churned up like ocean waves, which Efnir narrowly avoided.
The tip of the gun drew sparks from the ground as Efnir steadied herself ten meters in front of the girl.
But by this time, Efnir was covered in blood, the blood seeping from her waist and shoulders making her magnificent battle suit look grotesque and terrifying.
Efnir felt as if her legs were filled with lead, so heavy that she could not move.
She was like a puppet with its strings cut, unable to stand steadily.
She was panting as she watched the hooded girl slowly get up from the ground.
The hooded girl was protected by a bright blue light barrier, coughing up blood. There was a bloody hole in her waist, half of her face was covered in blood, one eye was tightly closed, and blood kept seeping from the corner of her eye. Her dirty white robe was completely stained with blood.
Compared to Efnir, she wasn't having an easy time either.
She coughed up blood and raised her hand to Efnir, but at that moment, a sudden whooshing sound rang out, and a blinding aquatic light descended once more, striking the light screen and exploding with a heart-stopping roar.
The hooded girl raised her blood-stained eyelashes in surprise. Beyond her line of sight, a figure in water-colored robes crouched amidst the rubble, raising a longbow to her.
With a trickle of bright red blood at the corner of her mouth, Yukina drew back the bowstring once more.
"You're not allowed to hurt her!!"
The hoarse shout transformed into ripples of water, and a blinding silver light flashed on the bowstring as dawn broke.
Boom--
This time, the shockwave exploded simultaneously behind the light screen and the hooded girl.
The dazzling starlight burst forth once more, and the hooded girl took a step back, her eyes widening—a large hole had been ripped open in the light barrier in front of her, and a water-colored arrow left a blinding trail of light on the ground behind her. Her raised palm, along with her shoulder, was mercilessly pierced by this attack, and the fabric on her arm was torn to shreds by the fierce wind of the arrow, with large plumes of blood mist rising into the air.
If she hadn't realized the danger at the last second and forcefully reversed the trajectory of the arrow, it would have pierced her heart.
But she's still not having a good time.
With her arm almost unable to lift again, she could only sidestep, awkwardly dodging the successive attacks of the aquamarine arrows, and then raise her other hand to once again construct a light barrier to protect herself.
"Naoko! Naoko, are you alright?!"
Yukina appeared in front of Efnir, shielding Efnir behind her. She drew her longbow once more and fired another arrow. Her relentless attacks gave the hooded girl no chance to breathe. Each of her attacks left ripples on the light barrier set up by the hooded girl, who simply raised her hand to maintain the barrier and counter Yukina's onslaught.
But after a few arrows were fired, Yukina paused, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the water-colored sharpness on the arrows dimmed in an instant, almost going out.
Yukina had been undergoing intense training with Efnir all day, experiencing a battle against Erosion Entity, and then being hit by the hooded girl's attack. The exhaustion and excruciating pain were tearing at her nerves. The fierce attack just now was the maximum she could do. Due to her injuries and physical fatigue, Yukina was already on the verge of collapse.
Yukina's condition was not optimistic, and Efnir understood this clearly.
"I'm fine..."
Efnir's voice was hoarse. The continuous high-intensity battle had caused Efnir old injuries to rupture and her stamina to be greatly depleted. For Efnir, this was undoubtedly a very difficult moment.
But we absolutely cannot let Yukina be put in danger.
She mustered her strength, steadied herself with her spear, and stood before the weakened Yukina.
"Yukina, step back... keep your distance from the target..."
"Efnir! Can you hear me!"
At the same time, due to the collapse of the Erosion Disaster, communication with headquarters was finally re-established, and Masaki Hina's voice appeared in the combat communications.
"Special Disaster Division reinforcements are arriving soon, Efnir. You can no longer fight. Retreat immediately and leave this to us."
In the distance, two armed helicopters appeared on the edge of the horizon.
"Senior Efnir! I'm here to assist you!"
Futaba Erii has been handed over to the medical staff for evacuation, Furan has also arrived.
195. Silver Curtain
Furan stood guard in front of Efnir and Yukina, gripping her weapon tightly and keeping a close watch on what lay ahead.
"Yukina, you need to leave this area and keep your distance from the target..."
Efnir gave orders to Yukina.