"You're getting picky now?"
Ging released Bai Zhu's collar and tossed him behind a broken wall.
Several feather arrows slanted into the spot where they had been standing. Golden particles wrapped around the shafts, causing the ground to sink continuously as cracks quickly spread toward the street.
"Every feather carries a corrosive Nen flow."
Ging picked up half a brick and threw it into the deep trench.
Before the brick hit the ground, it crumbled into powder. Even the lingering Nen attached to it was ground away.
"If you stay there, not even your spirit body will remain. Changing positions is the easiest solution."
Bai Zhu crawled out of the rubble and brushed stone chips from his collar.
"Couldn't you put me beside the altar?"
"I could."
"Then why did you put me here?"
"To let you live a few more minutes."
"Why does that sound so wrong coming from you?"
The sound of bones grinding came from the center of the city.
Hecatos pushed itself up, its bone wings spreading to either side as it let out a piercing cry.
Its enormous wingspan cast a vast shadow over the city, making it look exactly like a waking dragon.
Every feather on its body stood on end, gleaming with a metallic sheen.
Ging looked up at the enormous crow before him and instinctively blurted, "Holy shit!"
Just then, a feather arrow nailed itself into the eastern stone wall.
Its shaft sank into the ground, and its feathers naturally turned into mirrors. The next instant, a new feather actually emerged from the feathers behind Bai Zhu.
Ging kicked him away.
The feather arrow grazed the Asauchi, immediately leaving a notch in the blade.
Bai Zhu rolled into a street corner, clutching his sword.
"Now the whole city is covered in its