To the west of the village, Mitsuri had been steadily slashing the fragments apart when she suddenly felt an immense pressure behind her. Without hesitation, she swung her flexible blade at it.
Her opponent dodged while absorbing every scrap of Sekido's and Karaku's flesh.
"What are you doing? Don't run!" In the moment Mitsuri stood stunned, he ran over to absorb Aizetsu, who had regenerated half his body.
"Ah! I don't want to die! Help..." Unable to offer the slightest resistance, he only managed a wail before being completely absorbed.
"Love Breathing-First Form: First Love's Tremble!"
Mitsuri decided she couldn't let him keep absorbing them and launched a charging slash.
But he paid her no heed. He merely gave her an indifferent glance and leaped high into the air to evade her...
"Damn it, get away from me!" The birdman Urogi, arriving late, changed direction in midair and tried to flee.
He barely flew a couple of paces before his opponent seized his head in an iron grip and absorbed him too.
Two S-shaped bone clubs emerged from his palms. Turning into a cloud of black mist, he darted away and appeared behind Obanai a second later.
"Watch out!!!" Seeing this, Mitsuri could only run toward him and shout a warning.
Obanai didn't flee. Instead, he turned counterclockwise and unleashed "Serpent Breathing-First Form: Meandering Serpent Slash!"
Thump! A bone club struck, and he was blasted away...
Coughing up a mouthful of blood, Obanai hastily adjusted his posture in midair and landed safely.
Smoke engulfed a hundred-meter radius. Before it could disperse, four enormous dragon heads burst out of it, heading straight for the two of them.
Just then, three figures swept past, slicing three of the dragon heads to pieces.
Obanai destroyed the remaining one.
Boom!
The smoke cleared, revealing