Fluffy brown hair drifted unsteadily through the green ocean, like a clump of waterweed carried by the current.
A Mantis Demon brandished an enormous cleaver, its wings beating as it descended from the sky. As it passed that clump of "waterweed," its scarlet giant eye shifted, noticing this speck of "impurity" within its field of vision, and the long blade in hand slashed down with the motion.
The black blade cut through the air with a faint whistle and a visible afterimage, falling upon that clump of "waterweed."
But contrary to the Mantis Demon's expectations, the blade met no resistance at all. It was like cutting through a cluster of bubbles, easily severing the thick willow branches beneath that clump of "waterweed" into several pieces.
That clump of "waterweed," however, silently appeared dozens of meters away from the Mantis Demon. As though nothing had happened, it continued swaying forward.
A dangerous glint flashed through the Mantis Demon's scarlet giant eye.
On this battlefield, nothing was more abundant than the brutality and urge to destroy everything that welled up from the deepest depths of every heart—whether demon or wizard.
It let out a shrill howl, leaped forward, and in a single step arrived above that mass of fluffy brown hair. Its long blade danced, its tip carrying a trace of an aura that could annihilate everything, while a layer of Amaterasu Flame ignited along the black edge. It was a flame that could burn souls and would never be extinguished before a soul returned to The Void.
This strike was the Mantis Demon's all-out attack.
Just as the black blade was about to fall on that brown hair, a streak of golden light suddenly appeared beneath it. With a lift, a turn, and a sweep, it sent the black blade flying