Doma's Mystic Ice Bodhisattva slammed its palm down hard toward Chinatsu and Inosuke. With a deafening crash, countless glittering shards of ice filled the air.
As the visible layer of mist dispersed, Chinatsu and Inosuke appeared on opposite sides of the Mystic Ice Bodhisattva's palm where it had struck the ground.
Chinatsu was crouching, while Inosuke lay half on his side, clutching his stomach with both hands. Beneath his boar mask, his face twitched slightly.
That wasn't from being hit by Doma's Mystic Ice Bodhisattva. Just before its palm struck them, Chinatsu had instinctively kicked Inosuke in the stomach before moving herself, sending him flying out of its attack range.
Uh... I might have kicked a little too hard... but that was still much better than getting flattened by that palm!
Looking at Inosuke clutching his stomach across from her, Chinatsu cleared her throat somewhat awkwardly.
Then Inosuke suddenly froze and hurriedly pulled one hand away from his stomach to cover his nose and mouth.
"Mmph mmph mmph mmph mmph mmph! (Big Sis! There seems to be something in the air!!!)" Inosuke shouted to Chinatsu in a language no human could possibly understand.
Although Chinatsu couldn't understand his words, she understood what he meant. She turned her head slightly to look at Doma, who stood smiling nearby, and the tiny ice particles suspended in the air around them.
Doma's Blood Demon Art was "ice." He condensed his own demon moon into ice crystals, then swept them out with the Golden Iron Fan in his hand to form all sorts of Ice Creations.
When his ice touched an ordinary person's skin, it instantly caused frostbite and could even freeze them into an ice sculpture. If the crystals entered someone's lungs, they began damaging them from within, making breathing difficult until the