Chinatsu's current state was truly difficult to put into words, but one thing was certain: Zohakuten was no longer an opponent capable of standing in her way.
With that thought, Chinatsu turned her head slightly and glanced at Zohakuten a short distance behind her. Under her gaze, he involuntarily shuddered. Cold sweat trickled down his face, and his body went into an abnormally heightened state of alert.
Am I... afraid of this woman?
Not because they outnumber me, but simply because I'm afraid of this one woman?!
Zohakuten could hardly believe his own reaction. He swallowed hard and took a deep breath. The moment Chinatsu approached, he would unleash Fierce Pressure Resonance Wave without hesitation.
But just as Zohakuten grew so nervous that tears welled up in his eyes, a look of contempt appeared on Chinatsu's face as she watched him. After a faint smile, she actually turned her head back, leaving her back to him as she continued looking toward Hantengu's Main Body.
What does that mean? Is she looking down on me?
A mere human!!!
Veins bulged across Zohakuten's face. He hammered his drumsticks against the drums on his back as though trying to smash them to pieces.
BOOM!!!
A drumbeat louder than any before rang out. Mitsuri and the others tensed. In the next instant, a Wooden Dragon even larger than the usual ones erupted from the ground, opened its enormous, vicious maw, and lunged at Chinatsu.
"Go and-"
Whoosh!
A flash of blazing fire filled Zohakuten's eyes, blocking his vision. When the flames vanished, the Wooden Dragon he had just summoned had been cleaved lengthwise in two, and both halves crashed heavily to the ground.
It had all happened so suddenly, so unbelievably. Zohakuten stared blankly at his bisected Wooden Dragon and fell silent.
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