"Cover Miss Sapphire Star!!" Gyomei Himejima's massive frame moved first, his enormous flail smashing viciously into the joints of the monster's supporting legs! "Stone Breathing, Third Form: Rock Skin!!"
"Understood!" Sanemi Shinazugawa moved like the wind, raising his blade to hack straight at the monster's supporting leg on the other side. "Wind Breathing, Sixth Form: Black Wind Mountain Mist!!"
"Serpent Breathing, Second Form: Narrow-Headed Poison Fang!!"
The three Hashira joined forces in a ferocious assault.
Faced with a combined attack powerful enough to gravely injure an Upper Rank, the monster simply stood there like an idiot with its forelimbs spread, letting the three Hashira strike. Their devastating attacks landed on its carapace, tearing away a huge section of its shell.
But the monster regenerated incredibly quickly, entirely unaffected by the Crimson Blades. The three Hashira's attacks sank into it like stones into the sea, gradually producing no more than rippling disturbances. In the end, they could only leave tiny cracks and chips, which visibly repaired themselves.
"This monster can adapt to our attacks and speed up its regeneration. Crimson Blades don't work on him!" Sanemi retreated a few steps, glaring at the monster in frustration.
The monster paid no attention whatsoever to the three Hashira's attacks! All its attention was fixed on Sapphire Star, who was charging straight at it.
"Eat my Iron Mountain Shoulder Charge!!" Sapphire Star shouted sharply, accelerating to her limit. She abruptly dropped her shoulder and twisted her hips, unleashing every ounce of her strength in an instant.
Like a train crashing into a mountainside, Sapphire Star slammed toward the monster's abdomen.
Faced with this terrifying human locomotive, the monster lightly pushed off the ground with its supporting legs.
Whoosh!
With a perfectly timed, last-second backward leap, the monster instantly shifted several meters back.
The Iron