The demon did not pursue them. Instead, he stood where he was, studying the two with interest.
"You two are sisters, aren't you?"
"And those are both Breathing Styles I've never seen before... interesting."
Even demons grew excited when faced with rare food.
"Come on, show me what else you can do."
With that, his figure vanished into thin air again.
And somewhere out of their sight, he stacked another application of his acceleration Blood Demon Art.
Almost instantly, he slipped behind them without a sound.
He flung a barrage of air blades at Shinobu Kocho while swinging a fist hard at Kanae.
At the last moment, Kanae located him by sound, turned, and blocked the attack.
Shinobu Kocho pushed Total Concentration to its fullest, rapidly swinging her blade to intercept the incoming air blades.
Compared to a Samurai Sword as thin as a cicada's wing,
the Military Spike Xia Xi had forged, with its triangular cross section, was far sturdier.
Its edge showed no sign of chipping.
But Shinobu's strength still fell a little short, and several of those unidentified air blades grazed her body.
Blood slowly began to seep out.
Kanae cried out, "Shinobu!"
"They're just flesh wounds, big sister. Let's keep going."
Shinobu Kocho did not even furrow her brow. Instead, she quickened her breathing, turned, and joined her sister in attacking the demon from both sides.
For a time, the sisters worked in perfect harmony.
As they shifted between offense and defense, they actually seemed to reach a stalemate with the demon.
Even though his physical attributes far exceeded either of theirs.
And his figure was almost impossible to see.
"You two damned women..."
The demon's curses drifted faintly through the air.
But both Kanae and Shinobu noticed something.
Although he seemed to have the support