In the dense forest, Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna leaped between branches.
Directly ahead of them, a thin paper bird fluttered through the air.
It was a Familiar Kuesu Jinguuji had made using Xingjia Baixue's hair as a medium.
Yomi Isayama glanced at the paper bird. Seeing it flying slower and slower, she immediately realized:
"The Familiar's slowing down. She should be nearby."
Noriyuki Iizuna's eyes lit up at that, and he said expectantly:
"I've heard that Vermilion Bird Divine General from the Onmyoryo is an exceptionally rare beauty. I finally get to meet her today."
Yomi Isayama glanced at him and said expressionlessly:
"Put those little ideas of yours away. We're on a mission."
Noriyuki Iizuna nodded, his smile carrying a hint of excitement:
"I know. While that SdS crowd is tied up, we sneak in and grab the spoils. This is my specialty."
"I'll take every last Abyssal Artifact. I won't leave them so much as a hair."
As his words fell, tremendous booms rang out one after another.
Yomi Isayama's and Noriyuki Iizuna's expressions changed at once. They could both hear those tremendous booms approaching them at incredible speed.
Then, amid that rapid approach, the sound suddenly vanished.
"Watch out!"
Yomi Isayama abruptly drew her blade and looked behind her, only to find a pair of enormous golden wolf eyes staring straight at her.
The instant their gazes met, both sides struck to kill.
Yomi Isayama drew her tachi and leaped up, slashing straight at the Princess of the Lunar Reflection's eyeball.
At the same time, the Princess of the Lunar Reflection swung a forepaw straight at Yomi Isayama.
Yomi Isayama mistakenly believed the gravekeeper had discovered them, and her guilty conscience naturally kept her from holding back.
The Princess of the Lunar Reflection, meanwhile, strongly suspected