"What happened nearby?"
After asking the two yokai about what had happened, Yae Sakura's face lit up with delight.
Two Great Yokai were actually fighting!!
Yae Sakura had always wanted to find a Great Yokai to see where her strength ranked in this world, and Great Yokai—the apex beings of this world—were the best possible benchmark.
If she could easily kill a Great Yokai, then there would basically be nothing in this world she would not dare provoke.
So, after asking for directions, and because Xia Ji had no strength left after firing that shot, Yae Sakura directly carried her on her back and quickly ran toward where the Great Yokai were fighting.
At the same time... she checked her previous gains.
First kill of a high-level yokai. Reward: Crystal x20 First destruction of Hyakki Gōdō. Reward: Crystal x50
Seventy Crystals. Good... one step closer to 2,400. But there were only first-kill rewards. It seemed that destroying Hyakki Gōdō had directly overwritten the other rewards.
Still, it was not bad. First-time rewards were all quite generous.
However... Yae Sakura was increasingly feeling that having Xia Ji with her was inconvenient. If she were alone, or had a companion with combat ability—at least one capable of protecting herself—she would not be so passive.
This strengthened Yae Sakura's resolve to send Xia Ji back sooner.
Very soon...
Carrying Xia Ji on her back, Yae Sakura arrived at the battlefield of the two Great Yokai. An unimaginably huge monster was fighting a horned girl dressed in an exquisite kimono.
The enormous monster resembled a spider. Its body, seventy or eighty meters tall, left Yae Sakura deeply shocked.
It was like a kaiju, except this time its opponent was not Ultraman, but... a strange girl.
The difference in their sizes... felt bizarre.
"Lord Yae, that is... the legendary Tsuchigumo. Shouldn't... we leave quickly?" Xia Ji looked at the Tsuchigumo before them in utter terror...
Tsuchigumo was a famous Great Yokai of legend, capable of easily destroying an entire city by itself.
Humans had no ability to resist it whatsoever.
"No need. It is my prey! Xia Ji, hide yourself! I will deal with them quickly, then take you back to the city."
Yae Sakura looked around, found a suitable place to set Xia Ji down, then stared solemnly at the two Great Yokai ahead.
She did not know whether it was an illusion, but Yae Sakura felt that the Spirit Blade in her hand was growing excited.
At that moment... Yae Sakura suddenly remembered that old records stated Tsuchigumo had once been worshipped as a god!
It counted as a divine creature too! No wonder the Spirit Blade was so excited.
Evil Gods were the Spirit Blade's prey.
"Lord Yae..."
Xia Ji still wanted to say something, but she saw that Yae Sakura's eyes had turned Hii-colored, the exact same color as the Spirit Blade in Yae Sakura's hand.
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