But seeing Yōki beside her, Yingcao gave up on that idea. She had secretly sworn that she would never again let a friend by her side die before her eyes.
Looking at Yōki and the terrifying yokai charging toward them, Yingcao finally... stood in front of Yōki despite her fear.
Yingcao was terribly frightened right now. Her body was even trembling, as though she could barely stay on her feet. Although Hiyoumaru and the others said she was very strong, and that she had even beaten an Intermediate Yokai to death with her bare hands, Yingcao herself had no idea how she had managed to kill an Intermediate Yokai.
Yingcao had once fought a little yokai, and that little yokai had beaten her until she cried! If she could not even beat a little yokai, how could she possibly kill an Intermediate Yokai...
Yingcao felt that they had all been lying to her.
As the four Intermediate Yokai drew closer and closer, Yingcao was terrified to the extreme. But even so, she did not run. She still stood bravely in front of Yōki.
However, when the yokai came within a meter of Yingcao, she could not help but close her eyes in fear. Her body instinctively began to struggle, and even the sword Mei had given her fell to the ground.
"Don't come any closer!"
"It's so scary! Yingcao is so scared!"
"A mere little yokai dares stand in our way? We may not be able to deal with that warrior, but can't we handle a little yokai like you?"
"Get out of my way! That delicious human girl belongs to me! Hahaha..."
Seeing Yingcao standing in front of them, the four yokai did not take her seriously at all. They immediately attacked her, ready to fight over