"Die, little bug!" the grotesque demon roared, trying to crush her with its enormous palm.
But Shinobu Kocho was too fast. She lightly tapped against the demon's arm, using it to launch herself into the air. As she flipped overhead, her specially made Nichirin Blade pierced the back of the grotesque demon's neck with unerring precision.
Squelch!
There was no sensation of severing a neck, only the faint sound of poison being injected.
Shinobu Kocho withdrew the instant she struck, twisting lightly in midair before landing steadily beside Rokuya and stylishly sheathing her Nichirin Blade.
"Time's up." She winked playfully at Rokuya.
"Aaaaaah!"
The instant she sheathed her blade, the enormous grotesque demon suddenly let out an utterly agonized scream. From the spot she had pierced, purple poison spread through its entire body at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye. The pustules on its body began to seethe violently, rupturing and spraying purple, bloody fluid. In less than ten seconds, the three-meter-tall behemoth dissolved amid violent convulsions into a puddle of pungent purple blood, without even a fragment of bone left behind.
Rokuya looked at the blood covering the ground, the corner of his eye twitching slightly.
That poison... was fucking potent. Even with his terrifying constitution of 50 points, he would probably lose a layer of skin if he accidentally got any on him.
"Well? Lord Kai Hashira, my new poison's pretty good, isn't it?" Shinobu Kocho tilted her head up proudly, as though waiting for praise.
"The poison's good, but your footwork is too flashy." Rokuya mercilessly dampened her enthusiasm, pointing at where she had just fought. "Killing demons isn't dancing. It doesn't need to look pretty. It only needs to be lethal."
The merciless criticism cut Shinobu Kocho's high spirits in half. She puffed out