Suma might not have been good at fighting, but she was good at running away!
"Hinatsuru, Makio, wait for me! Waaaah!"
A spray of sparkling tears scattered through the air as Suma fled without looking back, her speed quickly surpassing even Hinatsuru and Makio!
Daki's expression turned cold, but she forced herself to remain composed. "Heh, so this is all the Dragon Hashira amounts to. I thought you were so capable, but you still have to run away!"
Su Chen did not listen to her babbling, however, and instead ran off without looking back.
Su Chen understood perfectly well that two notes from the instrument meant two Upper Ranks.
One was Daki and Gyutaro, so who was the other?
After all, those remaining were all among the top four Upper Ranks!
With the Sound Hashira's three wives in tow, Su Chen dared not be overconfident. He absolutely could not allow any casualties!
Back with Daki.
"He noticed," Gyutaro said hoarsely from where he hid inside Daki, his gaze dark.
Daki looked unwilling to accept it. "So what if he noticed? Didn't you see how scared he was? Since you won't let me kill Su Chen, I'll kill those three women and eat them right now!"
Bang!
Daki's sashes burst forth like a waterfall, like countless tentacles reaching out of hell, bearing straight down on the backs of Hinatsuru and the other two.
But just then.
A clear ring of a sword being drawn sounded beneath the night sky.
Then a sudden blaze lit up the cold wind. "Dragon Breathing, Second Form: Scorching Breath!"
Towering flames flashed in the dark night. From far away, Daki heard only a fiery searing sound before she lost control of her sashes.
The flames died out in the cold wind.
Daki suddenly felt as though