As Daki ignored the face she could hardly bear to look at and sized up Tengen Uzui sitting before her, greed crept into her eyes at the sight of his handsome face and muscular body.
She admitted it: she craved Tengen Uzui's body.
Literally craved it.
That look in her eyes immediately made Tengen Uzui realize something.
The next moment, Kanzaki Kumo's voice sounded beside him.
"Daki?"
Although he was already all but certain that the woman before them was their target, Kanzaki Kumo still spoke up for a final confirmation.
At the name Kanzaki Kumo called out, Tengen Uzui and Daki both froze.
Daki looked in startled suspicion at the figure she had scorned for his looks, murderous intent in her eyes.
Though Tengen Uzui wondered how Kanzaki Kumo knew Upper Rank Six's name, his hand was already reaching for the hilt of the Nichirin Blade hidden behind his back.
As for Kanzaki Kumo, he had already struck the instant Daki froze.
"Thunder Breathing, Seventh Form: Dragon's Roam!"
Incandescent lightning resembling a roaming dragon reached Daki's neck in an instant, accompanied by a faint dragon's roar.
But just then, a short sickle that looked as though it had been formed from blood emerged from Daki's body, barely blocking the blade that had nearly beheaded her.
A hunched figure emerged from Daki's back. The sickle was held in that figure's hand.
Gyutaro, a demon who shared one mind and body with Daki, was far stronger than her. It was his presence that allowed the siblings to hold their position as Upper Rank Six.
Compared with Daki, who had not even had time to react to Kanzaki Kumo's attack, Gyutaro's strength was what one would expect of an Upper Rank.
Kanzaki Kumo had long anticipated his appearance. Although failing to behead