Faced with Gyokko's words, Kanzaki Kumo expressed his attitude through action-"I couldn't give a damn about you.jpg."
He had no interest whatsoever in trading insults with Gyokko, nor could he be bothered to get tangled up with him. The most important thing right now was to take Makomo back to have her wounds and poisoning treated.
An Upper Rank's poison was not something the general-purpose antidote developed by the Butterfly Mansion could handle. Even when it came to merely slowing its spread, it would not be very effective.
So Kanzaki Kumo picked Makomo up and sped back the way he had come. His decisiveness left even Gyokko stunned for a moment.
"You wretched brat! How dare you ignore me!"
"Blood Demon Art, Thousand Needle Fish Kill!"
In his fury, Gyokko directly summoned four goldfish to attack Kanzaki Kumo.
As he sprinted, Kanzaki Kumo turned around, slinging Makomo over his shoulder with one hand and drawing his blade to meet the attack with the other.
"Thunder Breathing, Eighth Form, Storm of Blossoms!"
Kanzaki Kumo could see the trajectories of those densely packed bone spines with perfect clarity. As he precisely knocked down the incoming spines with his Nichirin Blade, he continued retreating at tremendous speed.
Before long, Kanzaki Kumo had blocked the entire wave of attacks.
But he did not relax.
Because while dealing with those bone spines, he had noticed that he had passed a pot as he retreated.
Sure enough, Gyokko emerged from that pot, which he had not had time to destroy.
"Your strength is surprisingly impressive. To think you could block even that. Compared with the girl you're carrying, you seem to be an even more perfect material."
After delivering his speech, all Gyokko saw was Kanzaki Kumo's figure growing ever more distant.
"You wretched brat!"
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