Book 5: Chapter 3: Heian Night Battle

The huge claw separated from the arm and fell heavily in the bullock carriage, occupying most of the space inside and causing the carriage to sway. The claw alone was heavier than the light and delicate body of the prince.

Prince Narinaga shrank in the corner with quivering eyes, staring blankly at the huge and ugly faces of the evil spirits whose eyes gradually lost their luster.

The faces of the two evil spirits gradually sank.

Thud— They eventually fell to the ground.

“What, what happened?”

He looked outside the carriage, only to see mesmerizing blades of crimson light that blitzed through the deep blue flog like lightning meteors.

Pfft – Pfft – Pffft!

Everywhere the scarlet light appeared, demons wailed and fresh blood splattered!

One after another, huge, grotesque, and hideous demons collapsed.

In the darkness of the night, a faint cherry-red figure could be seen wherever the crimson blade shone. The long sleeves of the ghostly silhouette fluttered past the carriage from time to time as screams erupted and died consecutively. With the prince’s eyesight, it was impossible to see who that mysterious figure was.

“What’s that smell? It smells good1…” Amidst the foul-smelling bloody odor, there was an orchid fragrance wafting in the wind.

The prince didn’t know where he got the courage to move his body, but he went over to the carriage door and peeked outside.

“What…?”

His eyes instantly froze.

On the dimly illuminated road of Heian-kyō cloaked in fog, a multitude of demons ensnared the surroundings.

The huge centipede that towered like a building raked its hundred legs across the ground and raised its upper body, jaws opened wide.

Sharp appendages glistened in the darkness as many demons and spirits either flared their teeth or flourished their claws. Many creatures that Prince Narinaga had only seen in paintings encircled the area while preparing deadly attacks.

Suddenly, a crimson figure that was as swift as electricity and as light as a warbler cut through the dull and depressing night. It was a long-haired girl whose sexy and tall body was dressed in red. Her steps were light and ethereal, as if flying, and she rushed into the hundred demons with unstoppable momentum!

The young girl jumped just like a dandelion blown up by the wind, leaping to the same height as the centipede in an instant. The giant centipede reacted quickly, tilting its head to spray poisonous mist at the girl.

“Not good!” Prince Narinaga jolted. He was so far away, yet the pungent smell of the poisonous mist still reached him.

However, the girl maneuvered in the air and conjured a pink cherry blossom storm to easily blow away the poisonous mist. Some of the poisonous mist was even blown onto the demon horde, corroding some of the weaker demons and stirring up a burst of screams.

The giant centipede swayed silently for a while as it prudently wagged its antennae. Arching backward, it suddenly blurred into a shadow and sprang towards the young girl.

The prince was shocked yet again.

Unexpectedly, the girl didn’t dodge this seemingly fatal strike. She brandished her katana and aimed a powerful stab at the fastly approaching head.

Wham! A shockwave swept through Suzaku Avenue and shook the surrounding area.

The centipede twisted its huge body as it whined in pain. Two of its fangs were sent flying and there was a gruesome wound on its head, blood gushing everywhere.

When the girl landed, the injured centipede grew even more violent in its attacks. Like a mighty dragon, its long tail lashed towards the young girl below. This was the same attack that almost wiped out the Heian-kyō night patrol and reduced their captain into mush.

Facing such a terrifying attack, Lily lightly jumped and stamped her ninth-grade wooden shoe onto the giant tail! She looked at the thrashing tail underneath her feet that left bloody marks on the ground. The centipede struggled frantically, trying to twist over and bite at her.

Lily took out the carp spirit’s long-handled sword and threw it with great force!

Boom! The centipede’s head was nailed to the large hoof of an ancient statue of Nioh on the street, causing its winding body to hang like a straight line.

Lily stuck Yasutsuna into the centipede’s tail and cut open its back before smoothly sweeping her blade along the rest of its body. The centipede was directly cut in two and either half fell onto the ground while twitching.

Although the centipede was dead, the hundred legs on either half of its body continued to twitch sporadically. These unconscious actions ended up killing and injuring many nearby spirits and demons.

“What…this, this sister…” The prince was completely dumbfounded. Such a terrifying, catastrophic archdemon couldn’t even fight back in front of this woman. From what he could observe, she was strong, clever, and decisive, “She is too powerful!”

Lily landed on the ground and waved her sword to flash off the excess blood smearing the blade, slowly scanning the remaining demons.

The scarlet eyes of those demons seemed to be bewitched in some way and they swarmed forward without fear.

Lily raised Yasutsuna high and flames of scarlet resentment snaked around the blade, exuding a bleak and sorrowful aura.

A crimson light flashed through her eyes and Yasutsuna drew a perfect arc.

Bzzzt—!!!

A ring of sword light burst outward with Lily as the center.

Boom—!!!

The earth trembled, the wind raged, and the bullock carriage couldn’t help but shake intensely. Prince Narinaga had to grab onto the carriage door and squint his eyes. The countless demons were swept into the air and sliced into pieces, falling one after another.

The air was instantly suffused with a bloody stench.

In the blink of an eye, the army of a hundred demons was reduced to a mere few which suffered grievous wounds. Most of them became incomplete corpses that were sprawled over the cold hard ground of Suzaku Avenue, forming a circle. In the center of this bloody circle stood a sister-like young woman in red with beautiful legs and firm breasts, just like a queen of slaughter in the dark night.

“Ooooh-!” A deep shriek echoed and the huge wooden wheel centered with the face of a man spun through the night sky and rolled towards Lily. Because the head rotated along with the wheel, the face looked blurred and the shouts sounded crazy and weird.

The speed at which it came would definitely result in a disastrous impact!

“Sister, be careful…” Prince Narinaga whispered while hiding inside the bullock carriage, but he didn’t know whether Lily heard or not.

Facing the huge rolling cartwheel, Lily slightly lowered her body’s center of gravity and put her sword back into its sheath.

“Gulululululu— don’t think that you can wipe me out just by drawing your sword!!!” The spinning wheel screeched eerily.

It locked onto Lily’s position and barrelled madly towards her!

“Come on! Let me see which is better— your quick draw technique or my powerful cartwheel!”

Lily planted one foot as an axis, causing cracks to spread out under her feet. The other foot swiftly swung up, giving a glimpse of the jade mango underneath.

BANG—!!!

Her slender leg whipped up a spiritual energy storm and heavily kicked the face of the rotating cartwheel, forcefully stopping its rotation. Its entire face was sunk in by the heel of Lily’s foot, becoming completely distorted2.

With a sonorous ‘boom’, the wheel was kicked out.

“Ah-ah-aw!” The howl of pain soon faded as the cartwheel crashed into the street market located kilometers away, forming a cloud of dust.

To perform this kick, Lily had to split her legs by a large margin which resulted in her skirt getting torn. When she lifted her long and slender leg above her jade hips, a section of whiteness could be seen

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