Book 2: Chapter 92: A Powerhouse Beyond the Sword Saint Rank

The eldritch energy shooting off the golden Hannya masked demon kunoichi was the strongest that Lily had ever encountered in battle and much stronger than the demon hound that had despaired Lily once!

Naturally, if the current Lily were to meet that severely wounded demon hound again, even if she werent its match, she at least possessed the strength to put up a fight.

Be careful, little sister. This demon kunoichi is pretty strong, sweat had formed on s.h.i.+mizus forehead as well and a solemn expression appeared on it.

Yuki Mayumi observed s.h.i.+mizu and Lily through the eye slits of the malevolent golden Hannya mask and a.s.sumed a stance while performing hand seals with her two hands, following which sparks of bizarre violet spirit power gathered within her hand.

Parting her legs suddenly, Yuki Mayumi stooped down low, her torso almost running parallel to the ground as she pressed the violet lightning clad palm to the ground.

Psychic Ninja Art Lightning Fang!1

The ground fissured rapidly and sharp 3-foot long violet fangs clad in lightning sparks emerged from within and charged towards s.h.i.+mizu and Lily with astonis.h.i.+ng speed!

What?! Lily was shocked as she had never witnessed such a powerful offensive ninja art and just leaped aside instinctively because of the danger she felt.

s.h.i.+mizu also didnt dare to face the attack head-on after witnessing its fearsome might and dodged sideways similarly.

Hmph! Lets deal with the weaker one first! Yuki Mayumi shot a blue steel hook at Lily that was attached to a thin rope clad in spirit power.

Its so fast! Lily was unable to dodge it as she was midair, so she swung her blade to block the attack.

Although Lily swung her blade pretty quickly, the blue steel hook changed directions strangely the moment it was about to get chopped by Lilys blade. This resulted in her blade striking down on the pliable rope clad in spirit power which her blade failed to cut through!

That blue rope coiled around Lilys blade while the other end of the rope rested within Yuki Mayumis hand.

Ninja Art Violet Lightning!

A spark of violet lightning shot out from Yuki Mayumis index finger and reached Lilys blade by traveling across the rope clad in spirit power.

Bzzt!

A powerful current pa.s.sed through the blade to Lilys body and wreaked havoc inside her.

ARGH! Lily cried out as she was sent flying by the powerful lighting attack, her body still emitting lightning sparks from time to time.

Yuki Mayumi tugged onto the rope and recovered the steel hook back with a whoosh.

Lil Sis! s.h.i.+mizus eyes flickered as she shot towards Yuki Mayumi while leaving behind an afterimage.

A similar steel hook and rope appeared in Yuki Mayumis other hand, the two pretty and illusionary ropes were clad in spirit power flickering with a rhythmic beat, seeming just like mercury dissolving into ink.

Yuki Mayumi stood on one foot and leaped back lithely.

The Tranquil Bamboo in s.h.i.+mizus hand struck out yet failed to hit anything.

The ropes in Yuki Mayumis hands shot out towards s.h.i.+mizu with a whoosh.

s.h.i.+mizu fixed her gaze on the ropes and determined their loci and shot forward narrowly between the two shuttling ropes at the right moment.

You seem to have some strength. Youre indeed worthy of being called the former first sword of the Easts Six Swords, Yuki Mayumi stated while placing deliberate emphasis on the word former.

s.h.i.+mizus speed shot up suddenly as she jumped towards the cave wall and sprung towards Yuki Mayumi by borrowing the momentum of the jump and spun on the ground once she landed to strike at her opponent.

Take your words back! You demon ninja! s.h.i.+mizu glowered and struck Mayumi with her blade clad in resplendent spirit power.

Yuki Mayumi pulled out a glistening straight sword from her back and chopped down towards s.h.i.+mizus blade directly.

Wham! The powerful strike sent s.h.i.+mizu flying momentarily and made her crash into a stalact.i.te.

On the other hand, Yuki Mayumi landed on the ground gracefully and two ropes that floated in the air under the control of spirit power retracted into the bracers on her wrists that they were connected to.

Lily and s.h.i.+mizu also stood up miserably.

At the same time, the golden Hannya mask on Yuki Mayumis face split into two halves with a cracking sound and an extremely beautiful womans face made its appearance.

Hmph! It seems like you still have tricks up your sleeve, Minamoto no s.h.i.+mizu, Yuki Mayumi stated icily.

This demon kunoichi is so strong and shes also quite pretty! Lily trembled in shock after seeing Yuki Mayumis face.

s.h.i.+mizus gaze turned solemn as she stated, A powerhouse beyond the sword saint rank This woman is one of those people or a creature who are rumored to possess strength beyond the sword saint rank. Lil Sister Lily, you must be very careful. Shes as strong as the Furinkazan of our Land of East!

After practicing the seventh stage of the mystic swordplay to perfection, it could be said that s.h.i.+mizus strength had reached the limits of the sword saint rank. Although she had already excelled the peak powerhouses among the ordinary late-stage sword saints in many domains, the golden masked demon kunoichi before her was an existence who had truly crossed the limits of sword saint!

What? Beyond the sword saint rank, Furinkazan In fact, just a casual attack from Yuki Mayumi had incapacitated Lily for a while and even s.h.i.+mizu had been sent flying in a frontal confrontation.

There was a huge gap between their strengths!

Lily never imagined she would cross blows with a powerhouse on the same level as the members of the Furinkazan who Sakiko has sung praises of.

W-Who are you?! Youre human, right? Why have you become a tool of the Hundred Demons?! Lily yelled.

Hmph! You have a lot of questions, little girl, but is there any meaning for a person whos about to die to know the answers to these? Yuki Mayumi chuckled.

Y-Youre obviously a human woman! I clearly picked up the scent of a human woman from you on that day. As a human, why do you wish for our deaths even though were fellow humans? Lily questioned aggressively.

Scent Yuki Mayumis body quivered a little as she stated, Hmph! I have heard rumors of you, Kagami Lily. You didnt even blink when killing four human sword masters, so on what basis are you questioning me?

T-Thats different! I was forced to do that to protect myself, but youve betrayed humanity and joined the Hundred Demons!

Hehehe! Betrayed humanity and joined the Hundred Demons? So what? How are you so a.s.sured that Im the one who betrayed humanity and it wasnt humanity that betrayed me?!2

Yuki Mayumis eyes filled with resentment and her limpid violet pupils seemed to have lit up in chilly flames as she formed arcane hand seals with her hands and slammed her palm onto the ground again!

A blue circular formation of light made up of ancient mystic glyphs appeared on the ground suddenly.

Arise! Hidden Ninja Art Glacial Thunder Spider! Yuki Mayumi cried out.

Bam! A cloud of mist filled the cavern suddenly and this caused Lily and s.h.i.+mizu to lose sight of their surroundings momentarily.

When the mist dissipated away an aura which was stronger than the demon hound on the brink of death that Lily had faced in the past emerged from within.

A giant blue eight-legged phantom spider that was 3-4 meters tall and almost the size of the pa.s.sageway of the cavern appeared before Lily and s.h.i.+mizus eyes.

The phantom spider was shrouded in a cold energy and seemed to have formed entirely of ice while the sharp tips of its icy blade-like legs crackled with lightning sparks.

Lily was bewitched by those crystalline ice legs for a moment and felt like the beauty they possessed was actually a deadly beauty.

Watch out! s.h.i.+mizu yelled out.

The ice spider raised its leg up high and suddenly jabbed it towards Lily, leaving only an afterimage behind. Lily quivered all over and rolled backward to dodge its attack.

Boom! The spiders leg pulverized the ground it struck at and even sent sparks of lightning cras.h.i.+ng around in all directions.

Lily and s.h.i.+mizu evaded the lightning sparks that traveled on the ground prudently.

Lily suddenly realized that the opponent she was facing right now was on a completely different level than those she had faced until now!

Lily had never heard of a ninja art that allowed the user to summon a phantom spider that was stronger than the wounded demon hound she had encountered previously with just a few hand seals!

However, it wasnt the time to remain shocked right now. Lily was shrouded in crimson spirit power as she struck at the huge phantom spiders leg.

Clang! A clanking sound echoed out in the cavern!

An all-out attack from Lily had only managed to open up a tiny nick on the one-foot thick leg of the ice spider.

The malevolent yet beautiful ice spiders four-fanged jaw opened up widely as it spouted out a stream of cold air.

Lily and s.h.i.+mizu retreated back quickly as a layer of frost appeared wherever the stream of cold air pa.s.sed by; even the edges of Lilys sleeves had frozen a little.

s.h.i.+mizu slid across the frozen ground with a sprint and attacked the spider from the front, Iai!

The blade of Tranquil Bamboo left its sheath, followed by crystals of ice splattering everywhere. However, the attack had only managed to produce a scar on the spiders humongous head.

But, as this wasnt a living spider and was just a construct made of spirit power, it didnt bleed or feel any pain when its vitals were attacked and was thus indestructible unless destroyed thoroughly!

It was difficult to defeat such an opponent with the sword unless the users strength far surpa.s.sed the opponents!

Yuki Mayumi smiled proudly behind the spider, almost as if she were saying someone who couldnt even defeat her summon wasnt even qualified to face her directly.

The huge spiders legs jabbed into the walls of the cave and caused the broken stalact.i.tes to drop towards Lily and s.h.i.+mizu. It was quite difficult to dodge the attacks of the spider that was clogging up the already narrow cavern, but Lily and s.h.i.+mizu managed to do so with their exceptional deftness and cool-headedness. They dodged the jabs, mists and sparks launched by the spider and countered back with their all each time, but their all-out attacks only managed to bring about minor damage to the opponent. Furthermore, as it wasnt made of real ice, the spider recovered from its injuries after a short while by absorbing the spirit power that flowed into it from the surroundings.

This doesnt look good! We cannot bring out our all in such a narrow s.p.a.ce, so its quite difficult for us to destroy it! s.h.i.+mizu stated worriedly.

We wont be able to attack the demon kunoichi behind it unless we destroy it, Lily reasoned while gasping for breaths of air, unaware that her bountiful bosom was already drenched in sweat.

After a brief moment of silence, s.h.i.+mizu and Lily gazed at each other helplessly.

Even though we cannot attack the demon kunoichi because of the huge spider that is blocking the caverns pa.s.sageway, she also cannot attack us! Lily and s.h.i.+mizu arrived at the same conclusion.

Run!

s.h.i.+mizu and Lily turned around and ran at almost the same time!

Hmph! You wish to run? A serene smile appeared on Yuki Mayumis face as she pa.s.sed down a casual order to the spider.

The huge ice spiders legs sliced through the walls of the cavern and chased after Lily and s.h.i.+mizu with its swift eight legs.3

Kaminari no Jutsu Lightning Fang!

Robinxen: Because its impossible for an entire race of diverse people to betray an individual? Idiot.

Robinxen: I hate spiders