As Elysia approached step by step, Sakura wanted to escape the lesbian's clutches and retreated step by step.
*Sniff—sniff sniff—*
Sakura's nose twitched. She sniffed a few times, then stopped in her tracks.
Sakura's perception was naturally much stronger than that of an ordinary person, especially her sense of smell.
And a few years ago, after the crack that suddenly appeared in the sky, which the world called the "God's Advent," Sakura felt that many things about her had changed. Her strength, speed, perception, and vitality had all multiplied several times over.
After picking up the tachi and basic sword forms from the few heirlooms left by her parents in their dilapidated home, Sakura became a first-class sword master in a short period of time.
At the same time, her perception was infinitely amplified, and her sense of smell evolved from smelling odors to being able to smell a mysterious and unfathomable aura.
At that time, Sakura had no concept of this, but she knew she could use it to mark her sister.
And now, Rin's aura had vanished into thin air in an instant!!
Sakura could lose anything except her sister, because she had nothing else besides her sister.
But she absolutely could not lose her sister. She was her only reason for living in this world.
Sakura's aura changed instantly. In Elysia's eyes, Sakura transformed from a shy young girl who would retreat from her advances into a wild beast that had entered a desperate, life-or-death struggle.
Just as Elysia was about to ask what had happened, Sakura vanished from before her eyes in a flash of light.
*Killing intent! Sister Sakura wants to kill me!*
The hairs on Elysia's body stood on end. Her sixth sense for danger screamed warnings at her, telling her that Sakura had released an unreserved killing intent towards her.
"Big Sister Sakura! What happened?!"
Elysia shouted her question while quickly leaping back several steps, jumping out of the alley and into the street.
With a light flick of her wrist, the special bow and arrow Ryn had personally crafted for her instantly appeared in her hand.
"You're... one of them... Give me... my sister back!!"
Sakura's figure instantly appeared behind Elysia. She used her hand as a sword and thrust it at Elysia, who was still in mid-air from her backward leap.
"!"
Although she was prepared, Elysia was still startled by Sakura's sudden appearance and attack, her eyes widening.
But then Elysia held her bow in front of her, turning her body to deflect Sakura's hand-sword thrust.
When Sakura's hand-sword passed less than five centimeters in front of her, Elysia quickly pushed forward with both hands, striking Sakura's hand with her bow.
Then she made the already ethereal bowstring completely illusory, flipped her hands, and passed the bowstring part of the bow through Sakura's arm, trapping her hand.
The illusory bowstring instantly became real and sharp, looping around Sakura's hand and preventing her from moving it left or right.
"Big Sister Sakura, calm down, we can talk!"
"Calm down? Rin is my everything, how can you ask me to calm down!"
Sakura knew that if she moved her arm too much, Elysia might just sever it with the bowstring.
So, keeping her arm relatively still, Sakura kicked off the air to propel herself, flipping her body in mid-air.
When Elysia saw the glimpse of pink panties Sakura inadvertently revealed during her flip, she was distracted for a split second.
"Wow, so cute~"
It was this momentary distraction that gave Sakura an opening. She spread her legs and then quickly closed them, catching Elysia's neck in a scissor leg. With her legs crossed, she twisted her body forcefully, trying to strangle Elysia to the ground.
Elysia was having trouble breathing from Sakura's thigh lock, but she held on tightly to Sakura's arm with the bowstring, ready to sever it at any moment. Meanwhile, Sakura gradually tightened her thighs, attempting to snap Elysia's neck.
But Elysia's neck was harder than Sakura had imagined. She squeezed for a long time, but Elysia only seemed to be having some difficulty breathing. On the other hand, Elysia had already pulled the string into her own arm, and blood was flowing freely.
Sakura: "I'll count to three, let go together!"
Elysia: "Three!"
Sakura: "Two!"
Elysia & Sakura: "One!"
After saying that, Elysia was the first to let go with both hands.
Because she didn't even know what had happened for Sakura to suddenly fly into a rage and want to kill her.
She was only attacking Sakura in self-defense. Otherwise, with the bow Ryn had given her, the bowstring could easily cut through incredibly hard metal. How could Sakura's flesh and blood body have held her in a stalemate for so long.
It was just that... Sakura didn't let go of her legs...
Instead, she used her freed arm to grab Elysia's arm, straighten it, twist it, and apply an armbar.
"Ow ow ow!! You're cheating!! I already let go!!"
"Give me my sister back!!"
Sakura's eyes were red as she wrenched Elysia's arm. As long as she couldn't sense Rin's aura for a single moment, she would never let go of Elysia.
"How am I supposed to know where your sister is?! Wasn't she with my dad!"
"Then where are they! Tell him to bring my sister over!!"
Elysia quickly scanned her surroundings and found that she and Sakura had fought their way to who knows where, and Ryn and Rin were nowhere in sight.
"You let go first, and I'll call for him!"
"Impossible! Until I see Rin, don't even think about me letting go!"
"Then how am I supposed to call for him if you don't let go!"
"I'll let go when I see Rin!"
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At the same time that Sakura and Elysia started fighting, in the isolated space with Ryn and Rin...
After showing Rin that he still had Honkai energy so she wouldn't have to worry about paying for anything, Ryn put the Honkai energy away again.
His Honkai energy was different from the masterless Honkai energy floating around in the air. Both its quality and concentration were dozens of times higher.
Giving Rin a fingertip-sized amount of Honkai energy was enough to show signs of her transforming into Higokumaru. If he accidentally let her have a little more, wouldn't she just descend as a Herrscher on the spot?
"Rin, you've felt the Honkai energy now. Is it the Honkai energy on me that's attracting you?" Ryn asked in a low voice.
If it was the Honkai energy attracting Rin... Ryn thought...
It might be because during the Herrscher of Corruption incident, Higokumaru had shared her power with everyone present, causing Ryn's Honkai energy to also carry a trace of Higokumaru's power.
"No... it's not..."
Rin shook her head like a rattle-drum, then trotted over to Ryn's side and took his hand.
"It's not that Honkai energy... it's Big Brother Ryn himself who's attracting me!"
"Me?"
Ryn pointed at himself, bewildered.
"Mmm...!" Rin nodded with certainty.
"It's not any object, it's Big Brother Ryn himself that's attracting me!
Although Rin can't really describe the feeling... it's like whether my eyes are open or closed, I can feel big brother in front of me, like a warm light guiding me."
"Is that so... maybe it's fate guiding us to meet~"
Ryn didn't know what Rin was talking about, but who cared so much! Attractive or not, the cute little Rin was Ryn's warm and caring little hug pillow.
"Come, Rin, let big brother give you a hug~
"Okay~"
Rin responded softly, then opened her arms for Ryn to hug her.