But just as Shiki was about to cleanse the curse gods from the second villager, a powerful electro element suddenly emanated from the west.
"Hmm? You stay here. Remember, don't let anyone in unless I return!"
Before Shiki finished speaking, her entire being transformed into golden Lei light and shot out of the shed, leaving a somewhat bewildered Yasumoto behind.
"Hey!"
"Why did she suddenly run off?"
Yasumoto still had many questions, but given the current situation, he could only do as the girl said. After securely closing the door, he picked up a broom nearby for self-defense.
Such a powerful electro element could not erupt out of nowhere in nature; it had to be man-made. And in Crimsonwood Village, only Ayaka had an Lei Vision.
And for Ayaka to suddenly unleash such intense electro element, it could only mean she had encountered some trouble.
At this moment, the village chief's house in the western part of Crimsonwood Village suddenly exploded from within. A storm of sword qi containing electro element rapidly Swirled outwards, and then a warrior, purple all over, leaped out of it.
He was covered in ice shards, and then a crack appeared on his armor, followed by a shattering sound.
Countless tiny wounds covered his body, constantly gushing fresh blood, yet the purple samurai remained unfazed by injuries that would be fatal to an ordinary person.
Ayaka stumbled out of the ruins, completely shocked that the Crimsonwood Village chief had poisoned her!
"Pfft!"
She spat out a mouthful of black blood. At the time, she had only thought the chief's complexion seemed a bit off, but shortly after drinking the tea he prepared, she felt a needle-like stinging pain in her heart.
So Ayaka immediately used her strongest technique, Kamisato Art: Soumetsu.
Washizu, the chief of Crimsonwood Village, had been completely infected by curse gods, but unlike other villagers who showed symptoms of plague, he had become demonized.
His body had completely transformed into a non-human existence, and he was obsessed with offering sacrifices to the remnant soul of Orobas, who didn't even know who he was, hoping to stop the rampant curse gods.
Clearly, he had mistaken Ayaka for his next sacrificial offering. It was a pity Orobas had no idea what he was doing; the voices in his head were merely his own hallucinations.
Just as Shiki said, instead of praying for the protection of unknown Archons, it was better to pray to Guoba.
"The sacrifice… must be completed…"
Washizu's eyes were bloodshot, and black aura continuously emanated from his body. He lunged at Ayaka with his katana, speaking incoherently, like a beast driven only by instinct.
Ayaka forced herself to stand, then assumed the Chudan-no-Kamae stance from kendo.
This was a life-or-death battle. For herself, and for Shiki, whom she had only met once, she could not die!
Boom!
Accompanied by a roar of thunder, a golden lightning bolt descended before her eyes. Ayaka's beautiful eyes widened as Shiki appeared before her without warning, her slender back providing a strong sense of security.
"You rest well. I'll handle the rest."
Shiki took a talisman from her omamori and placed it on Ayaka's chest. After confirming her body was recovering, she turned to face the Crimsonwood Village chief, who had completely transformed into a non-human.
"Ah, no! He's going to punish me! Not like this! You all must die! Only then can his wrath be appeased!"
Washizu seemed to hear something; his expression grew even more frenzied, and the curse gods clinging to him intensified, even stirring the elements of wind and water.
"Whether he's angry or not, I don't know, but I'm really angry right now."
Shiki slowly drew the Kujikanesada from her waist, her face completely sinking. As if to respond to the former Raiden Shogun, the frequency of lightning flashes in the sky increased, and the dull rumbling became incessant.
"Fall!"
Washizu roared and charged at the girl, but Shiki simply stood her ground.
The rain… got heavier…
Faint golden electrical arcs appeared on the blade. As if a signal, a thick golden lightning bolt suddenly descended from the rolling dark clouds. At the same time, Shiki leaped high from the ground.
The girl wielded the heavenly lightning with her sword, her beautiful face illuminated golden by the lightning. At that moment, Ayaka felt as if she had seen another…
Raiden Shogun!
Shiki held the lightning that descended from the sky, then flung it at Washizu, who was still in mid-charge.
Even though Washizu's body had been completely transformed into a non-human existence by the demonization of the curse gods, he could not face the might of the lightning directly.
Boom!
With a loud bang, a charred crater appeared on the ground, and Washizu was dead, not even leaving a corpse behind.
Shiki truly demonstrated what it meant to obliterate an enemy with the force of lightning; it was literally killing with lightning.
Ayaka was stunned. This was simply not a posture a human could possess, because allogenes wield elemental power, not the majesty of nature.
"Ayaka, are you alright?" Shiki extended her hand.
"Ah… I'm fine now…"
A blush spread across Ayaka's face. She then took the girl's hand and stood up from the ground. She didn't know what that talisman was, but it had made the toxins in her body disappear and healed the DMG caused by the poison.
"Good that you're fine. Let's go to the doctor first."
Shiki, without explanation, took Ayaka's small hand and walked towards Yasumoto. However, she didn't notice that her kimono was completely soaked, clinging tightly to her body and outlining an alluring curve.
Her neat short hair was already drenched by the rain, sitting on her head like a helmet.
"Pfft~"
Ayaka couldn't help but laugh at the girl's current appearance. Although her body's curves were alluring, her helmet-like hair was truly comical.
"What are you laughing at?" Shiki was confused. Did you also think of something happy like those two police officers?
"Nothing, I just think we'll need to dry ourselves by the fire later." Ayaka shook her head and changed the subject.
"Indeed, our clothes are soaked. If only we had a Vision user with a Pyro element nearby, they could just dry our clothes directly. Why bother with all this?"
"But we don't have such a person with us right now, do we? So let's go dry by the fire!"