The Earth Veins trembled. In the hands of the beautiful nun, Aoi Monshou, the Wooden Fish erupted with a brilliant light, transforming into an azure barrier to shield the entire private hot spring inn.
The water in the hot spring pool suddenly boiled like lava. Beneath the eaves, the twelve Bronze Wind Chimes trembled in the blizzard, emitting a clear, metallic ringing. The blizzard howled, seeming to grow even more ferocious.
Waves of Zen Sound and Buddhist Chanting arose as golden script and talismans bloomed like flowers across Aoi Monshou's graceful body. The azure barrier trembled ceaselessly. Gradually, the chanting shifted from peaceful, solemn, and steady to sharp and panicked, before finally turning into a piercing shriek.
Finally, Aoi Monshou could hold on no longer. The eerie blue light in her single eye was abruptly extinguished, and her graceful body disintegrated. The barrier shattered into fragments that rustled as they fell, vanishing without a trace.
