"I wonder how many of these you can take?" Fuyuarashi flicked her wrist, and accompanied by a piercing cold wind, over a dozen ice crystals shimmering in the sunlight instantly appeared in the air. These ice spikes then blurred into afterimages, shooting toward Retsu in an instant.
At that moment, Retsu's figure blurred as he charged straight toward Fuyuarashi, facing the dense hail of ice spikes head-on.
With his knowledge of the plot, he knew that despite the katana at Fuyuarashi's waist making her look like a melee fighter, all four of these cat demons were actually mages. Even the burly Akiarashi was a lightning mage.
The Mangekyo Sharingan spun slightly in his eyes, precisely capturing the trajectory of every single ice spike.
Retsu drew a Kunai with a reverse grip, instantly coating it with Chakra.
The crisp sounds of clashing metal rang out repeatedly as the incoming ice spikes were all knocked away, shattering into tiny ice crystals that scattered across the ground.
He didn't stop for a moment. Taking advantage of the gaps created by the shattering ice spikes, he reached Fuyuarashi in an instant. His Kunai, carrying a biting chill, slashed directly toward her neck.
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Clang! A piercing crash erupted as an ice-blue spear suddenly condensed in Fuyuarashi's hand, precisely blocking the Kunai's assault. Frost began to spread along the Kunai.
Retsu wasn't surprised. With a flick of his wrist, he changed his stance and launched a storm-like Taijutsu offensive against Fuyuarashi.
Compared to her sharp and wide-reaching frost sorcery, Fuyuarashi—much like Karan—specialized in spells and wasn't particularly outstanding in Taijutsu. Facing Retsu's fast, precise, and ruthless attacks, she could barely manage to parry with her ice spear and quickly fell into a disadvantage.
The Kunai in his hand had been specially commissioned from a blacksmith recently.
In the Sengoku period of Japan, where an ordinary person had to save for a year just to buy an iron pot, the cost of forging this Kunai was not cheap.
However, as a Ninja, he still preferred using a Kunai over the samurai sword at his waist.
He planned to ask Kagome later to help him order some custom-made ones from the modern era. The Higurashi family owned a shrine in Tokyo, so Kagome's family was quite wealthy.
While Retsu was attacking and thinking about these trivial matters, Fuyuarashi's angry shout suddenly rang out: "How dare you get distracted while fighting me!"
Seeing Retsu's nonchalance during their battle, Fuyuarashi's expression turned cold. Her ice spear blocked his Kunai once more as a violent cold wind suddenly erupted from her body, spreading in all directions.
Chakra suddenly exploded from beneath Retsu's feet as his figure flashed backward, evading the rapidly spreading chill coming from Fuyuarashi.
He landed lightly on a tree trunk and looked toward Fuyuarashi. Everywhere the cold wind had swept past her was now a frozen wasteland, with translucent ice crystals hanging from the frozen grass on the ground, glinting coldly.
"Sigh, this ability of yours would be really useful when the weather is hot," Retsu said with a smile, looking at the frozen scene before him.
"Originally, considering your good relationship with Karan, I only wanted to teach you a lesson. But now, you've angered me."
Looking at the still-carefree Retsu, a flash of anger crossed Fuyuarashi's face as she spoke in a low voice.
"Ah, are you angry?" Retsu said with an air of delayed realization, as if he had only just noticed Fuyuarashi's fury.
"Karan, it looks like this guy has angered the Big Sister Leader," Shunran, who was standing with Karan, leaned in and whispered.
"It's fine, Big Sister Leader can't beat Retsu," Karan said with a confident look and a certain tone.
Seeing Karan like this, Shunran was somewhat surprised.
She knew Karan's temperament; it was as explosive as the flame sorcery she specialized in, and she rarely deferred to others. Why was she so full of praise for this human?
"Is he really that powerful?" Shunran pressed with curiosity.
"Mm-hmm!"
Karan nodded vigorously. Recalling her many previous attempts to defeat Retsu, which resulted in her being ground into the dirt in various ways, she couldn't help but shake her head to clear those unpleasant memories.
She remembered a time when she challenged him and Retsu used a massive blue skeleton to punch her into the ground. She added, "He still has a very powerful spell he hasn't used yet. Right now, he's probably just playing around with Big Sister Leader."
"Is that so?" Shunran watched Retsu fighting her big sister, her eyes darting around as a cunning smile appeared on her face.
At this moment, Fuyuarashi was like a standing spell-launching platform, incessantly firing ice spikes at Retsu.
Meanwhile, Retsu relied on his own speed and the precise predictions of the Sharingan to leisurely stroll through the onslaught of ice spikes.
Fuyuarashi's ice spikes missed him by a hair's breadth every time, landing on the ground. By now, the entire battlefield was covered in shattered ice spikes, shimmering brilliantly under the sunlight.
Karan's red eyes were wide as she watched the battle intently, occasionally stuffing a piece of roasted meat into her mouth, watching with great interest.
Just then, Shunran suddenly pulled Karan over and whispered in her ear, "Karan, how did you summon him? Why don't you teach me?"
"Huh?" Karan, who was stuffing roasted meat into her mouth, froze for a moment. She turned her head, meat still in her teeth, to look at Shunran who was staring at her.
After chewing and swallowing the meat, she licked her grease-stained fingers and said, "Sure. Once you sign the contract, you just need to learn the Summoning Technique."
At this point, Karan recalled for a moment before continuing, "Signing the contract is very simple, I know how to do that. But the Summoning Technique is more troublesome; it took me a long time to learn it back then."
As the Summoning Scroll served as proof for both parties of the contract, both could use the Summoning Technique to summon each other at will. She still remembered how to sign the Summoning Contract, and she had naturally mastered the Summoning Technique.
Thinking of this, Karan ignited a small flame in her hand to burn off the grease, then patted her chest and guaranteed, "Don't worry, I'll teach you when the time comes. I know all of this!"
"Great, it's a deal then!" Shunran said happily upon hearing this.
The thought of being able to summon this powerful human as her own muscle made her giddy. Her ability was Genjutsu, which lacked offensive power. With this human charging in front, she could just hide in the back and cast illusions.
What she didn't know was that Karan had forgotten to tell her that summoning Retsu once would almost completely drain her Demonic Power.
Meanwhile, Retsu was unaware that he was about to gain another Summoned Beast; he was still leisurely dodging Fuyuarashi's attacks.
"You guy, dodging around like a rat! Do you dare to stand still!" Fuyuarashi, seeing Retsu easily dodge her attacks again, felt a surge of fury and couldn't help but shout.
"Alright, I don't feel like dodging anymore either. I need to go back and eat after we're done."
"Very well!" Seeing Retsu stop in his tracks and no longer dodge, Fuyuarashi gritted her teeth and nodded. "I'll finish you right now!"
Hearing her words, Retsu also nodded and said calmly, "Indeed. One move to end it."
"Good!" Hearing such arrogant words, Fuyuarashi felt she had been more angered today than in the past ten years combined, so she stopped wasting words.
The Demonic Power in her body suddenly boiled over. She raised both hands and aimed at Retsu. A massive tornado, churning with ice shards and snow, formed instantly and surged toward Retsu, freezing everything in its path into ice pillars.
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