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The streets of this small town are clean and tidy. There are not as many pedestrians as in big cities, but they all greet each other and seem to know each other very well.
Kiriharu drove Chitanda Eru to a supermarket.
Although it's a small town, this supermarket is quite large, with three floors.
"We're here, let's go, Wuqing!"
Chitanda Eru seemed to be in a very good mood today. As soon as Kiriharu parked their bicycles in front of the row of cars, she jumped off the back seat with a whoosh, excitedly grabbed Kiriharu's hand, and ran towards the supermarket entrance.
Seeing this cute and refreshing young girl so excited today, Wu Qing's face also broke into a smile...
Meanwhile, in a small alley in the town.
"Oh dear, it looks like if we don't act now, we'll miss our chance."
A naturally black-haired black-eyed bird with green hair sat on an old wooden box, squinting with an enigmatic smile on its face.
Beside her was a short-haired follower wearing a mask and holding a blowpipe.
"Tell me, just how strong is this Kiriharu that even the Empress and Inaba Tsukiyo can't forget? I, Sasori, am very curious!"
She laughed happily and suddenly jumped off the wooden crate.
Then, she reached out and patted the short-haired masked girl on the shoulder.
"You've really worked hard these past few days. Thanks to you for arranging people to keep an eye on Wu Qingjun's movements, I was able to wait for him in a place like this."
"Who are you waiting for?"
Just as Nemume Sato was talking to himself.
A chilling voice suddenly came from the entrance of the alley behind her.
Chapter 149: Starting with you, the reckoning begins!
The masked girl with short green hair, upon hearing this voice, immediately became alarmed and, covered in sweat, stood in front of Minami Sasori.
Satori also realized there were uninvited guests. Although her signature smile remained unchanged, her eyes narrowed slightly as she looked defiantly at the source of the sound at the end of the alley.
"Oh dear, when did you start following us?"
"From the moment you sent people to follow Wu Qing..."
With a dark expression, the empress slowly walked into the dark alley from the entrance bathed in the setting sun. She stretched out her slender, white fingers and gently placed them on the stone wall to her right. With each step forward, her fingers left long claw marks on the solid stone wall, like a razor scraping tofu, making a screeching, ear-piercing scraping sound.
"It's been quite a while since I sent people to follow Wu Qing."
Minami Sato thoughtfully touched her lower lip with her finger, tilting her head to recall when it all started, looking as if she didn't take the Empress, who was supposed to be living in a symbiotic relationship with her, seriously.
He is the second-best swordsman among the Five Swordsmen, after Inaba Tsukiyo.
She was confident enough to face this empress who was called a monster.
After all, the Empress's current record is only that she withstood the combined correction of Oniwa Rin and Kame-zuru Marie, two of the Five Swords.
Such a record is indeed terrifying in the eyes of others.
However, if she were to fight both Onigawara Rin and Kamezuki Mary at the same time, she might not be able to defeat them, but neither of them could defeat her either.
In summary.
Nemume Satoki is not intimidated by the Empress, at least not now.
Moreover, given her personality, even if she knew she was no match for the Empress, she would still dare to confront her directly.
Because she was a sleepyhead, she had no idea how to write the word "fear".
"So, what do you want to do to Sasori now?"
As the Empress, exuding murderous intent, walked towards her step by step, Minmu Sasori coldly drew the sword from her waist, ready to engage the Empress in close combat.
"Of course we're here to settle scores with you, starting with you, and with everyone!"
The Empress stopped just ten steps away from Nemume Sanori, because the masked henchman who had just been blocking Nemume Sanori's way suddenly attacked her.
The masked henchman was using a weapon—an ancient blowpipe used for assassination.
This blowpipe has advantages such as being easy to carry, difficult to detect, quiet, and having a long attack range. As long as the tip of the needle is coated with a deadly poison, it can kill people silently.
Just now, the masked follower blew an arrow at the Empress. The arrow was extremely fast and very thin, almost invisible to the naked eye.
But just as the arrow reached the Empress, she swiftly deflected it.
Automatic counterattack!
This is a unique G-level passive skill of the Empress.
The principle behind it is to use the subconscious mind, trained to the bone marrow, to launch a swift and ruthless counterattack against all attacks that enter the body. Sometimes, even before the Empress herself can react to an attack, her body will subconsciously react.
This ability sounds incredibly powerful, and only such a powerful skill could be worthy of her title as Empress and her status as a top-tier character in anime.
The Empress, already powerful in the original work, becomes even more terrifying in this crossover anime world where everyone is stronger, both physically and in all other aspects...
"Masaka!"
The masked, short-haired girl looked utterly shocked.
Her special skill was that her blowguns were extremely small, and she practiced blowgunning so hard that when she blew the small arrow with all her might, its initial velocity was ten times that of an ordinary blowgun, reaching 80 meters per second.
This initial velocity is faster than most arrows, and equal to one-fifth the initial velocity of a pistol bullet. At such a speed, coupled with the fact that her blowgun darts are as thin as silver needles and difficult to detect, even some experts would find it hard to react.
Even so, the Empress remained expressionless.
It was as if this level of attack was nothing to her!
"Xi, you should step back and let Zuo Niao handle it."
Mianmu Satonori gently pulled away the ritual cloth, and with a smile, he approached the Empress, holding a wooden-handled katana.
(禊xi, fourth tone, pronounced the same as 戏)
"You really are very brave."
Upon seeing this, the Empress smiled faintly and quickened her pace.
Two beautiful girls with different styles meet in a narrow alley.
One is the second strongest of the Five Swords, the naturally black-sleeping Saotori.
One is the aloof and sickly Tianyu Zhanzhan, who has the title of Empress.
Although they have different styles, they have one thing in common: they are all extremely powerful and are by no means ordinary experts.
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The two beautiful girls walked closer and closer until they were only three steps apart. Suddenly, Minami Sasori raised her sword expressionlessly, stared at the open space next to Tenyu Zanzhan, and gradually quickened her pace to rush forward. The sword in her hand drew a perfect arc in the air and slashed straight at Tenyu Zanzhan's left shoulder.
The speed of Nemuro's slashes was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, the blade rose and fell, and in the quiet alley, only the whooshing sound of the blade cutting through the air could be heard.
Then, Tenyu Zanzan and Mianmu Saton passed each other by, each taking two or three steps forward. They seemed to be unharmed, but Empress Tenyu Zanzan's fingers had turned bright red at some point, and blood dripped from her glistening fingertips.
"As expected of...the Empress!"
..... ........ ...
Just moments ago, Namimesa was standing, but suddenly he was covered in sweat, weakly kneeling on one knee, gripping his long sword tightly with both hands to keep himself from falling.
She was careless.
Although she was prepared for the Empress to be stronger than her, she did not expect the Empress to be so much stronger than her, and to kill her almost instantly.
Her strength was second among the Five Swords. The Empress who could kill her instantly must have possessed an extremely terrifying level of power.
It's likely that the Empress's strength surpasses that of those two mecha swordsmen.
"Interesting. As you attacked, your eyes were looking elsewhere. Is this a common tactic of yours? Using everything in your body to make it impossible for the enemy to perceive your attack intentions and to predict when you will strike."
A cold smile curled up on Tianyu Zhanzhan's exquisite face.
She placed her blood-stained hand to her lips with a wicked smile, licked it with her small tongue, and then said, "It's a pity you met me. No matter how much you hide your intention to attack, it's useless once you take a real action."
"Satori!"
Seeing that the Sleeping Bird was seriously injured, Mise shouted anxiously and then blew three blowguns at the Heavenly Feather Slash in succession.
Even though the Empress was looking at Namimosa, with her back to her, the three blowguns she fired were easily swatted away the moment they got close to her.
"asshole!!!"
Seeing that ranged attacks were useless, Xi gritted her teeth, grabbed her blowpipe, and charged forward.
Chapter 150: It can't be suppressed, it really can't be suppressed!
The tip of the blowpipe used for the ritual was coated with a paralyzing toxin.
Anyone whose defenses are breached by the blowpipe, even if it's just a minor cut, will quickly have the toxins invade their entire body, at which point even a giant bear would faint.
However, just as she rushed to Tianyu Zhanzhan's side, the Empress pierced her abdomen with a single palm strike.
"Do you think you can get close to me?"
Tianyu glanced at Xi with disdain, then sneered, "I know your little tricks. You poisoned the tip of the blowpipe, didn't you? How about I let you hit me?"
"The Empress!!!"
Xi tightly gripped Tianyu Zhanzhan's fair wrist, her eyes filled with barely suppressed rage. She raised her blowpipe high and struck the Empress's shoulder with all her might.
However, the moment the blowpipe touched the Empress's shoulder, it broke in two as if it had struck something made of iron.
"How, how could it be possible?!"
Xi's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Her blowpipe was specially made and very sturdy. Moreover, she had just delivered a full-force blow, yet it couldn't even budge the Empress in the slightest, nor even scratch her skin!
The Empress slammed the ritual implement against the wall and then let out a cold laugh.
"Even if I stand still, you can't hurt me." (First published on 705U.COM Book Club)
This incredibly strong physical defense, with its bronze head and iron arms, is one of Empress Yu's signature skills—the invincible blade.
With this skill, the Empress possesses destructive power comparable to that of a weapon.
In other words, although she is skilled in unarmed combat and fights unarmed, every part of her body is a deadly weapon!
Every swing of his arm and every raised elbow is as sharp as a razor!
"That's practically foul..."