Bang!
Byakuya swept his leg forward, kicking Daki hard in the waist. Instantly, flames erupted.
"Flame Burst!"
With a rumble!
The flames exploded the moment they appeared on Byakuya's body. With a deafening roar, Daki's body was sent flying.
Bang, bang, bang!
Daki's body smashed through wall after wall as she flew backward.
Byakuya didn't stop. He raised his right hand and made a pistol-shooting gesture.
Zzzzt!
Azure electricity surged, and then a bolt of current shot forward.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The current streaked forward, and the houses ahead exploded one by one.
The deafening roars also attracted a disturbance.
People kept rushing out of their homes, fearfully running into the street. On the houses across the street, everyone anxiously shut their windows.
And at this moment...
Daki crashed through a window and landed on the street.
"Isn't that Miss Warabi?"
The men around looked at Daki. One of them leered, his gaze lingering on Daki's chest.
Then...
Behind Daki, her obi suddenly came alive, sweeping outwards in all directions.
Before the surrounding people could react, as the obi swept past, heads began to fly, tumbling through the air.
Time seemed to stand still. The surrounding people seemed to have lost their breath.
After a moment, someone screamed, and then the onlookers scattered like startled birds, fleeing in all directions.
At this time, Byakuya leaped out of the house, his body transforming into lightning, and plummeted towards Daki.
Rumble!
Daki quickly leaped to the side.
The lightning struck, and with a thunderous roar, a piece of the ground was shattered.
In mid-air, Daki spread her arms, and countless obi flew towards Byakuya again.
Byakuya's figure reappeared amidst the lightning. Countless sludges appeared on his body, the Steel Slime wriggling rapidly before solidifying into the shape of the Aries Cloth.
Psychokinesis!
Byakuya merely glanced, and the incoming obi froze in mid-air.
At that moment, Daki felt as if her obi were being gripped by a large hand, wrestling for control. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make the obi move forward.
Then...
Byakuya raised his hand forward!
Zzzzt!
A piercing crackle of electricity sounded, and a current emerged from Byakuya's hand, shooting forward.
Daki reacted quickly, leaping onto the roof of a nearby house the instant the current appeared.
The current struck the ground, shattering a patch of it. Byakuya then transformed into electricity, instantly teleporting in front of Daki and sweeping his leg forward.
Daki's face contorted. Gritting her teeth, she swung her hands forcefully. The surrounding obi attacked, crisscrossing and forming a defense before Daki.
But...
Bang!
Byakuya's kick struck the obi. While it didn't break through her defense...
Fierce flames instantly ignited, followed by...
Rumble!
The thunderous sound of Flame Burst erupted again. A giant fireball exploded between them, sending Daki flying once more, while the raging flames also burned away Daki's obi.
Byakuya didn't pursue immediately. Instead, he beckoned towards the direction Daki had flown.
Zzzzt!
The sound of surging electricity arose again, and a flash of lightning surged from beneath Daki's body, striking her again before she had landed, sending her tumbling across the rooftops.
Looking at Daki lying on the ground, Byakuya walked towards her step by step and said, "I have a question: Are you truly one of the Twelve Kizuki's Upper Moons?"
Daki gritted her teeth and pushed herself up, kneeling on the ground. "What do you mean? My rank was personally bestowed by Lord Muzan, the Demon King!"
"Don't misunderstand me. I don't mean anything by it, I just feel..." Byakuya looked at Daki and said, "I feel you're too weak!"
Byakuya wasn't trying to provoke her; he genuinely felt Daki wasn't strong.
Even with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Aries Cloth, Byakuya thought it would be ridiculous if Daki could defeat him.
In fact, with the defense of the Aries Cloth, Byakuya felt he could leisurely eat some sunflower seeds even if Daki attacked him head-on.
However, whether she could win was one question, and the combat prowess Daki displayed was another.
Byakuya even felt Daki's strength was barely stronger than Rui, the Spider Demon of the Lower Moons.
Her obi attacks looked fierce, but they were neither as sharp nor as durable as Rui's spider silk, nor did she have the same quantity.
If anything, Daki's physical combat skills were clearly much better than Rui's.
But...
One Upper Moon, one Lower Moon...
The difference shouldn't be this small, right?
On the other side, Byakuya's words seemed to have deeply stung Daki, making her exquisitely beautiful face instantly contort into a ferocious expression, veins bulging on her skin.
At this moment, the beautiful courtesan seemed to have truly transformed into a demon.
"Shut up!"
Behind Daki, her obi surged again, becoming enormous, and then slashed forward.
Byakuya remained standing, knowing the obi couldn't harm him.
As expected, the moment the obi touched Byakuya, his body turned into lightning and passed right through.
Rumble!
A deafening roar followed.
The massive obi struck a house behind them, bisecting it.
As the walls collapsed, the people inside the house were exposed.
The patrons immediately fled, and the geish clung to each other, trembling.
Daki seemed to have thought of something, a ferocious smile appearing on her face. She swung her obi at Byakuya again.
Daki snarled, "If you dodge again, these people are doomed."
Daki's attack was on a direct line between Byakuya and the house. If Byakuya dodged, the people inside would surely die.
Then...
The obi pierced Byakuya's body and swept directly into the house.
The fleeing patrons were instantly shredded, falling to the ground with screams.
Two geish, huddled together and weeping in a corner, had bloodlines appear on their necks from the mere gust of wind from the sweep, a large amount of blood splattering.
Their heads soon fell from their necks, rolling to the side.
Daki stared at Byakuya in astonishment. Byakuya showed no intention of caring about these people.
Daki said, "You..."
"What about me?" Byakuya extended his hand, and the Thunder Fang Beast slowly materialized from his palm. Then, Byakuya smiled faintly. "My only objective is to kill you. As for whether you kill people, then kill them. What does it have to do with me?"
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