Volume 6 Chapter 39

Volume 6 + Chapter 39: The Inner Demon Strikes!

“Those who bully Xia Yi, die.”

Inner Demon Xia Yi had already moved in front of Dorothea. She swung a streak of sword light, driving the blade through the golden dragon girl’s body.

Dorothea was pulled away from Tiamat by Inner Demon Xia Yi, and the two of them plummeted together from a height of a hundred meters.

Such a swift sword.

Dorothea’s eyes widened.

She realized that Xia Yi’s fighting style had changed, she was now using her own blood to determine the positions of the threads.

The threads that had been under her control were instead being exploited by her opponent, becoming a tool to get close to her.

By the time she reacted, it was already too late.

This speed of movement was completely different from what she had displayed earlier in the fight…

Boom!

The holy sword pinned Dorothea’s body to the ground. The sword energy, combined with the impact of the fall, erupted over her form, shattering the puppet body into pieces scattered across the earth.

Inner Demon Xia Yi, meanwhile, had stepped off the threads to leap away before landing, avoiding the fall damage from such a great height.

“Oh dear, another body is broken. That’s two already today. How heartbreaking.”

Dorothea reappeared from the sea of irises, now in an entirely new body.

She looked with pity at her own shattered remains.

“All smashed up like that, even if repaired, it would be hideous.”

“You’re just like a cockroach!”

Inner Demon Xia Yi found this hard to accept.

She realized that even destroying the puppet’s body had no effect on Dorothea.

The soul of this golden dragon girl was never placed inside the puppet body at all.

Even if one body was broken, swapping to another allowed her to keep fighting, essentially reviving at full strength.

“A mere small fry hiding in the shadows, too afraid to show her real form, and yet so smug!”

“If I’m a small fry, then what are you?” Dorothea taunted. “A little shrimp that gets eaten?”

“You abnormal puppet girl! No matter how many bodies you have, I’ll kill you that many times!!” Inner Demon Xia Yi raised the holy sword and charged.

“No sudden moves, little Xia Yi.”

Dorothea’s five fingers danced as she manipulated the invisible threads, forming a transparent barrier. Infused with dragon-king level magic, it became an impenetrable defensive field.

She blocked the holy sword in front of herself, preventing it from advancing even half a step.

“These threads are all under my control. From the moment you stepped into Aster Valley, you never had any chance of winning. Whether you live or die depends entirely on my mood.”

“Save your boasting, puppet girl. Do you think I’m the same as Xia Yi? I may not be skilled at magic, but I have honed my swordsmanship to the absolute limit!”

Inner Demon Xia Yi glared at Dorothea with a defiant expression, utterly proud to the extreme.

“In this world, no one can block my sword!”

Her mind entered a flawless state. A piercing sword intent descended, causing the blade’s might to surge dramatically.

The holy sword overflowed with surging streams of light that enveloped the entire blade, transforming its form.

The threads wrestled against the sword’s edge, sparks flying in midair.

One by one, the threads infused with dragon-king level magic snapped.

“Holy sword, release!” Inner Demon Xia Yi roared.

The released holy sword severed the threads Dorothea controlled and pierced through the unbreakable barrier.

She swung the golden blade, trailing a beam of sword light, and cut off Dorothea’s arm.

“My arm?”

Dorothea frowned.

So this was the power of a holy sword wielder?

Even though she was only at the fifth rank, she could fight above her level thanks to the holy sword.

“I told you, no matter how many bodies you have, I’ll cut them all down. I’ll kill you until you can’t get back up!”

With her remaining arm, Dorothea curled her fingers, causing her body to fall backward in a way that defied all logic, evading Inner Demon Xia Yi’s heart-piercing thrust.

At the same time, she pulled on the threads, dragging her own body back to create distance.

“You can’t escape. Six Instant Successive Slashes.”

Inner Demon Xia Yi had already anticipated that her opponent would react once she broke through the defense.

Her strike missed, but she immediately followed up with a pursuit, employing an extraordinary swordsmanship technique.

Five beams of sword light blazed simultaneously, as if transcending the limits of time and space, slashing toward Dorothea from five directions and sealing off all paths of retreat.

The sword energy shredded every thread around Dorothea, crashed irresistibly into her body, and shattered yet another puppet form.

“Next, puppet girl! Bring out your next body for me to cut! If you have ten thousand bodies, then I’ll kill you, you small fry, ten thousand times!!”

Inner Demon Xia Yi stomped on Dorothea’s head, utterly wild and arrogant.

Dorothea activated another spare body, emerging from a different direction. Far from being angered by Inner Demon Xia Yi’s brazen behavior, she seemed intrigued.

“You’re not the little Xia Yi, are you?”

“So what if I am? So what if I’m not?”

Inner Demon Xia Yi was disdainful, having no intention of being pleasant to Dorothea.

Truth be told, she hated this golden dragon girl, a deep, visceral aversion.

“Are you acting by taking over Xia Yi’s body?” Dorothea pressed further.

“What’s it to you? Xia Yi has already entrusted her body to me. Today, I have to teach you small fry a lesson!” Inner Demon Xia Yi pointed the holy sword at Dorothea.

Dorothea could see it now, the “Xia Yi” before her differed from the real Xia Yi in many ways: different way of speaking, different fighting style, different personality, and she had even reached mutual recognition with Xia Yi…

This was clearly another soul, entirely distinct from Xia Yi.

The golden dragon girl’s lips curled upward.

Interesting.

“What is your name?”

“I have no name, and I don’t need one. I am Xia Yi’s shadow, the inner demon opposite to her!”

“Little inner demon, I’ll remember you.”

“What strange nonsense are you spouting now, you puppet girl, ”

Inner Demon Xia Yi was about to continue attacking Dorothea.

The next moment, she sensed danger.

Tiamat stirred, reaching out a hand toward her.

If it were just a sword fight against Dorothea, that would be fine, but against Tiamat…

“Holy sword!”

Inner Demon Xia Yi raised the holy sword high. She resonated with it, and golden particles appeared around her, drawn into the blade.

Tiamat moved too quickly, giving her no chance to continue charging.

In the end, Inner Demon Xia Yi could only hastily unleash a powerful sword technique. A golden torrent surged skyward.

Tiamat took the hit head-on, brushing aside the torrent of sword energy, and its massive hand seized the petite Inner Demon Xia Yi.

She was like a doll caught in Dorothea’s grasp.

“Ugh…!”

Inner Demon Xia Yi tried to struggle, but she was pinned down and couldn’t move. Finally, darkness completely engulfed her vision…

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