Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 214 Mission: 07-3 Three Fighters
Leticia followed the scent of blood, flapping her wings as she traversed the maze of hollow tree roots. The demons lingering among the roots, carrying blood crystals, seemed oblivious to her presence. But the sight of these ugly, evil insects with jet-black wings filled Leticia with rage, each time using her shadow to chop them into pieces. Amidst the scent of scattered blood crystals, her crimson eyes grew increasingly furious.

As she went deeper underground, she encountered more and more similar demons. Whether flying or walking, these creatures running around for Qliphoth all had similar heads and pincer-like mouthparts that looked like ants.

"It's really ugly."

Such high-profile behavior finally attracted the attention of a more powerful being. Deep within the flesh-and-blood root tunnel, in a dark, empty square, Leticia encountered "that enemy."

This enormous demon—five times the height of Leticia—shared many of the characteristics of an insect, but its most striking features were its massive, sickle-like forelimbs and the gaping human skull in the center of its fleshy, petal-like head. Like the smaller demons, its body was covered in blood-filled lumps, and its bristly body was enough to inspire the most instinctive fear in anyone.

The name of that fear is "death".

"Not fast."

Leticia waved her shadow-like bat wings and hovered above the "Queen Ant." Her eyes drooped, and her cold tone was filled with murderous intent: "How unpleasant."

She reached behind her, grabbed the end of the bow and pulled off the ribbon. A bloody scarlet shadow immediately covered her body and expanded rapidly.

In just a few seconds, the shadow nearly doubled in height. When it dissipated, the reappearing Leticia no longer looked like a teenager. The childish look on her face faded, and her limbs grew slender. Leticia bared her sharp fangs and roared in a deep, angry voice:
"With this shameful, cursed appearance, disappear forever!"

Under her control, the shadows transformed into countless blades that fell forward, but the demon opposite leaped back and began to run around Leticia. Then it lowered its head, and the human skull in the center of its head bit down on the blood crystal that Leticia had shattered, crunching it and swallowing it.

Scarlet blood ignited from every part of its body, and under the influence of the blood, its speed almost doubled. It also leaped high with increased jumping power, appearing above Leticia's head, and its sickle-like forelimbs crossed and fell.

A heavy knight's spear appeared in Leticia's hand, piercing through the air with tremendous force, shooting down the queen ant like an arrow shot by a giant.

Leticia's shadow swarmed over like a swarm of bloodthirsty bats, constantly tearing its body apart.

The red light gradually dimmed, and Leticia's eyes became brighter and brighter.

After separating from the maid, Izayoi put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked along the tangled branches as if taking a walk. His trouser pockets were filled with gravel he had picked up while walking on the ground.

However, he didn't have a quirk of picking up stones; these stones were simply intended to be used as weapons. After all, due to certain game rules, he couldn't directly destroy the Demonic World Tree. So, for Izayoi, who couldn't fly, these stones that he could easily pick up were invaluable.

Just like it is now.

The moment he heard the sound, Izayoi flicked his finger and shot a stone behind him. The stone instantly broke the sound barrier, creating a white shockwave in the air, and tore a large bat with flames in its mouth into pieces.

"Ah... so annoying. So annoying."

Izayoi casually threw another stone, killing another demon. "This damn place is full of flying creatures. Is that a mockery? Should I consider it a mockery?"

In the open area ahead, the goat-like demonic spellcaster, having sealed himself within a magic circle and disappeared, was instantly severed at the waist. He fell to the ground, uttering a sharp roar before dying. Izayoi casually crushed the ice cones and lightning bolts that emerged from beneath his feet and continued forward. At that moment, a bright red figure silently appeared behind him, traversing space and swinging a blade that seemed forged from blood.

This should have been a sure-kill sneak attack, a blow that no one in the world could have realized was coming from the cracks in time and space. But just as the blade was about to tear through Izayoi's neck, he reached out and grabbed the sharp blade with a mere foot.

"Hey~ Aren't there other guys like me?"

As he spoke, Izayoi mercilessly grabbed the blurry lizardman and tried to throw him over his shoulder. However, the blow failed, and the bloody figure disappeared before Izayoi again, as if what he had grabbed was just an illusion.

It disappeared completely, without a trace.

"interesting."

The phantom reappeared beside Izayoi, who slowly closed his eyes. It feinted a blow, then withdrew the moment it saw Izayoi react, and reappeared from another direction.

From a third-party perspective, it looked as if the lizard man had split himself into two clones and launched attacks from two directions at the same time!
But even such a miraculous skill could not penetrate Izayoi's defense.

Izayoi's fist instantly accelerated, tearing through the air to create a vacuum, and pierced through the lizardman's body like a cannonball.

Facing the lizardman who was still relentlessly offering his blade, Izayoi chuckled softly and said calmly, "It's a pity. If his strength was ten times greater, perhaps he would be a bit of a threat."

He withdrew his arm, and there was no trace of blood on the sleeve that was wrapped in the vacuum.

"Boom!"

A huge vibration accompanied by a muffled sound came from deep within the Demonic World Tree. Izayoi and Leticia instantly realized that they might have fallen behind.

Shuten-douji, already at the forefront of the competition, sat atop a massive, chained beast. This beast, with its tough hide, massive body, thick hind legs, and short, thin tail, had been toppled to the ground by Shuten-douji. Its short legs kicked helplessly at the sky, unable to turn over.

Originally, this behemoth, with only a pair of legs completely incapable of supporting its body, had a triangular pyramidal shape for stability, ensuring it could always turn over in the event of a rollover. However, Shuten-douji now sat on its flat belly, keeping it firmly planted on its towering back, no matter how hard it pushed. Such power and control were simply incredible.

Shuten-doji took a sip of rice wine and poured the little that was left in the gourd into the huge mouth of the beast, which was tightly locked with chains. He laughed and kicked the shackles apart.

"Come on, I finally found an interesting guy, come and play a game with me!"

A moment later, another loud noise resounded deep into the earth.

(End of this chapter)