Arrows formed from black light continuously unleashed pain and fury.
Huge explosions kept occurring within the Imaginary Space. Origami's attacks, in her Reversal form, were incredibly fierce. Just the onslaught of black arrows forced Inaba Tsukiyo to constantly dodge.
The Crown possessed an attack power far exceeding that of other Spirits. In terms of attack intensity, even Tohka's Last Sword could not contend with it.
Origami's attacks reminded Inaba Tsukiyo of a certain fighting style: the attacks of remote-controlled drones.
The silken threads that originally formed The Crown, once released from their owner's control, could autonomously attack enemies without needing specific direction.
This was Inaba Tsukiyo's biggest challenge, as these drones were not controlled by Origami herself, but rather attacked instinctively.
In addition to these drones, Origami herself could unleash cannon-like attacks, concentrating the silken threads above her head to form a cannon barrel and firing extremely powerful blasts.
While continuously dodging the drone attacks, a scene flashed before Inaba Tsukiyo's eyes. The Origami in front of her transformed into another person.
It was a girl with beautiful golden hair, wearing a red and white dress, and a miko hat on her head.
With a sunny and energetic smile, can-like objects appeared around her, and these objects could even shoot out beam-like attacks.
"I… I saw it!"
In a daze, Inaba Tsukiyo seemed to recall something, and her movements for dodging the drone beams became slightly more deliberate.
Each time, she narrowly avoided an attack by just a hair's breadth, giving the impression that she was almost hit.
But only Inaba Tsukiyo understood that this was a technique called "grazing," using minimal movements to dodge attacks and gradually closing in on the enemy.
Although Origami's attacks were fierce, don't forget whose home turf this was! This was the Imaginary Space! It was her created world!
Since she said she would teach this brat a good lesson, Inaba Tsukiyo would use her fists to knock some sense into her!
A massive black arrow formed above Origami's head and shot towards Inaba Tsukiyo at an incredibly fast speed.
Just as the arrow was about to make contact with Inaba Tsukiyo, it rippled faintly in front of her, like a stone thrown into water.
The black ink flowing from Origami became more pronounced, and the color of her Spirit Armor, resembling mourning clothes, deepened. The intensity of her Reversal Spirit power increased by another level.
Unrefined spirit crystals could create terrifying monsters, and the rampaging of a Reversal often caused the spirit crystal to regress towards an unrefined state.
However, there was one Spirit who was an exception: Tohka Yatogami.
While others were human girls who became Spirits after acquiring spirit crystals, Tohka Yatogami was a pure Spirit born from a spirit crystal itself. Mio Takamiya had told them this.
Origami, now in a complete rampage, immediately sprang into action. Although she had lost consciousness, upon seeing Inaba Tsukiyo, a subconscious thought arose: Inaba Tsukiyo was strong, and she had to fight with all her might.
Therefore, she held nothing back. Origami's attacks became even grander and swifter than before.
The originally azure Imaginary Space, under Origami's power, transformed into a night sky, filled with Origami's ominous black energy.
Black wings of light unfurled behind Origami. In an instant, all the black light beams shot towards Inaba Tsukiyo, tracing a neat arc in the air and converging on her position.
Although she could use Imaginary Space teleportation to deflect all these attacks, the light beams were like heat-seeking missiles; no matter how many times they were redirected, they would always shoot back towards Inaba Tsukiyo.
Inaba Tsukiyo could have simply teleported these attacks outside the Imaginary Space, but she couldn't guarantee where the exit would be.
If it were set in a city, an unannounced attack would cause a large number of casualties.
If she herself caused this, it wouldn't matter much, but as the one who initiated the attack, Origami would absolutely not be able to accept this reality afterwards.
So… she had to stop all of Origami's attacks within this Imaginary Space. Since you want to follow, then I'll kill all of you!
I'm not dodging anymore! Since I can't dodge, then I'll kill all of you!
A certain game came to mind, where the game character initially didn't intend to fight the enemies, but the opponents relentlessly pursued, leaving no choice but to turn around and kill them all, then safely leave.
Opening her eyes, her originally wine-red pupils had transformed into eerie blue demonic eyes. Facing the constantly flying arrows, Inaba Tsukiyo no longer chose to dodge as before, but instead drew Mikazuki Munechika and swung her blade at these arrows.
If anyone saw this scene, they would surely burst out laughing. To think of using a cold weapon to counter these beams, isn't that as naive as a warrior trying to cut a fireball with a sword?
Here, Inaba Tsukiyo would prove to these people: so what if the arrows in front of her were entirely composed of energy? She would still cut them!
Don't forget, Inaba Tsukiyo herself was an excellent swordswoman! The reason she only used the power of Heroic Spirits was for convenience; it didn't mean her own strength was weak!
Grazing past a beam, she swung Mikazuki Munechika in a reverse grip, striking the arrow.
Under this blow, the arrow shattered like glass, directly dissipating into points of light in the air.
Not only that, every arrow that sought to attack Inaba Tsukiyo, under the sharp gleam of her blade, turned into countless points of light and vanished into the air.
"I… I saw it. And I saw it very clearly!"
As far as her sight could reach, it was almost covered with various death points and death lines. Even in this Imaginary Space, Inaba Tsukiyo could see its death points and death lines.
It was just that the Imaginary Space was too vast, and composed of countless parts to form such a massive space. Even if she eliminated one death point, she couldn't destroy the entire Imaginary Space.
However, this was enough. With this power, Origami's attacks would have no effect on her.
Now, no matter if Origami used drone attacks or The Crown's attacks, they would be useless. At this moment, Inaba Tsukiyo feared no power; even if a god appeared before her, she could kill it.
In a flash, Inaba Tsukiyo appeared before Origami. A large amount of black silken threads appeared around Origami, forming a shield that completely protected her.
Facing this shield, Inaba Tsukiyo lightly swung the blade in her hand, directly splitting the shield in half down the middle, exposing Origami within.
Seeing the shield so easily destroyed by Inaba Tsukiyo, Origami's lifeless pupils showed a look of confusion.
The power Inaba Tsukiyo displayed was beyond her comprehension.
But she instinctively reached out, wanting to attack Inaba Tsukiyo. However, the moment she reached out, Inaba Tsukiyo grabbed her hand, released Mikazuki Munechika, and landed a fierce punch on Origami's delicate face.
Origami fell heavily to the ground, lying there powerlessly, her pupils staring blankly at Inaba Tsukiyo in the air.
When the black silk automatically attacked Inaba Tsukiyo, the Spear of the Void, formed through Imaginary Space conversion, shattered the black silk.
A pair of pale giant claws enveloped Origami. As Inaba Tsukiyo moved, the two giant claws closed, trapping Origami within them.
"Truly… a troublesome fellow. But you're tired now. Get some good rest first."
Ignoring the unpleasant black ink on Origami's body, Inaba Tsukiyo embraced Origami, lowered her head to Origami's lips, and gently kissed her.
Origami's body was exceptionally cold, as if it had been briefly refrigerated in an ice cellar.
Through their lips, Inaba Tsukiyo's warmth transferred between them.
After a struggling flicker, the black light seemed to be purified, gradually transforming back into its original pure white glow.
The funeral-like black long dress gradually lost its dark color, reverting to its original pure white.
Inaba Tsukiyo's power entered Origami's body, suppressing the riot of the anti-spirit crystal, allowing the anti-spirit crystal to gradually stabilize and return to its original spirit crystal that adapted to the host.
After the spirit crystal was completely suppressed, Origami's dazed pupils returned to normal.
Origami, feeling weak all over, blinked her eyes. Recalling what she had done before, crystal tears continuously flowed from her eyes.
"Why? Why save me? Wouldn't it be better to just let me self-destruct here?"
Even if she lived, what then? The belief that had always supported her life turned out to be such a truth; the spirit she had always wanted to kill was herself. Origami truly had little desire to live on.
Inaba Tsukiyo squatted down, reached out and hugged Origami, letting Origami's head rest in her arms, and stroked her beautiful hair, allowing her tears to wet her clothes.
She understood the feeling of losing an important person, so she could somewhat comprehend Origami's desperate mood at this moment.
But… she would not agree with Origami's idea of dying here. She still had a wonderful youth awaiting her; how could she die here?
"Sleep well. You are too weak now. When you wake up, I will tell you what I have been hiding from you."
"You…"
Origami looked at Inaba Tsukiyo in confusion, then was overcome by a huge drowsiness, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Inaba Tsukiyo carried Origami out of the Imaginary Space. Yoshino and the others, who were anxiously waiting outside for them, rushed up to inquire about the situation.
"Her emotions have been temporarily suppressed. The next thing to do is to give her the item when she wakes up."
"Tsukiyo-chan, have you ever thought… what if those items don't work?"
If even the last resort didn't work, how should Origami's problem be handled? Had Inaba Tsukiyo thought about it?
To be honest, Inaba Tsukiyo really hadn't thought about this problem, because she hadn't expected Origami to become a spirit in the first place.
Thinking of this, Inaba Tsukiyo glared fiercely at Mio Takamiya, who hadn't left yet. It was all her fault that things had become so troublesome.
Mio Takamiya, knowing she had messed things up, turned her head away. After greeting the others, she seemed to have greased her feet and slipped away directly.
Inaba Tsukiyo didn't stop her. Although she was very dissatisfied with Mio Takamiya's behavior, since she had already done it, there wasn't much she could say.
Now she could only hope that the items she had prepared back then would come in handy.
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