Romance of the Four Kingdoms

Chapter 55

Mitsuko continued her offensive onslaught on Lu Bu as she swiped with her weapons. Lu Bu could only block and deflect the attacks while dodging the wild swings of the scythe arm. Mitsuko swiped a couple of more times with her scythe snake arm before Lu Bu caught it as he blocked it with his sky piercer's polearm overhead. The scythe hangs over the polearm as a result. Mitsuko smiles widely showing off her new serrated teeth as she stabs Lu Bu in the face as the sword slithers its way to strike below the polearm. Lu Bu narrowly tilts his head in time however he suffers a cut on his right jaw. She attempted to slice off his head by attacking sideways however Lu Bu took a step back in time to dodge it. He pulls the polearm back forcing Mitsuko to extend her reach with the scythe arm. Lu Bu then let go of his weapon with his right arm and grabbed the snake underneath. Before Mitsuko could attack with her other snake arm Lu Bu managed to throw her over his hip. As he slammed her to the ground he let go of the snake and stabbed Mitsuko in the head. Though Mitsuko jumped up with ease before Lu Bu planted the sky piercer in her skull.

When Mitsuko landed on her feet, she immediately twisted her body with both her weapons striking Lu Bu from the left side. Lu Bu blocked the attack however due to the sheer strength and momentum Lu Bu was carried off his feet and lands on the ground quite a way away from Mitsuko. Though Mitsuko cackles sinisterly at this as she planted the crescent blade in the floor and propels herself forward and attempted to stab Lu Bu in his face though he rolled out of the way. He stood up as Mitsuko retracted both of her snakes to her side, they slither in the air as they both stare at each other, Lu Bu looked at Mitsuko cautiously, not knowing what else she has in store. He didn't know what happened to her, but he knows that she's as strong as ever. Though a simple woman will not stop the mightiest warrior in the land. Meanwhile she looks at him with a sinister smile on her face. She licked her top lip with her forked tongue and beckoned Lu Bu to attack with her crescent blade.

Lu Bu took the bait as he lunges forward trying to strike her down. Mitsuko retreated as she deflected the attacks. However unlike before she's not holding her own more confidently. She laughed at his attempts to strike her down. Lu Bu began to get annoyed at her confidence, how dare she act like that, just because she managed to keep up with him doesn't mean that she has a chance of claiming victory. He thrusted the sky piercer at Mitsuko's face after he deflected both of her weapons to either side. Due to his rising frustrations he puts more of his strength in the attack however he leaned in more. Mitsuko bends her back as she sees the sky piercer above him. She recoiled herself with such speed she headbutted Lu Bu making him stagger back as he holds his face. He shook it off and removed the hand only to see blood. Wait blood!? This woman dares to make him of all people bleed!? Even with her transformation he should still be able to make quick work of her!

'Ha-ha! I'm going to enjoy painting you red!' Mitsuko cackled maniacally as her two snake arms hiss in unison despite the blades coming out of their mouths. Lu Bu growled before lunging in for another attack.

Dodomeki sprinted in the castle faster than usual, traversing near the outskirts as to not be involved in the fighting. He wanted to get to Mitsuko before any potential Mystic involvement. As he sprinted in an abandoned part of the castle a mystic crashed to the ground in front of him. He looked around to see other mystic littered around this area of houses. He wondered why this was, was it another demon?

Dodomeki jumped up on one of the rooftops to them littered with mystic bodies while he saw other mystic battling it out. He saw some of the tunics of the fallen mystic warriors have the embraided sigil of the frog while others with the bear stitched on their tunics. He never thought he'd see the day when mystics would fight amongst themselves. He wondered what had happened since the last battle to shatter their unity. Not that he was complaining, far from it. He wanted to continue sprinting however the more mystics that live the riskier it will be for Mitsuko, so he decided to stay back and eliminate the survivors once they finish their little scrap. There is one mystic that caught his attention though.