Transformed into the leader of an esoteric sect in Japan

As expected, this plan was worth a try. Ignoring her body's warning signals, Kurosawa Shizuki continued to forcefully activate Kyoka Suigetsu.

If the founder of the Kyoto-ryu legend knew that she used the secrets of Kyoto-ryu to travel, would he be so angry that he would come back to life from his coffin?

You think this is just a mirage, but it's actually the Flying Thunder God Technique!

Bang, bang, bang! Several more sniper shots rang out, but none hit the target. Kurosawa Shizuki's figure approached the sniper at an incredible speed, as if she were a ghost teleporting. Bang, bang, bang! The sniper clearly did not expect such a bizarre thing to happen, and the frequency of his shots became more and more chaotic. The ghostly speed he obtained through the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique had obviously exceeded the limit of his sniping ability.

The fifth time she experienced a mirage, black blood flowed from the corner of Kurosawa Shizuki's mouth. She almost fell to the ground, feeling incredibly numb and tingly from head to toe. Her vision blurred, and blood began to seep from every pore on her body. Once again, she felt the ghostly realm of the dead calling to her.

Kurosawa Shizuki realized that if she took another step forward, her body would completely collapse from the inside out, and even if she was rushed to the hospital in time, she would probably not live for more than six months in her current physical condition.

Yukise-chan~ In her heart, she called out to the Shadow Servant. Kurosawa Shizuki immediately felt the life force shared by Nakamura Yukise flowing through her entire body. All her hidden injuries were erased, and her body and mind were refreshed. Yukise-chan is really too reliable.

[Your Shadow Servant, Nakamura Yukise, has consumed 8% of your life force by sharing black matter with you. Your body has been reshaped...] This time, since she didn't actually die, the consumption on Nakamura wasn't excessive.

If the Shadow Servants were allowed to actively devour other beings in the future, their life force could probably be restored, right?

Just before the sniper reloaded and fired at her again, Kurosawa Shizuki activated Mirror Flower Water Moon once more, tearing through the air and continuing her ghostly advance.

Kurosawa Shizuki's attention was focused on the rooftop of the building. Several black crows had been released in advance as sentinels, and she could now finally see the sniper's face.

A tall, ruddy-skinned man knelt solemnly on the rooftop, dressed in a sharp, dark military uniform and tall leather boots. A dodo insignia adorned his chest. His face was sharply defined, his age indiscernible, and he exuded the aura of battle. His black hair was tied in a long braid and coiled at the back of his head, embellished with an eagle feather. A thunderbolt symbol was tattooed on his face. He was dressed as an Amerindian.

The enormous sniper rifle was "dissolving" in his hands, driven by the influence of an invisible technique, turning into liquid metal, which was then recast and solidified in his hands like a living thing, becoming an ancient broken spear.

He laid the broken spear, which exuded an aura of unparalleled sharpness, across his knees, while in his right hand he held an Indian bone battle axe with a handle wrapped in wild animal hide. He was preparing for an upcoming battle, reciting a strange prayer. If Kurosawa Shizuki wasn't mistaken, it seemed to be some kind of primitive tribal language from the Americas. Those savages who still live in primitive times probably chant such incantations before battle to pray for the protection of the great spirits of nature.

[The Falconer, Lieutenant of the Pursuers (dark blue), is an eagle from the distant wilderness. Heeding the call of the lion, he raised his spear, but ultimately served the Lord of Ashes. Secret: The Secret of Fury VI. Skills: Falcon Ritual, Master Hunter, Assassination Expert, Veteran Never Dies. Items: Unending Fury's Broken Spear, Ghost Dancer's Skinning Axe]

Keenly noticing the crows released by Kurosawa Shizuku, the kneeling falconer drew a semi-automatic pistol from his waist and, almost without aiming, fired several times, easily shooting down all the crows.

The moment Kurosawa Shizuki saw this person, she felt a strangely familiar unease. That robust physique, showing no signs of aging, was indeed the enemy of the Purifiers. Was this a coincidence or inevitable? Had they already found her? If she had truly been exposed, how long until her greatest enemy appeared?

A chill ran down her spine as Kurosawa Shizuki shook off these chaotic thoughts. Regardless of whether the sniper was from the Cleaners, he was now a mortal enemy she had to kill, and eliminating him was the top priority.

After several more illusory encounters, I felt somewhat apologetic for having to share Yukise-chan's life force twice to restore her to a full state. Now, Nakamura's life force is only slightly over 40%, and continuing to exploit it would probably be very bad.

However, Kurosawa Shizuki finally managed to reach the building where the Falconer, who was suspected to be a member of the Liquidator, was hiding.

Kurosawa Shizuki's face revealed a murderous smile. Behind her, countless tentacles grew from the black substance, climbing along the edge of the nearly 100-meter-high building, propelling her body rapidly towards the roof like Doctor Octopus.

It climbs almost in a straight line along the edge of the building.

Halfway up the mountain, Kurosawa Shizuki suddenly heard the indicator light beeping loudly, a strong warning signal flashing again.

A violent explosion erupted from inside the building without warning. The red countdown reached its final countdown. It seemed to be a sensor-activated bomb that was about to blast the building apart. Kurosawa Shizuki only had time to temporarily form a barrier of black matter to block the most violent shockwave, as well as various flying debris and rubble.

As expected, the enemy wouldn't just sit on the rooftop and wait to die. Since he couldn't snipe him, he also changed his battle plan and instead began setting traps to wait for Kurosawa Shizuki to launch a surprise attack on him.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—accompanied by the explosion, countless metal pellets infused with blade power flew everywhere from the bomb. If it were a normal person, they would probably be riddled with holes on the spot. However, all of these metal pellets were intercepted by the black barrier that Kurosawa Shizuki had prepared in advance. They were deeply embedded in the black barrier and then bounced off without harming Kurosawa Shizuki in the slightest.

However, due to the precise detonation, Kurosawa Shizuki, along with the black matter surrounding her, was thrown into the air by the shockwave of the explosion. She didn't even have time to extend more tentacles to reattach to the building before falling from the sky once again.

With a series of creaking and groaning sounds, the entire building emitted strange noises of unbearable strain amidst the billowing smoke. It swayed precariously, its stable structure crumbling, seemingly on the verge of collapse at any moment.

Amidst the overwhelming smoke, fire, and ashes, Kurosawa Shizuki's pupils contracted slightly as she saw a cold glint rapidly approaching. It was a figure in a deep black military uniform, the hem of which spread out like the wings of an eagle.

“Young lady, you’re quite good, but this is where it ends,” the man announced in Japanese with a strange accent.

She realized that it was a sniper leaping from the rooftop, his left hand gripping the broken spear that gleamed with an incredibly sharp blade, his right hand holding a battle axe. The metallic force of the blade was flowing through his entire body, and his cheeks were flushed with extreme excitement as he faced an impending death battle.

They were falling together, but the approaching sniper was closing in on her at a speed that defied the laws of physics, as if time itself was flowing faster on him.

Behind Kurosawa Shizuki, black tentacles transformed into spikes that slammed into the approaching Falconers. However, he swiftly swung his broken spear and battle axe, deflecting all the black spikes without exception. In a single second, he parried fifteen attacks.

The second wave of black matter coalesced into an incredibly brutal claw, slamming down on the assassin who was holding a broken spear. However, he held the broken spear horizontally and thrust it fiercely at the claw, piercing it through without any hindrance. His body swept past, and the claw dissipated. The claw moved as slowly as a tortoise against his speed. The battle axe spinning endlessly to his right shredded more black tentacles that were trying to launch a surprise attack.

The final wave of black matter was about to form a thick black barrier in front of Kurosawa Shizuki, attempting to block the assassin's long-awaited attack in mid-air. Kurosawa Shizuki's intuition told her that this broken spear was an extraordinary item containing an extremely powerful blade technique. Once she was pierced by this broken spear, even if she relied on the power of the black matter, the resulting injury would not be able to be dispelled until the blade technique dissipated.

The unparalleled power of the blade is a terrifying force capable of stabbing the undead.

Arriving from mid-air, the roaring Falconer thrust out his invincible broken spear and began a series of ghostly, lightning-fast advances before the black barrier could solidify.

The battle axe and broken spear clashed and swung, unleashing a killing technique that resembled art. The Falconer's weapon-wielding movements were not like those of a human, but more like those of a vengeful ghost that would devour its prey. He let out a furious roar, his momentum growing stronger with each wave.

Consumed by the Falconer's fighting spirit, Kurosawa Shizuki seemed to see a distant and frenzied battle. On the shore of Wounded Knee Lake, the Falconer stood atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, his guns roaring. Countless scars could not bring him down. He nimbly slashed down one enemy after another, severing their scalps and letting out a cruel and gleeful laugh.

Between the ever-victorious spear and the shield, its color resembling an abyss, the shield repeatedly attempted to solidify, while the spear relentlessly tore at the solidified shield, sparking intense bursts of light. In less than a second, the man unleashed six consecutive thrusts, each posing a far greater threat than the last. All seven thrusts struck the same spot on the black barrier, causing countless cracks to erupt, followed by a crisp sound like shattering glass.

The black barrier crumbled! It revealed the last expressionless body of Kurosawa Shizuki, her dark blue eyes flashing with an icy light.

The grinning man raised the broken spear high and thrust it towards Kurosawa Shizuki's heart. This was the final shot, the culmination of his momentum. He was certain this assassination would not fail; the wound inflicted by the broken spear would never heal.

The scar on the man's chest burns with the power of a raging blade. The scar grants him the strength to win, and the wound is also an entrance. He will open the gates of the realm of the dead for his enemies.

This brief but intense battle between the two who fell at the same time will be decided before they even hit the ground.

P.S. I recently played the Blade expansion again. Compared to the main game, it's so much more relaxing and comfortable. It only takes two or three hours per game, there's not much repetition, it's simple and brutal, just go for it and fight your enemies at the ends of the earth!

Section 73, Chapter Seventy-Three: Breaking the Blade

Amidst the blood-red fabrication of history, falling alongside countless rubble and stones, bathed in the rust-red torrential rain, the breathtaking, life-or-death struggle between the two unfolding in a confined space seems to be drawing to a close.

The broken spear clanged and trembled with ecstatic joy at the impending bloodshed, its tip gleaming with a light as dazzling as the sun.

The broken spear pierced Kurosawa Shizuki's heart without any hindrance. Kurosawa Shizuki seemed to have lost all ability to resist. At this distance, even if she used the beginner-level Phantom Blade Style, she would definitely not be able to gain any advantage against this master-level assassin.

Falconer was certain that he would win again, even if the enemy was the Black Sun Saintess of the fourth tier. Under his desperate assassination attempt, there was no chance of survival.

However, a mocking smile appeared on Kurosawa Shizuki's face, because the Falconer's sure-kill strike was destined to chase after a false illusion.

Kurosawa Shizuki's body turned into shadows and scattered, but the Falconer's most powerful strike in his life pierced the air.

A thought flashed through Falconer's mind like lightning, and he immediately realized—a shadow servant disguised as the real person?

How is this possible? This is actually a Shadow Servant?! In his perception, the girl's aura was almost identical to that of the previous target. How could someone turn him into a Shadow Servant?

Could the enemy be a pair of twins?

But where exactly is the enemy's true form?

There was no time for the Falconer to think any further. After his broken spear missed its mark, he smiled bitterly and realized that, without realizing it, he was completely surrounded by the dark spirit.

When he broke through Kurosawa Shizuki's barrier to launch a desperate attack on her "true form," he also put himself in a deadly situation with no way out, and only by putting himself in a desperate situation could he survive.

When a blade thrusts out, if it cannot kill the enemy, it will be killed by the enemy. This is also the order of the blade. In the eyes of the blade's deity, this is the fairest law of conflict.

Well then, let the story end here, he said with a relieved smile.

"Mother of the Buffalo, grant me eternal peace; this war has been far too long." In his final moments, he prayed silently, as his broken spear, gleaming with a bloodthirsty light, plunged toward his throat.

But the Mother of the Buffalo no longer favored him, for he had turned away from the gods of his homeland and plunged into the cruel path of strife. Strife brings no peace; it is a path of suffering and slaughter. Once the fire is lit, if it cannot burn everything, it will consume oneself.

He offered his flesh and blood as a tribute to the final blade.

The black barrier closed, transforming into a complete sphere. This time, however, it was not a protective shield for Kurosawa Shizuki herself, but rather an "Iron Maiden" for executing enemies.

Kurosawa Shizuki looked up at the black sphere falling from the sky and smiled happily. It was wonderful that the shadow girl was willing to cooperate.

After all, they are almost the same person. Even if the enemy has the most advanced detection skills, it would be difficult to see through the true nature of the shadow girl at first glance. After all, Kurosawa Shizuki still doesn't fully understand this mysterious shadow girl.

She didn't need to risk her life to lure the enemy into a deadly trap. She was always the one being schemed against, but this time it was finally her turn to scheme against the enemy.

She raised her hand, mimicking the gesture she remembered when Muko executed Yamanouchi, and opened her five fingers towards the black sphere that bound the Falconer, like a curious little girl trying to catch a glass ball falling from the sky, her five fingers clenched into a fist.

You dared to blow my head off? This is karma.

Countless blades sprouted from the black inner wall, instantly turning the enemies who had fallen into the trap into pincushions. This was a painful execution comparable to being sliced ​​into a thousand pieces. Kurosawa Shizuki could hardly imagine the terrible pain that the Falconer would face in his final moments, but compared to the suffering he had inflicted on his enemies throughout his long life, such pain was still insignificant.

The black sphere, exuding a strong bloody stench, finally crashed to the ground and scattered, its black matter merging back into the shadow behind Kurosawa Shizuki.

The shadow girl's figure flashed past beside Kurosawa Shizuki, and Kurosawa Shizuki nodded gratefully to her.

After being resurrected from the Netherworld with the help of the Shadow Girl, Kurosawa Shizuki felt her connection with the Shadow Girl had become even stronger. Now, the Shadow Girl no longer simply resisted cooperating with her; in battles where possible, the Shadow Girl would respond to her calls and provide various forms of assistance. Even though her life force was greatly diminished, the Shadow Girl still possessed at least third-tier Dark Matter power. In battle, having the Shadow Girl impersonate her to confuse the enemy was undoubtedly the best substitute; most attacks targeting the human body were extremely ineffective against Dark Matter spirits.

However, ever since that encounter in the Netherworld, the Shadow Girl still refused to communicate with her. Kurosawa Shizuki remembered that the Shadow Girl had said, "They shouldn't meet," because it "violates the laws of the Netherworld." What laws could she possibly care about? Kurosawa Shizuki felt that the Shadow Girl was too contradictory. Didn't summoning another version of herself from history into this world violate any laws?

However, since the shadow girl was willing to fight, Kurosawa Shizuki couldn't ask for more from her. She was more suitable for her than any other shadow servant, having been transformed from the original owner.

The mangled remains of the Falconer lay before Kurosawa Shizuki, his death incredibly gruesome. From his numerous wounds, the sharp, murderous aura of blades flowed continuously. His cloudy eyes gazed up at the distant sky, a relieved smile playing on his lips, as if the pain he felt before death was insignificant. No one knew what he was thinking in his last moments—whether it was repentance or a curse.

His hands were tightly clutching the strange broken spear, which had pierced his throat. Tsk, this guy actually cleverly committed suicide before she tortured him to death? Kurosawa Shizuki was furious. What a decisive move. Letting you get away with it so easily is too good for you.

Kurosawa Shizuki noticed a dodo bird badge with a check in its beak on the chest of his tattered military uniform. She had seen it in the original owner's cult files; it was the emblem of the Great Enemy, the Cult of Purifiers. The Great Enemy's use of the dodo, an extinct creature, as their symbol likely implied that the entire Purifiers were a "family" formed by a group of extinct individuals who should have died long ago. They stole time from the ashes, recorded it on checks, and sold it for greater profit...

The war between Kurosawa Shizuki and her formidable enemy has begun once again. This is the first member of the Purifiers that Kurosawa Shizuki has killed, but she knows that this will definitely not be the last.

Seemingly due to the death of its host, the Dodo bird badge began to burn on its own. Kurosawa Shizuki saw a fat Dodo bird shadow swooping down on her from the black smoke of the burning Dodo bird, its flapping wings shaking off ashes. Kurosawa Shizuki felt a chill run down her spine. She immediately realized that the badge contained the methods of a great enemy, to leave a mark on the enemy who killed the members of the Purifiers, just like the mark she had left on her treacherous father in the past. This was the Purifiers' kill order.

The dodo bird flew too fast; Kurosawa Shizuki had no time to dodge. However, the fragment of the Black Sun Divine Stone on her chest shimmered with an unfathomable black light. Under this light, the dodo bird's phantom froze in mid-air and spontaneously combusted, turning to dust before it could even touch Kurosawa Shizuki's body. Kurosawa Shizuki remembered that the Black Sun Divine Stone had the effect of "Spiritual Body," which seemed to greatly reduce immunity to attacks from spirits. Was this dodo bird phantom also a kind of spirit? Kurosawa Shizuki realized that the Black Sun fragment seemed to contain many functions that were not displayed on the system panel.

However, just as Kurosawa Shizuki destroyed the Dodo phantom with the fragments of the Black Sun God Stone, the corpse of the Falconer in front of her also quickly burned under the flames ignited by the Dodo emblem, giving Kurosawa Shizuki no chance to extract Nightmare Points by corroding or devouring the Falconer's corpse through the black matter. Was this also a tactic of the great enemy? Not giving the enemy any chance to track or scheme against and eliminate people through the corpses of their own members?

Fortunately, the two weapons that the Falconer used to shine in his battle with the Shadow Girl were not burned and remained in place; otherwise, Kurosawa Shizuki would have been truly devastated.

Kurosawa Shizuki picked up two strange weapons from the Falconer's ashes: a broken spear that flowed with the gleam of a blade, and a hand axe that exuded a primal, bloody aura. Two weapons dropped at once; Kurosawa Shizuki certainly got a good deal.

[The unyielding, fateful broken spear (deep blue): As Troy burned in the flames of war, a hero, unable to accept defeat, descended into madness and raised this spear against his comrades. In despair, he ended his mad life with the broken spear. Two thousand years later, it is reforged on the anvil by a master blacksmith whose eyes hold the chill of winter. The new blade will evoke the image of a cold, early dawn.]

The holder has a default Constitution of +8. The more severe the injury, the greater the damage you can inflict on enemies.

Feature 1: A destined sniper rifle, relying on profound reforging power, it can transform into a sniper rifle form according to the master's will, with a maximum sniping range of three kilometers. It can be loaded with different calibers of secular bullets and alchemical bullets. You can also sacrifice wounds to the destined spear to fire special blood bullets, spreading the power of an extremely cold winter.

Feature 2: End or Be Ended. Select an enemy and launch a desperate challenge. Each of your attacks will be more powerful than the last, stacking up to seven times. The injury inflicted by the seventh strike cannot be healed by anyone below the rank of Immortal. If the seventh attack fails to kill the enemy, the broken spear will pierce your own throat.

Feature 3: Blood Gate. Cut yourself with the broken spear, allowing it to absorb your blood. Once the spear is satisfied, throw it out, and a Blood Gate will be created between you and the broken spear. Within a 30-meter radius, you can instantly teleport to the vicinity of the broken spear.

This incredibly sharp blade is a deadly weapon that not only increases physique but can also transform into a sniper rifle. It comes with a deadly skill that poses a significant risk, and it even has a teleportation ability. Among blue-tier equipment, this is undoubtedly a top-tier item.

The Falconer's lightning-fast dash, his incredibly ferocious offensive, and his final, terrifying yet missed strike all seemed to be achieved with this broken spear.

And it can even transform into a sniper rifle, reshaping blood into highly lethal bullets. And this is only a dark blue quality weapon? Kurosawa Shizuki felt that she had made a fortune just from this gun.

Kurosawa Shizuki excitedly played with the broken spear. The broken spear lay in her palm, as if it were alive, with a burning heat. It seemed to care at all who wielded it, and would gladly rush to any battlefield as long as flesh and blood were offered to it.

She had just said that she lacked short-term movement skills and that relying on Mirror Flower Water Moon for dashes was too costly. Unexpectedly, she was now presented with a divine weapon, the Broken Spear. Kurosawa Shizuki immediately wanted to test it out. The Broken Spear required blood to draw blood. Just how much blood did it need?

After a brief experiment, it was discovered that about one-twentieth of the blood could be condensed into a blood-based bullet that was previously used to snipe her, and one-fifteenth of the blood could open a blood gate. Although ordinary people would be on the verge of death if they lost about 30% of their blood, Kurosawa Shizuki's physique could push the limits. She only needed to rebuild her physical body through the black spirit body after losing about 50% of her blood. However, the burden of rebuilding the physical body for the Shadow Servant was much smaller due to the consumption of blood.

In other words, one of her lives can condense ten blood-based bullets, roughly seven blood gates, which is far more efficient than relying solely on illusory illusions to fight head-on.

[The Ghost Dancer's Skinning Axe (green), Dance, my friend, from day one to day five, the bison upon which the great herd depends for survival will return to the grasslands, and the vile white men will all die...]