Yoruichi could still tell where's the up and down but nothing else. This inadvertently reminded her of Tousen Kaname's Bankai, Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi (Bell Bug Closing Ceremony: Field Cricket) with an ability to create a vacuum that nullifies the senses of spiritual energy, sight, sound, and scent.
'Thankfully, it's not as potent as Tousen's ability.' Yoruichi thought to herself after figuring out that her senses weren't actually blocked. Although even if it's as potent as Tousen's Bankai, Yoruichi already developed a technique to deal with situations like that.
While finding her bearing, a tiny electric spark extended out from her back and Yoruichi hurriedly stepped to the side. The next instant, an invisible blade went through the spot where she was just standing.
Corvina, who was hiding within the darkness, was surprised that she was able to dodge and sent more shadow blades toward her direction in addition to ejecting spikes from her feet.
But before the blades could reach her, tiny sparks of electricity would fly off from Yoruichi's body, striking the blades. It didn't do any damage to the blades nor did anything to stop or deflect them. But strangely enough, Yoruichi would turn in their direction and dodge them with ease.
Even the spikes that emerged under her feet were rendered useless as Yoruichi would move at any tiny indication that it would produce, 'She can somehow read the movement of my shadow?'
Corvina kept sending remote attacks towards Yoruichi while also trying to figure out how she was detecting her surroundings.
It was because of that that she didn't immediately notice why the tiny sparks from her were slowly extending out and the moment it reached her position and slightly pricked her feet she had a eureka moment. However, it was already too late. The instant it happened, Yoruichi also turned in her direction with a large smirk, and with her explosive speed, she instantly arrived in front of Corvina, "Found you~!"
'Electrostatic charges.' Corvina guessed the true nature of the detection ability Yoruichi was using while also boosting her defenses. But instead of being annoyed, Corvina smiled.
Yoruichi threw her fist containing enough power to vaporize a High-Class Devil in an instant but soon the smirk on her face was wiped off when Corvina also threw out a fist, meeting her own.
Corvina knew an Evie who had a similar ability in the past and she knew that she wouldn't be able to hide from her. As a Luxeux who mostly excels in covert battles and ambushes, that Evie and several others that are good with detection and known as 'Assassin Killers' were sent to eliminate the unit she's part of. It's a sound strategy but it's also the time when her name isn't known yet. Those Evies didn't know that the young Corvina is someone who likes to duke it out head-on.
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A three-mile wide and two-mile tall pure black dome was created the moment Corvina trapped Yoruichi with her. Adrenna already knew what would happen before this so she was able to retreat with Stralit far enough not to be caught in it. As Yoruichi's oppressive and very overt Spiritual Power was also trapped along with her, Adrenna was able to sigh in relief and continued to check Stralit's condition.
A few seconds later, however, her thoughts were interrupted, and loudly muttered, "As I suspected, you're also here, lady Yarwood." She turned her head to the right and saw a young woman with deep red hair and eyes looking towards the dome, "How did you find this place?"
"Thanks to our fatal flaw as a society."
"Fatal flaw?" Adrenna was not expecting that kind of dramatic answer at all and ended up repeating her words.
"We developed our society while considering our prized Spiritual Abilities as the most important asset that we can't have our enemies analyze. In the past few decades, it was discovered that a few races and even some Etouldes started cooperating with the Evies to create a Prime that's capable of using Spiritual Abilities. That resulted in an extensive ban on any research on Spiritual Power unless you're part of the Holy Family.
"To keep our edge against the Evies, we focused on developing various techniques and devices that focus on the usage of Magic Power and Ki. And you know what we left out?"
Adrenna could see where she was trying to say, "What's uniquely yours, Spiritual Power? Are you saying that Yoruichi used Spiritual Power to create a beacon to lead you to this place?"
Gwenn turned to her with a smile, "Correct~! Due to how it was implemented, none of your sensors nor Corvina Luxeux noticed it."
Adrenna swallowed a mouthful of saliva to ease her dry throat, 'We're in a hidden world yet she was able to track this place using Yoruichi's signal... How did she do it?'
Gwenn, meanwhile, approached the unconscious Stralit and started unlocking her collar.
"Hold on! What are you doing!?" Adrenna tried stopping her but Gwenn intercepted her hand, "No worries. I just wanted to check her condition. Although I'm here to vouch for Yoruichi, that's all I'll do for her since that's all I previously agreed to. Stralit is also my friend so I want to check if there are any hidden dangers."
Adrenna hesitated for a moment but soon let go, "...Thank you. But be careful of the sword. It might manifest again."
"It won't. I've been looking and I think there's a condition for its activation that requires the user to be conscious."
While Gwenn is checking on Stralit, Adrenna's eyes turned to the dome and her thoughts went back to Gwenn's words, 'The Etouldes didn't allow in-depth study of their Spiritual Power as a form of self-defense. But now that it's not uniquely theirs anymore, it came to bite them back...'
Once knowledge about Yoruichi becomes more public, Adrenna doesn't doubt that there's going to be an upheaval through all the Etoulde territories. But when she reached this train of thought, she remembered something. It was when she's doing her regular work and gathering information for Corvina. A small rumor said that the Holy Family will soon lift the ban of Spiritual Power research.
It wasn't too farfetched so both Corvina and her immediately dismissed the rumor as something unreliable, "Wait... Could it be the rumor about the Holy Family lifting the ban..."
Without turning her head, Gwenn replied, "That's what I thought too. Almost everyone was dismissing this but it seem like it's going to be a good idea to have a head start."
"...I see... So that's why you're cooperating with her."
"I have a feeling that it won't be a peaceful time," Gwenn muttered to herself.
At this moment, the black dome suddenly started shaking before a pillar of light burst forth from it, dyeing the surroundings with its blinding color.
Editors:
28th00: Yep, still don’t like them.
The two combatants got close and it ended up a full-on barehanded fight.
Yoruichi, with a small smile displayed on her face, was feeling the immense pressure that her opponent was giving her, 'My Shunko is already fully committed but I can't gain any ground at all.'
On the contrary, she's actually losing her edge because she has been going at her with full power, and the lightning cladding her body that's enough to melt almost anything is already damaging her body. On top of that, Corvina has these almost unpredictable shadow tentacles that would attack her at the most opportune times. While she could detect her and her shadow's movements in complete darkness through electrostatic charges, Yoruichi was only able to block the fatal ones and smaller attacks started accumulating causing detrimental effects to her movement, 'And there's not a change in her expression at all! I didn't expect that she's such a monster.'
Yoruichi was really happy that she challenged her like this as this is the first time she managed to get baseline information of a prominent Etoulde combatant.
But different from how Yoruichi was thinking, Corvina was not as calm as she's showing. With her deadpan expression, Corvina is hiding her nervousness, 'Someone like her came from Draconic Deus? Is this why the Holy Mother is keeping others away from that place?'
Unlike Yoruichi's sharp and explosive attacks, Corvina's movements are slower but a lot more flexible, making it possible to deflect most of the strength of her opponent. In addition to her unexpectedly hard shadow armor that protects her even from the heat of Yoruichi's lightning, she was able to stand her ground against someone known for her close combat capabilities.
Despite this apparent strength, under her armor of shadow were multiple burns that even charred some of her flesh, 'She's strong... Not even Adrenna would be able to deal with her. And since her lightning is mostly made out of Spiritual Power, it could momentarily pierce through my shadow.'
However, that's not the most terrifying thing about her is the martial technique she's using, 'Seriously, where did something like this come from?'
Each hit that Yoruichi gives her rattles her soul directly. Since Spiritual Power came directly from the soul, it's disrupting her ability and if she gets a direct hit, it could even directly hurt her soul, 'It's easy to chalk this lightning up as her unique ability, but this martial technique could be learned! It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this an anti-Etoulde art!'
Corvina also noticed that Yoruichi was fully capable of escaping from the barrier she created and the reason for her unwillingness to do this was, 'She's also gauging me. If this technique was created to combat an Etoulde, she wouldn't be testing me like this. That would mean that this was developed for a different purpose.'
After a bit more contemplation, she figured that she'd be at a disadvantage in terms of information gathering as she didn't have enough context to pull out any conclusions. So when she found a chance, Corvina met Yoruichi's fist with her own, causing a huge explosion of power from both sides and forcing both of them to take distance.
As soon as she landed on her feet, Corvina asked, "Why not escape? You can do it, right?"
Yoruichi also took a breather and stopped her assault, "And why are you still holding back? Aren't you going to test me if I can keep this power to myself and not get caught to be experimented on?"
Corvina stared at her for a few seconds. She was not surprised that Yoruichi figured that she was still holding back. Even though it's already from the far past and only a few records left, Corvina believed that Yoruichi was capable of digging for bits of information about her if she searched hard enough.
But the same as her, Corvina also figured out that Yoruichi was still holding back. After all, she hasn't once pulled out the short blade on her hips. And although Yoruichi is trying to hide it, Corvina's instincts are screaming at her that this blade is a dangerous one.
Corvina took a deep breath and let it go with a long sigh, "That's true... Well then, please try to survive."
The smile on Yoruichi's face disappeared and hurriedly sharpened her senses. However, that was a mistake on her part.
The pure darkness that was surrounding her disappeared and was replaced by a blindingly, pure white world. The source of this sudden change, Corvina, shone like a sun, compelling Yoruichi to close her eyes. Sadly, that was already too late and her retina was burnt, blinding her, 'Shit! I misjudged the records! Her real power is not a thermal type but light type!'
If it's the former, Yoruichi has some ways to deal with it, however, a light type similar to what the Angels use could have various effects that she won't be able to predict, 'But I guess there's still some truth to that passage where she apparently burned the entire battlefield and left nothing alive.' She commented internally while trying to stop further damage to her eyes.
Yoruichi was trying to adjust her senses to the situation but ahead of that, she can suddenly feel a few searing pain that goes through her body and shortness of breath, "!?"
Before she was made aware of it, a few holes already appeared on her, "What!?"
She couldn't see but she could finally feel numerous spears of light piercing her and one of it went through her chest.
Yoruichi coughs out blood and can tell that more of these spears are coming, 'I can still detect them, thankfully. But I can't react in time. They're too fast.'
While preparing the next volley of spears, Corvina suddenly heard Yoruichi chuckling and she couldn't help but frown.
"Bankai... Kyo no Kougou, Byakko!"
As fast as Corvina spread her light, the dome that was holding both of them burst open without any resistance. Seeing this and feeling the massive pressure that is incomparable to what Yoruichi had released before, Corvina could only smile wryly, 'I have to meet lady Chimune Chipaoti. To think she's hiding this monster.'
The lightning on Yoruichi's body disappeared and her defenses weakened considerably due to that.
Corvina was confused and wondered what sort of transformation she went through next. Nevertheless, that didn't stop her from shooting out the next valley of lights that looked like lasers when they traveled instantaneously.
Since her aim was to incapacitate Yoruichi, she didn't aim at any important parts and it also helps to hide her attacks if she didn't have any killing intent.
Those beams of piercing light that melded into the blinding surroundings soon reached Yoruichi within a fraction of a second but to Corvina's surprise, these tens of attacks all bent around Yoruichi causing all of them to miss, "Huh?"
The next instant, the image of Yoruichi from the distance warped strangely, and before Corvina knew it, she was already standing in front of her with a very thin, almost translucent single edged short sword drawn and ready to swing down, "!?"
Corvina hurriedly put her right arm in front of her to block the sword. Compared to when she was in her 'Shadow Form', her 'Light Form' boasted several times of its raw defensive capability, making her a walking and flying fortress. She intended to make a counterattack after blocking the sword but the moment its blade connected to her armor of light, her instincts screamed at her and she hurriedly flew back off.
Even faster than a hot knife through cold butter, Corvina's arm was instantly lopped off by Yoruichi's sword.
Editors:
28th00: Being cocky has consequences.
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