While Bladeheart and Atlas are currently in a heated battle against the Jorogumo, Queen Tanya is clashing her scythe with the legs of the Tsuchigumo which has legs akin to a sharp-bladed weapon. Not only that but even though the Tsuchigumo is a big, and bulky creature, he was fast enough that Queen Tanya's attacks are easily blocked and parried by the Tsuchigumo.
"Kgh...Tori, am I remembering wrong because I know Tsuchigumos don't move this fast..." Queen Tanya frowned as she gained some distance against the Tsuchigumo for a bit.
"Don't worry Sis, Tsuchigumos don't move this fast, it's just unique to this guy," Queen Tori answered by using her Shikigami to communicate with Queen Tanya.
"Unique huh... There's also that unique word added to his name so it must be indeed some new enemy with a different form. We have to kill this guy as fast as we can before it can breach into the city further. Sis, back me up."
"You got it, Sis. Just do the usual and I will cover up your weak points," Queen Tori assured Queen Tanya.
Knowing Queen Tori is on the lookout for her, Queen Tanya activated her boost, increasing her speed and strength as well as increasing the lethality of her scythe as well.
She disappeared from where she stood and next appeared above the Tsuchigumo, catching it off-guard. Queen Tanya quietly exerted all of her force and brought her scythe downwards to the Tsuchigumo.
The Tsuchigumo sensing that it is too late to even dodge curls up and suddenly hardens up its back.
PENG!
The scythe collided with the Tsuchigumo, producing a dull sound of metal clashing together. Queen Tanya exerted all her force to it and yet the scythe only managed to inflict a scratch on the defense of the Tsuchigumo. Realizing the attack failed, the Tsuchigumo grinned and took advantage of Queen Tanya's delay after her attack and shoot out a web from its abdomen. Queen Tanya noticed it, forcing her to retreat and slice up the incoming web to avoid getting caught by it. As a result, the Tsuchigumo managed to break free from Queen Tanya.
"[Kekkai]!" Queen Tori immediately used up the Barrier skill, immediately catching the fleeing Tsuchigumo.
"Nice Catch Sis!" Queen Tanya then teleported next to the Tsuchigumo encased with the [Kekkai] and charged up her scythe.
"[Corrupted Cleave Fang]!"
Her scythe extended, its blade grew fangs and releases a blood-red aura before she swings it at the Tsuchigumo, inflicting severe damage before it returned to normal. The moment her scythe returned to normal, she regained a bit of health, siphoned from the Tsuchigumo. But contrary to the enormous damage that will sometimes kill an enemy immediately, the Tsuchigumo didn't die. Instead, it is still alive and well. Its HP is still pretty high but already reduced due to the damage it received, and is still standing strong without any visible injury present.
Since she sliced the Tsuchigumo, the [Kekkai] that traps the spider also got sliced but for some reason, the Tsuchigumo remained intact and the moment the [Kekkai] barrier was gone, it immediately jumped off and snarls at Queen Tanya. Pissed by how the Tsuchigumo doesn't have any visible injuries, Queen Tanya proceeds to perform a roundhouse kick and sent the Tsuchigumo flying in the distance.
The Tsuchigumo didn't like what she did to him and immediately shot out a corrosive poison at her. Queen Tanya managed to dodge but a part of her sleeve and hoodie has been corroded and destroyed. Thankfully, she didn't get any poison on her skin, or else, she will suffer great pain as a result.
"Sis! Are you okay?!" Queen Tori asked as she sent a healing Shikigami to Queen Tanya.
"I'm fine. But this bastard will have to pay for ruining my clothes. No one dares to mess with my clothes like this!"
Queen Tanya is totally angry after her clothes got ruined and decided to change her weapon form. Before, it was just a normal giant reaper scythe that can change any form like extend and retract. This time around, she decided to change her weapon into a two-bladed scythe, one blade on each end.
"Now you make me really mad, you f*cking spider. I will crush you to bits and slice you to pieces!"
The Tsuchigumo was just barely standing after being thrown by Queen Tanya's kick but Queen Tanya appeared on the side of the Tsuchigumo and repeatedly sliced the spider. It didn't even get to parry anymore as Queen Tanya did not stop attacking the spider. Even with its tremendous defense its armor slowly diminishes its usefulness as Queen Tanya slowly breaks it slowly.
"Uh... Sis. I know you hated the spider but you don't have to bring it to the monster and use that reason to just brutally kill it."
She then proceed to lift the Tsuchigumo up in the air, then proceed to slice it multiple times using the twin-blade scythe. The Tsuchigumo didn't get to defend itself and its HP went down to critical levels. That's when Queen Tany and Queen Tori noticed something about the Tsuchigumo.
"What the... is it molting?!" Queen Tori immediately realized what it was doing.
"Whatever it was trying to do, we just needed to kill it."
Queen Tanya tries to attack the Tsuchigumo just like she did before but her weapon bounced off like it was being blocked by something of a supernatural force. Her weapon also didn't even manage to slice anything and more like it just hit something solid that it cannot cut, causing the metal to not even do anything meaningful.
"Impossible..." Queen Tanya picks up her weapon and observed the Tsuchigumo slowly changing as it is molting, making her frown as the Tsuchigumo seems to have decided to abandon its spider-like form and instead decided to choose the humanoid but monster form.
"Be careful sis. I can tell that it is trying to power up itself by molting and its power seems to have multiplied compared to before. Don't underestimate it!"
"Does Tsuchigumos has this feature before as well?"
"If I remember correctly, they do have this feature before but because Tsuchigumos are hunted and killed before they can become one like that, I have not seen a Tsuchigumo turn into like this before. This should be the first time I am seeing it."
"It would have been fine if these bastards only powered themselves up and nothing more as I enjoy strong enemies but lately, these enemies seem to have gained some cheat powers as they will suddenly gain immunity to attacks or become invincible and cannot die all of a sudden. If this bastard has something like that as well, I will not be happy and I will have to complain to the gods on why this f*cking sh*t is born in the first place if they cannot be killed at all."
After a while, the Tsuchigumo finished its molting process and it transformed into a different monster. Compared to its multiple legs, it has been transformed into a human leg but with features that shouldn't be part of a human. In fact, it is now standing upright while still featuring the disgusting face of a spider, and its legs have been changed into some kind of decorative on its back.
"Be careful Sis! His aura has changed! It seems he is now adapting the function of a Tsuchigumo while retaining the movement form of a human!"
"I need to kill it before it gets dangerous!" Queen Tanya swings her scythe just like before, making the attacks fast enough to ensure that it will not be able to stop its attacks and inflict fatal damage as well. But it seems this Tsuchigumo seems to have regained some of its reflexes and decided to abuse it as all of the swings of Queen Tanya missed and it was fast enough to be able to see when someone is watching naturally. Queen Tanya then decided to bring down her scythe and slice the Tsuchigumo, only for it to catch the blade of the scythe and snap it like a wood branch.
Queen Tanya retreated to restore the scythe to its former form but before she can even do that, the Tsuchigumo appeared beside her and before Queen Tanya can react, a punch in the abdomen landed on Queen Tanya, delivering an excruciating and painful blow. Even the shield Queen Tori used to defend Queen Tanya didn't even hold a candle to the punch as it shattered before it can even do anything.
"SIS!"
Queen Tanya was sent flying and bleeding as she pukes out blood. The punch was something she didn't expect but this only fires up the anger and bloodlust that Queen Tanya feels.
"I see. So you decided to embrace your monster transformation while turning back into human form and use it to your advantage? Guess you are thinking you are the most invincible bastard now. But don't forget that I am a reaper that harvests lives. Your soul is needed to be reaped. And I think it is time for you to get rid of your current life. You have to die!"
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