Chapter 178 - #177 Ice Blossoms (1/2)

---On the hill---

”Ugh” The girls shivered a bit when their legs were suddenly covered in snow and when the entire temperature dropped by many degrees.

”Here, drink this quickly!” Mera quickly took 3 vials from her clothes before throwing 2 of them towards Kurome and Poney while Taeko took the same vial out of her own clothes.

*Gulp* ”What is it?” Poney drunk the content of the entire vial and then asked with a curious expression.

”The recipe from Oarburgh, it will protect the blood in your veins from freezing. We even experimented on it a bit before arriving here with Akashi. Therefore it's our quite effective recipe combined with a drop of his blood.” Mera explained while gulping down the liquid before ŀɨċkɨnġ her lips with a playful smile.

”What?! H-His blood?” Poney exclaimed as both she and Kurome turned at Mera with widened eyes. Poney had complicated feelings about drinking something containing Akashi's blood but when she suddenly stopped feeling like freezing she just shook her head and calmed down.

”fufu, maybe even a drop of his blood is a bit too much, I am starting to be in heat.” Mera chuckled with a light blush on her cheeks as she began ogling the girls around her with a perverted look in her eyes.

”Wha-?!” This time both Kurome and Poney exclaimed at the same time with a shocked expression and they immediately understood what Mera meant by her words as they also began blushing. The only one who was still completely focused on the battle in front of them was Taeko however even she had a faint blush on her cheeks as she felt the heat down there.

”You tricked us, you said that you have experimented on it...” Poney said, trying to sound upset but she had to focus on not losing her mind so she just sounded cute instead.

”Hey, I have never mentioned that we actually tried this out with his blood. One vial of that liquid is expensive so we can't just test it out like that plus do you feel like freezing right now?” Mera shrugged her shoulders before walking to Poney, swaying her hɨps seductively in the process.

'Tsk! Of course, I don't feel like freezing because my entire body feels like on fire! I am already starting to feel weird down there...' Poney just shook her head while looking downwards, focusing all her attention to suppressing the side effect of the vial.

'This is so embarrassing...Even more when I actually know that it's because of Akashi Nii-sama's blood.' Kurome bit her lower lip as she was suppressing her emotions.

---Back to the battle---

”...If you can adjust the distance, why did you make it affect the girls too?” Akashi before doing anything else, he looked towards the hill where the girls were watching their battle and then turned at Esdeath with narrowed eyes, asking her with a serious tone.

”Because I want them to feel my power, to feel despair!” Esdeath said with a crazy smile while spreading her arms. In the truth, Esdeath didn't want to admit defeat but she was already making sure that in case she loses, all the girls around Akashi will distance themselves from him because of her overwhelming presence.

”Aren't you here to make me yours? Don't you have to make me feel despair instead?” Akashi frowned and asked while shrugging his shoulders when Kiyomi informed him that all of them are fine.

”Hmph!” Esdeath snorted and didn't say anything else before pointing her hand at Akashi while flicking her fingers down.

'?!' Akashi's eyes widened in surprise when he was completely surrounded by ice spikes from all directions.

Esdeath made those ice spikes shot forth towards Akashi without even caring if he can survive her attack, right now she was attacking him as if he was her mortal enemy.

Akashi quickly crouched down while slamming both his hands on the ground and suddenly a magma formed shield all around him however before the ice spikes could make contact with his shield, he made that magma explode into small bullets to all directions. The magma bullets quickly met with Esdeath's ice spikes but both attacks were negated. Her ice spikes were stopped as they all dropped down more than 1 meter away from him, however, she herself was forced to protect herself with ice wall since the number of Akashi's magma bullets was much superior to her ice spikes.

'?!' Esdeath's expression changed to surprised one once a large wave of magma appeared behind Akashi, towering over both of them.

Her eyes narrowed once the entire wave of magma intended to fall down on top of her.

”This is my territory!” Esdeath shouted with a wide smile, showing off her white teeth. She waved her hand upwards in a quick motion and the mass of ice began to rise from the ground, completely enveloping the entire wave of magma. The ice was being quickly melted but it was also being quickly repaired as this was truly Esdeath's territory. It wasn't just a replica of Northern lands, she actually brought them here herself.

[Energy: 1490/2500]

'She is keeping her distance from me which indicates that she has no intention of exchanging moves with me in close quarters. I can keep pressuring her but in the end, I will still have to use ”that”. For now, let's see how well she will receive my onslaught of attacks!' Akashi thought with an anticipated smile and decided to attack her.

[Phantom Strike]

Akashi appeared in front of her with his sword already overhead, ready to slash downward but instead of being surprised, Esdeath took one small step back with a frown before a thick ice wall was erected between them, blocking Akashi's attack.

[Phantom Strike]

Akashi once again appeared behind her however the moment he disappeared from Esdeath's sight she already jumped towards the ice wall while turning around in the process. When her back hit the ice wall, it actually crumbled as if it was just a very fragile mirror and she once against separated herself from Akashi with her ice wall.

[Phantom Strike]

[Phantom Strike]