Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1338: All's Fair In War and Women (3)



Grand Gale was the sole Primary attack function of Aizel's Territory. The woman had decided that she didn't require a Secondary attack function. Thus, using Creeds, she instead sacrificed her Territory's ability to generate Secondary functions entirely, in order to create a Primary function that was strong enough to end her battles as soon as she invoked her Majestic Territory.

Because Primary Territory functions couldn't be anything too complex, Grand Gale was as simple as it looked - scorching lightning that fell continuously on a target for ten full seconds until they were ash. But a feat like this could only be accomplished by experts with Territories that had living beings to help amp up the power of attacks.

And thus, predictably, Yuyui met her death.

'I suppose I should have expected it. They aren't nobodies,' she thought as branches of the lightning in the aftermath traced along the ground she stood on.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The floor of the Territory was a kind of diamond for as far as the eye could see, likely to weather the intensity of the Territory's attacks. It was rather curious. The sky was wholly land and the ground was entirely precious diamond.

The Inhumane Eye had restored Yuyui and her armour, though she still felt a stinging pain from her Reflection of the Soul. She frowned.

How terribly annoying.

Since she had spawned in the Territory without protecting herself, all her mana reserves were bound, and she was unable to use Nitros.

However, Yuyui leaned forward and crossed her arms before her chest. An outline of Null Life Essence and mana in a mix spread from her, warding away the Territory's qualities. Tranquil Instance was designed to resist them, after all. Once Yuyui got a foothold against the Territory, she mobilised her mana to create Nitros, coating herself and then ceased the use of Tranquil Instance.

'Now...' she thought.

Porria, Aizel and Nigerra watched her, analysing everything she did. And then they all rushed her.

This time, it was Nigerra who reached her first, way faster than the others. But Yuyui's eyes gleamed.

'I'll force you all to fight on my terms!'

She was gone before Nigerra could reach her. She wouldn't risk a one-on-one with the Beyond the Veil Stager. Instead...

By the time Porria saw a shadow zooming towards her in a fraction of a nanosecond, it was already too late. She raised her sword to defend, but Yuyui had already gripped a chunk of her face and ripped it off!

The wide-faced woman screeched in agony. She couldn't have known, but Yuyui had intended to rip her head off. The only reason she failed was because Porria's body was enhanced further by the passive Territory lathered over her body.

Yuyui clicked her tongue. She discarded the skin and flesh in her hand, and narrowed her eyes when a seething Porria turned - bloody-faced - spun her double-bladed sword and unleashed a rush of flaming slashes against her. Each slash left a scorching brand on even the space in Aizel's Territory, but Yuyui dodged them all.

She was fast.

But then Aizel had flashed up to her. Her dark eye, the Eye of the Prince burned white at the centre. Yuyui immediately used Granted Warp to retreat from the stocky woman. She still didn't understand what that eye did, but it certainly worked wonders in this Territory.

Two purple arrows appeared on Yuyui's legs, pointing downward as soon as she landed on the diamond ground. She was paralysed again. She cursed.

And then Porria was upon her, swinging her blade to cleave her from shoulder to shoulder.

And then Aizel's upside down mountain was churning again, ready to release another storm of energy.

And then Nigerra had appeared behind her, pulling back her lime-green hair and whispering, "Don't get too comfortable. I know how to kill you permanently."

And Yuyui gnashed her teeth behind her lips. She had no choice. There was no use in hiding her cards. Not now.

An eye appeared on her forehead.

It had dark sclera and an icy blue iris. It was as beautiful as it was dangerous - far more dangerous than it had been before, in a lesser experienced Yuyui's hands. It unleashed a pulse of visible purple energy that whipped outward in a fraction of a microsecond, catching Yuyui's enemies off guard.

The Eye of Dispersal was relentless and tenacious.

In a weaker Yuyui's hands, it had held back the breath from the Vision of Misery, Jerthrax. And now, it released her from the power of the purple arrows bearing all her energy downwards, dispelled Aizel's Territory completely, and most important of all... even if it was only a second, it forced the three women's passive Territories, branded onto their bodies to dissolve!

Even Nigerra was astounded. Interest burned in her eyes.

But then Yuyui's hair slipped from her grip.

The Unlimited Star didn't waste the second she had bought for herself with her enemies' passive Territories dissolved. She flickered in and out of existence.

She was fast.

This time, her target didn't see so much as her shadow before their head was torn off.

Porria's body hardly recognised what had happened before it fell. It wasn't a matter of strength, after all. Yuyui's physical stats were slightly below Porria's and thus, she couldn't have pried off her head with simple force.

But Nigerra was quickly closing on the secret. She looked unhinged when she glanced at Porria's head in Yuyui's hand.

"Your eyes are superior to ours! How splendid! I didn't think we'd actually manage to do it after all!" she shouted, laughing as her passive Territory returned. "That was the whole point

of a legacy, wasn't it, Aizel?"

Aizel scoffed and also paid a glance to Porria's head.

"Yes. That was the point," she said and restored her mana with Creeds.

Yuyui threw away Porria's head. Her Eye of Dispersal closed. A look of distaste was on her

face. She didn't particularly enjoy killing, even now with power that many envied. "You're not bothered by the loss of your comrade?" she asked Nigerra, but the woman looked livid with eagerness.

"Cut the nonsense," she said as her mana bubbled out unnaturally in a towering storm. "Don't ruin my mood with questions of sentiment. No. The dead are dead and gone. Rather, show me more. Show me how you're doing it. I need to see how advanced of a legacy you are."

Yuyui braced.

The fact that Nigerra was already starting to figure out the secret to her powers spelled to Yuyui that indeed, she shouldn't have dared hold back against these women. She should have gone all out from the start.

But now she would, and they would see just why she was worthy of being called an Unlimited

Star.

...And why exactly she had access to limitless speed.

[Author's Note]

Passive Territories (not to be confused with Dormant Territories) are a property that don't require a Transcendent Stager to adhere to the same requirements for projecting the full glory of a Majestic Territory. They simply require the highest general output of Nitros an expert can

expel to use at a time as fuel.

Semi-useful analogy:

Passive Territories are like kettles. It doesn't matter how much water you put in; as long as it reaches the boiling point, that's fine. In this case, the Nitros output is the steam produced and the water inside is the mana. It doesn't matter the amount, as long as it steams in the end.