"Is it a full moon tonight...... "Looking up at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, the silver light sprinkled down and spread all over the land. Mo stretched out his hand and caught the silver-white moonlight like flowing water. Then the moonlight, which should have been formless and substantial, slowly converged in his hand, condensed, and finally turned into a silver moonlight sword.

So, come on, let me see what kind of existence is the current 'you'. Turning around, he looked at the cherry trees in the distance. In Mo's sight, the originally 'beautiful' figure began to become distorted, weird, extending countless branches, and the roots of the tree began to twist outward and squirm like a physical strand, as if a huge 'demon' had descended on the world.

With a step forward, Mo's figure disappeared in place in an instant, and the next moment it appeared in front of the huge 'demon'. The countless 'branches' that were squirming in the sky and around paused for a moment, and then swarmed towards Mo like alarmed hunters.

Wrapping, piercing, swinging...... In an instant, it was as if countless 'hands' were launching various attacks on Mo at the same time. Under the bright moonlight, the dancing huge figure is like a terrifying 'demon', trying to swallow the tiny 'prey' into its stomach.

Unfortunately, it is not a tasty 'prey' that will be swallowed into the belly, but a sword that will pierce 'it'.

As if the silver sword in his hand was wielded at will, all the 'tentacles' that approached him were frozen and shattered. The moon, also known as the Taiyin, is the sword that is condensed by the moon, and the sword rays that are swayed can freeze everything.

Casually defusing the attack of the 'tentacles', Mo still had time to look at the trunk itself. Isn't that enough, so let me push it again.

The silver brilliance rose suddenly, and in an instant, all the 'tentacles' of the future offender froze, and then slashed violently, and the sharp sword light flew towards the huge tree trunk, and the 'tentacles' along the way were cut off by the invisible hair.

"No!" A shrill roar resounded throughout the night sky, and countless 'tentacles' extended out again, forming a huge tree wall in front of the trunk.

The sword slammed into the tree wall, and in the next moment, the sawdust flew apart, but after breaking through a tree wall, another tree wall rose. Finally, after breaking through several tree walls in a row, the power of the sword was finally exhausted.

"Are you finally going to show up, 'Dryad'......" Mo looked at the 'demon' in front of him who became more and more violent, and on the huge trunk of the tree, the figure of a human slowly emerged, it was a 'girl' in a kimono, twisted and trembling, as if it had grown out of the trunk of the tree, and part of the body was still connected to the tree.

"No, or should I call you, Miss Sakura Chiba?" Looking at the strange scene in front of him, Mo seemed to have expected it. Of course, his investigation in this village did not rely on listening to the words of the village chief's family. And the scene in front of him was also what he expected.

"Absolutely...... Absolute...... Definitely won't let you spoil !! A roar that was so sharp that it didn't resemble a human voice rolled up waves of sound visible to the naked eye and swept away towards the ink roll.

Again, there is almost no reason at all, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the terrifying sonic attack that falls on Mo's body can't even lift the corners of his clothes. Frowning, Mo casually cut off a few approaching tentacles.

But fortunately, the person in front of him at least has the ability to speak. It should be possible to communicate a ...... Probably......

Before that happens, though, let's calm her down.

Cut off the 'tentacles' that kept swarming up again, and then saw that the moonlight of this square world suddenly darkened, and the endless moonlight seemed to be swept away by a certain existence at this moment, and then with a sword slash out, the silver brilliance directly enveloped the entire space, almost like day.

When the brilliance dissipated, everything froze, the heavens and the earth seemed to be dyed with a layer of frost, countless 'tentacles' were all condensed in mid-air, and even the huge 'dryad' body was mostly covered by frost, and the heavens and the earth fell into silence for a moment.

Mo stepped step by step, as if there was some invisible staircase in mid-air, and slowly lifted his figure until he walked in front of the huge tree trunk, staring at the strange figure that was 'frozen' in front of him, "Now, calm down." ”

Click, half of the body was frozen The strange figure trembled, making a burst of clicking sounds, countless fragments of thin ice shook off her body, and then suddenly let out a terrible scream, mixed with a huge impact force, violently erupted, and hit the ink in the distance.

Then countless branches and tentacles broke free from the ice in an instant, and stabbed towards the figure that was stagnant in mid-air, as if it was about to pierce the other party's heart with ten thousand arrows. In an instant, the space over there was completely blocked, wrapped into a huge sphere, and then countless 'tentacles' pierced in and out, directly piercing the huge tree ball into a hedgehog.

"Alas......" An almost inaudible sigh came out, and in the next moment, countless branches and the huge tree ball turned into ashes in an instant, as if they had come into contact with an irresistible force. The black 'mist' spread out in an instant, and everything that came into contact with the 'mist', whether it was tree branches, grass, or gravel or mud that flew in the air because of the impact, all turned into fly ash in an instant.

Even the huge trunk seemed to decay in an instant, and most of its body turned yellow in the blink of an eye.

"No!! Ahh......!!!hhh The screams pierced the night sky, but unlike the last time, this time it was a utter wail, and anyone could hear the pain and despair that filled the scream.

Then an even more violent attack followed, as if completely reckless, countless 'tentacles' continued to pull out from the ground, from the trunk of the tree, and frantically attacked the figure standing in mid-air. Even outsiders can see that this is completely consuming with 'life'.

"Except for that basic obsession, there is no reason at all...... "Resisting the other party's attack at will, Mo looked at the scene in front of him, lowered his head and muttered to himself.

The existence in front of him has been completely covered by the instinct of predation and the bloody killing, like a crazy 'monster', which will not escape, will not beg for mercy, and even the original consciousness cannot be preserved, and the only thing left may be the original obsession.

"Really, disappointingly!" Hold the sword upside down and throw it. The countless blocking 'tentacles' turned into flying ashes before they could touch the body of the long sword.

The sword continued to gallop away slowly but surely, until it came to the massive trunk itself, and then destruction. The huge trunk of the tree broke straight through the middle, and the struggling figure dissipated with it.

Finally, the long sword slowly but firmly landed on the root of the huge 'demon tree', like a sharp awl, nailed to the dead hole. And the huge trunk was completely split in half from the middle and fell on both sides, and the original torso, which was full of life, had completely withered and shrunk.

Countless cherry blossom petals that were originally blooming on the tree flew in the air, slowly falling, as if a rain of flowers had fallen, looking at the 'demon tree' that was completely destroyed by himself, Mo pondered for a while, and then threw out a piece of jade pendant. The string of the jade pendant just hung on the hilt of the sword, swaying in the wind, as if a silent sigh.

"The one you are waiting for, let me bring you a message, I'm sorry for being so late, I ...... It's back. ”

A swirling long wind blew, and the falling petals seemed to condense into a woman's face in the wind, and in the wind, a tactful voice faintly came: "...... Welcome...... Come back ......."

Faintly, it seems that a certain voice can still be heard muttering a certain name, but unfortunately, this voice is fleeting, and with it, there are countless 'cherry blossoms' that the other party will protect until death.

……

In the early spring of that year, the cherry blossoms were blooming brilliantly, and the general who was about to go on the expedition took the jade pendant sent by the other party, nodded, and made an agreement:

I'll be back next spring, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Well, I'll wait for you.

…… To be continued......