Path Of Blood - 83 Chapter 75

Yushu’s expression slowly turned into a frown as Ruby fired questions like a machine gun. She clicked her tongue and spun her scythe. But before she could strike back, Blake and Weiss we’re already behind her. Weiss slowed down Yushu and Blake used her chains to wrap her in place.

“You’re wasting your time…” Yushu disappeared and appeared on top of the roof of the next carriage where Haruki was shooting at the Grimm. The three opened their eyes. “Petty tricks…Come on up. I’ll show you what despair really means…”

The three jumped on the roof of the moving train. Ruby stepped forward, “Guys can you let me Handle this?” She looked at Both Weiss and Blake. Her Will was clearly transmitted towards the two of her friends. The two nodded and went straight towards Haruki.

Yushu tried to stop them but Ruby has used her semblance to stop her advance. Yushu opened her eyes wide and smirked. “Finally Little Red… You’re finally showing some guts.” Weiss and Blake looked towards Haruki and charged onwards.

Ruby smiled cutely, “Well, as a fellow scythe user I wanted to see if I could fight you. Plus you’re with Haruki so you can’t be that bad.” Yushu raised her eyebrows, “Are you sure about that Little Red? What if I’m just using him?”

Ruby shrugged her shoulders, “I can sense that you’re stronger than me, so of you wished me harm I’d be dead already. I feel like this is another test from Haruki.”

Yushu sighed, “Sigh*, Yes… You’re pretty sharp Ruby. But that doesn’t mean I would go easy on you.” Yushu spun her scythe and pointed it towards Ruby.

She smiled and mirrored the movements of Yushu, “You’re the perfect opponent for me to test the skills Haruki taught me ” She leapt towards Yushu with incredible speed leaving a trail of roses in her wake.

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Weiss and Blake stared at Haruki eliminating the Grimm from the explosions calmly. “Are you two just going to stand there?” He said as he continued his onslaught towards the Grimm.

“Why?” Weiss said in a weak voice. The hand that was holding her Myrtenaster was slightly trembling. “What else are you hiding from us.”

Blake stood beside Weiss. She was silent, but she was demanding the same thing as Weiss. “Clarity”…

Haruki stopped. He summoned Echoing Fury, He raised it up and The screams echoed throughout the tunnels. He looked towards both Blake and Weiss. “You want to know the truth? Fine…beat it out from me then.”

Countless Revenants were released inside the weapon and charged towards the Grimm. He faced the two and summoned Mourning Vengeance. Weiss stepped forward and Raised Her blade. “I will… ” She steadied her stance and charged towards Haruki.

Haruki traced Weiss’s movements and found her footwork familiar. “You’re going to use my movements against me?” He said inquisitively. “Heh, Alright…” He moved towards Weiss matching her speed and struck towards her.

Weiss spun her weapon and created a glyph on her hand and slammed it towards Haruki’s direction. A huge spike of ice sped through his direction. He moved his head away, and blocked the stab that targeted his mask, by parrying her strike.

“Don’t you think you’re forgetting someone?” Blake said as she wrapped Haruki’s free hand with her weapon. Haruki tugged at her chains but this time she was in place. Because Weiss summoned a glyph beneath her feet to hold her down.

Weiss summoned multiple White glyphs and a Time dilation glyph to slow Haruki down. She sped through it multiple times striking towards Haruki. He blocked it all with a hand tied behind his back, without even drawing his blade. Except for one, His mask broke. Weiss specifically targeted that one area occasionally as she zipped in the air.

Weiss flipped in the air as Haruki’s mask fell down on the ground. She put some distance between the two of them. Blake appeared next to Weiss. “Look us in the eye when fighting us. Get that stupid mask out of the way…” Weiss said with a frown.

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Ruby and Yushu, were crossing blades intensely. Not one of them is giving the other enough time to breathe or its what it seemed.Although deep down Ruby is aware that Yushu is holding back. Yushu is clearly just matching her own pace. “Well, little red? Can you go faster?”

Yushu suddenly sped up her strikes towards Ruby. In an instant a dozen blue arcs grazed towards Ruby’s direction. She instantly used her semblance to move away from Yushu’s strikes.

Her trail of red petals were minced into tiny bits. Yushu spun her scythe and positioned it behind her. She looked ephemeral as she stood there, while red petals brushed past her.

Ruby changed her weapon into a rifle as the blade of her scythe stabbed the roof. She fired a few times towards Yushu. She just tilted her body towards the incoming projectiles as she calmly advanced slowly towards the stationary Ruby.

Ruby frowned as she pulled out her scythe, “You’re better at wielding a scythe than my uncle Qrow. At first I thought you two were equals, but the longer our blades cross… The more I notice the discrepancy between the two of your styles. It’s like that scythe is for humanoid enemies. Am I right?”

Yushu shrugged her shoulders, “Well kid, This weapon isn’t really for the Grimm. It’s more efficient on killing people.” Yushu was gone from Ruby’s vision and she appeared behind her.

“Although I’m good at killing people, I hate seeing blood…It’s such a drag…” She whispered behind Ruby. Ruby instantly turned into roses and flew a few meters away from Yushu. She opened her eyes wide. There was no tell on using her semblance, it was as if she just appeared out of thin air.

Yushu then created a blue magic circle on her own shadow.”What a pain… But I have to put effort into it, or I’ll never hear the end of it from master. Such a drag.” Six copies of her eeriely crawled out from her own shadow.

Contrasting to them Ruby was observing them icily. The six clones were shambling towards Ruby. Gradually enclosing Ruby, Nudging her with their jet black scythes. Unlike Yushu’s Beautiful Yué Liang. Those black scythes looked like they came from the abyss themselves.

At that instant Dread crept onto Ruby’s skin as she stared at the shambling clones that stood in front of her. A dazzling red flash struck the shadows. In a single second, three of the clones fell down. Yushu approvingly nodded, Ruby on the other hand felt her hands shake. It’s like cutting a person she thought.

“Don’t worry they’re just shadows, no harm done little red.” Ruby nodded but she was still clearly shaken from the previous scene.

Yushu sent he clones towards Ruby once more, But this time the shadows were moving like her. Cutting through the air, but she flipped backwards as she kicked the clone in the head.

“There’s no need for conviction in striking these shadows down, but you still need to know the weight of it.” Yushu told Ruby as she stood behind her clones.

Even so, Ruby was not so optimistic as to think that. In the end she was still that bright and cheerful gal that couldn’t do bad things.

She slowly regained her thought process, She kept convincing herself that this is just practice. Her Serious expression tightened, and the atmosphere changed from afraid to sharp.

“I don’t want to be in this kind of situation, but if I want to be a huntress. I must resolve myself to do this. That’s what my uncle Qrow taught me.” Ruby said, her silver eyes gleamed and her string will was transmitted towards Yushu.

Yushu smiled, “I can see why my master is fond of you, This is honestly such a drag… But you however little red, amuse me to no end.”

“Should I start?” Ruby asked Yushu, and in turn gave her a rare smile.

Ruby readied her scythe and waited for the right timing. And the moment the 3 remaining clones charged at her, she took her stance and used her semblance to appear behind them. As soon as their backs faced Ruby, she sliced towards their defenseless backs.

However, her expectations betrayed her.

They quickly turned around and slashed towards her. She ran past them not losing any momentum, and escaped the quick counter of the clones.

The flowing defense and counter of the remaining three clones with their scythe were astounding. It was as if Yushu was telling her something. Moreover the clones didn’t break it’s posture after that counter.

As she was thinking she was slowly surrounded by the clones. They crossed blades, and in the middle of the blade dance. It was as if Ruby finally understood. Her scythe has a long range, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that she could instantly reach her enemies with it. It’s better to counter them at the most optimum distance.

A red flash was seen on the clone’s ankle. Even though the clone tried defending that part. Ruby was just too fast.

“Even though that lesson was hard earned. I’m still going to use my scythe as an offensive one instead of a counter weapon.” Ruby said enthusiastically.

“Time to show you what I’ve learned!” Ruby instantly turned into a bundle of red roses that charged towards the clones. A scythe suddenly popped out of the roses. Spinning madly like a drill. Cutting apart anything on it’s path. Aura was channeled into her blade for it to not turn into roses.

The clones were quickly dealt with. Even though they could defend a few times. But the sheer onslaught of her blades and speed were unmatchable. So they could only be cut apart.

The same cannot be said for Yushu however. She was defending each strike perfectly. With a smirk to top it all off. Ruby appeared below Yushu and a red flash stuck her upwards. She blocked this but she was launched in the air.

Ruby instantly followed up by shooting on the ground to propel her into the air. Yushu smirked, “Strong, but not quite there yet.” She sent a kick towards Ruby’s solar plexus. She was sent crashing down straight down. Creating a hole in the ground.

When Yushu landed inside the carriage it was littered with red roses, and without a Ruby in sight. She looked around suddenly a group of rose petals condensed and struck towards her abdomen. Yushu was caught off guard and she thought she accidentally killed Ruby, So she was a little late on noticing her strike.

When Ruby’s attack connected however a blue Magic circle blocked her strike. “Nice try kid. But I gotta admit that’s not bad.” Ruby was panting clearly exhausted, “Come to think of it. I never got your name…” Yushu smiled towards her opponent. “It’s Yushu… Tsukikage Yushu.” She said as she smiled delicately.

Ruby smirked as she fell on the ground clearly exhausted. “Heh, I’m really tired… Haruki needs to treat me to an all you can eat cookies galore…” She said before she slept soundly.

Yushu stared at the red hooded girl and sighed, “I still have to take care of this little girl huh… What a pain…” She clicked her tongue as she carried Ruby towards a safe place. Yushu’s silhouette disappeared as she went further inside the train.