"Then let's hurry and stop him!" Noelle urged.
"Before that, we need to deal with the other corpses!" Asta began to lower the altitude of the flying orb. The further down they went, the more shocking the scene became, and the stench of rotting corpses wafted through the air.
"But there are only two of us!" Noelle instantly felt overwhelmed, because the number of these corpses was enormous. Just in this northern area alone, there were no fewer than a hundred. She really couldn't imagine who could possess such immense magic power.
"Who says so?" Asta smiled slightly, then formed hand seals and used the B-rank Ninjutsu he had exchanged for earlier: Shadow Clone Jutsu!
Although the Shadow Clone Jutsu couldn't create thousands of clones as easily as the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, given Asta's current strength, he could easily manage the system's limit of nine Shadow Clones.
Furthermore, the Shadow Clone Jutsu he had exchanged for had been improved by the system, allowing the clones to inherit 10% of his Taijutsu without affecting his own strength.
You have to realize that even if these Shadow Clones only inherited 10% of his Taijutsu, it was still terrifyingly powerful, especially for dealing with those corpses that were merely walking dead. It was more than enough!
"All clones, disperse, kill the walking dead, and protect the civilians!" Asta commanded.
"Understood!" The nine Shadow Clones immediately scattered from the flying orb and headed towards the walking dead in all directions.
"So many Astas!" Noelle had just been pushed against Asta by the Shadow Clones. Although she knew they were clones, suddenly seeing so many identical figures still couldn't help but make her little face flush with heat!
"Time to move, Noelle!" Asta himself pulled out the demon-slayer sword and leaped down from mid-air towards the scruffy pink-haired youth!
"Little Girl, do you like the Clover Kingdom?" The scruffy pink-haired youth asked, tilting his head at the Little Girl he had cornered.
"I... I like it very much... So please... stop..." The Little Girl looked at the pink-haired youth, trembling.
"I hate it very much! So, whether it's the city, the people, or you, Little Girl, I'm going to destroy it all!" The scruffy pink-haired youth finished saying this and looked at the trembling Little Girl, letting out a malicious, gleeful laugh.
In that moment, he felt the thrill of making the entire Clover Kingdom tremble by his own power!
The walking dead behind him seemed to receive his command and crazily swarmed towards the Little Girl. If no one else were there, the Little Girl's fate would be miserable!
"Are you talking in your sleep?" Asta descended from the sky, the huge demon-slayer sword directly blocking the path between the Little Girl and the filthy walking dead.
"Has the big shot finally arrived!" The pink-haired youth looked excitedly at Asta standing on the giant sword, but then his eyes revealed a look of disappointment. "I thought it would be some big shot, but it turns out to be the worst Black Bulls, and just a brat at that!"
"To think you would try to kill such a cute Little Girl, you are truly unforgivable!" Asta finished speaking, turned his head to look at the Little Girl, and revealed a gentle smile. "It's okay, little one. I will protect everything here. No one will be able to destroy the Clover Kingdom you love!"
"Thank you, big brother!" The Little Girl looked at Asta with a racing heart, feeling as if her collapsing world was being restored. The shadow that the pink-haired youth had cast over her was being smoothed away by Asta.
In that instant, Asta was like sunlight shining on her face.
"Idiot, with just the sword in your hand, you want to threaten me? Who do you think you are, trying to stop my undead army? You really don't know your own limits!" The pink-haired youth felt incredibly offended. He didn't expect that upon returning here, the people would still be so annoying. Even a brat looked down on him. He would make the people of the Clover Kingdom know how formidable he was!
"Noelle, protect this Little Girl!" Asta called out to Noelle in mid-air.
"Understood! Sea Dragons Lair!" Noelle immediately cast a small Sea Dragons Lair around the Little Girl, then said to the Little Girl, "Now, run!"
"Oh!" The Little Girl nodded. Although she was very scared, she knew that staying here would affect Asta's battle. But she didn't know where to run, because to her, everywhere seemed very dangerous!
"Head towards the big sister!" Asta said, controlling the flying orb to fly in at a low altitude.
"What a delusion. Come out, undead army!" The pink-haired youth slapped the ground with one hand, as if summoning a beast, forming a Spatial Magic circle on the ground. Then, a dozen controlled corpses rushed out.
"Your opponent is me!" Asta finished speaking and delivered a heavy blow with the demon-slayer sword, instantly destroying all dozen corpses as if sweeping away clouds!
"How is that possible!" The pink-haired youth was slightly stunned. Because of the nature of his magic, as long as these walking dead weren't completely destroyed, they would continue to attack under the control of his magic. Yet now, they had been easily dealt with by Asta!
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However, the pink-haired youth quickly came to his senses, looked at Asta, and said, "So you are that Anti-Magic trash from the Black Bulls!"
"It seems you know our situation quite well." Asta analyzed in an instant that this pink-haired youth was definitely a member of a large organization; otherwise, he wouldn't even know about him, who had just joined the Magic Knight Squad.
"Heh, you do counter me a bit, but that ends here!" The pink-haired youth excitedly slapped the ground and said, "Come out, No. 4 — Jimmy!"
"Roar!" In an instant, a massive corpse wrapped in a shroud appeared before the pink-haired youth. Appearing alongside Jimmy were dark purple cursed bullets floating by his side!
These dark purple cursed bullets, resembling flying orbs, shot frantically toward Asta, Noelle, and the Little Girl the moment they appeared.
"demon-slaying sword!" Asta immediately pulled a second sword from his grimoire. This sword was more flexible than the demon-slayer sword. Although he didn't know the power of these cursed bullets, Asta did his best to prevent even a single one from hitting Noelle or the Little Girl!
"Got you!" Noelle lay flat on the flying orb, her small white hand scooping up the Little Girl. Then, Asta controlled the flying orb to fly ten meters off the ground—a height that provided a clear view of the battlefield without being caught in the crossfire.
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