Taki looked behind her, seeing the large tree fall, split into three pieces.
Turning back to face Sylphy, she saw her face, completely red and covered in blood, staring at her with a sharp, intense gaze.
Her skin was entirely obscured by blood, and Taki could barely suppress his fear of Sylphy, who was now fully immersed in a powerful Bloodlust mode.
Taki forced herself to suppress her fear and kept trying to win the fight. She quickly stood up and delivered a hard kick to Sylphy's face.
As Sylphy was thrown back by the force of the kick, Taki tried to regain her composure. "Huff... Huff... Come on, Taki, don't lose hope..."
"Let's do this seriously now, no more mockery..." Taki crouched down in a serious stance, preparing to sprint.
She took a deep breath and then dashed at full speed towards Sylphy, who had been knocked back.
Within seconds, Taki caught up to her, grabbing her blood-covered face, and dragged her back to the ruined church. She entered the church with Sylphy's face still clutched in her right hand.
Taki threw Sylphy against the same rectangular stone where they had first met in Taki's world.
The stone stopped Sylphy from flying.
Both Sylphy and Taki wore blank expressions, signaling that they were now fully serious. Life and death hung in the balance.
Sylphy tried to stand, but Taki, moving so fast he seemed to teleport, kicked her hard in the face.
The blow shattered the stone, sending Sylphy flying for the second time, breaking both the stone and the church wall, flinging her outside.
Taki jumped high into the sky, aiming to strike Sylphy, who lay on the ground, with a powerful stomp.
But Sylphy blocked her kick before it could land on her face again.
She caught Taki's right leg with her right hand, holding it effortlessly.
With a flat tone, full of suppressed rage, Sylphy spoke.
"Haven't you done enough damage to my face?"
Taki was stunned, seeing how easily Sylphy stopped her attack.
Sylphy threw Taki's leg to the side, sending her entire body flying in the same direction.
Standing up from the ground, Sylphy rise with her face still drenched in blood.
Taki managed to stop herself and landed safely, locking eyes with Sylphy, who was still covered in blood.
"This isn't fair... Why am I the only one bleeding..." Sylphy muttered, realizing something.
"Ah... I see now... Alright. Thank you, father, mother, and all my brothers and sisters. Forgive me if I lose control."
Sylphy licked her own blood as it dripped from her face onto her tongue.
In an instant, Sylphy's dark purple hair turned into a deep red. Her fangs grew longer and larger, her wolf ears elongated, and her claws became sharper and bigger.
Finally, Sylphy's pupils shrank, and the color of her eyes changed to a dark red.
With a raspy voice, Sylphy managed to speak. "Gggrrrr... Bloodlust: Level 2. Get ready to die, Reverend Taki, the destroyer of my village."