Gensokyo, a Minecraft template, starting experience from plucking flower fields.

"Lord Bai, is this axe really capable of cutting down the Western Journey Tree Demon? Besides, you didn't even hit the trunk..."

It's understandable that Youmu is worried.

She had tried to cut the Saigyou Tree with her sword before, but even with her full strength, she only left a shallow mark on the trunk. The Saigyou Tree recovered from this minor injury instantly.

Therefore, Youmu always felt that chopping down Saigyou Tree Spirits with an axe was too fantastical.

If someone else had said those words, she certainly wouldn't have believed them.

But if Lord Bai said those words, then that's a different story.

"Don't worry, as long as there's no time limit, I can knock this tree down even with my fists."

Bai An didn't turn around, and the axe in his hand continued to swing.

And that was indeed the case. In his field of vision, the spot where he was masturbating was expanding in a square spiderweb pattern, and it was now coming to an end.

As a block falls, a square three-dimensional gap appears in the tree trunk.

"Huh? Wow!"

This amazing scene made Yuyuko exclaim in surprise, and she immediately stretched out her little paws to touch the spot where the tree trunk had disappeared.

"There really isn't a single piece left."

Her cherry-red eyes sparkled, and she looked very happy.

Youmu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, quietly settled down.

Meanwhile, Bai An curiously picked up the cube from the ground.

【Westward Trees】: Decomposes, with a certain probability causing organisms to suffer the negative effect of suicide.

After reading the introduction, Bai An became interested. He didn't expect that the Saigyou Tree not only had falling objects, but the falling wood also had the effect of hypnotizing creatures to commit suicide.

You could consider using its features to create a fun little building at home.

The only drawback is that even though the wood of the Westward Journey Tree Spirit can be broken down into planks.

However, given the size of the Saigyuu, it couldn't obtain much wood.

I wonder if the leaves of the Saigyu Ayakashi will fall onto the saplings.

While pondering, Bai An removed another piece of wood.

I initially thought something dangerous was going to happen.

Nothing happened, though. Apart from being a little harder, the Saigyou tree was no different from ordinary wood.

Bai An glanced at Yakumo Yukari.

According to her.

He was in charge of chopping down the trees, while Yukari Yakumo was in charge of minimizing the connection between Saigyou Ayakashi and Yuyuko.

However, during the journey, the demons on the westward journey are highly likely to launch a final counterattack before their demise.

He arrived fully prepared, just like in a fairy tale, with a large, withered tree bearing a human face, waving its vines and chasing after them.

However, even as Saigyōki's thick trunk was about to be cut in half, there was no movement whatsoever.

"That's it? That doesn't fit the plot!"

"What do you mean by whether it fits the plot or not? What's with your feeling of regret?"

Faced with Bai An's doubts, Yakumo Yukari rolled her eyes. If Saigyou Ayakashi were to struggle in his death throes, Bai An would be the first to suffer.

After all, it was he who had been holding the axe and chopping away the whole time.

However, after thinking about it again, it seemed that Saigyouki's ability didn't really have any practical effect on this guy.

Putting aside whether they can successfully lure Bai An to his death, even if they do succeed, it probably won't hurt Bai An, who can resurrect infinitely.

Just as the two were discussing, a faint scent of cherry blossoms suddenly drifted down from the air.

Yakumo Yukari frowned slightly, looked up, and saw a pink petal drifting down from the sky, gently floating around them.

The barren tree was suddenly covered with pink cherry blossoms.

A breeze blows, and cherry blossoms fall silently one by one.

The petals transition between crimson and pale pink, and have a delicate fragrance.

But it also symbolizes death.

With a complex expression, Yakumo Yukari stretched out her slender, pale hand and caught a petal.

The flowers are beautiful, exactly the same as they were back then.

Is this the illusion of the Saigyu Ayakashi?

Yuyuko stood under the cherry blossom tree, holding a handful of petals in her hands, blinking her eyes as if trying to see something inside.

She turned her head and smiled at Yakumo Shiro.

"Zi, look at her."

After saying that, she forcefully threw the petals in her hand back into the air, and the pink petals fluttered down.

"is it beautiful?"

"very beautiful???"

Looking at Yuyuko surrounded by flower petals, Yukari Yakumo felt a pang of sadness, the scene before her eyes overlapping with her memories.

Yuyuko asked the same question a thousand years ago.

It was under this cherry blossom tree that she held up a bright, glistening petal and smiled radiantly.

However, that was the last time.

Consciousness returns to the present.

Faced with Yakumo Yukari's lack of response, Yuyuko pouted in dissatisfaction and grabbed her arm, shaking it from side to side.

"Purple, answer me quickly! Am I pretty? Am I beautiful?"

At this moment, past memories resurface.

Yukari Yakumo pursed her lips tightly, but her eyes still betrayed her and became moist.

"Zi, why are you crying?"

When Yuyuko saw Yakumo Yukari suddenly start crying, she hurriedly rushed forward.

"Zi, don't cry. Tell me, what happened?"

"You don't like Yuyuko anymore?"

Yukari Yakumo wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to compose herself.

"Yuyuko, I'm sorry, I... I just remembered something."

"Hmm... As for the past, although I have no memories of it, I, a woman of a thousand years, would never want to see Zi cry because of me."

Yuyuko skipped away, and when she turned back, she was all smiles again.

"After all, she likes purple the most."

Yakumo Shiki was taken aback; she understood the seriousness in Yuyuko's tone.

She knew that, regardless of whether he had the memory or not, the other person had always considered her their best friend, both then and now.

Once she understood this, her heart warmed, and she couldn't help but smile.

Before she could speak, Bai An's bewildered voice came through.

"The cycad...it's blooming!?"

He originally thought this thing would grow legs or whip people, but to his surprise, it blossomed, and the tree was covered in flowers.

"This is an illusion, not reality."

Yukari Yakumo sighed. She was now certain that the Saigyou Ayakashi had no strength left to retaliate. This level of illusion was nothing to them.

It wasn't that Saigyou Yao had become weaker; quite the opposite, even with the power of the red stone, she wanted to maintain the seal on Saigyou Yao.

Suppressing the Saigyou Ayakashi and severing its connection with Yuyuko is still quite difficult.

The only possibility is that Bai An not only removed the body of the Western Demon, but also removed its power and even the authority over death.

This is why the current situation has arisen.

It's not that the Saigyu demon didn't want to struggle.

Rather, Bai An's abilities were too abnormal. By the time it realized what was happening, it was too late, and it could only use such a low-quality illusion.

"Is this an illusion?"

Bai An squatted down and grabbed a handful of cherry blossom petals, kneading them.

It feels just like a regular flower petal.

After thinking for a moment, he tried to put the petals into his backpack. The petals disappeared, but nothing else appeared in the backpack, as if the cherry blossoms had never existed at all.

Sudden.

Bai An seemed to have thought of something, suddenly stood up, turned around, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

"No, could it be that you're also an illusion, and you're not actually Yakumo Yukari at all!"

These words completely baffled Yuyuko and Youmu, who were standing nearby.

Bai An's alert gaze caused a tic-tac-toe mark to appear on Yakumo Yukari's forehead.

"I am not an illusion, I am Yakumo Yukari."

"I don't believe you unless you can provide proof that you are Yakumo Yukari."

Bai An took a few steps back, his face still showing wariness.

Yukari Yakumo took a deep breath, raised her hand and made a slash in the air, opening a gap.

I thought the gap was enough to prove my identity.

To her surprise, Bai An snorted coldly and looked at her with an expression as if she were an idiot.

"You already know it's an illusion, so how hard is it for the illusion to mimic a gap? Are you stupid?!"