Immortal Ice Empress: Path to Vengeance

Just like Mira thought, she only had enough of the hellish aura to last another two hits before she ran out.

She also discovered that controlling the hellish aura is nearly impossible. Mira thought she'd be able to separate the aura's effects, but it seemed she was too naive. From what she could tell, things aren't as simple as increased sharpness, destructive power, and mind attacks. It's more like the aura is hellish not because of these effects, but the cause of these effects is the aura itself.

To put it in simpler terms, if she were to try and control the hellish aura to only focus on a single aspect, it would no longer be 'hellish'. Therefore, she would also lose out on the benefits gained from the aura.

It sounds a bit complicated, but Mira just knew that there was little she could change about the hellish aura. Fortunately, that doesn't mean she can't improve her control over it. Right now, she's using it at full force without even trying, so every swing of her scythe is a full-powered strike.

Even those small cuts were considered full-powered attacks based on Mira's control over the hellish aura.

Right now, she needs to control the output of the hellish aura properly so she's not wasting so much of it with every strike.

And that's what the goat is for!

Mira waited for a while until her aura was back at full capacity, then began tormenting the poor goat.

However, even after several hours, Mira could still barely control the output. She could lower it a bit, which was progress, but it seems like it'll take much longer than she initially thought to gain full control over it.

Nevertheless, Mira wasn't sad about this. Instead, this only proved just how powerful the aura around her scythe was, and if she were to gain full control over it, it'd be even more amazing!

To Mira, it's only natural that good things are difficult to achieve, so she wasn't burdened by the difficulty of controlling the hellish aura.

Still, this didn't give Mira a proper understanding of her scythe's sharpness without the aura. Since she can't control the hellish aura right now, most of her fights, especially some of the more difficult ones, she'll only be able to rely on her scythe's natural sharpness.

So, Mira emptied her aura reserves and then hacked at the goat, cutting it in half just like the boar. Except for this time, Mira felt a slight amount of resistance. It was an amount that could be ignored as she still cleanly cut through the goat, but Mira knew it wasn't as smooth as when she used the hellish aura to cut through the boar.

That time, it barely felt like she was swinging her scythe against another living being and instead felt more like she was swinging at air.

Doing this gave Mira a better understanding of how amazing the aura surrounding her scythe is.

However, now, Mira wanted to move on and begin learning more about her other abilities, or more specifically, her tails.

Just from her body's instincts alone, she can tell that each one of her tails has a different ability. For example, her golden tail is extremely dense, almost like it's made out of metal.

Since that one's the easiest to test out, Mira isolated her golden tail and smashed it into the goat's corpse.

*BOOM*

Blood splattered everywhere, and the ground underneath her cracked, forming a small crater. The goat's corpse, unfortunately, exploded into a million pieces, but Mira couldn't care less.

Right now, she was amazed at the raw power her golden tail contains. Just that casual smash was already at least 40% to 50% stronger than her physical body! However, there are various limitations to this kind of attack.

The most obvious ones being it's way too simple, and she has to pretty much be on top of her opponent for it to work.

Nonetheless, it's insanely strong! It's so strong that it can be considered a trump card. However, Mira felt its best use would be to use it as a kind of shield. At least, that'd be the case if she were to face ranged attackers. Against close combat enemies, it could easily be used as a finishing move.

Mira released a smile seeing the power of just one of her tails, but she wasn't satisfied with just this. She wanted to know the limits of its power!

So, she raised her Golden tail up in the air and slammed it on the ground with all her might!

*BOOOOOOOOOOM*

The ground caved in and had spider web cracks spreading tens of meters. Any nearby trees, rocks, or bushes were blown away. At the same time, anything that was directly underneath her tail was pulverized into dust.

Hell, if Mira hadn't controlled her body, she too would've been blown away by the impact! In fact, the rebound of such a high-powered attack injured her slightly!

After reorientating herself, she muttered, "What the hell?! What's up with this power? I knew I was strong after my breakthrough but isn't this a bit much? Also, this is just one of my nine tails! If just one of my tails is already like this, what about the rest of them?"

The more Mira thought about it, the more excited she became. She wasn't worried about the fact that she caused herself a few light injuries from her own attack. That can be solved with time and training. No, she was both surprised and shocked at the power and potential that just one of her tails contains, the most basic one, no less.

From her body's instincts, she can tell that her other tails are much more complex, but that made Mira happy.

Although her other tails are physically strong as well, it's only to the point where they are similar to another arm or leg. However, they have their own unique attributes that make up for this 'lack' of power.

Of course, Mira didn't feel like her tails were lacking in any power. Just the fact that they are as strong as her limbs is already more than enough for Mira, but seeing the power of her gold tail changed her mindset.

They need to be overpowered! How can her tails be normal?! No, all of them must be unique, just like the golden one!

Mira's eyes gleamed brightly like how a kid would look if he found a new toy, and she immediately began testing out the abilities and limits of her other eight tails.

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A/N: Thank you, Nyviria, for the 5,000 coins! Here's the second bonus chapter! I really appreciate all the support!