Chapter 312: Yamata no Orochi
“Such destructive power…”
Sneaking from the magic circle towards the outer perimeter of the plaza, the young girl saw the almost suffocatingly violent battlefield between the two.
The entire open space of the plaza had been transformed into a pool of venom emitting a dangerous aura, and this poisonous pond seemed to have come alive, with countless giant snakes churning within, attacking the small figure rising and falling in mid-air with deadly venom.
But that blue figure was exceptionally agile, the wooden clogs under his feet not hindering his movement at all. The long sword in his hand was constantly poised at his waist, his feet repeatedly treading on the backs of the attacking giant snakes and leaping up. Not even the giant snakes or the venomous energy could touch the hem of his clothes.
With a poised sword strike, he cut through the purple barrier that spontaneously rose into the air, then the unstoppable blade light flew at an extremely fast speed towards the snake pillar within the magic circle in the distance, directly cutting the tall snake pillar into two.
Indeed, there was not much difference from what Kazumi had thought. While Masashi Sakuraba’s overall strength might not be much different from Shun Muto’s, it was still very difficult for him to defend against the opponent’s attacks with his abilities.
Even though Masashi Sakuraba had tried various methods, Shun Muto had seized the opportunity to remotely sever several snake pillars with his attacks.
As several snake pillars completely collapsed, the strange suction force emanating from his body also disappeared, proving that this magic array was temporarily malfunctioning.
However, the seal crack at the center of the magic array had not ended with the collapse of the snake pillars. An uncomfortable aura continued to emanate from the crack, letting Shun Muto know that the crisis in the entire area had not been completely resolved and the remaining civilians were still in danger.
Another slash was directed towards the snake pillar below the crack, but this time the attack was blocked by a massive figure rising from the poisonous pool. A white giant snake, larger than all the summoned creatures before, shot up into the sky. Masashi Sakuraba, standing behind the white snake, also wore a hint of displeasure on his face.
“What, you don’t even dare to face my attack?”
Masashi Sakuraba, with a disdainful sneer, taunted Shun Muto who was standing on the corpses of poisonous snakes. At this moment, Masashi Sakuraba felt a slight unease in his heart.
He had expected that given their past grievances and the altered environment he had created, Shun Muto’s primary target would definitely be himself. But Shun Muto had calmly chosen to directly destroy the magic array in the distance.
This put Masashi Sakuraba in a difficult position. The main reason was that his abilities were not good at defense. If he were to engage in a head-on confrontation with the opponent, it might take days to kill himself, but protecting a huge, immobile magic array under a swordsman with ultimate destructive power was truly too difficult.
The only good news now was that although the magic array had been damaged, the sealed crack had not shrunk because of it. And through his abilities, Masashi Sakuraba had seen the monster frame that Kazumi had left behind before she left.
Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Kazumi’s behavior of running away without completing the mission, more than half of the Snake Ring’s energy reserves had been depleted. The remaining energy was being drawn towards the Snake Ring by a large amount of similar energy, and the absorption speed was not too slow.
“Hmph.”
Masashi Sakuraba’s blatant taunt caused a flicker of disdain to flash in the eyes of the blue-clad swordsman. The blade in his hand swung out again, a blade light longer than the body of the giant snake swung out from his hand.
“Hum—”
A dazzling white light emanated from the white giant snake. Under the illumination of the light, the sharp sword momentum instantly softened, and finally weakly landed on the white snake’s abdomen.
“Has it gotten weaker…”
Before Masashi Sakuraba’s poisonous tongue could utter his taunt, a slash even more fierce than the previous blade light swiftly sliced through his body, splitting him in two.
“So much nonsense.”
Sheathing the sword in his hand, Shun Muto looked at Masashi Sakuraba above with an annoyed expression. As an old rival, he naturally knew that even such a slash could not kill that strange guy, but being able to temporarily shatter that disgusting mouth was enough.
Masashi Sakuraba, split in two, self-indulgently reconnected, and it was clear that the attack had not caused him any damage. But Masashi Sakuraba also knew that it was obviously unrealistic to stop the opponent from destroying the entire magic array with such small tricks.
[It seems I have to get serious now.]
His right hand completely transformed into a demon snake at this moment, becoming a beast-like arm with purple scales. He formed a special hand seal and brought his hands together in front of his chest. An evil energy fluctuation, countless times greater than the usual energy fluctuation, erupted from the bottom of the poisonous pool beneath their feet. Finally, like a deep-sea bomb exploding, venom capable of corroding steel erupted and splashed out from the pool, surging and stirring up a giant wave that rushed towards Shun Muto’s location.
Such boring attacks naturally could not harm Shun Muto. His sword energy formed an invisible transparent wall, blocking all the venom in front of him.
“Hmm?”
But when the purple venom dispersed, the scene that appeared before Shun Muto made him let out a rare sound of doubt.
The white giant snake seemed to be only a very small part hidden in the poisonous pool. Snake heads of different colors — white, yellow, and black — surrounded the white head as if they were copied, but they all had different forms. The massive body below, large enough to cover half the plaza, proved who was the culprit behind this torrent of venom.
The eighth gray snake head slowly opened its light yellow beast eyes. Boundless decay emanated from its snake mouth, and it stared blankly at the extremely small Shun Muto on the ground, along with its seven brothers.
Masashi Sakuraba finally completed this complex summoning array. His異色的 snake pupils stared intently at the Shun Muto below, who was so small that he could hardly be seen. He faintly uttered the name of the array.
“Yamata no Orochi!”
“Interesting.”
Shun Muto, who was fighting, was completely different from his usual self. Simple, concise words came out of his mouth, but the surging fighting spirit in his eyes could not be suppressed.
Completely unfazed by the oppressive aura of the giant Yamata no Orochi, his right hand, which had been loosely holding the hilt of his sword, slowly clenched into a fist. His previously relaxed body tensed and lowered slightly at this moment.
Like a famous sword hidden in its sheath, the sharpness emanating from his body condensed endlessly, and he single-handedly withstood the terrifying pressure emanating from the eight heads of the giant snake.
The eight heads of the giant snake also seemed to feel threatened, and different energies began to gather in their mouths, accumulating the strongest attacks.
“You’re looking for death!”
But in the next moment, Shun Muto, who was poised to unleash a slash, disappeared from his original position, his figure appearing at the rear of the battlefield.
The blade in his hand flashed out at a speed that was completely impossible to react to, and what flew up was the hooded head, and the fallen, skinny body.
(ps: I’ve been having some emotional problems lately, my head is buzzing, and I can’t write much. Sorry, everyone orz)
