88 Chapter 88

I look at my opponent, and I must say that he has already changed. He now looks at me seriously without any hint of arrogance but a small hint of fear. I wonder if our first battle greatly impacted him to fear me like this.

I take out my sword and wait for the referee, Ajuka Beelzebub, to start the fight.

I blink for a second when I see Riser's body engulfed in fire. Is he turning his entire body into a fire, or does the fire work as armor? Hmmm, interesting. I hear Riser's brother can turn his entire body into fire, which is why he is among the top ten in the Rating Games. I don't know if his brother's body turned into fire, like how someone turns into fire after eating Mera Mera no Mi from One Piece.

I cannot wait to test his new technique.

"Are both fighters ready?!"

I take out my sword from its sheath and nod my head. I can see Riser doing the same.

"Fight!"

I blink and duck when Riser does a flying kick at me after saying that word.

"Tch"

I hear Riser click his tongue in annoyance. I smirk and dash forward. When I appear in front of him with my sword above my head, he is already prepared, creating a barrier between me and him.

*CRACK*

Sadly for him, my physical strength is not something he can block using an average shield spell. After the barrier breaks, Riser opens his mouth, and I can feel the heat coming from it. I open my mouth and scream.

"Sky Dragon's Roar!"

My shout meets with a torrent of fire, watching as the fire spreads around me. Sadly for him, my roar was stronger than his, and it hit him right in the stomach, throwing him to the wall behind him.

"You decide to mimic my attack, huh?"

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|3rd POV|

"You decide to mimic my attack, huh?"

Instead of answering him, Riser flies into the air and claps his hand—a second later, thousands of small lights spread out of his body. Ryan looks at him in alarm because Yasaka uses this kind of attack multiple times against him.

Ryan twists his body and creates a dome of wind.

"Sky Dragon's Brilliance Scale!"

He managed to create the dome of wind just in time as countless explosions happened at the same time.

The people outside cheered at Riser because they thought he was already winning the battle. Only a few people who did not cheer know that the fight is still not over.

"Not bad!"

Susanoo loudly claims as he watches the fight with a grin on his face. He looks to the side and sees Lord Phenex cheering for his son before saying.

"Your son is not bad, but sadly, his opponent is Ryan."

Lord Phenex stops his cheering and says.

"What do you mean by that?"

Susanoo's grin gets bigger, and he says.

"He is a master of fire."

After he says that, the screen shows that Ryan did not have any injury on his body from such an attack. However, what catches people's attention is the fire around Ryan that dances around, creating an image of an eastern dragon coiling around his body.

"No fire shall hurt him, for he is the favored human of Amaterasu and my champion."

Susanoo's words make the other devils in the room change their view of Ryan. Getting favored by one divine being is already a great boon, but also a champion and getting their blessing? That is one of the most lucky things to have.

*BOOM*

They quickly look back at the screen and see Ryan attacking Riser relentlessly. At the moment, Ryan is dancing. He is dancing by combining all the forms of the Sun Breathing, and his dance creates a silhouette of an eastern dragon charging at Riser, who is busy defending himself.

Ryan jumps above Riser and twists his body in a circular motion.

Hinokami Kagura: Clear Blue Sky

Riser grits his teeth and creates a thick shield above him to block the attack. As Ryan swings his sword, a circular fire flies out of his sword and hits the barrier. The fire creates a massive circle of fire in the arena, and to the people watching, it is as if they are watching the sun descend into the underworld.

Amaterasu smiles a little at the sight in front of her. She can feel the power of the sun growing within Ryan as he continues using his Sun Breathing.

"Tch"

On the side, Susanoo grumbled at the sight in front of him.

"Why did he not use my blessing? Why does he only use his swordsmanship?"

Amaterasu smiles smugly at her brother and says.

"You are jealous."

"I am not!"

Tsukuyomi looks at his siblings and sighs a little. He is a little bit jealous of his siblings. They get someone who can bring honor to their name. He also wants someone like that. It was then that he got an idea. After the fight ends and they return to Japan, he will ask Ryan to create a swordsmanship that mimics the moon.

After Ryan manages to create a swordsmanship that mimics the moon, he will give the child his blessing and get a swordsmanship that mimics him, and he will get a champion. Susanoo will be grumbling for a month, but he can manage that.

With that plan in mind, he continued to watch the fight.

Riser gets thrown to the ground, creating a massive impact crack. He coughs blood and looks at Ryan, who is floating in the air. He takes a deep breath and suddenly releases all his Demonic Energy.

"Let's end this!"

Ryan grins at that and waits for Riser to release his attack. However, a second later, he widens his eyes when he sees Riser's body change into a giant bird made of fire. The bird gathers a large amount of energy in its mouth and is ready to release it to Ryan.

"I see! Phoenix! Fantastic! Very well! Let's see which one is stronger! Phoenix or Dragon!"

Ryan takes a deep breath and feels his soul ready to burst with power. Watching from his soul, Akatosh laughs merrily and shouts.

"Good! Go, my champion! Show the world the power of Dragonborn! Show your world the shout that makes Talos proud!"

When the phoenix releases a massive torrent of fire from its talon, Ryan releases a shout that shocks all dragons watching his fight.

"Yol Toor Shul!"