Chapter 135 – Duel with Susanoo

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"Susanoo Onii-sama, don't be too rash!"

Right now we were in the hall at the foot of the mountain. The hall was big, enough to let us fight freely on the ground or the sky.

Susanoo brought me here after he asked me for a duel. Yasaka and Amaterasu followed us and stood by the side.

In front of me, Susanoo stood with a smile without even holding a weapon. Was he overconfident or did he underestimate me?

Both were possibilities, and it irked me. When someone acted overconfident in front of me, I couldn't help but act like one too.

Which was why I didn't summon Nenekirimaru.

Susanoo had a smile on his face and he looked at me.

"Are you going to face me barehanded?"

He moved his hands and warmed up by stretching them to the side.

I loosened my shoulder and cracked my neck.

"Don't worry, I am strong."

"I know. Then, should we use a wooden sword instead of a real one? We are strong, so we need to hold back a little bit to not disturb this realm."

That was reasonable. But the wooden sword broke easily, was that okay?

"The wooden sword won't break, it was made from a special tree."

As Susanoo said that, two wooden swords that were as long as Nenekirimaru appeared in his hands. He tossed one of the wooden swords to me and I caught it with my right hand.

I looked at the wooden sword and it was as strong as he said. I smiled and looked at Susanoo.

"Do you mind if I take this as a gift for this duel?"

Susanoo held the wooden sword with both of his hands and pointed the tip at me, taking a stance of kendo.

"Sure, let's start with a little battle first?"

I held the wooden sword tightly in my right hand and pointed the tip to Susanoo. My left hand was hidden behind my body, my left leg was behind my right leg.

"Let's do it."

We both looked at Amaterasu at the same time and nodded our heads before looking at each other again.

It was to signal Amaterasu to start our duel.

"Well then, don't be too rash! Begin!"

As soon as Amaterasu shouted, both of us leaped at the same time and met in the middle of the arena.

Our wooden swords clashed, creating a small shockwave around us.

Susanoo had a grin on his face.

"You are strong as I have expected."

"While you are stronger than I thought," I answered Susanoo and sent a kick from below.

He jumped back to dodge my kick and he just stood there silently while in his stance.

To be honest, he was stronger than I thought. When our swords clashed earlier, his strength was visibly far above Vasco while he was clad in his holy energy.

If I compared his strength to someone, it would be Tsuchigumo. It was like I was punched with 2 of Tsuchigumo's arms at the same time.

"This is fun." I muttered and then kicked the ground, closing my distance with Susanoo.

My swords moved a few times, aiming at Susanoo's limbs.

Slashes after slashes were blocked or dodged. Susanoo also sometimes deflected the slash and counterattacked.

He purely used swordsmanship. He was the first one after my old man who could fight me this long with just pure swordsmanship.

"As expected of the slayer of Yamata no Orochi!" I shouted at Susanoo and increased the strength behind my swing.

Susanoo blocked the swing and was blown away a few meters to the side. He must've never expected it. His grin turned wider, and I could now feel some energy surrounding him.

The energy was similar to the one that I felt in Osaka.

"I see, let's increase the pace, shall we?"

I began to gather Senjutsu aura around me and enhanced my physical body a little. It surprised me again, the Senjutsu Aura in this place was clear, it almost contain no Malice Energy that made the process painful.

The effect was also greater, I grinned in response.

"Yeah, be careful though, I am not used to the Senjutsu Aura in this place yet!"

As I said that, I ran so fast that I left afterimages. It was a sham technique that was similar to my Kyouka Suigetsu, but it was purely speed, unlike the technique that used Fear to create a living image of me.

I swung my sword from below to the upper right, catching Susanoo off guard.

When he realized it, I was already below him. It was only when I swung my sword that he noticed me and moved his sword to block my strike.

This time he was not blown away, but the shockwave that was created from our clash was bigger than the first shockwave.

Susanoo didn't stop that. After he blocked my strike, he took a step backward, raised his sword, and swung it downward in one swift movement.

My position was not favorable, so I dodged the strike by stepping to the right and swinging my sword horizontally.

Susanoo stopped his swing midway and changed the course towards me. It surprised me for a second but I immediately changed the trajectory of my swing and blocked his strike.

"Tsk!" It was hard enough to change the trajectory of my swing, but blocking Susanoo's strike made it harder.

My stance was not good enough, so I decided to jump back as soon as our sword clashed to minimalize the damage caused by the attack.

I landed around 10 meters away from Susanoo on my feet. Then I looked at Susanoo.

He also didn't escape from the clash uninjured. His hand that held the sword trembled a little, and he raised it a little.

"My hand went a little numb from that." He said slightly.

To be honest, my hand also went numb a little from stopping my attack midway. But I acted strong and tapped my sword against my shoulder.

"Hahahaha, our sword skill seems to be almost equal. How about we go to the next stage already?"

It made me happy. My sword skill was equal to a God that slew Yamata no Orochi.

Susanoo looked at me and then said.

"You're right. Should we increase our pace?"

The energy that surrounded Susanoo became thicker. The wind blew inside the hall and it made a small storm that centered around Susanoo.

The storm was trying to suck us in. Amaterasu and Yasaka on the side were hidden behind a barrier that Amaterasu made, they looked at me with concerned eyes.

Seeing the intensity of the storm, I couldn't hold back any longer.

I gathered Senjutsu Aura around me and enhanced my body to the limit. I also shrouded my body with Fear and now I could stand in the storm with no problem.

Susanoo's voice rang from inside the storm.

"Now, let's begin."