232. Confrontation

Looking at his surroundings, Izumi knew he was screwed. He wouldn't be able to leave the dimension area created by Hime with his current ability. Moreover, anything related to space and time was useless in that dimension. He also couldn't leave with his IS because right now, he wasn't wearing the IS suit needed to operate the IS.

"Tsk, I should have worn an IS suit. To think I was too naive not to consider that she wouldn't attack me at school."

Since Hime had never attacked an ordinary human, Izumi only thought that she wouldn't do this. It turned out that he was wrong, and in fact, this thought was just his suggestion which closed the possibility for Hime to attack him.

"Haaaaahhhhh."

Spontaneously, Izumi immediately unleashed all his strength to the limit. His aura along with his Haoshoku Haki burst out and exerted great pressure on his surroundings.

Hime furrowed her brows after feeling the pressure released by Izumi, she didn't expect that there was a unique ability that could exert such strong pressure.

After creating another dimension, Hime snapped her fingers not only to conjure up her body to be strong beyond the system limit, but she also created a skill to see other people's skills.

Izumi seemed to notice something from her gesture, but still kept his mouth from talking.

It didn't stop there, Izumi's strength continued to increase making changes to his body. Without him noticing, some parts of his skin began to change shape like dragon scales.

"Dragon scales?" Hime murmured after she saw the changes on Izumi's body.

It was her first time seeing such a transformation. It was as if Izumi had dragon blood running through his veins which increased his strength, pressure, endurance, and spiritual energy without turning him into an actual dragon. A moment later, the sclera of Izumi's eyes turned black, and his irises also turned red like when Hime fought Izumi at the beach the other day. Not only that, she felt a kind of spiritual power enveloping Izumi's entire body.

"Haki, dragon slayer magic, and Kagune? What are those skills? Looks like another god gave a different system than the level-based system. But I've never heard of it."

Hime held her chin curiously. She analyzed those skills one by one. Because of the skill she created, she more or less knew the power Izumi unleashed.

Instantly, she also thought.

"Don't tell me that god knew I neglected my duty as a god and the appearance of these unusual powers is a warning to me? Acha, what should I do?"

She held her head thinking that some other god knew that Hime was just having fun and integrating as an ordinary human. However, she stopped thinking about it and thought more positively.

"Ah, if another god knew I neglected my duty as a god, someone would have come to me. Um, um. So, I'm safe for a time being." Hime just nodded her head reassuringly.

And at that moment, Izumi was already in front of her as he prepared to storm his attacks.

"Metsuryū Ōgi: Torrential Roar!"

Izumi summoned a huge amount of torrent of water, violently streaming toward Hime in the form of a dragon's head.

Hime was quite surprised by the power that Izumi released, if she didn't create a different dimension, maybe the area several miles away would be destroyed by the rushing water.

She snapped her fingers just before the attack hit her.

*crash* *bang*

Izumi's attack split in half and struck both sides from Hime's position.

Izumi didn't just stop seeing his attack thwarted. He immediately prepared to launch another attack. But unfortunately, before Izumi could make a second attack, Hime was already right in front of him while flying. She pointed to Izumi with her index finger, and...

*bang*

The shockwave attack that only used her index finger instantly blew Izumi away. Izumi's defense, which could be said to be a top-tier defense with a Logia-type Devil Fruit, was completely useless against Hime's attack.

Well, the power of law is somehow similar to Busoshoku Haki, which negates the power of the Devil Fruit. Except, it's more powerful and lethal.

"You don't hesitate to attack even though I'm a girl huh? You attacked me first, so… I have to punish you! Hehehehe." Hime said while grinning evilly.

Hime, with an invisible movement for being so fast, was already in front of Izumi who was trying to stand up. Izumi who sensed Hime's arrival instantly engulfed his fists in the waters and punches her.

However…

*crack*

There was the sound of a bone breaking.

"Ahhhh!"

Izumi groaned in pain after his punch was hit back by Hime which broke the bone of his hand.

He immediately used Kagune to whip Hime who was in front of him so he could distance himself from her.

As soon as a Kagune shaped like a dragon's tail whipped Hime, she simply stretched out her hand.

*grab*

Without any trouble, Hime caught the Kagune.

Izumi tried to escape by attacking Hime using whatever he had. Due to the fracture of his right arm, he can only use his left hand and his two legs along with Kagune's three tentacles.

*bang* *bang* *bang*

Attack after attack was launched. Hime frowned as she felt Izumi's body was much tougher than before.

"Haki, quite an interesting ability. One exerts pressure and gives off a powerful aura, the other hardens the body." Hime said inwardly after seeing everything Izumi had shown.

Hime then increased her strength slowly and started to counterattack which overwhelmed Izumi. It didn't take long for Izumi to fall to the ground with both arms and one leg broken. His ribs were also cracked from Hime's punches and slams.

Izumi lay on the ground with a frustrated expression. Looking for her weaknesses was way too hard than he thought. He knew that Hime was fighting him without using her full strength, which was the same as telling him that she was just playing around with him.

Even so, he was quite surprised because, at the same time, he was able to use advanced Dragon Slayer magic that suddenly popped into his head. Whereas before, he couldn't use it at all.

Taking huge amounts of damage as well as the pain that was killing him, Izumi whimpered and endured the pain. He couldn't move and couldn't escape anywhere because the dimension Hime created restricted his abilities related to space and time.

Hime walked slowly toward Izumi who was lying on the ground. Izumi tried to move, wanting to distance himself from Hime by using his Kagune. However, it was pointless. In which, he just resigned himself to his fate.

Surprisingly, Hime sat beside Izumi with a sweet smile on her face.

"Are you done?"

"Why don't you finish me off? Shouldn't you think of me as an irregular on this earth?"

"Well, I do think so. But you might be able to give me entertainment."

Hime giggled because she found Izumi's words so funny.

"So? What are you going to do to me? With the ability to manipulate dimensions like this, I believe you can send me to another world. Or are you really going to kill me and take my soul so you can reincarnate me into another world?"

"Eh, you seem to know a lot? How come?"

Surprised by Izumi's words, Hime brought her face closer. However, Izumi averted his gaze and said,

"With your abilities, the mortals will not be able to match you. Your power has already reached the divine level. It wouldn't be surprising if you understood the soul, would it?"

"It seems you're a little bit smart. Although knowing my power, you are brave enough to fight me. But you are wrong if I will kill you and send your soul to another world. It would be a shame if your abilities will be lost after your reincarnation."

"My abilities?"

"Tell me, have you ever met someone like me?"

Izumi lit his brows after Hime said that. Izumi immediately understood that she meant someone who possessed divine power, in other words, a god. Izumi smirked.

"Does it make a difference if I say yes or no?"

Hime giggled getting a nonchalant response from Izumi.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you tell me or not. I more or less understand it through your expression."

"Tsk."

Izumi clicked his tongue because without even speaking, Hime already knew. All secrets will be revealed if Hime continues to lure him. Izumi started to ask. "Then, if you don't kill me here, are you deliberately letting me suffer from my severe injuries? You're really sadistic, aren't you?"

"Hehehe, you'll find out later. Just wait a bit! You don't have to worry either because the flow of time in that world is much faster than in this world."

Izumi didn't understand what Hime meant. However, after waiting for half an hour, Izumi was astonished. How could he not be astonished when his two broken hands began to make a sound as if the bones within them were glued together again? The cells in Izumi's body grew fast and began to heal his wounds and injuries from time to time.