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ARC ONE: VICTOR OF THE MOON'S AWAKENING
VOLUME ONE: BRAVE NEW WORLD
CHAPTER TEN: A MILLION SUNS
"I congratulate you Sword God." The eight-headed Japanese dragon snarled under his sharp fangs-filled mouth, his blood tears-filled eyes gazing at the puny silhouette.
BOOSHH~!
Hakuno valiantly planted his feet on the ground as he met the surging powerful presence that the Venom Blood Dragon was emanating upon his transformation into his true form, head on.
A heavy pressure and presence like this was something that Hakuno had already expected. Afterall, the dragon Yamata no Orochi he was facing is a Divine Beast; the highest classification of a Magical Beast that is equal to Magic, making them unable to even be harmed by mysteries on the level of Magecraft and whose presence, strengths, and abilities are on a level of a Divine Spirit (God).
The Two Heavenly Dragons Ddraig and Albion, and the Dragon Kings Midgardsormr and Vritra are some examples of Magical Beasts that are Divine Beasts. Divine Beasts such as the Apocalypse Dragon Great Red, the Ouroboros Dragon Ophis, the White Whale Moby Dick and the Serpentine Monster Typhon are Divine Beasts of the Millenium Rank; Divine Beasts that are considered more on the level of super weapons than actual living creatures. The Chaos Karma Dragon Tiamat while a Divine Beast, was a special case, knowing the fact that she was something more than a Divine Beast dragon.
Gripping the hilt of Shinku no Ken tightly, he eyed the divine Japanese Dragon as it began to ascend slowly towards the sky. If he has to be honest with himself, this was his first time facing against a Divine Beast like Yamata no Orochi and yet he was still calm and collected despite the suffocating ambiance that both the dragon and its toxic covered surroundings were emitting.
But if one would have the knowledge of the life of one Kishinami Hakuno, this scale of threat was something he had already encountered before, hence why there was no sense of fear coming out of him. He already had a face off against a benevolent Buddha and his Chakravartin, defeated an advanced Artificial Intelligence who absorbed many goddesses and became an Earth Mother Goddess, endured the eternal torment of a Demonic Buddha who was lust incarnate herself and treated the entire planet as her massive sex toy, and triumphed over against an Alien Goddess who was hellbent on wiping out all civilizations on Earth.
Those were the trials that an existence named Kishinami Hakuno have prevailed and just like the others, he will prevail against the eight-headed dragon that was currently in front of him.
"You are the second Sword God to witness me in this form after that drunkard," The dragon spoke as embers began to spark in each of its eight mouths. "However, this time I won't lose!"
FWEERRPP~!
Streams of fire breath escaped on each of Orochi's eight mouths like pressurized flamethrowers, streamlined into refined-like lasers and bathing the already ruptured ground beneath him under the fiery inferno including Hakuno. His draconic eyes slightly widened when a sudden burst of magical flames spewed upward from the layer of hot flames he created underneath.
BMPH~!
A figure of a mixed-blood Youkai was then visible, his Japanese clothing swayed vibrantly in accordance with the sheer disturbance of distorted hot air caused by his Mana Burst (Flames) via Youkai Kind Demon Skill.
"Oh? Fighting fire with fire huh..." spoke Yamata no Orochi with amusement as he eyed the Youkai swordsman clothed in a faint red magical energy cloak and surrounded by his divine flames.
"What is that magical cloak of his?" The dragon thought. "I never see something like that before. And those eyes of his... Quite unnerving..."
When his draconic eyes landed on those rainbow-colored rondures of the man, Yamata no Orochi could feel some eerieness crawling all over his frame as if a hundred or a thousand spiders creeping all over him. Not to mention that those eyes felt like it was peering directly into his soul. Then there was that magical overgarment wrapping the man's body.
The Venom Blood Dragon doesn't know that the faint red magical overcoat surrounding the Sword Saint was basically the guy's activated Magic Resistance; a Skill that is also known as Anti-Magic that grants protection against magical effects. Differing from the Resistance effect that merely rejects Magical Energy, this ability cancels the spells altogether.
Due to Saber Hakuno having A++ Rank in this skill, thanks to the boost he gained from the land, he can withstand a wide range magic attack like Yamata's raging flamethrowers and the venom fallout that currently corrupts the surrounding air.
"It doesn't matter anyway. I will crush and roast him before I gobble him up."
The Venom Blood Dragon rose up even higher as it flapped its wings, creating gusts of wind that fluctuated the poisonous gas enveloping on the battlefield. A torrent of fire and poison began to swirl inside the Japanese dragon's eight throats as the two elements formed and mixed into one.
"Let's see how you will appreciate this," The Dragon said telepathically as it slowly opened its mouths, revealing a purplish red flame that rages on forever. "Have a taste of my newly created special flame!"
RRMMPPFFF~!
The eight-headed dragon then cocked all of its head, specks of purplish flame spewing out from its mouth.
"Eight Poison Flame Roar!"
OOMPPPHHHH~!
Then a highly concentrated dragon breath erupted, said attack then rages all over the battlefield as it cut the ground like lasers would over steel and at the same time painted the entire surroundings in a more luscious tone of poison black.
The long-haired swordsman immediately applied some mana on his feet before kicking the dirt with full force, leaving a newly created crater as he evaded Yamata no Orochi's dragon breath assault.
"Dual Element?" Hakuno thought to himself as he tried to dodge the beams that were trying to incapacitate him, with his footwork. "This is basically a Unison Raid spell like from that Adjacent Reality and very similar to the dual element-wielding dragon breath of Dragon Slayers of that reality."
If the brunette wasn't busy with dodging death beams launched against him, he would literally give the Venom Blood Dragon a big round of applause. Afterall, combining two different elements with different properties into one isn't an easy feat. It will take a huge amount of time and perspiration to even conceived something of this scale. As he jumped high backward, his Mystic Eyes saw an incoming poison flame beam in a sideswipe maneuver.
Pointing the sharp tip of Shinku Ken downward, Hakuno encapsulated the crimson sword with Mana Burst (Flames) through his Youkai Kind Demon Skill, turning the whole katana into a booster that helped him to propel upward just in time to avoid the flaming poison breath of death of Yamata no Orochi. Without even the need to gaze, the brunette already saw the next attack which he easily dodged by flipping his "booster" to the left, forcing him to experience a very rough, sharp, and g-force influenced turn.
For an ordinary human something like this can put stress on the body literally but for a Heroic Spirit like Saber Hakuno, this was nothing. Seeing the net of dragon breath upon him, the swordsman began to execute high-level maneuvers in midair in a very erratic fashion, similar to what he called earlier as Funnels.
PSHH~! PSHH~! PSHH~!
"What the..."
Having witnessed such display, the eight-headed Japanese dragon widened his eyes in disbelief despite still executing his breath attack. The long-haired swordsman who he believed to be a Sword God was dancing in the air, like a moth who defies to be incinerated by a net of mixed flames and poison by executing very sharp, sudden turns and unreadable flight maneuvers.
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Several meters away from where Kishinami Hakuno and Yamata no Orochi were fighting, a group of Karasu-Tengus hovered still in the air, their gobsmacked faces were evident by what they just saw within the dark fog that permeated several meters away from them.
Among of these Youkais was the leader of the Karasu-Tengu Faction, Karasu who lead the group himself. Similar to his subordinates, he too was completely staggered by what he was currently witnessing before his eyes. Their original purpose for being in this place was to scout the heavily fog infested area and discern whether it was safe for his and Retsuza's army to pass which they immediately found out it was poison in nature.
However, the conflict that was currently brewing within those forsaken purplish mist had caught all of their attention.
Literally.
Despite the thickness of the black purplish murk, the winged Youkais could clearly see flashes of light that were being emitted now and then, thanks to their supernatural eyesight. Aside from those bizarre glares, all of their enhanced vision could see a very large winged reptile with eight heads and eight tails, spewing out its fire breath all over the surroundings like a deranged beast.
Judging by that appearance alone, they had already known the identity of the dragon.
"Y-Yamata no Orochi..."
"The Venom Blood Dragon..."
"B-But that's impossible! He's supposed to be dead long ago!"
Some of the Karasu-Tengu Youkais mostly greenhorns voiced out while those who were senior members of the scouting party including Karasu keep their eyes fixated on the ongoing battle, mostly at the individual who was currently facing the fearsome Evil Dragon in Japanese Mythology.
"C-Commander that's..."
"Aye..." Karasu shortly replied as his bird-like eyes gazed intently at the silhouette of one Ichibi Kitsune Youkai who was dodging the dragon's breath attack effortlessly while executing some crazy aerial maneuvers he had never seen in his life.
They remain there, still hovering in the air as they silently watched the upcoming conclusion of the ongoing confrontation between an Evil Dragon and a stranger Youkai.
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If Yamata no Orochi could describe the performance that beheld in front of him with one word, it would be insanity.
"He's moving like how my swords used to be!" The eight-headed dragon thought, comparing Hakuno's movements with his sword technique that he used earlier. "This guy..."
A smothered laugh escaped from Yamata's mouth, a newly filled interest suffuse in his entire being as his excitement grow wider, stopping his assault on the guy he assumed as a Sword God. The Sword God in question, upon seeing the dragon's halting his attack, snuffed out the flames emitting from his Shinku no Ken and landed on the disheveled ground with his feet.
"Interesting!" The eight-headed dragon roared with exhilaration, his red draconic eyes palpitating in a state of frenzy. "Interesting! You are an interesting swordsman, much better than that drunkard!"
Yamata no Orochi then inhaled deeply as it opened all of its mouth wide open.
"But I won't let another Sword God deny me the dream that I wanted to accomplish!"
Hakuno for his part, felt the sudden shift in the atmosphere as he noticed the overwhelming pressure forming above the Venom Blood Dragon. A round ball of mass made of mixed draconic aura, flames, and poison then manifested, gaining in size and weight as it pulsated with power.
The disheveled boulders and pebbles, the flames scattered throughout the battlefield, and the poisonous black fog were then simultaneously sucked by the dragon's massive ball of pure of energy and seeing this happening right before his eyes, the Sword Saint of the Seven Blades knew that Yamata no Orochi wasn't holding back anymore.
Despite the threatening terror gaining both in size and power in front of him, Hakuno remained calm as he made Shinku no Ken hovered in midair. From his scabbards, two other swords unsheathed themselves as both of them hovered in the air alongside Shinku no Ken. The brunette raised his hand up high in the air and the three swords followed through, all three rotating above his head.
Activating his Sword Saint Skill, he began to chant.
Gazing indefinitely up above the heavens,
A million sparks ignite.
The Sword Saint of the Seven Blades slowly ascended...
Let them know of an unending infinity.
Let them know of an infernal flame.
Let them know of an unyielding daylight.
A powerful torrent of heat and flames surged throughout the vicinity, turning and painting the ground below into a steamy and fiery pool of lava and magma. Up above, one giant luminous ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity, emerged out of nowhere...
Carved over three blades, forming a single sword.
This is the heart of all the living.
This is the heart of all heavenly bodies.
This is the heart that scattered around the cosmos.
The three swords of Monohoshi Zao, Shinku no Ken, and Ame no Murakumo hummed as they glowed while being invincibly forged by an unknown force, the sounds of a hammer striking a steel echoed repeatedly. The giant flaming ball hovering above then multiplied into fifty, then into hundreds, then into thousands, and then into millions...
The endless stars descend right here!
Then in an instant, the three different swords were finally forged into a single blade. The numerous giant ball flares floating above the now red sky compressed themselves together tightly before imbuing themselves on the blade of the sword which was vibrating furiously...
Flaming Poison Dragon Bomb
Yamata roared all his might as he launched his attack.
Sensing the trigger, Hakuno opened his radiating rainbow-colored eyes as he held the newly crafted sword and delivered a powerful downward slash while revealing its True Name...
Totsuka Sword • Million Suns
Totsuka no Tsurugi • Hyakuman Taiyou
And in an instant, the whole city of Kyoto was basked in an intense and blinding light, repelling the entire eternal blanket of the night sky as the large hole up above known as a Singularity split in two.
~~NOBLE PHANTASM OF THE DAY~~
Totsuka Sword • Million Suns
Totsuka no Tsurugi • Hyakuman Taiyou
It is an attack that comes from the sword Totsuka no Tsurugi; a holy sword forged under the Sword Saint Skill by fusing three different swords; Monohoshi Zao (Sasaki Kojirou), Ame no Murakumo (Tamamo no Mae) and Shinku no Ken (Tomoe Gozen), under Territory Creation (Sengou Muramasa). As the name of the Noble Phantasm suggest, it unleashes a heat beam or slash equivalent to a million suns being compressed within the sword. The compressed heat and intensity upon unleashing can cut both the planet and reality itself in half.