Chapter 28: Raizen vs Kageyami: The Demon War Reignited
The sky burned black.
Lightning split the heavens. The ground shook violently, cracks splitting through the battlefield as if the very earth was afraid of the power that was about to be unleashed.
Two titans stood among the destruction.
Raizen.
Towering, unmovable, the ghost of a god. His form flickered between the realm of the living and the dead, but his presence was undeniable. His golden eyes burned with the same ferocity that had once ruled the Demon World.
Kageyami.
A monster in his own right. His energy pulsed like a black hole, suffocating, crushing everything around him. The scars on his body were proof of his past wars, and yet—he had never looked more alive.
The two forces of nature locked eyes.
For the first time in centuries, Kageyami felt something he had long forgotten.
Fear.
Raizen smirked. "What's wrong?" His voice was low, dangerous. "Didn't think a dead man could still kick your ass?"
Kageyami snarled. "You should've stayed in the grave where you belong."
He moved first.
A violent explosion of dark energy erupted from his body, spiraling into the sky before crashing down toward Raizen like a meteor.
Raizen didn't move.
The second the energy hit—
BOOM.
A shockwave tore through the battlefield, leveling everything in its wake. The force was enough to turn mountains to dust.
The silence that followed was deafening.
But when the smoke cleared—
Raizen stood untouched.
He dusted off his shoulders, looking bored.
"That all you got?"
Kageyami's eye twitched. His hands clenched into claws. "I AM A GOD—"
CRACK.
Raizen moved.
Faster than sight.
His fist collided with Kageyami's jaw, sending him crashing through ten miles of rock.
Before Kageyami could even recover—
Raizen was already on top of him.
A punch to the gut.
A knee to the ribs.
An elbow crashing down into his spine.
Each hit was a massacre.
The once-feared Kageyami had no time to react.
The battlefield was splattered with his own blood.
Raizen loomed over him, his expression unreadable. "You know what your problem is, Kageyami?" He cracked his knuckles.
"You talk too much."
Kageyami coughed, blood staining his lips. But then—he laughed. "I still have one last trick."
Raizen's eyes narrowed.
Dark energy began swirling violently around Kageyami's body. His skin cracked—a demonic transformation, his true power awakening.
The ground beneath them collapsed.
The entire Demon World trembled.
And then—
Kageyami disappeared.
For the first time in the fight, Raizen's expression changed.
"Tch."
A whisper of wind.
A clawed hand shot out from nowhere—*piercing straight through Raizen's chest.
Silence.
Kageyami's voice was a purr. "Got you."
Blood dripped.
Raizen grinned.
"Nah. You're the one who's dead."
And then—
The ground exploded beneath them.
Raizen's spiritual energy—pure, golden, and UNSTOPPABLE—erupted like a sun going supernova.
Kageyami screamed.
It was over.
With one last bone-shattering strike, Raizen unleashed his full power—a final, god-like attack that obliterated Kageyami's body.
The demon who had once sought to control the world, was nothing but ashes.
The storm cleared.
The Demon World fell into silence.
Raizen exhaled, wiping blood from his lips. "Hah. Still got it."
His form flickered.
He was at his limit.
But before his spirit faded—he turned his gaze toward Yusuke.
The future of the Demon World… of everything… rested with him now.
And Raizen had never been prouder.