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Seeing the rexed expressions on the girls' faces, I decided not to say anything more.
I was now focused oask at hand, readying myself for a fight. I wao test the power of this Yamata no Orochi.
I summoned—[Zasu] and adopted a simple, standard sword stance. Red magic power enveloped the bde, and my aura—surged.
In the instant.
BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
I propelled myself forward like a spring, the ground crag beh my feet. My body was shrouded in a mist of crimson magic power as I instantly appeared at the same height as one of Orochi's eight heads. I swung my sword, aiming for a strike.
In the blink of an eye, one of Orochi's massive heads was severed, and putrid green blood spttered everywhere as the head plummeted to the ground.
"Incredible!" Kiba excimed in awe.
That sirike revealed a lot. It was a level of power that he, Kiba, could not currently achieve. He doubted he could even pierce Yamata no Orochi's scales—even with his full strength.
'Kyoya, your power is extraordinary!'
But the battle was far from over. Just as I was about to attack the remaining seven heads, I sensed a horrifying power emanating from Yamata no Orochi's body.
"Everyone, get back! Retreat deeper into the forest!"
I quickly retreated, grabbing Koneko and Kiba, who were the closest and also the weakest, and used [Shave]—to escape.
Rias and Akeno, hearing my warning, also quickly retreated into the depths of the forest.
Orochi was clearly preparing for an attack. Its seven remaining eyes glowed with an eerie, soul-chilling light—It opes seven maws wide, and a torrent of foul-smelling air mixed with lightning, fire, and other attacks shot towards the forest where we had been standing.
In an instant—the t trees were pletely obliterated. Trunks, leaves, flowers, and grass were all vaporized iack. The shockwave from the bst was devastating.
The destru tinued for several minutes. A swath of forest—Nearly ten-thousaers long, was pletely leveled by—Orochi's breath attack, leaving behind a barren wastend.
"....."
The sheer power of the attack was staggering—leaving Rias, Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko utterly awestruck.
Just then, Yamata no Orochi began to thrash about wildly, and the severed head began tee.
Before their very eyes...
Whoosh!
A brand new head emerged from the bloody stump.
"How it regee so quickly?"
But my initial attack had successfully drawn—Yamata no Orochi's aggro.
After regeing its head, Yamata no Orochi raised all eight heads and roared at the sky. Then, it directed its eight pairs of eyes, each glowing with a different element—Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Wind—towards me.
To prevent the others from being caught in the crossfire, I had to stantly dodge while simultaneously drawing Yamata no Orochi's attention.
I also used the system to analyze the creature.
[Ding! Yamata no Orochi: A Mythical Beast with eight heads a tails. Each head trols a different element, such as fire, lightning, and poison.]
[However, due to the host's interferes inal power has beely amplified. It has almost reached the Peak of Ultimate-css and has the ability tee severed heads. It even trol the weather to some extent.]
"..."
'Great—just great. Not only does it have eight heads with different powers, but it's alser than it should be, nearly at the peak of Ultimate-css, and it regee. This is going to be a pain...'
"Damn it, let's see if you regee faster than I cut!" I growled, my expression dark.
This was my first real life-or-death battle since reag the quasi-Maou level.
I used—[Shave] to quickly move around Yamata no Orochi, leaving several [Flying Thunder God] seals on its massive body.
Then, I summohe [s of Heaven]—binding Yamata no Orochi. Even though the s weren't as effective against creatures without divinity, they could still momentarily restrict its movements.
, I unleashed [Zasu's] ultimate teique—[Getsuga Tenshou], while dodging Yamata no Orochi's attacks with the—[Flying Thunder God Teique] while simultaneously terattag.
Ssh!!!
Another massive head was severed by the powerful ssh.
But I didn't dare to stop, fearing that Yamata no Orochi—would regee again.
I pressed my attack, severing another head, then another, and another!
With each head that fell, Yamata no Orochi's rrew weaker, and its massive body thrashed about even more violently, as if it were trying tee.
Seeing this, I roared, "As if I'd let you!"
I swung—[Zasu] with all my might, aiming for the st head. With a final ssh, the st head fell to the ground, and my figure finally came to a stop.
...
"We won!!"
That thought fshed through Rias and the others' minds, and they were about to gratute me when I shouted, "Don't e over here!"
Because even though all of Yamata no Orochi's heads had been severed, the wounds were still wriggling, and its body tio thrash about.
"What the hell? Why isn't it dead yet?"
I frowhis was pletely ued. I had no idea what to do.
But then—
Before my very eyes, as well as the horrified gazes of the others, eight new heads began to grow from the headless stumps, oer another, with a siing—squelg sound.
It was as if nothing had happened, as if it had been fully restored.
The newly formed Yamata no Orochi turs eight pairs of eyes os gaze cold aionless. It lu me, its eight heads snapping, nearly swallowing me whole.
Seeing its failed attack, Yamata no Orochi roared in frustration, then turned and charged at me again.
"
As I dodged, I activated my [Rinnegan], unleashing a powerful ultimate move.
But Yamata no Orochi, simply unleashed a barrage of attacks from its eight heads—lightning, fire, and other elements—shattering the meteor I had summoned.
I tio observe the creature closely, trying to dis its weakness.
'Why isn't the head the oint? Even after being pletely severed, it didn't die.'
'The system wouldn't make a mistake like this. There must be a way to kill it. I must be missing something. Legend says that Susano'o slew Yamata no Orochi by severing all its heads...'
'!!!'
'Crap, could it be that I o use [Susano'o] to kill this thing?'
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