Chapter 42
|3rd POV|
Ryan releases a sigh and feels his body in peak condition after eating a lot of air. He looks at the two Oni in front of him and says.
"Round two"
He appears in front of Jin and thrusts his hand.
"Sky Dragon's Thruster Fist!"
When Ryan's fist hits Jin, a magic circle appears in front of his fist and throws Jin at an incredible speed to the barrier. The impact was strong enough to shake the entire barrier.
"Brother!"
Jun screams and dashes toward Ryan, but before he can even reach Ryan, Ryan screams.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!"
Ryan's scream releases a large quantity of air from his mouth in the form of a tornado-like blast and hits Jun right in the stomach. He sent flying toward his brother, just getting up from the ground.
Ryan did not stop there. He munches more air and swings both of his hands forward.
"Sky Dragon's Wave Wind!"
A massive tornado appears where Jin and Jun stand. The tornado throws them around, and the sharp wind cuts their flesh. Slowly but surely, their bodies are full of wounds. When Ryan sees that they have still not disappeared, he dashes toward the eyes of the tornado. Ryan takes a wide stance, spreading his arms wide and causing a fast wind barrier to form, which surrounds him and his opponent and prevents either from escaping after the tornado disappears.
Jun and Jin fall to the ground just in time to see a blue magic circle appear on the ground.
Ryan moves their arms in a counter-clockwise direction, causing the wind wall to contract inwards around his opposition, sending them flying upwards into the air and crashing back down to the ground.
However, Ryan did not stop there as he kept sending more mana into this attack to crush the opponent. When Ryan sees his opponent can still move, he adds more mana and even adds Natural Energy into the attack. The result is that two Oni cannot even move and slowly get crushed into the ground.
The judge, seeing that the twin Oni cannot move and is even screaming in pain, decides to teleport them away, leaving Ryan standing alone in the middle of the arena. As if a massive weight has been lifted, the people snap from their shock and start to cheer.
Among these people are Yasaka and Kunou. Yasaka is cheering for him, but Kunou screams in happiness, seeing her big brother and idol win the fight. If not for Yasaka holding her back, Kunou would have already jumped down to the arena and hugged Ryan tightly.
Serafall also gets up and cheers for Ryan. She had already seen the video of the fight between Ryan and Orochi, but seeing the magic that beat Orochi with her eyes was entirely different. She can feel the draconic nature of Ryan's magic.
She and the people who watched the video posted on the forum did not know the real nature of this magic because the video did not catch the conversation between Ryan and Orochi about the nature of the magic.
Only one person did not cheer for Ryan among the hundreds of people watching the fight. That man is Nurarihyon. He is not upset about Ryan winning the fight. Just like other Youkai, he respects strength, and he respects Ryan for winning against the two Oni. The reason why he stays silent is because of Ryan's presence.
"So, this is the person who defeated the Shadow of Orochi, huh?"
"And also the healer of the entire Kyoto Faction, my lord."
Nurarihyon looks at a beautiful Nekomata with seven tails to his side. He nods his head and says.
"Yeah. He is the right key for the unification of the entire Youkai Faction."
"Are you sure, my lord? The younger generation will not agree with this, you know?"
"I know. However, with the agreement between our faction and the Five Principle Clans, we cannot stand alone. Especially that damn cultist who wants to revive Tamamo running around in our territory causing havoc."
The woman nods her head and says.
"Yes. Especially since Hagomoro Gitsune, the only Nine-Tailed Kitsune other than Yasaka, actively led her group of Tamamo worshiping cult."
"Exactly. We need a healer that can heal all youkai in our group, and only he can do that. We did not have any other option because the second option was to make an alliance with the Devil race."
"Right. The younger generation will hate the devil even more."
Nurarihyon nods his head and says.
"Aye. We can create an argument saying we need him to heal our people and spit on the Devil by indirectly saying that we did not need their medical knowledge and their phoenix tears."
"I see. Should we send the others to seduce him, then?"
Nurairhyon shakes his head and looks at Ryan, who is walking back to the locker room.
"You might not notice it because it is an old mark, but I notice it. Yasaka had already marked him as her mate, and we did not want to make her angry at us. I might be strong, but I did not have a massive magic leyline backing me like Yasaka. She is the reason why the devil tries not to fight her because she can cause them a good amount of damage if she goes all out."
The woman nods her head and says.
"Then what should we do? Should we lure him with money and such?"
"No. We did not want him to join our faction. We want him to join the Youkai faction, a unified Youkai faction. We will have some talks with Yasaka and unify our two factions for the greater good of our entire race."
"Why do you say that, my lord? You are someone who stubbornly leads us even in the toughest situations. The stubborn old man that many of us follow and even put our lives in line to protect. What happened to that old man?"
Nurarihyon smiles and says.
"Age, Magari. I can already feel my age catching up with me. You might not know this, but I am even older than many people thought I was. I have been living since before the Heian Period. I was born at the end of the Nara Era. I have already seen many things with my own eyes and am already tired of it. Before I go and meet Lady Izanami, I want to give the next generation a great foundation. A foundation they can step on when I am gone."
Magari, the leader of all the Nekomata of Kanto, looks at her lord with sadness and even has a couple of tears coming out of her eyes. Nurarihyon laughs and pats her head before saying.
"Why are you crying? I still have a couple of decades before my age catches up to me. Before that happens, I am still the stubborn old man you guys can depend on."