Chapter 128: Next Ti
"He shed his skin." Ed looked in disbelief at hen. For an instant, he believed that another serpent appeared out of thin air, but in reality, hen molted. Ed's disbelief ca from the fact that the process that should have taken a long ti was done in under a second. The skin lying on the ground was being burned by Amaterasu while hen was fine.
"I'm guessing the recuperation period will be short as well." Indeed hen's body that should be weakened was now looking better than before. The scales that shined before were now glistening. However, it didn't look like hen could play with this technique as much as he wanted. Ed could feel that his QI dropped a lot compared to before.
This didn't an that hen's assault was going to be any weaker. His strongest weapon was his gigantic body. The magic attacks and abilities supported him in battle and didn't deal a finishing blow. He was now using his surroundings to his advantage. He could maneuver easily in the sand, but to others, it disturbed their movent. He was now dodging faster than ever, as well as hitting stronger than ever. The only ones able to do any damage to him were Ed and Gobuta who had overwhelming raw power. Yet, even those attacks didn't do much.
"I guess you need a giant to fight a giant." Ed activated one of his Manekyo Sharingan's abilities. He was suspended in the air while a glowing golden energy surrounded his body. First, a skeletal structure appeared. Afterward, it was clad in armor like flesh. Ed was able to activate his Susanoo to the greatest extent he could for now. He was able to invoke a humanoid Susanoo. He was also able to use his Ki to make a giant sword. Now with both legs and arms, Ed's Susanoo was the one doing the moving instead of Ed.
The two giants started duking it out. hen's size was still bigger than Ed's Susanoo, but that was only taking the whole body into consideration. hen used his head to deal physical blows, and Susanoo was big enough to stand taller than only his head. Adding on top of that Ed's mastery over the sword, he was able to deal multiple damaging hits to hen.
hen had to focus his entire attention on Ed's Susanoo. This gave the others the chance to deal severe damage to him. Given enough ti, Ed's companions were all able to bypass the scales' toughness. Suika was finally able to lt the scales with her poison, while the others blew their way through them. hen was now in danger as his protective armor was about to get destroyed.
hen was hit hard by Raikou and Sieg who used a powerful attack, making him flinch. Ed imdiately slashed with Susanoo's sword towards the neck. A slight black color was seen on the blade of the sword. Ed could only use this much Armant Haki in order not to get tired out very quickly.
Susanoo's sword connected with hen's scales and Ed felt it going through it. If things continued this way, he would be able to sever hen's neck. Yet, before Ed could finish the job, the sword stopped. It wasn't because of hesitation on Ed's part, or his inability to completely sever the head. It wasn't even due to so hidden protective armor that hen used. It was because the serpent's head was no longer there. In fact neither was his entire body.
Ed was able to see what had happened clearly this ti. In one breath, hen's body quickly shrunk and fell to the ground. The once gigantic serpent that was hundreds of ters long now had a length of only five ters. Yet, due to his size shrinking, his body looked almost jet black, giving him a dangerous look.
hen, who was on the ground, lunged at Ed who was in the air. Ed used Susanoo's sword to block him, but he was surprised to see it break. To protect himself, Ed blocked with Susanoo's arms. As expected, the strongest armor was able to stop hen, albeit having so cracks.
"So you've taken things more seriously."
"I had to," hen answered Ed with a nonchalant attitude.
'It's a disadvantage to use Susanoo now.' Ed undid the Susanoo and fell to the ground as well. Using Susanoo against such a fast and strong opponent simply made him a bigger target. It was also siphoning his Ki at a fast rate.
"It's actually a bad idea to compete in speed with and my teammates," Ed spoke as Raikou appeared next to him. In an instant, Raikou's body was clad in so much lightning that he looked like he transford into one as well. He also used Nen, which further amplified the effect.
Ed activated his Nen, Shunpo, Spectral Shadow Steps, Observation Haki, and Rysui Seikken. With such a combination, although he would lose Ki very quickly, nothing could escape him. He even kept the Sharingan active.
Sieg and the others didn't stand still either. Suika, Gobuta, and the others who could use Nen activated their En to feel out the movent of hen. Sieg was relying on his experience and magic to keep up with the opponent.
Every second that passed witnessed tens of clashes. Even though his size decreased, hen's strength didn't. Ed and Raikou's speed proved more than enough to match hen. The once golden desert was now tainted by blood and traces of magic that was used. Flying slashes left deep scars in the sand.
hen was being slowly overwheld, yet he kept on fighting. Not even two minutes had passed, yet they had clashed for thousands of tis. Noticing that he was at a disadvantage, hen tried to go back to his original size. He was able to damage everyone more in this form, but he was still taking the bigger damage. But, Ed wasn't going to allow him to do that so easily. He sheathed his swords and kept only Shusui. The usual black and white glow appeared on his sword as he used his remaining Ki on his strongest attack.
"Providence Blade!" Ed's blade connected with hen when he was mid-gigantification. The slash was so powerful it almost beheaded hen in one go. His was now nearly headless. Endless blood spurted out of his wound as he drew his last breath.
"What a strong opponent" hen repeated what Sieg said earlier. He was looking at Ed and his team in great respect.
"Next ti I co back, I'll definitely take you with ," Ed said in a resolute tone. He ant what he said.
"I see I look forward to it," hen spoke his last words, at least the last ones until he is summoned again, and died. Ed and the others were now being teleported to the next floor.
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Shigun
Hello everyone! hen is such a cool character to write! Hope you enjoy the chapter.
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