Chapter 149

But his appearance looked much younger, not like a middle-aged man, but rather like a teenager.

Fire qi swirled above his head, clearly indicating he had entered the third realm of Immortal Martial Arts, the Fire Realm of the Five Elements.

Raijin no Kami had a beautiful face, with a single tear mole beside her right eye, enhancing her icy aura.

Her luxurious purple kimono matched her identity as Raijin no Kami; upon her appearance, she instantly dazzled the onlookers.

The spectators also appeared above the land, gazing far off at the two figures on the ground.

Miyamizu Miko: "Wow, the new group member is so beautiful."

Kasugano Shihō: "Her figure is amazing too—I'm utterly outclassed. I've met my match."

Yotsuya Miko: "Xiao Hua's figure is about the same, but the new group member is taller."

Su Xiao: "Zhang Taixuan, what do you think?"

Zhang Taixuan: "She's very beautiful."

In reality, Raijin no Kami was even more stunning than in the game.

Her fiery figure and icy aura always stirred a desire to conquer her.

Su Xiao: "Great minds think alike, hehe, I like her too."

Yotsuya Miko: "Wow, it's the same!"

Huang Rong: "【Scary】"

Miyamizu Miko: "【Shivering】"

Xiao Wu: "What's 'same'?"

Yotsuya Miko: "A female same is a woman who doesn't like men, but likes women."

Xiao Wu: "【Terrifying】"

Kōcho Shinobu: "Ara, I never thought Miss Su was this kind of person."

The female group members quickly retreated to a distance.

Su Xiao: "【Speechless】 I was just admiring her, not what you think!"

Zhang Taixuan: "It's fine, we won't look down on you. 【Certain】"

Su Xiao: "What are you certain about? I'm not a same at all! 【Frustrated】"

As they spoke, changes had already begun on the arena.

"You're the one challenging me?"

Raijin no Kami looked at the man before her, her expression utterly unmoved.

Even though the man before her was no weaker than some demon gods, she had absolute confidence in victory.

"You used the wrong word—it should be duel."

"Challenge" in context implies a weaker person issuing a duel to a stronger one.

Xiong Ba had recently been on a high, his power surging forward; even though this opponent gave him an intense sense of danger, he would never admit he was weaker.

"Fine. I acknowledge your strength!"

With that, lightning qi appeared around him.

"Now, the duel begins!"

Xiong Ba had already prepared; upon hearing this, a massive spiritual form condensed behind him.

Of course, calling it a spiritual form was misleading—it was quite ethereal.

After all, his strength had only reached the Five Elements Realm, and he mastered only the power of Fire.

Thus, his spiritual form was merely a faint human-shaped glow of fire.

Yet even so, his aura instantly rose to a higher level.

Boom—

Xiong Ba struck out with one palm, and instantly, boundless fire power erupted like a volcanic explosion, crashing toward Raijin no Kami.

Raijin no Kami thought once, and the Kusanagi no Tsurugi appeared in her hand.

It was a long-handled weapon, similar to a spear, with a blade at the tip—this was a naginata.

The naginata, as the name implies, is a weapon for cutting away chaos.

Those who wield the naginata seek to protect the eternal Dao.

This was Raijin no Kami's exclusive weapon.

Facing the swift, lightning-fast assault, Raijin no Kami showed no panic; she swung her naginata, scattering the concentrated firelight.

After living for thousands of years, a demon god's martial skills and reflexes had been refined to the extreme, far beyond ordinary mortals.

"Little girl, you truly have the arrogance to back it up. I, Xiong Ba, acknowledge you." Xiong Ba's gaze shifted, "Now, the old man will be serious!"

He clasped his hands before his chest, gathering boundless qi.

Modified by Zhang Taixuan's transcendent insight, this qi seal was far more violent than the Threefold Return Qi.

As the qi gathered, lightning flashed across the sky, and wind and clouds churned.

Hundreds of miles around, dark clouds converged.

In a single breath, a massive qi sphere formed.

"Take this!"

"Now, the moment of annihilation!"

Raijin no Kami's eyes sharpened; her aura condensed as she slashed forward.

Boom—

The next instant, boundless lightning flashed across the sky as the qi seal unleashed its immense power.

Like the collapse of heaven and earth, hundreds of miles of land turned to ruins.

When the dust settled, only Raiden Shogun stood there, expression icy, naginata in hand.

But Xiong Ba had vanished without a trace.

The next moment, Xiong Ba's figure condensed in the void above, a bead of cold sweat on his forehead: "This old man actually lost again?"

That incomparably powerful slash seemed capable of cleaving through everything, slicing him into flying ash in a single strike.

"So this is the Demon God? Truly extraordinary. However, if I could cultivate to the perfection of the Five Elements, victory should have been mine!"