Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

Chapter 2337: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [55]

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Drake roared with all his might. His sword pushed back against Susanoo’s deadly attack until their blades clashed, shattering the space around them. Muramasa withstood Susanoo’s assaults after fusing with Drake’s Body and Soul.

Now that Muramasa had merged with Drake’s Body and Soul, the katana became an Immortal Blade, indestructible. This temporary transformation allowed Drake to match Susanoo’s relentless attacks.

"Y-YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING YET! YOU SAY THIS IS NOT SKILL?!"

Susanoo screamed loudly and angrily, his Aura surging as countless swordsmen specters emerged, screaming in agony. Made of their own blood and souls, they were a horrifying showcase of Susanoo’s obsession with being Zipangu’s sole master of swordsmanship.

"That bastard didn’t just kill them. He let his Authority devour all the swordsmen he defeated?! I managed to escape such a fate because my soul was destroyed...!"

Muramasa learned the truth about Susanoo’s new power. All the swordsmen he killed were absorbed into his Divine Authority, enhancing it significantly and corrupting it, worsened by Hajun’s Karmic Energy. Susanoo had become an aberrant insult to all swordsmen, a monster that had to be eliminated.

"{Thousand Blades of Agonizing Bloodshed}: {World-Consuming Abyssal Cut}!"

A gigantic attack descended, striking Drake with immense force. The entire Infinite Castle trembled, rooms shaking and breaking apart as space distorted and shattered.

Miasma flooded through the spatial cracks, worsening the state of the Infinite Castle and making things more difficult for everyone.

CLAAASH!

Drake, however, blocked the attack with one hand and his blade. The immortal sword Muramasa resisted the piercing power of Susanoo’s incredibly strong assault.

An attack capable of splitting a small world in half!

It was no small feat.

RUMBLE!

The shockwave from blocking the attack erupted, slicing through the entire Infinite Castle and splitting it into two. The halves rapidly tried to reunite, leaving countless cracks in space behind.

"Y-You...! How did you block it?!"𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"You’re really asking how?! Isn’t it obvious?!"

Drake rushed toward Susanoo, closing the distance and swinging Muramasa down with all his strength. Susanoo positioned his sword horizontally, defending against the blow as shockwaves of divine energy erupted everywhere.

CRAAASH!

Drake relentlessly struck Susanoo, who defended with his blade, unable to retaliate as he was rapidly overwhelmed. Countless blows rained down incessantly. The shockwaves from their clashing swords generated ripples in space, while the cursed energy around them twisted, screaming as if alive.

"GGRRRR!"

Susanoo gritted his teeth, pushing back against Drake. His Aura surged, transforming into many swordsmen unifying their power into his fang-like blade, overflowing with purple and red energies.

"Drake! Use my power! I’ll allow it! For this bastard, we have to use everything we have! We cannot show mercy against him!"

Orochi’s voice echoed in Drake’s mind. The Dragon King felt the power of the eight-headed serpent flow through his body. His Aura transformed into an eight-headed dragon, hissing at Susanoo while furiously opening its jaws.

"T-That Aura! Orochi?!"

"Yeah, Susanoo, turns out there’s a whole group of people that fucking despise you! Even after dying, they all got together here to kill you!"

"BULLSHIT!"

Susanoo roared, his Aura surging as dozens of swordsmen rushed toward Drake, attacking from every angle. They used the techniques, arts, and abilities they possessed in life: powerful downward slashes, strong upward slashes, horizontal attacks aimed at his eyes, and stabbing attacks targeting his ankles, arms, and stomach, aiming to disrupt his balance and stance.

"Is this all you’ve got, Susanoo?! You send me the dead souls of these poor swordsmen you killed?! You’re really damn pathetic!"

Drake roared, using his body to push through the swordsmen specters and destroy them with sheer strength and speed. He reached Susanoo and raised his blade. He felt slightly bad about harming the souls of these respected swordsmen who pioneered swordsmanship in Zipangu years ago, but he had no other option.

At that, Susanoo smiled, swiftly swinging his sword toward Drake’s stomach, expecting another "amateur" downward swing, typically a swordsman’s strongest but slowest and most predictable attack.

CLAAASH!

"GUH?!"

Susanoo’s face twisted in anger as Drake kicked his stomach beneath his blade. Spinning in midair, Drake avoided the powerful slash, reinforcing his scales with his hardest Venerable Armor.

Sparks and flames erupted as Susanoo’s sword failed to slice through completely, giving Drake time to kick his face, punch his chin upward, then downward, and stab his chest several times with his long tail.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"GAAAAHHH!"

Susanoo had never fought such a relentless fighter before, let alone someone who used their body as well as Drake. If he lowered his guard for a second, a barrage of blows would lock him in place, weakening him and breaking his bones.

However, Karmic Energy worked differently than Demonic Energy, absorbing the user’s misfortune and empowering them the more they faced. The more this energy accumulates within their body, the greater the power boost.

"RAAAAHHH!"

Susanoo roared, his Aura erupting. Drake was pushed back as the Sword God’s blade grew ten times larger, absorbing his Aura and becoming a giant pillar of crimson and black energies.

"{Thousand Blades of Agonizing Bloodshed}: {Soul-Crushing Karmic Vengeance}!"

A technique powered solely by Karmic Energy unleashed all the "misfortune" Susanoo had absorbed from being beaten to near death, rushing toward Drake.

"Drake!"

"Watch out!"

Orochi and Muramasa panicked as the titanic blade surged toward Drake, powerful enough to disintegrate his body and soul.

However, Drake remained calm... his anger and frustration fueling his power as his Immortal Soul Blade Arts continued evolving.

His Ascendancy Law Ring manifested behind his back as his power surged and his body turned golden.

His blue skin became white, his hair turned blonde, long, and spikier, and his scales shone like gold, while his horns gleamed like rainbow diamonds.

A floating crown of holy light appeared above his head.

Drake unleashed the power of the Golden Dragon King’s transformation...

And fused it with his newly discovered Immortal Soul Blade!

"{Immortal Soul Blade: Limitless Ascension}!"

SLAAASH!

A brilliant pillar of white and golden light surged from Muramasa as Drake swung upward, clashing against Susanoo’s karmic attack.

RUMBLE!

Ripples in space formed, cracks spreading everywhere, further destabilizing the entire Infinite Castle and the Abyssal Dimension containing it.

The attacks seemed locked in a stalemate!

However, Susanoo smiled, laughing.

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