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

Chapter 2341: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [59]

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"I’ve been granted the opportunity to exact my revenge, Susanoo!" Muramasa roared, opening his jaws and unleashing beams of searing light.

"You’ll pay for humiliating me, you wretch!" Orochi bellowed, his eight heads snapping open to bite Susanoo’s body, injecting venom of radiant light that caused Susanoo’s form to combust from within.

"AAAAGGGH! BASTARDS!"

Susanoo roared, punching and kicking them away, but Muramasa and Orochi fought back relentlessly, biting and scorching him with their fangs and magic.

"Now, Drake, let’s do this together," Amaterasu and Yuki declared in unison, perfectly synchronized. "I wanted to help you all this time, so here I am... or rather, here we are!"

"Papa!" Yudra’s voice echoed from within Amaterasu’s Archetype body.

Drake couldn’t have been happier, smiling and shedding a tear as he watched Susanoo battle his two allies. The monster was formidable, and they could only hold him at bay for a short time.

"Alright, this time we’ll fight as a family!" Drake proclaimed. "Yuki, Yudra, Amaterasu! I’m counting on you!"

"Leave it to us!" Yuki and Amaterasu responded in unison, while Yudra roared with brave cheer.

FLAAASH!

Amaterasu’s hand, crafted of white porcelain, touched Drake’s shoulder, infusing her power into him and transforming his Archetype form into a resplendent, golden spiritual state.

This was likely the first time Drake had witnessed this form of his Dragoon Knight!

Moreover, it fused seamlessly with his Dragon King body, merging with his Golden Dragon King Form and amplifying its power exponentially!

"Incredible! With this... we have a chance!"

"We have no time to waste. Let’s move!"

RUMBLE!

They soared into the skies, leaving a massive crater beneath them as they approached Susanoo.

Having partially become a Celestial Solar Spirit, Drake felt his Spiritual Energy and Essence of Heaven and Earth overflowing without limit!

Even if this form might last less than a minute, its immense power provided a tremendous boost.

"BASTARD!"

"WE WON’T LET YOU ESCAPE YOUR TYRANNY ANY LONGER, SUSANOO!"

Muramasa and Orochi roared, coiling around Susanoo’s legs and arms, immobilizing him as they awaited Drake and Yuki’s arrival.

"I’LL TEAR YOU ALL TO SHREDS AND FEAST ON YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD! AND THEN I’LL—"

CLAAASH!

"UGEHH?!"

Susanoo’s eyes bulged as Drake and Amaterasu struck his stomach at lightning speed! He vomited blood, and hundreds of specters escaped his body, dissipating into the light.

"Y-YOUUUU! AMATERASUUUU!"

Susanoo screamed, lunging to seize her, only for Amaterasu and Drake to vanish, transforming into rays of light and reappearing behind his head.

"What’s wrong, Susanoo? I’m right here."

BOOOM!

"UGH?!"

Susanoo crashed to the ground head-first, shattering several teeth. He glared at Amaterasu and Drake, swiftly conjuring thousands of blades.

"BE SLICED TO SHREDS!"

Hundreds of slashing attacks surged toward Drake and Amaterasu.

Yet...

"HAAAAH!"

Drake and Amaterasu roared in defiance.

Amaterasu brandished her katana of light, a new weapon unique to her Archetype, never wielded before.

It embodied her resolve to correct her past mistakes and fight courageously rather than cower in fear and humiliation.

"{Sword of Eightfold Radiance: Yata-no-Ken}!"

A brilliant gleam of golden light erupted from her sword, delivering eight slashing attacks that enveloped Susanoo’s body, his blood splattering everywhere.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

"{Immortal Soul Blade Arts}: {Eternal Pinnacle}!"

SLAAASH!

A pillar of radiant white and silver light surged from the ground, striking Susanoo and tearing away a large portion of his form, sending him hurtling into the skies.

"UGHHH?!"

Susanoo’s demonic eyes widened, unable to fathom his predicament.

He was beginning to realize something.

He was utterly outmatched.

"No...! No...! I can’t lose...! I am the Sword God! THE SWORD GOD!!!"

He screamed, his aura surging, his boiling blood transforming into thousands of blades that rushed toward Drake and Amaterasu.

However...

"{Twin Divine Blade Arts}!"

They pointed their swords forward, their Auras converging into a swirling Yin and Yang symbol!

"...?!"

Susanoo gasped, witnessing their combined power transform into a majestic force unlike anything he had ever seen...

"{Eternal Yin & Yang Sword Rotation}!"

RUMBLE!

They vanished from their positions, slicing through all projectiles and reappearing before Susanoo. With their swords united in a rotating assault, they carved through his body, reaching the depths of his soul.

SLAAAASH!

"Aaaaaggghhhh!"

Susanoo screamed in agony as his body was sliced not once, not twice, not even a hundred times.

The slashes multiplied a thousandfold!

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

"AAAAAAGGGHHHHH!"

This was the power of compressing Heaven and Earth Essence and infusing it into two blades rotating in opposition, creating relentless ripples and shockwaves of slashing waves that trapped a foe in an eternal cycle of agony and despair.

"Hajun’s Stigma! We must destroy it to end this nightmare, Drake!" Amaterasu and Yuki declared in unison.

"I know!" Drake roared. "Let’s go!"

FLAAASH!

They plunged through Susanoo’s aberrant soul, where countless specters resembling swordsmen he had absorbed emerged, pursuing them and obstructing their path.

"It’s time for you to rest in peace!"

"{Celestial Exorcizing Blade}!"

They swung their blades forward, a horizontal slash cleaving the specters apart.

SLASH!

Their darkened, corrupted souls bathed in radiant light, finally finding peace as they passed on.

With the specters defeated, Drake and Amaterasu reached the depths of Susanoo’s soul.

They glimpsed memories of his life as they advanced.

They saw his once-fortunate existence, squandered entirely...

And how he was once an innocent god, newly created by Amaterasu, still learning from her guidance.

Amaterasu regarded the scenes with pity but remained undeterred.

She had to do what was necessary!

"There it is!"

Amaterasu pointed into the distance. Amid the abyss of Susanoo’s soul, a grotesque lump of flesh-like corrupted soul pulsed, adorned with red eyes and throbbing veins, exuding rivers of Karmic Energy.

"So you’ve returned, Amaterasu..."

"Hajun!"

The Stigma spoke, a fragment of the Demon that had caused Amaterasu’s downfall.

"Your struggle is futile... You won’t bring this soul down. Susanoo is my favorite puppet, after all."

"I will slay him and free him from your grasp!"

"Can you?! Hahahahah!"

Hajun’s power surged from the Stigma, a massive shockwave of deadly Karmic Energy repelling Amaterasu and Drake!

RUMBLE!

"Of course you can’t! Prepare to die, Amaterasu! I won’t bother confronting you in person anymore. You’re beneath me."

"You’re the one beneath ME!"

Drake stepped forward, proud and furious. His Dragon King form radiated golden light, his aura piercing through and rapidly weakening the Karmic Energy wave!

FLUOSH!

"W-What?!"

Hajun was stunned. A power that could counter Karmic Energy? What could it be?

"I’ve uncovered your power’s weakness, Hajun!"

"Impossible! I don’t even know who you are!"

"You’ll find out soon enough, you vile son of a bitch!"

Drake’s aura surged, wielding the power of Creation to counter Karma, diminishing its strength by infusing it with Positive Energy.

As the vessel endured less misfortune, the Karmic Energy weakened.

"Now, Amaterasu!"

"Very well."

Amaterasu’s eyes gleamed brightly as she charged alongside Drake.

"{Eternal Yin & Yang Sword Rotation}!"

Together, they fused their swords into a single technique.

"Echo!"

Muramasa and Yata-no-Ken merged, forming a singular golden and silver blade.

"{Demon-Slaying God Sword: Masamune}!"

SLAAAASH!

"GAAAAHHHHH!"

Hajun felt a piercing agony as the blade struck his essence. He swiftly released the Stigma, which was consumed by radiant light, utterly destroyed.

Thus, Susanoo was slain instantly, his body and soul vaporized in a massive explosion of blinding sunlight.

BOOOMMM!!!

"A-Amaterasuuuu! S-Sister...! Kuaaaaagh!"

Amaterasu and Drake appeared behind Susanoo, watching his form crumble to dust and his soul shatter into oblivion.

"Goodbye, brother..." Amaterasu and Yuki sighed in unison, sheathing their golden sword.

In that moment, the entire world of Zipangu trembled.

The Heavenly King, traitor of the Gods, slayer of the Empress of the Sun...

He had been vanquished for good.

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