Part 6
---Beach of Sea Tree cluster.
After Asuka and Faceless leapt from the waterfall, Izayoi had also started swinging his fists to defend himself. There was no fanciful tricks from him but merely pulling his punches on the wave one after another and opening a huge hole in it.
"Stop bumbling around with me!"
The magnitude of the Tsunami decreased with the swinging of his fists, while the pressure of Izayoi's punches denied any water spray that was caused by the previous punch to come near him.
It was a punch that could split the seas and shattering mountains or land itself. Using his waist as the fulcrum to add centrifugal force to his punches, he successfully reduced the tsunami's magnitude by half.
Licking off the seawater on his finger and ascertaining its salinity, Izayoi turned his head to look at Kouryuu.
"Sorry about that. It's just that I don't feel like getting wet again today."
"What do you mean? It sounds like you always get drenched by water."
"Nn. On average, it's once per month that I will be wet through to the toes."
Though Izayoi was drenched from the lower abdominal and below, he continued to lift his chest proudly while replying indifferently. And that seemed to prove his words right regarding his misfortune with water.
Perhaps Izayoi looked ridiculous in that state for Kouryuu burst into a hearty laugh.
The man who wasn't a slightest bit affected by the tsunami stepped down from his Hippocamp.
"I get it now. The requirement for disqualification requires the full body to be drenched and or fall from the steed? I guess it's my miscalculation. Seeing how the rules are so relaxed, those two girls should be alright."
"Of course they are fine. Though Oujo-sama is like a flower grown in a greenhouse, I can assure you that she has quite some determination in her."
Izayoi laughed heartily.
Kouryuu smiled wryly in return:
"Looks like I should quickly be done with this side before hurrying back. Would you be so kind as to let me pluck one of those fruits behind you?"
"What nonsense are you sprouting? If I let you pluck one of those fruits, you would rush all the way back to the finish line with that top speed."
To be able to catch up with Izayoi and the others when traveling upstream, there would be no way for Kouryuu to be unable to pass Asuka and the others within a blink of the eye if he got his hands on a fruit.
Izayoi had to delay this guy here no matter what it took.
"Since you dismounted, then I assume that you are willing to play with me right, Saurian Demon King-sama?"
"Of course. If the rumors of you having defeated the strongest species is true, just with me alone shouldn't be much of a match for you right?"
Kouryuu smiled his suspicious smile once again while shrugging his shoulders in a relaxed manner.
However, he was not in a hurry to grab the fruit which meant that he was quite calm and confident with himself. Otherwise, he could have ignored Izayoi and gone straight for the trees.
[……Ha! This seems interesting!]
Izayoi happily got into his battle stance. But Kouryuu did not show any move to use the scimitar that hung at his waist which could mean that he welcomed the fist fight with Izayoi.
It was a long time since his last fist fight in the battle with Weser and Izayoi could barely contain his excitement.
"Don't you regret this, Saurian Demon King----!"
Kicking off from the ground, he shot straight forward.
The resistance of the seawater caused his speed to be slowed but he continued to close the distance between him and Kouryuu at a speed that far exceeded the normal human capability. If left to a normal person, they wouldn't be able to catch his movements with their sight.
Izayoi who was fast enough to leave after-images swung his fist that could shatter mountains and open paths in the sea---
"…What?!"
only to have Saurian Demon King blocking it with a hand.
"Hey lad, when you face a much stronger opponent, wouldn't it be a bad idea to use such a straightforward tactic?"
Saurian Demon King grabbed Izayoi's fist tightly while his smile disappeared.
A monstrous amount of pressure came down on Izayoi, causing his senses to tell him to flee.
[This….This guy……]
"Though I may say so, the fist that you let fly was quite filled with raw talent. Just that it's quite a pity---Nah, I will just ditch that thought. Just take this as a free lesson. I cannot kill you here so don't die on me just yet……"
Saurian Demon King lowered his stance and widen his eye as he used a palm to strike at Izayoi's centre while twisting it to give a spin to it. The accumulation of experience over the span of many a thousand winters that developed such a striking method caused Izayoi to feel an unprecedented amount of pain stabbing at his internal organs.
[Pu…….]
Though Izayoi felt as if his blood was flowing in reverse and the broken blood vessels caused him to taste blood in his mouth, he continued to clench his teeth to suppress the pain…
And twisted his body to lash out at Saurian Demon King with his leg.
"What….!"
The unexpected counterattack caused Saurian Demon King to gasp in surprise.
Having planned to take out the opponent with one strike, who would have expected that he not only survived the strike but was still able to give a counter attack. That in itself was a big surprise for Saurian Demon King.
As both of them were sent flying backwards, they both skipped across the surface of the sea before landing quite a distance away from each other.
The first to get back up on his feet was Saurian Demon King.
[That….That was really shocking. To think that he was able to withstand that strike and return a counter at me.]
Despite the fact that Saurian Demon King wasn't the strongest species, it was no joke that his spiritual power exceeded that of normal divine beings.
Having accumulated the accomplishment of meditating under the sea and in the mountains for thousands of years respectively, a snake could also achieve the peak of monasticism and transform into the rare species of dragon: [Dragon Deity].
However, Saurian Demon King had sped up this process by half when he had meditated upon a Deep Sea Submarine Volcano for a thousand years. Having obtained the accomplishment in the inhabitable heat and highly viscous pillow lava fields in the sea, he now had a power on par with Gaia and a sea god combined.
And that strike was one that condensed the essence of the Earth and the sea which shouldn't be able to be withstood by a human.
"Lad….What in the world is your body constructed from?"
"That's my line you moron!"
Izayoi used the back of his hand to wipe off the trickle of blood from his mouth as he finally got to his feet after some trouble.
Though Saurian Demon King had expressed his surprise in a relaxed manner, he definitely received Izayoi's kick at full power. Nevertheless, he still got back up with ease.
To date, Izayoi had battled with two Divine class spirits and they were not without scratches. It was just that they were able to use their exceptional regenerative powers to nullify the effects of Izayoi's attacks.
However it was obvious with this Demon King…that Izayoi's attack was practically useless.
Though it was a strike that could rock a planet to the core, an unprecedented result had appeared.
[Tch! Has it finally appeared…?]
Izayoi panted heavily as he accepted the situation before him.
He had already predicted this day where he would meet an opponent that would cause him to be in a pinch.
A demon lord that had a body tougher than his own finally stood in front of him.
[Ha…As expected of the world of Little Garden. It wouldn't have been interesting otherwise…!]
Not wasting any strength on little tricks, rushing headlong to square off with his strongest opponent.
As a look of pure delight spread across Izayoi's face, his heated blood rushed to his brain which kicked into overdrive to allow him to grasp faster combat assessments and reactions.
Throwing aside the original plan to guard the fruits, he now focused on the plan to let his steam out in the game: To defeat the guy before him.
Though he had thought up of many ways to break through those defenses…he still fell back on the first plan of trying the same tactic as he made a direct attack.
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