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

Chapter 2288: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [6]

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"R A A A A H H H H !"

Drake roared back, about to punch the Demonic Kami down, only to see three of his Thunderbolt Swords move in front of him and defend him, slicing through Drake’s fingers, hands, and arms. However, Drake unleashed his Psychic Power, as a shockwave struck the swords, shattering them into pieces.

Crack, crack...!

CRASH!

However, that wasn’t nearly enough, as the Demonic Kami smiled, the power of his technique fully activating. Each piece of his thunderbolt blades reached Drake’s body and pierced it, remaining stuck inside, electrocuting his body constantly while injecting more cursed energy, weakening him and trying to slow his regeneration as much as possible.

"{Black Lotus Volley: Kokuren Ransha}!"

"Are you kidding me?! These fucks are not giving me any time to rest!"

Hachiman fired a rain of thirteen black arrows, each carrying blight from Hajun’s Demonic Energy. As they struck Drake, the arrows exploded into lotus-shaped mist that corrupted Drake’s healing effects and tried to distort his perception, weakening his Psychic Power.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"Nnnggh?!"

Drake groaned, coughing as he quickly saw the other Demonic Kami looming above him, his three remaining swords rushing down for yet another technique.

However.

"Not this time."

Drake’s shadow surged, combining with an endless black void, engulfing Takemikazuchi’s body and covering him in deadly Chaotic Flames of Demise and Miasmic Blood, all elements and spells combining into a single point.

"{Corrupted Dominion: Hollow Void Abyss}!"

RUMBLE!

"W-Whaa...! W H A A A A A G H H H ?!"

Takemikazuchi screamed in horror and agony as half of his body was ripped apart by the void, infused with Gluttony as well, for extra deadly effects.

However, Hachiman roared angrily, kicking Drake from behind and then piercing his body with his sharp, needle-tipped tail, injecting deadly venom that inhibited and crystallized his divine power, weakening him.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"GRRRRRR!"

However, even when his regeneration stopped and his divine power was crystallized and sealed away, Drake roared. His body grew larger, as his jaws opened. While grabbing Hachiman’s leg with one of his claws, he gnawed through the man’s left side, tearing off leg, arm, shoulder, and half of his stomach in a monstrous showcase of his true draconic might.

CRAAASH!

"A A A A A A R R G G H H H !"

Hachiman screamed in horror, using his wings to escape even as his guts and blood splattered everywhere, rainbow ice covering many of his wounds, inhibiting his regeneration as well.

"T-Takemikazuchi!"

"Hachiman! We cannot win on our own! It would be incomplete without Futsunushi...!"

"I know...! Hurry, before we die...!"

Both dismembered Demonic Kami held their hands firmly. Drake rushed to stop them, infusing divine power into his Naginata, but it was too late. Their power merged as they filled each other’s missing body parts with each other’s blood and flesh, their souls fusing at the same time.

"{Demonic Kami Fusion}: {The Heavenly Savage Thunder Demon of War: Raibanshin}!"

BOOOM!

An explosion of thunder and wind erupted, as a massive, tall figure emerged amidst the explosion, surprising Drake as it matched his enormous size of almost fifty meters in his current form.

The titan seemed incomplete too, as both Kami had said that without their friend who had died, they would have been able to unleash their ultimate form, which was now sealed and forever gone.

"So you two bastards can fuse... Go figure."

What emerged was a towering, multi-limbed demonic Kami draped in frayed samurai armor stitched from prayer scrolls and splintered oaths. The body was divided into a red and blue side, intermixing below with red and blue legs on opposite sides of one another.

The right side was red-skinned, belonging to Takemikazuchi, with three muscular arms, each holding a long demonic thunderbolt sword that spun constantly like a divine turbine, crackling erratically with deadly lightning.𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Meanwhile, his left side, belonging to Hachiman, had a massive void-made demonic bow bound in talon-like grips made of bone and flesh, holding over twelve blazing arrows made of black, cursed flames.

Lastly, its head was a mix of both, stitched together and covered in scrolls imbued with ancient runes and curses, with long black and red hair and twisted, malformed horns slightly shaped like a crown.

The Demonic Kami wore a shattered helm with three slots for three eyes, one at the center-left void where Futsunushi’s divinity was meant to reside. The vacant space bled black blood constantly, making it more apparent this wasn’t their intended transformation.

And yet, to survive, they had to take on this form...

"Hear us, monster from Yggdrasil. You shattered what was sacred, not with valor, but with ruin. Futsunushi—our brother, our anchor, our blade of balance—was meant to stand here beside us, fused in divine flame. But his oath has been silenced. His fang, left unspoken. His echo, strangled in dust."

RUMBLE!

While speaking, the monster reached Drake, swinging all three thunderous blades at him at rapid speed, all three arms synchronized as one, unleashing the same wheel-like technique from before.

Drake was prepared this time, quickly swinging his Naginata forward, interrupting the blades from rotating, and then kicking the beast in the chest with all his force.

BAAAAM!

However, the demon stood firm, glaring at him with glowing eyes crying blood...

"We are Raibanshin, storm-shaped and twilight-bound, born of thunder and arrow. But we are incomplete. And still, we endure. Still, we strike."

The giant bow pointed at Drake’s head, firing dozens of arrows at once, bombarding his face and body with explosions of black, empty void.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

"You’ve stolen the harmony of war, left our third crown empty. The sky moans with his absence. Even Hajun’s laugh wavers in the void where Futsunushi once breathed."

The giant demon was not one of wrath but of grief, crying while running toward Drake, his swords rushing down with thunderous attacks, one after another, releasing explosions of black and red thunderbolts.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

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