Chapter 42: Chapter 42 – Oni God’s Strength

"I need to protect these VIPs. What about you, Mr. Kai?"

Sojuro looked at Kai, but he didn't get an answer. Kai was silent while looking at the tear with a bitter smile. So the Slayers looked at each other before moving.

"Please evacuate as soon as possible, Mr. Kai. We will leave you now." And they left to help the Devils and vampire VIPs to evacuate from the area.

Unknown to Sojuro, Kai had a headache due to what his partner told him.

[Kai! That's a Supernatural disaster called Tear! That tear is a portal that creates Malices! We won't be able to close it until all the Malices are spit out from the Tear, so we can only do our best to kill those Malices.]

'Really? Where are you right now?!'

[I am with my friend already moving toward the location under the Tear. Don't worry about me. What do you want to do? I will follow your order.]

What did Kai want to do? He wanted to enjoy the festival. But with the appearance of the Supernatural disaster, the festival couldn't be continued.

Even the crowd in front of Shuten Douji's stage was evacuated by the Slayers who appeared from within the restaurant. They prioritized safety instead of taking a risk to continue the festival.

'What I want to do is…' As he answered Amber in his mind, a short shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him.

"Woah!" He took a step back and lost his balance, but the shadow grabbed his hand before he fell.

"Are you okay, young man?" The person who suddenly appeared asked him worriedly. "You're not injured, no?"

"I am fine." He replied and fixed his position. "What are you doing here, Shuten Douji?" He asked the person in front of him.

"Kakaka, I am here to grab you. You want to fight those things, right?" She grinned and pointed the Tear over her shoulder with her thumb. "I know you want to go because I also want to go to that place."

It would be wrong to say no. He wanted to stop the Tear and resume the festival as soon as possible. Besides, this might be the chance for him to see Shuten Douji in action. He wanted to see the strength of an Oni leader feared in legend.

So he nodded.

"Well, you're not wrong."

"Great!" Shuten Douji exclaimed with a grin and turned around. "Follow me closely, young man. Don't lag behind."

"Hey, wa–"

Before Kai could finish his sentence, Shuten Douji had already jumped toward the nearest roof and crouched, looking back at him.

[Follow me, or I will leave you behind, young man.] She sent a telepathic message once again.

Because they weren't connected whatsoever, Kai couldn't reply to her message and could only grit his teeth. He really should learn how to do that from Amber later.

Spirit Power coursed through his body as he used it to enhance his physical abilities further. Even though he got stronger from his bond with Amber, he was still not strong enough to imitate what Shuten Douji just did without enhancing his physical ability with Spirit Power.

He felt hot energy fill his body, and he felt stronger. Then with a little help from Phoenix fire, he propelled himself to the roof where Shuten Douji was waiting for him. When he approached her, he noticed a grin on her face, and she began to jump toward another roof, toward where the Tear was.

'That girl wants to make this a race!' He knew about her intention right away, as he could somehow feel her excitement when he was able to follow her to the first roof.

As for the proof, she increased her speed whenever Kai approached her. He was already at full speed, even faster than a car, when they reached the third roof, but she was still able to increase it more.

He gave up. Then he purposely slowed down a little to keep his energy so he would be able to fight a lot longer. The Tear was on the village's outskirts, which was a bit far from where they were. However, with his current speed, he would only need a few seconds more to reach the outskirt.

Shuten Douji felt Kai lagged behind and decreased her speed to match him.

"What's wrong, young man? Why did you suddenly become slow?"

"I am reserving my strength. That Tear looks like bad news that could last for more than an hour to me." He replied calmly as he jumped around the roof beside Shuten Douji.

"Can't you just recover your strength mid-fight? You even absorbed Nature power in real-time right now, no?" Shuten Douji asked curiously, narrowing her eyes slightly. "That recovery speed is really impressive. Better than most humans even without concentrating."

"Really?" Kai asked, a bit surprised.

He didn't realize it himself due to his sheer Spirit Power reserve. Amber also mentioned he needed at least a week to fully replenish his Spirit Power, and that was before it increased even further yesterday.

"Umu. That's the case, young man. But, I see… Your fire burned all those Spirit Power you replenished in a matter of seconds. That's also a similar fire… Hmm, what is it, though? My memory fails me as it has been too long since I felt it."

"It is a Phoenix fire." He told her honestly, and Shuten Douji's face brightened immediately as she made a gesture with her hands.

"Ah, right! It belonged to that child! Umu, umu. I remember it." She nodded a few times with a big smile on her face. She then turned her attention forward and continued, "We've arrived, young man. It seems that Phoenix child and my subordinate are also here."

"I can see it."

It wasn't hard to see what had happened in front of him. A pillar of fire was raised until it reached the Tear in the sky, and debris flew around everywhere. He guessed that Amber created the fire and Shuten Douji's subordinate threw that debris.

Talking about her subordinate, it should only be that one.

'Ibaraki Douji. I never thought I would meet two Mythical figures in this place.' His smile grew from ear to ear, happy to meet figures from legend. So he increased his speed.

"Oh? Now you're spirited! I won't lose, young man!" Shuten Douji also increased her speed. Her body became a blur as she split the wind, going to the most crowded area where 6 Malices destroyed the surrounding.

The people had been evacuated and were gathered at Central Plaza under the Slayers' protection. So there was nothing to hold Shuten Douji back from rampaging.

She slammed onto the ground, right in the middle of 6 Malices, around 2 to 3 meters tall. Then with a big grin on her face, she raised her right leg, showing her smooth thighs, and instantly slammed it against the ground.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang in the area as a ten meters crater was created with her in the center. A great earthquake attacked the whole Oni Village due to one kick. Surrounding buildings were destroyed by the earthquake, turning them into rubble.

The shadows lost their footing and fell with the debris, but Shuten had already moved and crushed all their cores before they hit the ground with a long club in her hand.

They disappeared into black smoke that disappeared shortly after, leaving only Shuten in the middle of debris rain, swinging her big club that came from nowhere.

"Let's have a party!" She shouted loudly with a feral grin.

Kai stopped on the roof of the intact building, a bit away from the crater, amazed. It was the first time he had seen something like this, something that strong. His power was nothing against her. Even after fusing with Amber, he had no confidence in winning against Shuten Douji.

"So that's the power of the one called Oni God." A similar grin as Shuten appeared on his face unconsciously. He was excited. "She's really strong."