The Flame Demon Severs the Snake's Head (Part 1)

"Eye of Heaven: Flame: Flame Demon Descends!"

Issui unleashed his signature move, one of his most powerful combat Secret Technique, Flame Demon Descent. Judging from Slick's residence and the previous acid attack, his elemental affinity leaned towards Usui, hence Issui's use of Flame Demon Descent. As for Kitsuchi War God, although it was also a powerful technique, fire was more effective against Slick here.

A colossal Flame Demon God, half gold and half black, appeared around Issui's body. Having absorbed Leins's God-Devouring Golden Flame, his flames had evolved once more, fusing the God-Devouring Golden Flame and Amaterasu Flame together. The Amaterasu Flame's extreme heat and indiscriminate burning properties, combined with the God-Devouring Golden Flame's ability to absorb spiritual power, made this combination far more powerful than the previous pure Amaterasu Flame. Of course, using such a high-level flame consumed far more spiritual energy, but it was all worthwhile.

"Hmph, although I can sense that your fire power is extremely powerful, fire cannot purify the air. Judging from your expression, you want to fight me in close combat? Do you think that's possible? No matter how powerful your strength is, it won't work if you don't use it properly. What surprises me is that your fire power has completely surpassed the level of Demigod, reaching the level of God Level, and a rather powerful God Level technique at that. This time, you've finally used some serious moves." Slick cautiously stared at the huge black and gold Flame Demon God in front of him, feeling a slight fear in his heart. This kind of fire power was no ordinary fire. If he were hit by this fire, even if he was strong, he would probably be skinned alive. This little guy has finally surprised me a bit. Such powerful strength has already transcended the realm of Demigod.

"I wasn't trying to dodge your poison gas, it was just a fight..." Issui touched the last four antidote pills, his heart pounding with composure. He knew that the only weakness of Slick's poison gas was that it was released from its right snake head. If that snake head was killed, then it would no longer be able to release the poison gas. Issui had no time to think about how to fight, he could only fight it out. Relying on the four antidote pills in his hand, he rushed forward to kill the poison gas snake head.

Issui doesn't have Shikamaru's clever mind. Besides, in the current situation, he doesn't have time to come up with a plan. The situation will only get worse if it drags on. He can only go all out and fight it out.

"Haha, then I'll see how you fight me. I look forward to your performance. Don't disappoint me, and don't get poisoned to death by my gas. I'm really looking forward to you hitting me. Come on, let me see just how powerful you are." Slick laughed heartily. Fighting me in this poisonous gas environment? Aren't you just courting death? No matter how powerful your fire giant is, it's useless if you can't hit me.

Instead of immediately taking action, Issui put an antidote pill in her mouth and kept Tsunade's words in mind.

"In a battlefield filled with poisonous gas, each of these antidote pills only provides temporary protection for three seconds, meaning you will be immune to all poisoning during those three seconds."

These were Tsunade's exact words, Issui remembered clearly. He didn't think he would need an antidote, because the poison used by masters of poison in the Hokage World was far less potent than Slick's Poison Gas Aura. Poison ninja tool attacks in the Hokage World could be dodged; for example, the poison used by puppeteers. Poison gas attacks could be temporarily avoided or alleviated by pausing breathing. But Slick's poison gas attack was different. His poison gas was not only highly toxic, but also possessed the dual characteristics of being ubiquitous and capable of devouring enemies. It was no ordinary poison gas; no one could escape its effects.

The remaining four antidote pills can only sustain Issui for twelve seconds of normal combat. Defeating a God Level magical beast in those twelve seconds is difficult, especially for a powerful individual like Slick, who would find it even harder to end the battle quickly.

I've started to believe what Leins said earlier. This Slick Issui not be very strong, but he's a disgusting guy. Without using any other physical attacks, just his previous Corrosion Aura and the current Poison Gas Aura are enough to give people a headache. Of course, there's also a Weakening Aura that hasn't appeared yet.

When you encounter a tough opponent like Slick, cursing won't help. His various talents and spells are all incredibly underhanded. With poison gas around him, even if he stands still, no one can get close enough to kill him; instead, they'll be poisoned to death by the gas.

Having just swallowed the antidote pill, Issui swiftly rushed into the area of poisonous gas, his Flame Demon God moving with him. In an instant, Issui arrived in the swamp ahead of Slick.

One second...

Slick made no move, silently watching Issui rush towards him. "Hmph, trying to finish this quickly." The antidote he swallowed earlier was probably his confidence to charge in, but its effects are very short-lived. He can only use his strongest power to kill me quickly. But am I that weak?

As expected of a magical beast that has advanced to God Level over many years, a careful analysis revealed Issui's situation.

"Poison King Barrier!"

A deep purple solid barrier, composed of a large amount of toxic gas compressed to its highest quality, blocked Issui's path.

Two seconds...

"Fire Style: Amaterasu Great Fireball Technique!"

In less than a second, Issui swiftly completed the five Hand Seals for the Great Fireball: Si-Wei-Shen-Hai- Hand Seals, creating a large hole in the solid poison gas barrier. Issui quickly slipped through the hole, while the Flame Demon God on Issui body followed him, absorbing all the energy from the purple poison gas barrier and transforming it into the Flame Demon God's own power.

Three seconds...

Issui took out another antidote pill from the backpack behind him, put it in his mouth, and continued running towards Slick's location.

"Poison Dragon Piercing Bullet!"

Just as it broke through the purple solid barrier of poisonous gas, a huge poisonous dragon made of poisonous gas charged towards the Issui. A long, sharp dragon horn on its head had solidified, and an aura that could shatter everything in its path leaked out from it.

"Wei-Wu-Si-Chen-Zi-Chou-Yin, Fire Style: Amaterasu Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Four seconds...

Within a second, Issui noticed the poisonous dragon's attack and reacted.

A massive black fireball erupted from Issui's mouth and collided with Slick's poison dragon.

"Boom..."

The enormous black fireball exploded upon contact with the poison dragon, instantly blasting it to pieces.

"Fire Style - Amaterasu God-Devouring Great Flame Flower Technique!!!"

It is only polite to reciprocate. Issui leaped into the sky and spat out three enormous fireballs, half golden and half black, resembling meteorites.

Three enhanced fireballs, carrying an extremely dangerous aura, rushed towards them. Slick had no choice but to dodge quickly. Even if he were arrogant and conceited, he wouldn't dare to take the hit of these terrifying fireballs; that would be asking for trouble.

"Boom... Sizzle..."

Three enormous fireballs, one golden and one black, struck the swamp, causing massive explosions that dented the area where Slick had just been. As a large amount of water evaporated, the golden light within the fireballs gradually faded, but the black light did not disappear, and black flames burned eerily within the swamp.

"Ah..."

Although Slick managed to dodge the three enormous, bizarre fireballs, at the moment the black and golden fireballs exploded, some golden light suddenly rushed into his body with the blast. Instantly, Slick was horrified to discover that a portion of his mental energy had been depleted.

God-Devouring Golden Flame? Slick was somewhat terrified. How could it be the same as the monstrous flames of the Blazing Liger? Ah, damn it, last time, I was defeated by that kind of flame. How could this human kid use God-Devouring Golden Flame? How could it be? No, this is definitely not the real God-Devouring Golden Flame.

And there were black flames still burning in the water. What were all these things? Was this a fire festival? So many strange flames! Slick suddenly couldn't quite process what was going on. Was this kid pretending to be weak while actually being strong? How could he suddenly unleash so much power?

(Issui: Pshaw, it's not that I'm pretending to be weak to fool others, it's just that you haven't even given me a second glance, I despise you)

Five seconds...

As he fell from the sky, Issui didn't stop, because he didn't have time to waste on these things. There were only seven seconds left, so he had to hurry.

"Star of Deadly Poison!!"

Slick's right snake head roared, and a large amount of poison gas shot out in rays in all directions.

A grayish-purple venomous gas beam shot towards Issui at such a speed that it gave no one time to dodge.

"Flutter..."

The poison gas ray, traveling at the speed of light, pierced through Issui's shoulder, leaving two pinhole-sized bloody holes. There was no time to dodge, and Issui had no intention of dodging anyway. He didn't have time to dodge; rushing to Slick and cutting off his snake head was the only right thing to do.

"..." Slick's face darkened. It was unexpected that Issui did not dodge his poison gas ray. He had thought that Izumi would definitely dodge, but now it was clear that Izumi was rushing to his front to launch a long-prepared attack.

"Poison Mist Locks the Heavens!"

Slick was now somewhat afraid of Issui. The previous golden and black flames had made him wary, and Issui's building-up attack was increasingly agitating him. He vaguely sensed that the attacks would become stronger and stronger, so he increased the concentration of the Poison Mist to obscure Issui's vision. Then he would seize the opportunity to kill Issui. He didn't want to play anymore, because it wasn't fun anymore. Even if he survived, he would be seriously injured, which was not what he wanted.

Six seconds...

"Eye of Heaven: White."

After taking another antidote pill, Issui activated his Byakugan. This Poison Mist, which had the same effect as water mist, was useless against the Byakugan. "You underestimate me too much. With the aura of time travel and the power of my Kekkei Genkai, I am not so easily destroyed by you. If I can't even handle this kind of vision-obstructing Poison Mist, then I'm really too weak."