The Turnaround

Boom!

Waves more than ten meters high surged up and swiftly swallowed the ground. Some small trees were torn out by their roots by the tremendous force and swept into the distance.

Fortunately, Souya could fly. Standing on a golden cloud, he avoided the crashing waves.

He turned to look toward Sasori. A thick earthen wall had already risen there, as broad as a city wall. It was unmistakably Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart!

Sasori and several of his puppets stood atop the hill, their expressions grave, but still looking confident.

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Suikazan Fuguki had already submerged himself, waiting for a chance to attack. Only a dark blue shape could just barely be seen beneath the water.

Seeing that Sasori could handle things, Souya focused his attention on his own opponent.

Most of the Lightning Dragon created by Raiga Kurosuki was already submerged, but Raiga Kurosuki made a move Souya hadn't expected.

Raiga Kurosuki let out a low shout. The Lightning Dragon began spinning in place, faster and faster, churning up a massive whirlpool.

Water from the bottom of the whirlpool slowly flowed into the dragon, creating a spectacular sight like a dragon sucking up water.

Crackle!

When the Lightning Dragon stopped, its body had turned a shimmering blue. The currents of electricity rippling across its surface had grown much gentler and more contained.

The dragon lifted a claw and tossed Raiga Kurosuki down. He landed on the water's surface and looked up at Souya, hovering in midair before him, his eyes blazing with defiant fighting spirit.

With a swing of his long-handled Thunder Blades, he tore a huge gash in the Gold Dragon formed from Gold Sand. Crystalline light flowed over the dragon's claws, and faint sparks of electricity could be seen coursing across them.

The power of a dragon's claw infused with both water and lightning was plain to see!

Souya furrowed his brow. The golden cloud beneath his feet flew away, as if he meant to escape.

"Hahaha!"

"What's the matter? Running away with your tail between your legs again, just like last time?"

Raiga Kurosuki let out a wild, mocking laugh, but this time he clearly had no intention of letting his enemy escape again.

At his command, the Lightning Dragon tore the Gold Dragon to pieces in just a few swipes. Then it opened its mouth and spat out a Lightning Ball, blasting the Gold Dragon into a pile of charred Gold Sand that fell into the water.

The Lightning Dragon pressed its advantage, winding across the water like a serpent as it pursued Souya. Every so often, it fired Lightning Balls at him as he dodged through the air.

They raced away from the battlefield, one chasing and the other fleeing.

Before long, Souya reached a nearby hill.

The ground here was dry, beyond the area affected by the great waterfall.

The Lightning Dragon suddenly sprang up, jaws snapping at Souya in midair. But the golden cloud under Souya's control was exceptionally nimble, darting through the air with astonishing speed. It plunged down, avoiding the dragon's gaping maw.

But the Lightning Dragon's thick tail suddenly whipped around like a bolt of lightning.

Smack!

Souya couldn't dodge in time. The golden cloud was struck apart, scattering into fine Gold Sand that fell from the sky.

Souya's body flew sideways and slammed into the nearby hill with a thud.

"Haha!"

"Let's see where you can run now, flying boy!"

"This is where you'll meet your end!"

Raiga Kurosuki seemed to have tired of the chase. Now that Souya had finally been knocked out of the air, he decided not to hold back. Killing him here was the best choice.

He brought the Lightning Dragon's head closer, then leaped onto it, landing atop the dragon's head.

He swung the Thunder Blades in both hands, sending out streaks of silver-white lightning.

Then Raiga Kurosuki drove the Thunder Blades into the Lightning Dragon's head. Torrents of lightning poured from the blades into the dragon, and before long, Raiga Kurosuki's own presence began to weaken.

Roar!

The Lightning Dragon, infused with a massive amount of lightning, seemed to have gained a mind of its own. Its silver-blue body was covered in distinct scales, its fierce horns looked lifelike, and its crimson eyes blazed with ferocity.

The Lightning Dragon raised its head in a silent roar, sending out wave after wave of tremendous sound that shook the air!

"Cough! Cough! That still hurts a little..."

Souya hunched over on the slope of the hill and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood. His chest and throat felt much better afterward. Though he was covered in dust and looked utterly miserable, he stared brightly at the Lightning Dragon and Raiga Kurosuki above it.

"But the one who'll be buried here isn't me. It's you!"

After murmuring in a low voice, Souya's deep-set eyes seemed to flare with blazing fire. He abruptly formed a hand seal, unleashing all the Chakra in his body without holding anything back.

The dust at Souya's feet billowed up in the gusting wind. Then the several-dozen-meter-high hill began to rumble and shake, as if an earthquake had struck.

Boom!

The entire hill burst apart. What surged out of its depths was a flood of gleaming Gold Sand!

When Souya and Sasori had planned to ambush their enemies here, Souya had already stored a vast quantity of Gold Sand inside the hill. He had used Earth Release to disguise it as an ordinary mound.

"Gold Dust Prison Flow!"

The ground beneath the Lightning Dragon instantly caved in, turning into a flowing river of Gold Sand that began to swirl, forming a massive sand vortex!

The hill... No, it had become a mountain of Gold Sand, and the torrent pouring out like a flash flood sought to bury the Lightning Dragon completely.

Boom! Boom!

Thick bolts of lightning burst from the dragon's body. The instant they touched the Gold Sand, they exploded, continually holding back the encroaching flood.

But the sand vortex beneath the Lightning Dragon spun faster and faster, and thick arms of Gold Sand reached up from within it, trying to drag the dragon down.

Raiga Kurosuki's face filled with alarm. He had thought victory was assured, but faced with the sudden reversal, his mind was thrown into turmoil.

The Lightning Dragon writhed violently, its claws tearing apart the Gold Sand as it wrapped around it.

Souya slowly raised his joined hands, as though he were struggling to lift a small hill.

Whoosh!

The surging Gold Sand vortex rose like towering golden waves, sweeping up in a ring and crashing toward the Lightning Dragon.

Boom!

Dazzling lightning shot skyward, then spread out. A great mass of the onrushing Gold Sand instantly evaporated, leaving only a thin layer behind!

The air filled with a stench like sulfur, and tiny arcs of electricity flickered in the air.

But the Lightning Dragon was already trapped in the vast sand vortex. How could it escape?

The Gold Sand in the vortex surged again, nearly as thick as before. But after releasing its lightning, the Lightning Dragon had grown much thinner. Clearly, even with the Thunder Blades' help, Raiga Kurosuki's Chakra wasn't unlimited.