As the monster was sliced in half at the waist by Shinji's Susanoo, a huge amount of black liquid gushed from its severed body.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
Amid thick clouds of white vapor, the sound of intense corrosion rang out all around them!
Inside the Susanoo, Shinji's pupils contracted. He hurriedly made it pull back.
After retreating more than ten miles, Shinji glanced over his Susanoo.
His golden Susanoo had grown so dull that it looked like rusted bronze and iron, and was covered in mottled marks. The black liquid splattered from the monster's severed body had landed on it and was steadily eating through its armor. Some areas had even been burned completely through.
As for the long sword in his Susanoo's hand, it had long since been corroded down to the hilt.
"Tch!"
Shinji couldn't help clicking his tongue in irritation.
That was why he had used the less agile Susanoo to fight the monster. With its abilities still unknown, he didn't dare get too close and engage it in hand-to-hand combat.
Shinji turned his gaze toward the monster in the distance.
Though Shinji had cut it in half at the waist, the monster didn't seem to have suffered a fatal blow. Its two halves writhed together, and soon fused back into one.
Shinji frowned slightly.
The monster could match his Susanoo in both speed and strength, and its vitality was even more terrifying. Not counting the blow that had just cut it in half, Shinji's Susanoo had struck it dozens of times already, yet the monster seemed completely unharmed. It only had to shake its body to recover completely.
What's more, the monster's body gave off intense radiation. The moment Shinji got close, he could clearly feel the radiation breaking down his Chakra. That was why his