Whoosh!
Yu slowly descended from the sky, his broad golden robes spreading over the ground like a carpet.
Torashiki turned coldly. "You said we'd settle this? At this point, do you still think you have a chance of winning?"
Yu's gaze was deep. "The effects the Shikigami of Izanagi has openly displayed are superior to those of Taketamayorihime-no-Mikoto's Shikigami. If you'd activated this technique early on, the fight might have ended long ago. But you didn't. Why was that?"
"..." Torashiki tightened his grip on his axe, his eyes flickering.
"It means there's a risk involved. Something besides blindness that you have to weigh carefully."
Yu glanced toward Liu Jing. "Yes, chakra. Every technique, even those that rewrite causality or the rules themselves, needs chakra to sustain it..."
Yu's gaze settled on Torashiki's lower abdomen, where the chakra pathways converged, at the point called the Root Chakra.
"Ever since you activated Izanagi, the chakra flowing through your body has been like a nuclear reactor, consuming staggering amounts every second. Honestly, Torashiki, I admire you. Despite that consumption, you don't show any sign of strain."
Yu shook his head with feigned regret. "Unfortunately, at this rate, you'll only be able to keep going for half a day at most!"
Clang!
Torashiki planted his axe on the ground and said coldly, "Half a day isn't enough? None of your attacks can affect me, while every attack I make is effective. Do you understand what that means?"
Yu clasped his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky. "Yes, perfectly. For that half a day, I can only take a beating..."
Torashiki said, "Exactly. You have no chance of winning."
Yu lowered his gaze. "Not necessarily. Your attacks are certainly powerful, but as far as I can tell, you don't have