I Hope You Can Last a Little Longer

It opened its enormous maw, spewing a black pillar of light that tore through the air with a piercing shriek.

That was its core power, Death Ray, capable of corroding all living beings. Even Domain Realm Awakeners died on contact.

Lin Jin finally moved.

His figure flickered, and he vanished from the spot.

The black pillar skimmed past his afterimage and blasted into the plain behind him, gouging out a bottomless crater. Everything around its rim was corroded away, leaving not even ashes.

"Interesting. An attack similar to a Tailed Beast Bomb."

The next second, Lin Jin appeared above the King of Ten Thousand Corpses' head.

Lightning wreathed his right hand, and the dazzling light of Lightning Blade held a terrifying aura of destruction.

"Lightning Blade!"

Blue lightning plunged down, stabbing straight toward the King of Ten Thousand Corpses' skull.

But just before it struck, one of the horns atop the King of Ten Thousand Corpses' head suddenly released a black barrier, blocking Lightning Blade.

Lightning collided with black light, erupting in a blinding flash and a deafening roar.

Shock waves spread outward, peeling up layer after layer of the surrounding ground.

Lin Jin was thrown back dozens of meters and landed on the ground.

The King of Ten Thousand Corpses let out a sky-shaking roar.

"Arrogant human, is that all you've got?"

The corpses covering its body writhed in unison. Countless arms stretched out from it, reaching for Lin Jin.

Those arms were astonishingly fast, and their sheer numbers blotted out the sky, sealing off every route Lin Jin could use to dodge.

Black mist coiled around every arm, corroding even the air wherever it passed.

A trace of seriousness flashed through Lin Jin's eyes.

He clapped his hands together.

"Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"

A vast sea of fire poured from his mouth, instantly engulfing the grasping arms.

The arms burned, twisted, and disintegrated in the flames, giving off sizzling sounds and a charred stench.

But more arms stretched out, seemingly without end.

The King of Ten Thousand Corpses laughed mockingly.

"This is my Weird Domain! In my world, I am the master! Can your flames burn them all?"

New arms soon grew from its body to replace those that had burned away, as though they could never all be destroyed.

Lin Jin said nothing.

He merely raised his head and looked at the behemoth.

Then his eyes changed.

His originally black pupils turned scarlet.

Three Tomoe appeared, then rapidly spun and merged.

The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

The instant the King of Ten Thousand Corpses met those eyes, a trace of unease suddenly arose within it.

What were those eyes?

Why did they make it feel afraid?

Its instincts told it that this human was no ordinary human.

But it did not believe a human could pose a threat to it.

It was an S-Rank Weird.

It was a City-Destroying Level existence.

It had lived for over a century, devouring countless living beings with its Weird Domain. Even Domain Realm Awakeners had died at its hands.

This young man looked barely over twenty. How strong could he be?

Could he possibly be at the Transcendent Stage?

"Enough of your tricks!" it roared. All seven horns lit up at once, firing seven black pillars of light from their tips. They intertwined into a vast net that descended on Lin Jin.

That was one of its ultimate moves, Death Cage. Anyone caught within it would be trapped, slowly corroded and devoured.

Lin Jin watched the vast black net descending on him as immense ocular power surged forth.

"Susanoo."

Purple Chakra poured from his body, instantly forming a gigantic skeleton around him.

Flesh rapidly grew over the skeleton, followed by armor, then wings.

At last, a purple giant a hundred meters tall appeared on the plain.

Susanoo, in its complete form.

The giant wore Tengu Armor engraved with intricate runes. Those runes glowed faintly, with mysterious power flowing through them.

A pair of enormous purple wings sprouted from its back. Spread wide, they blotted out the sky, every feather formed from Chakra and sharp as a blade.

It held a long sword formed from Chakra, its blade wreathed in purple flames that seemed capable of burning everything to nothing.

It stood facing the King of Ten Thousand Corpses from afar.

The two hundred-meter-class behemoths confronted each other in this Weird Domain world like two gods.

The King of Ten Thousand Corpses froze.

The expressions on its countless faces shifted from mockery to shock, then from shock to fear.

"Wh-what is this?!"

In all its long life, it had never seen a human possess such power.

That purple energy brimmed with an aura of destruction, making it feel a genuine threat.

The seven black pillars struck Susanoo, producing only tiny ripples. They could not penetrate that layer of purple armor at all.

Lin Jin stood inside Susanoo's forehead, his arms folded across his chest as he looked down at the behemoth before him.

His voice rang out through Susanoo like a god's judgment.

"Didn't you want to know what gave me the confidence to enter your domain?"

"Now I'll tell you."

"This."

"Using this against you is a bit of overkill, but it's been a long time since I enjoyed the pleasure of battle.

"I hope you can last a little longer..."

With that, Perfect Susanoo moved.

Its wings beat, and its massive body shot into the sky with astonishing speed, whipping up a gale that scattered all the surrounding black mist.

The King of Ten Thousand Corpses instinctively tried to dodge, but its body was too massive. It could not get out of the way.

Susanoo was already above its head, the purple longsword in its hand raised high.

The purple flames coiling around the blade blazed fiercely, illuminating the entire gloomy sky. Their heat was so intense that the surrounding air warped.

"One strike."

The sword fell.

Purple sword light sliced across the sky and struck the King of Ten Thousand Corpses.

BOOM!!!

An earth-shaking crash rang out.

Starting at the crown of its head, the sword cleaved a wound deep enough to expose bone through the King of Ten Thousand Corpses' body, which was pieced together from countless corpses.

Those corpses burned and disintegrated in the purple flames, letting out agonized screams.

Countless faces screamed in unison, their cries merging and shaking the entire Weird Domain.

But the King of Ten Thousand Corpses did not fall.

It was an S-Rank Weird, after all, with tenacity far beyond imagination.

All seven horns erupted at once. Seven black pillars merged into one and blasted toward Susanoo's chest.

BOOM!!!

The tremendous impact knocked Susanoo back dozens of meters, leaving a hairline crack in its chest armor.

Seizing the opportunity, the King of Ten Thousand Corpses opened its enormous maw and spewed endless black mist. The mist condensed into countless hideous ghost faces that swarmed toward Susanoo, filling the sky.

The ghost faces tore at Susanoo's armor. Though they could not pierce it, they still depleted its Chakra.

Lin Jin frowned slightly.

At his mental command, Susanoo changed.

Its enormous wings suddenly folded forward, wrapping around its entire body in a defensive stance.

The ghost faces tore at the wings with piercing scraping sounds, but could not advance an inch.

The next second, the wings snapped open.

Countless purple feathers shot out like a torrential downpour, each carrying terrifying Chakra, piercing and shattering every ghost face.

The King of Ten Thousand Corpses screamed. Those pierced ghost faces were part of its core essence, and their complete destruction had dealt it a considerable injury.

But it was an S-Rank Weird, after all, with extensive combat experience.

Its seven horns lit up again, but this time, it was not launching an attack.

Instead, they formed an enormous black vortex in front of it.

The vortex spun, growing larger and larger, with terrifying suction emanating from its center.

The surrounding earth and air were sucked inside.

That was its ultimate ability, Death Abyss. It could devour everything, drawing in all matter and energy and sending them into another dimension.

Susanoo's body began to sway, dragged toward the vortex by that suction.