Return of the Legendary Hunter

Omikami sighed as she faced that person.

“Tsukuyomi, I didn’t expect you to come.”

Tsukuyomi looked at her silently as Omikami continued, “Why are you trying to kill me?”

“Because you will get in the way of the plan.”

“Plan? You mean the plan to reveal the otherworld to reality?”

Tsukuyomi nodded and Omikami clenched her fists.

“Why? Why is that necessary?”

Tsukuyomi raised her hand, “Because that will allow the creation of the true Empire.”

Omikami realized that Tsukuyomi had made her decision. And like before, there was no way to change her mind.

“If that’s the case, I will have to stop you.”

“I knew you would.”

Tsukuyomi began to unleash her energy and Omikami glanced around.

“They have one more.”

“We have one more too.”

Bihyung smiled and looked at his opponent.

“She’s the God of Rain, Ameno. You don’t stand a chance.”

Bihyung laughed.

“Don’t think I am still the old me.”

He then took out the Iron Fan. Omikami grinned.

“Where did you get that from?”

“I was lucky.”

Bihyung fanned himself, “We’ll see how it goes.”

Ameno was a difficult opponent, but he had the Iron Fan which could control wind, giving him a fighting chance. Yet, Bihyung couldn’t tear his eyes away from Tsukuyomi. He could sense her terrifying demonic energy. It seemed like he would have to help Omikami as fast as he could.

“Hurry up and get over here, Woojin…!”

The bamboo spear was nicked after clashing with Gram. The durability of a dragonslayer sword was amazing; however, Woojin’s surprise didn’t match Poras’ shock.

“What kind of Avatar are you?!”

It was a strength that he had not expected in the slightest. The speed didn’t fall behind his either. He was within the top ten in terms of strength, yet his opponent’s strength was almost the same as his.

Poras smiled as his sword mercilessly attacked Woojin who tried to deflect it but Poras was too fast and powerful. Woojin grimaced and moved quickly. Fortunately, he was a bit quicker than Poras. In response, Poras swung Gram with a wide angle to push Woojin back and unleashed his spiritual power.

Woojin also focused his power to change the shape of Cloak of Vampire Bat. He felt his cloak wrapped around him surging with power and charged forward. He attacked the enemy and Poras brought his sword up to push away. Woojin repeated the attack and Poras stepped in. That’s when Woojin stopped.

Poras lunged in to thrust his sword and Woojin also charged in. Poras scoffed, thinking Woojin was now too close to attack him with a long spear and thus he aimed his sword at Woojin’s heart. Woojin then twisted his body slightly right when the sword touched his chest. The strengthened skin was cut and blood gushed out but Woojin was able to place his right hand on Poras’ left stomach. Poras swung his left fist but Woojin was faster at summoning Gáe Bulg from his hand.

Gáe Bulg pierced through Poras and spread out inside his body the moment it stabbed through. Poras felt severe pain and couldn’t attack further. Woojin then jumped back. He sighed as his wound wasn’t healing. It seemed like the power of the dragonslayer sword was stopping his dragon blood from regenerating. Woojin then saw Poras not standing straight with Gáe Bulg in his stomach.

“Where did that come out from?”

Poras did expect Woojin to have Gáe Bulg, but he thought Woojin didn’t have it after seeing that he was only fighting with a bamboo spear. But to think Gáe Bulg could appear from the hand… Poras gritted his teeth. Gáe Bulg’s spear chomped opponents whenever it attacked. It wasn’t possible to easily pull it out.

Poras grabbed Gáe Bulg and pulled it out. Blood gushed out and he charged at Woojin anyway. Woojin then threw his spear and Poras used his Gram to deflect it. Woojin then summoned another spear and deflected Gram again. Poras threw Gram back up and Woojin dashed back to get away from the sword. Poras thought he had won as there was no way for Woojin to avoid being attacked in that stance.

Yet Woojin was smiling. And before Poras could think of the reason, something flew forward and penetrated his back. Gáe Bulg pierced through his heart.

“Ugh…”

Blood gushed out from his mouth and Woojin thrust his other spear into Poras’ mouth. He was killed instantly. Woojin then retrieved the spears and fed the spirit stone to his Fang and wrapped his shoulders with the cloak. He then heard explosions coming from Omikami’s room.

Woojin also picked up the Gram and jumped up. He had to go to Omikami as fast as possible. After plowing through five ceilings, he felt vicious energy from above. Woojin then got up and looked around. They were fighting 3 on 3.

Bihyung was fighting against a water-type enemy and Shinatsu was fighting a God of Lightning. They seemed equal to be in power but Omikami was different. She was losing.

“Tsukuyomi.”

Sister of Omikami, and the God of the Moon.

“There’s a full moon today.”

Woojin unwrapped the cloak and Poras’ dried up body fell to the ground. Then, Woojin put it back on his body. It seemed like the cloak was moving more smoothly now after drinking Poras’ blood. He had gotten much stronger after killing Poras. Woojin took out the spear and the Mirror of Heavens. He couldn’t use the mirror in the previous battle since Poras didn’t give him time to pull it out, but he now had time to use it.

Woojin used his increased spiritual power and flashed the light at Tsukuyomi. She turned to Woojin. He thought this would give them a chance at victory but it seemed like Tsukuyomi was unaffected. She pointed toward Woojin and he jumped back instinctively.

The area around him was devoured by the demonic energy that filled the area. Woojin put the mirror back into his pocket. These gods were all natural beings. They weren’t unholy for the mirror to work on them.

Woojin then jumped again as the energy attacked again. It looked like Tsukuyomi was not letting her guard down against Woojin although she was fighting Omikami.

Woojin threw his spear at Tsukuyomi. His powerful muscle strength allowed the spear to shoot past the interference of demonic energy. Tsukuyomi seemed to be surprised that it did, but she easily snatched the spear in the air. She then transferred the energy into the spear and threw it back.

Woojin ran up to receive the spear. Rampant demonic energy grasped his arm but his cloak ate it away this time. At least this would allow him to fight.

Tsukuyomi was astonished. Woojin smiled and jumped. He grabbed Gram and he felt like he could swing it at her to cut her down but he felt something coming down toward him, so he hopped back.

A man with long hair jumped down with a long sword where Woojin had been. Woojin recognized the man.

“Susanoo?”

Susanoo’s appearance was unexpected. They knew he was coming, but to see him siding with Tsukuyomi… that was the worst case scenario.

Omikami shouted with a frown, “What are you doing here?!”

Susanoo looked around with his sword. His appearance shocked everyone so much that all sides paused fighting. Susanoo then turned to Tsukuyomi.

“You’re late.”

Susanoo nodded and Omikami gritted her teeth.

“Why have you two betrayed me?!”

She shouted sadly but Susanoo brought his sword up. Woojin got up and looked at him. What Susanoo had was the weapon he obtained after killing Orochimaru, the weapon named Kusanagi no ken. It was one of the three divine objects of Japan. It wasn’t going to be easy to fight Susanoo.

Bihyung shouted at Woojin, “You take care of him!”

That was easy to say. Woojin grabbed Gram and got up. Kusanagi no ken was a powerful sword but Gram was also a legendary sword. Woojin turned to Susanoo but he swung his sword at Woojin without any hesitation. A powerful wave of spiritual energy flew at him. Woojin then smashed it down with Gram. The wave was divided into two and traveled behind him, destroying the wall. Susanoo then turned to Woojin for the first time.

“Name?”

Woojin felt a chill as Susanoo was focused at him. If Sun Wukong was the most powerful Avatar in China, then Susanoo was the most powerful Avatar in Japan. Sun Wukong seemed to be much stronger, but Susanoo wasn’t that far off.

Woojin brought up his Gram and replied, “Woojin.”

And then Susanoo disappeared.

“Dammit!”

Woojin brought his sword back to defend against the attack, but he was thrown into the air. Susanoo then continued attacking Woojin, thinking he had no way of landing after being in mid-air. Yet the cloak turned to a wing and pulled Woojin up. Susanoo’s spiritual power was too strong. Susanoo scoffed, “Interesting.”

He then jumped up toward Woojin like a cannonball and in response, Woojin pulled back. Susanoo swung his sword and the wave of spiritual energy swept above Woojin’s head. The power was too much for Woojin to cut, nor could he avoid it. He had to wrap himself with the cloak like a ball. To him, it felt like a truck had rammed into him as he slammed into the floor. He was sent five stories down into the parking lot and Susanoo followed him cracking a smile as he saw Woojin swinging his Gram.

The sword didn’t have any spiritual power, but he was able to counter Susanoo’s attack. Woojin was struck away, but he got up from the ground anyway. He looked down and smiled. The attack was powerful but his defenses were enough to allow him to endure it. Woojin looked at Susanoo who got down on the ground. Woojin required the wing from the cloak to fly, but Susanoo seemed like he could fly just by using his mighty spiritual power.

“You endured it.”

Woojin answered, “If that’s all you can do, I’ll can much more than that.”

Susanoo smiled and swung his sword horizontally. The spiritual power threw all the cars away and Woojin brought up Gram. Woojin sliced on the wave to open a way. Although the wave had been cut, it still gave him the same amount of shock as if a gun had fired at him. But that didn’t stop Woojin. He dashed toward Susanoo. It seemed like Susanoo was starting to become annoyed. He swung his sword again while Woojin brought his spear back and threw it.

Woojin was thrown back helplessly but the spear pierced through the entire wave, and Susanoo struck it down with his sword and looked at it. He was interested in the spear that had pierced through his waves. That’s when gunfire was heard and a bullet flew at Susanoo. Yet it soon slowed down and dropped. The spiritual power around Susanoo was enough to make bullets to fall even before arriving at its target. Susanoo turned and swung his sword at the direction. Part of the ryokan was destroyed but Miho had already pulled herself out and was behind Woojin.

“Why are you here?”

“I’m done with the Oni.”

“You shouldn’t be here.”

Miho smiled, “Doesn’t it feel nice to see me here though?”

Woojin laughed.

“Do you need to flirt even at such a moment?”

“What are you talking about?”

Woojin laughed and gave Gram to Miho.

“Grab this and back up.”

“What is this?”

“Gram. It’s a divine object.”

“You’re not giving to me, are you? This is too big for me.”

“Stop joking and move back.”

“Okay.”

Miho then moved back and Susanoo decided that Miho didn’t pose any threats but Woojin was different. The bamboo spear was especially dangerous since it pierced through his armor that was made from spiritual power.

Susanoo decided to go all out. He increased the energy surrounding him. Woojin then took the Cocktail-Demon. He had finished all the preparations he could make, but his dragon blood should have suppressed the Cocktail but he didn’t have any dragon blood now. His eyes turned red and Susanoo scoffed, “You smell of filth.”

Woojin was already charging in. Then anger and hatred from within had been awakened. Susanoo was not interested in an unconscious enemy. He ran in with a much faster speed than before. Yet Woojin reacted to it instinctively. He thrust his spear into Susanoo’s chest and Susanoo laughed, speeding up a bit more. The spear missed and hit nothing but air while the sword reached Woojin’s side. It barely made a cut and Susanoo frowned. The attack was too light. Susanoo then charged in further to push the attack but Woojin dodged it instinctively. He still received wounds but he was moving faster than his normal maximum speed. Susanoo was astonished.

It seemed like the enemy’s physical stats had outpowered their small spiritual power to move at such a speed. He had never seen an Avatar that was this fast and strong. Susanoo thought he made a good choice to come and he decided to end it soon, “Let’s finish this.”

It was only a slight difference in power but if one couldn’t overcome their limits, then there was no way to win. Susanoo thrust his sword and Woojin twisted his body so that his lung was penetrated instead. The sword got stuck and when Susanoo tried to pull it back, Woojin swung his left fist. And the fist had a large amount of spiritual power stacked on it to look like a giant’s fist. There was no way to escape.

“Damn.”