The God of Cataka

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YOOOOOOOOOO!

The arena fluttered and thumped, in addition to glittering and glowing.

"This is just the beginning" said Jyang Ryu flat-pitched. "You're in the fog."

"Regularly ordinary!" he said Shen Zhu while jerking his hands forward. "I call it…"

YOAAARRRR!

A burst of colorful light like a crescent-shaped rainbow burst forth and blasted out all the illusory figures of the twelve zodiacs.

"Heating!" Shen Zhu.

A SLAAASSSH!

Light dust scattered from the arena like a blizzard.

The audience is strangled at the same time.

When that colorful puff of light dust started to thin and settle down, all the cards had already disappeared.

Shen Zhu twirled all his swords with both hands and when he lowered them in one hand, the sword had already returned to its original state. Return to one sword and without chains.

Jyang Ryu smiled obliquely and landed on the floor. "Just a little bit more nimble," he said scornfully. "Don't know how long you've spent, or how hard you've been practicing, if your abilities only got here, you're not qualified to be an heirloom god."

"You're in such a hurry to get beat up?" shen Zhu snorted back.

"Show me your signature style!" challenge Jyang Ryu while swinging his spear to the side.

BLAAAAARRRH!

The arena floor again became a tempestuous ocean.

Shen Zhu smiled obliquely and pulled one leg back, then bowed and bent his knees in a stance of horses. One hand stretched out to the side wielding a sword.

The ocean on the floor turned into blood.

The spectators were suffocating.

"Petaka Column!" muttered one of the elders.

Bao Hu laughed in his heart. A little like me, her heart. I underestimated it too!

Jyang Ryu flicked his finger. The sea of blood on the floor swerved and swirled. "You have a lot of very rare gifts of talent" he said with a face that remained flat. "So much that you can't focus. Makes you unskilled at any skill. As for me, just focused on the root cause. That way, I can take advantage of every situation."

Jyang Ryu moved his fingers on the side of the face, and instantly a blood red dragon wriggled out from the whirlpool.

YOOOOOOOOOO!

Shen Zhu chuckled thinly and soared towards the dragon while swinging his sword.

BLAAASSH!

A scythe-shaped bluish-white light burst into the eyes of the giant dragon.

Ryu suddenly staggered and raised his head like he was trying to get something out of his eyes. He already knows! he panicked a little.

In the next instant, the illusory figure of the dragon became unstable and in an instant turned into an ice statue.

Shen Zhu landed on the top of the dragon's head, then bowed to look at Ryu with a slanted smile. "It turns out your Double Eye is your main body" he snorted. "It's worth just flinching!" Then it darted and flew down towards Jyang Yue while blasting his sword.

Jyang Ryu threw his spear up to hold Shen Zhu's sword.

Two different colored light domes exploded from the tip of their respective weapons. The two weapons intertwined and pushed each other.

YOAAARRRR!

The explosion returned.

The arena building again shook and swayed. A rumbling sound dominated the entire room.

The dragon statue exploded and Shen Zhu was thrown into the air. He set his foot against the wall then bounced himself into the middle of the arena and lunged again towards Ryu while throwing a chain from his palm.

Ryu managed to ambush his chain and jerk it, but simultaneously, Shen Zhu swung his sword.

A TRAAAAANG!

Ryu managed to fend it off with his spear, but again Shen Zhu had already prepared a backup plan.

Ryu threw it back.

Then they both hit the wall.

YOAAARRRR!

The walls of the arena that had been coated in the protective realm remained exploding.

The spectators were shocked.

The two participants landed together with gasping breaths. Then put the horses back on.

Ryu again tapped his spear on the floor, and again the floor turned into an ocean.

Shen Zhu jumped out of the water then set one foot on the surface of the water and in an instant the ocean turned into ice.

Jyang Ryu smiled obliquely. "You think it's influential?" he sneered while swinging his spear upwards.

Suddenly the sky above the open arena was suddenly cloudy. Dark clouds roll up followed by lightning and thunderbolts, then spill the rain.

"Want to fight magic?" Shen Zhu flicked his sword and once again a clanking sound blared like a giant bell. Then a rainbow glow gushed to the tip of his sword to penetrate the sky and make the whole place bright. Then when the light dimmed, the rain stopped and a rainbow stretched over the arena.

The audience was amazed.

"Did your Double Eyes just make you a magician and a braggart?" the Scorn of Shen Zhu.

"There is no need to rush" Ryu said, moving his fingers again on the side of his face. A lightning rope radiated from his palm. "Just feel it slowly" he said.

"It turns out he also has a double element!" yell out a jury.

"He just got it out!" the other timpal.

"Unless of card tricks, I haven't felt an attack!" refute Shen Zhu while putting up the horses again.

Ryu hurled his lightning element into the sky. Lightning rope runs through the clouds. And when he jerked the lightning rope down, a mountain-sized ball of fire shot down like a shooting star.

The spectators were shrieked in horror.

The chief and the knights again stiffened and paled.

"The fire element too!" hiss the jury who earlier looked up and gulped.

Shen Zhu again flicked his sword eyes, a bluish-white gleam shot out and along with that, Shen Zhu thrust his sword upwards.

BLAAASSH!

A laser-like light pierced through the fireball.

Shen Zhu soared and slashed about here and there while swinging his sword in a swift motion that made it look like it was twitching and moving about in an instant.

Jyang Ryu stretched his hand upwards with fingers forming claws, then clenched his head and instantly the fireball exploded and turned into a rain of fire.

The audience again suffocated in horror.

Shen Zhu twirled his body in the air and at the same time, his sword re-split itself which in an instant turned into a disc that continued to spin, the longer it got faster. A magic circle formation was created from that round, then swept out and absorbed the rain of fire above the arena.

"Your magic tricks bore me!" shen Zhu grumbled as he charged towards Ryu.

Ryu swung his spear as it soared away from Shen Zhu.

"It turns out your body is just a magic box!" scorn Shen Zhu while lunging again towards Ryu.

"Anyone here who's a knight?" sergeant Ryu twisted in the air in a salto motion. Then it landed and swept a twisting kick on the floor, just as Shen Zhu was about to land.

Shen Zhu slipped, but he quickly jumped back with a gesture of salto. Then it hit again by running as fast as lightning.

Ryu twirled his spear in front of his face like a windmill. Swirls of water shot out from his spear and charged towards Shen Zhu.

"Another magic trick!" shen Zhu grumbled as he jumped and flew around in circles in a horizontal position. His sword extended straight ahead and thrust into the middle of the whirlpool.

YOAAARRRR!

The arena was again blown away by a burst of light and thunderbolts. Then it shook and rumbled.

Both participants disappeared from view.