# 952
Chapter 953: Rain God and Lady Wu
Amemiya Haruki stood in the torrential rain in a black kimono, gripping a long blade, his sharp eyes fixed on the terrifying giant silhouette on the misty mountain peak. He bit down hard on his tongue tip, the salty metallic taste of blood instantly filling his mouth. Lowering his head, he spat a mist of blood onto the [Rainfall Collapse] in his hand. Mixed with the surrounding rainwater, it adhered to the blade's surface, and the originally deep-blue blade quickly displayed an eerie crimson hue.
He turned the blade's edge toward the puddle gathering at his feet and thrust downward with force!
In the water's reflection, a white-haired, white-robed blade spirit, also wielding a [Rainfall Collapse], struck the water's surface simultaneously with Amemiya Haruki. The shadows of the two long blades merged perfectly together.
Boom—!!
An invisible wave of pressure erupted from Amemiya Haruki as its center. His blood-stained black kimono fluttered violently in the rain, and his black hair began visibly turning ash-white. An indescribable divine aura emanated from those cold eyes.
The blade spirit in the water's reflection began merging with Amemiya Haruki's shadow.
Amemiya Haruki took a deep breath, instantly pulling the [Rainfall Collapse] from the puddle. With a powerful push against the ground, his figure vanished into the reflection of a single raindrop, hurtling toward the corpse god on the mountaintop at astonishing speed!
Seeing this scene, Furuhara Yoshiki stared in shock, mouth agape.
At that moment, Yuzuri Nana beside him bit her lip, quickly slung the wooden crate onto her back, grabbed his wrist, and ran down the mountain.
"Run!" Yuzuri Nana's eyes in the storm were filled with sorrow and resolve. "Brother Amemiya has entered the Rain God state! Every second we stay here, he burns through a massive amount of his lifespan! Run!"
Dragged by Yuzuri Nana, Furuhara Yoshiki could only quickly change direction and dash away.
Yuzuri Nana reached into her怀中 and pulled out a blue-gray game controller. Her fingers flew across the buttons in rapid succession:
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A.
When the final button was pressed, the blue-gray game controller transformed into a faint light, streaking toward the horizon and vanishing into the rain.
Grade E item, [Call Controller].
...
On another side of the mountain.
Hoshimi Shota coughed as he rose from the rain. Seeing the fearless black-clad figure charging toward the mountaintop, he froze.
"Amemiya?" His eyes went wide. "Has he gone mad? Going alone with just one Magatsu Blade to fight that thing?! Lady Wu! Let's go! We have to help him!"
Without hesitation, Hoshimi Shota grabbed the red long blade at his waist and sprinted toward the peak.
Before he could take two steps, a graceful figure draped in vermillion red haori reached out to stop him.
"Shota, it's too dangerous for you to go." Lady Wu's bewitching eyes gazed earnestly at Hoshimi Shota. "Though you are my blade master, you're just an ordinary high school student. Any stray battle damage could drag you into an irretrievable abyss."
"But I can't just abandon him!"
"That's precisely why he's doing this—so you can all escape safely. If you turn back, everything he's doing becomes meaningless."
Looking at the conflict written all over Shota's face, Lady Wu's expression softened. She took his hand and spoke gently: "Shota, didn't you always want to know why I insisted on making you my blade master?
If you can make it to the foot of the mountain within ten minutes, I'll tell you... But if you fail, there will be punishment waiting for you.
This is today's game."
Lady Wu released Shota's hand and stepped back two paces. She stood still in the rain, her vermillion red haori swaying in the wind. A smile appeared on her face.
"So then, my blade master, Hoshimi Shota... are you ready to begin today's game?"
Hoshimi Shota stared at her for a long moment, then turned to look at the black-clad figure about to reach the peak. An unprecedented conflict appeared in his eyes, but finally he made his decision and turned to charge down the mountain.
"I'll keep myself safe." Shota's voice echoed through the rain. "You bring Brother Amemiya back alive!"
Watching Shota sprint down the mountain, Lady Wu's smile grew more pronounced. She turned back toward the terrifying giant silhouette on the peak, and her smile gradually faded.
She let out a cold snort, then slammed both feet into the ground, shattering a large section of the mountainside. Her figure rocketed upward like a cannonball, streaking toward the apex of Mount Fuji.
...
At the mountaintop.
The sky-blocking black corpse god faced the direction where the others were fleeing. Terrifying divine power churned within the fissure, as if about to burst forth at any moment.
Just then, a drop of rainwater slipped down to the very front of the corpse god. In its curved surface, a black-clad figure was rapidly enlarging!
Clang—!!
A deep-blue blade light slashed out from the rain, striking precisely beneath the corpse god's lower jaw. The nearby rainwater rolled up around the blade light, transforming into a towering rain dragon that came roaring forth!
This single strike caused the corpse god's head to jerk upward. Red threads of destruction恰好 burst from the fissure, grazing the mountainside and shooting into the sky, bisecting the distant city ruins and the heavens in a deafening explosion that echoed across the horizon.
The white-haired Amemiya Haruki gripped the blade with both hands, his body half-suspended in the sky. The blade's edge aimed at the corpse god's head, he struck again!
Boom!!
The corpse god's right hand, moving at speeds too fast for the naked eye to track, came slamming down onto Amemiya Haruki like a building-sized palm compressing the air with a low rumble. It smashed him directly into the shattered mountain beneath!
Amemiya Haruki gripped the handle with all his strength, barely managing to keep the [Rainfall Collapse] from flying out of his grasp. His back broke through the mountainside, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.
If he hadn't merged with the blade spirit and entered the Rain God state, this single blow would have been enough to end his life.
Before Amemiya Haruki could climb out of the mountain debris, the corpse god raised its sky-blocking foot and crashed it down toward where he lay scattered in the rubble, as if to crush a卑微渺小的 ant beneath its heel.
A vermillion red figure streaked across the sky!
Lady Wu's fist pierced through the rain curtain in an instant, slamming into the corpse god's descending foot. Her fist tip struck the surface flowing with black liquid, producing a deafening clash of metal and iron. Simultaneously, a visible shockwave erupted between her fist and the giant foot!
Lady Wu's feet shattered the ground beneath her!
That pale, slender hand actually managed to withstand the corpse god's sky-blocking giant foot. Lady Wu's vermillion red haori raged in the fierce wind. Those bewitching fox eyes of hers blazed with fierce fighting spirit!
In an instant, Lady Wu's fist actively shifted downward by a fraction, creating the slightest gap between her fist and the giant foot. Then she swung again.
Boom—!!
This punch actually caused the corpse god's massive body to reel backward. It lifted its foot and stepped down onto the mountainside, barely managing to stabilize its enormous form.