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56. Waterloo, Sakurai's defeat

Go for it in style, [me]!

Facing the gigantic Kayakashi, which was over ten meters tall, Sakurai gripped his eight-sided bright silver hammer and vanished from his spot in an instant.

With a loud bang, Sakurai reappeared, raising his hammer and violently colliding with Kayako's twisted, pale hand.

The disproportionately large force instantly blasted Kayako's palm apart.

The hammer, carrying an intense burning sensation, instantly flipped Kayako to the ground.

Undeterred by his advantage, Sakurai, with a cold expression, continued to strike with his octagonal, bright silver hammer.

The relentless, ferocious bombardment relentlessly pounded Kayako's body, swiftly and cleanly turning her massive, ten-meter-tall form into a bloody pulp.

The sound of the hammer striking the meat, so close to the incredibly firm sound of hand-beaten beef balls, drowned out the bubbling noise.

Even so, the giant Kayako's body healed faster than Sakurai could destroy it.

If Sakurai hadn't launched a series of attacks after gaining the upper hand, Kayako might have already regained her mobility and turned the tables on Sakurai.

"What a troublesome guy," Sakurai muttered to himself, his eyes growing even colder.

at this point--

The first characteristic of the "unspeakable" level ghost story has already been revealed to Sakurai: this completely unreasonable regenerative ability.

It can even be equated with immortality.

Perhaps this was also part of Kayako's plan. In legend, there is a sea serpent called Hydra.

It has nine heads, and if one of them is cut off, two more heads will immediately grow back.

The great hero Hercules faced the Hydra, a nine-headed serpent whose heads could endlessly regenerate.

Even Hercules, who had already defeated the invulnerable Nemian Lion and cut off his skin to wear as armor, was still a formidable opponent.

They were helpless when faced with the Hydra's constantly regenerating heads and the immortal head in the middle.

Later, when his nephew handed him a torch, Hercules burned the wounds on the severed heads with the torch before finally defeating them.

Just like the story of Hercules, in a sense, fire has an innate ability to restrain immortality and regeneration.

However, in the battle against Kayako's clones, in order to deal with the clones which had almost no upper limit, Sakurai continuously activated Hundred Blossoms: Blazing Soul Devouring in order to kill as many as possible, ultimately causing Aragami-gi to temporarily fall into silence.

Now that Sakurai has lost the Flame of Soul, he has no leverage to stop Kayako's regenerative abilities.

Are we at a complete loss now?

With another hammer blow, Sakurai, certain that Kayako's regeneration hadn't decreased by even a fraction of Planck's time, realized that his efforts were futile.

There is no possibility other than working yourself to death.

Although it would be quite difficult for Sakurai's unique physique to work himself to death.

In short, after realizing that his current fighting was futile, Sakurai did not hesitate to put away his octagonal bright silver hammer and leap backward.

He got up and landed a little over ten meters away from Kayako.

That is, the position of Kayako.

In the few seconds that Kayako stopped in Sakurai's sights, her body, which had been almost smashed to pieces, was completely healed. She crawled toward Sakurai on all fours in an extremely contorted posture.

Are we at a loss?

"It's still a long way off."

After asking and answering his own question, Sakurai casually swung out his octagonal, gleaming silver hammer.

A large amount of blood gushed out from the crack in his palm, splattering everywhere.

The octagonal bright silver hammer, spinning rapidly in the air, destroyed Kayako's legs with unstoppable force.

Just as Sakurai had thought, the octagonal bright silver hammer, imbued with his blood, successfully delayed Kayako's healing process.

Seizing the opportunity, Sakurai drew his dormant Arakami Fang from his waist, clenched his fist, and aimed directly at Kayako's arm.

Even though it has fallen into silence, the Aragami Fang, forged from the divine core of the Aragami, inherently has a great restraining effect on spiritual bodies.

It remains an invincible weapon against spirits.

With a single punch, Kayako's pale arm was shattered in an instant.

This also slowed down Kayako's self-healing speed.

He caught the octagonal silver hammer that flew back to him, and with his superb dynamic vision, Sakurai saw Kayako's every move clearly.

Her flailing arms couldn't catch the agile and perceptive Sakurai at all.

With a deafening roar, the flying octagonal silver hammer once again shattered Kayako's skull.

But that's just a drop in the ocean.

From just now until now, he simply...

They failed to launch even a single effective attack against Kayako.

For the first time, Sakurai experienced just how troublesome an immortal body could be.

He had probably experienced the frustration of the enemies he had fought before.

What he lacks now is a means to launch a wide-ranging, high-burst attack in an instant.

At that moment, Sakurai clearly understood this.

However, even so, it's not time to give up yet.

Gripping the octagonal, bright silver hammer, Sakurai released a large amount of blood once again.

Just as Sakurai was about to repeat his old trick, a pair of pale arms appeared out of thin air and decisively grabbed Sakurai's legs. With a flash of silver light, they severed them, and Sakurai immediately broke free from the restraints.

But this brief pause was far too much for this war.

This momentary lapse resulted in a series of pale arms grabbing his hands.

Immediately following, one arm after another emerged from nothingness and grabbed Sakurai.

With a giggle, Kayako's hand, larger than a person, fell from the air and easily snatched the octagonal silver hammer from the restrained Sakurai.

Immediately following, a ferocious and venomous face appeared on his chest, staring straight at Sakurai. The instant the eight-sided bright silver hammer left his hand, Kayako subdued Sakurai.

Sakurai, whose skin was gradually turning bluish-black, was unable to move at this moment.

With a clang, the octagonal, bright silver hammer landed heavily on the ground.

Even if it wanted to fly to Sakurai's hand on its own, it would be too late now that Sakurai was completely enveloped by the pale hand.

The moment the octagonal silver hammer was taken away and Sakurai was captured by Kayako, the battle between them had already been decided.

Sakurai....

They suffered a complete defeat in the battle against Kayako Ju-on.

57. Roar once more, Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom, Blazing Soul Devourer!

So careless.

She thought that because she had her own protective barrier, she could completely ignore Kayako's control.

However, they completely overlooked the fact that the Thousand-Forged Endless Barrier only has magic immunity but no physical resistance.

If it's about physical contact, it could completely restrain my body.

If they can control me, they can then take away the octagonal bright silver hammer.

I should have guessed this possibility a long time ago, how come I only realized it now?

Sakurai belatedly realized this and felt somewhat annoyed.

It's too late for regrets now that things have come to this.

Sakurai could only accept the fact that he had lost.

The only weakness of the Self-Barrier - Thousand Hammers Refined - Endless Barrier is that if blood is not supplied within three seconds of the Eight-Sided Bright Silver Hammer leaving the palm, it will automatically dissipate.

Because I hadn't died in the battle with Kayako: Ju-on and hadn't had time to read the timeline, I had no idea this was coming.

I can't even describe myself properly; I failed to gather the most basic intelligence.

In his heart, Sakurai blamed himself for his mistake.

This is the third time; we've suffered three defeats against the same enemy.

That's incredibly embarrassing.

To be able to seize this tiny flaw and defeat me in an instant, Kayako is indeed a formidable and troublesome opponent.

But don't think that's the end of it. My biggest characteristic is that I never admit defeat when it comes to skills.

I will come back someday.

At that time, the roles of offense and defense will be reversed.

Her strength was gradually disappearing, and her skin was now almost as pale as Kayako's. Her consciousness was also about to be swallowed up and become hazy.

but...

He's not dead yet; Kayako seems to be intentionally controlling him, preventing him from resetting his state through death.

Did Kayako even consider this?

It really is...

What a formidable enemy!

We've been checkmated! We've been completely outmaneuvered.

Sakurai was fully aware of this.

In his near-dazed state, Sakurai's last sound was Kayako's triumphant laughter and...