Volume 2 - CH 446

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10-32. The one who rules or the god of earth (soils) ?

Eight pillars dance in the air, rotating as they take aim.

One colossal pillar, octagonal in shape, emerges from the ground.

A massive arm rises, its joints moving with a grating sound.

The one who rules the earth.

One aspect of it manifests in that spot.

Though entirely made of soil, the pillars are neatly arranged and beautiful.

However, the enormous arm is grotesque, twisted in appearance.

The fingers are thin, the palm rough, the arm consisting of about four joints, lacking consistency in thickness.

Just looking at its form is somehow unsettling.

“What the hell is that?!”

“Can’t we take it down with that…? Reizen!! I’m counting on your support!”

“Roger that!”

Reizen places his hand on the ground as I grip Hakuryuzen before me.

” 【Tochigami】 !” (Land God)

“I’ll slash it away. 【Rensuiito Yari】 !” (Reamed Water Spear)

Reizen manipulates the soil, creating dozens of arms.

The ones he used against me in the Vulpan Kingdom.

The moment I confirm it, I launch the water spear straight ahead.

Reamed water spear can cut through almost anything.

With the force to overwhelm the voice of the earth’s eight pillars, I launch an attack.

“No, it’s useless, Ouren! Reizen!! Run!”

“”Hah?! Now!?””

Dacia warns us.

At that moment, I grab the massive pillar with the embedded arm.

When it is released, a colossal earth-shattering club appears.

“”No way!!””

It seems the embedded pillar was the handle of the earth-shattering club.

I try to run immediately, but there is no way I can make it in time.

If that’s the case, I have no choice but to endure that one strike by any means necessary.

“Reizen!!”

“Roger that!”

Realizing that running away is not an option, Reizen joins me in confronting the threat.

He kicks off the ground and starts running, closing in on the earth-shattering club.

I follow behind, ready in a defensive stance.

“Please spare me the debris!”

“Debris!?”

“From now on… I’ll punch it!”

Assuming a low posture, we leap.

At that moment, the earth-shattering club made of soil is swung down, but Reizen gains momentum and strikes it with his fist.

Simultaneously, fists of soil emerge from the ground, pounding the club in the same manner.

” 【Bakuken】 !” (Explosive Fist)

BHAAAAMM!

Crash!

The impact of the explosion slightly weakens the momentum, but multiple punches manage to intercept and stop the earth-shattering club.

However, the shockwave causes an explosion, shaking the ground.

But the Rensuiito yari is still intact.

Thanks to enduring this attack, it continued flying straight.

The surviving Rensuiito Yari assaults the voice of the earth, but it is caught by the fingers and stopped.

With a snap, the thread breaks, and the spear escapes backward.

The ground devours it and destroys it.

” 【Tenwari】  !”

We counterattack.

Immediately, we use our skills to launch an attack against the voice of the earth.

This attack is the only effective one.

It seems that even now, two out of the eight pillars serve as substitutes to protect the voice of the earth.

The destroyed pillar crumbles, and a new one emerges in the rear.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine!”

“You endured it well… But don’t let your guard down!”

“I understand!”

The earth-shattering club slowly rises.

With Reizen here, we might be able to endure somehow…

“…Hey, what happened to the three pillars that were floating…?”

“Eh?… Oh, those?”

There are only five pillars floating.

It’s unlikely that such conspicuous pillars would disappear so easily.

They must have been moved… but I didn’t know where they went.

Then, I heard a sound from behind.

When I turned around, three pillars were rushing from the ground like shark fins.

“” Uoooooh!””

“Don’t be surprised! Ouren! Use Tenwari!”

“Uh-Yeah! 【Tenwari】  !”

Slash!

I cleanly cut through the three pillars.

Then, a loud noise came from the direction of the voice of the earth.

A massive arm swung down.

It seems the earth-shattering club was already raised.

It didn’t seem as powerful as before, so Reizen should be able to catch it completely.

Knowing what to do, Reizen assumed a low posture and leaped again.

Thump Thump Thump

A powerful impact ran through the backs of the three of us.

“Eh?”

The pillars that should have been cut down pushed and thrust through our backs.

I wondered why but then looked at the area where I had cut the pillars.

There, shorter pieces of the pillar were rolling around.

I see.

The pillars that pushed our backs were half buried in the ground.

A massive earth-shattering club swung down.

Our positions were completely disrupted, and there was no choice but to go on the defensive.

But there was no time for that anymore.

Thud… Bhhoom!!

The ground cracked, rose up, and rocks flew high in the sky, shattered by the force of the pressure.

A single blow, more powerful than an explosion from compressed air used by the voice of the heaven, struck the three of us.

This simple attack of raising and swinging the club had such power.

The true power of the voice of the earth.

Similar to the voice of the heaven, it was not an opponent we could face head-on and expect to win.

The massive earth-shattering club was lifted.

The voice of the land confirmed the figures of the three of us deeply embedded in the heavily dented ground.