* Clash!
Goenma parried Zohakuten's sword away with his own. The sound of the two blades hitting each other rang out like lightning.
" Shimmering moon- Crescent Moon stream." Zohakuten swung his blade horizontally, and released multiple slashes that were shaped like crescent moons.
Goenma, seeing through the illusion of the moons, swung his sword twice in two diagonal directions. " Lightning cross cutter." Two streams of lightning shot out from his blade in the shape of an x and clashed against the wave of moons, before both fizzled out of existence.
Goenma drew his blade back towards his shoulders and dashed forward, leaving behind a trail of blue lightning behind as he moved.
' Such speed. The Flying Thunder god...' " Impressive." Zohakuten muttered. Zohakuten appeared to have swung his sword only one time, in a single line from side to side. However, as goenma approached, he noticed there were at least twenty different attacks all lined up together and were heading straight towards him.
Seeing the attacks, Goenma quickly started dodging left and right, and even used his blade to deflect the attacks that he couldn't avoid.
' Damn, even with my fruit, he's very fast.' Goenma noted. Though saying that, he still managed to close the distance between the two of them, and the moment they clashed a burst of lightning and haki rocketed out between the two of them.
Zohakuten and Goenma pushed against each other, their hands holding so tightly to their blades that they had turned red.
The sound of thunder thrashed the air.
Zohakuten jumped backwards from Goenma getting space to launch another attack.
" Spirit of the great moon Calamity." Zohakuten reached down and grabbed the hilt of his sword, and faster than anyone could see, sent out multiple long curved slashes, layered over one another, creating a vortex of crescent moon shaped blades.
Even those fighting nearby hadn't seen Zohakuten so much as swing his sword, before the attack started ripping apart the environment in front of him.
Goenma raised his blade over his shoulder and rushed towards the attack, still trying to close the distance. He jumped off of the ground and twirled in the air. " Flash of the dancing lightning beast." Twirling in the air, as single line of lightning sprouted from his blade in a spinning pattern. Goenma swung his blade forward and launched the spinning ball of lightning towards Zohakuten. As his attack went forward it took the shape of a bird.
" KAAAAAH!" The bird roared to life with a mighty cry.
It soared straight through Zohakuten's layered attacks and shattered them into the wind with ease.
Zohakuten's eyes widened in shock, as he watched his vortex get shredded into pieces. ' Clever.' Zohakuten's eyes narrowed, and he drew his blade again. This time, however, Goenma noted how different the feeling was.
" Moonlight- Dark Moon Palace!" With one powerful swing of his sword, Zohakuten sent out a slash so powerful, it bisected Goenma's beast in half vertically, before continuing towards Goenma himself.
' He's getting serious.' " Lightning Blade!" Concentrating his lightning onto his blade, Goenma extended the range of which his sword could reach, and with one swing he stopped Zohakuten's attack and cut it in half, forcing the attack to miss him. But the parts he didn't cut, continued forward and split the ground and nearby buildings in half, before eventually coming to a stop.
Goenma looked behind him at the devastation that last attack caused and was impressed. " Oh man, that was crazy. Good thing I didn't let that hit me, or else I might not have survived. Moonlight Zohakuten... You are one scary man." Goenma spoke. He turned back around and looked at his opponent as he stalked towards him.
" Flying Thunder God.... You are strong. But you're still holding back." Zohakuten muttered.
" Oh? You're one to talk. Sending out an attack like that, and yet... I didn't even sense a drop of haki in it." Goenma muttered.
Zohakuten smirked. He was feeling quite invigorated by this fight.
" How long has it been since, I've had this much fun? I can't remember."
" Really? That's a darn shame." Goenma joked.
" Yes, it was." Zohakuten muttered. He reached for the straps on his kimono and removed them, causing the top of his robes to tall down to is waist and revealing his bulky arms, abs, and chest.
Zohakuten was a physical specimen in his own right. His body honed through years of intense combat, training, and discipline. Unlike his brothers, Zohakuten was the only one who naturally practiced the way of the blade. There were many foes, that have been felled by Zohakuten.
" I see." Goenma muttered. He grabbed the straps to his robes and removed them as well. Zohakuten was a beast in appearance. But Goenma wasn't a slouch himself. He too, spent years honing his body and skill in the art of swordsmanship. And with the use of his devil fruit, his technique has been boosted even higher.
Zohakuten smirked when he saw Goenma. " Yes, your body is strong. No doubt, a result of the years of practice and discipline with your blade. The Lightning blade, Raikiri. A blade that has been tempered in thunder and lightning and has seen many battles. It is a fine blade with a beautiful blue hue, that accentuates the sheen of the blade. The flowing pattern along the edge of the blade, resembling lightning. And that the guard, that flashes with your eyesight, just before the blade passes through you. It is a magnificent blade indeed. Your exploits are known far and wide."
" I'm honored that you know so much about my blade. She really is special." Goenma muttered.
" Yes." Zohakuten agreed. " But... My blade is even more special. Kyokokukamusari was bathed in the ocean and blessed by the lady of the moon. It's in her bright and beautiful name that my blade cuts through her enemies. Her light radiates through the dark of night." Zohakuten told the man. Zohakuten raised his sword up horizontally, until the hilt was right in front of his face. It was then that his haki flowed through his blade, turning his purple blade black, but revealing on the blade patterns of the moon. " Now, then.... Let me show you the brilliance of the Moonlight blade- Kyokokukamusari- The Hollow cry of the Godless! I am Zohakuten, The Moonlight blade, and I have never known defeat." With a wave of his sword, Zohakuten cut a long whole in the ground behind him.
Goenma stared at Zohakuten, sensing the obvious change in his intent. Before then he was clearly testing him, seeing if he was worthy to fight seriously. But now, his aura had changed. He was dead set on killing him with his full power.
" Very well. I will show you, why they call me... " Goenma stated. He channeled his haki through his blade, while at the same time, allowing lightning to overtake his entire body. His bangs, that flowed down his face, stood upwards as lightning flowed through his hair. His legs grew into large and sharp bird like talons, made of lightning. One of his eyes was completely covered in lightning. " The Flying Thunder God."
*Doom!
To Be Continued!!!!
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Oh boy, Goenma and Zohakuten are ready to get serious, damn!
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