Isekai Mizuki S1 - A World With Demons

Chapter 116 - Athletics Tournament II (5/5)

Kimetsu Academy Stadium, 8:00 PM

Isekai and Hakuji were ready to enter, pumped up for the Finals. "Alright, everyone! We have our two finalists for this activity! We have the up-and-coming new second-year, Soyama Hakuji!" Tengen announced, the audience cheering. Some people said "Go, Hakuji!" and others yelled that they had faith in Isekai.

"Then we have the man himself, the winner of 2029-2030's First Years' Athletics Tournament, Mizuki Isekai!" he finished, another end of the audience roaring. Black, from the distance, cheered for him. "We're rooting for you, Isekai!" she called, pumping her fist up and down. Others joined her, showing their faith in Isekai winning.

"May both competitors step up?" he requests. Hakuji and Isekai walk up, and look at each other. "You're strong. I didn't think you'd win against Muichiro, if I'm being honest," he commented, folding his arms. "Frankly, I thought the same thing. He was fast and strong, after all," Hakuji replied. "Well, let's make this a battle to remember!" Isekai said, drawing out Blades of Torment and taking a stance.

Hakuji got his fists ready and took his own stance. "That stance... it may look too extravagant, but that leaves no openings. He knows what he's doing,"  Hakuji thought, going into his own battle stance. Tanjiro, who was on the bleachers, noticed something. "That stance looks... oddly familiar..."  he thought, thinking about where he remembered seeing that stance. He shrugged it off, and just watched.

Gyomei shot a blank, and Isekai immediately flashed forward towards Hakuji. "Take this!" Isekai yells, flipkicking Hakuji. "This ends now!" he follows up, firing a swirling purple and yellow energy wave. Unfortunately, it's blocked by Hakuji deploying an ice shield. Hakuji then broke it to fight his opponent, and they both lock horns, going into a fierce bout.

"He's got fast reflexes... he'll be hard to hit...!"  he thought, backing away, then firing two Dark Bombs. Hakuji nullifies one by punching it, then throws the other one back at Isekai, who blocks it using his haori. His opponent appears behind him, and lands a clean hit to his back, following with a jumping spin kick.

"Shit! This guy's got strong limbs!"  Isekai internally commented, infusing his hand with chaos energy. He pretends to try to hit Hakuji, but he bends his knees so that he slaps the ground instead. The ground in front of him gains purple glowing cracks, and it implodes, catching Hakuji.

Infernum (The user gathers a substantial amount of Chaos energy, and releases it with a single strike. On impact with living beings, the energy immediately detonates and creates no lasting effects on the organism. On impact with terrain, cracks on the ground form in a straight line in front of the user, length is desired [costs more energy for longer range], and the energy detonates after a 0.75-2 second delay.)

Hakuji was distracted by the explosion, shielding himself with ice. Without realizing it, Isekai flickered behind Hakuji using his warping technique, and hit him with Burning Light Flash.

Burning Light Flash (The user puts their hands forward, and launches a big wave of light. Vaporizes and burns what comes in contact with it.)

Hakuji reacted quickly enough to not sustain any heavy damage, but he knows that Isekai's attack hurts. "Alright then, I'll kick it up a notch!" Isekai declared, a spiky aura enveloping his right hand. He immediately charged forward, and Hakuji tried to stop him with an ice wall. Suddenly, Isekai phased through the ice wall, the wall splitting in half immediately after.

"NOPE!" Hakuji said to himself, backing away a little. Isekai went in for another slash, and Hakuji couldn't dodge, so he tried something else. In the split second he had, he created a sword made out of toughened ice, and blocked the attack. "A sword of his own... did he train in the Sentsui dojo? No, Akaza and the swordsman destroyed that dojo after it was rebuilt. This was learned from scratch!"  Isekai questioned, thinking about the Sentsui Dojo. He shook off the thought, he enveloped his free hand in the spiky aura. "I hadn't ever planned on using this. However, it seems that this should be returned in kind! This technique... is God's Punishment!"