The headless horseman Dullahan is said to be the messenger of Kerulennos, the god of forest and fertility in Celtic mythology, and some are even considered to be his incarnation.
The god of agriculture has both the godhead of Hades and resurrection. There are examples of this in the myths of many civilizations - for example, Osiris, the god of plants and agriculture in ancient Egypt, also has the god of fertility. He became the master of the underworld and the eternal king who guides the dead.
Krulenos also has a similar nature. He is not only in charge of hunting and agriculture, but also in charge of death and bloody sacrificial rituals.
Therefore, Li Wu hoped to give this blood duel the meaning of "human sacrifice" by arranging the venue and seduce Du Lahan who was wandering nearby.
Of course, he didn't really want to sacrifice the Teraiya siblings. After all, his purpose was to defeat or capture the Headless Horseman.
After Li Wu announced the start of the duel, and retreated to a corner of the factory with Airisa.
The fight for inheritance began.
The daggers and daggers intertwined with sharp cold light and made a sonorous sound. The shurikens thrown almost at the same time whirled and collided with golden sparks before their masters could fight each other, and were blown aside by the strong wind caused by the ninja before they hit the ground.
The evenly matched scene only lasted for a moment. Rika Teraya turned the blade lightly, deflected Teraya Mahiro's vertical cut, and used this force to kick her brother's knee.
Mahiro Terayama retreated in time to avoid the kick, but his posture was also damaged. After retracting his leg, his opponent immediately swung his left fist towards the wide open door like lightning.
The battle between Li Wujiang's ninjas can't help but be compared with the Tengu they encountered before. Although they are of different races, they all belong to the type that prefers to use martial arts to fight the enemy.
However, Tengu is more like an orthodox warrior, and his miraculous swordsmanship still impresses him to this day. In fact, Rika Terayama does not stick to the short sword in her hand during the battle, but has a sneaky and changeable fighting style.
He relied on the ability of [Pure Eye] to taste and absorb the skills displayed by the two.
The fierce punch hit Mahiro Teraya's chest without any fancy, as if a floating scene that only existed in fighting games appeared in reality. The short ninja was blasted high into the air by a strong force. His usually expressionless face also became distorted.
"Got you!"
As if to vent his pain, he shouted angrily, and without adjusting his posture, he swung his sword directly towards Teraya Rika Mirai's left hand before she could retract it.
The kunoichi's fist turned and opened, revealing the shuriken held between her fingers. With a slight flick of her wrist, it shot out like a poisonous snake at a very close range.
The black flying object hit the side of the blade, changing its trajectory. Seizing this moment of opportunity, Teraya Rika cut into Teraya Mahiro's sword circle, and the short sword held in her right hand struck with the handle from bottom to top. His wrist.
Then, a short knife flew out in a spin, which seemed to indicate the victory or defeat.
"You have already lost, brother."
Rika Teraya made a beautiful sword twist, her long ponytail floating slightly. She took a deep breath and made a zanshin gesture, pointing the tip of the blade at Mahiro Teraya who had lost his weapon.
"Is this how they decide the winner?"
Airisa asked softly in Li Wu's ear.
"I don't think so." Li Wu shook his head, "When Poker Face is about to lose, it's time to start talking harshly. He was like this last time, but now that he hasn't started talking harshly, he should still have to fight."
"Classmate Li Wu gave other people strange nicknames..."
And if they want to decide the winner like this, it will completely fail to achieve the purpose of attracting the Headless Horseman.
Teraya Shinhiro twitched the corner of his mouth and showed a smile that looked a little weird due to very little practice: "I remember sister, you told me when you were a child that a ninja's fighting style should use all possible means, and use everything for victory. The power you have gained, otherwise you would not be worthy of being a child of the Terayama family?”
Upon hearing this argument, both Airisa and Terayama Rika changed their expressions.
The former was lost in thought, but the latter's reaction was quite strange. Rather than being criticized for how harsh he had been before by his younger brother, it was more like his face turned red and his whole body trembled as if someone had revealed a dark history.
"Isn't this attitude actually the truth?"
Li Wu said to himself with a strange expression.
Terayama Mahiro continued: "I have now deeply understood the meaning of this sentence, so I will not give up easily!"
As if by magic, something shining with cold light suddenly appeared in his hand.
There was no doubt that it was a pistol.
Without hesitation, he aimed at his sister's head and pulled the trigger.
The sound of gunfire echoed in the empty factory building, but the two people watching the battle did not see the gunfire.
Because the white smoke suddenly spread around the sphere that landed at Terayama Rika's feet, hiding the two people in the center of the field in the mist.
"It's really yours, sister. Is this the Ninjutsu Kirigakure no Jutsu you talked about when you were a kid?"
Only vague figures could be seen, holding guns in both hands and guarding the surroundings.
"No! Forget what I said at that time! This is a ninjutsu and smoke bomb."
"Is this what fighting between ninjas is like?"
Airisa couldn't help but ask.
"This is indeed very ninja style, compared to cutting with swords." Li Wu praised, "But how did Sister Teraiya launch an attack in the smoke?"
A figure attacked the gun-wielding figure from behind. Terayama Shinhiro seemed to feel something and suddenly dodged the sword light.
"Ninjutsu·Protective mask! Ninjutsu·Infrared camera!"
Hearing Teraya Rika's call, Li Wu looked up at the camera he had glimpsed on the ceiling when he was installing the jack-o'-lantern.
He thought it was a device left by the previous factory owner that had not been dismantled, but it turned out that she had installed it in advance?
How competitive are these siblings?
Continuous body collisions and gunshots were heard in the smoke, and Teraya Mahiro could be heard roaring: "I will defeat you and inherit the name of the Teraya family!"
"I don't care about that kind of stuff!"
After the battle turned into chaos, the simple ritual venue constructed with bloody fake human heads seemed to be injected with something. A sense of fullness emerged out of thin air inside the factory, making people feel as if they were Right in the stomach of the giant beast.
One of the figures was thrown out by the other with a throwing skill and fell to the ground.
Rika Terayama walked out of the slowly fading smoke, raised the gun she had captured, and aimed at Mahiro Teraya: "This time the winner is really decided."
Teraya Mahiro clenched his fists unwillingly, hammered the concrete floor a few times, and finally squeezed out the words: "I lost."
At the moment when the "sacrifice" of this "sacrifice ceremony" decided the winner.
Bloody, barbaric, a taste that can be described in all such words descended on this place.
The factory door that was originally closed suddenly opened.
