"A Battle of Barbs"
Gyokko's face registered shock at the gash Muichiro Tokito inflicted on his neck, quickly replaced by a dark smile. "Don't underestimate me, you brat."
"No, no, no. I'm not underestimating you; I'm simply stating a fact," Muichiro Tokito retorted. "You'll be decapitated. My current state is ridiculously powerful; even I don't understand it."
Gyokko sneered. "That arrogant statement is underestimation, you understand? A brat barely a decade old daring to decapitate me?"
A verbal sparring match began.
Muichiro Tokito: "Even if you say that, I have no reason to respect a creature like you. Your appearance and manner of speaking are both unpleasant."
Gyokko: "With your lack of refinement, you couldn't possibly understand my elegance and style. It's like giving a maggot a book; it wouldn't understand."
Muichiro Tokito: "But you look like you were raised on excrement."
Gyokko: "Silence, maggot! Your puny Nichirin Blade will never touch my neck."
Muichiro Tokito: "That's incorrect. Didn't I just cut you? Besides, your arms are clearly shorter. Ah, I understand. You were talking to yourself. My apologies for interrupting."
Gyokko: "Hee hee hee, such childish provocation! You think that will unsettle Gyokko-sama? You'll stoop to anything to win. Shameful!"
Muichiro Tokito: "Hm? Hm? I'm curious… are your pots defective? They're completely asymmetrical. Such poor craftsmanship."
Enraged by the insult to his pottery, Gyokko roared, "Your eyes are rotten! My meticulously crafted pots are flawless! I'll unleash ten thousand assassins to gnaw you to the bone! Then, you'll become part of my artwork!"
Gyokko produced ten carp-patterned pots, summoning ten thousand sharp-toothed carp. They swarmed Muichiro Tokito, intent on devouring him.
"Blood Demon Art, Porcelain Vase Spells: Ten Thousand Gliding Slime-Fish!"
Muichiro Tokito raised his Nichirin Blade, scattering mist as he swiftly sliced through the carp.
"Mist Breathing, Sixth Form: Lunar Dispersing Mist!"
His attack decimated the carp, shocking Gyokko. "He… he cut them all! That incredible speed and range! Where did my poison go? He looks completely unaffected!"
"Unexpected, but not a problem. The carp, before turning to dust, will spray their highly toxic bodily fluids. Contact with skin will cause immediate absorption. You're finished!"
Gyokko assumed Muichiro Tokito would be hit by the toxic fluids, but Muichiro Tokito raised his blade again.
"Mist Breathing, Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash!"
Muichiro Tokito spun his Nichirin Blade, creating a wide-range attack with swirling mist, deflecting all the bodily fluids.
"What?! He used a vortex to deflect the fluids!" Gyokko was shocked. Before he could recover, Muichiro Tokito was upon him.
With a single strike, Muichiro Tokito decapitated Gyokko. However, it was only a husk; the real body had vanished.
"Escaped by shedding its skin," Muichiro Tokito sighed. "Annoying. Can you stop running to trees whenever you're in danger?"
Gyokko reappeared in a tree above him, his appearance altered.
"Let me show you my true form. You're the third to witness my true magnificence." Gyokko, now with a serpentine lower body and diamond-hard scales, looked grotesque.
"Once I get serious, no one escapes. You brat, prepare to witness my flawless magnificence! These scales, forged within the pot, are harder than diamonds!"
Muichiro Tokito stared silently at the transformed Gyokko and his bizarre words, leaving Gyokko feeling foolish.
"Say something! What's with this poker-faced brat?! You're excellent at provoking others! You brat!" Gyokko raged.
Muichiro Tokito calmly replied, "Didn't you tell me to shut up? And I'm not surprised…"
Before he could finish, Gyokko appeared before Muichiro Tokito, unleashing a punch—disproportionate to his large size.
The punch hit the ground, scattering carp. Muichiro Tokito dodged, retreating to a tree, mirroring Gyokko's earlier tactic.
Gyokko seized the opportunity. "Who said 'stop running to trees'? This is troublesome."
Brushing off some carp, Muichiro Tokito said impassively, "I just couldn't stand the stench. It was making my nose wrinkle."
"How's the power of these divine hands?" Gyokko boasted. "Anything touched by these iron fists becomes adorable carp! Not only powerful, but lightning-fast."
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