Kozagawa immediately turned back and ran towards the hill. Kozagawa ran up to the top of the hill, then jumped and took off with a hill-shattering stomp to accelerate his flying momentum. Shinra immediately moved quickly to catch up with Kozagawa. Shinra ran up the hill and used the sword chains on his two front legs to entangle Kozagawa's legs which had not yet flown high, making Kozagawa jolt to a sudden stop and almost fall. Kozagawa became furious; he flapped his wings harder, causing Shinra to be dragged forward. Shinra tried to use the claws on his hind legs as an anchor but only scratched and shattered the ground, destroying and knocking down the trees on his path. Shinra continued to be dragged until he finally crashed hard into one of the other hills making it crack and collapse. But because of that, Shinra could stop Kozagawa's movement, who tried to fly away but couldn't because Shinra stuck him. Shinra pulled Kozagawa as hard as he could. Shinra, who was anchoring on the hill, caused this hill to collapse even more and be destroyed. Finally, Shinra could pull Kozagawa, who was flying, then crashed him into and destroyed one of the other hills.
Kozagawa became even more furious; he immediately got up from the fall and ran towards Shinra, assisted by both his gigantic wings, and Shinra also immediately ran towards Kozagawa. Kozagawa gained the momentum to take off and fly low and used both talons of his feet to attack Shinra. Shinra grabbed Kozagawa's talons using the grips of his two front paws, which also had large armored claws. Kozagawa's thrust was stronger and pushed Shinra so that he fell backward; Kozagawa then trampled him. Shinra used the chain swords on all four legs to entangle Kozagawa's body and stop his movement. Shinra slammed Kozagawa aside, causing the ground to shatter. Shinra immediately got up and rotated his body to hit Kozagawa's head with his gigantic long tail, but Kozagawa parried it with his right wing. Kozagawa quickly gathered his Yokai energy again, forming red glowing patterns in the gaps of the armor joints all over his body. Kozagawa opened his beak, and red smoke billowed from his mouth, ready to shoot a red light billowed red smoke.
Shinra immediately ran towards Kozagawa and used his right foreleg to grab Kozagawa by the neck and lower beak, then pushed him so that his beak was pointing upwards. Shortly after, the red light in Kozagawa's mouth shot up into the sky. Kozagawa used both legs to kick Shinra so that Shinra fell backward and released his grip on Kozagawa's neck. Kozagawa also fell backward. They immediately got up from their fall and dashed toward each other. While running, Kozagawa slashed his left-wing toward Shinra, and Shinra lunged toward Kozagawa; their attacks collided so violently that there was a wind blast, sparks, and an earthquake.
Elsewhere, the wind blast hit Fujiyama and the others, and a momentary earthquake nearly knocked them over. Shinra's fight against Kozagawa shocks Fujiyama and the others. Ken looked amazed.
"I don't know whether to be amazed or scared to see all of these, they are really amazing!"
Ken said excitedly, attracting the attention of everyone around him. Fujiyama replied.
"Shinra can handle Kozagawa great, but we still have to help him."
Yukari nodded.
“Right, I was thinking the same thing. But, how we help Shinra in such a great fight….”
Soon enough, Yuma slithered toward them, straightening up like a snake about to peck. Yuma's arrival caught the attention of Fujiyama, Makoto, Shu, Ken, and Yukari; they immediately got into their stances, ready to attack with their respective Yokai weapons, except for Fujiyama, who was not affected.
“I know how to help Shinra.”
The others turned to Fujiyama with astonished expressions. Yuma, in front of them, said.
“Now you all can't escape anymore! I will….”
Yuma had not finished speaking, Fujiyama bursted out eight soul chains from his right and left forearms, and another eight red soul chains from his back, which entangled the other soul chains and made them red. Fujiyama controlled these red soul chains, which then shot toward Yuma.
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Back to Shinra and Kozagawa's fight. Kozagawa slashed his right wing at Shinra, successfully hitting him in the head and sending Shinra reeling. Kozagawa continued to attack by slashing his left wing, but Shinra caught it with his right armored front paw and stopped its movement. Shinra appears increasingly tired of maintaining his Demigod form. Kozagawa slashed his right wing, and Shinra caught it with his left armored front paw, now firmly gripping both of Kozagawa's wings. Shinra opened his mouth and concentrated his Yokai energy, about to shoot an explosive light ball from his mouth. Kozagawa immediately raised his body while kicking at Shinra, causing Shinra to fall backward and crash into the hill behind him. Kozagawa immediately moved towards Shinra while concentrating his Yokai energy, causing red light patterns to form all over his armored body. Kozagawa jumped at Shinra and stepped on him, rendering Shinra unable to move. Kozagawa was about to shoot an explosive red-light ball aimed straight at Shinra below him. Shinra also immediately concentrated his Yokai energy, emitting faint blue light patterns to form all over his armored body, to shoot a faint blue light ball of his Yokai energy at Kozagawa, but there was no time.
Yuma, who Fujiyama controlled above Yuma’s head, quickly crept up from behind Kozagawa. Yuma bit Kozagawa's nape using his mandible mouth that resembled a twin single-edge curved sword and turned Kozagawa's head slightly to the right. Soon a red light ball shot from Kozagawa's mouth and crashed into the hill near Shinra, only a few tens of meters away, shattering the hill. Shinra was startled and immediately grabbed Kozagawa’s wings. Kozagawa's body was held down by Shinra and Yuma, leaving him unable to move, even though he kept trying to struggle. Shinra shot a faint blue light ball from his mouth that hit Kozagawa and immediately exploded out of black smoke and flames. Kozagawa stagnates because of this; Fujiyama then controls Yuma to throw Kozagawa backward hard and smashes the ground. Receiving those two attacks, Kozagawa now lay motionless on the shattered ground.
Shinra immediately stood on all fours while looking intently at Kozagawa. Black smoke began to billow slightly from Shinra's body, indicating that he was starting to run out of energy to maintain his Demigod form. Yuma, who Fujiyama controlled, stood next to Shinra expressionlessly. Fujiyama said.
"Are you okay Shinra?"
Shinra's breath hitched a little.
“Yeah, but I'm almost at my limit I wish this was over.”
But Fujiyama didn't react as if he had realized something. On the other hand, Kozagawa was still able to stand, even though he wasn't stable enough, surprising Shinra.
“You must feel like you've won. I'm holding back due to fighting fellow Yokais, but now I'm running out of patience....”
Shinra's expression turned surprised, and he then turned toward Fujiyama.
"What the hell, holding back he said?"
Fujiyama replied.
"Didn't you realize that he hasn't used his elemental control all along?"
Shinra looked at Fujiyama with a bit of surprise.
“Now that you mention it… I was too focused on attacking him that I forgot about it.”
Fujiyama replied.
“There is a reason why he was given the nickname “The Flame Crow”.”
Kozagawa spread his two wings, and the black flames on both wings immediately enlarged to form like wings, making the two wings now double in size, and the burning part of the wings also sent out a gray-black smoke which now also doubled in size, billowing around his body and up. What Kozagawa did surprised everyone presents here. Kozagawa said.
“Elemental control technique, “Fire Wings”.”
Kozagawa slashed his right-wing forward; black flames and grayish-black hot smoke on his right-wing gushed rapidly toward Shinra and Yuma. Fujiyama immediately controlled Yuma to dodge to the left, while Shinra dodged to the right. The jet of black flames burned the hills and forest in its path, but as soon as Kozagawa withdrew his wings, the scorching black flames were also attracted back to Kozagawa's right burned wing, leaving scorched marks of trees in his path and destroying the hills.
Kozagawa’s attack was so fast; Shinra, who was unprepared, caught him off guard so that the black flames hit the armor on his right shoulder. The burned parts of Shinra's armor turned scorched gray and soon collapsed into grains. Shinra was surprised to see this. Shinra thought.
"What's with that black flames? My armor shattered as soon as it hit.”
On the other hand, Fujiyama, who was controlling Yuma, looked fine.
“Damn, at this rate, he's going to burn this whole area down.”
Shinra, whose body slightly emits black smoke, moved closer to Fujiyama's side. The part of Shinra’s armor previously shattered by the black flames billowed white smoke and started regenerating.
"Do you have any plan Fujiyama?"
Fujiyama replied.
"We shouldn't approach him when he's in that mode."