Chapter 58 - The Dragon God Trial - Part 3 (1/2)
With 64 Stone Dragon Warriors surrounding him, Mesa readied his next move to clear this stage. Summoning 3 shadow clones, all four of them summoned the Susanoo. Two of which were purple and two were orange. With the Susanoo's all being encased in armor but only the upper bodies. The two purple Susanoo's started shooting purple arrows made of Profound Energy at the Stone Dragon Warriors, while the two orange Susanoo's were using the Yasaka Magatama and shooting them with it. This became like a turkey shoot and in no time at all, all 64 Stone Dragon Warriors were gone. After that all the clones dispersed and Mesa took out another Senzu bean and ate it.
[”Stage 6 complete. Time of completion: Days: - Time: 00:07:32 ”]
And then 128 lights appeared and out of it came 128 Stone Dragon Warriors. Taking out a bunch of Flying Raijin kunai's, he started throwing them around the arena and dodging the Stone Dragon Warriors. In the end, he had thrown hundreds of Flying Raijin kunai's and took out the Yamato. With the Yamato in hand and the Flying Raijin kunai's on the ground, he started teleporting around and slashing every Stone Dragon Warrior in pieces. Even though the Stone Dragon Warriors were using their spears, shields, swords, hammers, axes and whatnot to deflect or protect against the Yamato. But it would just go through it all like a glowing hot knife through butter and cut the Stone Dragon Warriors to pieces. Every time he would teleport to one kunai, he would slash the nearest Stone Dragon Warrior with the Yamato or when they were too far, he would use the String-String Fruit's Overheat, send out a concentrated bundle of superheated strings from his hand and use it as a whip to destroy a Stone Dragon Warrior. He would continue on like this until all the Stone Dragon Warriors were gone.
[”Stage 7 complete. Time of completion: Days: - Time: 00:17:45 ”]
And then 256 lights appeared that transformed into 256 Stone Dragon Warriors. Everywhere he looked around him he was surrounded by Stone Dragon Warriors. Staying calm, he pulls back his arms and crosses them in front of his body. A few seconds later, he swings out his arms and full speed and punches the air around him. Next thing you know, the air shatters like glass and the cracks keep getting bigger and bigger before disappearing. And then, a devastating shockwave speeds out from Mesa's position and goes through all the Stone Dragon Warriors, pulverizing them all to tiny little bits. After that, Mesa took out a Senzu bean, ate it and clapped his hands together, in preparation for the penultimate wave.
[”Stage 8 complete. Time of completion: Days: - Time: 00:18:00 ”]
And then 512 lights appeared that turned into 512 Stone Dragon Warriors. But this wave had archers in their midst. There were spear and shield Stone Dragon Warriors, great sword Stone Dragon Warriors, axe Stone Dragon Warriors, hammer Stone Dragon Warriors and now longbow Stone Dragon Warriors that would shoot out great stone arrows from afar. Teleporting himself to a kunai that was not completely surrounded by Stone Dragon Warriors, Mesa entered Sage Mode and initiated one of his most powerful moves in his arsenal.
SAGE ART: WOOD STYLE: TRUE THOUSAND HANDS
And out of the ground under him, a wooden statue that is a 1000m big erupts out of the ground with Mesa riding on top of it. Thousands of hands originate from the statue's back in countless concentric rows, while its two main hands are clasped, as if in prayer. The Stone Dragon Warriors, devoid of any concept of fear or retreat, charge ahead recklessly and shoots their arrows at the statue. Mesa also charged ahead, riding on top of the statue, yelling at the top of his lungs, using the True Thousand Hands most powerful technique.
”AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! BRING IT ON!!!!! ARTIFACT OF THE BUDDHA!!!!” Yells out Mesa as the thousand hands behind the statue launch themselves at the Stone Dragon Warriors. Wherever they landed, an explosion occurred and with all the hands landing in quick succession of each other, a massive chain of explosions occurred that completely changed the landscape. As the dust settled, what was visible was a massive wooden statue surrounded by a bombed out, crater filled landscape littered with the stone remains of the 512 Stone Dragon Warriors. Taking out another Senzu bean, he quickly eats it, regaining all his lost energy.
[”Stage 9 complete. Time of completion: Days: - Time: 00:35:42 ”]
”AMAZING!!!! SIMPLY AMAZING!!! I have never seen such a monstrous amount of power and talent in anyone of the challengers who have taken this trial! Your performance has been nothing but heaven defiantly amazing! You are the one who has defeated the nine waves of Stone Dragon Warriors the fastest out of everyone who has ever taken this trial! But the next and final wave will be the most difficult one. As a sign of goodwill, I shall give you 1 minute to prepare yourself. Good luck and may you successful.” Said the Primordial Azure Dragon.
'Now then, let's see you how you will do against this next one. If anything, it will be even more amazing than the last one.' Thought the Primordial Azure Dragon to itself as it waited in anticipation for the tenth wave to start.