Ibiki Suika VS Cero Tecla: The Battle Of The Oni VS The Beast! [Platinum Heart Tournament Arc] (2024)

Artist: Magnus opus - Song: 高瀬 - 信仰は儚き人間の為に Word Count: 1011

There was a slight chuckle that escaped the lips of Ibiki when her opponent began scattering various replicas of himself across the battlefield. The Menacing Devil Girl couldn't help but believe that she had the edge on her foe if they were resorting to such tactics right off the gate. After all, how many clones did it take to take down one little oni girl? Oh well. All Ibiki needed to do was make sure she was on top of her sensory abilities in order to keep track of these pesky little replicas.

So, it is with a deep sigh that The Devil Girl achieved an internal focus and began feeling out the environment around her. Thanks to the amount of spiritual particles that were scattered in the area thanks to her little meditative session, Ibiki could latch on to them and achieve an otherworldly sense of perception. Through this means would she then be able to monitor each of the clones and begin deciphering where the real one would originate from.

"Hide and seek? Fun. I used to be the top player of that little game back in my days in the Rukongai districts."

There was a sense of amusem*nt and teasing nature felt in the voice of Ibiki as she let out a playful giggle after speaking. With one eye open, The Menacing Devil Girl understood where her foe was located and could simply lock-on to his energy frequency at this point. Dating back to the scattering of her spiritual energy across the field, The Captain believed she had perceived the energy frequency of Cero Telca because each of his clones had a similar wavelength, but his stood out as the one being repressed.

Henceforth, she'd place her bets on latching on to this energy signature and flash stepping directly in front of the true Cero. With her right fist already co*cked, The Oni Girl moved at break-neck speeds that may very well catch The Ziamichi Quincy off guard. For in the time it took to blink, she'd unleash a flurry of punches to each of his jaws. Then, in another blink, another combo of strikes straight to his chest and abdomen. Followed by that, a swift roundhouse kick to the face would conclude things and she'd leap backwards to cover ground.

Altogether, each of these strikes were capable of clearing out large chunks of the earth, so it goes without saying that The Beast of Sound would have his durability "soundly" tested. For the injuries that he could face were great enough to crack bones, rupture organs and lower his overall health and speed due to the strain placed on his body. Not only that, but with her spiritual energy being active, each of these strikes were also capable of penetrating his spirit and damaging the flow of inner energy within Cero's body. This, in turn, would make it more difficult to summon attacks as it would be similar to taking physical damage, but more toward his supernatural capacities.

So, with that said, The Menacing Devil Girl would then follow this all up with aiming to capture Cero within a series of chains associated with her Zanpukto. Ergo, from every side he'd be ensnared by the grip of hundreds of chains yearning to capture his limbs, neck, torso, and waist within its grasp. Then, if her prey was snatched up, Ibiki planned to increase the grip to the point of constricting his body and forcing a a tremendous amount of pressure on it. Combined with the fact it was feeding off of Ibiki's energy, and the matter of its durability being on par with The Oni GIrl's own body due to it being a reflection of her spirit, this would be quite the tricky situation for him to get out of if he did fall for such a tactic.

All the while, The Oni Captain would also target his other replicas and intend to dispose of them post-haste. Due to the fact that her Zanpukto could produce lengthy extensions of its chains for large distances, it wasn't out of the picture that she could pin-point each of the clones location and then send these speared bonds of iron towards their location. Acting like daggers, dozens of these projectiles sought to stab through every orafice of the clones body in order to render them neutralized and placed out of the fight.

Thus, if Ibiki had her way, she wasn't going to waste time fighting against shadows of her opponent. That isn't what she came to this tournament to do. Which is why she would then focus in on Cero once more and begin increasing the grip her chains had if he were caught in their grasp. The strain, at this point, would be more than enough to pop his bones like eggshells and potentially force him to give up the brawl; lest he desire to be a popped cork.

In that matter would she then begin following up with another bundle of punches directed at his wrist, mid arm, shoulders, jaws, chin, gut and lungs in order to put The Beast of Sound under further pressure. Altogether, he'd have the berserk force of a Menacing Devil clawing down at his body in order to bring him crumbling to ashes. Each strike was akin to taking explosive blast capable of taking out many meters of earth away from the environment and the damage was all solely focused on the boys body.

If he was strong enough to take the title of beast, then he'd better have the strength to back that claim up! He was now dealing with The Oni Girl and she wanted to see what this fabled beast was capable. So, this little devil girl was going to test him and put him through the ringer. If he failed this? Then he just wasn't wroth her time to begin with.

"Now, are you ready to give up, or are you ready for another round, my beloved opponent?"