Holy Akashic Conqueror 72 Ancestral Shrine

The entire pedestal was decorated with giant stone objects we could say, that were filled with magma. There were four of them, one at each corner of the pedestal. On the walls were carved various symbols that Lucien didn't recognize and the end of the pedestal was the actual entrance to the location where the inheritance was stored and where the Sacred Blood Stone was stored too. It was created from some kind of blue crystal that was glowing and creating a very subtle aura.

This entire place looked too magical and too imposing. But he knew that this wasn't something created by the Shi Xue Clan, they only found it when they came to the Kunlun Mountains. He could tell that from the architecture in this place. As the architecture was completely different before entering this Ancestral Site and Ancestral Shrine. Outside where that underground world was, all building were in the architecture of ancient China, here the architecture reminded something different, something unknown.

Lucien was walking through the bridge and saw one person standing in front of that entrance which was sealed away. There was an elderly man standing there, in appearance were similar to the Washuu Tsuneyoshi. He wore grey kimono with the emblem of the Washuu Clan on it and had katana hanging at his waist.

"To some extent, I was expecting that someone of your House would come here, now the only choice for us is to fight to decide final winner, don't you think also, young man?"

Said Old man, as soon as he saw Lucien entering the Ancestral Shrine and walking through the bridge. Lucien was rather surprised to hear that the Old man was expecting him, but it wasn't too unrealistic for the Washuu Clan to expect intervention from the Aeon House in this matter. This time it was serious as they were trying to practically steal the inheritance of the Shi Xue Clan and their actions were pure blasphemy in the eyes of the Aeon House.

"Forgive me rudeness for not introducing myself. My name is Washuu Tsunekashi, the Grand Elder of the Washuu Clan."

Introduced himself Grand Elder of the Washuu Clan, Washuu Tsunekashi. He was from the same generation as the Washuu Tsuneyoshi as all people in their generation have their names starting with Tsune. From what Lucien knew that he was second-in-command after the patriarch as he was Grand Elder and he was probably the sole grand elder of the clan, as the Washuu Clan wasn't a particularly huge clan.

"Lucien Etras di Aeon, Heir of the Aeon House of Sacred Devourer Ghouls."

Bowed Lucien in a similar manner, paying respect to his opponent.

"Now I would please for Elder to do the first move, please."

Said Lucien with courtesy. Some things as manners and other similar things couldn't be forgotten. Through Lucien liked it as they creating his personality and thanks to that he could proudly walk as a true nobleman.

Seeing this, Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi, smiled slightly as he was given advantage from as he could attack first. He knew that Lucien gave him this advantage because of seniority and he could be considered his senior, respectable one because he was much stronger than several elders of the Washuu Clan. together, even though they were enemies.

Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi immediately entered his Kakuja, which was in form similar to Eto and Roma, enlargening him to several meters tall giant. He looked like those ogres that Lucien fought some time ago. A year or so. His Kakuja created biological armor around him, he was tall seven meters or so, and in his hand, he was gripping huge katana made out of kagune.

Lucien entered his Kakuja V2 without a second thought as he knew that enemy this time was strong. He was covered in body armor and in his hand he was also gripping kagune katana, similarly to his opponent. In this version, his face wasn't covered, as the kakuja mask was there only from the Kakuja V3.

Then the battle started. Even though the Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi in his kakuja form was huge, it didn't reduce his speed even bit and he quickly appeared before Lucien, slashing at him with his katana. Lucien blocked the attack head-on and met with powerful force. The apparently physical power of the Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi was much higher than his, even though he was in kakuja form.

'To these were old monsters from the Washuu Clan father and grandpa talked about. I wonder what they did to gain such fearsome kakuja form. Even though it's in the type of biological armor, which is rather inconvenient, it didn't have any major flaws or openings. His kakuja is several times better than Eto's Owl form.'

Thought Lucien in his mind, as he was reminded of words of his father and grandfather who were talking about some old monsters in the Washuu Clan. It was rather fascinating how could they attain such fearsome power, without cultivation method or something. In his base form, Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi was several times weaker than Lucien in base form. But in the kakuja form, Grand Elder's Washuu Tsunekashi's was even with Lucien's Kakuja V2.

Lucien twitched his body and managed to successfully block the slash, and returned the attack, slashing at the arm of the Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi. He hit him successfully because of such large kakuja would have slower reaction time and slower attack speed. Even if the difference is only a few seconds, they could decide life and death. His shoulder bled and Lucien jumped several meters away, giving Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi deep glare.

"I wonder about one thing. How could you attain such fearsome kakuja, Grand Elder Washuu Tsunekashi? If I am not wrong, with this kind of power, you could be counted as one of the most powerful ghouls on this planet."

Said Lucien, after considering a few possibilities behind his fearsome powers. Now, this was turned to the battle of techniques, speed, and craftiness. Because they were similar in physical strength, there would be other factors decided about the outcome of this battle. Lucien had in his arsenal also telekinesis, even though he did not have much of psionic energy left as he used most of it during the attack on the fortification. He only had bits of remaining, enough to battle a few minutes.

Chapter end