Perfect Susanoo

"Let Master see where you are now in terms of strength. There is no need to hold anything back, enter your peak condition without delay."

Aerion nodded. His profound energy started to surge in strength as he opened each gate, one by one. Dragon Soul... Draconic Heart... Purgatory... Silver Calamity! The profound aura around him was crimson-red except for the innermost layer which shined a pure, silver, glow. His eyes glowed red as he awakened his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. He was only missing two things and that was a Dragon Transformation along with a Susanoo so he wasn't quite yet in peak condition.

Aerion had shown his eyes to Mu Xuanyin before, although she found the Sharingan strange, she didn't ask many questions about it. It was for the best because Aerion himself had no idea... the only way he could find out was by exploring Izanami's origin world. The thought of going there and taking a look had struck him a few times before but, for now, he had better things to do.

"Attack." Mu Xuanyin indifferently commanded.

Aerion took out Sky Piercer and the Heaven Smiting Sword at once. Sky Piercer pointed to the skies while the Heaven Smiting Sword laid on his shoulder. From the spear point of Sky Piercer, a huge bolt of lightning pierced the skies. Meanwhile, the Heaven Smiting Sword was completely engulfed in Golden Crow flames. The Golden Crow flames were condensed into one single point in a few seconds. The bolt of lightning which struck the skies started to form something truly terrifying. The sky grew dark... the White Lightning started to form a single shape, a tiger! The white tiger roared as lightning started to strike the ground, it was nothing more than a warning... the calm before the storm.

Aerion pointed the Heaven Smiting Sword in the direction of Mu Xuanyin. A small, condensed, ray of Golden Crow flames was sent her way.

Blazing Sunray, the Eighth Stage of the Golden Crow's Record of the Burning World.

Mu Xuanyin, being a Divine Master, didn't even have to concern herself with the Blazing Sunray. It was frozen before even reaching her. However, Aerion had another attack ready. The mighty Sky Piercer started to descend along with a certain white tiger.

White Tiger's Tale Of The End... Ninth Stage.

White Tiger Descending From The Mountain!

BOOM.

The white tiger descended from the sky and smashed against Mu Xuanyin. The moment it hit the ground, a huge explosion of White Lightning erupted. It was something that could instantly kill any Divine Tribulation Realm cultivator and even injure one in the earliest stages of the Divine Spirit Realm. However, the White Lightning dispersed in just a few moments as a completely unharmed Mu Xuanyin emerged.

"Not bad, now it's your turn to defend against Master's attacks."

She suppressed herself to the Divine Spirit Realm and completely vanished from his sight. Aerion looked around... she was nowhere to be seen. He closed his eyes.

Where would she strike next...

Aerion opened his eyes.

BANG.

The Heaven Smiting Sword blocked Mu Xuanyin's fist. However, the blunt force of the blow trembled across his arm, making him lose grip on the heavy sword. With her other hand, Mu Xuanyin struck him with a palm strike. He was sent hurtling a few hundred meters before crashing onto the floor of the Sacred Hall.

"Is that all you can handle?"

Aerion spat out some blood and immediately cursed his Master.

What a cruel witch... how is this even remotely fair?

He stood up almost instantly. With both Sky Piercer and the Heaven Smiting Sword out of his hands and hundreds of meters away, he found himself with only a single weapon. This weapon was Blackfyre, of course.

Mu Xuanyin struck once again, without any warning. A crimson, armoured, Susanoo emerged and blocked her strike. She had never seen such a thing before... her moment of surprise gave Aerion enough time to make his Susanoo grow even stronger!

Perfect Susanoo.

His profound energy erupted and formed something absolutely colossal. Its silver eyes looked down on the world. The Susanoo's head bore resemblance to that of a dragon. Its body was mostly crimson, much like Aerion's profound aura. On the top of its head laid a silver crystal, Aerion stood inside of it as he looked down in the direction of Mu Xuanyin.

Damn, this thing is huge!

Aerion had never used this stage before but he knew it existed. The profound energy consumption was just as frightening as the pressure its mere existence exerted onto the ground below. The one problem Aerion had with the Susanoo was that it wasn't very mobile... it was more of a walking, armed, fortress. However, in this state, speed didn't really matter. Every one of his attacks would go far and wide while he stood in a place that was impenetrable... unless the person he was fighting happened to be stronger than him.

Mu Xuanyin definitely fulfilled that requirement, but not in her current early Divine Spirit state. A spear of ice was created by Mu Xuanyin and sent directly into the crystal. There was a small dent, Aerion grabbed the spear with the Susanoo's left hand and completely crushed it.

"Interesting..."

Suddenly her power rose to the middle stages of the Divine Spirit Realm. She did the same thing as before and this time, Aerion was quite powerless. The spear swiftly penetrated the crystal while Aerion got out of the way using the Moon Splitting Cascade movement technique. The Susanoo disappeared and Aerion fell onto the ground once more. Aerion met Mu Xuanyin's cold gaze as he looked up.

"So, you have been hiding something else from Master?"

"Well... not quite."

"Not quite?"

"I mean... technically, I was."

Aerion spat out a great deal of blood as the repercussions of using the Perfect Susanoo directly hit him. It was his first time using it so, naturally, he wasn't used to its power.

"Your eyes are more impressive than I first thought. Not only that, but it looks like you have also mastered sensation by yourself. That is satisfactory." After a few moments of thought, Mu Xuanyin spoke: "I think you are ready for your first trial."

"First trial?"

"Yes, you should be more than capable of completing it. I will send you to the Mist End Valley for... a month. You must survive for a whole month in the Mist End Valley before you can return to me. Use this opportunity to gather battle experience and grow stronger. Perhaps you will complete your breakthrough to the Fifth Stage of the Divine Soul Realm during this time, who knows."

"Can I stay for a longer time?"

"If you truly wish."

"Alright, I'll follow Master to this Mist End Valley."

The Mist End Valley was a place where disciples who had committed unforgivable sins were sent. The profound beasts there are quite violent and wouldn't even hesitate to slaughter their own kind, let alone humans. Every disciple who would be sent there were pretty much guaranteed to die... however, the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect doesn't quite yet have a disciple who can even come close to Aerion. The profound beasts in the Mist End Valley ranged from the Divine Origin Realm to the Divine Tribulation Realm which meant that it was a great training ground for Aerion.

Mu Xuanyin indifferently watched him enter the Mist End Valley. Usually, a disciple would be distraught and would want to run straight back, but this was Aerion Targaryen. His confident figure suggested that he did not fear a single beast in the entire Mist End Valley, in fact, it looked like he saw everything inside of it as his prey.

Great, now that she's not watching, I can unleash my Dragon Transformation on these profound beasts... not only that, but I can also take a short trip to Westeros and Blue Pole Star. All of these profound beasts will make great food for me, Rhaegal and Daemon. This trial is just too perfect!

Once he proceeded forwards a decent distance, Aerion brought out Rhaegal and Daemon.

"Finally, some action," Daemon announced as he spread his wings.

ROOOOOAR.

"It's time to set this Mist End Valley alight!" Rhaegal roared in delight.

"You two, stay relatively close to me and avoid Divine Tribulation Realm beasts as much as you can."

"Yes, Father!"

He entered Phase four along with Purgatory without any hesitation. Wings, horns and a tail... the Dragon was rearing to go.

It's time to go on a wild-scale hunt. Heh, by the time I'm done with this Mist End Valley, there won't be any profound beasts left!

Aerion's figure vanished as he exploded forwards to the nearest Divine Tribulation Realm beast.

~

Two figures were spectating the massacre. One was the ice-cold Mu Xuanyin who grew more and more surprised as the hours passed. This was a completely unshackled and free Aerion Targaryen... the difference between a shackled dragon and one without shackles was like Heaven and Earth! It would seem that he was very experienced in mass beast slaying, one simply wouldn't expect a regal and kind person like him to turn into a beast-slaying god who doesn't even bat an eye as hundreds of beasts fall beneath his feet.

The other was a person who no one could sense unless he wished so. It was the Transcendent Being. A being who stood above the universe... a being who even the Ancestral Gods in their peak feared.

Such a sight... it was a true spectacle, a spectacle which could even move a being as supreme as the Transcendent Being. However, he realised that the beasts in the Mist End Valley clearly weren't good enough... not challenging enough.

With a single snap of the finger, dozens of Divine Spirit Realm beasts emerged.

"Hmm, that should be enough... for now."

He took a sip of his wine and completely vanished from the Primal Chaos Dimension.