Justice Versus Quake!

(At the top of the mountain, Bai was then staring down Jikouji while immensely scared on the fact he's not strong enough but has no choice but to go all out with everything he has.)

"Jikouji: Judging by our power gap, I'm willing to make things easy. I'll hold all my power back but I want you to fight like your life depends on it..."
"Bai: ..."
"Jikouji: Do you hear me boy?!"
"Bai: ...I do!"

(On the sides was Jikouji's crew watching the fight up close and personal as the careless members of the group was taking bets on how long before Bai kicked the bucket.)

"Jikouji: Before we fight, I'm aware of your deeds and why you've traveled to Japan. Fighting me will not do you any good at the level you are now, but I will push you to achieving a stronger power."
"Bai: ...Then let's do this...!"
"Xing: ..."

(Xing then remembers a conversation she had with Jikouji before going to the top of the mountain to fight Bai.)

-Before Venturing Up The Mountain-

"Xing: Are you sure you should fight the boy this early...?"
"Jikouji: In a world with Blessings, Curses and Spirits, you'll never get stronger by standing and waiting. If they're not going to train this boy, I may as well help him."
"Xing: But the power gap between you two is enormous...!"
"Jikouji: There's more to the Justice Blessing than what it's currently described as. If Bai Zhen dies before the prophecy comes to tuition, it means he was never the chosen one."

-Now-

(Jikouji then summons his Nagata spear and stares him down as Bai then summons his Nichirin chains to prepare for the fight. As Bai then spins half of the chains with his right hand, he'd throw the first attack as Jikouji dodges but is unaware that the chain would tie down his nagata spear and strengthen its gravity, catching Jikouji off guard as Bai rushes in immediately with the Jet Blessing to deliver a punch to the face. As Jikouji acts quickly, he'd grip his spear tightly, surpassing the gravitational strength and generates enough muscle to lift his spear, snap the nichirin chain and blast Bai across the battlefield followed by a quick roar of thunder. As Bai then lands on his feet and switches to the revolvers, firing energy charged attacks as each attack was becoming stronger for every shot fired.)

"Xing (Thinking): Please hold back further, Norikata..."

(Jikouji then stomps the ground to summon a barrier of solidified dirt to protect himself before jumping into mid-air, spins his nagata and slams it directly onto the ground, splitting the entire mountain across from them with the powerful quake strong enough to make Bai's ears ring, throwing him off guard as Jikouji then flash steps from behind and before Bai could make a quick attack back, Jikouji connects a devastating punch to Bai's body, followed by the clap of thunder, Bai was blasted across the battlefield and blasted down the mountain before crashing onto a massive tree, splitting it in half from the force of impact.)

"Jikouji: ..."
"Xing (Aloud): NORIKATA!"

(As the other crew members were laughing and most were paying the bets they lose, Bai was on the ground, sore, bleeding and badly bruised, knowing he was never a match.)

"Bai (Thinking): ...What am I doing...? I accepted a fight against someone I don't even stand any chance against even in years... I should just.. lie down here, he'll go away if he thinks I'm dead... Wait... What's this light...? Why is my soul... disconnecting...?"

(As Bai then no longer hears anything, his soul was then knocked out of his body as he now placed in a realm of souls where he can see other deceased souls within the forest below the mountain. Bai's soul then then looked at Xu who arrived in time to speak with him.)

"Xu: You can't die just yet, Bai."
"Bai: But... I can't-"
"Xu: Shhh. No buts. Remember, this is the second chance Bai. And if you die now, Ghouls will terrorize the world."
"Bai: ...Xu, no offense... But how am I suppose to defeat him with weapons like these...?"
"Xu: ...Well... If you wish, I can ascend your two weapons, on one condition."
"Bai: What's that...?"

(Xu turns around with a blushing smirk on her face.)

"Xu: I want you to go on another date with me."
"Bai: ...I-Is that it..?"
"Xu: That's it!"
"Bai: Then... I'll do it, just awaken my weapons..!"

(As Xu then spins in a circle and taps her big toe on the ground, a noticeable ding was heard as a wave of water immediately tackles Bai's spirit and places him back into his body. As Bai then awakens and returns to reality, he'd no longer feel any pain for he was completely healed. As Jikouji was packing up with the clan to find Bai, a loud humming along with a burst of energy explodes at the bottom of the mountain as Jikouji noticed, resummons his nagata and counters an incoming kick, thanks to the Jet Blessing. As the force of the attack generates enough wind to startle Norikata's crew, the excitement of a true fight was beginning to spark on the face of Jikouji. Bai then separates and battles with his nichirin blades as they then retrace into a short staff, extending both ends as the blades were revealed to be ascended into a bladeless polearm. As Jikouji and Bai then focuses on battling, Bai then takes the fight as seriously as he can as the powerful quakes following behind Jikouji's swings were straining him.)

"Jikouji: That's what I'm talking about! Keep it up, kid!"

(As Jikouji then swings his nagata once again, he'd charge his spear with white aura, releasing a seeable sphere of thunder at Bai who dodges quickly and charges towards Jikouji with his polearm spinning to collide with the Nagata. After a loud clap of thunder, both weapons were generating enough energy to blow apart the very mountain they stand on. As Xing generates a force field immediately to withstand the attack, Jikouji launches the ball of energy towards the skies, Bai jumps out of the way and switches to the first form of his Justice Blessing and reveals the revolvers are ascended into energy blasters within Bai's hands. Jikouji then smirks and laughs as he throws the nagata aside to fight with his bare hands. As the two then exchanges in another melee, Xing and the others were watching in disbelief at the amount of force within the quick awakenings.)

"Xing (Thinking): He's ascending rather quickly... Who is this boy...?!"

(As Jikouji then suffers one lucky hit, enough space was created for Bai to once again burst at jet speeds and manipulate pieces of the air all around as landing pads to stop and accelerate further. Jikouji then stretches his arms out and claps the air, delivering a powerful quake strong enough to push back the cloudy dark skies and anything else within a 20 meter radius, creating a destructive wave. As Bai then looses his footing, Jikouji then punches Bai directly through the mountain and creates another roar of thunder as the mountain begins cracking from all sides, understanding that it's on the verge of collapsing. Within ten seconds of silence, Bai rockets out of the mountain, regenerated as Jikouji looks up in the air, impressed.0

"Jikouji: I think you're ready..."
"Xing (Aloud): ...! Norikata! DON'T! YOU'VE NEARLY DESCIMATED THE ENTIRE CITY!"

(As Jikouji then claps his hands together once more, he'd charge a powerful amount of seeable thunder within the sphere, intimidating Bai as he realized this attack could destroy the continent. As Bai then lowers down onto the ground, he'd charge his energy blasters into maximum output to counter the ball of thunder. As the skies was now reeling in the dark clouds that were pushed away, the Mercenary Association of Japan were witnessing the fight between Bai Zhen and Jikouji Norikata as an alert was sent to nearby residents within the area to take cover for Jikouji's incoming attack.)

"Jikouji: Survive this attack and I'll acknowledge you, boy!"

(Jikouji then fires the quaking wave of thunder as Bai then launches a powerful beam of energy towards the ball. As both attacks collide, the sky was glowing with rainbowlike colors within the clouds as Bai's maximum energy output was decreasing slowly for the amount of force released into the attack. By adding several more force, Bai's left arm began to break on its own due to pushing past his limitations.)

"Bai: GAAAAHHHHH!!!"

(As Bai was down an arm, his right arm continues to fire as Bai's second Blessing Spirit of the Jet Blessing, was next to him spiritually to give him a boost of confidence.)

"Spirielle: Bai, what are you doing? Are you giving up already?"
"Bai: It's... its too strong...!!"
"Spirielle: It may be but you're forgetting another attribute within the Jet Blessing! You can manipulate it as a power amplifier!"
"Bai: How... How do I do that...?!"
"Spirielle: Focus your second blessing into your arm and have it act as a cannon!"

(Bai immediately does so as he then listens to the humming in his right arm, the power of his energy cannon multiplying far than it was expected to.)

"Bai: WHOA!"
"Spirielle: Now fire, fire with all the strength you can muster!"

(As Bai then yells and uses the combination of the Justice and Jet blessing, Bai's new energy based attack overpowers the thunder ball as Jikouji smiles without wanting to move out of the way while his crew begs him to stand out of the line of fire. As Jikouji then takes the attack, the loud booming roars of thunder causes the mountain they were fighting on to collapse at the cause of an exploding avalanche. As the landslide moves closer into the small town nearby, Jikouji's crew immediately stop the landslide from all sides near the city as the debris was forcefully cleared by Xing's spawned Dragon wings. As she then does, the first thing she sees is Jikouji almost severely injured but still standing as Bai's arms were severely numb and injured from the force of overexertion.)

"Bai: ...N-No.. No way...!"
"Jikouji: ..."
"Bai: How.. d-did he survive...?"
"Jikouji: It'll take more than a full powered energy cannon to knock me down, boy! My body is armored by the grace of the Earth Blessing, you've only blasted off good chunk of my armor! Crew, heal us both please!"

(As the crew responded and heals both Bai and Jikouji, Negan arrived yawning as he was late to the fight.)

"Negan: Sorry I'm late... How did it go?"
"Jikouji: Your boy here actually managed to scratch me, he keeps this up, he'll definitely be stronger than he currently is."
"Bai: ...Wait! Negan, you knew?!"
"Negan: ...Guilty."
"Bai: But how-"
"Jikouji: Before Ghouls were around, Negan and I would train from time to time. He actually managed to outsmart and beat me twice."
"Negan: I wouldn't say outsmart, you're pretty quick thinking for someone at your size."
"Bai: I don't get it... How or why didn't you come and save me?"
"Negan: I shouldn't interfere with your progress. If you weren't up within ten minutes, then I would've believed you were dead."
"Bai: ...I see. So, this is my awakening...?"
"Jikouji: Seems like it, boy! Tomorrow night, we're going to keep fighting to strengthen your physicality so be prepared!"
"Bai: ...Yes sir!"
"Negan: Thanks again, Jikouji. Bai, let's go."

(As Negan and Bai then leaves to return home, Jikouji and his crew does the same as they all ignored the destroyed mountain and goes home to enjoy as much sleep as they could.)