Nurarihyon no Mago 55

On page 9, Ryuuji says the water flower's been blended with shiki (式) to form the shikigami Gyougen - Konjousui, but I wasn't really sure how to go about interpreting, let alone translating that. I went with "spirit" but not convinced it's appropriate...

International Translators / Scanlators: You're welcome to use this, but I'd appreciate it if you include a credit for Niphredil.

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-01-
Text, right of Yura: You're...
Text, left of Rikuo: Human, aren't you?...
Text, bottom right: Nurarihyon no Mago

Mamiru: .....!!
Ryuuji: So you've finally revealed your true form

Ryuuji: Filthy youkai...
Ryuuji: You deceived my sister!

-02-
Text, left of title: Act 55
Text, left of title: Mutual Deception
Starred text, left: An encounter with Rikuo, King of Darkness!
Text bottom right: Shiibashi Hiroshi

-03-
Yura: ......

Text: It happened again!...
Text: I've been saved by this youkai again...

Text: Was it Rikuo-kun... who did all of that?...

-04-
Ryuuji: Wait, Mamiru
Ryuuji: I'll take care of him.

Ryuuji: Heh...
SFX: kyup

Yura: ......
SFX left of Yura: boing boing

-05-
Ryuuji: Shikigami Blending
Ryuuji: Gyougen

Yura: !!

Yura: Wahh...

-06-
Text: !!

-07-
Yura: Wha...

Yura: Wh... What are all these...
Yura: Flowers?
Yura: Flowers of water?

Ryuuji: That's not just normal water.

Ryuuji: Gyougen
Ryuuji: Take root in the ground... and show them the allure of your blooming flowers.
SFX: boing boing

Frog: ?

-08-
Yura: What!...
Yura: The ground... it...

Yura: It melted?
Yura: It's caving in!...

Yura: That shikigami...
Yura: What is it?!

Ryuuji: The shikigami Gyougen
Ryuuji: Is the Konjousui Flower.
[TN: Pure Gold Water]

Yura: Konjousui...?

-09-
Ryuuji: Konjousui refers to the water droplets that condense and gather on the surface of the gold.
Ryuuji: The purity of that water is 99.9999%... the clearest, most delicate water there is... it truly is the water within water!

Ryuuji: The liquid which initiates corrosion most in the world isn't acid, aqua regia, or anything like that... It's pure water.
Ryuuji: Anything touched by this flower, which has been blended with spirit, will dissolve in an instant, no matter what it is... even if that thing is a youkai, for example.

Ryuuji: There hasn't been anyone so far who has survived 3 minutes against Gyougen!
Ryuuji: That's how powerful this shikigami is!!

Rikuo: ......
Rikuo: 3 minutes...

Ryuuji: You got it...
Ryuuji: 3 minutes is the limit
Ryuuji: For both of us, that is.

-10-
Ryuuji: Unfortunately, I'm not as talented as Yura or Mamiru...
Ryuuji: For someone like me, 3 minutes is the longest I can keep out such a powerful shikigami.

Yura: !!

Ryuuji: In other words
Ryuuji: If you can last for 3 minutes against Gyougen, then you win.

Ryuuji: If you don't last, I win. That's all there is to it.

Text: Now, Youkai...
Ryuuji: It's do or die...
Ryuuji: A real showdown!!
Text: Face my onmyou art...!

-11-
Text, right: My ultimate technique
Text, left: Gyougen
Text, left: Konjousui Flower!!

-12-
Bubble: sss

Rikuo: Guh...

Yura: Nura-kun!!
Yura: Ahh!
Yura: Ow!...

Ryuuji: Watch, here come the next ones...
Ryuuji: Next they'll come from the right... and from above!

-13-
Rikuo: Ahh... nngh...

Yura: He dissolved the earth and had them dive down beneath it...
Yura: Rikuo's surrounded even from below the ground?!

Yura: There's no escape!
Yura: He's got no choice but to hold out for the 3 minutes!!

Text above Yura: He's already so beaten up... He looks like he's about to collapse...

-14-
Ryuuji: Haaaa...
Ryuuji: Huuu...
Ryuuji: Haaa...

Yura: Brother's worn out too...
Yura: Which one of them will last?...

Ryuuji: You're a stubborn one... Is that a spirit blade you've got there?
Ryuuji: If you didn't have that, you would've crumbled into oblivion by now, I'd say...
Ryuuji: Still... seems to me
Ryuuji: That you're almost at your limit for just taking the blows too

Rikuo: ......

Yura: !
Yura: If you look closely, Gyougen's decreasing too...

-15-
Yura: If he can just endure
Ryuuji: Here we go...
Ryuuji: This is the end
Yura: Even if it's just for the time...

Yura text right: He withstood it!!
Yura text left: Nura-kun won!!

Ryuuji: Well done for lasting those 3 minutes.

-16-
Yura: A magic formation...
Yura: When did he...?!

Ryuuji: Scatter into the darkness
Ryuuji: You grotesque creature.

-17-
Text right: Gyougen
Text right: Konjousui Formation!!

Yura: ......
Ryuuji: I'm just not that talented, you see...
Ryuuji: It still takes me some time to form even that one...
Ryuuji: About 3 minutes.

Yura: Wha—
Text: Now I see...
Text: My brother is a skilled user of deceptive words
Text: The first technique was just a trap so we wouldn't notice this one!!

Ryuuji: Yura... remember this. You can't simply have techniques that use strength.
Ryuuji: When you're up against evil like youkai, you've got to pile up multiple traps one on top of the other.

-18-
Text: !!

Rikuo: Man...
Rikuo: The jacket that Karasu Tengu spent all night making is completely messed up...

Ryuuji: How did you figure it out?...

Rikuo: Your words are riddled with lies

Rikuo: Someone like you wouldn't just openly attack in such a grand manner
Rikuo: ...Besides, with such a shady-looking face as yours, who'd ever believe a word you say? (Except for that sister of yours)

-19-
Ryuuji: ......
Ryuuji: Hah

Top right: Mei
Bottom right: Kyou
Top left: Shi
Bottom right: Sui
Starred text, centre: In a flash, his counterattack!
Text, bottom: ...Act 55 // END