bookcurios Chapter 696 - 696
Chapter 696 - 696
He had expected a rapid series of strikes and prepared to defend, but the first sword unexpectedly came very slowly.He sneered, ready to counterattack and break this utterly terrible combo, only to be startled by the speed of the second strike, forcing him to hastily resume his defensive stance.
Slow again, then fast again!
Despite being a combo, this guy's swordplay was erratic in pace!
This sword technique perfectly deceived his mental reflexes, leaving him completely unsure how to respond. He could only maintain his defense, feeling so bizarrely frustrated he nearly vomited blood, with no chance to counterattack at all!
"Clang!"
Amid a bell-like reverberation, Kurogane Ouma missed his strike and was violently sent flying backward!
His retreat signaled countless forces erupting across his body, grinding him across the ground for dozens of meters before he barely managed to halt.
"Rising Sun One-Hearted Style!"
Kurogane Ouma's eyes widened fiercely, thick blood vessels surfacing in them.
The bizarre swordplay made his emotions spiral out of control.
"Extreme Speed: Amaterasu!"
"Crack! Crack!"
Planting his feet firmly, Kurogane Ouma twisted his waist sharply, leveraging the force from Eiji's strike.
Instantly, dislocating cracks echoed from the bones between his legs and waist, his body twisting to the limit like a twisted rope.
"Boom!"
Immediately after, the displaced bones snapped back into place.
Harnessing the elastic force from the extreme twist and rebound, he unleashed an overclocked strike, slashing toward Eiji with 120% of his power!
This was Extreme Speed!
Utilizing the elasticity of the human body's bone distortion and restoration to deliver a blow beyond physical limits.
Moreover, he manipulated the wind ahead, clearing all obstructing air from his path!
In other words, this strike faced no wind resistance, moving at an astonishing speed!
Without a doubt, this was Kurogane Ouma's fastest strike!
"Hah."
But abruptly, he heard a derisive laugh.
Is that all?
He could almost read such meaning in that scornful chuckle.
In an instant, light blossomed before his eyes!
Silent and utterly restrained.
It emitted no discernible movement, like a gentle breeze touching the moon—utterly insignificant.
Yet, the moment Eiji unleashed this strike.
In the spectator stands.
The silver-haired woman's eyes abruptly widened, revealing intense shock!
"Could he already have...?"
Aside from her, no one in the arena detected anything unusual.
Not even Judgment Thunder Kaieda or World Clock Shinguuji Kurono noticed anything amiss.
But one other person sensed it.
That was Kurogane Ouma, facing this strike directly on the battlefield!
The instant the blade light bloomed, his scalp prickled violently, every nerve in his body exploding!
Without hesitation, he stomped the ground, attempting to halt his advance while gathering gales before him, forming a highly compressed wind wall to defend with all his might.
"Boom!"
A thunderous roar erupted.
A black shadow shot out, crashing through the barriers outside the ring, shattering the outer wall of the preparation room, leaving the battlefield in disarray as dust continuously billowed.
Meanwhile, Eiji stood calmly at the center of the arena, not a speck of dust on him.
"Incredible! Absolutely unbelievable! After that intense exchange, it's the Aurora Swordmaster who remains standing! The Stormwind Sword Emperor has been knocked out of the ring! What's his condition? Please have the referee confirm the Stormwind Sword Emperor's status!"
The commentator on the platform was extremely excited.
"Old Mr. Kaieda, what exactly happened just now?"
"Well... I'm ashamed to admit it, but this old man couldn't follow it at all."
As a senior figure in the knight community, the eighty-year-old Judgement Thunder wore a completely bewildered expression.
"No way! Even Judgement Thunder couldn't understand what happened?"
"Are those two actually stronger than the old master?"
"Isn't that just too monstrous!"
The audience erupted in uproar.
"Senior, senior! What happened just now? Why was Kurogane Ouma sent flying all of a sudden?"
Renren Tomaru eagerly pressed Nangou Torajirou for answers.
Nangou Torajirou and Saikyo Nene exchanged glances.
"Could it be that just now..."
"Impossible?"
Even these two wore expressions of utter disbelief.
In the arena.
Shinguuji Kurono found Kurogane Ouma in the preparation room.
At that moment, he was enveloping himself in wind, floating mid-air.
He was looking down at his chest.
His clothing had been torn open across the front.
More importantly, specks of blood were seeping from his chest.
He reached out to touch it.
A sharp pain suddenly shot through him, staining his fingers crimson.
"I... actually bled?"
His pupils contracted sharply.
Not only that, but the pain only registered when he touched it - this indicated the slash had been so sharp that his body hadn't even reacted in time!
It far exceeded his body's defensive limits!
But how was this possible?
He could withstand supersonic Raikiri strikes without even breaking skin!
Just how fast would a blade have to be to strike faster than his body could react?
"Kurogane Ouma, to be honest, you've greatly disappointed me."
Just then, a sigh came from beyond the wall.
Kurogane Ouma's eyebrows shot up sharply.
"When I heard you'd reached that realm too, I had some expectations of your strength. But to think you're still stuck at the first stage of Twin Wings Style - the level of instant maximum acceleration?"
The disappointment in his voice was palpable.
What was this guy talking about?
Still stuck at the first stage of Twin Wings Style?
Did this guy even understand the value of Twin Wings Style?
For a moment, Kurogane Ouma couldn't even comprehend what the other was saying.
"Th-this is...?!"
At that moment, exclamations of shock came from the broadcast systems everywhere.
The cameras had replayed the previous confrontation in the clearest possible detail.
"Th-this... th-this... how is this possible?!"
"How could anyone besides her reach this level?!"
"Old Mr. Kaieda? What's wrong? You seem rather... agitated..."
The commentator was stunned by Kaieda's demeanor.
That utterly shocked, flustered appearance - was this really the great senior Judgement Thunder?
"Of course you wouldn't understand! You have no idea!"
Kaieda reprimanded him harshly.
"Um... could you enlighten me?"
The commentator immediately backed down.
"There is a sword style in this world that, once mastered, allows one to move freely and unimpeded through a modern army of a hundred thousand soldiers with just a single sword and a single person! That sword style is known to only one person in the world—the world's most dangerous criminal, the strongest swordsman whom both the Alliance and the Coalition have helplessly revoked their bounties on—Twin-Wings!"
"That sword art is also called the Twin Wings Style! But as far as I know, the Twin Wings Style is divided into two realms. Only a handful have reached the first realm, and as for the second realm—the true Twin Wings Style—there is only one person in the entire world who has achieved it!"
"And this was the case until just a moment ago!"