"At the same time, I have my own purpose. I wield my sword for myself, to reach the realm I have pursued all my life and boldly transcend it. Great God Zeus, I had thought you would be my destination, but it seems that is not the case. You are not the target of my blade. You are merely a great obstacle along the way. If I do not extinguish the flames around me, I cannot move forward," Musashi continued.
"A great obstacle... Could Musashi's reason for appearing in this Lostbelt be the Alien God?"
After hearing Musashi's words, Shen Fei could not help muttering to himself. During their earlier conversation, he had learned from her that she had come to this Lostbelt because her fated opponent was here. Once a swordsman reached Musashi's level, they could sense their opponent through some unseen connection.
For example, back in Shimosa Province, she had encountered Sasaki Kojiro. He had been her fated opponent, not Yagyū Tajima-no-kami. Likewise, at that time, another aged Miyamoto Musashi sitting in a cave had also been waiting for Sasaki Kojiro. In this Lostbelt, after ruling out Zeus, the only one who could be Musashi's fated opponent was likely the Alien God. Kirschtaria was also a possibility, but the odds were far too low.
Shen Fei found it strange that Musashi had sensed her fated opponent here. That opponent was simply too powerful. Musashi was formidable, but she could not possibly be a match for Zeus or the Alien God. With such a vast disparity between them, the idea of a fated opponent seemed rather odd.
But he was not Musashi, nor was he a pure swordsman, so naturally he did not understand her senses. At that moment, he did not know that Musashi's fated opponent was neither