Amid the surging bloodlust, the ground beneath Su Xiao's feet gradually cracked. The next moment, he suddenly vanished from where he stood.
"Ama no Murakumo."
Kizaru held one hand as if gripping a sword and extended the other outward. A long sword made of golden-yellow photons appeared. It was at least a meter and a half long, but for Kizaru's build, that length was just right.
Boom!
Sparks flew as Su Xiao slashed his blade against Ama no Murakumo. Waves of force spread in all directions, sending grass clippings flying.
Clang, clang, clang...
Dragon Flash and Ama no Murakumo scraped against each other's edges, producing a teeth-grating sound. Relying on his height advantage, Kizaru gripped the sword with both hands and pressed down with force.
With a whoosh, Exile stabbed toward Kizaru's temple. As a Marine admiral, his Observation Haki was naturally formidable, so he clearly sensed that this flying weapon, shaped like a stabbing sword, could injure him—no, it could pierce his skull.
Light scattered wildly from Kizaru's temple, photons surging outward. Exile pierced into Kizaru's skull and passed straight through.
From the side, one could see a hole the thickness of an egg in Kizaru's skull. He had not endured Exile through elementalization. After being wrapped in Blue Steel Shadow energy, Exile could injure elementalized enemies. Kizaru's response had been extremely clever: he had first elementalized, then expelled the photons at his temple, deliberately forming a hole in his skull so that Exile could pass through.
The instant Kizaru dodged Exile, Blue Steel Shadow energy surged from Su Xiao's hand and wrapped around Dragon Flash.
With a sizzling sound, Dragon Flash severed Ama no Murakumo. In essence, Ama no Murakumo was an energy weapon, merely one formed from light elements.
If it had been composed of pure light