"You!"
Realizing that the rest of his companions were fleeing, Munashi Jinpachi's heart sank to the bottom.
He had thought that when Might Duy targeted him, the others would seize the opportunity to counterattack.
That way, even if he died at the other's hands, he could still drag his opponent down with him.
But the other three's actions were like a basin of cold water poured over his head, chilling him from the inside out.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. A blazing foot radiating red light had already sunk into it.
Pff!
Blood surged into his throat, and he involuntarily spat it toward the figure in front of him.
Sizzle!
Before the feeble spray of blood could actually land on Might Duy, it touched the layer of red aura surrounding him and was instantly vaporized by the astonishing heat, disappearing completely into the air.
Immediately afterward, he felt as though he had been struck by a small mountain that had suddenly flown at him. He could not even slow the momentum of the impact in the slightest.
The red figure drove his body straight backward through the air.
An impassioned middle-aged voice rang beside his ears.
"That is what youth is all about—charging forward without hesitation! Never stopping—"
At the sudden shout, the three fleeing men all turned around, only to see Munashi Jinpachi struck by a streak of red light. He became part of it, shining across the night sky like a meteor.
"What?!"
Seeing the red meteor, Kushimaru Kuriarare was scared out of his wits.
Because the meteor was flying straight toward him.
In the blink of an eye, less than three meters remained between them.
On the other side, when they saw Might Duy target Kushimaru Kuriarare next, Raiga Kurosuki