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Brilliant yet fragmented silver light blossomed across the back of Uesugi Tetsu's right hand.

Lin Character Technique, activate!

With the ten-percent boost to his physical constitution, Uesugi Tetsu's speed—which had already approached its limit—rose another notch, catching Fūma Kotarō off guard.

"His aura and spiritual energy have already erupted completely, so why..."

The Great Ninja had no time to think it over. He could only interrupt his final wait and fling out the deep, gloomy black radiance gathered in his palm.

Pure-black aura tightly wrapped around the incoming object. Even with his Eye of Interpretation, Uesugi Tetsu could not see it clearly.

Was it a hidden weapon, poison, or an explosive?

Uesugi Tetsu did not know.

But one thing was certain.

If that black radiance struck his body directly, his life would be in tremendous danger.

Fūma Kotarō had intended to use this move to force Uesugi Tetsu back and buy himself a moment to switch positions and catch his breath.

But Uesugi Tetsu's response caused the Great Ninja's eyes to sink once more.

—Because he not only failed to retreat, he did not even change direction.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Uesugi Tetsu charged straight into the soul-stirring black radiance without the slightest deviation!

"Koga—!"

"Vmmm!"

Amid a brief, furious roar, the three boundary markers in his energy sea, the two cards, and Kaga Kiyomitsu all vibrated together, drawing out every last bit of the vast aura from his energy sea!

Through Kaga Kiyomitsu's blade, all of it was condensed onto the half-black, half-white tip.

Then he thrust forward!

The purest and simplest sword technique, one even beginners had certainly learned, appeared in the arena—

Tennen Rishin-ryū: Fang Thrust!

The collision, almost surpassing the speed of sound, lasted only an instant. The black radiance, released before it had finished charging,