Fists and Blades Should Be Easily Overcome

This slash was not a simple straight cut. After it was intercepted by the Wild Goose Feather Blade, under Kazama Eiko's control, the force within it immediately changed. Due to the peculiar nature of its power, the blade seemed to become elusive and erratic.

But in the next instant, the Wild Goose Feather Blade opposite it changed as well. Every shift in force perfectly adhered to it, as if the two blades had stuck together. Yet because both sides moved too quickly, only a hazy afterimage flickered through the air, while their general positions barely changed.

Chen Chuan paid no attention to that side. He fixed his focus on the target ahead and threw an utterly unobstructed punch!

Ian barely retained a trace of Spiritual Fire, but it was nowhere near enough to protect him now. Light suddenly flooded his entire vision as the punch struck him squarely in the head. An incomparably dazzling flash streaked through the night. The force blasted the air apart and shot backward at a slight angle, tearing open a visible ripple in midair, followed by a dull boom like thunder.

Under Takoda and Kazama Eiko's gaze, Ian's head vanished, and his headless body was flung backward.

Kazama Eiko immediately leaped back, warily holding his long blade before him.

With a thud, Ian's body hit the ground. Platinum light poured from his severed neck. The headless body seemed to struggle to rise, but could only manage to sit halfway up. After several attempts, it finally collapsed and began twitching uncontrollably.

This bizarre scene was because, at the final moment, he had drawn upon the Mutated Tissue within his body to resist. Even without a head, the Mutated Tissue faithfully continued carrying out its orders, though it was suppressed by the Spiritual Fire that had seeped