The End (Re-downloading to prevent missing full attendance... sorry)

Immediately afterward, under Fuguki's astonished gaze, Shiro stepped on a small clump of water beneath his feet that had yet to disperse, then charged straight through the air toward him with the Cross Spear in hand!

That scared Fuguki half to death!

That was fucking water! A fist-sized clump of water!

Yes, ninja could stand on water, but what they stood on was a whole surface of it. Stepping on a little pile of water like this and still jumping so fast? That was not something a fucking ninja could do!

In the time Fuguki spent cursing up a storm in his heart, Shiro had already rushed right up to him with the Cross Spear and brought it down viciously!

Suspended high in the air, Fuguki had nowhere to borrow force from, so he could only stretch out both hands, attempting to rely on the defensive power boosted by his fusion with Samehada to block Shiro's attack.

Unfortunately, this Noble Phantasm could erase all disadvantageous factors in the initial battle, including Samehada's own traits and the traits it brought with it!

Thus, along with the disappearance of the pool of water, Samehada's abilities disappeared as well!

Right now, it was merely a large weapon that could fuse with him.

Naturally, Fuguki's parry was completely useless. Fortunately, at the critical moment, his instincts saved him. The instant the spear blade touched his arm, he felt that sharp sting!

In that instant, he wrapped his arms in Chakra, then used the point where his arm and the spear blade met as a fulcrum, barely shifting his position in midair.

Although his arm was nearly severed because of it, that was still better than dying right then and there.

Unfortunately, before he could rejoice, he saw a flash of white light under Shiro's