"Come."
Yagyu Tajima-no-kami had long since been unable to wait any longer.
"Ha—come!"
"Let Yagyu Shinkage-ryu and my Niten Ichi-ryu decide which is superior!"
Feeling the power brimming within her body, Musashi smiled.
Since Ritsuka had placed such expectations on her—then no matter what, she had to win this battle!
"Hahahaha—now that's the spirit! Just as expected of you, Shinmen Musashi!"
"Under the providence that reunited two who were never meant to meet again—"
"Appear! Our polar realm where blood blossoms in fury! The Corpse Mountain Blood River Battlefield of Certain Death that absorbs and devours the souls of the defeated!!!"
"The forbidden name of this blade—Saber Empireo!"
"The True Name of my soul—Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori!"
"Come, come, come—show me your sword of certain death! Shinmen Musashi!"
"Come—fair and square!!!"
"Let us settle this!!!"
Heroic Spirit Swordmasters · Seventh Decisive Match Victory or Defeat · Seventh Bout [Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori] · [Saber Empireo] · [Sever All Things] Versus [Miyamoto Musashi] Fair and square— Let us settle this—!!!
The Reality Marble unfolded in an instant.
The blood moon in the sky had never been so enormous.
It made the Corpse Mountain Blood River Battlefield seem as though it were constantly being watched by the eye of that blood moon.
Musashi—swung her blade.
Yagyu Tajima-no-kami—swung his as well.
So easily, so effortlessly.
Yet it was almost earth-shattering. Mere ordinary slashes nearly split the entire ground apart.
The heads and skulls scattered across the earth shattered into dust, and in the next instant—
Their swords collided.
Yet neither of them said a word. They merely broke apart after that single exchange, then—
Clashed again!
Boom!
Clang—
Boom!!!!!
In just a few seconds, their blades collided countless times. The enormous, violently surging wind pressure blasted everything within the barrier—
Out