"Is that Swallow Return?!"
A Monster cried out in shock.
The Ghost Samurai stared wide-eyed, not wanting to miss a single moment of this breathtaking move.
The move was called Swallow Return, and it was the signature technique of Sasaki Kojiro, the famous swordsman from the Sengoku era.
They said no one had ever seen what Swallow Return looked like, because everyone who had seen it had been killed.
Yet Hayakawa Hideki had managed to figure out the move, and it was thanks to this technique that he had become the leader of the Ghost Samurai.
Some Monsters whispered that Hayakawa Hideki was the samurai who had been killed by Sasaki Kojiro, which was how he had managed to "borrow" Swallow Return.
He treasured the move and rarely used it in front of others. This time, though, Fang Cheng had pushed him completely over the edge, so he no longer held back.
Before the blade even reached him, its icy intent made Fang Cheng's face sting.
What a move!
He suddenly sped up, no longer dodging. Instead, he closed in, his hands instantly blooming into countless afterimages like the thousand-armed Guanyin.
The clanging of metal rang out.
The two slashes coming from either side were instantly knocked aside. Then Fang Cheng brought his palms together with a clap, trapping the katana rushing toward him between them.
"Oh—huh?"
The Ghost Samurai's cheers cut off abruptly, as if someone had grabbed them by the throat.
The fire in Hayakawa Hideki's veins turned cold. He cried out in shock, "What?!"
His supposedly unbeatable move had been stopped. More unbelievable still, he couldn't tell how Fang Cheng had done it.
Fang Cheng grinned. From his dodging just now, he had already gauged Hayakawa Hideki's strength and speed. His close-combat abilities were roughly twice as