Shield Shattered!

The condensed demonic aura met no resistance as it sliced straight into the second layer of shield.

The instant the blade touched the shield, the dark-red demonic rune circuits on its surface ignited. The dark-golden demonic aura carried Destruction-level heat, instantly burning away those runes.

Deprived of the runes' support, the black crystal shell became as brittle as thin ice. Enma pierced through it cleanly in a single slash.

Sandai Kitetsu followed close behind. Blood-red sinister aura mixed with dark-golden demonic aura, turning the attack into an incomparably violent Meat Grinder.

The blades spun wildly against the third layer of shield, grinding it apart by force.

Wado Ichimonji seamlessly took over the battlefield. Its pure-white blade was wrapped in Black Armament Haki.

White blade, black Haki—carrying the purest and most violent destructive power, it cleaved through the fourth layer in one strike like a hot knife through butter.

Four layers of shields collapsed in succession within two breaths. Indestructible black crystal fragments scattered through the air.

The aftershock of dark-golden demonic aura swept out like a tsunami. The fragments were further pulverized within it, becoming fine dust that flickered with a faint dark-red glow.

A bizarre black blizzard exploded outward, filling the space between the two with wreckage.

Saint Killingham's arms trembled violently under the terrifying impact. The shock from each shattered shield reached straight into his bones.

The force traveled up his arms and pressed directly toward his internal organs.

Crack, crack. Blinding Cracks appeared across the fifth shield, while the rune circuits of the sixth layer flickered madly and unstably.

His breathing stopped completely.

His ultimate defense, the God's Armor he revered like a deity, was visibly collapsing and shattering layer by layer before the dark-golden blades of that Marimo swordsman.

Death's scythe had already pressed against his