"You..."
Rengo pointed at Yui ahead of him, seething with an anger he could barely contain.
"Enough talking. Hurry up and tell me where that blade is."
"Hmph, that's not happening..." Yui replied flatly.
"Oh?" Rengo sounded surprised.
"So you're determined to do this the hard way?"
"Then die! I'll avenge my younger brother. If that blade never turns up, I'll just pretend it doesn't exist. One blade or two makes no real difference anyway."
Rengo swung the massive sword in his hands, rushed up to Yui, and brought it down in a diagonal slash.
Yui's gaze sharpened. Gripping her short blade with both hands, she timed her move and raised it to block.
Clang...
The two blades collided with a dull ring, but no metallic sparks flew.
"What strength!"
Yui exclaimed. His sword was over two meters long, and its blade looked five or six centimeters wide. Even an ordinary swing would probably be more than an average Swordmaster could block.
"Die!" Rengo roared, gathering his strength and pressing down hard.
"Tch!" Yui clicked her tongue, her hands beginning to tremble despite herself.
She considered her situation and knew her strength alone could never match his. If this continued, she would be the one to lose.
With that thought, she thrust both hands upward, pushing his sword back a little, then used the Body Flicker Technique and vanished from the spot.
Boom...
His attack missed, and Rengo's sword slammed into the wall with a deafening crash.
Dust instantly filled the air. The wall he had struck collapsed completely.
Not far away, Yui watched and silently sighed in relief. It was a good thing she had decided not to take that blow head-on.
Otherwise, she would probably have been done for.
She apparently couldn't beat him in a contest of