Ever since becoming one of the Five Elders, the man had forgotten how many years it had been since he had last felt this way. A bead of cold sweat ran down his forehead. Things had begun to spiral beyond his control...
Barn, meanwhile, still smiled at him, his smile revealing an unshakable confidence that no one could match!
"Since you've seen this ability, there's no reason for me to hold back anymore..."
Barn spoke and swung the First-Generation Onikiri hard. It was a simple motion, just like shaking the filthy blood off his blade after slaughtering Celestial Dragons, but the result was entirely different. The path of the First-Generation Onikiri's swing pulverized a stretch of land near the Goa Kingdom's coast!
The Elder's pupils contracted at the sight!
"This kind of power..."
Now he finally resolved to kill Barn. He had a feeling that if he missed this opportunity, he would never again be able to kill the man standing before him, still wearing that smile.
He shifted from a one-handed grip to holding his sword with both hands, and his presence changed dramatically in an instant!
"Sever!"
The man roared, and a dark green slash burst straight from the Shodai Kitetsu's blade, hurtling toward Barn with tremendous, deadly force!
But this time, Barn chose not to meet that terrifying slash head-on. An instant before it reached him, his body flickered, and he vanished from the spot!
The slash tore through the ground where Barn had stood and extended all the way out to sea. The surging waters split in two, and as though time itself had stopped, even the rising waves froze in midair!
This was the very slash that had once cleaved Saipan Island in two! Yet no matter how powerful it was, it meant nothing if