"Damn it! You bastard!!"
Pinned to the ground by Ye Chen's blade, Akaza felt his humiliation intensify. Blue-white flames kept burning his body through the Nichirin Blade, draining the energy from his blood.
"Come on, Akaza, you still won't admit defeat? It's pretty obvious who's won."
Ye Chen stepped on the hand Akaza was about to swing at him and continued draining his energy with netherworld fire.
"You bastard!! I haven't lost! I can still get stronger!! I can still..." With Ye Chen pinning him down and grinding him into the dirt, Akaza went utterly berserk, refusing to yield even verbally. Then, all of a sudden, he froze.
Perhaps it was because too much of his energy had been drained, but he seemed to be hallucinating. A girl who made his heart flutter seemed to be calling to him, while a middle-aged man stood beside her, watching him as though he wanted to say something.
"Hakuji, please stop..."
Akaza seemed to hear them trying to persuade him, saying things he couldn't understand. Who was Hakuji? Who were these two people in his hallucination? Who were they talking to?
"Oh, Akaza, have you finally given up on yourself? Fair enough. In your condition, giving up is the right call."
"What did you say? You bastard! Don't underestimate me!!!"
Akaza had only just fallen into a daze when Ye Chen interrupted his thoughts, sending him straight back to cursing at him.
"What's this about underestimating you? I've already got you pinned to the ground." Ye Chen had no idea what Akaza had just experienced. Whatever the case, at this point, he was going to die whether he liked it or not.
Whoosh!!
But just as Ye Chen felt victory was assured, a crescent-shaped Sword Energy suddenly flew toward him, forcing him to