"Tch, just like a turtle shell."
Kanzaki Kumo grumbled as he tried to break through Gyutaro's defenses.
"Thunder Breathing, Eighth Form: Storm of Blossoms!"
After several clashes, Kanzaki Kumo had seen through the flight paths of the blood scythes surrounding Gyutaro. Using the Eighth Form's dense thrusts, he forcibly diverted some of them, opening a hole in the "turtle shell" around Gyutaro large enough for him to pass through.
With Gyutaro's control over the blood scythes, he needed only a very short time to close that hole, but he was still a step too late.
"Thunder Breathing, Ninth Form: Divine Punishment!"
Even without using the life-risking technique that stimulated his heart to boost his physical capabilities, Kanzaki Kumo's overall strength had improved considerably since his encounter with Gyokko. As a result, the burst of speed from this Divine Punishment was no slower than when he had risked his life before.
Gyutaro saw only a dazzling flash of white light before his vision began to tumble and fall.
He saw his headless body, along with Kanzaki Kumo standing behind it, looking back at him.
At the same time, explosions rang out in the corridor outside, mixed with people's panicked cries, and Gyutaro's body began to show signs of disintegrating.
"Sister..."
An instant earlier.
Daki had run only two rooms' distance before her sashes returned to her. At the same time, her dark hair instantly turned white, and grotesque patterns of veins appeared on her skin, making her look even more bewitching, with an added hint of ferocity.
Being chased into fleeing like a stray dog had filled Daki with anger. Now that her weapons had returned, she immediately turned and attacked Tengen Uzui, both to slow his pursuit and to see whether she could finish off this man who did