The last time Kanzaki Kumo had fought Giyu was when he learned that Giyu had created his own Eleventh Form.
There was no denying that Giyu had grown somewhat stronger since then, but that did not affect the final outcome.
After all, Kanzaki Kumo had not been standing still either.
Once Kanzaki Kumo broke through Giyu's Dead Calm again through sheer numerical superiority, what followed was a one-sided beating that the spectators could hardly bear to watch.
Although Kanzaki Kumo would not seriously hurt Giyu over that one remark, some bruises and pain were certainly unavoidable.
"Phew."
Kanzaki Kumo let out a refreshed breath, then pulled Giyu up from the ground.
He had controlled his strength, leaving Giyu with only a few more bruises. With Giyu's constitution, they would fade in about a day. Giyu had stayed down entirely to stop Kanzaki Kumo from hitting his face.
As for how Giyu knew Kanzaki Kumo would aim for his face, that came down to the dark ring now surrounding his left eye.
Originally, after his Eleventh Form was broken, Giyu had still wanted to put up a fight. Then Kanzaki Kumo caught him off guard with a punch straight to his left eye, and Giyu immediately gave up, dropping to the ground and covering his head.
"Pfft!"
At the sight of Giyu's bruised, purple left eye, everyone watching could not help laughing. Sabito laughed especially heartily.
Giyu was indeed his closest junior fellow disciple, but precisely because they were close and spent so much time together, Sabito had lost count of how often Giyu's peculiar verbal logic had infuriated him.
What made it even more infuriating was that, in a spar where they stopped short of hurting each other, Sabito could not break through Giyu's Eleventh Form.
Seeing Giyu get beaten