With nothing else to do, he closed his eyes, shut out the spring water, and sank deep into his mind.
A figure appeared: Kibutsuji Muzan!
Muzan's utterly cold gaze settled lightly on Tetsu no Sosuke.
The next second, Tetsu no Sosuke moved.
Tetsu no Sosuke was fortunate that Meditation did not require him to sit cross-legged. Otherwise, he would have been denied even this small diversion.
Suddenly, Tetsu no Sosuke's figure scattered. Kibutsuji Muzan had defeated him.
But the next second, he appeared again, and the fight began!
Chapter 328: Meeting
Fight!
Death!
Fight!
Death!
The cycle continued without pause.
The Kibutsuji Muzan Tetsu no Sosuke had conjured in his mind was still weaker than the real one. Even so, he was more than Tetsu no Sosuke could handle.
Even when Tetsu no Sosuke imagined himself in the same condition as when he had fought Kibutsuji Muzan, it was nowhere near enough.
There was almost no way to counter Muzan's extraordinary regenerative ability.
Even the Nichirin Blade Tetsu no Sosuke had forged could not inflict lasting damage on him.
One second, perhaps two... that was the limit.
The first time Tetsu no Sosuke had cut Kibutsuji Muzan, the wound had taken longer to heal only because Muzan had not made a particular effort to heal it.
In the fighting that followed, Tetsu no Sosuke could not deal him any meaningful damage at all.
If the fight went on, it would become a contest of endurance.
And Kibutsuji Muzan's endurance... was infinite!
It was a hopeless cycle with no way out.
In his room, Tetsu no Sosuke opened his eyes. Sweat had covered his forehead without his noticing.
Dying over and over, even in the Spiritual World, had put him under tremendous strain.
Though he was awake now, he felt as