Flames crackled. The acrid scent of burning wisteria filled the air. Moisture evaporated rapidly from the soil, and insects hidden beneath dead leaves and branches, even deep in the earth, fled for their lives.
The rustling came from small creatures... mice, cockroaches, ants, and...
Tetsu no Sosuke's eyes flew open. He pressed his ears shut, bracing for the sound waves. At the same time, his blade flashed and he leaped upward again, dodging the gale from the war fan.
His gaze swept past every Demon and locked onto the tiny figure frantically searching for a hiding place amid the flames.
"Found you!!!"
His blade rose. He dropped like a meteor, passing the Shakujo Demon, who had fully split off, and the Wailing Demon, who had just emerged.
Admittedly, Tetsu no Sosuke had forgotten what that Demon actually did. He only remembered that the fellow always looked ready to cry and represented sorrow among the four Demons of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.
So calling him the Wailing Demon for now was fine. Besides... they were about to disappear.
His blade swept down like a dragon through the heavens, its radiance wheeling without pause. With Tetsu no Sosuke plummeting behind it, he looked like a flaming meteor falling from the sky.
But he was not using a new Swordsmanship technique... only Lightning Flash!
That move let him push his speed to its limit.
The instant he plunged into the sea of fire, he switched from Lightning Flash.
Breath of the Sun—Form Six: Endless Years!!!
The tiny figure fled with his hands over his head. He had no idea how Tetsu no Sosuke had found him, and had no time to do anything else.
The four clones were stunned. They wanted to fuse into Zohakuten, but there was no time left.
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