Akaza roared, his fists striking like thunder in a relentless barrage.
Tetsu no Sosuke parried again and again, his eyes cold as ice, his resolve hard as iron.
Suddenly, countless blades swept up around him.
Omnidirectional Wheel!
"Not enough!"
With a roar, Akaza drove his fist forward.
In an instant, the Omnidirectional Wheel shattered. His fist punched through. Both his hands had long since healed, and this strike was meant to kill!
But his fist struck empty air.
Tetsu no Sosuke had known the Omnidirectional Wheel could not withstand Akaza in his current state.
There had been no chance of it at all.
The Omnidirectional Wheel had only been a diversion.
He darted behind Akaza in the blink of an eye.
His blade flashed. Gale Sun!
Akaza's head spun a full hundred and eighty degrees to face Tetsu no Sosuke.
Blades rained down, but Akaza's arms bent beyond their natural limits. His elbows twisted backward with impossible ease, and he punched out, meeting every strike of Tetsu no Sosuke's Gale Sun.
The next instant, Akaza's body whipped around, his foot trailing a streak of light as it swept straight toward Tetsu no Sosuke's face.
Tetsu no Sosuke retreated, flipped over the kick, and sprang into the air.
Comet Waltz!
His figure soared upward, then plunged down.
Endless Years!!!
Light shimmered along the blade.
"I see it now!"
Akaza spoke suddenly, light swirling endlessly in his eyes.
It was like facing an ancient, lifeless void!
This slash did not merely shatter things. It erased them.
Through the endless passage of time, all things would eventually be consumed.
The truth Tetsu no Sosuke had glimpsed—or rather, the true killing move hidden in his soul—was not the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
It was the Path of Decay and Flourishing!
Even the hardest