That slash was beyond anything the human world should have known.
Anyone capable of delivering such a strike was a prodigy beyond compare!
Invincible among humans!
"What a shame..."
The shock lasted only an instant. The next moment, Akaza roared, "Invincible among humans? I crossed the boundary between human and demon long ago! Your blade is useless against me!!!!"
With a furious roar, he threw a punch.
Its force was overwhelming!
His fist collided with the sword tip and shattered in an instant!
Anyone else would have lost all strength from such a wound. Akaza did not.
He let the blade pierce his arm, shatter his shoulder, and obliterate half his body. In the next instant, he struck out again, whole and unharmed.
Boom!
A devastating blow to the chest and abdomen!
Tetsu no Sosuke spat a mouthful of blood, but his blade kept moving, crashing down.
Screeeeech!!!!!
The blade struck bone. Sparks flew, and the piercing scrape seemed to go on without end.
Half of Akaza's body vanished beneath Endless Years. The slash that followed split the rest of him cleanly in two on a diagonal.
The blade broke through at his right arm, cut into his right shoulder, and emerged below his left waist.
In an instant, the blade wheeled around as they passed each other. Tetsu no Sosuke reversed it and drove it into the ground with a clang, blood streaming from the corner of his mouth.
"What a shame."
Akaza's voice came from behind him. "With Swordsmanship like that, no human could stand against you. But you're facing me—someone far beyond humanity. Even if my body is split apart, even if my head is cut off, I still won't die... But you? How many more of my punches can you take?"
Tetsu no Sosuke drew a