Chapter 253 - Country of Sakura, Cherin and Seven Holy Swords [24] (1/2)

253. Country of Sakura, Cherin and Seven Holy Swords [24]

The mysterious swordsman and I ran towards each other at the same time, as though it was prearranged.

「HA!」

「Nuun!」

Our full-might slashes clashed against each other and red sparks soared.

As a fierce battle unfolded,

「HAAAAAAAAAAA!」

「NUOOOOOOH!」

Our war cries echoed on the quiet island.

(What insane power!)

I am quite confident in my physical strength, but the result of our locked sword state was even.

(No. In this state where I have not deployed darkness, I am being slightly pushed back.)

This man is not your average swordsman, after all.

「Bararara! Interesting! How interesting, kid! To compete with my herculean strength with that thin body!」

He laughed heartily and unleashed storm-like consecutive attacks.

「…..!」

I dodged, parried, and defended and somehow prevented all the slashes by a hair’s breadth.

(These are just normal slashes, but… there is tremendous power behind each of them.)

My sword was about to be broken just by defending it.

「What’s the matter? You can’t fight back if you just stick to defending!」

He took a big step forward for a follow-up attack.

I matched him and stepped in forward.

「I know that even if you don’t tell me! First Sword – Flying Shadow!」

I unleashed a counter at almost zero distance.

「Hou, you use some strange techniques!」

But, he clutched it with his left arm and crushed it from the front.

(What the!?)

The power of the flying shadow is certainly modest, and is mainly used as a “feint” or a “counter” like I just did, but…

I never imagined it could be crushed with bare hands.

(How about this then!)

I dropped my center of gravity and slid into his chest area.

「Eighth Sword – Yatagarasu!」

Eight sharp slashes bared its fangs.

「Eight in one swing… Not bad!」

But, he avoided all of them with fluent body movements. It looked almost like a dance.

(F-Fast!)

It was a surprisingly agile movement for a huge body which exceeded two meters.

「Sora-sora-soraa! Is that all you have, kid?!」

「Guh!?」

And we kept fighting violently with the sword while preserving “Soul dress”.

How long has it passed since we began?

(All right, it’s about time to counterattack.)

After catching his blows again and again, I became accustomed to his insane physical strength.

Right now, in terms of simple sword crossing, we were completely even.

From here on, it will be a battle between swordsmanship and soul dress.

(…Let’s begin.)

I created a gap on my left side and lured him into the attack.