Chapter 168 - #167 Taeko, Loris & Meela (1/2)

----Taeko vs Enshin----

Taeko moved her left foot forward while her right foot was a small distance behind her left foot, she held her katana in front of her in both hands.

”Haha, I won't wait any longer!” Enshin shouted with a wide smile and rushed forward while sending a few aerial blades towards Taeko by slashing his weapon from the great distance.

'That weapon must be a Teigu, but unfortunately for him, I can perform such an attack without even having a special weapon, now that I have this pseudo-Teigu, I can combine it with my current sword arts' Taeko thought calmly when she noticed aerial blades attacking her.

'Summit Gust!' Taeko performed overhead slash while standing still and her already aerial blade created from her technique was enhanced by the wind element in her weapon, making it much stronger than before.

*bang* *whoosh!* The aerial blades negated each other after trying to overpower each other for a moment, spreading a strong wind all around.

”Hm?! Who would have thought that you can do a similar thing to my Shamshir!” Enshin was slightly surprised to see this but he hasn't stopped moving at all.

'Looks like it's still a Teigu, to be able to block my empowered technique...whatever.' Taeko thought calmly with closed eyes before changing her stance, spreading her feet apart and putting her katana next to her, pointing at the ground behind her.

'Scattering Breeze' Taeko concentrated and an imaginary circle formed around her in her attack range.

'What is she planning? ....?!!' Enshin thought but still rushed into her attack range without worrying but once he truly stepped into her attack range, his eyes widened in horror when he felt the pressure.

'Not gonna make it back!' Enshin thought and instead of focusing on defending or trying to stop and jump back, he used all his leg power to jump as high as he could to jump over Taeko.

*Splash* 'Tsk! This bitch is stronger than she looks!' Despite his quick reaction, his leg was still slashed by Taeko, however, it wasn't anything that would stop him from standing or walking. While he was still in the air, above Taeko, he sent a few aerial blades towards her head.

'Hmph!' Taeko opened her eyes and looked up with her stoic expression which actually made Enshin slightly nervous this time.

'Scattering Breeze' Taeko once again blocked his aerial blades with hers.

'...Now! Quickly before she gets into that strange stance once again, it takes some time, as long as I keep close to her, she won't be able to perform it again!' When Enshin has fallen on the ground, he ignored the pain in his leg and quickly kicked off the ground, rushing at Taeko from behind.

Taeko quickly turned around and blocked his diagonal slash, while at the same moment she blocked his attack, she opened her mouth and spit a hidden needle at his face.

'Wha-!' Enshin tilted his head to the side so quickly that it almost snapped his neck but thanks to this, he was able to narrowly dodge the needle even though it scratched his cheek a bit. While he was focused on the needle, Taeko kicked him into his midsection to which he had no time to react.

”Gah!” Enshin spat a little bit of blood while sliding back on his feet from the impact.

”Are these all of your tricks, ȧssassin? Your struggle only makes it more enjoyable when the time for you crawling will come!” Enshin said with a crazy smile with blood coming out of his mouth. He was looking for an opening and in case Taeko would try to get into that strange stance once again, he would send numerous aerial blades her way.

Finally, after constantly keeping quiet the entire time, Taeko frowned a bit and slowly opened her mouth.

”Are you just all talk? As far as I can see, you are the only person struggling.” Taeko said apathetically.

'This bitch is getting on my nerves!' Enshin thought while gritting his teeth.

'If I was here all alone I would have waited for the poison inflicted by my sword and needle to start affecting his movements but since everyone is here, I guess I can go all out to test just how much I improved ever since Akashi left...' Taeko thought before she finally arrived at the decision.

'Limit Removal'

'Twister' Taeko's pupils became invisible and her eyes enlarged.

This change surprised Enshin as he waited for her next move with a cautious expression but then he suddenly saw Taeko completely disappear from his sight without any trace. He could only widen his eyes in shock before he felt a stinging pain coming from his back so he quickly turned around while slashing his weapon in advance but all he met was wind while Taeko appeared once again behind him, cutting his hand holding a weapon.

”Impossible! I won't lose in swordsmanship!” Enshin instead of cowering in fear, shouted with a crazy expression while kicking with his leg behind him without turning around just to see Taeko appear in front of him once again which was his intention but as he tried to grab her neck, his other hand was cut off by Taeko.

”Agh! You bi-! *cough*” Before he was able to say his favorite word, Taeko pierced his heart.

”You swordsmanship was...just so-so” Taeko said as Enshin could only see her apathetic face looking at him as he was falling down back first.

Currently, there were only a few special people who could match Taeko's swordsmanship, however, her ultimate technique, Twister, that she created thanks to combining her swordsmanship and Limit Removal was truly trump card that granted her speed even faster than that of Akashi's or speed on the exact same level as his skill [Phantom Strike].

---Loris & Meela vs Dorothea---

”I am up against kids, huh?” Dorothea muttered, revealing her almost like vampire fangs. Those fangs were her Teigu, Absordex.