I don't want to be a heroic spirit

This was originally a small forest.

Edwys's control over his body can be said to be almost perfect. In the beginning of the battle with Okita Souji, he was not only able to suppress him without injuring him, but even the surrounding trees were not harmed. The sharp sword energy gathered on the sword's edge without even a trace leaking out.

After all, she is her most cherished sister. Even though this sister worries her a lot and doesn't listen to her sister very much, she still can't bear to hurt the other party. She never hurts the other party from the beginning to the end, but simply wears down the other party's physical strength and energy. Spirit.

To her surprise, Okita Souji was much more perseverant than she thought.

Every time when she thought the opponent was about to fall, Okita Souji always stood up. Although it was difficult, he could still raise his sword towards her.

"Soji, she...has become stronger."

However, it's still not enough.

No matter how many times Okita Souji gets up, she only needs to swing her sword once.

A vision without strength is just talk.

Okita Souji has become stronger, but just that is not enough to satisfy Edwys, nor can she prove that she is qualified to leave Edwyth's protection and fly in a wider sky.

Until... Edwys saw Souji Okita put on a calm posture.

This is probably the last sword.

Just as Okita Souji knew Edwine well, Edwine also knew Okita Souji well.

Edwys knew that this was Okita Souji's secret sword, a condensation of what Okita Souji had learned throughout his life.

The first time they met, it was the beginning of this sword.

So, as long as I defeat it with unrivaled power like that time... Souji can come back to me, right?

With his mind at this point, Edwys subconsciously clenched his sword.

Just like Souji Okita has shown countless times.

One step, two steps...

The third step is the ultimate sword, a flash across time and space.

However, when the sword actually fell, Edwys's eyes changed.

wrong!

She no longer retains her instinct as a swordsman, and her ability to pull the strings of fate that belongs to the devil is fully activated at this moment.

The world's pinnacle sword power and the power of cause and effect burst out without reservation at this moment, making demons all over the world moved by this.

But that has nothing to do with Edwys.

The moment Souji Okita's sword fell, Edwys saw a pure white world.

That is the whiteness of nothingness, that is the whiteness of everything.

It is such a world that seems to have everything and yet seems to have nothing, with a human figure at its center.

"Chief... Secretary?"

That man looked exactly like Okita Souji.

However, her skin color is slightly darker than Okita Souji's, and her hair is not bright cherry pink, but silvery white without a trace of impurities... just like the world she lives in.

Moreover, her hair is really long, hanging down to her ankles.

Edwys watched absentmindedly as her abnormally long sword slashed out a trace that seemed to contain all the principles of the world, and then... it gradually overlapped with the sword that Souji Okita slashed at her.

When she came to her senses, she was already lying on the ground.

The place where the woods used to be was completely razed to the ground, which was her own work.

Because of Okita Souji's last sword attack, Edwys accidentally opened up all his firepower, causing everything around him to be unscathed.

Even the surrounding "space" and "destiny" have traces of her sword, which are slowly repairing themselves at the moment.

At this moment, she was looking at the sky in ecstasy. Even if she looked directly at the sun, her eyes would not be hurt.

Okita Souji is not here, probably because he is in a hurry to participate in the competition.

Really, just leaving my sister here...

"What a disobedient sister..."

Her eyes were looking at the sky, but her mind was thinking about the pure white world and that figure.

"The sword that cuts from the distant future to this moment...is really...an amazing sword..."

Edwys was a little confused for a moment.

At this time...what expression should I show?

Well...just smile.

After all...that is the sister that I am proud of.

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When Kuroyuki Ikki appeared on the stage, he already looked very embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Souji Okita appeared in an even more embarrassing situation than him.

She was covered in dust just like Kuroyuki Ikki, and her originally bright and smooth cherry-pink hair was now a mess. If she got close, she could still see the blood stains on the corners of her mouth that had not been wiped clean.

She still had a sword in her hand, and she just walked in. It seemed that even walking was difficult. She took almost three seconds to move a step and limped over. It made people worried whether she would do it in the next second. He stumbled and fell to the ground.

There were shocking blood stains on her arms, thighs, and clothes.

But, she still came.

Just like Kurogane Ikki believed.

Her figure was shaky, but her steps on the steps were steady.

It's almost like a joke, how on earth are you going to fight with a body that's riddled with holes like that?

However, no one present could laugh.

What is it that supports its progress? So beautiful, so stunning, so stoic.

After witnessing that gesture, the only emotion everyone felt was awe.

The two men, who were equally weak, finally stood on the battlefield and smiled at each other.

"Why are you so embarrassed? Ikki."

"How on earth did you have the nerve to say that to me?"

Two people who were equally embarrassed and weak were both amused by each other's appearance at this moment.

Are you curious about why the other person is like this? Maybe, but that has nothing to do with the battle that's going on at this moment.

"To be honest, I'm a little disappointed."

Okita Souji straightened his spine and looked up at the helicopter flying overhead and the ridiculously big screen.

The venue was originally closed, but now the sky could be clearly seen.

Kuroyuki Ikki did not speak, but quietly waited for the other party's next words.

"It's not easy to have a formal duel with you, but there are so many superfluous things mixed into it."

"And the two of us are still like this."

"Yes, it's still this bad."

"Ha ha."

The two of them didn't look like rivals about to confront each other with swords at all, and a harmonious atmosphere filled the air between them.

"Hey, Ikki, how much energy do you have left?"

"The most you can do is one swing."

"What a coincidence, me too, maybe I won't even be able to swing a knife."

"Isn't that bad?"

"Yes, it's really not good. I feel like it's hard to even lift this sword now..."

As if to make his words more convincing, Okita Souji held the hilt of the sword with both hands and pointed the tip of the sword at Kurogane Ikki with great effort.

Chapter 104 The decisive three-stage jet burst

"Do you know? Souji, my heart was broken once... by my biological father."

A sad look appeared in Kuroyuki Ikki's eyes.

But his determination did not waver.

"However, someone gave me new support, and because of her, I was able to stand here again."

He thought of the people who had cheered him on on the way here.

Kurogane Ikki summoned his spiritual equipment Yintetsu, and the blade was excited like never before.

"This game has been mixed with too much selfishness and interests because of me, but... my excitement is hard to suppress, because my opponent is you, and because there are so many expectations behind me."

Both of them clenched the weapons in their hands, and then, the mechanically synthesized sound echoed throughout the venue.

"——Let's go ahead (the game starts)!!"

The buzzer sounds great! Declaring the official start of the game!

At the next moment, the magical flames began to burn, spurting out of Kurogane Ikki's body and rising into the sky.

"One-sword Shura!!"

This is Kurogane Ikki's only unique sword-cutting skill - One-Sword Shura!

By destroying one's own survival instinct, all the energy that would have been enough to support a whole day's activities is unleashed in this minute.

It is precisely because he knows his own weakness that he does not allow himself to have any reservations.

"One-sword Shura... It's obviously the protagonist's most classic skill, but this is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes."

The gushing magical arrogance suddenly stirred up the atmosphere of the whole place. When the arrogance was reflected in his eyes, even Okita Souji accidentally became excited.

Seeing it with your own eyes is much more shocking than sitting in front of a screen in your previous life.

"But...one minute is still too long."

Both Okita Souji and Kurogane Ikki have only one chance.

After one strike, no matter who wins or loses, both will be exhausted.

In fact, if you really want to win, then as long as you avoid the opponent's blow, your chance of winning will be greatly improved.

However, neither Kuroyuki Ikki nor Okita Souji had such despicable thoughts in their minds.

He will not play tricks or tricks, but will confront the opponent from the front, be upright and show his full strength to the opponent.

There was only one thing they were thinking about at the moment.

When the two people's eyes met, they both understood each other's thoughts.

Ikki Kurotetsu \u0026 Souji Okita: "Bet everything on yourself - to win against the glorious knight in front of you!!"

The blade of the sword glowed under the blazing sun, and the two of them assumed a very similar posture.

Bend your upper body slightly, hold the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, the blade of the knife is parallel to your shoulders, and the tip of the knife is pointed directly at the opponent.

That is Okita Souji's most commonly used offensive stance - flat blue eyes.

"This guy Ikki, could it be that..."

Kurogane Ikki's posture at this moment was all too familiar to Okita Souji.

She recalled the previous match with Touka Todou. Facing the undefeated [Raikiri], she used her secret sword in front of everyone.

Could it be that...

"This guy...did he learn my secret sword just in that one time?!"

The invisible momentum burned around Okita Souji like a flame.

Are you looking down on me? How dare you use my tricks against me? !

He roared like this in his heart, but Souji Okita had a smile on his face.