Chapter 487: Deciding the Victor

"We must decide a victor now!" A fierce, resolute light blazed in Kuchiki Senya's eyes.

………

"Kawasaki Heishiro — his bladework is razor-sharp." The black-clad youth watched Kuchiki Senya, who kept dodging the blade-light on the screen: "Should we seize this chance to kill him?"

Utsunomiya Koya glanced at the time: "No rush. Let's watch the show first."

The battle between Kuchiki Senya and Kawasaki Heishiro was deadlocked. Both were veteran Sky Ninjas, and every strike seemed to carry a torrential force — the surrounding trees and leaves had already been shredded by the violent qi into a storm of debris covering the entire sky and land!

12 Though Kuchiki Senya's strength was formidable, Kawasaki Heishiro's swordsmanship had truly reached the pinnacle — his moves were cunningly bizarre, leaving Kuchiki Senya not the slightest room to fight back.

After fighting for who knows how long, Kuchiki Senya finally could not hold on any longer and took several cuts on his body!

He was drenched in blood, looking as though he had crawled out of a pool of blood itself!

"Kawasaki Heishiro, are you trying to force me to use my forbidden technique?" Kuchiki Senya wiped his brow, and fresh blood seeped out along the gaps of his fingers.

"Your bladework is good — I can give you a chance to live," Utsunomiya Koya said. "Chop off your own head, then kill yourself."

"Kill myself?" Kuchiki Senya shook his head. "Sorry, I can't do that. Even if I lose, I want to die a glorious death. Besides…"

He paused, then said: "I promised Mieko I would collect her body for her."

"Fine, then say that after you've beaten me." Utsunomiya Koya said lightly: "I can wait a very long time for you."

Utsunomiya Koya watched the two figures in the distance, fighting faster and faster, and said: "Kawasaki Heishiro's bladework is very powerful, and yet you have lost your Wu Shidao — this condemns you to failure."

"Whether I fail or not, you will pay with your life." As Kuchiki Senya spoke, his wrist flicked, and that long blade, stained with his blood, instantly left his hand and flew out!

The blade-light was dazzling, sweeping toward Utsunomiya Koya!

This time, he intended not only to cut down his enemy, but to slash through Utsunomiya Koya's throat!

This strike was extremely fast — if one were an onlooker, one probably could not react in time at all!

However, at that instant Utsunomiya Koya's figure abruptly shifted; the long blade skimmed past his side, even narrowly flying past his ear, almost slicing through his skin!

"What, are you still deluding yourself into thinking you can escape?" Utsunomiya Koya said mockingly: "If you like, you can try. I don't mind seeing you off."