Chapter 272: Nito-Ryu vs Ito-Ryu ( 2 )

'Ugh… Vinete's Mu no Kamae is already frustrating… Now, even Stasis is using it.'

Mourad complained after seeing the dual wielder's stance. 

It was his first time fighting against Mu no Kamae when he fought Vinete yesterday. So he wasn't that experienced dealing with such unusual practitioners. 

This means that Stasis' style was not something he would like to face. By using the stance on his two swords, it would create many problems for him since he would have a hard time timing his attacks. 

He might have an advantage when it comes to the strength he could muster with two hands but after he fought against Droltob, Stasis must've adjusted already and would get caught off guard again. There's no way he would let his sword get broken again. 

Stasis, on the other hand, was extremely focused as he eyed Mourad's stabbing form. 

'Master Reiji, I know that this technique is extremely difficult. You taught me the principles of this technique but I never mastered them even after six months we've been together. However… I'll show you now… My version of Mu no Kamae!'

Stasis then activated his bloodline ability. It wasn't prohibited as long as he won't use some kind of Arcane Magic. 

Anyway, the ability of his bloodline that he could manifest was his improved vision. He didn't think too much of it when he discovered this the first time. After all, he felt that having a stronger Arcane Magic or body is better than having good eyesight.

However, his master calls it kinetic vision and he was told that this is very important as long as he learned how to use them. 

Stasis didn't think too much of it before but after learning the sword for a long time, he realized how important it is in quick battles. 

This is why after he was separated from his master, he worked really hard mastering the kinetic vision and learned how to use it during sword battles. 

Thud!

Mourad stepped forward and boldly thrusts his sword to Stasis…

"Haa!"

It was quite surprising since this should be a counter technique and the young man decided to use it as his opening strike!

Nevertheless, Stasis was quick to act and decided to counter him instead.

Pah!

Stasis wanted to hit Mourad's head but the latter pulled his sword and blocked his strike. It appears that he was only probing his Mu no Kamae…

The dual swordsman smiled after realizing this. 

'You won't be able to do that again…' He thought. 

***

'These two are too good… I only taught them the foundation and now, they're already at this level… How impressive…'

Reiji mused after seeing their brief exchange. 

The Mu no Kamae is a stance that is extremely difficult to counter since the angles and trajectories of the attacks were hard to guess. Especially with two swords at that.

It is unlike Jodan or even Hasso, where they only have to worry about the strikes coming from above.

'Hmm?'

Reiji noticed the standoff between the two.

After Mourad probed Stasis' response to his attack, he just remained standing on his ground with his stabbing stance.

His two hands holding his wooden sword at the level of his right chest while waiting for Stasis to come. 

On the other hand, Stasis was slowly inching his way towards Mourad as he also circles the platform. 

It seems that he didn't want to have a straightforward battle. He will definitely aim to break Mourad's stance.

Pah!

Stasis started attacking. He used his right sword to hit Mourad's body while his left sword tried to parry his opponent's stab.

Because of his kinetic vision, he can see the trajectory of Mourad's sword. He just placed his left sword on its way to block his strike.

Pah!

Finally, it was a clean hit on Mourad's body.

However, the fight was still not over. Just like how Droltob can endure Stasis' attack, Mourad can do the same as he continued with his technique!

Renzoku Waza!

Three consecutive strikes were executed by Mourad in such a short amount of time and one of the strikes successfully hit his opponent's cheek. 

Though he was hit by Stasis' Nuki Waza, he actually managed to ignore the pain and continue with his strikes. It was very impressive that the crowd could no longer tell who would win.

The battle continued as they continued exchanging strikes… Dodging, parrying, and countering… They are all executed with extreme preciseness.

"What's going on? This Mourad guy is actually this strong."

"Amazing… They are on a different level."

"I think that we've practiced the sword at the same time, but how come they've already reached this mastery?!"

"That is talent… They're genius… You can't compare them to yourselves."

The crowd watching was awed at their performance.

Most of them thought that Stasis would have a big advantage in this fight… However, Mourad is showing them hope that Ittouryuu can be powerful as well even against fighting dual wielders. 

The fight between the two was quite exciting with their sword exchange.

It then came to the point that both of them managed to score 4 points each. 

It means that in their next sword exchange, the one who managed to score would be the winner of the match. 

Unfortunately, Mourad was perhaps getting too tired already as Stasis was able to execute Maki Waza with one hand and it made his sword spin off from his hands allowing Stasis to land the final blow…

In the end, Mourad was defeated after such an excruciating fight…

However, he wasn't sad about it. One can even see him smirking a little.

'Well… He can control his bloodline so effectively. I can't win with that.'

Mourad mused as he left the platform.

'You're lucky… but I won't let you win again the next time we fight.' He added in his thoughts. 

Right now, he doesn't have good control over his bloodline's power. If he used it during the fight, he might accidentally activate his Arcane Magic and get disqualified. 

Nevertheless, the competition continued.

The last-round match was already obvious.

[ Mourad vs Vinete ] 

[ Stasis vs Imane ]

[ Droltob vs Alee ] 

Mourad won again against Vinete like yesterday and Stasis also defeated Imane.

Finally, Droltob gained his first win after defeating Alee in a long fight…

The crowd cheered for Stasis who came from Ormug Village as he was now given the chance to summon his Arcana!

Aside from that, Ruthren announced that everyone is actually allowed to watch the summoning now! 

Everyone was excited as they could now finally see the real process of summoning the mysterious Arcana!