Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Facing the blades that were nearing her neck Izanami showed no panic. She calmly lowered her center of gravity and crouched down a little. The blade passed away harmlessly. Izanami then swung her wooden sword hitting Tengen in the abdomen.

Due to Izanami using a bit more strength than usual, Tenegen was blown away. He took a few steps back while holding his abdomen in pain. His heart was very shaken at this moment.

Although he knew Izanami was a great master swordsman he never expected he would be defeated in one blow. If Izanami’s sword was a real one then he would be split in half.

“You are using too much of your concentration on your first move. Due to this, your focus is lost resulting in you being in a perfect state to be ambushed. “ Izanami said as instructed Tengen of his weakness.

“ Instead of that, you could do this. While you are attacking with a blade to the head, use the other to block any attacks coming from below. You could also attack the top and bottom at the same time to make up for your weakness, “ Izanami then added her suggestion. As a twin sword user herself, Izanami knew how to deal with these situations.

“ I see, “ Tengen said as he took a deep breath to prepare himself again. He then narrowed his eyes and attacked Izanami again. But this time he used his twin swords to attack from the top and bottom at the same time. Just like how Izanami instructed him to do.

“ Good, “ Izanami said as she blocked one sword while sidestepping to evade the other. Then she used that momentum to deliver a roundhouse kick. The kick connected and Tengen once again was blown away. “ Don’t stop and wait for your opponent. Connect every move with each other leaving no gaps for your opennet to respond. “ Izanami said as she looked at Tengen again.

Tengen nodded and got to his feet again. He then once again dashed towards Izanami. This time instead of aiming for the head he aimed his sword at Izanami’s side. Izanami easily blocked the sword but then she suddenly had to push that sword away and jump to the side as Tengen swung his other sword at her head.

After that Tenegen turned to the side and swung his sword at Izanami again like it was a nunchuck.

Izanami crouched down and swung her sword at Tengen's feet. Tengen seemed to have predicted this as he jumped while rotating so his sword would once again attack Izanami.

Izanami used her sword as a jumping pole and adjusted her center of gravity to bring her whole body up. While doing so she didn’t forget to deliver a kick to Tenegen since his face is at her strike range.

Tengen hastily used his other sword to block but he was still pushed away taking a few steps back. This action destroyed the flow he kept. And due to this Izanami had enough time to take her distance.

“ Impressive. Although you still lack some experience your skills are able to cover that shortcoming. And if you manage to improve your defense and parry you may just become the best twin swordsman I have seen after me. “ Izanami said with a smile. This was high praise coming from her.

Tengen is truly a genius. She only needs to point out his mistake once and he will do his best to correct it in the next minute. His only shortcoming in swordsmanship is the lack of experience he would naturally gain over the next few years.

While he was sweating buckets, Izanami didn’t even break a sweat. He couldn’t last a single minute with her. She just needed a single move or two to completely defeat him. And up to now, he has never seen her use her famous breathing style.

Even that barrier is something anyone could do by compressing wind chakra to a higher degree. But even that single technique seemed to be as strong as a mountain.

Tengen couldn’t accept this reality. He as a genius cannot lose like this. That’s why he used his fourth form to destroy that barrier. Although he couldn’t see any cracks in the barrier he could feel it was barely hanging.

And just when he was about to get an upper hand his body had to give up like this. This is something he cannot accept.

‘I will break that barrier even if it is the last thing I do ‘Tenegen thought as he ignored everything and began to increase his speed. His muscles burst and blood gusted out of his arms but despite this, Tengen refused to back down.

And what felt like forever a cracking sound was heard. Then in an instant, Izanami’s wind diety’s armour broke no matter how many times she tried to reinforce it.

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