Mark stood up to his full height and the two men suddenly vanished!
Clang!
The sound of metal striking metal rang through the region as they reappeared in the air! Musashi leaned down hard on his sword as he struck Mark's closed fist! Mark was using the Glove of the Thunder God to hold back the blade and he grinned at Musashi as he redirected the blade to the side and slammed his feet into Musashi's stomach!
Musashi was thrown back by the force, but he wasted no time as he got to his feet and dashed towards Mark! He delivered three more blows, but Mark easily parried all of them! Musashi was greatly limited since he had already lost an arm, so the amount of power he could put into his strikes was only half as strong as it should be!
Musashi slashed through the air with his sword and Mark was about to dodge, but he noticed a massive amount of mana gathering at the sword a moment too late as Musashi augmented his sword with magic! This was nothing like the paltry control that Hercules had! Mark noticed that Musashi's control over his magic was leaps and bounds above what was normal!
Mark was not even able to notice that Musashi was using mana until the very last moment!
[Ignorance of The Death God] has been activated!
Mark suddenly twisted his body to the side as Musashi sent a wave of mana across the space where Mark had been! The wave traveled through the air and slammed through three buildings, splitting them in half with minimal effort and making them crumble to the ground from the force of the attack!
This bastard was really about to kill him!
Mark was stunned by the attack, but there was a grin on his face as he quickly dashed forward, sending mana to his feet! He rolled under another slash from Musashi and Musashi was forced to draw his blade back and block a kick that would have broken his neck!
Slam!
Slam!
Clang!
Clang!
The two of them started to rail into each other with ferocity! Exchanging blows that would split mountains and destroy entire regions in the city!
"Rargh!"
Musashi shouted in pain as he felt a bolt of lightning travel through his body. He skipped over the water like a stone before he finally splashed into the water. He bit down on his sword and rushed to climb out from the water, but Mark was right there beside him again with his legs drawn back like a footballer about to take a free kick!
BOOM!
Mark did not hold back at all as he delivered a massive kick to Musashi's face and Musashi was thrown back again! Mark looked down at his feet and he saw a small cut there with blood leaking from it. That kick felt off. Mark looked at Musashi and he saw Musashi getting up from the water to stand on it.
There was a large bruise forming on Musashi's forehead, but it was not as deep as Mark thought it would be.
'Oh, he must have blocked the kick using his hand while adjusting the blade so that it would cut me once I touched him. This guy is almost as versatile as Merlin. No wonder Merlin lost.'
If Musashi was able to do all of this with only one hand, Mark could only wonder how strong the man was with both his hands.
Musashi was breathing heavily with his sword in his hand. The stump of his missing hand was bleeding again since he had moved it too much and he was bleeding from the bruise on his forehead.
Musashi took in a single calming breath and his breathing evened out as he calmed himself. He was not going to lose his calm in this situation. He had to think rationally and handle this fight once and for all.
Musashi knew that the only way to win this would be to draw Mark in and then place Mark in a position where he couldn't block at all before using his mana-based sword attack to finish the fight.
'But drawing him in close is the issue. This boy is a master at close-quarter combat. He shows no fear at all.'
Musashi would never say that he was a fearful man, but just looking at Mark rushing towards him for an attack would be enough to put fear into the hearts of even the most hardened veteran. Mark was fearless in close quarters and it was obvious that Mark relished the feeling of exchanging blows with his opponent.
Musashi bit down on his sword again and wrapped the cloth around his stump tighter before grabbing his sword and crouching low. Musashi didn't know it, but there was a small smile appearing on his lips as he faced off against Mark. In his lifetime, Musashi was known for being one of the most celebrated fighters. He has fought against more than sixty samurai and defeated them all.
There was no way he was not enjoying exchanging blows with someone as skilled as Mark!
Mark noticed that Musashi was ready to go again and he dashed in for another round!
Mana [1020/2165]
Mark only had about half his mana remaining, but that was not a problem for him. Mark knew that even though Musashi looked fine, he was already on his last legs and there was only one last big attack left before Musashi would be finished. Merlin might have lost that fight, but he did not go down without a good fight.