mtl008 Chapter 730 - 730
Chapter 730 - 730
"Not good enough."Eiji felt slightly disappointed inside.
Although he kept feeding him moves, Kurogane Ikki still showed no signs of evolution.
To master the Twin Wings Style, one must first transcend humanity.
The secret to achieving instant maximum acceleration lies in creating new electrical signals within the body that can instantly spread throughout, allowing one to condense all strength into a single force, unleashing maximum impact at any moment and from any posture.
For swordsmen who have mastered the Twin Wings Style, there is no such thing as move recovery frames, because the concept of "old force not yet spent, new force not yet arrived" doesn't exist for them.
Essentially, this is an evolution as a human being.
One must complete this evolution to enter the realm of Twin-Wings.
But Kurogane Ikki showed no signs of evolution, no matter how long they waited.
Even though he had already seen through the true nature of the Twin Wings Style, he still couldn't push open that door.
Back when Eiji stepped into this realm, it had only taken him a few minutes.
"If this continues, he won't be able to master the Twin Wings Style."
Eiji delivered a death sentence in his heart.
Without even knowing the Twin Wings Style, there was no way he could defeat Stella!
Kurogane Ikki's journey in the Seven Star Sword Art Festival would end tomorrow.
Eiji closed his eyes slightly.
When he opened them again—
Killing intent boiled in his eyes!
"Boom!"
Suddenly, Eiji took a step forward!
Fierce sword energy roared out like uprooting mountains and toppling trees, transforming into a shocking shockwave that swept in all directions!
For a moment, the few people outside the arena nearly suffocated. The immense pressure made them feel as if they were in a vacuum, all their instincts seized by fear.
And standing before him, Kurogane Ikki faced this tremendous pressure head-on from the very first moment!
A flash of light, like a shooting star.
In a daze, it drifted over from the horizon.
That beauty stole Kurogane Ikki's consciousness.
"I'll die!"
But abruptly, his fear awakened his instincts.
The terror of death surged from the depths of his heart, turning into magma-like heat, stimulating his survival instincts!
There was no room for thought.
Not a moment to hesitate.
In an instant—
Kurogane Ikki dug out his deepest instincts and swung his sword!
"—"
Not a single sound was made.
Only two flashes of light remained in the air.
"Well done."
Two figures crossed paths.
Eiji turned around, a satisfied smile on his face.
"As expected of you. I knew you could do it!"
After all, he was the protagonist.
Always trustworthy, no matter the situation.
His beaming, spring-like smile left everyone in a daze.
As if that fierce, typhoon-level sword energy from earlier had just been an illusion.
"No, how could it be an illusion… That aura that made me suffocate…"
Yuudai Moroboshi snapped back to his senses, shuddering involuntarily.
That terrifying sword energy was like a tsunami breaking through a dam, making every cell in his body tremble with fear, leaving him without the slightest will to resist.
Thankfully, he hadn't recklessly asked for a spar earlier—otherwise, he might not have lasted even a single move!
Just the aura alone made him feel as if he were facing death.
That night at the banquet, he had still been holding back!
"What did you mean by 'well done,' junior brother?"
Touka also snapped back to reality, unable to help widening her eyes.
An extremely terrifying conjecture surfaced in her heart.
"'Well done'?"
On the field, Kurogane Ikki stared blankly at his own hands.
What had he done?
No.
More fundamentally, what had he done in that instant just now?
He understood that Eiji had deliberately provoked his instincts by releasing such terrifying killing intent.
But how had he survived that dreadful sword?
He had no memory of what just happened.
"Did you forget?"
Eiji said leisurely.
"Don't worry, what's engraved into your instincts can't be easily forgotten."
"Instincts?"
"That's right."
Eiji nodded.
Kurogane Ikki's instinct was to steal.
To desperately steal.
Even at the brink of death, he would steal his enemy's power and make it his own.
That instinct stemmed from the possibility of victory, from defiance against fate, and even more from attachment to life.
However, it was less like stealing and more like snatching.
After all, he stole so openly.
"In that instant just now, your instinct allowed you to steal my sword."
Eiji finally declared, confirming everyone's suspicions.
Kurogane Ikki had already learned the Twin Wings Style.
That was Eiji's assertion.
For a moment, Touka and Yuudai Moroboshi exchanged glances, not knowing what to say.
The world's strongest swordsmanship had actually been stolen just like that?
"Even so, you've only learned half of it for now."
Eiji smiled, his eyes teasing.
"Let me teach you the final step to entering the realm of Twin-Wings!"
"What is it—?"
Kurogane Ikki still didn't have a concrete feeling about having learned the world's strongest swordsmanship.
But he urgently needed to become stronger, so he immediately asked.
"Guh!"
In the blink of an eye.
Hot blood rushed up his throat.
The blade enlarged before his eyes, then pierced his chest, the pain instantly intensifying.
Eiji's face was full of a malicious smile, acting just like a villain.
Kurogane Ikki stared at Eiji in disbelief, then slowly collapsed to the ground.
A large blood flower bloomed on his chest.
Heavens, the protagonist died again!
"Brother!"
"Junior brother!"
"What?!"
The gymnasium instantly descended into chaos.
...
"That was too reckless!"
Touka couldn't help but loudly scold Eiji.
Even just recalling it made her heart pound with fear.
"It has to be reckless to be effective!"
Eiji spread his hands innocently.
Dying once.
This was the final step to completing the evolution.
Although there were steady and secure methods, Kurogane Ikki, who was facing Stella tomorrow, clearly didn't have that kind of time. So Eiji deliberately killed him once, allowing his body to adapt to the new electrical signals, thus enabling him to step into that realm.
Kurogane Ikki lay down as if everything was over, then stood up with a confused expression.
That expression of his made Eiji want to laugh whenever he remembered it.
Touka's expression was so complex it was almost twisted, but in the end, she had nothing to say.
Under the night sky.
The two left the gymnasium and set off on the road back to the hotel.
"That method... it really can't be used on me, can it?"
Along the way, Touka suddenly spoke up.
Witnessing the growing gap between herself and her junior brother, she couldn't help but feel somewhat anxious in her heart.
"Of course not."
Eiji quickly understood the meaning behind her words and decisively shook his head.
"I could never kill you, Senior Sister."
He had genuinely intended to kill earlier, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to deceive the sharp Kurogane Ikki.
But he couldn't bring himself to kill his senior sister.
He would find other methods to make his senior sister stronger in the future, but the Twin-Wings swordsmanship was something he would never let her attempt.
Touka gently punched him, her eyes seductive as silk.
"You've been following us all this way, aren't you going to come out?"
They stopped in front of a park ahead of the hotel.
Eiji looked behind him and sneered coldly.