"That is…!"
A look of astonishment gradually appeared on Kanzaki's face.
Because within that incomparably intense radiance, the Ogre Lux in Fang Li's hand slowly began changing its appearance, wrapped in surging starlight.
From its original one-handed knight sword form, it gradually transformed into a long sword.
A pure white sword of light.
Kanzaki recognized it.
Rather, it would have been stranger if she had not.
Though it looked like a long sword formed from condensed light, with only the hilt retaining a mechanical outer shell appearance, its length exceeded two meters, and it was even sheathed within a pure white scabbard.
That appearance was clearly…
"Shichiten Shichitou…"
That's right.
Precisely the nodachi used by Kanzaki herself.
At this moment, Fang Li had transformed Bo Xie into a nodachi over two meters in length.
Compared with the Shichiten Shichitou in Kanzaki's hand, it was completely identical in shape and scale.
Only then did Fang Li open his eyes.
Slowly, he placed his hand upon the hilt of the pure white nodachi resting in its sheath.
That stance was exactly identical to the iaijutsu stance Kanzaki was currently taking.
Seeing this, an unbelievable thought arose in Kanzaki's heart.
"Could it be… You intend to…?"
Kanzaki's voice, filled with overwhelming shock, caused a faint smile to appear on Fang Li's face.
"Can't be helped. If you're planning to pour all your remaining power into your next strike and unleash the strongest Yuisen yet…"
"...then I don't really have any other way to deal with it."
No.
More accurately speaking, there was still a method.
That method was the same as Kanzaki's…
Release the Stigma.
Only, releasing the Stigma meant the premature collapse of one's soul.
At that point, Fang Li would meet death ahead of time.
That itself wasn't really a problem.
If it had been the former Fang Li, who felt nothing toward death, he would absolutely have released the power of the Stigma without the slightest hesitation, paying the price of shortened lifespan in exchange for victory.
But now, things were different.
Ever since a year ago, because of Sylvia, he had gained a certain understanding of "Life," causing his perception of "Death" to deepen and promoting the evolution of his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Fang Li's way of thinking had changed somewhat.
It wasn't that Fang Li had become afraid of death.
At most, he simply thought this:
(At the very least… I can't let Sylvie die meaninglessly along with me…)
Once Fang Li, as a Main God's Envoy, died, then Sylvia, as Fang Li's Servant, would likewise be stripped of her life.
In that case, even if his ultimate ending was death—
He could not die meaninglessly.
A battle against Kanzaki was not worth demonstrating that kind of value.
This duel was merely a duel.
Not a life-for-life struggle.
Therefore, Fang Li would not release the Stigma.
Then, in order to receive that slash which had nearly reached the Domain of God, Fang Li had only one choice remaining.
"A one-hit-kill ultimate technique… don't you think that concept suits me perfectly?"
Fang Li's lightly amused words made Kanzaki fully understand.
The man before her intended to use Yuisen.
No…
Not use Yuisen.
He intended to create Yuisen.
Fang Li was going to use everything he had learned throughout his life to reproduce that slash which approached the Domain of God.
To create a drawing-sword technique capable of rivaling Yuisen… A technique that would push the concept of one-hit kill to its absolute extreme.
Upon understanding this, Kanzaki felt nothing but shock.
The crystallization of an entire sect's efforts… A culmination forged through the entire history of the Amakusa-Style Remix of Church, and yet, this man intended to create something equivalent through his own power alone?
That was simply…
Impossible.
"I know. Your Yuisen is far more than an ordinary drawing-sword technique. It is an attack technique born from the very philosophy of iaijutsu itself, created upon that foundation, existing solely to unleash the Saint Power within your body in its ultimate form."
Seeing the shock within Kanzaki's heart, Fang Li calmly spoke those words.
"But I believe I can do it."
This was not arrogance.
It was a conclusion reached through calm analysis.
Yuisen was a technique that existed to embody the concept of one-hit kill.
And although Fang Li was rather mediocre when it came to innate talent in swordsmanship and similar techniques, he possessed killing talent that could be called top-class.
Therefore, for Fang Li, a move that embodied the philosophy of one-hit kill was absolutely capable of allowing him to push his sole talent to its utmost peak.
Moreover, Fang Li had already fully comprehended the essence of Assassination Arts, and this was not even the first time he had created a technique.
If he used the principles of the Nanaya Assassination Arts as a foundation, merging them with the philosophy of drawing-sword techniques and his own understanding…
"Then I can definitely create a move capable of rivaling your Yuisen."
As he spoke, Fang Li slowly tightened his grip on the hilt of Bo Xie, now transformed into a nodachi.
Meanwhile, his heart gradually calmed.
What needed to be done was already crystal clear.
The concepts and understanding were already sufficient.
After all, Fang Li had once used a pistol-version drawing-sword technique called Invisible Bullet. He already understood the philosophy of drawing sword techniques by heart.
Though Yuisen was not merely a simple iaijutsu strike, but a flawless attack technique developed through the painstaking efforts of generations of seniors from the Amakusa-Style Remix of Church, Fang Li possessed something that the Amakusa Church did not.
That was…
Nanaya Assassination Arts.
With Nanaya Assassination Arts' characteristic ability to accelerate from complete stillness to maximum speed in an instant, coupled with its unpredictability and extraordinary technical framework, Fang Li could completely use it as the skeleton for creating the fastest strike possible.
Just like before,
When Fang Li had confronted the rampaging Arcueid and faced the attack known as Moon Fall.
Back then, in order to unleash the highest-level multi-slash technique, Fang Li had cast aside the lower-tier multi-continuous strike techniques Eight Flower Mirrors and Eight Point Opposition, along with the higher-tier techniques Ichiri Yotsuji and Illusionary Prison Monk of the Nanaya Assassination Arts—
And created Imaginary Moon of Absolute Slaughter.
This time would be the same.
Within the Nanaya Assassination Arts, when it came to ultra-fast slashes, the lower-tier technique was Nanaya, while the higher-tier technique was Seven Nights Curtain.
Now, Fang Li could create an even higher-order, ultimate ultra-fast strike.
A strike capable of rivaling Kanzaki's certain-kill blow.
This strike would become the true Profound Truth of the Nanaya Assassination Arts.
Thinking to this point… Fang Li attained enlightenment.
"So that's how it is…"
Nanaya.
Seven Nights Curtain.
And now, the Profound Truth of the Nanaya Assassination Arts.
Then…
"This… is what truly belongs to me…"
Fang Li raised his eyes and looked directly at Kanzaki.
"......!"
In that instant, the sense of crisis within Kanzaki's heart exploded.
Her expression changed drastically.
Without the slightest hesitation, she fiercely gripped the hilt of Shichiten Shichitou.
"Yuisen!"
The God-Domain drawing-sword slash was unleashed from Kanzaki's hand.
And almost simultaneously, Fang Li also drew his blade.
"Extreme Death - Seven Nights!"
A slash that robbed heaven and earth of their radiance appeared suddenly, becoming a blade-light that split space in two.
"Kiiiiing......!"
The sword's cry that pierced the heavens spread outward a moment too late.
Before that—
The two slashes that had stepped into the Domain of God simultaneously parted the atmosphere, colliding like supreme torrents capable of severing a planet in two.
Light—
Instantly devoured everything.
And all things…
Returned to silence.
(End Of This Chapter)
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