Clash! The swordsman collided together, Kalikards body had already adapted more between the mere moments since their last clash, his legs were now gnarled into the shape like that of a dogs, but the tendons seemed to be made out of metal like suspension springs to boost his speed, his shoulders were now bulbous with a layer of protective material.
As well, now the swordsman had eight total swords, two swords between each knuckle, swinging the swords, and letting the blades be loose to swing a second time. Kalikards arm s now longer with what looked to be four forearms bundled together on each arm, his body totally monstrous in adaptation. Multiple eyes across his face to keep up with the movement of the swordsman!
Every hit that Kále landed on the Assassin was too shallow, that ended up just getting healed up moments later or being anticipated, tiny hooks lining his body to catch the swords.
"108 Caliber Daytime Tiger!" Holding his swords horizontally, he sliced them in front of himself, whipping his neck to the side, creating the spiraling compressed blades of air! But before they made contact, holes formed in the body of Kalikard! Causing the wind to impact and slice while also passing straight through him!
Large ovals sat above his pectorals, vertical ovals on the side of each side of his abdomen, with another circular hole where his solar plexus would've been.
'Shit! His body keeps predicting my Attacks!' He screamed internally as leapt forward, Blades pointed forwards, elbows bent with the tips of the blades aimed at Kalikard "Bura Surasuto!"
He stabbed the horns of the bull into Kalikard, before then stabbing him a dozen more times, swiping the other incoming attacks and counters from the Hecaton out of the way!
"Hachi Maiba Tsuisutā!" Kalikard hacked and slashed away at Kále! Delivering deep wounds to the man forcing him backwards! Kále leapt back giving the two distance, sheathing his swords.
"What? Gettin tired?" Kalikard teased with a smile, a mouth guard forming over his face.
"Shut up…I'm trying to focus…" He shifted his feet and closed his eyes. Focusing his breath. Remembering to listen, become calm. He was going to use purely finesse to swing his sword and slice through this adaptable man…
"Ittoryu Iai-" The First Mate's eyes shot open, and with all the force he could muster he jumped from the ground with force that left a hold in the ground where he'd just been! Zipping past Kalikard!
'I barely saw him!' Kalikard thought as he looked around before looking eyes on the swordsman behind him, leaned forward and sheathing his sword slowly…
"Gave me quite a scare, but it seems your resheath technique needs some wo- Argrah!" He was cut off as a fountain of blood shot out from his torso! Clean from hip to his clavicle! Slicing clean through the bone, his body didn't have time to adapt to it!
"Grrah…" The Swordsman held himself as he stumbled backwards. In the meantime, Kále rose to his feet and unsheathed his other swords! "Santoryu Ogi!"
Again! Kále dashed forward, spinning his swords like a propellor, before gripping them to halt and slicing two parallel cuts straight into Kalikard, then sliding past to deliver a final slash with his third sword!
"Uchikatsu Sanze!" Kale screamed as he passed Kalikard, and slid to a stop.
"Haff…Haff…Agh…" Kále glanced over his shoulder with hard eyes as he watched Kalikard begin to grow, body elongating, muscles growing, hooks forming across his body, while the skin of him became fleshy scales, wounds healing and forming additional blades to counter Káles own swords.
"Damnit! Won't you just stay down!" The First Mate spat angrily with his sword gesutred toward Kalikard. "Didn't I tell you! You can't get through me. I'm the most adaptable Swordsman in the world!"
"Ready yourself! Masamune Kále!" Kalikard readied all eight swords, blades blocking in front of himself! "Hachi-Ju!"
"Bai Asshuku Tekiō-kō!" Kalikard released four of his swords, and then sliced at them with the other four, causing them to whirl through the air with such force that the began to become flying saw blades! Kále crossing his swords to block them, but they carried such force that they pushed him backwards.
"Grah!" Kále forced the blades away, as another four blades of air came right for him! The Swordsman leapt into the air, and bounced off the air with a sonic boom! " 54 Caliber Daytime Tiger!" Slicing the air, a giant torrent of spiraling wind fired forward like a horizontal tornado!
Kalikards body began to ripple, the Scales vibrating only to point up and absorb the air like a ventilation shaft and then redirect it right back at Kále!
Flipping to his back, Kalikard pierced the ground and balanced himself on them to allow his legs to grow and split into two more shins! "Yon-Rankyaku!" Four more slices of wind came right for Kále in mid air!
Thinking quick, Kále kicked off the air and shot back down to the ground, dust covering the area, masking the First Mate from the Hecatons view.
'It's now or never to use it…All that meditation. Becoming one with my blades, with my will- To utiize both to its fullest. Merely the next step in my journey.'
"To become the Strongest!" He declared now aloud! The Dust floating through the air to reveal Kále!
"Hakai Gontoryu: Shiva!" Káles body now had two additional arms on top of his shoulders. Swirling sharp patterns wrapping around his biceps like wrings, with a third 'eye' glowing from beneath his forehead. But nothing more than a light that glowed a vibrant blue. Across his chest was an upside down shape resembling a trident, with curved points.
Kále's very spirit, his soul and will power had manifested not only the form before the Assassin, but also marked his body in a temporary solid illusion. Literally creating temporary physical aspects to use in this form, both hands wielding 'copies' of the swords in the original hands
"HAHAH! KAHAHAH! You impress me more and more Swordsman! You're bodies adapted to this fight just as my own!"
"Shut Up and Bring it!" Kále screamed as he shot his swords behind him and dashed forward! His soul and manifestation temporarily boosting his physicality by 4 multiple fold! Bringing out all that Kále could muster!
"Yes!" Kalikard met Kále in his own leap forward! Colliding blade to blade! "Hachi-ha!" Kalikard slashed all of his blades one after another, but Kále was now keeping up! Even as the Adaptation Man's body began to grow antenna to sense the air disturbance and predict the sword strikes, but even then! The Swordsman was now edging out his own Speed!
Every cut that Kále landed was met with another additional slash! Even though the arms were Illusions, they had physical consequences on the world around them! Being able to cut into the Swordsman!
"Hakai Gontoryu Ogi!" Kále assumes position, blades crossed over one another while the illusions were stretched out to the side. Kále then used his two main swords, spinning them at an incredible speed above his head, slowly lowering them in front of himself, then the top two beginning to spin independently! Then, in an astounding blitz of speed, Kále dashed forward right as Kalikard was
recovering!
The Blades stopped, then Kále delivered five individual slices cutting through the Hecatons arms entirely! The fifth and final blade between his teeth cutting straight through the middle of the Assassin and skidding to a stop behind him!
"Samsara: Kami-Kai!"
The Recoil was so strong that Kalikards arms all split from his body! Blood pouring as his body then split! And fell to the ground! It was a brutal strike down, something that as a swordsman Kále always wanted to not resort to- But against a man like that. It was needed.
After the bisection was done, the wind produced Káles follow through whipped around the room in sharp Blades of air! Slicing through the walls with such force that they continued out of the Citadel and sliced through the first meter of Cement from the walls of the Octagon! Causing the entire roof to explode in rubble!
"Haff…Haff…Hahhh…" Kále breathed heavy, letting out a final calm breath of victory.