Chapter 327: Four-Birth Sword: The Merciless Voice of All Beings!
Stella looked at Ouma and realized that, in some ways, he really was quite similar to Luke.
For example, the fanatical smile he showed when facing a powerful enemy.
"You'd… better… not die…"
With those final words, Stella's consciousness vanished into darkness.
And the instant the girl lost control of her body…
The dragon awakened!
Ouma clearly saw it.
He saw the legendary beast floating in the air behind the girl.
It was not a physical creature. It was an illusion formed from Stella's aura.
Her already abnormal amount of mana rose to unprecedented heights, and under the drive of that incomprehensibly massive mysterious power, the girl displayed the ability to affect reality over a wide area through aura alone.
That was proof she had stepped into the realm of "Domain."
"Heat" invaded all things.
The gradually rising temperature told Ouma an astonishing truth.
This entire space was transforming into a molten hell.
Before he could even move, he saw Stella… or perhaps, what could no longer be called Stella, suddenly take a deep breath.
What followed was an immense pressure that made Ouma's heart skip a beat.
Then…
"Rooooooooooooar—!"
That familiar roar rang out once more.
But this time, without Stella's interference, the "dragon" was nowhere near as gentle as before.
Boom—!
A tremendous sound that pierced heaven and earth erupted instantly.
It was as though the color of the world had vanished along with that roar.
A storm of light whose color could no longer be identified swept through all things.
More than twenty seconds.
The roar lasted for more than twenty full seconds.
The scorching storm melted the earth and burned the sky.
Under the dragon's roar, all things melted within the flames.
Hagun Academy, which had still retained some of its original outline, now had one-third of its campus centered around Stella completely transformed into a scorched, dried desert.
Noble Art: Bahamut Howl.
This was the overture to the dragon's rampage.
…
Boom—!
Boom, boom, boom—!
The two platinum longswords flashed continuously like two streaks of platinum light.
And with every flash, a huge sword scar was left on the ground.
Boom—!
After nimbly dodging Edelweiss's sword strike once again, Luke could not help praising her in his heart.
No matter how many times he saw it, the figure of this pure-white swordsman swinging her blades was so perfect.
There was not a single unnecessary movement.
That Twin-Wings sword, which was silent and made sound only when it touched its target, left Luke entranced.
That was right.
Edelweiss had grown stronger.
After Luke learned her Twin-Wings swordsmanship and incorporated it into his own swordsmanship, he fought Edelweiss again.
And then Luke suddenly discovered that Edelweiss's swordsmanship had actually upgraded.
That was right.
In such a short time, the swordsman named Luke had easily learned the world's strongest swordsmanship, thoroughly mastered it, and even created something new from it.
However…
The swordsman named Edelweiss had once again upgraded her own self-created world's strongest swordsmanship.
Both swordsmen possessed swordsmanship talent that could shock the world.
And when such superhuman talent and ability met, the changes produced by their collision were astonishing.
One had learned, absorbed, understood, and even remodeled swordsmanship at incredible speed, catching up easily yet rapidly.
The other, in order to avoid being caught, to avoid being surpassed, and to avoid tasting the bitter fruit of defeat again, drove herself forward at the same rapid pace.
Amazement and admiration filled Luke as he appreciated the beauty that belonged only to Edelweiss during this fierce battle.
Boom—!
Hearing the platinum sword strike the ground with a thunderous roar, Luke's excited mood could not help gaining a trace of helplessness and depression.
Because Edelweiss had absolutely no intention of clashing swords with him.
The pure-white swordsman remained just as powerful as ever.
Even though Luke had grown stronger and undergone a qualitative change at terrifying speed, Edelweiss's suppression of him was still overwhelming.
The form of their battle was almost exactly the same as their first fight.
It was Edelweiss's absolute domination.
The only difference was Edelweiss's method of attack.
From beginning to end, Edelweiss had not allowed her swords to cross Luke's even once.
Of course, Luke knew why.
During the final moment of their last battle, that strange strike that had inexplicably cut apart Edelweiss's Device, Testament, had left a deep impression on her.
Unsolvable.
Only that possibility could make Twin-Wings, who never dodged in battle, choose to evade an opponent's sword strike for the first time in her life during a duel between swordsmen.
Unable to find a solution, and unable to even understand what had happened at that time, Edelweiss's only choice was to avoid letting her twin swords cross Luke's.
Otherwise, there was no doubt that the result of their last battle would happen again.
Platinum light flashed through the air.
Facing the countless silent and invisible sword strikes, Luke smiled.
The Starfall Sword, returned to its sheath, was held horizontally behind his waist, while Ser-Veresta had transformed into an extremely long odachi and was slanted across his back.
A crooked cross.
This was the starting stance of Dual-Life-Sword.
And the combination of one long and one short sword was also the pair of blades most suited for Dual-Life-Sword's full power.
In the next instant after taking his stance, Luke moved.
His entire body rushed straight toward the platinum sword Edelweiss had swung.
If she was unwilling to touch his sword, then he would force her to touch it.
No dodging.
No evading.
A direct frontal clash.
Luke left Edelweiss with only three choices.
Retreat, trade injury for injury…
Or use her swords to receive this godspeed strike.
Four-Birth Sword: Merciless Voice of All Beings!
The Starfall Sword unleashed a horizontal slash from right to left, while Ser-Veresta attacked Edelweiss from above, tracing a semicircular path downward.
A double-draw technique.
A two-sword-style draw completely different from the second-stage draw of Hiten-Mitsurugi-Ryu.
The godspeed draws attacked Edelweiss from two different directions at the exact same time.
But if that were all, a sword technique of this level would not be enough for Luke to use against Twin-Wings.
In the instant after both swords left their sheaths, blue starlight belonging to Prana appeared on Luke's body.
At the same time, mana silently flowed through him.
Then—
Swish—!
The two sword lights trembled slightly.
Two became four, four became eight, and eight became all things.
In an instant, the original two draws transformed into endless sword lights that covered the sky and earth as they bombarded forward.
The four births are all living beings.
The Four-Birth Sword is the sword of all living beings!
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