| The Cyber Ascension | Arc 7 — "The Bloodlines and Carnage" | Volume 7 | Chapter 68 : "Sanji Youta VS Kanizake"
The mountains groaned under the weight of chaos. Fire consumed the forests, rivers boiled, and the air itself became heavy with ash and blood. Every gust of wind carried screams from the scorched land below.
Kanizake and Sanji Youta faced each other amidst this hellish landscape. Kanizake's wide daggers glowed with dark purple energy, slicing arcs of death into the burning air. Sanji Youta's massive katana, black and red, pulsed with the power of a nightmare, dripping metaphorical and literal menace.
The clash began—a blur of light, fire, and shadow. Each strike was a cataclysm: mountains cracked, trees exploded, rivers evaporated, and the ground tore itself apart. Kanizake lunged relentlessly, but every movement Sanji Youta made was effortless, omnipresent, unstoppable.
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Kanizake
(gritting his teeth, voice strained)
"This… cannot be…! I've trained my whole life for this! I cannot lose to a single being!"
He unleashed his Tenshoudhā-infused daggers, twisting them into a vortex of purple lightning, attempting to crush Sanji Youta. The vortex carved canyons into the earth, shattered mountains, and sent rivers boiling into the sky.
Sanji Youta merely laughed, a low, echoing sound that seemed to sap the courage from the very air.
Sanji Youta
"You think this tires me? Insects like you are meaningless."
With terrifying speed, he closed the distance. The massive katana swung in a single, precise arc, slicing through Kanizake's energy barriers like paper. The sound of the blade cutting through reality echoed like a scream across the mountains.
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Kanizake tried to retreat, but every path was blocked. Sanji Youta moved faster than thought, faster than perception, everywhere at once, striking with katana and shadow. The ground beneath Kanizake shattered, swallowing chunks of earth, rocks, and fire.
Kanizake
(screaming)
"No… this… cannot… end… like this…"
The katana swung again, red and black energy trailing like the wings of a demon. Kanizake's daggers met it, sparks and energy exploding in a blinding storm, but Sanji Youta's sheer force overwhelmed him, crushing his arms and twisting his body violently.
Then, with a horrifying calm, Sanji Youta raised his katana high. Time seemed to slow. The blood-red energy of his blade pulsed like a heartbeat of doom.
Sanji Youta
(low, merciless)
"This is the end, Kanizake."
The katana came down, slicing through everything—daggers, arms, armor, even the very air around him. Kanizake screamed, a sound that shattered the heavens, and in an instant, his body was obliterated.
All that remained was a blackened crater, smoke rising, the stench of burnt flesh and scorched energy hanging in the air. The forest around it groaned as if mourning, while the mountains shivered under the shockwave.
Even the winds carried the echo of his death, whispering the name Kanizake, now fallen, now gone.
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Sanji Youta stood amidst the ruin, blood-red energy of his katana dripping and pulsing like a living nightmare. The ground smoked, rivers boiled, and the air itself quaked in terror.
Sanji Youta
(calm, almost bored)
"The rest… will fall just like him."