Super Fighting Tokyo.

On the arena.

Musashi plunged his sword into the ground.

Then, he opened his hands, forming a loose handshake with slightly bent knuckles, his right palm facing forward and his left hand tucked inward and backward.

In that instant, Musashi's fighting spirit surged, as if a raging fire was burning, even distorting the surrounding space!

The audience was so overwhelmed by that aura that they held their breath.

At the same time, Kuroki Gensai's gaze also sharpened.

Hmm...!

Sure enough, just as others had described, he was holding two katana, one long and one short.

It may appear to be done barehanded, but it is not.

Miyamoto Musashi's stance is like two sharp swords!

"..."

The two returned to a standoff.

It's a showdown between the best of the best!

Both of their brains send out signals half a second before "consciousness" is reached, and each captures the signal half a second before it is transmitted to the other.

And then the next instant—

bass!

Musashi pushed off the ground with his right foot, propelling his left foot forward with astonishing speed, instantly closing in on Kuroki.

At the same time, Kuroki landed his right heel, shifting his weight forward, and simultaneously slammed his left elbow horizontally toward Musashi's head.

This is what is known as "masters exchanging blows"!

Before Musashi even began his operation, Kuroki had already started his own, using elbow strikes to suppress Musashi's movements and prevent him from making a move.

Swish!

A left elbow strike forced Musashi to tilt his head back to dodge.

But at the same time, Musashi suddenly reached out his left hand, raised his palm, and held Kuroki's left upper arm under his armpit, forcibly stopping Kuroki's elbow strike.

Wow!

Musashi tilted his head and twisted his body, using his left arm to twist Kuroki Gensai's left arm to the right, attempting to break Kuroki's arm.

"—!!"

Kuroki immediately pushed off the ground and straightened his back, using Musashi's force to twist his entire body 360° counterclockwise, breaking free from Musashi's grasp.

Whoosh!

Kuroki accelerated, his four fingers taut, and from his hidden armpit, he moved diagonally upwards towards Musashi's chest.

[The Demon Gun]!

Swish!

A sharp right-handed thrust.

At the same instant, Musashi's left hand rose and swung horizontally, so fast it seemed to turn into a gust of wind, grabbing Kuroki's four fingers.

With a loose grip in his right hand, he makes a diagonal slash, moving from the upper left to the lower right, using an invisible sword to perform a robe-slash.

*Snap—whoosh!*

Musashi's hand movements were completely different, one grabbing and one slashing, yet they met Kuroki without any order of precedence, achieving a momentary counterattack.

"Ugh—!?"

Kuroki pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, his eyes widening. He felt an invisible sword slashing all the way from his right shoulder to his left waist, cutting him cleanly and swiftly!

puff!

A sharp pain erupted, and one could even feel a phantom surge of hot blood.

—He was beheaded!

Kuroki gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, and thrust his left hand forward with taut tension, ready to forcefully deliver his next move.

However, due to the intense pain caused by being slashed, Kuroki's movements slowed down for a moment.

For Musashi, it was no different from being still!

"snort……!"

Musashi let out a muffled growl, his left hand continuing to grip Kuroki's four fingers, while he twisted his waist and turned his body away from Kuroki, at the same time raising his right hand to support Kuroki's wrist.

At this point, Kuroki Gensai's right forearm was completely in Musashi's hands!

Musashi's movements left no room for error; he pushed his right leg forward with his left foot, and his hands were in a "hand-in-the-mouth" stance, loosely clenched.

That's a back throw...?

no!

That's Musashi's sword-wielding stance!

Musashi grabbed Kuroki's right hand, intending to use that hand, which was called the "Demon Spear," as a sword to swing in the air!

"what!"

Musashi roared, his face contorted with rage, his expression fierce like that of a madman. He shifted his weight from back to front and swung his right arm with all his might.

That's a swing that can twist even steel; a mere human arm would surely suffer severe damage!

Suddenly, a strange change occurred—

*Crack!*

A strange noise erupted.

Everyone stared intently, only to see Hei Mu's right hand suddenly pull back and break free, his face like that of an angry Vajra warrior, while his left hand thrust forward with the [Demon Spear].

Swish!

As Kuroki made his move, Musashi also turned and retreated.

However, in a duel between masters, failing to make a move is equivalent to being half a step slower, so Kuroki was faster and thrust his hand into Musashi's left upper arm.

[The Demon Gun]!

puff!

In an instant, a row of bloody holes appeared on the outside of Musashi's left upper arm, splattering bright red blood.

swoosh...

Musashi took two light steps back, his eyes darting to his left arm, looking at the ripped robe and the bleeding wound.

"Hmm, it really is a 'gun'."

Musashi looked up, gazing straight ahead, and suddenly beamed, "Kuroki Gensai, the sharpness of your [Demon Spear] surpasses that of countless other famous spears!"

This is praise without reservation.

However, when everyone looked at Kuroki again, they couldn't get excited no matter what.

At this moment, all four fingers of Kuroki Gensai's right hand were deformed, with the bones and joints twisted and broken!

Drops of blood were squeezed out from between the fingernails, with the remainder pooling under the skin, staining the four fingers of Kuroki's right hand a purplish-red!

All four of my fingers are useless.

Faced with Miyamoto Musashi's astonishing grip strength, Kuroki broke free by deliberately twisting off four of his fingers, slightly contracting them, and then quickly pulling them out!

Tick, tick, tick...

Blood dripped down.

Even so...

Even at the cost of a [Demon Spear], Miyamoto Musashi only suffered a small wound that didn't even affect the movement of his left arm!

Was this scene tragic? Or heroic?

I don't have time to think about these adjectives anymore...

Looking at Kuroki Gensai, who still had his arms raised and hands crossed, the entire audience had only one thought—

Gensai Kuroki is doomed to defeat in this battle!

however……

Boom!

With a muffled thud, everyone was astonished to see that Kuroki's right hand had clenched again, transforming back into a large, hard fist.

The "Strange Arm" style isn't limited to just the "Demon Gun."

He forcefully contracted his muscles and, with extremely delicate and precise movements, reshaped his right fist!

……

Qinglong Passage Entrance.

"—!!"

At a glance, Tokita Ohma recognized it as the [Diamond Form O-Bone Embrace] from the Niko-ryu school, a technique that uses muscles to control the body.

Tokita Niko had exchanged ideas with Kuroki Gensai and together they developed a new generation of Niko-ryu.

In other words, the move used by Kuroki Gensai is the prototype of "Embracing Bones"!

"That old man still wants to fight..."

……

Clearly, Miyamoto Musashi could also see this.

He seemed completely indifferent.

With a few quick movements, he tightened the left arm of his Taoist robe to temporarily stop the bleeding.

Then, he pulled out the precious sword "Guohu" that was stuck in the ground and put the scabbard back into his waist.