Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

Then, he drew his sword.

The longsword suddenly danced like a butterfly, tracing a sharp trajectory and flashing in the sky. Then, as if it had split into three, it swung out at Edelweiss from three directions.

It was clearly just one knife, but at this moment it seemed to have truly become three knives.

It's not an afterimage; each one is probably a real knife.

"A spatial sword technique—was it using your own special ability?"

"very funny."

Edelweiss's lips curled up, as if he were praising Makoto Haramura.

"but--"

Then, Edelweiss changed the subject.

"Boom——"

Immediately afterwards, a violent storm, even stronger and sharper than the one released by the Black Iron King, emerged, transforming into a sharp airflow that directly swept everything around it into it.

"—'Ten times speed'."

In times of crisis, trust your feelings and your intuition.

Haramura Seiya did just that, withdrawing his attack directly instead of forcibly unleashing the Swallow Return, and even using his special ability to escape the attack range.

As it turned out, his premonition prevented him from suffering a serious injury and collapsing to the ground.

"You don't actually think that swordsmanship like this can hurt me, do you?"

This is unprecedented pressure.

I have never experienced such pressure before; it felt like being firmly pressed down on by a mountain.

Makoto Haramura couldn't help but take a step back, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

Worthy of being the strongest in the world.

As expected, he single-handedly annihilated the 300,000-strong army sent by the Alliance and its allies without even using any special abilities. Among them were thousands of swordsmen and all sorts of modern weapons.

She repelled the army of 300,000 men solely with her swordsmanship.

Think about it carefully. Back then, she was already the strongest in the world. Now, fifteen years have passed, and she must have evolved to be even stronger.

"Truly the strongest in the world."

"die--"

Edelweiss seemed to have no more to say. Her figure turned into a blur, and even with Haramura Makoto's enhanced dynamic vision, he couldn't fully track her movements. She swung her sword and thrust it directly into Haramura Makoto's chest.

"Chong-"

There was absolutely no time to defend, not even time to raise the gun and pull the trigger to stop the opponent. He could only instinctively raise his sword and barely manage to block it.

However, that force of gravity still reached Makoto Haramura.

This caused his body to fly backward uncontrollably.

Even though he was trying his best to reduce the force, the force still caused his feet to plow two deep trenches in the ground.

"Chong-"

Before he could recover from the blow, Edelweiss pressed forward again, and his sword was already slashing out once more.

Makoto Haramura's body, which hadn't stopped yet, was sent flying backward again.

"How long are you going to rely on your superpowers?"

Once again, Edelweiss seized his retreat route, and Makoto Haramura seemed completely unable to escape the relentless, storm-like attacks.

Every sword strike from Edelweiss was aimed at his life; the killing intent in his eyes was unmistakable.

And when Edelweiss caught up again, those two words were uttered from lips as cold as frost.

"Bah-"

Clothes and flesh were torn apart at the same time, and bright red blood splattered into the air along the raised blade.

"What happened? The superpower has stopped working."

As he landed on the ground, Makoto Haramura clutched the not-so-deep wound on his chest and exclaimed in astonishment.

It was his intuition that saved him just now.

He originally intended to do what he had done before: use his time manipulation ability to accelerate the swing of his arm and block Edelweiss's sword.

But I couldn't use my special ability just now.

His magic was still there, but he couldn't use his superpowers. Luckily, he managed to dodge in time, otherwise his injuries would have been much more serious.

"Is this your special ability?"

Makoto Haramura has revealed the truth.

It's no wonder he didn't think of it this way at first. Bladebreakers like them had already reported their abilities to the three major alliances and made the information public when they were being trained as Bladebreakers.

Lovely Dwyane is different.

She never attended any training institution for woodbreakers, and by the time she entered the world, she was already one of the world's top woodbreakers.

Later, because of that incident, she ascended to the throne of the world's strongest and the world's strongest swordsman.

This means that no one has ever witnessed her special abilities.

Before they even witnessed her supernatural abilities, those people had already been defeated by her swordsmanship that seemed to communicate with spirits and gods.

"A meaningless superpower that can only be used on one person at a time."

"So I don't usually use this ability."

Indeed, just as Edelweiss said.

Sealing abilities are indeed very powerful abilities in a certain sense. Regardless of the level of strength, as long as an entity is targeted by Edelweiss, the ability will become ineffective.

You can only engage in melee combat with Edelweiss, but what if multiple enemies attack Edelweiss?

Her ability can only target one person; everyone else can use their abilities to attack him.

Therefore, in a sense, Edelweiss's ability is not as practical as Moroboshi Yuuda's "Tiger Devour".

This is also why Edelweiss's special abilities have never been revealed.

They hardly use it at all, so there's no question of it being exposed.

"continue."

Edelweiss tapped the ground lightly, making a crisp sound.

At that moment, Haramura Seiya mustered all his strength and stepped back without hesitation.

Then——

"Fight."

He bit his tongue sharply, and the pain brought back Makoto Haramura's composure and fighting spirit.

He charged forward again and swung at Edelweiss.

One strike, and it's unleashed!

The knife, which had been stationary, suddenly accelerated and arrived in front of Edelweiss.

The sword that should have been above Haramura Makoto's head appeared directly in front of Edelweiss as if it had traveled through space.

"Chong-"

Edelweiss drew his sword and easily blocked the attack.

"boom--"

A pale blue flame erupted on Makoto Haramura's chest as the bullet drew near.

A few strands of silver hair drifted slowly down from the air.

Edelweiss had already turned her head to dodge, letting the bullet pass through her tossed-up hair.

"Shh-"

A fierce whip kick, like a thunderclap suddenly exploding in the sky, lashed out at Edelweiss with a sonic boom.

The speed of that whip kick alone was even faster than the speed at which Haramura Makoto swung his sword just now.

"I have a rough grasp of my swordsmanship."

"However, it's still child's play."

He blocked Haramura Makoto's slashing attack with one hand, while his head was tilted to the left.

In this position, a normal person has absolutely no way to reverse the principles of body mechanics and avoid a whip kick like that of Makoto Haramura.

After all, this would require her to break her waist.

but--

"boom--"

The sword that was supposed to pierce Haramura Makoto's wrist instead stopped strangely in front of his leg.

Fortunately, Edelweiss had used the blade, not the hilt, of the sword.

Haramura Makoto was pushed back a few steps by the reaction force.

"The sword suddenly stopped."

"It stopped at full speed."

Staring at his pupils, which were trembling violently, Makoto Haramura's voice was slightly hoarse.

"Is this the other realm of the invincible Twin Swords that Black Iron King Ma spoke of?"

The former Black Iron King had shown him the strongest sword of this woman, which was also recognized by all swordsmen in the world as the strongest sword.

—The Swords That Fly Together!

That's a sword technique that can instantly accelerate from 0 to 100, completely violating common sense.

This swordsmanship requires no process, no charging up; even a swing of just one centimeter is the strongest sword, the sword with the greatest power.

Even Makoto Haramura, who is considered a born swordsman with a wrist that is hard for ordinary people to match, could not replicate such a sword.

Chapter 128 Breaking Free from Shackles

But just now, Edelweiss demonstrated the second stage of the application of the Twin Swords to Makoto Haramura.

Having accelerated the sword speed to 100, the sword speed is suddenly reduced to 0.

The previous frame showed extreme sword speed, and the next frame was already exquisite.

This is far more difficult than accelerating from 0 to 100, requiring an unimaginable level of control over the body's muscles.

Let's say that.

Even with long-term training, others can still replicate the first level of Edelweiss's Twin Swords technique.

Characters like Kurogane Ohma and even Nango Hikojiro can be replicated.

However, to this day, no one has been able to even scratch the surface of the second level of Edelweiss's Twin Swords.

A sword technique that eliminates acceleration and suppresses friction completely violates the laws of dynamics.

If Newton existed in this world, he'd probably be turning in his grave.

I've clearly seen quite a few opponents with this kind of swordsmanship.

However, no one has been able to learn it so far.

Makoto Haramura's Ori-Crane is, to some extent, inspired by the Sword of Love, but Haramura incorporated supernatural abilities into his Ori-Crane to achieve the effect of attacking at varying speeds.

Just now, too.

Having his supernatural abilities sealed, he mastered the first level of the Sword of Love.

It was not only integrated into swordsmanship, but also into legwork and spear drawing.

However, he was quickly taught a lesson by Edelweiss.