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"Take this!"

Looking at Mifune's determined gaze, Hanzo the Salamander couldn't help but feel happy.

"Okay, that's interesting!"

He lowered his hands, which he had been holding, and beckoned to Mifune with his finger.

"Everyone knows I have a salamander that is skilled in poisons, but who knows that my greatest skill is swordsmanship!"

"Come on! Let me see your sword!"

Faced with Hanzo's arrogant display, Mifune remained silent, simply focusing his sword intent to its peak.

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze, and the cascading waterfall paused for a brief instant.

The next second, the waterfall's flow stopped, and a white light arrived first. The blade sliced ​​through the standing Hanzo Salamander, splitting him in two.

"Iaijutsu... Slash!"

click

Mifune sheathed his sword so quickly that it was impossible to see him draw it; one could only watch him slowly sheathe it after the flash of the blade had ended.

"A demigod in the ninja world? Is this all there is to it?"

He straightened up regretfully. Just now, Mifune's slash had actually hit Hanzo of the Salamander. The feeling of clothes being cut open was different from the feeling of a knife hitting wood after using the Substitution Jutsu to dodge.

Mifune was confident that anyone he had cut down would almost certainly never be able to get back up.

"Is this all your swordsmanship is?"

However, behind Mifune, Hanzo the Salamander's voice rang out, filled with disappointment.

"Have you already represented the highest level of samurai?"

"That Iron Country is indeed unnecessary to exist."

"Varied……"

Mifune inexplicably sensed Hanzo the Salamander behind him, and the next moment, a chilling sensation ran through his body—an intuition of impending death.

Chapter Forty-Three: The Samurai's Soul is Silver

A flash of black light appeared, and Mifune frantically raised the sword in his hand, only to feel a powerful force suddenly strike him.

clang!

This strike had exceeded the limits of mental reaction. Mifune turned and struck with his sword, relying solely on his body's instinctive reaction. His beloved sword, Kurosawa, collided head-on with a scythe.

The sickle was held in Hanzo the Salamander's hand, a bloodthirsty smile on his face.

The storm only caught up with Hanzo the Salamander's sword-drawing speed at this moment, swirling fiercely around the two of them.

"It seems your basic skills are quite solid."

Hanzo the Salamander chuckled. He was shirtless, and a torn piece of clothing lay on the ground.

Mifune's sword did indeed strike Hanzo of the Salamander, but it was Hanzo who deliberately let Mifune strike him.

He had wanted to take off his tattered clothes when he was fighting Chiyo, but it wouldn't look good to take them off in front of a woman. He was a demigod, and the woman he was facing was a fifty-year-old woman, so he didn't take them off.

Look, if it were a prettier girl, Hanzo the Salamander would definitely strip down without hesitation.

If it weren't a bit odd to take off your pants during a fight, he would have taken them all off!

To avoid accidentally harming his own people with the toxins he breathes in, Hanzo the Salamander wears a respirator every day and has long been suffering from suffocation.

He wants to strip naked whenever he gets the chance.

Fighting Mifune now is not so troublesome. Just start by tearing off his clothes, and his abilities will double!

"keep going."

Hanzo the Salamander shouted excitedly at Mifune, his body leaping backward as he swung his scythe.

The sickle spun rapidly, then transformed into a black shadow and lashed out at Mifune.

clang!

Mifune once again blocked the attack with his instinctive reaction, but the next second, Hanzo the Salamander withdrew his scythe and swung it at him again.

Dangdang Dangdang!

Three more slashes came crashing down, and Hanzo the Salamander didn't even change the speed of his strikes; each slash was exactly the same as the previous one.

The angle of those three strikes was slightly changed, causing Mifune to change his defensive posture.

However, even this left Mifune feeling exhausted.

Each of Hanzo's slashes was as fast as Mifune's Iaijutsu. Faced with such speed, it would be too much for Mifune to defend.

Good grief, you're using my ultimate skill as a basic attack? Don't I have any dignity?

As it turns out, Hanzo the Salamander really didn't give Mifune any face.

Clang... Pfft!

Mifune did his best to block Hanzo's sword strike again, but he couldn't block the next one.

Kang dang

Kurosawa's beloved sword fell to the ground. Mifune was knocked to the ground by Hanzo's powerful slash, his shoulder covered in blood.

"Isn't this possible?"

Hanzo the Salamander looked at Mifune with disappointment. Mifune gritted his teeth, picked up his beloved sword, and stood up straight.

"I will never admit defeat!"

"For the honor of the samurai! To instill in the Land of Iron the belief in the might of the strong! I will never admit defeat!"

"Having conviction is a good thing!"

Hanzo the Salamander grinned. "A person's end is not death, but when he loses his faith."

Even if you die on the spot under my blade, it doesn't prove that you are a dull blade; it just means that I am too strong.

"Die in peace, and I will proclaim to the world that you are a hero."

Mifune's eyes widened, and his inner conviction seemed to burst forth with countless flames. If he were the protagonist, he would probably turn the tide with a burst of power.

However, Mifune did not receive such protagonist treatment. No matter how strong his beliefs were or how firm his will was, he simply could not defeat those he could not beat.

Crush!

This is a complete crush!

With his speed and swordsmanship far surpassing Mifune's, Hanzo of the Salamander used Mifune as a whetstone, grinding him against the ground from all angles and in all directions.

After just one fight with Hanzo the Salamander, Mifune felt that his swordsmanship had improved dramatically.

This is the most despairing thing. What does this phenomenon prove?

This only proves that Hanzo the Salamander's swordsmanship is far superior to his own, and that even when he is being beaten, he can still learn a lot.

He was even teaching himself how to swing, how to attack, and how to defend.

A sense of frustration and defeat surged through Mifune's heart, and his annoyance made him desperately parry Hanzo's scythe, roaring loudly.

"Sansho Hanzo!"

"Is it your limit?"

Hanzo the Salamander also shouted, "Mifune, have you reached your limit?"

Mifune's eyes were filled with grief and indignation. As a samurai with his own pride and as a general of the Land of Iron, he couldn't cause Hanzo the Salamander the slightest trouble, or even inflict a single wound.

The only thing a samurai can be proud of is his swordsmanship, which is useless in front of Hanzo the Salamander. So, is there any point in the existence of a samurai?

"You have lost faith in your eyes."

Hanzo the Salamander shook his head and sighed, "It's time to end this. I thought you were still a hero."

"I didn't expect that I misjudged you. You're just a worn-out, dull knife, only slightly more outstanding than an ordinary person."

"I hope there's still someone in the Land of Iron who can catch my eye."

"!"

Hearing this, Mifune's conviction was rekindled. "That's right. Perhaps I am just a worn-out, dull sword, but the samurai lineage will not disappear. Someone will always carry it on. As the general, as the leader, as their shadow, I must ignite the flame for them to move forward!"

"Come on! Demigod Hanzo! I, Mifune, acknowledge your title of demigod!"

Hanzo the Salamander squinted, sheathed his sickle at his waist, and lowered his body.

"That's right!"

"It's more fun to chop you down like this!"

"I admit it! You're a hero! Witness this move, Mifune!"

"Flash!"

Originally, Mifune thought that the limit of speed was the limit he could see.

But Hanzo the Salamander showed him what the real limit was.

All I could see was white light, and I couldn't even react.

puff

Blood was everywhere, and Mifune lost control of almost half of his body, falling straight to the ground.

"Is this...the limit...?"

Mifune trembled as he pleaded with the Salamander Hanzo, "Hanzo the Demigod... I beg you as a samurai..."

"Regardless of what the future holds for the Land of Iron... please leave behind... the samurai lineage..."

"In the future... there will definitely be a sword that shines brightly enough!"

Hanzo the Salamander sheathed his scythe, stood before the dying Mifune, and said calmly, "I promise you, as long as I live, the samurai lineage will not be wiped out."

Mifune smiled with relief, "Then I'll... let it go..."

"Bullshit!"