I am the protagonist

[This guy really is here!]

Bermuda's eyes immediately sharpened, and with his amazing eyesight, he locked onto the ring on the chess piece face's hand.

[The Ring of Hell, Medusa's Hair... This ring was indeed in this man's hands; no wonder we couldn't find him all this time.]

Bermuda's initial strategy in searching for the Chess Piece Face was to start by examining its aura.

After all, Alcbareno had been tricked by this man once before, so he was very familiar with the aura of the chess piece face. He was also very confident that he could find the aura of the chess piece face in one go, as long as he and this man stayed in this world.

But after hundreds of years, the man has still not been found.

No one can completely eliminate their aura; even the best aura concealment will have a momentary gap. However, with that ring, the situation would indeed be different.

It's impossible to completely conceal one's aura, but the Medusa Hair's function is to completely shield one's aura, which means that one can conceal one's aura at any time.

"coming."

Bermuda immediately composed herself and focused all her attention, instantly noticing the movement of the air.

In a flash, Bermuda had already moved five meters away.

An even more astonishing airflow rushed towards Tsunayoshi.

“I’m stronger, and I really don’t hold back at all.”

A gust of air blew past Tsunayoshi's hair as he turned his head to the side.

"Do you really want to kill me that badly, Uncle Kawahira?"

In an instant, the flow of air exploded completely.

This time, it wasn't something you could just dodge by turning your head. Even Tsunayoshi had to retreat two meters to barely avoid the attack.

"He's really petty."

Having dodged the attack, Tsunayoshi began to speculate on the strength level of the chess piece-faced man.

The quality of the Deathly Flame has been refined to its absolute limit.

The sheer quantity of his power is enough to terrify anyone, but is this guy simply focusing on refining the quality and quantity of his Death Flame like most people do?

Although Tsuna could sense that the Piece Face's Dying Will Flame posed a great threat, it was only a threat in terms of the purity and quantity of the Dying Will Flame.

[How come someone who's lived this long can't even summarize things that I can summarize?]

Tsuna knows the standards for ordinary people, but when faced with extraordinary people, he usually uses his own situation as the standard.

If he can summarize and reorganize the Death Flame, then the Chess Piece Face, who has lived longer, should at least have some understanding of the Death Flame, and his knowledge of the Death Flame should be stronger than his.

However, in that brief encounter, Tsunayoshi found that the chess piece-faced man had no extra knowledge of the Dying Will Flame, and his understanding of it was only at a mediocre level.

Is this guy's strength only measured by the purity and quantity of his Death Aura Flame?

Or is this guy hiding his true abilities?

It seems we still need to be more cautious.

Tsuna did not retaliate against the attack from the chess piece-faced man. Instead, he was constantly observing the chess piece-faced man's skill level.

Once Tsuna is certain that Chess Piece Face's skill level is only average, he will kill him immediately without hesitation.

My illusion was seen through?

She cleanly and nimbly dodged his attack, perfectly controlling the distance of her dodge. In this situation, it was clear that her illusion had been completely seen through.

【impossible! 】

[My illusion magic can completely control any person's five senses, and can even completely resist the flames of death energy. How did he see through it?]

Beneath the mask of the chess piece face lay an expression of disbelief.

His illusion magic was honed through countless trials, far surpassing that of a mere imp who had only used the Death Flame for a few years.

That's how it should be, but his illusion was still easily seen through.

【what is going on?】

Bermuda, who had jumped to the side, gradually lost the sense of that presence.

Are your five senses being controlled?

On the contrary, Sawada Tsunayoshi was completely unaffected.

Is it because he is Oozora?

After a brief pause, Bermuda arrived near Sawada Tsunayoshi in an instant.

Although his five senses were deceiving him, he could still determine where that guy was through Sawada Tsunayoshi's gaze.

Chapter 295 The Death of the Chess Piece Face

【This is strange, really strange.】

The longer the battle lasted, the greater Tsunayoshi's doubts became.

Is this guy really just someone with a higher purity and quantity of Dying Will Flame?

Is this all there is to it?

Why is it only this good?

No illusion could conceal his eyes; the five senses affected by the illusion only lasted for a moment before being taken back.

The illusion technique itself is not weak, but it's completely forced together with death flames. This level of illusion technique is far inferior to Chrome's.

Was I wrong from the start?

Is this all the skill level this chess piece-faced person has?

Tsunayoshi was unsure if there was something wrong with his prediction.

Even though the Death Flame was by no means weak, and its quantity was ten times that of his, he couldn't feel any strength at all.

Is it because I'm too strong now?

However, Tsuna rejected this idea.

Perhaps Tsuna is very strong, especially after he mastered the ultimate version of the Dying Will Flame ability.

However, Tsuna's strength is not strong enough to completely ignore the strength of others, let alone someone whose strength is accumulated over the years.

As one of the original seven people in the world, this person's strength was definitely not weak; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to create the world.

Why do I feel this way?

"You are very weak."

The air seemed to freeze, and the entire space was boiling over due to the astonishing deathly flames.

"!?"

Bermuda was instantly squeezed to the edge by the astonishing heat pressure.

Looking at the central chess piece face engulfed in deathly flames, he gritted his teeth and spat out a few words.

"The ultimate form of deathly flames!"

"Sawada Tsunayoshi, this is the ultimate Dying Will Flame!"

"Um……"

The ultimate form of deathly flames...

[Is this not the ultimate form of the Dying Will Flame characteristic?]

Could it be that we're on completely different paths?

Initially, Tsuna focused on the quality and quantity of the Dying Will Flame, but the quality of the Dying Will Flame has its limits. It was because he realized this that Tsuna gave up exploring the limits of the Dying Will Flame and had no interest in them whatsoever.

Therefore, Tsunayoshi chose to explore the ultimate properties of the Dying Will Flame.

The focus is not on the Death Flame, but on finding a future path based on its characteristics after training it to its current limit.

Is the Ultimate Dying Will Flame specifically designed to enhance the Dying Will Flame? It doesn't enhance any of the characteristics; its focus is solely on improving the quality of the Dying Will Flame.

[I see. No wonder I couldn't sense any strength in this person's death flames, even though their quality was so high.]

No wonder we won so easily as I predicted.

After figuring it out, Tsuna's interest in the chess piece face became almost zero.

"You're really weak."

"Sawada Tsunayoshi!"

The frown he had just made, and his current lack of interest, were all observed by Chess Piece Face. He had never experienced such an insult in his entire life.

The deathly flames that gathered from his entire body blasted towards Sawada Tsunayoshi's face.

"boom!!!!"

The powerful impact shattered everything around it.

The entire park was filled with smoke and dust at that moment.

[It felt like I hit the target.]

Chess Piece Face was certain that his fist had accurately struck Sawada Tsunayoshi.

But just as he was about to pull his fist back, he froze.

[Caught!?]

[Impossible! I was already going past my limit, how could I still be caught?]

That's why I said you're weak.

Chess Piece Face felt his fist being gripped even tighter.

[It didn't work?]

【How could it not work!?】

"Would simple death flames still be of any use to me now?"

"Can't you feel it? The moment your death flames touched my hand, they were already neutralized by me?"

[Harmony? Harmony of the vast sky?]

Chess Piece Face simply couldn't believe that the Great Sky's harmonization could have such an effect.

"Harmonize... harmonize my death flames, and harmonize my attacks?"

Ookura's ability to harmonize is virtually unbeatable; it is perfect in both offense and defense.

However, most of the ingredients used in blending are for mixing cement.

How to harmonize the flames of death?

The flames of death can be neutralized, but can the time just now be neutralized?

Chess Piece Face knew that Sawada Tsunayoshi possessed Zero Breakthrough and Zero Breakthrough Modified. The former was a technique to seal the Dying Will Flame, while the latter was a technique to absorb the Dying Will Flame. The use of both required the ability of harmonization, but the harmonization process also required time to transition.

Reconciliation may be an unsolvable problem, but it is not instantaneous.

No one who possesses the Great Void can use the ability of harmony instantly; harmony requires a transitional period of time.

Furthermore, even stronger death flames can suppress harmony.

But how was the reconciliation completed in the instant of the attack?

"Kaka!"

Chess Piece Face's pupils suddenly contracted, and his gripped fist visibly froze.

The amount of death flame was increased once again, but this caused the petrification process to accelerate even further.

[How could it speed up!?]

【Damn! 】

After glancing at the petrification that had spread to his elbow, Chess Face decisively abandoned the petrified arm and forcibly tore his arm off from the petrification.

Despite the excruciating pain in his torn arm, Chess Piece knew this wasn't the time for him to make a choice. If he didn't create an opportunity to eliminate Sawada Tsunayoshi now, he might lose all his chances.

Enduring the pain, he took another step forward. While Sawada Tsunayoshi was still careless and not moving, he needed to cast the curse on Sawada Tsunayoshi.

[One meter left!]