The scene shifts to the other side of the basement.

"Bang -"

The sound of metal crashing against each other is incessant, and in the dimness, sporadic sparks are clearly visible.

Outside, everything is calm and peaceful, but inside the basement has turned into a chaotic battlefield.

"What's happening? What's happening? Just exchanging sword strikes with me, isn't that the same as before?"

"..."

While speaking, the merciless movements did not stop. In the face of the continuously swinging long sword, mercilessly raised his arm without any hesitation, unaffected by the opponent's weapon or any fear.

However, that is to be expected, as merciless possesses the ability of "Ironization." By letting Kinesis flow throughout his body, the hardness of his entire body reaches the same level as iron.

This is a unique ability possessed only by merciless. In facing weapons, it is normal for him to feel no fear, even if the opponent wields many weapons. To merciless, it makes no difference whether the opponent has a weapon or not.

The arms as hard as iron continuously collide with the long sword. In the deadlock between the two sides, while merciless blocks the incoming long sword with his left arm, he directly attacks the opponent with his free right hand.

Although it is a sudden attack, Hiyori, with her clairvoyance, can see the opponent's next move, making merciless's strike unexpected but already known by Hiyori.

Therefore, even with the long sword blocked, Hiyori easily sidesteps, knowing what to expect from the beginning, and her movements are still keeping up.

While evading, Hiyori pulls back the blocked long sword without hesitation and swings it horizontally.

Merciless already anticipated that his attack would be avoided, so he also predicted being counterattacked. He intentionally did this because he found it more interesting, as long as he could be counterattacked without any harm since his body's hardness is comparable to iron.

As if to prove that he acted deliberately, facing the horizontally swung long sword, merciless neither dodges nor uses his arm to block. Although it is feasible, it's unnecessary.

While thinking this, he simply uses his body to take the opponent's attack head-on.

"Bang -"

The sound of metal clashing once again reverberates.

Afterward,

"I told you, right? No matter how hard you try without using other means, it's useless."

Merciless said so.

The reason why merciless did this was probably to prove with facts that the opponent's current actions were meaningless. Additionally, there was another reason, which was to urge the opponent to use other techniques, as this fight for merciless was not about killing but simply a fun fighting style. Besides that, he had no other concerns.

After all, his ability is deadly against sword users. His weapon is ineffective against them, regardless of how many times he slashes, it's all the same. This is undoubtedly a big blow to those who use swords.

"Indeed."

Hiyori seems to understand that there will be no turning point if they continue like this.

This won't work; they must find a way. Since it's like this...

With this in mind, Hiyori relaxed her whole body and changed from a crouching position to a standing posture.

"Phew..."

Then she took a deep breath.

"Oh, it seems you finally realize it's useless and are ready to make a new move, huh?"

Seeing the success of her plan, Bloodlust smiled eagerly.

After catching her breath, Hiyori grasped her sword again.

"Well, let me see the... Sword Sorcerer of the Far East's..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Hiyori's figure suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"What?"

Surprised, Bloodlust said.

"Ran Jian, Endless Destruction."

A continuous barrage of rapid strikes suddenly attacked, and invisible blades tore Bloodlust's body apart, relentlessly slashing in countless waves.

"Boom!"

Like being shot by numerous machine guns at once, sparks burst out of Bloodlust's body in that instant, illuminating the entire basement as if the person itself had been set on fire.

The next moment, Hiyori, who had vanished earlier, appeared behind Bloodlust.

"Not bad, this is good, just as I expected..."

Bloodlust's words were cut off midway.

Hiyori.

"Sever, Whirlwind Cyclone."

She quickly unleashed her next move.

Spinning her body rapidly in place.

Almost simultaneously, swift strikes attacked Bloodlust, propelled by centrifugal force, sending him flying with a powerful impact and slashes.

"Boom!"

Pushing aside the pile of stacked goods, Bloodlust crashed directly into the wall.

"Phew..."

Exhausted, Hiyori stood in place and took a breath after launching a series of attacks.

But...

"It's useless."

Shouting, Bloodlust tore off what was on his body and quickly stood up again.

Indeed, after all, he hadn't expected it to end so easily.

After calming herself slightly, Hiyori looked at Bloodlust again, brandishing her sword.

The fierce battle in the dark night continued.