Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 72 - Impenetrable primordial ice shatters

Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 72 - Impenetrable primordial ice shatters

He held his scythe out in front of him and ran his hand over it, imbuing it with ice and transforming the blade ,"Spirits of frost, bless me with the power of primordial ice, imbue my scythe with the ability to freeze even souls." Tinser's scythe was now ice incarnate, which caused even the air to freeze ,"Let us see how you handle this," Art: Primordial Ice. clouds formed and covered the skies over the antarctic continent, Art: Blizzard. A dark cloud shot hail and snow all around, giving Cias chills even being 10x stronger than his previous self in this form. He knew he was weaker but could sense that he was on more equal ground now. Since he could damage Tinser, he could kill him.

Tinser floated towards Cias with caution, knowing he had to take his time. Cias's skin was getting colder the closer he got to Tinser's scythe. Tinser swung his weapon towards Cias's side BAM. Cias blocked, tilted his spear and thrusted. Tinser changed his grip and spun his scythe around to redirect the blow. Carrying that momentum he attacked Cias again and again and again BAM BAM BAM. Tinser collected the hail with his ki and formed Ice Shards, shooting them at Cias. FWOOSH FWOOSH Swish SWOOSH Cias had almost dodged all of them but then got hit STIK. The piece of ice slashed open his shoulder. Before he could dispel the ki and heal it, Tinser was already on him. Aiming at his right side, which had already been hurt with the shard.

Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting, Cias was trying his best to keep up but his shoulder ached with a cold that stabbed him after it hit. But that wasn't all, Art: Frostbite had been automatically applied to the Blizzard. Cias flew back as fast as he could and created a strong Flame Barrier. He blasted out the foreign ki with his own and healed the wounds he incurred. He sent out the barrier in a massive wave. He reeled back his spear and thrusted it, applying Art: Flame Spear Bolt to every one of his blasts. (This kid is making my heart race, a worthy contender ages apart from when I lived) Tinser was happy, battle was where he thrived and in a moment like this, he didn't want it to end.

He smiled and started moving around at insane speeds, creating after images all around Cias. SLASH STIK SLASH TINK TINK TINK (He's even adapting to this move, truly incredible. But he still has to live past the after effects). Each time Cias got slashed, a wave of cold not only hit his physical body but also his spiritual body. His soul was slowing down, he could feel that his being itself was freezing up. His adaptability was failing him. He was slowing down fast.

He had to keep up with the attacks that he could heal or defend against. (I will not die here) Cias thought to himself gritting his teeth. He pushed his soul further and his power was increasing with the influx of emotion. TING TING TING TING TING Tinser felt his attacks getting deflected faster than he had ever had before. Cias spun his spear around fast (Let's do this, master) Onyx said to him, yearning for battle. He was getting stronger and faster, he wasn't only keeping up with Tinser but slowly beginning to surpass him, even with a torn stomach, a slashed thigh, an injured forearm and all the other minor injuries he had. He was pushing past his adversities to craft a future all his own.

(How is this kid getting so damn strong) Cias's growth rate was nothing like he'd seen before. Tinser thought back to his old self when he was a child, clawing for food after being cursed by that god forsaken witch. His family threw him out of his house for his weakness, but through his resentment became strong enough to kill all of them, except for that sorceress (DAMN THAT BITCH). This kid was crawling out of his own death, one breakthrough after another, like some goddamned invincible demigod. But what had he gone through, not as much as him, he screamed ,"HOW ARE YOU SO STRONG!!!" ,"How are you so weak? I thought you were a king. I think now it's time to send you back to the afterlife, old man." Cias controlled the spiritual particles in his soul, accelerating them, heating them up. He shook off the immense cold energies damaging him. In that moment of soul to soul connection he felt and saw himself, his own soul. He focused his energy there and used Art: Soul Reconstruction to heal his spirit. His body radiated a heat and power that melted the snow falling down on him. He loosened the grip he had on his spear and imbued it with an immense ki. He reeled it back ,"THIS CAN'T BE MY END!!!" Onyx replied to Tinser through Art: Thought Transference (This is as far as you go. You already had one chance at life, you should be honored to die by his hand). Tinser, in that moment, remembered who brought him back, he saw the man floating in the air, looking at him with eyes that looked disappointed and happy at the same time. (You did well to develop this story) Cias yelled as loud as he could and pierced Tinser as hard as he could. A giant hole appeared, it meant death for him, he didn't have the time nor the energy to heal it.

The clouds split, revealing a sunny sky, after Tinser fell, Cias floated down slowly and sat on a chunk of ice. He let out a sign and looked at Onyx ,"Thank you." (I actually killed someone) He thought, but wasn't fully able to comprehend due to the adrenaline and exhaustion. He said ,"Devan, Noah, Apollo, you guys better do well, because I'm DONE." Onyx then melted and absorbed itself into Cias's body as Cias flopped on the ice to rest.

… ,"Great job," ,"I'm sorry I couldn't beat him," ,"No troubles at all, it's just that you have no use to me now. You've progressed my exposition just fine, rest now." ??? Raised up his and ,"NO, NO NO N—" Tinser's body was disassembled and erased, disappearing into nothingness, his concept living on and bringing him right back to hell. ,"Destroying his concept would be too much, after all I need the kids to remember these fights if they're going to grow stronger." He walked out of the void he made using Art: Transport Gate and continued to observe Earth, to watch more of the fighting he enjoyed.