Zongman, Rebirth of the Heaven-Defying Kirito

Mo Xiaosanren wasn't angry that his monster had been stolen, after all, it was just an ordinary little monster, and you could find them anywhere if you wanted to hunt it.

He was even more puzzled: "It's you. Let me make this clear first, I'm not returning that elite monster from last time."

"I didn't come to see you for something so trivial." Kirito smiled.

"So what brings you this time?"

Kirito said firmly, "Naturally, it's to determine the winner of the last match."

Mo Xiaosanren looked Kirito up and down: "You seem very confident. Do you have someone backing you?"

"Whether it is or not, we'll only know after the battle, won't we?" Kirito didn't explain further, but slowly drew his white sword.

With the black and white swords in hand, the battle stance was instantly adopted.

“That’s true…” Mo Xiaosanren said no more.

He held the Thousand Manifestations Umbrella in front of him, its ribs slightly rotating, ready to switch forms at any moment.

The tension in the air rose, and the wind on the loess plateau seemed to stop flowing, leaving only the two figures facing each other.

The next second, the battle suddenly broke out!

This time, Mo Xiaosanren launched the first attack.

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella in his hand instantly transformed into a gun, the muzzle aimed at Kirito, and fired several stun bullets in succession.

"But these won't work!" Kirito said in a low voice.

Faced with the oncoming bullets, he neither dodged nor defended, but instead swung his twin swords, cleaving each and every bullet in half.

Mo Xiaosanren showed a hint of surprise on his face.

He had assumed that his opponent would either dodge the bullets or defend with a sword, but he never expected that his opponent would be able to cleave them all with his precise swordsmanship.

But the battle didn't allow him much time to think. The moment Kirito deflected the last bullet, Lord Grim, using the cover of the bullet, was already right in front of him.

Mo Xiaosanren drew his ninja sword from the umbrella handle, holding the blade in one hand and the umbrella in the other, adopting a stance similar to 'dual-wielding', and confronted Kirito head-on.

Kirito was naturally unafraid, and swung his twin swords, clashing with Mo Xiaosanren's blade and umbrella.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" The two figures quickly passed each other.

Within seconds, the two exchanged three moves.

Kirito, with his mastery of dual swordsmanship, seized a slight opening in Mo Xiao Sanren's defenses. He gathered power in his right hand, the Elucidator, and unleashed 'Sonic Impact,' slamming it into his opponent.

Mo Xiaosanren was unable to dodge in time and could only cross his weapons in front of him to block.

With a muffled thud, he managed to block the attack, but the impact sent him flying several meters backward.

Kirito stood still, his tone tinged with confidence: "You're still a bit short of being able to defeat me in my domain."

Mo Xiaosanren was not discouraged: "It seems that's indeed the case."

He admitted that, in terms of swordsmanship alone, he was indeed slightly inferior.

"...But the battles in SAO go far beyond this!"

Kirito responded in kind, "That's exactly what I was thinking too!"

The two clashed again, but this time Mo Xiaosanren used the umbrella blade counterattack he had used before.

Whenever Kirito's sword hits the umbrella and bounces off, the ninja sword in his hand will quickly thrust out, trying to seize the gap when Kirito's old strength has just been exhausted and new strength has not yet been generated.

Fortunately, Kirito deliberately held back when he swung the sword, and withdrew in time the moment the sword collided with the umbrella, thus avoiding being put on the defensive like last time.

In several instances, Mo Xiaosanren seized the initiative, while Kirito found himself on the defensive.

After Kirito was bounced away again, Mo Xiaosanren teased, "What's wrong? You can't beat me without showing your true skills."

"Then as you wish!"

Kirito's fighting spirit surged, and he moved once more.

Mo Xiaosanren kept a close eye on his movement trajectory, firmly protecting the Thousand Chance Umbrella in front of him.

He was confident that as long as the opponent couldn't break through the Thousand Chance Umbrella's defense, victory would ultimately belong to him.

When the two were still more than ten meters apart, Kirito suddenly changed his move.

He unleashed the 'Four Directions Slash', sending out four phantom images.

Mo Xiaosanren's eyes narrowed, only to see the phantom right in front of him suddenly solidify.

He almost instinctively opened the umbrella, preparing to meet the opponent's attack.

His intuition proved to be correct.

But Mo Xiaosanren didn't believe such a petty trick could defeat him: "A surprise attack with this kind of technique? But the speed isn't enough..."

"I never intended to win by speed!" Kirito's voice carried an unstoppable momentum.

Immediately afterwards, he unleashed a high-level skill that he had never shown to Mo Xiaosanren before—"Starburst Stream Slash!"

In an instant, extreme speed and violent force intertwined, and the sword light fell mercilessly on the surface of the Thousand Chance Umbrella like a torrential rain.

In the blink of an eye, Mo Xiaosanren felt three incredibly powerful slashes coming from different angles from the umbrella.

"What is this?!" Mo Xiaosan was shocked.

Because of that one instant of attack, he felt that the Thousand Manifestations Umbrella in his hand was about to be shaken open.

Before he could adjust his defensive stance, five more powerful and faster slashes followed in quick succession!

Then, the defense formed by the Thousand Manifestations Umbrella was forcibly cleaved open!

And it happened in less than a second!

As the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella was cleaved open, Mo Xiao Sanren finally saw the scene before him: Kirito held a pair of black and white swords, the blades radiating an intense crimson skill light.

Only then did he realize that the berserk skill... hadn't ended yet?!

Mo Xiaosan's heart was filled with shock. Even though Kirito only had two swords in his hands, he could clearly see six sharp sword lights slashing towards him.

Apart from the two sword strikes Kirito unleashed with his dual-wielding style, the remaining four were all high-speed afterimages created by excessive speed!

At this moment, Mo Xiaosanren had nowhere to avoid it and could only watch helplessly as the six sword lights approached, even preparing himself to be hit.

Just as the sword light was about to touch his body, Kirito's figure appeared as if by teleportation, instantly appearing twenty meters away.

The crimson blade of light also stretched out in the air for twenty meters before slowly dissipating.

This is the combined effect of 'Four Directions Slash' and 'Starburst Stream Slash'.

If Kirito had only used Starburst Stream Slash, there were only two possibilities: either he would have killed the opponent without stopping the attack, or he would have stopped attacking.

However, both of these approaches are too inferior. Killing doesn't showcase the skill of a master, and stopping always feels like something is missing.

Therefore, Tong Ren deliberately used both methods together.

At the very last moment, Kirito didn't stop swinging his sword, but instead used the illusion of the Four Directions Slash to achieve instantaneous teleportation.

And so the unfinished sword light continued to slash its way out, and that is the truth behind the sword light!

Mo Xiaosanren stood there in a daze, still not recovered from the shock he had just experienced.

Kirito, who was in the distance, sheathed his twin swords, turned around and waved at him, leaving only a dashing silhouette: "I guess I've won this battle!"

Watching Kirito's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Mo Xiaosanren helplessly touched the wound on his face.

Same location, same size.

What else can you say? You lost, and that's that...

When masters clash, they stop when they've reached their point!