Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Defeating Mifune, Broken Phantasm Unlocked

"Since you can create kenjutsu, you must be most adept at it."

Mifune gripped his katana Kurosawa with his right hand—but didn’t draw it.

"Pretty much."

Natsuki nodded.

"Then where is your sword?"

Mifune looked him up and down.

A ninja pouch could only hold small ninja tools like kunai and shuriken. A sword definitely wouldn’t fit.

Swords were usually hung at the waist or carried on the back.

"My sword is a bit special."

Natsuki formed hand seals and summoned Ensei.

He already had two swords—the Sword of the Thunder God and the Neko-giri.

But it would be very difficult for these two swords to cut through Mifune’s Kurosawa.

The Sword of the Thunder God wasn’t sturdy to begin with. In the original story, it was even broken by Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.

Not to mention the Neko-giri. It wasn’t a famous sword—just a sword with a little chakra metal added.

Therefore, Natsuki planned to use Ensei.

Ensei inherently had an Adamantine Body, and with the enhancement of the Ten Shadows Technique, its hardness would surpass Mifune’s Kurosawa.

However, breaking it would still require some technique—such as repeatedly striking a specific spot on the blade.

"What’s going on?"

The other samurai were puzzled by Ensei’s appearance.

"Is this... the Third Hokage’s summoning beast?"

Mifune had broader horizons than the other samurai and immediately thought of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Enma.

"Yes and no."

Natsuki explained. "It’s not Lord Hokage’s summoning beast—but they are both from the Monkey clan."

As he spoke, Ensei’s body transformed. A katana quickly appeared before everyone.

Natsuki casually placed the katana at his waist.

"I’ve heard of the Monkey clan, but I didn’t expect to see one with my own eyes today."

Mifune said seriously. "Please advise me."

Natsuki creating the Water Breathing kenjutsu was already enough to make him take him seriously.

Now he even brought out the same type of summoning beast as Sarutobi Hiruzen.

With Sarutobi Hiruzen’s status and strength, it was impossible for him to casually give a summoning beast to an eight or nine-year-old child.

Natsuki must have some extraordinary qualities.

Mifune had previously been very confident in winning this battle—but now he was a bit uncertain.

But no matter what, he had to win.

Kenjutsu: Iai Slash!

Mifune’s body instantly disappeared from his spot, leaving only a flash of blade light speeding through the air.

Using the same Iai Slash, its speed in his hands was much faster than Yagyu Musashi and Miyamoto Jiro’s.

One-Sword Style: Iai — Lion’s Song!

Reinforcement Magecraft!

Natsuki had already guessed he would use Iai Slash, so he also drew his sword.

He transformed into a beam of blade light and crashed into him.

Following the sound of tearing air was a piercing metallic screech.

Terrifying power formed wave after wave of air currents spreading in all directions.

The spectating samurai subconsciously frowned—but their eyes remained fixed on the center of the field.

The two who had disappeared reappeared.

Their two katanas were still locked together in a stalemate.

"This... this..."

"They’re actually evenly matched? Am I under a genjutsu?"

"His kenjutsu isn’t inferior to Lord Mifune’s?"

Miyamoto Jiro and the others widened their eyes. Expressions of disbelief appeared on their faces.

"Beautifully done!"

Nawaki immediately shouted excitedly.

Minato subconsciously leaned forward.

This was undoubtedly a great opportunity to understand Natsuki’s strength.

Surprise flashed in Tsunade’s eyes.

She had originally thought Natsuki’s strength would be considerably inferior to Mifune’s.

"Truly remarkable!"

While praising him, Mifune suddenly raised his hands and brought them down.

In an extremely short amount of time, he erupted with powerful strength—delivering a downward slash aimed at Natsuki’s katana.

One-Sword Style: 36 Pound Phoenix!

Natsuki didn’t take it head-on. He took a step back. The flying slash exploded like a gust of wind.

Mifune’s expression remained unchanged. His downward slash turned into a horizontal slash, directly splitting the flying slash in two.

Kenjutsu: Sky-Splitting Slash!

Mifune flicked his wrist. Chakra surged into his Kurosawa.

A crescent moon-like blade light struck toward Natsuki.

Water Breathing: Fourth Form — Striking Tide!

Natsuki immediately stopped, raised his katana. Countless streams of water surrounded it.

Reinforcement Magecraft!

He leaped up, using the momentum of his body to bring his katana down on Mifune’s head.

The blade light shattered.

CLANG!

Mifune blocked Natsuki’s katana with Kurosawa.

But what he didn’t notice was that in both collisions, Natsuki’s katana landed exactly two-thirds up Kurosawa’s blade.

The reason Natsuki could be so precise was that he possessed Clairvoyance.

Clairvoyance could accurately hit a target several kilometers away—let alone Kurosawa at such close range.

Mifune-Style First Sword: Flame!

Kurosawa lit up, flashing with blue light.

Mifune gripped Kurosawa tightly. The moment he infused chakra, he widened the distance and swung fiercely.

A strong sword aura appeared in the air.

Its giant form looked like a forty-meter-long sword descending from the sky.

Water Breathing: Third Form — Flowing Dance!

Natsuki swung several slashes in an instant, finally blocking the sword aura with one strike.

Countless air currents exploded like fireworks.

Natsuki uncontrollably retreated backward, his feet leaving deep marks on the ground.

"Great!"

"Lord Mifune has gained the upper hand!"

"Lord Mifune is stronger after all!"

Seeing this, the other samurai became excited.

Tsunade, Nawaki, and the others showed looks of concern.

Natsuki stopped his retreat and took a deep breath.

In terms of pure kenjutsu, he was indeed inferior to Mifune.

But this wasn’t a pure kenjutsu battle.

"Your talent in kenjutsu—I am willing to call it the strongest."

Mifune said regretfully. "What a pity you are not a samurai of the Land of Iron."

After speaking, he closed in again. Kurosawa bit toward Natsuki like a giant dragon.

Reinforcement Magecraft!

Water Breathing: Sixth Form — Whirlpool!

Natsuki twisted his body. His sword once again hit two-thirds up Kurosawa’s blade.

Mifune only felt his arms tremble slightly—but he quickly steadied his body, turned Kurosawa, and swept it out horizontally again.

Reinforcement Magecraft!

Water Breathing: Fourth Form — Striking Tide!

Natsuki met it with a slash.

CLANG!

Both sides retreated.

But Natsuki had to take one more step back.

Even with the enhancements of Reinforcement Magecraft and Water Breathing, his physical fitness was ultimately inferior to Mifune’s thoroughly tempered body.

Even so, being able to fight him and only be at a slight disadvantage was enough to shock Miyamoto Jiro and the others.

It was the first time they realized someone could have such terrifying kenjutsu talent.

Minato also felt his scalp tingle watching it.

Before learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, he definitely wouldn’t be able to defeat Natsuki.

The two swords clashed continuously.

The two of them fought back and forth.

Without a doubt, Mifune held the advantage.

But Natsuki also had an advantage: he had a lot of chakra and could continuously use Reinforcement Magecraft and Water Breathing.

"Hm?"

Mifune suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise and hurriedly widened the distance.

He looked down and couldn’t help but frown.

A crack had appeared two-thirds up Kurosawa’s blade.

This was the first time he had seen it damaged since acquiring Kurosawa.

"The Monkey clan’s Adamantine Body truly lives up to its reputation."

Mifune took a deep breath.

"After the battle is over, I am willing to pay to have this katana repaired for you."

Natsuki said, pretending to know nothing.

"No need!"

Mifune said immediately. "But it’s indeed time to end this! Try this!"

Secret Sword: Wind and Snow Slash!

Mifune let out a fierce shout. All his chakra surged out.

A storm formed with him at the center.

And Kurosawa bloomed with a strong blue light.

The light covered Kurosawa and continuously spread outward.

Natsuki immediately realized he couldn’t block it.

The moment Mifune moved, he used White Launcher.

A giant blue sword aura carrying a fierce wind blasted toward Natsuki.

Wherever it passed, the ground cracked. Rubble flew everywhere.

Tsunade instinctively stood up—just preparing to rescue Natsuki—when she saw an astonishing scene.

She saw Natsuki shoot into the sky right before the blue sword aura reached him.

Literally shooting into the sky.

Countless streams of smoke lifted him up, rising into the air.

The blue sword aura instantly missed.

A massive trench appeared on the ground.

Mifune couldn’t help but go blank.

His eyes reflected Natsuki in mid-air.

Obviously, his Secret Sword: Wind and Snow Slash had no effect.

"What ninjutsu is this?"

Tsunade showed a look of surprise.

"He can actually fly?"

Minato, also seeing a flight-type ninjutsu for the first time, was instantly stunned.

"Too cool!"

Nawaki shouted excitedly.

Reinforcement Magecraft!

Water Breathing: Fourth Form — Striking Tide!

In the air, Natsuki plummeted downward. Water flowed around him.

As he approached Mifune, a sharp blade light descended.

"I haven’t lost yet!"

Mifune reacted. He gripped Kurosawa and delivered an upward slash, blocking Natsuki’s katana from below.

Now!

Natsuki’s gaze sharpened. He extended his left hand. Neko-giri fell from his Shadow Space into his hand.

Reinforcement Magecraft!

Double Circular!

Neko-giri and the katana formed by Ensei crossed to form a fan shape.

And the center of the fan shape was exactly two-thirds up Kurosawa’s blade.

After a deafening crash, a crisp snap sounded.

To everyone’s dumbfounded gazes, the famous sword Kurosawa broke.

The tip of the sword flew off and landed on the ground.

Mifune, holding the broken sword, instinctively thrust at Natsuki.

White Snake!

Natsuki dropped Neko-giri with his left hand. Smoke surged out.

The snake-like smoke immediately entangled Mifune.

Natsuki raised his right hand. The katana pressed against his neck.

"..."

Mifune was instantly stunned.

After a long while, he finally let go.

The broken sword hit the ground, making a crisp sound.

A samurai voluntarily dropping his sword meant he had conceded.

Miyamoto Jiro and the others were at a loss for words, standing in place like wooden blocks.

"We won!"

Nawaki immediately shouted.

Nonou also subconsciously stood up.

If the occasion wasn’t inappropriate, she definitely would have run over.

Tsunade revealed a satisfied smile—but a headache immediately followed.

Because Natsuki performed too well.

Having just become allies, defeating Mifune so unceremoniously and breaking his famous sword Kurosawa was truly somewhat inappropriate.

[Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked Heroic Spirit Emiya Template Ability 4: Broken Phantasm.]

Looking at the line of text appearing before his eyes, Natsuki secretly thought: Finally unlocked Broken Phantasm.

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