Ha ha ha ha ha ha
"Show yourself!"
Silk Hair shot out multiple Conical Light Fingers in all directions following the voice of the laughter. For a period of time beams of light illuminated the sky like a fireworks show.
However, the laughter continued uninterrupted. The lightspeed attacks did not even cause the person laughing to pause at all!
Clearly, no matter how Silk Hair attacked, it posed no threat to this invisible foe.
Swiiiiiish!
"There you are!"
Finally the invisible foe had revealed themselves swinging an ocean blue sword towards the back of Silk Hair's neck. The sword swing was so fast that it seemed to have teleported and materialized out of thin air appearing right on Silk Hair's nape!
Although this attack would leave anyone flustered, Silk Hair was actually glad that the opponent had finally appeared.
Kting!
The sword sliced two or three inches into Silk Hair's neck before coming to a stop as if it had hit an iron wall.
"Wrong move! Did you forget that I am not human?"
Strangely, when these words were spoken, Silk Hair did not open his mouth. So where did the voice come from?
The next moment the man who had attacked looked at the point where his sword had struck Silk Hair's neck.
"Hehehe. A mouth? Teeth? No wonder! As expected of an Amanani."
The man's sword had indeed gone deep into Silk Hair's neck. This was enough to cut off the spine of any normal man. However, on a closer look, the sword had not sliced into Silk Hair's neck at all!
Instead, on the back of Silk Hair's neck there was a second mouth, hidden by the long hair!
It is this mouth that was clenching onto the attacker's sword with its steel-like teeth preventing it from going even an inch deeper.
"Stay where you are!"
With a smile, Silk Hair finally spoke with his front mouth. He then proceeded to put his arm into his mouth all the way to the elbow causing his neck to bulge out exaggeratedly. It looked extremely disgusting. All the while the mouth on the back of his neck never let go of the opponent's sword.
"Weh! His teeth are like steel pincers!"
Although the enemy had not tried his best to recover the sword from Silk Hair's mouth, he was still greatly impressed by the jaw strength shown by Silk Hair's back mouth.
From his stomach, Silk Hair pulled out a red metallic sword that looked like blood red rusted iron. The sword also had a fire burning on its tip. Although the fire looked small and harmless, Volk and the still incapacitated Fire Guardian felt their soul's shake when they saw that fire.
"What kind of flame is that?"
"Is it the flame of the Amanani? The tail?"
In fact they were right in their speculation. Amanani had red tails and the tip of the tail was usually on fire. The tail of an Amanani was an extremely precious item. The main reason for this value was the unique flame that burned at the tip of the tail. Depending on the class and rank of the Amanani, this flame could possess a wide range of unique abilities and uses.
The red metallic sword that Silk Hair pulled was the manifestation of his own tail!
"It seems I was not worthy enough for him to show his full strength."
Although their battle was left inconclusive once the laughing man appeared, Volk could not help but lament about his own strength once he saw the red fiery sword.
Kting!
With a backward swing, Silk Hair sought to cleave his opponent in half and burn them to ashes. The sword did the cutting while the fire did the burning.
However, his opponent tilted his sword downwards almost breaking Silk Hair's neck and in the process the man blocked the backwards sword swing with the hilt of his aqua blue sword. Silk Hair had no choice but to open his back mouth and release the opponent's sword lest he get a much nastier attack from behind.
What followed was a series of exchanges between the two men.
Clang!
Kting!
Clang!
"Hehehe. Impressive. You can actually keep up! Then let's ramp up the speed."
The man opposite Silk Hair laughed again before suddenly disappearing before everyone's sight.
"Where did he go?" This was the question on everyone's mind as they intently stared at the sky.
The only people who could somewhat see the man's figure were Silk Hair and Volk. But even for them, their sight of the man was simply like toddlers trying to look up at the sun – blurry and confused.
When the man moved to attack, multiple afterimages were formed heading towards Silk Hair like a torrent.
"Fast but predictable."
Silk Hair remained calm as his sword struck out hundreds of times in an instant unleashing a rain of fire on the opponent.
'From behind!'
Once again Silk Hair struck out behind him slicing the man in half.
'Another afterimage!'
Swish!
A sword appeared as if from the void slicing a narrow gash in Silk Hair's forehead. However, Silk Hair had already anticipated this. He reacted so fast that before the tip of the opponent's sword had finished slicing into his flesh, his own sword had already cut into the enemy's body!
A perfect counterattack at the risk of one's life!
The sword strike landed perfectly. However, when he cut into his enemy, Silk Hair did not feel the resistance created by muscle, flesh, and bone.
'How can this be?! It is another afterimage!'
He could not believe it. He even risked his life by letting the enemy slice into his forehead yet he could still not land a counter sword strike!
Even when the enemy's sword was still in contact with Silk Hair's body, the latter could not even touch him. This was a demonstration of absolute speed!
The battle in the sky went on for a few more seconds but no matter what Silk Hair tried, he could never even touch the opponent's clothes!
Swiiiiiiiiish!
'Crap! So fast! I can't dodge this!' Silk Hair was frantic. Exclamation marks popped up in his mind as he felt a silent wind approach his back.
In the next moment, the man had appeared behind him as if to strike him down.
Pat pat.
However, instead of agonizing pain, all that Silk Hair got was a pat on his shoulder. It was as if the man was telling him "this is the difference in our strength."
"Hehehe. You tried your best. But in this country there is only one man who can keep up with me."
Out of thin air, the man finally materialized long enough for people to finally see him clearly.
This was a man that nearly everyone at the scene recognized.
It was Epesi.
Epesi – the Teleporting Swordsman.
Along with Swift Sword, Kaskara, who held the title of the Fastest Blade in the East, this man Epesi was recognized as one of the fastest men on the continent!
Mwana's Book of Knowledge
Bonus Notes 12: The 7 Great Swordsmen
Overall, the 7 Great Swordsmen of the Rock Generation are:
Instant Sword - Epesi
Bright Sword - Dhahabu
Swift Sword - Kaskara
Mourning Sword
Void Sword
Joyful Sword
Kingly Sword