The air was suffocating.
Suzune lay broken behind him, her blood soaking the ground. Sahiru did not speak. His violet eyes locked onto the Eclipse Moons with a stillness colder than death.
The earth trembled—not from any demon's Blood Demon Art, but from his fury.
He stepped forward.
The demons scoffed.
"Too late, swordsman," Kuragami sneered, licking the blood off his scythe. "She's already—"
Slice.
In the blink of an eye, Kuragami's arm hit the dirt.
Sahiru hadn't even moved. Or so it seemed.
Shizume opened her mouth to speak—only for her tongue to hit the ground.
"W-what the hell—?!" Yakusha growled, flaring his aura. "He's faster than—"
Before he could finish, he was sent flying through the trees, his chest split open.
Sahiru's blade was now burning scarlet at the edges, its glow pulsing like a dying star. His cape flowed like a living shadow, the golden dragons on his Haori shimmering wildly with every step.
They launched Blood Demon Arts at him from all sides—illusions, flames, claws, gravity itself twisted to break him.
He walked through them.
He walked through them.
"You mock pain. You mock love. You mock life," Sahiru whispered, eyes burning. "But you've never felt true loss."
Zankuro charged in a blind rage—Sahiru's White Tiger Fang form cleaved through his ribs, spine, and rage.
One by one…
Eclipse 6.
Eclipse 5.
Eclipse 4.
Eclipse 3.
Eclipse 2.
They fell—limbs torn, heads rolling, their screams drowned by the storm that was Sahiru.
And then only Getsugan, Eclipse Moon 1, remained.
He stood calmly, golden serpent eyes glowing.
"So… the Shadow has stepped into the light," Getsugan said. "You are close. But not yet—"
Sahiru's head throbbed.
His inner voice surged, ancient and deep:
"The facade ends here. Are you ready to step into the eclipse?"
His aura condensed into a spiral of light and void. His blade shimmered with a pulse beyond color—a hue of collapsing stars and burning hope.
Sahiru lifted his blade.
"You call yourself Eclipse Moon One…"
He vanished in a flicker.
Reappeared behind Getsugan.
"…Then I am…"
The heavens cracked above.
"…The Greater Eclipse."
A single slash.
A silence deeper than death.
Getsugan's head slid from his shoulders, golden eyes wide.
Eclipse Moon 1 was no more.