Ryan asks himself "If Shizune is here, what was that scream just now?" Shizune appears behind Ryan and punches a literal hole through his stomach and Antonio restrains his entire body. Shizune says "You aren't as smart as i thought you would be" Antonio says "Let's not waste any time" Antonio tries to close the ring around his neck to decapitate Ryan, but Ryan gets struck by a sun ray which recovers his chest wound and in the process evaporates Shizune's arm and Antonio's rings. Ryan says "You think i'd simply allow myself to be attacked like that?" Ryan responds to Shizune's previous statement as she is screaming in agony "As for you Shizune, did you really think you had even the slightest chance to defeat me? Not to mention, 2 on 1 fights are just boring, how many times do i have to repeat myself?" Ryan sends a Sun Ray at Shizune to erase her, but he gets the Sun Ray reflected right back at him. Ryan dodges and looks back at Shizune, the smoke clears and Ryan sees Richard standing in front of Shizune and Richard says "Atomize, Kuei"
Richard's spiritual weapon, Kuei
Ryan's face lights up in happinnes and says "i've been expecting you, Richard." Richard immediately swings his scythe at Ryan, and Ryan summons Shirai and they both clash their weapons, sending ripples across the dimension. Ryan says "Such insane power, truly what i was expecting from you!" Richard swings his scythe down and it erases Ryan's sword completely. Ryan thinks to himself "I get it, this scythe has the same properties as my weapon, it can asborb the user's energy and increase its user's versatility with his main abilities, in Richard's case, this scythe has the existance erasing powers of the Soul Breaker, but insanely more powerful" Richard says "I was able to form a connection with the voice, her name being Maria, my ancestor from hundreds of years ago. You know her very well, don't you?" Ryan says "How can i forget that bitch? She made me a laughing stock in front of the entire Seido, she was the reason i was banished to the Otherworld in the first place." Richard says "Yes, she told me everything about you, including a precise counter to your abilities. As you may remember clearly, she beat you beyond recovery right?" Ryan says "Even in death, she never shuts the fuck up" Ryan summons 3 totems behind himTo Be Continued...