Momohime... Oboro, guessed right. Normally, Kisuke wouldn't have a hard time dealing with a swarm of demons. But in this case, the number of the demons were even more so than what he witnessed during the battlefield with the spirits. He wasn't going to use his sword arts carelessly, especially when it drained the sword's spirit life and he didn't know how long this ambush was going to last.

Kisuke's decision proved him wrong when he got pushed into being on the defensive, getting pushed by the demons with their seemingly endless attacks.

"Shoot, this ain't good...!" The brief moment of distraction when he realized the other's presence behind him was when the sword's blade cracked.