"Wind Scar really works!"
Inuyasha was overjoyed, and his confidence soared.
In the battle that followed, he unleashed two more Wind Scars.
Each one precisely struck the weak point in Asta's offense.
They suppressed him so thoroughly that, despite all his anti-magic and brute strength, he could not gain any advantage.
He could only retreat again and again beneath the dazzling golden light.
The sight made Yuno, Noelle, Yami, Kaito, Mimosa, and the others watching from different places feel increasingly grim.
Inuyasha's performance had truly exceeded their expectations.
"Now!"
In battle, Inuyasha, his entire body wreathed in blood-colored Demon Power, widened his eyes.
At that moment, his Demon Power surged to its peak.
"Take this! Backlash Wave!"
The Tessaiga, which had somehow returned to its normal state, swung fiercely.
Ring after ring of spinning golden Demon Power tornadoes rose from thin air.
Rather than canceling out Asta's attacks,
the vortex acted like a magnet, drawing in all the anti-magic, force, impact, and other power he had unleashed.
It violently ground and compressed them against one another.
In the end, it formed a vast, chaotic storm.
Then rebounded with overwhelming force.
"What?!"
Asta's pupils suddenly contracted.
[Rumble—]
A deafening roar instantly resounded throughout the Multiverse Duel Arena.
Even Shanks, seated on the main platform, was moved by it.
"Asta!"
Noelle cried out anxiously.
But the person she worried about was struck head-on by the power of the Backlash Wave.
Like a withered leaf in a gale, he was hurled across more than half the arena before slamming viciously into the magic barrier at its edge.
[Crack—crack—]
The pale blue barrier, which could withstand a full-force strike from a general-level fighter,
actually let out an ear-piercing cracking sound from that collision.
Huge, horrifying spiderweb-like cracks spread across its surface.
Asta remained pressed