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Across the vast open ground, the atmosphere began overflowing with magical power. Even the air currents seemed to become disordered, growing both heavy and chaotic.
Luo Zhen and Stella stood facing each other. After so many days, they were finally confronting each other again from a distance.
On both of them, magical power surged without restraint, gradually making the air hum and the earth seem to tremble, shaking some of the pebbles around them.
Such an obvious phenomenon immediately made Ikki and Shizuku look up sharply and turn their gazes over.
"S-so much magical power..."
Shizuku was no longer clinging to Ikki. Looking as though she had finally returned to normal, she gazed toward the battlefield, her expression changing slightly.
"Is this the magical power of the world's number one and number two?"
Ikki was no longer as dejected as before, either. As he watched Luo Zhen and Stella face off, his expression grew solemn.
The two standing before them were merely newly enrolled students—first-year high school student knights who could not even be considered official knights yet, much less people who had stepped onto the world stage. But at least in terms of magical power, they were the two strongest people in this world.
One had thirty times the average.
The other had twenty-eight times the average.
Such astonishing magical power was now being unleashed in this open space, colliding with each other.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible not to pay attention to this duel.
Especially for Ikki, who had innately weak magical power, the talents displayed by the two before him were things he could never obtain no matter how desperately he wished for them. Thus, he wanted to watch this duel regardless.
Of course, at this moment, neither Luo Zhen nor Stella had any other