"The Weakest" and "the Strongest"
"This is...!?"
When light that swayed like Azure Flame began radiating from Ikki's entire body, everyone outside the arena was drawn to his abnormal state.
At that moment, everyone present could feel powerful magic surging from Ikki—power that could not be ignored.
It was magic that Ikki should not have possessed.
In other words...
"Big Brother's magic... has increased...?"
Shizuku's eyes widened.
"Impossible!"
Stella was utterly stunned.
"He..."
Even Luo Zhen was dumbfounded for a moment.
"Ohh...!"
Nishikyo Neone cried out in amazement as well.
"Have you finally used it?"
Only Shinguji Kuroono wore a faint smile, as if she were feeling nostalgic.
Meanwhile, Attila, who had watched Ikki suddenly erupt with astonishing magic from the closest distance, narrowed her eyes.
In that very instant...
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!"
Ikki let out a roar as he reached the pinnacle.
The blade in his hand, now also wrapped in light that swayed like Azure Flame, suddenly blurred and transformed into countless flashes of steel, meeting Attila's slash head-on.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang—!"
As the clear, violent clash of steel rang out, every one of Attila's slashes was knocked away by Ikki's attacks.
The speed of those attacks was at least dozens of times faster than before.
"...!"
Attila's figure retreated like a gale, opening up distance from Ikki. Her eyes flickered faintly as she stared intently at him, his power having suddenly increased explosively.
"Ha... ha... ha..."
Ikki raised the Inherent Spirit Armor glowing with light like Azure Flame and pointed it toward Attila. As if he could finally catch his breath, he breathed rapidly while blood dripped from every part of his body.
Even so, the visible magic surrounding Ikki continued to burn like Azure Flame.
That scene...
"H-How could that be anything other than increased magic power!?"