"Use my weakest to defeat your strongest."
When Ikki made this declaration, he stopped defending passively as before and began to counterattack.
"Bam—!"
Amid the explosive sound of his foot stamping against the ground, Ikki shattered the floor with astonishing force and shot forward amid a roar and a cloud of pulverized rubble.
His figure vanished the instant he shot forward.
But...
"Clang—!"
Beneath the crisp ring of steel, a slash flashed like lightning, cleaving through the air and space like an arc of light before vanishing in an instant.
"Seventh Secret Sword—'Lightning'!"
This was the unique Secret Sword Ikki had created after gathering all his swordsmanship into one.
All of Ikki's swordsmanship had been stolen from others through Imitation Sword Skill. Only the seven Secret Swords were his own creations, forged by drawing on the strengths of countless schools.
The Seventh Secret Sword, Lightning, was one of them. It allowed him to swing his sword at a speed resembling lightning, reaching a realm far beyond the limits of human dynamic vision. Combined with the One-Sword Overdrive Blade-Breaker Technique, by the time an enemy saw the lightning, their body would already have been cleaved in two, resulting in instant defeat.
Thus, the moment Lightning burst forth, the slash had already reached Attila, descending viciously upon her slender and delicate body.
The speed of the slash was so great that Attila's ruby-like eyes could reflect only the arc of its blade.
Unfortunately, Ikki did not know this.
Servants, in fact, generally did not rely on their eyesight to detect attacks.
Compared to their five senses, heroes from Mythology and Legends were far more adept at relying on their battle instincts.
If Ikki broke through his survival instincts and allowed his strength to reach its true limit, then Servants endlessly strengthened their