"Boom--"
In the basement of the manor, the dark cloudy sky replaced the ceiling as usual, turning the place into a domain dominated by Leo.
Demonic Power on Leo was like a blazing fire, rising continuously, causing the surrounding atmosphere to distort.
The huge Demonic Power made Miyamoto Musashi, who pulled out the knife below, look solemn, but the fighting spirit in his eyes increased instead of decreasing.
The next second, Miyamoto Musashi's heart trembled, and he suddenly dodged to the side without any warning.
"Boom!"
At the same time, a flash of light suddenly cut through the air and landed at the position where Miyamoto Musashi was standing a second ago at an astonishing speed, shattering the ground.
"This is...?!"
Miyamoto Musashi looked at the ground that suddenly exploded next to him, and a solemn look began to appear in his eyes.
"Be careful, Miss Musashi."
When Leo saw this scene in mid-air, he grinned and said this.
"The person I am today is different from the person I was before."
As he spoke, Leo raised his hand, and Demonic Power flowed out of his body like a dam that opened. It was poured into "Zenith Tempest" for free, making the dark clouds in the sky become denser, and dense lightning appeared inside, moving violently.
Then, flashes of light broke through the clouds, opened up space, and fell downward at an incredible speed.
Seeing this, what doesn't Miyamoto Musashi understand?
The identity of that incredibly fast flash is Lightning.
However, it is not an ordinary Lightning, but a Lightning that is compressed into a thin, laser-like Lightning, or Lightning Thread.
Lightning Thread possesses almost terrifying power due to its extreme compression, and its speed skyrockets, almost like light moving at the speed of light, making it difficult for Miyamoto Musashi to capture its trajectory with the eyes.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
Suddenly, accompanied by bursts of roaring sounds, Lightning Thread that turned into flashes of light fell on the ground one after another, shattering the ground and creating deep pits.
"Pfft!"
Miyamoto Musashi almost relied on his super instinct and swordsman's intuition to dodge, and kept dodging the incoming Lightning Thread. When it was inevitable, he suddenly swung his sword and hit a Lightning Thread, cutting off the Lightning Thread on the spot.
"As expected of you, you can hit it like this." Leo praised, but then changed his tone and said with a smile, "What about this move?"
After the words fell, Leo once again activated the power of "Zenith Tempest", setting off a scorching Flame Stream around him.
Flame Stream looks like a dragon and a python, swimming back and forth around Leo's body, as if it has life.
"Go."
Leo waved his hand, and Flame Stream immediately roared down and rushed down, carrying a scalding heat wave, and attacked Miyamoto Musashi.
The attack speed this time was far less than that of the previous Lightning Thread, but Miyamoto Musashi did not dare to be careless at all.
She stepped on the ground with the soles of her feet and ran towards the distance like a gust of wind, intending to throw away the oncoming Flame Stream, but Flame Stream caught up with her as if it really had life. Afraid that Miyamoto Musashi would change direction, Flame Stream could quickly adjust its trajectory and continue to attack her, so that she had to turn around and slash violently, cutting off the dragon-like python Flame Stream with one knife.
"Bang!"
The severed Flame Stream exploded, and several small Flame Streams came out from inside, bumping into Miyamoto Musashi's slightly changed face.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang--!"
Flame Stream triggered explosions on Miyamoto Musashi one after another, causing her to fly upside down on the spot. She flew a full dozen meters before stopping and landing on the ground.
"There is actually a flame hidden within the flame?"
Miyamoto Musashi was a little shocked, and the clothes on his body were in a burnt and damaged state.
"Let's see this move again."
Leo did not stop, and continued to use Sacred Gear's abilities without mercy, using a completely different ability control method from the past.
It was as if he suddenly realized something. This time, Leo no longer pursued power like in the past, turning the battlefield into a scene of natural disaster or even a corner of the end of the world. Instead, he showed his extraordinary control skills.
Lightning Thread and Flame Stream are just appetizers. Leo also summoned a strong wind and turned the strong wind into invisible Wind Sphere, which spread densely throughout the venue, restricting the movement of Miyamoto Musashi.
The ground under Miyamoto Musashi's feet was constantly trembling, sometimes cracking, sometimes bulging, sometimes breaking, and sometimes turning into swamps or quicksand, leaving Miyamoto Musashi unable to find a decent foothold. He could only jump into the air, spread out two pairs of Devil Wings, and fly up.
Next, Leo summoned flowing water again, causing the water flow to rotate and compress at the same time, turning it into shots of High-Pressure Water Gun and shooting out. Then it summoned a cold current, causing the cold current to spread like white mist. As long as it comes into contact with the white mist, it will immediately freeze into ice.
Just like this, Leo kept compressing Miyamoto Musashi's fighting space, making her feel constrained. At the same time, she had to bite the bullet and deal with the astonishingly fast Lightning Thread, Flame Stream, Wind Sphere and High-Pressure Water Gun. She was forced to feel a little embarrassed for a moment.
"Sword Roar Draw!"
Finally, Miyamoto Musashi couldn't bear it anymore, stopped holding back, and used all his strength.
"One Blade Three Bows, break through Infinity and reach zero!"
Statue of Nio, which was condensed by the pressure of the sword, appeared behind the female swordsman who was as beautiful as a delicate flower. She raised the huge sharp blade in her hand and slashed downwards.
"Boom!!!"
A deafening loud noise suddenly appeared in the basement, causing the entire barrier to shake as usual.
The world began to dislocate, and all Lightning Thread, Flame Stream, Wind Sphere, High-Pressure Water Gun and the extremely cold mist were cut off along with the dislocated world and disappeared without a trace.
The dark sky was also split into two, the clouds were violently cut open, and the countless Lightnings running inside seemed to be dispersed, rioting wildly.
"Stop!"
Seeing Statue of Nio raise the knife again following Miyamoto Musashi's movements, Leo quickly called out to the other party.
"That's it! I can't catch your second blow!"
Hearing this, Miyamoto Musashi raised his eyebrows, put away the knife as if he was still unfinished, and let the Statue of Nio behind him dissipate.
"I think we can continue to fight. Master Leo, you still have some energy left."
Miyamoto Musashi rarely shows dissatisfaction.
"This is not a battle of life and death. How can we attack without sparing any effort?" Leo flew to the ground in front of Miyamoto Musashi, retracted his wings, rolled his eyes, and said angrily, "I don't want to seriously compete with you who are using all your strength, otherwise my manor will be blown up directly, right?"
Leo took a look at the surrounding barrier and found a lot of cracks on it.
This is not the first time this has happened.
As Leo becomes stronger and stronger, Miyamoto Musashi also continues to strengthen his own strength during sparring. Now every time the two fight, it will put a serious burden on the basement barrier, making people wonder when it will be broken.
"The barrier here needs to be strengthened." Miyamoto Musashi had to suggest. "If this continues, sooner or later the barrier will be broken due to the battle between me and Master Leo."
In recent sparring sessions, the two of them basically kept their focus to a minimum, not daring to be too presumptuous in order to avoid breaking the barrier.
Once the barrier is broken, with the power of Leo and Miyamoto Musashi, it will only take a matter of minutes to blow up the manor into the sky, and the damage will even spread to the surrounding area.
"The barrier here is already very strong." Leo scratched his head and said helplessly, "It was originally set up according to the specifications that can withstand the all-out battle between Ultimate-Class Devil. For this reason, Sona Sitri returned to Underworld and invited several experts who are good at setting up barriers to come over and finally completed the construction of this basement."
The barrier in the basement is also linked to Terrain Restoration Formula. As long as the barrier is still there, no matter how damaged the inside of the barrier is, it will be restored to its original state overnight. Therefore, Leo basically has a carefree attitude when fighting. Even if the ground is turned over several times and the terrain inside the barrier is destroyed to an unseemly manner, he does not care.
But once the barrier is destroyed, Terrain Restoration Formula will also be destroyed, and then someone will have to be hired to repair it.
"How about I tell Mr. Serafall?"
Miyamoto Musashi was also scratching his head, and then continued to make suggestions.
"Forget it." Leo thought for a while, but finally refused and said, "Anyway, the senior sister is the holder of the barrier type Sacred Gear, so I will give this as a task to her and let her be responsible for the layout and strengthening of the barrier here."
I just don't know how long it will take for Utaha Kasumigaoka to set up a stronger barrier than this one.
Miyamoto Musashi saw that Leo had made up his mind, and it was hard to object. After putting away the knife in his hand, he changed the topic.
"Master Leo has been able to use "Zenith Tempest" freely. The next step should be to develop into the field of Balance Breaker, right?"
After the battle just now, Miyamoto Musashi confirmed this and believed that Leo has the ability to move towards the ultimate realm of Sacred Gear.
"What do you think of my current strength? Can I defeat the existence of Ten-Winged Class?"
Leo did not answer Miyamoto Musashi's question, but asked another question.
"It should still be a bit reluctant, right?" Miyamoto Musashi recalled Leo's performance, and then said, "Master Leo has indeed become a lot stronger, but it is still a bit unrealistic to defeat others at two levels before mastering Balance Breaker."
"Of course, Master Leo is very close to the existence of Ten-Winged Class. He is completely different from before."
The previous Leo was evaluated here by Miyamoto Musashi as being able to defeat the Eight-Winged class, but compared with Ten-Winged Class, it is still a bit far behind.
Now, Leo and Demonic Power are about to break through to the Ultimate-Class Devil level. Sacred Gear can also use the power freely, and its strength has been greatly improved. From the perspective of Miyamoto Musashi, it is not far away from the existence of Ten-Winged Class.
"As long as you master Balance Breaker, it will be difficult for the ordinary Ten-Winged Class to be your opponent, Master Leo. Only the best among them can fight against you who have mastered Balance Breaker. It is even possible that the existence of Maou-Class will have to take action in person to compete."
Miyamoto Musashi looked at Leo and said with expectation.
"So, try to master Balance Breaker as soon as possible, Master Leo."
Hearing Miyamoto Musashi's words, Leo nodded.
It's really time for him to move on to the next stage.