Chapter 76

Exclamations of surprise came from Stella and Shizuku.

Arisugawa and Touka remained silent, but their eyes were filled with seriousness and confusion as they looked at the scene.

His gaze turned toward the training field.

On the field, the two figures, Star Mist Shadow and Azure Flame Shadow, clashed with all their might.

Stella said anxiously, her face showing confusion and worry.

"It's just training, why use 'Thousand Stars' and 'One Blade Asura'?!"

That's right, right now, Luo Mio and Ikki on the field are unleashing their "Bursting Ultimate Skills" as if they're fighting to the death.

Shizuku gritted her teeth, wanting to step forward and stop the two, Arisugawa pulled her back.

"Alice?"

Arisugawa shook his head.

"It's best not to go now."

"Arisugawa is right." Touka took off his glasses, staring straight at the training field, and said, "Right now, it's best if we don't try to stop them."

Then, Touka spoke again.

"Shizuku, contact Kiriko."

Upon hearing this, Shizuku immediately took out her Student Handbook and sent a message to Yakushi Kiriko.

Touka Hua's golden eyes watched the scene.

"Miohua... Ikki- kun..."

Under the "Lightning Eye," Touka saw...

Ikki's confusion... and...

Luo Mio's anger!

Chapter 76: Right now, I just want to wake you up!

"Sulfuric acid--!"

Another heavy blow struck, Ikki hurriedly used the blade of the Yin Iron to block Luo Mio's attack with a special defensive technique.

"Sulfuric acid!"

With a slight exertion of force, he deflected the power of Luo Mio's attack, and with a flick of his wrist, the Yin Iron slashed upwards towards Luo Mio.

What appeared to others as a swift and powerful strike was, in Luo Mio's eyes, riddled with flaws.

He raised his left leg slightly, then stomped down hard.

"Egret Under the Moon - Second Strike!"

"Boom!"

With Luo Mio's kick, the training ground floor instantly cracked and broke!

Ikki swung his sword at Luo Mio, he lost his footing, and the direction of his strike deviated.

Ikki's slash failed, and Luo Mio followed the motion of the second attack, spinning her body and delivering two consecutive sweeping kicks to Ikki.

"Egret Under the Moon - Third Strike"

In a moment of desperation, Ikki managed to twist his wrist quickly and forcefully to brace the Yin Iron.

"Sulfuric acid--!"

Although he managed to block it, it was a posture adopted in desperation. Ikki's center of gravity shifted to the side, and he was instantly sent flying by Luo Mio's two attacks.

"Bang—!"

Dust flew everywhere!

Ikki slammed hard into the wall next to the training field.

Just as Ikki smashed in, Luo Mio Shunpo to rush in front of where Ikki had smashed in.

"Whoosh—!"

He waved his right hand.

Moonlight Radiance, and three crescent moon fangs, gleaming with moonlight, flew straight into the dust.

"Um?"

Luo Mio was slightly taken aback.

The crescent moon flew into the dust, but there was no sound of flesh being cut or the clanging of spirit armor blocking the way, as I had imagined.

The shadow of the figure and the light reflected from the blade flashed past the corner of his eye.

"!"

Luo Mio's alertness instantly kicked in, and the next moment she raised her left hand, transforming it into a hand blade, and slashed to the side.

A karate chop flashed across the figure.

"?!"

As Luo Mio streaked past, she revealed the appearance of Ikki, but the figure was like a phantom combining reality and illusion.

"The Fourth Secret Sword - Mirage Wolf!"

And just as Luo Mio's hand slashed out.

In the center of the dust, Ikki's true form was revealed in front of Luo Mio.

The tip of the Yin Iron pierced towards Luo Mio with a sonic boom that seemed to pierce the air.

"The First Secret Sword - Rhinoceros Strike!"

A powerful strike that concentrates all of one's weight, arm strength, and all the power of the body at the tip of the blade.

It is the most powerful dash attack among Ikki's current sword techniques!

Luo Mio looked at the incoming "Rhinoceros Strike" and subconsciously raised her right arm to block it.

Just as Luo Mio was blocking Ikki's "Rhinoceros Strike," an unexpected event occurred...

"Um?"

The moment Luo Mio blocked the Yin Iron, a tremor surged into his arm.

This is...

The human body can be described as being made up of blood, or simply a water bag filled with water.

There is a type of vibration that can generate a ripple of vibration within the human body, thereby damaging the entire body from the inside out.

In Chinese martial arts, there is a technique called "Penetrating Force".

Using all the tendons in his body, Ikki transmitted the vibrational ripples from his toes to his fingertips, using the blade to strike Luo Mio with Penetrating Force.

If armor is used to defend, it will damage the internal organs.

If you use both arms to block, it will directly damage the bones connecting to your forearm.

Without a doubt, it was a stab wound carrying deadly poison!

"The Sixth Secret Sword - Blade of the Poison Moth!"

The venomous blade struck Luo Mio's right arm, and it seemed as if the muscles in her arm, now under the protection of the Eternal Twilight Wolves, would tear open and bleed bright red blood.

"Whoosh."

A magical power, like the Daybreak Twilight, emanated from Luo Mio's right arm.

As Luo Mio faced the "Poison Moth Blade," Ikki quickly moved out of Luo Mio's attack range.

Seeing the magic on Luo Mio's arm, she gritted her teeth.

After Luo Mio eliminated the seeping force in her arm, she glared angrily at Ikki.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Ikki's series of counterattacks was incredibly brilliant, but in Luo Mio's heart, it was unacceptable.

Then he yelled, "You bastard, when are you going to wake up?!"

After saying that, he rushed forward.

"Really..."

Touka witnessed this scene and, as if he knew something, murmured something.

"Brother..."

Shizuku frowned, looking at him with great concern.

Stella also bit her lip, staring intently at the battle on the field.

Arisugawa patted Shizuku on the shoulder, looking at Ikki with puzzled eyes.

"Ikki..."

As the top student knights among the eight academies, even surpassing some Magic Knight, the four of them were well aware of the changes between the two.

Ikki's switching between counter-attack moves allowed them to see the problem clearly.

Touka's golden eyes looked at Ikki...

"I'm afraid... Ikki- kun..."

On the field, Luo Mio struck Luo Mio with all his might, as if trying to wake him up.

Indeed, just as Touka said, Ikki is now afraid of...

Just as the fearless, head-on strike transforms into the unease, fear of the opponent, and conservative attack of the poisonous moth's blade.

Luo Mio understood.

Luo Mio sensed it from the moment she heard Ikki's words in the room.

Deep down, Ikki feared him.

Or rather, Luo Mio fears the moment when she transforms into "the Finality".

Confusion, anxiety, fear...

Fear?

It's perfectly normal.

Even the "demon" who opened that door, broke the shackles of fate imposed by the world, and transcended mortals.

When you see "the Finality," it's hard not to feel fear...

Not to mention Ikki, who had not yet transcended becoming a demon.

But Luo Mio knew that even if he was afraid, Ikki would overcome it.

Having already embarked on the "Path of Asura," he would not stop because of this.

What truly angered and infuriated Luo Mio was...

... Because of his fear, I felt confused about myself.

Simply put

For the first time, Ikki questioned whether he had made the right choice in embarking on the "Path of Asura," having already set foot on this path.

So.

Right now, the only thing Luo Mio can do and wants to do is...

Wake him up!

I'd like to ask everyone...

I'm feeling a bit troubled and hesitant right now.