Chapter 79
Countless decaying, heavy chains bound him tightly.
His arm felt like it was being held tightly by chains, unable to swing forward.
A massive, thick door, barely visible, blocked his way.
He bit his lip, and scarlet blood flowed from his seven orifices.
The skin on my bound arms felt like it was being rubbed raw, and I felt excruciating pain.
"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!"
A roaring, loud shout.
"Clatter!"
As he took a step, the chains vibrated tremblingly.
"Crack!"
The chains binding his entire body were torn off.
I stepped over the illusory figures.
It's like having made a decision to overcome confusion.
(I have never regretted embarking on this path!)
"Boom--!"
An invisible voice seemed to ring in Ikki's ear.
The seemingly heavy iron gate, which was barely visible, suddenly collapsed.
——
Luo Mio smiled happily as she watched Ikki rushing towards her.
Red...
On Ikki's body, which was on the verge of collapse.
A faint flame flickered.
It was no longer the burning azure flame it once was.
The vivid red of blood!
Like a tiny spark, a flame that seems so small it could be blown out at any moment!
Luo Mio clenched her left fist and brought it to her waist.
As Luo Mio moved, the magic of the Star Mist Shadow began to shine brilliantly.
The radiant colors of the setting sun.
The silvery hue of the moonlight.
The three colors converge.
"Chenmang·Yueyang"!
This move truly belongs to Luo Mio!
——
"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh-!"
"Drink up! Drink up!"
The red of blood, the light of stars, the gold of dusk, the silver of moonlight.
Four colors come together!
"Bang—!"
Chapter 79: The Two People Growing Rapidly
"Bang—!"
A loud noise rang out, followed by violent shaking.
At the hotel.
"What's wrong?!"
"Earthquake?"
"What happened?!"
The students in the room felt the shaking and spoke in panic.
And one of the rooms.
Jonoshiraki Byakuya pushed up his glasses, and after feeling the sway, the glasses reflected a white light.
"This shaking sensation... could it be...?"
"Ah Cheng, do you know the source of this shaking sensation?"
Morohoshi Yudai had been lying on the bed, sat up and looked at Jonoshiraki Byakuya's thoughtful expression, and asked him a question.
"Hmm... probably."
——
Meanwhile, the tremors caused by Luo Mio and Ikki were instantly sensed by Shinguji Kuroko, Saikyo Neine, and Edelweiss on the hotel's rooftop.
Saikyo Neine and Shinguji Kuroko quickly headed towards the training room where Luo Mio and the others were.
On the way, they encountered a person.
"Little Mist?"
"Look at the person in front of me," said Saikyo Neine.
Indeed, the person in front of me is none other than the "White Knight" Yakushi Kiriko, who went to the training room after seeing Shizuku's email.
Shinguji Kuroko asked her, "Yakushi, what are you doing here?"
"It was Black Iron Girl who gave me the message..."
Then, Yakushi Kiriko explained the situation to Saikyo Neine and Shinguji Kuroko.
The two exchanged a glance.
"Tsk, this brat!" Saikyo Neine clicked her tongue and cursed inwardly, "He never behaves himself!"
"Stop talking, let's go over there quickly!"
Then, the three of them quickly ran towards the training room.
——
Inside the medical room.
Luo Mio sat in the chair, looking at the familiar room, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"I never imagined that one day I would come to the medical room not lying unconscious, but walking in to take care of someone."
Thinking back to when the battle ended yesterday.
The two spirit costumes collided, Ikki's Yin Iron disappeared first, then he fell into a coma and collapsed to the ground.
Luo Mio was also a little exhausted and was panting.
The moment the battle ended, Shizuku Stella rushed forward.
While treating Ikki's body, Shizuku glared angrily at him.
Stella also looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied expression.
Touka and Arisugawa came forward and inquired about his health.
In just a short while, Saikyo Neine, Shinguji Kuroko, and Yakushi Kiriko rushed in.
When Yakushi Kiriko saw Ikki bleeding from all seven orifices and his muscles seemingly atrophied, she rushed over. Fortunately, Shizuku's treatment was timely, and then Yakushi Kiriko took Ikki to the medical room.
He himself was scolded by Saikyo Neine and criticized by Shinguji Kuroko.
"How long has it been? Less than two days! And you've already caused me trouble again!"
"It's just a simulation battle, yet you're using 'real combat mode'!"
The battle between the two reminded Shinguji Kuroko of her past self and Saikyo Neine.
Then, all I could do was give Luo Mio a simple, helpless reprimand.
——
Looking at Ikki lying on the bed, Luo Mio sat quietly in a chair.
Because Ikki forcibly burned his blood and life force to activate "One Blade Asura," he is currently unable to wake up and needs to rest quietly. Fortunately, he does not have any fatal injuries and is not in mortal danger.
On the other hand, Luo Mio was simply exhausted, as the immense magical power allowed him to recover quickly.
I went back to my room and took a short nap. When I woke up in the morning, I washed up and then went to the medical room.
Because Shizuku and Stella have a match today, they can't come to watch over them, so Arisugawa is staying by their side.
Luo Mio looked at Ikki, who was lying unconscious on the bed.
In my mind, I recalled Ikki was burning with bright red flames yesterday.
And the final slash he delivered.
Although his body was on the verge of collapse, that strike was in no way inferior to the "Seventh Secret Sword - Lightning" under the "One Blade Asura" technique, and was even slightly superior.
That stab...
"One Blade Rakshasa"?
The "One Blade Asura" attack's one-minute duration is compressed into a single, devastating strike.
Although it was only one strike, his physical strength instantly jumped from dozens of times that of the ordinary "One Blade Asura" to hundreds of times.
Strength and the speed of wielding the sword have also been greatly improved.
Ikki last night was very similar to "One Blade Rakshasa".
But...
Faced with that stab, a very strange thought arose in his mind.
"..."
Die.
It was as if facing that blade would mean certain death.
As Luo Mio savored the memory of that life-burning, soul-consuming strike, a slightly exaggerated idea popped into his mind.
Could it be...?
In her memory, Luo Mio clearly knew the moves and special techniques that Ikki possessed in the original work.
One of the moves is very similar to Ikki's slash.
"The Ultimate Sword: Shadow Chaser"
Unlike the Seven Secret Swords, "Pursuit of Shadows" is the strike that brought Ikki to the realm of "Demons"!
It possesses absolute causal authority over the concept of "slash".
There is no possibility of failure when facing this attack; it is a truly absolute and fatal blow!
Without a doubt, the sword strike that Ikki wielded was "The Ultimate Secret Sword: Shadow Chaser".
However, in terms of completeness, that attack could only be described as a defective product, not even a half-finished product.
Luo Mio looked at Ikki with a wry smile.
He hadn't even grasped the "One Blade Rakshasa" technique yet, but he stepped over it directly, even crossing that "door".
Did he surpass the original work and grow so rapidly because of his own actions...?
"Hmm..."