Boom— A thunderous crash rang out. Before everyone's horrified eyes, the enormous floating island in the distant sky, home to countless Exceeds, broke apart beneath Blade Flash's devastating attack! Split into two great halves, the island slowly fell from the sky, only to be shattered by the terrifying force of Blade Flash's explosion. Vast masses of fractured rock rained down through the air...
"Hahahahaha! Open your eyes and take a good look!! Look closely—" His long black hair stirred without a breeze. 'Achill' tilted his head back and drew a deep breath, then roared with a crazed, twisted expression, "At the true ability that made this God what he is!!! At my magnificent, Godlike power!! Open your eyes and look closely!!! Gyahahahahaha—"
With that, he suddenly tossed the blood-red spear in his left hand high into the air. He spread his left palm and aimed it toward the distant ruins of the Exceeds' island! Just then, countless Exceeds were flying out of the utterly collapsed island in bedraggled flocks, preparing to scatter in panic—
"No!!! Hurry and stop him!!!" Pantherlily cried out. "Even if you have to kill them all!! You mustn't let that man get near those Exceeds!!! You absolutely!! Mustn't!!!"
"Oh? So you really do have some incredible trump card after all~ That's more like it. Otherwise, you wouldn't deserve to be my counterpart in Edolas..." Achill naturally heard Lily's cry from below, but he showed no intention of intervening. Instead, he watched the other man's next move with keen interest, murmuring to himself, "Then let me see it, the true trump card that keeps you alive! After all, sometimes an unknown ability is far more frightening than a known one..."
"Show me, Edolas, this godlike ability of yours..." An overwhelmingly powerful magical aura surged from him. The