If the boy before them could summon a Spirit's Angel, he was no ordinary opponent.
In that case, there was no reason to hold back.
They shifted their shoulders and fired Magic Cannons charged with magical energy from the small Cannon Muzzles mounted there.
But Shido did not dodge. More precisely, he did not need to.
The blasts were coming straight at him. As long as he knew their trajectory,
he could cut them down with the Angel in his hand, which could sever anything—
"Hah..."
Shido took a quiet breath and raised Sandalphon high above his head.
He looked impressive, but the truth was that he knew nothing about swordsmanship.
What came to mind instead was how Tohka had taught him to use an Angel back on Orumi Island.
I told you, didn't I? The Angel in your hands doesn't belong to me or Lingmeng. You summoned it because it answered your wish.
So using it is simple. Picture what you want to accomplish in your heart, then make that strike count!
Shido had only one wish now: to gain the power to save the Spirits!
Shouting that wish in his heart, Shido snapped his eyes open.
The light from Sandalphon grew brighter, answering his will and revealing its power.
"Haaaaah!"
He brought Sandalphon down with all his strength, as though he meant to cut through everything.
A blue arc of sword energy swept from the blade and canceled out the Magic Cannons the Wizards had fired.
It did not stop there. It kept flying toward them.
Seeing Shido's attack bearing down on them, the Wizards hastily deployed defensive Territories.
But barriers of that level were nothing against a strike Shido had put his full strength behind.
The instant the sword energy touched them, the barriers shattered with a