The blue whale vanished.
The towering wave shattered.
The door-sized greatsword stopped in front of Arthur, its roaring whistle reduced to the creak of clenched teeth.
Everyone turned toward the source of the sound-
Kang Si'ang, sword in hand!
The Whale-Slaying Sword's clenched teeth kept grinding. Veins bulged on his forehead, and the muscles of both sword-gripping arms, from his forearms to his upper arms, had knotted tight. Amid the crowd's gasps, they burst his sleeves apart.
Everyone could see that the Whale-Slaying Sword was giving it everything he had.
Yet the door-sized greatsword in his hands could not advance so much as a fraction of an inch.
It was as though an invisible hand had clamped down on the blade.
No!
More precisely, it was as though a mountain were pressing down on the Whale-Slaying Sword.
Creak, creak!
This time, the sound came not only from Kang Si'ang's mouth. Every bone in his body began to creak.
"Incredible!"
"Sir Credos is far too strong!"
"The gap!"
"It's like the difference between heaven and earth!"
The people in Earta Square finally came to their senses. Exclamations escaped everyone involuntarily, and some even began shouting over and over.
Watching this, Malinda inwardly curled her lip again.
But the smile in her eyes deepened as she looked at Arthur.
She did not dislike the ambitious Arthur.
Naturally, she would not dislike Arthur as he was now, either.
And when the two came together?
Malinda liked him even more.
As a partner.
Arthur, however, had no time to pay attention to Malinda. He turned a deaf ear to the surrounding cheers as well, carefully sensing Kang Si'ang before him-
Does he have every muscle and every bone under his control?
He's already mastered his own strength completely!
And that illusory image...
*[Spirituality]