If everyone goes to Phase Two, who's afraid of whom?
Of course, thinking about these things now is pointless.
Qiji quickly refocused all his attention on the battle in front of him.
Only after seeing this in the live chat did viewers realize that Qiji's attack had actually contained a hidden secret.
Immediately, comments featuring his name appeared in the live chat, jumping in to praise him without any regard for the consequences.
"Holy crap, that's Prisoner Ji! I thought he was just a physical education student who relied solely on stats!"
"Hilarious! You really think you can achieve an undefeated record just by relying on stats?"
"+1! Hajiqi's battle IQ has never been bad!"
"Indeed, but often the numbers are enough. Why bother thinking so hard?"
Provoked, Kamishiro Chiho became slightly serious!
Then, the eight spider spears behind her stretched out slightly.
Then, she lifted herself up, using her four spider spears to support herself on the ground, making her appear exceptionally tall!
Qiji naturally dared not be negligent in this regard.
He reached down to his collar and ripped off the tie that was formed from the [Silver Wish].
Then, he wrapped the [Silver Wish] around his right hand and clenched his fist tightly.
The corrosive power stored within [Silver Wish] then flowed out.
In an instant, the tie seemed to melt, turning into a flowing, silvery liquid that covered his right hand.
In the next instant, a large number of silver-white crystals appeared out of thin air from Qiji's fist and half of his arm!
It shimmers in the sunlight, like shards of ice embedded in the skin!
If my sister were there, she would recognize me at a glance.
This is undoubtedly a symptom of "Echo Erosion Syndrome".
Qiji unfolded the first form of [Silver Wish], the Gauntlet Form—
[Binding Silver Grip]!
Almost at the same moment that Qiji completed his Concept Armament, Kamishiro Chiho's four spider legs suddenly pushed off the ground, and she instantly disappeared from his sight.
Are we comparing speed?
To date, Qiji has never lost to any opponent in terms of speed.
The two figures disappeared into the alley almost simultaneously, and when they reappeared, they had both crashed into the audio equipment store.
Kamishiro Chiho pounced from behind Qiji, her four spider spears piercing his neck, head, back, and groin from four different angles.
With the help of the mirror's reflection, Qiji caught a glimpse of Kamishiro Chiho in an instant.
Kamishiro Chiho was fast, but he wasn't slow either!
Qiji's body twisted at an incredible angle!
Then, he pushed off the ground with his right leg, which propelled his waist and hips!
Twist your waist and hips, engaging your shoulders and arms!
Equipped with the [Binding Silver Grip], her right fist, enveloped in wind pressure, slammed fiercely towards Kamishiro Chiho.
Facing Qiji's powerful punch, Kamishiro Chiho scoffed and did not dodge.
Because it's not necessary.
No, it's simply not needed!
The simplest way for a fourth-tier Echoer to win against a third-tier opponent is to use high-tier Armament with unreasonable defense to withstand all of the opponent's attacks.
Then, when the opponent attacks with all their might and neglects their defense, they retaliate with even higher-level damage!
A third-tier Echoer cannot damage the Armament of a fourth-tier Echoer, but a fourth-tier Echoer can easily break through the Armament of a third-tier Echoer with a single blow.
In an attack-to-attack scenario, a Tier 3 Echoer has absolutely no chance of winning!
This is the crushing power of different realms!
However, when Kamishiro Chiho's four spider spears struck Qiji, all that was heard was the sound of countless shattered lenses.
In that instant, the Person in the Mirror armor on Qiji's body, with all its mirror lenses seemingly possessing a life of its own, surged towards the part being attacked.
Several layers of mirror armor instantly stacked up at the four points of force!
The mirror armor burst open layer by layer, and was then patched up again.
With each layer that explodes, the force on the spider spear weakens by one point.
The explosion continued until the seventh floor, when Kamishiro Chiho's four spider spears stopped simultaneously.
"How is this possible?!" Kamishiro Chiho exclaimed in shock.
Her attack, which suppressed her rank, even without using Echo, was definitely not something a third-rank Echoer could withstand unscathed!
This guy's Armament could never possibly possess such power!
Absolutely impossible!!!
Seeing the other party's shocked expression, Qiji had already anticipated this.
How about it?
My Armament is pretty strong, isn't it?
—It was obtained through a loan!
Loans are [Silver Wish]'s most powerful ability!
[Equivalent Wish 2: At the cost of "Thousand Faces" Infinite Weakening for the next month, infinitely increase the strength of "Person in the Mirror" for the next 10 minutes!]
The price paid here still hides a small, ingenious idea from Qiji.
At the moment Qiji initiated the prayer, something occurred to her—
Does the Infinite Weakening of [Thousand Faces] also include the "Frequency Mark" left by the Sea of Consciousness on the [Thousand Faces] card?
If so, this price is not a weakening factor for Qiji, but rather a strengthening one!
Because Infinite Weakening "Frequency Mark" is equivalent to no imprint at all!
This also means that for the next month, Qiji will be able to log into the Sea of Consciousness infinitely without being restricted by the "Frequency Mark"!
Unlimited stock!
Just before the Academy Grand Tournament, I can get two more enhancement fragments and then complete the strongest awakening. It'll be a piece of cake!
Therefore, when Qiji took out the loan, he did not hesitate at all!
There was no need to hesitate!
Of course, no prayer can be completely detached from reality.
Even if one makes a wish for "infinite strength," that "infinite" strength is ultimately "limited" in the face of the fourth-tier Kamishiro Chiho.
Although Qiji withstood Kamishiro Chiho's attack, twenty-eight pieces of his mirror armor shattered instantly.
This is what exists between third- and fourth-order Echoer—
An insurmountable gap!
You can never win by just playing defense!
Qiji knew this better than anyone, so he had to attack!
His attack must be able to harm Kamishiro Chiho!
In the brief Setsuna that Kamishiro Chiho was stunned, Qiji's fist slammed into her lower abdomen.
At first, Kamishiro Chiho paid no attention to this, raising her four spider spears once more, preparing to launch the next attack...
However, the next moment, she sensed something, and her expression suddenly changed drastically.
"No! Impossible! What did you do?!"
The instant Qiji's fist touched her body, Kamishiro Chiho felt a portion of her Heart Essence vanish into thin air...
Of course, it didn't actually disappear; instead, it turned into silvery-white crystals that precipitated out on Kamishiro Chiho's lower abdomen, beneath her Armament.
Kamishiro Chiho's Heart Essence didn't disappear; it simply changed into another form to accompany her!
Clearly, Kamishiro Chiho was unaware of this.
For a moment, she found it utterly unbelievable.
Although the portion of her Heart Essence that disappeared was extremely small compared to her vast total amount of Heart Essence, such a thing was unheard of and should never have happened!
This masked imp's attack was actually able to devour her Heart Essence?!
Are you kidding me?!
Kamishiro Chiho a physiological aversion to the feeling that her vital Heart Essence was being devoured!
Therefore, despite possessing a second-stage Armament and absolute defense, she surprisingly began to subconsciously dodge Qiji's attacks.
On the contrary, it seemed that Qiji had become the one with the second-stage Armament—
Facing the oncoming spider spears, he neither dodged nor evaded, each strike carried the belief of exchanging injury for injury.
Because Qiji can see Kamishiro Chiho's status panel at this moment.
Above her head, a line of small words was floating:
[Erosion level: 1%]
This is another special effect of [Silver Wish] in the [Binding Silver Grip] form—
Absolute damage that ignores defense!
Each successful hit leaves a 1% erosion mark on the target.
Once the erosion reaches 100%, the target will be subjected to irreversible erosion and crystallization!
In other words, it is commonly known as --
Kill!
Ignore health! Ignore defense! Ignore level difference!
Of course, there are also costs involved.
Activating the [Binding Silver Grip] form, the corrosive crystals not only damage the opponent but also harm Qiji himself.
He was losing blood every moment, and becoming weaker every moment.
But there's no better way, is there?
Since conventional methods are no longer effective—
Let's take a gamble!
Let's see if Kamishiro Chiho is completely corrupted first, or Qiji herself succumbs to the damage from the [Binding Silver Grip] first!
In an instant, shelves collapsed and glass shattered in the audio equipment store!
The two fought from one end of the store to the other, the speakers providing the visceral accompaniment to their brutal punches.
This fight scene got the viewers' blood pumping:
"Holy crap! This fight! This timing!"
"The production quality of this episode is phenomenal!!!"
"Wait... Hajiqi bleeding... If I remember correctly, this is the first time I've seen him bleed, right?"
Yes, the first time.
This was the first time Qiji had ever looked so disheveled in front of the camera.