The Evil Dragon and Intetsu collided, the armor and the blade rubbing together, making a harsh sound.
It seemed that the Puppet King was using his Device, Hellish Spider Silk, to control people, but he definitely couldn't do it to this extent with just the silk threads.
Not only could he use the various Secret Swords that Kurogane Ikki himself had mastered, but he could also freely use the swordsmanship that he had learned from Edelweiss.
You had to know that that was the swordsmanship of the world's strongest , Edelweiss. Even if she taught him hand-in-hand, a guy like the Puppet King couldn't possibly learn it.
Drake's arm pulled out an afterimage, looking like a dozen arms were extending from his shoulder at the same time.
Kurogane Ikki's blade wasn't slow either, the sound of metal colliding almost blending into one.
Kurogane Ikki's Secret Swords were used in turn, allowing Drake to truly feel his growth. It seemed that he hadn't relaxed his swordsmanship training after awakening into a Demon Person.
Especially since Kurogane Ikki, who was in a controlled state, maintained his usual combat ability, and even that cunningness was no less.
In ordinary attacks, he occasionally mixed in Secret Sword moves like Mad Cherry Blossom and Poison Moth's Blade. Even Drake was caught off guard.
Drake used a palm blade to split open Kurogane Ikki, turning his hand back to slash apart another Kurogane Ikki next to him.
Before, Kurogane Ikki's Fourth Secret Sword Mirage Wolf could only create one illusion, but now he could create more illusions.
Most importantly, these illusions could be converted into reality at any time, but it wasn't difficult for Drake to find the real body.
After breaking through two illusions, Drake also saw Kurogane Ikki attacking with his sword.
Drake had to admit that he was inferior to Kurogane Ikki in terms of the subtlety of combat.
His fighting style had always been broad and open, because that was the way to maximize his power.
So Drake didn't retreat or dodge, throwing a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
Kurogane Ikki used the blade of his sword to block Drake's fist, but he had clearly underestimated Drake's power.
This punch directly bent the Device Intetsu into a slight arc, and the position where the fist and the blade collided even showed a trace of crimson red.
The strength of a unique Device couldn't be compared to any metal. Kurogane Ikki's slender katana wouldn't deform in any way, even if a small mountain was pressed on it.
The controlled Kurogane Ikki was still expressionless, but it was likely that he wouldn't panic about this even if he wasn't controlled.
"Third Secret Sword Circle!"
In the last match of the Seven Star Sword Art Festival, Kurogane Ikki's move had evolved.
Before, he needed to rotate his body to return the power of the enemy's attack, but now he could directly reflect the attack.
Drake was knocked away by his own power, but Kurogane Ikki also spat out a large mouthful of blood. It seemed that reflecting Drake's attack had also caused him to suffer a huge backlash.
After all, Kurogane Ikki wasn't Tatara Yui, who had the ability to reflect. When he reflected Drake's attack, he also had to bear that power.
However, he still attacked Drake without changing his expression, even using the Seventh Secret Sword Lightning Flash, regardless of his tattered body.
That slash pierced towards Drake's throat like a flash of lightning, and Drake also raised his palm to block it.
With a ding, the tip of the sword was stuck by the layers of armor of the Dragon Slayer, unable to advance any further. Then the two separated again.
That was because a scorching flame suddenly burst out from Drake's body, the erupting flames directly forcing Kurogane Ikki back.
Drake shook his hand. Hard-blocking a move from a swordsman of Kurogane Ikki's level, even through the unique Device, gave him a feeling of being cut.
Drake looked at Kurogane Ikki, whose face was covered in blood, unable to help but feel troubled.
Although Drake wanted to subdue him as soon as possible, it was indeed difficult to do so while fighting Kurogane Ikki with his hands tied.
Just then, Drake saw Kurogane Ikki's lips opening and closing slightly.
"Attack me from the front!"
Drake understood Kurogane Ikki's lip reading, raising his eyebrows, but ultimately choosing to believe in Kurogane Ikki, this man who was shrouded in the protagonist's halo.
So Drake released his magic power domain, even pressing all of his aura towards Kurogane Ikki.
For a time, a gust of wind appeared out of thin air, and Drake was the eye of the storm, blowing all of the surrounding sand away, even blowing away the helicopters filming in the sky.
Kurogane Ikki bent over, but he wasn't overwhelmed by the aura that Drake had released, but instead put his hand on the hilt of his sword, making a drawing sword stance.
This move was what Kurogane Ikki had used to defeat Stella in the Seven Star Sword Art Festival.
All of the strong people present had praised that amazing slash, and Drake was no exception.
"Final Secret Sword Shadow Chase!"
This move was a strike that had truly reached the Demon Person realm, the ultimate form of the concept of "slash," a strike that directly fixed the karma of killing at the moment of execution.
That was why Drake, who had grown so quickly, was still willing to acknowledge Kurogane Ikki as a rival.
Kurogane Ikki's ability was only minimal physical enhancement, but he had mastered a sword technique with the dual effects of concept interference and karma interference.
Even Drake had to face this slash squarely.
Flames erupted, Drake directly charging towards Kurogane Ikki, and sparks also burst out from the position where the tsuba and scabbard of the sword in Kurogane Ikki's hand made contact.
"Flame Dragon King's Crushing Fist!"
Drake threw a punch, and what came towards him was a dazzling blade of light.
The feeling of watching and personally experiencing this slash were completely different. Drake really had a feeling that it was unavoidable.
Karma interference was always the rarest and most mysterious ability. Drake had only seen Misaka Foam and Shinomiya Amane so far.
But although these two people's abilities were mysterious, Kurogane Ikki's slash was even more domineering.
Drake secretly estimated that this Shadow Chase slash could really break through his defense and seriously injure him.
However, if he really won the battle, it would still be Drake's victory. Because this slash was still a little short of killing him, and after this slash, Kurogane Ikki would completely lose his combat ability.
Moreover, this move wasn't impossible to break. Although he didn't know the conditions for activating this move, it was launched with a drawing sword stance after all.
As long as he didn't give Kurogane Ikki a chance to draw his sword, or simply didn't give him time to accumulate power, he could naturally break this move.
But this time was different. It was as if the two's attacks had missed at the same time.
Drake's fist pierced through the air, then a fan-shaped flame spread out behind Kurogane Ikki, directly burning a huge semi-conical crater in the back.
And Kurogane Ikki's blade fell from Drake's side, a sword mark at least hundreds of meters long extending out, everything in its path being cleanly cut open.
Kurogane Ikki's face was extremely bad, looking like he was about to die soon. However, that woodenness, like a puppet being controlled, had disappeared.
"I knew you could understand!"
Drake reached out his arm, catching the falling Kurogane Ikki, saying, "You bastard, you would have lost your life if you had been off by even a little bit!"
That's right, the two had done it on purpose! Kurogane Ikki had let Drake attack from the front in order to make the Puppet King feel that he had to use the strongest move to deal with it.
And at the last moment of using Shadow Chase, Kurogane Ikki had regained control of his body for that instant, then using that slash that had been meant to slash at Drake to slash at the Puppet King's control over him.
Using this method, Kurogane Ikki had directly killed all of the Puppet King's methods left in his body from the karmic level.
It was thanks to him that he could think of such a method. If Drake hadn't understood his meaning or had been suspicious, the result would have been completely different.
However, the result was good. Drake handed Kurogane Ikki over to Shinomiya Kurokane, now only the culprit remained.
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