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Chapter 37 Where We Really Excel

In fact, Aize's performance after he came on stage had already made the entire audience in the stage silent.

“…Did you see it?”

"No... I can't see it at all..."

"The pace of the battle between those two is so fast that my eyes can't keep up at all."

"I'm not surprised that [Swift Wind Blade Lightning] has such strength, but what about [Wave Star Devil Sword]?"

"Is he much stronger than he was in the last Formula Ranking Battle?"

Many people who had witnessed Aize’s last duel showed surprised expressions, obviously shocked by Aize’s performance just now.

“He actually caught up with Qi Lin’s speed?” Julis was also surprised and couldn’t help but ask, “Did that guy hide his weakness during the last official ranking battle?”

No, not really.

Claudia, who was standing by, rejected Julis's statement in her heart.

Although she was not sure about Aize's true strength, she knew that he definitely did not have the same level of strength as he did now.

Even Toudou Koichirō was able to collect detailed information about Aize, so it was impossible for Claudia, who had been silently paying attention to Aize in recent times, not to be able to collect it.

Based on that information, Claudia easily concluded that Aize definitely did not have the strength he has now before.

He grew up rapidly during this period of time!

As for how they did it... Claudia immediately thought of the universal mines.

After all, when Aize asked Claudia for help, he had already admitted that with these universal minerals, he would be able to quickly improve his strength.

I guess what the other party said at the beginning should have come true, right?

"This surprise is quite a big one."

Claudia whispered, not sure whether she was happy or helpless.

Aize naturally didn't know what was going on in the audience.

He continued to confront Toudou Qilin and said.

"The Lianhe of Toteng-ryu is indeed very powerful. It really opened my eyes." Aize said with a faint smile on his face, "But it's not that easy to beat me with this."

"Really?" Toudou Qilin looked at Aize and said with a smile, "Then is it time for me to see your swordsmanship?"

Hearing this, Aize shook his head.

"I don't have your amazing swordsmanship, nor am I a skilled swordsman. It's just that the sword is my first weapon, so I fight with it."

As he spoke, Aize increased his star power.

"You've said this before, right? My swordplay doesn't seem like a swordplay that's used to unleash my full strength, but more like a skill that's used to unleash the full performance of the weapon in my hand."

“That’s correct.”

"So, I'll show you what I'm really good at."

Aize injected a large amount of star power into the Black Furnace Demon Sword, causing the All-Effect Crystal on the Black Furnace Demon Sword to shine brightly.

"Buzz!"

Black lines appeared around the sword body, swimming as if they had life, surrounding the blade of the Black Furnace Demon Sword, circling all the way down, and finally injected into the All-Effective Crystal, causing the pure white sword body to begin to tremble.

The heat gathered on the Black Furnace Demon Sword suddenly increased sharply, causing the pure white sword body to turn purple-black bit by bit.

"boom!"

Immediately, Aize's entire body seemed to be burning, his figure swayed up, as if wrapped in Yangyan, releasing terrifying hot wind in all directions.

"coming!"

Toudou Qilin's whole body tensed up.

“Such a strong heat…!”

In the first-class VIP seats, Amagiri Ayato and his group felt a gust of hot wind blowing towards them.

"It's the one from last time!"

"The one that killed Yakdi Fanken instantly...!"

"Is it finally here?"

The rest of the spectators were either frightened or attentive, as if they had already witnessed the climax of the duel.

Under such circumstances, the hot wind blowing out from Aize's body became more and more alarming, so that the entire stage seemed to be baked red by the high temperature. It was so hot that even the defense barrier was opened to prevent the audience seats from being further affected.

This scene made the rumors about the Black Furnace Demon Sword emerge in the minds of countless people present.

"If it touches anything, it will melt. If it pierces the earth, it will turn it into a furnace..."

This rumor has now become reality and appeared in front of everyone.

Toto Qilin, who was in the middle of it, had sweat dripping down her forehead. Under the high temperature, she looked at Aize opposite her in a daze.

At this time, the hot wind blowing from Aize's body had turned into a heat wave. Standing at the center of the heat wave, his whole body was releasing huge star power, shining slightly like a star.

This is……

“【Wave Star Demon Sword】…!”

As Toudou Qilin's absent-minded whisper fell, the magic swordsman, who was shining like stars in the heat wave, moved. "Bang!"

As if flames exploded, Aize, with hot air all over his body, disappeared from the spot.

"…………!"

A sense of crisis suddenly flashed through Toudou Qilin's heart, causing her to jump away without thinking.

"Buzz!"

Just the next moment after Toto Kirin jumped away, Aize, with hot air wrapped around his body, suddenly appeared. The Black Furnace Demon Sword in his hand raised a scorching flame wave and slashed through the place where the former had just been at an astonishing speed.

"Oh!"

The next second, hot air exploded all over Aize's body and he disappeared again.

"not good!"

Toto Qilin couldn't see Aize's figure, but she could feel an astonishing heat approaching her at a very fast speed, making her scalp numb.

"laugh……!"

The sound of breaking wind spread, and Aize, with hot wind surrounding his body, rushed over like a flash of fire, slashing violently with the Black Furnace Demon Sword in his hand.

At the critical moment, Toto Kirin's whole body of star power rose, and she tried her best to move to the side, avoiding the purple-black swift slash.

After passing by Toto Kirin in mid-air, Aize turned into a streak of fire and rushed up to the ceiling of the stage, landing on the defensive barrier at the top. He stepped hard on the transparent barrier with his head upside down, and rushed out again with the sound of flames exploding.

Just like that, Aize, with hot air all over his body, attacked Todo Kirin several times, with an incredibly fast speed, so that the spectators could only see a flash of fire flying back and forth on the stage, shocking them so much that they opened their mouths wide and lost their ability to react.

"No! I can't see at all...!"

Toudou Qilin was in danger several times and was almost hit on the school emblem by the elusive Black Furnace Demon Sword.

If it weren't for the incredible heat from Aize's body that would arrive first every time he approached, allowing Toto Kirin to feel it, she would have lost by now.

Thinking of this, Toudou Qilin clenched the knife in his hand.

"Calm down……"

Toudou Qilin took a deep breath, listening to the fiery explosion in her ears while feeling the heat.

"Although Senior Aize's speed is terrifying now, he is not completely untraceable."

Toudou Qilin raised her eyes and stared at her surroundings.

"Be serious..."

“Be focused…”

"You have to...see through him!"

Toudou Qilin muttered this silently, and an inexplicable light began to flash in her eyes.

Unfortunately……

"too late!"

When such a voice reached Todo Qilin's ears, Aize's figure suddenly broke into her sight.

There is no hot air on his body.

“Shit…?!”

Todo Kirin was shocked.

"Buzz!"

The purple-black blade of the Black Furnace Demon Sword suddenly slashed across, and the blade formed by the high-heat energy vibrated with a fleeting sound, but it kept echoing on the stage for a long time.

"------"

At this moment, all the audience members in the auditorium of the stage stood up uncontrollably and at the same time.

Including Amagiri Ayato, Julis, Claudia and others who were in the first class seats.

In the field, Aize and Toto Qilin both stopped their actions at some point and stood facing each other. One of them leaned back as if preparing to jump back, while the other held the Black Furnace Demon Sword that was constantly vibrating and making a buzzing sound, and the purple-black blade of the demon sword was already in a state of slashing.

The whole world seemed to have stopped at this moment.

"Paji..."

Soon after, cracking sounds were heard.

The voice came from the school badge on Toudou Qilin's chest.

A smooth crack that was so hot that it turned red appeared on the school badge, causing it to slowly split.

"Dang..."

The school badge, split into two, fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"The duel is over."

"The winner is Aize."

The mechanical sound announcing the winner echoed throughout the stage.

(End of this chapter)