"Waaaaah!"
"Waaah!"
Mest and Wendy were both blown away by the impact of the fierce explosion.
"Takeshi-nii!"
Wendy immediately grew worried upon seeing Takeshi engulfed by the explosion.
"It's over!"
Mest saw Takeshi engulfed by the explosion and knew Takeshi was finished. Takeshi had been far too careless. With such terrifying explosive power, Takeshi must certainly have been killed.
"Hmph! Not using his strongest transformation and lacking a sense of danger. No matter how strong he is, he will always pay the price of his life for his carelessness."
Azuma looked towards Mest and Wendy. "You two also disappear."
"Hey, I haven't been killed yet, don't unilaterally declare victory."
Takeshi stepped out from the smoke, appearing completely unharmed.
"What?!"
Mest and Azuma were both greatly astonished to see that Takeshi was completely unscathed after that kind of explosion.
"That's great. Takeshi-nii, you're fine."
Takeshi smiled and said, "How could anything happen to me? An attack of this level can't hurt me at all. Did you forget my ability?"
Only then did Wendy remember that when Takeshi fought Oración Seis, their magic hadn't harmed him either.
"What is going on?" Azuma looked at Takeshi with a serious expression.
"Hmm... simply put, you missed."
"That's impossible! I personally saw the explosion erupt right on you, and you were within the blast radius. There's no way you could avoid it."
Azuma immediately denied it, certain that his magic had hit Takeshi.
"Hmm... Although there's no need to disclose the technique to you, I'll explain it since Wendy looks a little confused. What you hit was the 'Infinity' between you and me." Takeshi said while gesturing with his finger.
"?"
Azuma was confused. He didn't understand the meaning of Takeshi's words, but since the other party was explaining it to his own people, he probably wasn't lying.
"I'll show you. Put your hand out."
Saying this, Takeshi raised his right hand, completely defenseless.
Although Azuma didn't know what trick Takeshi was playing, he still wanted to know what the other party's magic was.
Azuma raised his left hand and moved it toward Takeshi's palm, but when it was four or five centimeters away, his hand stopped. It was as if an invisible wall separated their hands, and no matter how hard he pushed, he couldn't get closer.
"What's going on?! I can't touch him. It's right there, yet I can't reach it. Is this Infinity?"
Takeshi explained, "This isn't a stop or a barrier. It's just that the closer you get to me, the slower you become, with your speed gradually approaching zero. The closer the explosive impact gets to me, the slower it moves, so naturally, it can't hurt me."
"Such a magic actually exists!"
Mest was very surprised.
If that was the case, wouldn't the enemy's offensive magic be completely unable to hit him? Wouldn't Takeshi be invincible?
Swish!
Azuma immediately retreated cautiously.
"You claim it's powerful, but I don't believe your magic is unbreakable."
Azuma was one of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory, after all, and had witnessed many powerful forms of Magic. Although he hadn't seen anything like Takeshi's, he knew that there was no such thing as invincible Magic in this world.
"That's right. My Magic isn't actually difficult to break. A sufficiently powerful Magic can quickly break through my defense net, or perhaps I might be unable to use this technique for some reason, or my Magic Power might be insufficient."
Azuma narrowed his eyes slightly. "Are you just telling your weaknesses to the enemy like that?"
Takeshi spread his hands, smiled, and said, "It doesn't matter. Because you... are weak."
"What did you say?!"
Azuma's expression changed when he heard this. He was one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, a figure who had traveled across Ishgar, rarely meeting an opponent, yet Takeshi called him weak.
Immediately afterward, a large number of trees burst from the ground and wrapped around Takeshi's body. In the blink of an eye, Takeshi's body was tightly bound, layer upon layer.
Terra Clamare!
Boom!
The trees wrapped around Takeshi exploded violently like bombs, unleashing a terrifying blast.
"Takeshi-nii!"
Seeing the terrifying power of the explosion, Wendy couldn't help but worry, even though she knew Takeshi's Magic was powerful.
"This guy... why is he so arrogant?"
Mest's face was also very grim.
Takeshi was too arrogant. Grimoire Heart had Seven Kins of Purgatory. If this was just one of them, their strength was truly terrifying.
"Did it kill him?"
Azuma, Wendy, and Mest all stared intently at the center of the explosion.
Azuma and Mest wanted to confirm if Takeshi had been killed, while Wendy was worried about whether Takeshi was injured.
Soon, the smoke from the explosion dispersed. Takeshi was still standing there with his hands in his pockets, looking completely nonchalant.
"Takeshi-nii!"
Wendy was overjoyed that Takeshi was unharmed.
"No! How is this possible! Terra Clamare didn't even hurt you?!"
Azuma stared, unable to believe it. This was his strongest Magic, yet it hadn't harmed this guy. Was he a monster?
Mest was also terrified at this moment. He knew Takeshi was a monster, having even defeated the Wizard Saint Jose, but he never expected his strength to be this frightening.
The power of Azuma's attack this time was clearly many times greater than the move he used against the Magic Council warship, yet it hadn't harmed Takeshi in the slightest.
"Is this your strongest Magic? The power is decent. If you put in a little more effort, maybe you could break through my defense. You've been attacking for a while, now it's my turn to act."
Azuma immediately became vigilant upon hearing this.
Takeshi raised his palm and calmly chanted.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."
A blue sphere formed in Takeshi's palm.
Folium Sica!
Azuma immediately used his Magic and countless leaves flew towards Takeshi.
In the blink of an eye, all the leaves were drawn in by the blue sphere.
"What?!"
Takeshi controlled the blue sphere and sent it flying towards Azuma.
Azuma immediately controlled the surrounding trees to meet the blue sphere.
Crackle!
Large numbers of trees were attracted and crushed by the blue sphere. Azuma finally managed to exhaust the blue sphere's gravitational pull with great difficulty.
"Not bad. You have some skill. How about this, then?"
Takeshi waved his palm, and eight blue spheres formed in front of him.
"Damn it!"
Azuma's expression changed drastically when he saw eight blue spheres. He struggled to handle just one blue sphere earlier, dealing with eight would be far more troublesome.
Takeshi pointed his finger at Azuma, and the eight blue spheres rapidly flew toward him.
Azuma immediately controlled the surrounding trees to intercept them.
Crackle!
The trees were immediately devoured by the blue sphere's gravitational pull the moment they touched it.
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