Chapter 68 - Black Form Asta vs Mana Control Grim (1/2)
*BOOM!!*
Kicking off the floor with enough force to break ground and leave a deep rooted crater behind, Asta flashed through the air with a ludicrous speed that surpassed that of his fight with Ladros.
*BANG!!*
Not backing down in the slightest, Grim copied Asta's movements as he also charged his friend.
Clashing their blades together, the impact from the connection caused a powerful shockwave to shake the land as violent winds started blowing causing the hair on everyone's head to rise.
”H-Holy crap!”
Compared to when Asta fought Ladros, after healing his previous injuries, the current power of Asta actually surpassed his past self.
*CRACK!!*
Hearing that sound, Grim's eyes went wide as the Beast swords shattered and he was pushed back.
After clashing head on with him, Grim discovered that not only was Asta faster than before, but his physical abilities had also been enhanced to the point that a single swing had enough force to shatter his swords.
”Tch!!” Slowing down his momentum by digging he heels into the ground, Grim used [Breath of Flames] to explode the area between the ground and his soles to give him an explosive boost in speed as he shot towards the charging Asta.
[Breath of Flames: 1st Form: Unknowing Fire]
[8 Layered Mist]
Unleashing a flurry of numerous arc shaped mist attacks, Grim watched as the one winged Asta took to the air and either dodged or deflected every attack with the Demon Slayer sword.
Seeing Asta's rapid accession and knowing that Grim couldn't fly, worry gripped the hearts of Vanessa and the rest as they saw Asta's blade centimetres away from hitting Grim. But just then a look of shock covered both theirs and the Witch Queen's faces as Grim somehow managed to move backwards mid air allowing the Demon Slayer sword to pass in front of his face before he delivered a [Breath of the Beast] enhance power kick to Asta's ċhėst sending him sprawling into the distance.
”He flies now!!” Noelle gasped.
”Amazing, to think he'd so much control over his mana that he could levitate. He truly is a being loved by mana.” Watching the battle from the ground view, the Witch Queen couldn't help but marvel at Grim's capabilities as a mage.
And just like they had said, Grim was floating in the air without the use of a broom or spell.
*BOOM!!*
Not wasting time, Grim switched to [Breath of Wind] to make himself swifter as he shot towards the distant Asta.
Stabilizing himself in the air, Asta's pupil-less eyes stared at the approaching Grim and prepared to use [Black Meteorite] as he shot towards the green clad figure.
”Its over.” The Queen smiled.
Closing in on one another again, Asta prepared to execute [Black Meteorite] once more but was surprised when Grim did something unexpected. Instead of clashing head on, Grim switched to [Breath of Water] and used [Flowing Dance] to beautifully weave through the slash and deliver several bloody slashes on his body.
”Oh?” Surprised by the sudden occurrence, the Witch Queen couldn't help but raise her brows. From what she saw from Asta's fight with Ladros, she knew that his battle senses were incredible as it seemed like he was able to see through all of Ladros's attacks before he could even make them. But this, this didn't make sense. While she knew Grim was strong from his fight with Fana and the Salamander, never in her wildest dreams did she think that he was able to combat her new sword.
[Flowing Dance]
[Crazy Cutting]
Switching between these two breath styles in rapid succession of each other, the precision of strikes and the power in each blow slowly increased as he started getting used to aerial combat and begun to dominate the fight.
'He's actually improving...'
Forget his potential, forget his mana reserves, forget his ability to fly, the fact that he was visually improving in front of her eyes was enough of a shock to the witch queen that her inner dėsɨrės started... leaking out.
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
*BANG!!*
Beating down on Asta with [Crazy Cutting], every time his swords were on the brink of shattering Grim cast them away and materialized new ones to take their place. With his absurd amount of mana within him, this wasn't really a problem and the longer he did it the faster he got at materializing them.
Protecting himself with the Demon Slayer sword, Asta slowly found himself falling into a disadvantageous position as Grim was above him and ruthlessly bore down on him with a relentless amount of slashes.
'Dammit! I know that the situation is really bad and all that... But why... WHY CAN'T I STOP SMILING!!'
[Breath of Flames - 9th Form: Rengoku]
With the increased control of his mana, Grim raised the burning fire sword high above his head before slashing down. But unlike before, Grim gathered the raging power of the [Rengoku] spell and held it within the blade causing it to shine brightly as the moment the sword hit the flat side of the Demon Slayer sword he unleashed the devastating power of [Rengoku] and unlike what would normally happen where a spell could be deflected off the blade, Grim kept feeding the spell power and watched as the beam of concentrated fire pushed against the black sword until Asta was forced down from the sky and back to the earth.
With enough force to shake the ground, Asta's back slammed violently hard into the dirt creating a mini crater in the process and causing a large dust cloud to cover the Bitch Queen and everyone else in the area.
Looking at his cracked swords, Grim frowned before using the mana he normally used to materialize new swords to repair his current ones.