Ichiro bursted into motion as his sword screamed death as it was nearing the Rage Beast's neck.
The Rage Beast quickly made his move and put his blade-like claws in front of him,
*CLANK*
Only sparks flew as the claws, and the sword collided.
The winner of the collision was soon discovered as Ichiro was getting pushed back!
''Damn!'' Ichiro quickly jumped backward, just in time to see the Rage Beast using his large limbs to smash his previous spot to smithereens.
[Iron Burst!]
Instantly after Ichiro's foot touched the ground, he disappeared and appeared in front of the Rage Beast, who didn't expect the sudden attack!
He put the sword next to his waist and swung it with all his might!
[Iron Dragon - Sword Breath!]
The wind started blowing as the blade itself started feeling sharper than ever before!
The Rage Beast quickly put the claws in front of him and calmly blocked the sword, but soon he found out that this attack was the strongest one so far!
His furry feet started slowly sliding backward, while the black fur around his monstrous face was slightly sliced off.
Ichiro's eyes showed his shock. He can't believe that Iron Dragon didn't do anything except slice a few furs.
He quickly used his legs' full strength to propel him backward.
*Clink*
The Rage Beast slowly moved his claws around him. They reflected the bright light coming from the ceiling and made it hard for Ichiro to look straight.
''AWOOOO!'' The Rage Beast howled and lunged towards Ichiro with his incredible speed.
In Ichiro's vision, he only saw a slight afterimage forming and soon saw an illusionary face of a monstrous man in front of him.
Ichiro quickly did an upwards slash, while the Rage Beast made a shocking move and used his right foot to strike the sword's blade!
But soon, his feet' nails started growing until they became almost blade-like!
The blade-like nails stopped the sword perfectly, and he instantly sent a barrage of claw attacks towards Ichiro!
Ichiro quickly recovered his composure and pulled his sword back, but at the same time, he also jumped backward to dodge the deadly claws.
The Rage Beast stopped his attack and returned to his beast-like fighting stance.
Ichiro wiped his cold sweat from his forehead and grimaced slightly.
This is the reason why he doesn't like fighting against Mutated Beasts that much.
They are very unpredictable, nothing like humans.
That is also one of Ichiro's stronger points. Being unpredictable with his unique techniques, but they are pretty much useless against Mutated Beasts.
Ichiro glanced at the smartwatch, and it was still over 5 hours left. He knows he might have most eliminations even if someone gets their hands on the Power Limit Remover, but he doesn't want to risk it.
He doesn't seem to have any way to win this fight without using Ultimate Technique...
But, that is not quite true,
'Legacy Technique and Killing Blow...' Ichiro thought to himself.
He doesn't really want to use it because he reserved them for fighting against Arkenthym if needed. Those moves can't defeat Arkenthym, but maybe injuring isn't impossible.
'Will they even work against this Beast...' Ichiro was also feeling slightly distrustful.
His Legacy technique is around Half-Step Martial King in terms of strength, and he isn't confident that it can kill the Beast.
Also, the Killing Blow works more efficiently if the person was a normal Martial General and not Half-Step Martial King!
Half-Step Martial King is the last rank, which Killing Blow can kill, and he isn't sure will he be able to kill with one strike!
Ichiro glanced at the cameras, and almost all thoughts of using those two techniques disappeared.
Arkenthym and the rest will definitely be suspicious of his sudden strength and will become wary of him, maybe even eliminate him to get rid of the future trouble.
Even though it is almost certain that Ichiro will reach Martial King. Reaching Martial Emperor is still extremely difficult even for a super genius.
Ichiro always wondered why did Arkenthym risk everything to blackmail him, even after he became the son-in-law of the Nightside family.
He was certain that he was being protected by some individuals who were desperately seeking the Power Limit Remover.
But those are only his guesses, and he has no idea what a mad man like Arkenthym was thinking.
''Grr!'' The Rage Beast looked insulted after Ichiro completely ignored him. Saliva trailed down his monstrous jaw as his menacing red eyes started glowing in great intensity.
Ichiro shook his head to get rid of the useless thoughts and focused all his concentration on the Rage Beast.
He felt slightly lightheaded because of exhaustion, and the slight blood loss wasn't helping.
''Running is impossible...'' Ichiro murmured and grabbed his sword tighter, ''Fight it is.''
*SWOOSH*
Ichiro's eyes widened as the smoke started leaving his body, making the room's vision very hazy.
''Huff... Huff... Huff...'' He took deep breaths, and his muscles started bulging out of nowhere!
His muscles started moving in perfect rhythm, and his height started increasing by an incredible amount!
His body's height went past 200cm, and it still continued!
201...
202...
203...
204...
205...
He became 205cm tall, and his muscles looked even stronger than ever before!
''Haahh...'' Ichiro took one final breath, 'I can probably keep this form for two minutes at max...'
[Iron Style's Ultimate Technique - High Human!]
...
In the spectators' room.
''IT'S HERE!'' The VIPs cried out in excitement.
Arkenthym crossed his arms and looked at the scene with narrowed eyes.
Leppercon tapped his chin in a rhythmic manner, ''That technique makes us think many possibilities hidden in the human body.''
Ali looked at the screen with a concentrated expression. He rarely has seen something so incredible, and it is even more incredible when it comes from 16 years old kid!
''Mmm...'' Mei had a slight blush on her cheeks as she looked at Ichiro's muscles. She has a slight muscle fetish, and she had never seen such perfect muscles in her life.
Everyone concentrated on the screen as the endgame was about to happen!
