Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

A closer look reveals that the power of Kurogane Ohma's wind blade attack is probably comparable to Toudou Touka's super-fast sword-drawing technique.

However, for Black Iron King, it was just a casual strike, one that he hadn't prepared specifically for.

"You've become much stronger since that day, Black Iron King Horse."

Haramura Makoto opened his eyelids, his movements unhurried, the muscles on his arms bulging, and a blood-red, thread-like thing was sliced ​​open right in front of his eyes.

"Click——"

The atmosphere trembled instantly.

The airflow dispersed directly, and the solidified wind blades seemed to be misaligned, being sliced ​​apart by the scarlet straight line.

The dispersing air currents rolled back and drifted in all directions, only to vanish into nothingness upon hitting the hurricane wall.

"You're growing faster."

The eyes of the Black Iron King Horse revealed the intense, aggressive gaze of a wild beast hunting its prey.

He was absolutely certain that Makoto Haramura had become even stronger.

In the past, Haramura Makoto would have at most dodged this supersonic slash; he would never have used his sword to directly confront him like this.

This result is already the best proof that Makoto Haramura has become stronger.

"Come again!"

Black Iron King Horse took a step forward and then pushed off with its hind leg.

Without a sound, his figure had already darted dozens of meters, arriving in front of Haramura Makoto at a speed that was imperceptible to the naked eye.

Facing the onslaught of the Black Iron King.

Makoto Haramura then raised his hand and pulled the trigger, firing three bullets formed from magic power.

"Bang bang—"

With two muffled thuds, Kurogane Ohma fully utilized the advantage of his nodachi's length, gently raising the sword, wielding the blade, and twisting his waist to directly deflect two of the bullets.

He then slammed his left foot into the ground, launching himself into the air.

Taking advantage of the momentum, he dodged the last bullet while spinning wildly in the air. As he spun, a gust of wind surged from his blade, and with every move he made, the wind howled.

He looks like a super-fast spinning drill bit; the moment he touches something, even the hardest steel in the world would be instantly torn to shreds.

"Chong-"

However, Makoto Haramura did not dodge. He met the attack head-on with his sword, precisely locating Kurogane Ohma's blade amidst the terrifying spin, and forcefully blocking it.

The arms were bulging, the muscles in them were all bulging.

It's easy to imagine how much force Haramura Makoto endured just now.

But he still endured it, not with both arms, but with just one.

This is the result of his training over this period of time.

Stella awakened her true power due to her sword-wielding ability "Dragon," causing her immense strength and flames to increase by nearly tenfold.

Having trained with Stella for so long, he seems to have grown even more.

It wasn't his special ability to wield a sword, but rather a power he was born with that was stronger than others.

That's more than ten times the muscle density of a normal human.

He originally thought he had reached the limit of his physical development, since no matter how much he trained in the past few years, his strength had not increased.

But his strength began to increase again, and his muscle density became stronger once more.

Perhaps it's because he possesses magical powers?

Did it allow his body to continue evolving?

He wasn't entirely sure, but in any case, his power had increased again. Although he still couldn't compare to Stella, it was clearly enough to hold off the Black Iron King.

"Excellent, this is the kind of battle I wanted."

Black Iron King roared, then clenched his left fist and slammed it hard onto his sword.

"Rising Sun Isshin-ryu! Extreme Strength: Fire Thunder!"

Suddenly, Makoto Haramura felt an immense force strike him.

His right hand, which was already trembling, trembled even more violently.

"what--"

"interesting."

Makoto Haramura took a deep breath, his free left hand drawing a semicircle, the gun muzzle aimed at Kurogane Ohma's head, and terrifying magical power instantly erupted from Makoto Haramura's body.

Just like a volcano about to erupt, it appears calm and unassuming on the outside, without any unusual signs, but inside it is already surging with power.

The boiling, burning magic power within his body was poured into the gun barrel by Makoto Haramura as if it were free.

The magical glow began to flicker at the muzzle of the gun.

"Humph--"

Black Iron King Ma certainly noticed this obvious move, but he did not choose to back down.

Instead, he raised his left fist high again, repeating the action from before, and punched the knife again.

Two trembling forces intertwined within Makoto Haramura's body.

"puff--"

A mouthful of fishy sweetness rose directly from my stomach, I held it in my mouth, and it slowly dripped down my chin.

The extreme strength of the Black Iron King Horse is not simply an increase in power.

Instead, the force is transmitted into the opponent's body through the overlap of the blades, causing vibrations in the opponent's blood.

It is a form of damage to bones and blood.

An ordinary person would find it very difficult to withstand such a blow, but Makoto Haramura endured it.

Kurogane Ohma, however, launched a second attack, causing two different forces to collide within Haramura Makoto's body.

In this situation, the fact that Makoto Haramura only coughed up a mouthful of blood already shows how incredibly resilient his body is.

"Black Iron King Horse, get ready."

Makoto Haramura's mouth split open completely, revealing a smile, with blood mixed with his pearly white teeth.

In an instant, a jet-black light burst forth from the muzzle of the gun.

That pure, dark, and most intense light seemed to be able to devour everything, and within this short distance of one meter, it was about to completely consume the Black Iron King.

"Om-"

It felt like a thousand or ten thousand bees were swarming around him at the same time, and the buzzing sound almost shattered Makoto Haramura's eardrums.

That's the wind armor formed by the hurricane, which condenses the surrounding airflow together to create a vacuum.

The black beam of light collided with the wind armor that was constantly emitting a buzzing sound.

The power of space.

The power of the wind.

Two forces that are not equal collide.

"Tear it up."

With the infusion of more magic, the wind armor is being eroded away little by little.

Normally, the powers of characters like Makoto Haramura and Kurono Shinguji cannot be directly applied to a person.

After all, that would be too much of a violation of the rules.

Just like Kurogane Shizuku's manipulation of water power, if she could activate it directly within a person's body, she would be invincible.

After all, water makes up 85% of the human body's blood. As long as she has a thought, any carbon-based life form will instantly explode and die.

After such a long period of research, his power over space and time can now be transmitted through magic.

— 'Dimensional Devouring'!

That's the name of his current move.

The wind armor of the Black Iron King Horse continuously distorted space, swallowing the wind and sending it into another dimension.

"boom--"

The sound of an explosion suddenly rang out.

Flesh and blood scattered, and the scattered blood fell from the sky like a heavy rain. Kurogane Ohma, who had been fighting against Haramura Makoto, had disappeared.

"It seems your physical body isn't as strong as you thought, Black Iron King Horse."

Looking at Kurogane Ohma, who was clutching his arm in the distance, Makoto Haramura sneered.

Blood trickled down Black Iron King's fingers. Although he was covering his arm with his hand, judging from where he had sunk, it was estimated that a large chunk of flesh had been lost from that spot.

"It was my carelessness that caused you to leave a scar on me once again."

Given the severity of the injury, his left hand is definitely temporarily useless.

But in the eyes of Black Iron King, it was just a minor injury.

But that's exactly what Black Iron King Ma thought.

In order to develop a strong body, he constantly carried 500 kilograms of air on his body, eventually making his body harder than the hardest steel.

Since then, he has never been seriously injured again.

At most, it would only scratch his skin.

However, this time Haramura Makoto's attack was clearly different. This time, his attack directly devoured the target, regardless of the strength of his defense.

It is an attack unrelated to defense.

"—Sword Net"

The next instant, Makoto Haramura slipped back to stand in front of Kurogane Ohma.

Then, he slashed out with his sword.

In the blink of an eye, countless blades of light spread out like a curtain in the sky.

The Black Iron King Horse's color was cold and sharp; it directly swung its sword to block.

But he soon discovered something bad.

He had clearly positioned his sword to block the knife before it fell on his injured arm, but Haramura Makoto's sword did not fall; instead, it fell very, very slowly.

Next, he prepared to directly deflect Haramura Makoto's second strike, but before he could change his stance, the second strike was already faster than he had imagined.

This is an overwhelming barrage of attacks.

It is an endless, uninterrupted "continuous crane"

From the moment he became entangled with Makoto Haramura, he was unable to escape the range of Haramura's attacks.

Sword techniques can be fast or slow, and they also have a sense of continuity.

The excellence of this sword technique lies in its ability to confuse the enemy's concept of speed. Even if they are already used to the attack speed of the previous second, the speed of the next second will cause their mindset to become chaotic.

"boom--"

With a deafening, bell-like sound, Kurogane Ohma was kicked directly in the chest by Haramura Makoto, and was sent flying.

As mentioned before, Makoto Haramura's power is no longer what it used to be.

Even the Black Iron King Horse was sent flying backward dozens of meters by this kick.

"Rising Sun Isshin Ryu."

Black Iron King's eyes widened suddenly, completely filled with bloodshot veins.

This bizarre swordsmanship had unleashed the murderous intent within him, causing his emotions to spiral out of control.

"The Swiftest Amaterasu!"

He understood perfectly well that if he were entangled in that sword technique, he would likely be fought until the end of the battle, and he would eventually reveal a weakness.

Therefore, he must strike first.