Dragon Powers 13 Volume 9

Stella, brandishing Lævateinn overhead, cast a shadow over Ikki.

After being forced to his knee, Ikki would switch immediately to evasion. No matter how terrified he was, defeating him there never even occurred to Stella.

That’s why, after Dragon Stomp, she put up Flame Veil and baited him in.

To that extent, now, after his standing attack, Ikki would also be unable to evade quickly.

There’d been no move other than to take that blow.

Just as Ikki had evaluated, Stella’s merciless and calm offense had finally cornered Ikki into a decisive situation.

So she swung with her right hand, to crush Ikki’s head with one stroke.

(Calm down! I’ll use this falling strike to make distan-)

“Onii-samaaa! Don’t do thaaaaaat!!!”

By the time Shizuku yelled that, it was already too late.

(Eh…)

Lævateinn fell.

Ikki tried to take it with Intetsu and let his body retreat, but he found that he couldn’t put any power in it.

Why the heck?

In the instant Ikki realized that-

An incredible impact had run Ikki through the stomach.

“!?!?”

The thing that had pierced Ikki’s stomach was Stella’s left fist, glowing like heated iron.

The strike from her right hand had been a decoy.

The main goal was the body blow with the fist.

It was the combination she’d used against The Unturning, Yui Tatara, in her first round match.

The strike, which hit Ikki like a superheated cannonball, punched through his abs in one hit and shattered his ribs. Not only that, the heat scorched his insides.

That was far more damage than the human body could take.