Although Ren Kuroda's speed in his normal state already surpassed that of most beings, it was clearly nowhere near enough against Vali in his current Juggernaut Drive form.
Encased in thicker, more massive White Dragon Emperor armor, Vali's figure flickered rapidly through the sky. Each ti he reappeared, he was noticeably closer to Ren than before.
This wasn't teleportation—it was simply speed so overwhelming that the human eye couldn't keep up.
Ren's speed and strength had both been halved repeatedly by the power of Divide, but his perception and instincts remained untouched.
Tracking Vali's high-speed movents with narrowed eyes, Ren barely managed to follow the trajectory. He thrust forward his clawed right hand—
"Hadō #31: Shakkahō!"
Scarlet spheres of blazing energy erupted from his palm in rapid succession, each one radiating intense heat as they shot forward like a barrage of cannon fire.
But—
Those originally basketball-sized fireballs began shrinking before they even reached Vali.
By the ti they struck the White Dragon Emperor's armor, repeated applications of Divide had reduced them to little more than fist-sized embers.
At that level, they weren't just ineffective—they couldn't even scratch him.
The barrage of Shakkahō exploded across Vali's body, smoke billowing outward. Yet from within that haze, Vali burst forth completely unscathed, accelerating in an instant until he was right in front of Ren.
Facing that towering figure at point-blank range, feeling the overwhelming pressure of one of the legendary Two Heavenly Dragons, Ren finally grasped just how vast the gap was between Juggernaut Drive and an ordinary Balance Breaker.
Vali's fist shot forward—
And at the sa mont, Ren drew the blade at his waist: Shin'yū.
After absorbing the power of seven holy swords, Shin'yū had been further strengthened. Yet even now, it still required one final condition to fully awaken.
A flash of cold light split the air as the blade t the White Dragon Emperor's armored arm.
A spherical shockwave erupted outward from the point of impact, rippling through the battlefield. The clash of their powers was so imnse that everyone within this ga space could feel it clearly.
But the stalemate lasted only an instant.
"Divide!"
Albion's rigid, chanical voice rang out once more.
At the sa ti, Vali's light wings flared with intense white energy. The explosive thrust drove his strike forward—
And with a single, overwhelming punch, Ren was sent flying—blade and all—by an irresistible force!
His body plumted like a teor from the sky, crashing into the ground and skidding across it for dozens of kiloters, carving a long, destructive path.
Several tis during that violent descent, Ren tried to stop himself and rise—
But Vali was already in pursuit.
With a burst of energy from his wings, he closed the distance instantly. Magic circles unfolded in front of him one after another, and from each of them—
Beams of pure magical power rained down in rapid succession.
"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!"
White beams poured from the sky like lasers, striking the earth and leaving behind do-shaped explosions that stretched across dozens of kiloters.
Vali didn't even bother aiming.
He didn't need to.
The sheer coverage of the attack made evasion impossible.
The demonic spells he used were the sa as before—but now, in his Juggernaut Drive state, even raw magical beams carried power far beyond what his previous Balance Breaker could produce.
Hadn't Ren claid he was immune to attacks from those weaker than himself?
Well now—
Vali, in this state, was stronger.
And these attacks would unquestionably inflict real damage.
"Vali," Albion's voice echoed again, tinged with warning. "While your imnse reserves allow you to maintain consciousness in Juggernaut Drive for a short ti, such reckless expenditure of magic will drastically shorten its duration."
Each of those beams, in terms of sheer power and magical output, was enough to annihilate a high-class devil.
Sustaining such a barrage ca at an enormous cost. Even with the power Vali had stolen via the White Dragon Emperor's wings—and his own vast reserves—it wasn't sothing he could maintain for long.
"It doesn't matter," Vali replied coldly.
"I never intended this to be a drawn-out battle. That man… just like before, he's still holding back. I need to press the advantage while I have it—inflict as much damage as possible now.
"Compared to that, a little magic loss is insignificant. Right now… I just want to see how strong he truly is."
Under the relentless bombardnt, Ren's body was finally forced to a halt.
He lay at the bottom of a massive crater, smoke and debris swirling around him. Wave after wave of magical impact pinned him down, leaving him unable to rise.
But Vali didn't stop.
The magic circles behind him vanished, replaced by sothing far more ominous.
Floating in the sky, his armor—sleek and almost chanical in design—began to shift. The chest plate split open like a machine, revealing a massive blue jewel embedded within.
Three layers of magic circles overlapped in front of it, spinning into alignnt.
And then—
With a roar of compressed energy, a colossal blue-white beam erupted from his chest.
The beam carved across the earth like a pillar of aurora, scorching everything in its path as it tore forward—
Before detonating directly within the crater where Ren lay.
"BOOOOOOOOOOM—!"
The explosion shook the entire ga space.
Blinding white light burst outward from the impact point, expanding rapidly until it swallowed everything in sight.
The one-to-one replica of Kuō Academy was completely engulfed.
Along with it—
Several low-ranking devils from the Khaos Brigade… and even Rias, Sona, and their entire group.
Vali's single attack consud nearly half of the entire battlefield. If this space hadn't been specially reinforced beforehand, it might have collapsed entirely.
When the tremors finally subsided and the searing white light faded—
Kuō Academy was gone.
In its place remained nothing but a vast expanse of ruins.
Amid the wreckage, a forest of demonic swords collapsed, revealing Kiba, Xenovia, and Issei gasping for breath within.
At the final mont, Issei had used the Boosted Gear's Gift ability to transfer his amplified power to Kiba, enhancing his Sword Birth. That desperate move had saved them from annihilation.
Elsewhere, Grayfia calmly lowered her outstretched hands.
Behind her stood Rias, Sona, and the mbers of the student council—all wearing expressions of lingering shock, their hearts still pounding from the near brush with destruction.
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