Seeing the tension between the two fighters, the referee raised his hand and announced the start of the match.
The instant the signal was given, Black Widow moved.
Her body swayed from side to side as she glided across the arena with astonishing speed.
Her movements were graceful, unpredictable, and completely different from the straightforward fighting styles Ichigo had encountered during his previous matches.
Ichigo narrowed his eyes.
So she’s fast.
Compared with the physical specialists he had fought before, Black Widow was considerably more agile.
Her movements were difficult to track, and she constantly changed her position without giving him an obvious opening.
“Boy,” Black Widow said coldly, a dangerous smile appearing on her lips, “I’m going to make you pay for what you said.”
“Oh?”
Ichigo answered casually.
That indifferent response immediately irritated her.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Without warning, dozens of silver needles appeared around Ichigo.
They shot toward him simultaneously from every direction.
The spectators erupted.
“Hahaha!
Black Widow is using her special move right from the beginning!”
“That brat is finished!”
“That little bastard made me lose millions.
At least I’ll get some of it back today!”
The gamblers were especially excited.
The betting odds had been heavily adjusted for this fight.
Ichigo had remained undefeated, causing countless gamblers to bet on him and forcing the organizers to take a considerable financial risk.
But Black Widow wasn’t someone they could underestimate.
The silver needles weren’t ordinary projectiles.
Every needle had been created from the poisonous substance secreted by her Quirk.
Anyone struck by one of them would be exposed to a toxin powerful enough to kill an elephant within moments.
The underground arena prohibited the deliberate use of highly lethal poisons.
However, there was an exception for Quirks that naturally produced toxins.
Black Widow’s Quirk fell precisely into that category.
“Not bad.”
A faint smile appeared on Ichigo’s face.
The poisonous needles were already less than two meters away.
There was no time to dodge.
Instead, Ichigo calmly drew the long blade from his waist.
Shing!
The instant the blade left its sheath, the surrounding air seemed to change.
“Gravity.”
Ichigo activated his Quirk.
The invisible force surrounding him suddenly intensified.
The dozens of poisonous needles, which had been flying toward him at tremendous speed, abruptly lost their momentum. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Then—
Clatter!
Clatter!
Clatter!
One after another, the needles dropped harmlessly to the ground.
The entire arena fell silent.
“What?”
“What just happened?”
“He didn’t even block them!”
“Could it be…
his Quirk really is related to gravity?”
Black Widow stared at the scattered needles in disbelief.
She had expected Ichigo to dodge.
She had expected him to block.
She had even expected him to be injured.
She had never imagined that he could simply force every projectile out of the air.
What she didn’t know was that Ichigo’s repeated battles had pushed his evolution even further.
His Gravity Fruit proficiency had already reached 9.8%.
His maximum gravitational field had increased from five times normal gravity to seven times normal gravity.
The effective range of his gravity field remained ten meters.
But Ichigo had also developed another application.
Gravity.
Unlike his gravitational field, which affected everything within a designated area, this technique allowed him to focus gravitational force on a specific target.
At his current level, he could exert a maximum force equivalent to approximately 100 kilograms within a two-meter range.
That was more than enough to deal with Black Widow’s poisonous needles.
Even though the needles retained their momentum, the sudden gravitational force dragged them downward before they could reach him.
Black Widow’s expression changed.
“This…
is impossible.”
Ichigo slowly raised his eyes.
The playful smile on his face disappeared.
To Black Widow, the fifteen-year-old boy suddenly seemed completely different.
The casual teenager was gone.
What stood before her now was something far more dangerous.
Like a predator that had finally decided to hunt.
“Now it’s my turn.”
Ichigo stepped forward.
Whoosh!
His body exploded forward.
His speed was already beyond that of an ordinary cheetah, and combined with his strengthened physique, his movement became almost impossible to follow.
Black Widow immediately retreated.
Danger!
Her instincts screamed at her.
She twisted her body and attempted to evade.
The space above her seemed to become unbearably heavy.
Her movements slowed.
Her legs trembled.
It felt as though an invisible mountain had descended upon her shoulders.
Black Widow gritted her teeth.
“What…
did you do?”
Ichigo’s hand tightened around his sword.
“Gravity Blade Burst.”
The moment he swung the sword downward, he concentrated his gravitational force around the blade.
The pressure erupted.
BOOM!
The air itself seemed to tremble.
The floor beneath Ichigo’s feet cracked.
At seven times gravity, the power behind his technique had increased dramatically.
The force of this single strike was now equivalent to roughly 2,800 pounds.
Black Widow tried desperately to move.
But she couldn’t.
Her body was being crushed beneath the invisible pressure.
“Get down.”
Ichigo’s voice was cold.
Bang!
Black Widow’s knees slammed into the arena floor.
Cracks spread outward from beneath her.
The entire arena went silent.
The woman who had effortlessly dominated countless opponents was now kneeling in front of a fifteen-year-old boy.
The spectators stared in disbelief.
Nobody spoke.
Nobody even dared to breathe for a moment.
Ichigo lowered his blade.
His eyes remained fixed on Black Widow.
This battle had taught him something important.
The Gravity Fruit wasn’t merely a way to make an opponent heavier.
With enough control, gravity could be concentrated onto a weapon, a projectile, or even a specific point in space.
And that meant his swordsmanship had only just begun to develop.
The combination of his physical strength, swordsmanship, and gravity had created a completely new fighting style.
A style that belonged entirely to him.
And as his Quirk continued to evolve…
So would his techniques.
The underground arena had no idea what kind of monster they had just allowed onto their stage.
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