"I'm going to challenge you!"
Just as Lock was so bored that he was about to doze off, Shoto Todoroki, who had just dealt with Hanta Sero, proudly made this request to the referee, Midnight.
"Granted!"
Midnight flicked the whip in her hand to signal, and the figures of Lock and Shoto Todoroki were immediately displayed on the big screen.
In the commentary room, Present Mic's passionate words stirred up the audience's excitement. "Oh my god, who would have thought that Shoto Todoroki, the favorite to win the Sports Festival, would directly challenge Lock, who's defending the ring? Does he want to defeat him in one fell swoop, get 5 points, and become the Sports Festival champion right away?"
Lock! Lock! Lock!
Todoroki! Todoroki! Todoroki!
There were deafening cheers and passionate shouts from the audience. Lock had quite a lot of fans, and so did Shoto Todoroki.
And after the first round, the other contestants saw this scene, stopped by tacit agreement, and didn't rush to play the second round.
They all wanted to see the fight between Lock and Shoto Todoroki!
"In the last match, he created an iceberg and crushed his opponent, showing overwhelming strength. Let's welcome Shoto Todoroki from Class A of the Hero Course!"
"Sorcerer Lock! The hero name Sorcerer needs no introduction. Regardless of his ranking, he has still shown the formidable strength of a pro hero in this Sports Festival. So in this match, can he keep up his crushing pace and win by defeating the challenger? Let's welcome Lock from Class A of the Hero Course!"
During Present Mic's loud introductions, the audience's cheers boiled to their peak, and the online ratings for this match were also unprecedentedly high.
Over the first two events of this Sports Festival, Lock's crushing strength had taken deep root in people's hearts.
And Shoto Todoroki, Endeavor's son, could be considered the only one who could compete with him.
In the spotlight, Lock and Shoto Todoroki stepped into the ring.
"Three, two, one, begin!"
When Midnight announced the start of the match, Lock and Shoto Todoroki moved almost at the same time.
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
Lock clasped his hands together, his magic power running, and a bright ice-blue light bloomed.
The magic power of the extreme cold spread wantonly, and the audience couldn't help shivering.
The next moment, Lock pushed out with both hands, a huge blue magic circle formed, and countless ice spears shot out of it, stabbing toward Shoto Todoroki.
Shoto Todoroki looked solemn. He slammed his foot on the ground, and wall after wall of ice rose in front of him.
Crack! Crack!
In an instant, countless ice walls were pierced one after another, and the sound of breaking ice was endless.
The strongest ice shield versus the strongest ice spear.
In the end, the whole arena was quite a spectacle.
Countless ice crystal particles burst like clustered fireworks, scattered, and sprinkled all over the ring.
In this first exchange, the two sides were only probing. In the audience's eyes, Lock's attacks seemed to have been blocked by Shoto Todoroki without causing any real damage.
But Shoto Todoroki was clearly in the more difficult position.
His chest was heaving violently and he was out of breath, in contrast to Lock's calm expression. And on his right half, sporadic frost had begun to cover his skin.
"This is so exciting! The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce from the start, presenting an unparalleled confrontation!" With Present Mic's high-spirited commentary, the audience also focused on the battle between the two, afraid of missing a moment of excitement.
Afterward, the confrontation between the two began again.
Lock continued to use Ice-Make magic to cast offensive spells one after another.
But Shoto Todoroki remained on the defensive, concentrating all his strength on the ice walls for protection. Gradually, his right half was also covered by a large amount of condensed frost.
"Huh? The situation is gradually tilting to Lock's side, and Todoroki has no power to fight back." Present Mic explained in confusion. This was different from the scene he had expected!
Although he knew that Lock, as a pro hero, was several levels stronger than Shoto Todoroki, how could Todoroki be so completely unable to resist?
Endeavor, somewhere in the stands, saw Shoto Todoroki's pitiful state, and his face turned quite gloomy.
"I never expected Endeavor's son to be so completely helpless. He's not even close to Lock's strength."
"Isn't it obvious? During the Cavalry Battle, Todoroki had his headbands snatched so easily."
"I thought I'd get to see a strong duel, but I didn't expect it to be a steamroll."
There was a lot of discussion in the audience, and they all felt a little disappointed. Looking at this one-sided match, it wasn't nearly as exciting as the hand-to-hand fight between the two hot-blooded guys, Tetsutetsu and Eijiro Kirishima, earlier.
"What the hell is this guy trying to do?"
Back in the ring, Lock frowned, not understanding what Shoto Todoroki was thinking.
What happened to doing your best?
Wasn't this too boring?
He noticed that Shoto Todoroki's dodging and the speed at which he formed ice had slowed considerably.
Unsurprisingly, the ice Quirk on his right side was almost at its limit.
Did Shoto Todoroki need to be pushed even harder before he would use his full power?
This thought came to Lock's mind, and then he shook his head. He wasn't interested in dwelling on it.
Since he wasn't willing to use his full strength, then Lock would simply end this match!
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Lock glanced down at the countless ice crystals scattered across the ring.
As the attacker, he could always break through the defense with ease.
On the defending side, Shoto Todoroki had to do his best to create ice walls as large as possible.
The two attacked from a distance again.
In this way, most of the ice crystals on the ground gathered on Shoto Todoroki's side!
"I see."
Lock immediately sensed Shoto Todoroki's intention, but he couldn't stop it, and Shoto Todoroki began to act.
He stretched out his right hand, releasing a bone-chilling cold, and the power of the ice element surged crazily in the air.
The next moment, all the ice crystals on the ground around him turned into small ice spikes again, just like the Meteor Shower Ochaco Uraraka had used when fighting Katsuki Bakugo.
The cluster of icicles, covering the sky and densely packed, swarmed toward Lock's position under Shoto Todoroki's control.
At the same time, Shoto Todoroki also rushed toward Lock's position, his hands condensing a majestic icy aura.
He intended to use the same method he had used to take out Hanta Sero, a freezing attack that created an iceberg.
A double attack, here it comes!
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