Black Clover Chapter 242

Dante escalates the fight by increasing his power output to fifty percent, effortlessly deflecting the barrage of anti-magic attacks and driving Asta into the ground using overwhelming gravity magic. As Asta tries to reason with him, arguing that humans have a heart to control their malice and do what is right, Dante dismisses his idealism and declares malice to be a purely human trait. Vanessa and the rest of the Black Bulls attempt to protect their comrades, but Dante easily pins them down and raises his power even further. The chapter concludes with a devastating strike impaling Gauche, leaving Asta and his companions horrified as their teammate suffers a critical wound.