User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Volume 25 discussion blog/@comment-77.182.125.30-20180521144211/@comment-32252462-20180523171240

although vali hasn't mastered his EJOD yet either and his DxD L but he can fight on par with Crom Cruach the strongest Evil Dragon the fight between those two bring many god to fear the dragon that issei did not have confident to defeat and ask ddraig if he can fight with crom cruach while issei just beat level of top 10.