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Originally Posted by Fynal_Fyre

Spoiler for MILD Manga RAW synopsis:

The gap in power from a level three to a level 4 seems to be rather large, after all, the level 4 REALLY gave Allen a run for his money, despite the fact that the crown clown can tear apart a level 3 with a single talon.

It did flee from the Generals, indicating that either:

1. It cannot fight all the generals at one go, giving a rough indication of it's power.
2. It has not fully realized its power yet, being 'newly born' and all.

As to the heart, yeah, I share the same sentiment, level 3's seem to be the deciding factor for exorcists to push their innocence over the 100%~ synchro mark.

Plainly, it could be that:

1. Level 4's would require even a general to go all-out, perhaps near-death or even taking the Akuma down with him as he dies.

2. It would require whichever exorcist who possesses the Heart of all innocence, to break the 100%~ synchro limiter, like Guido says, and become the uber-pwnage machine to own even lvl. 4's.

That great a power boost? Frankly if level 4(s) can match Generals evenly, that's already quite a threat.

And to address the issue of level 5's, those would be some really freaky scary hax-machines of doom, it would probably take every single general, working together as one, at his/her maximum potential, to pose a threat to it, given that the massive jumps in power from level to level are currently rather gigantic.

Spoiler:

Given that the souls in a level 3 Akuma appear as a black, unrecognizable mess with a single eye, from a level 2's still roughly humanoid form, and that level 3's draw their power from the "dark matter" within their bodies, I would say the degradation of the soul is the indicator to the power level jump from....say, a level 3 to four, and the soul is in fact, this "Dark Matter"

However, I have a alternate theory with regards to the form of a level 4's soul, after descending to the black void that is the soul of a level 3, a level 4's soul would begin to take on a twisted, perverted, completely remade version of the human soul, perhaps a black, faceless, humanoid being (I actually got that off Gurren Lagann XD) WITH a small, white flame burning on it's forehead, signaling all but the most basic traces of humanity are purged from it, memories, emotions, everything, except the very core of the soul.

A level Five then, would be a utterly black, seething, humanoid mass of dark matter, no flame, no nothing, no humanity left, perhaps marked with a glowing purple pentagram on it's forehead, signaling that it is truly the penultimate version of the Akuma, with a soul that is the complete antithesis of everything the pure, human soul is, completely converted to dark matter, with a perverse humanoid shape, all remnants of the soul erased, completely handed over to the will of the Earl of Millenium.

I had a idea after reading this. Besides having millions of puppets under his control to wide the world clean of humans, what other possible reason could the Earl have for using Akumas? It might be for that reason that he's looking for his "Champion" the ultimate Akuma, so to speak to stand against any threats later on. The possible level 5, if not the level 4 might just be that.