JKSManga
kip just doesn't realized excatly how strong sil is. with the thousands of abilities that he has if he could consume enough nest Crystal's hed be excatly like ray was at his strongest. most of the abilities humans have came from ray and that's partly why he was so strong. sil can use all those same abilities and even combine them making them stronger. if he could get more nest crystal I honestly believe hed have the same strength as ray if he doesn't already
I think Sil figured that even Demon-tier weapons fell into the category of attacks Kipo has resistance against and is now going for a full strenght fight. The seconds is, he may have realized that Borden is actually the only one harming him and the only one Kipo has taken seriously, far more than Sil considering how aggressive he has been against him; and is using the clones as a distraction for Borden because he's still not strong enough.